The 1850 census of Rusk Co TX has several Dodsons living near each other: page 248 Labon Dodson age 51 b. TN and wife Margaret 45 b. NC. page 248 Thosmas S. Dodson 23 b. TN and wife Martha 18 b.KY. page 250 Jesse Dodson - didn't copy more data page 259 Elijah Dodson - didn't copy more data My interest is in a Rebecca JONES age 17 b. TN living with the Labon Dodson's. There are no other children; there is another young male age 21 whose name I could not decipher. I am certain this Rebecca Jones m. John W. GOODWIN in 1851 next door in Cherokee Co. I believe this Rebecca Jones is dau of Seaborn L. Jones and wife Catherine LONG. Can anyone connect DODSONS with JONES or LONGS in TN or AL? Also of interest is in the 1850 census of Russell Co. AL, there is another Labon Dodson age41 with wife Mary 38. Would that be a nephew or cousin? There is also a James and Joshua Dodson on pages 32 & 33. Labon is on page 37. Again I am trying to determine that Rebecca Jones was the dau of Seaborn L. Jones and Catherine Long. Question is how did she get with the Dodsons when she had to travel from Talladega AL to Rusk Co. at the age of 17? Will appreciate any ideas. Bob Battaglia <bobbatt@texas.net> in the Alamo City