In a message dated 9/21/01 6:07:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gaila@merrington.net writes: > The Cherry families I am looking for are in Houston County by the early to > mid 1800's (1831 - 1850). There is Spencer, William (b1804, NC) and Riley > (b 1808, Georgia?). Are they brothers? I have William's descendants, in > order. Does anyone have information on Spencer or Riley's descendants. We > are looking to see if they used name order, so we could locate a father's > or mother's name. > > Lets talk about North Carolina Cherry's for awhile! > I have a William Anderson Cherry (b. abt 1815 in NC). I have located him on the 1850 Georgia census in Chatooga County. It lists NC as his birth place. I am having difficulty connecting him up to NC although I have located an Anderson Cherry in the 1840 Lincoln County, NC Census. John Cherry