This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/1413.1 Message Board Post: Albert The 1900 census may provide more information on the families you are researching. 1900 Sumter Co AL Black Bluff Twp ED 88 DW 197 FN 198 MANN Willis 26 B M b Dec 1873 AL AL AL MANN Angeline 24 B F b Mar 1876 AL AL AL MANN Mary 4 MANN Maggie 2 The couple state they have been married for 6 years. LDS lists the following : Willis MANN + Angeline FIELDS married November 7 1894 Sumter County. It may be possible to obtain a copy of the marriage record. This may give you the names of his parents. Next door to Willis and Angeline. DW 198 FN 199 FIELDS Wash 48 B M b Feb 1852 AL AL AL FEILDS Rhoda 40 B F b Dec 1859 AL AL AL Sumter County was created in 1832 from land ceded by the Choctaw Nation. By 1838, the Choctaw, along with the Creek and Cherokee Nations, had ceded all their lands in the SE and removed west of the Mississippi. Choctaw County was created in 1847 from part of Sumter and Washington counties. (Washington 1800 MS Territory) Kathy Roberts VA