I have about decided that my James Washington Coker was adopted and no one knew about it to write it down. I know he was born in South Carolina, according to all the census records, in 1800/1801, dependending on when the census was taken as I have no month of birth. But he was in Washington County, Alabama in 1830. In Greene County, Mississippi in 1840, 1841 and 1845. In 1850, James was in Choctaw County, Alabama. ( I understandd that Washing Co and Choctaw Co changed bounderies several times.....starting out as Indian lands, so the family may or may not have moved.) He is not listed in the 1860 census, only his widow and some children, in Bowie County, Texas. He married Amelia Dunbar (Milly) February 8, 1827 in Washington County, Alabama. Milly's parents and grand parents were living there at that time, also. Their children were Young Jackson, Henry D., Matilda, William S., and Fremont (? as spelling on image is not clear.) Amelia is in Bowie county with two young children, probably grandchildren, or another two that were born between 1850 and 1860, before James W. died. As I said, the image is unclear, but it looks like a boy aged 10, W.F., and a girl aged 8, M. B. I've been reading the Coker archives for the past several days, and this one says James Washington belongs to the Thomas/Margaret Jones family; another says he's the s/o Dempsy; ;another says he belongs to Peyton. I could really use some help here. Maybe he was just adopted somewhere along the line!