This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Caudill, Waggoner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EFI.2ACEB/434.1.1.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Janet, I found the same census records. I think John A. is John Aris and Polly. Martha M. may be the Martha that Stephanie is descended from. She can probably verify a birthdate and place. This would place John Aris & Polly still in NC as of 1880. Poking around in the familysearch.org website, I found a Josiah Caudill born c. 1813 married to an Eliza. Another site listed him as being married to a Billings (first name not listed). This may not be our Josiah, but it's something to check on. The mention of a step-son is quite interesting. If Matilda is the mother of the Caudill children, she must have died or been divorced sometime before 1860. So many questions! Cherie