I have run into a "brick wall" with Wilson Carter. Maybe someone is also researching him and we can exchange info. This is what I know: Wilson Carter - b.ca.1821 - probably AL (Don't know his parents) m-12-24-1843 (1) Elizabeth Fonville Bibb Co., AL (Her father-William Fonville Her mother-Sarah Fancher) He was 22 and she was 15 when married; they had a son Leonida Carter born prior to December 1843. m-ca.1849/1850 (2) Mary _____ in MS (she was b-ca.1831 MS) They had a son-Joseph Carter born ca.1850 in MS. According to 1850 Winston Co., MS Census. I am assuming Mary and Wilson married prior to their son's birth; however, I do not know when Elizabeth died. Wilson was appointed guardian of Leonida in 1852. At this time he was in Starkville. Leonida/Leonidas is mentioned in his great-grandfather's (Richard Fancher) will as a child of Elizabeth Carter. Richard J J H Fonville married in 1843 to Thursa/Thiresa Carter - was she a relative to Wilson? Paula pfancher@vcmails.com