In the 1860 census record of Samuel Copeland [M-653, Reel 993, Sheet 219 (71-72 written) starting with line 32, Wayne Twp. Jeff. Co.], there are listed below his name: his wife, five children and then Luancha Cole, Charles Tipton. On the next page there are two more Copeland children. In front of the names of Luancha Cole and Charles Tipton are what I think are asterisks. There are two X's with dots between each angle. I didn't have time to figure out why the asterisks were there. One clue might be that Luancha (Luanca) had already been counted with her family [William and Achsah Cole]. I might give her the motive of padding Ohio's census count but since she was only one at the time, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. <g> Charles Tipton was listed as 26 and born in Ohio. My questions are: 1. Are these 1860 asterisks? 2. Is Charles Tipton listed elsewhere perhaps even counted on that day [July 3, 1860] by that enumerator [Amos Jones]? 3. There are some marriages between the Tiptons, Coles and Copelands. Can anyone tell me the relationship between this Charles Tipton and William and Achsah? I'm assuming Luancha didn't crawl over there on her own. Charles may have brought her. 4. Was Mr. Jones marking these two individuals so they wouldn't be counted twice? 5. Has anyone ever seen this before? I haven't. Brian L. Cole Researching Coles from England to MD to OH