Nancy, That is definitely my Philip Edmondson - his land was actually located in Dallas County, Alabama. In checking the Thomas you mentioned, the document reads "of Autauga County" Here's the two records for my Philip - the documents both read - Philip Edmondson of Bedford County, Tennessee. Land Record for Philip Edmondson of Bedford County, Tennessee Patentee Name: PHILLIP EDMONDSON Document #: 18347 Issue Date: April 15, 1835 Authority: April 24, 1820: SALE-CASH ENTRY (3 Stat. 566) Acres: 79.9 Land Office: CAHABA W�SW 35/ 14-N 9-E No St STEPHENS AL Accession/Serial #: AL0500__.046 BLM Serial #: AL NO S/N State: ALABAMA ------------------------------------------------------- Land Record for Philip P. Edmondson of Bedford County, Tennessee Patentee Name: PHILLIP EDMONDSON Document #: 18420 Issue Date: April 15, 1835 Authority: April 24, 1820: SALE-CASH ENTRY (3 Stat. 566) Acres: 41.2 Land Office: CAHABA NENW 2/ 13-N 9-E No St STEPHENS AL Accession/Serial #: AL0500__.118 BLM Serial #: AL NO S/N State: ALABAMA ------------------------------------------------------- By 1850 he and his wife Elizabeth Smith show up on the Clark County, Alabama census with their children. 1850 Clarke County, Alabama Roll 3 Page 266 October 1, 1850 Household # 331 Family # 331 P.P. Edmonson male age 49 Carpenter born South Carolina Elizabeth female age 36 born in North Carolina Hannibal male age 11 born in Alabama Sarah female age 9 born in Alabama John male age 7 born in Alabama Elizabeth female age 5 born in Alabama David male age 2 born in Alabama ------------------------------------------------------- To backtrack to Bedford County, TN - Bedford Co, TN 1830 census, page 39 Phillip EDMISON 0011201-00001001 Males under 5- 0 Males 5-10 0 Males 10-15 1 Males 15-20 1 Males 20-30 2 (This would be the right age for Philip) Males 30-40 0 Males 40-50 1 Females under 5 0 Females 5-10 0 Females 10-15 0 Females 15-20 0 Females 20-30 1 Females 30-40 0 Females 40-50 0 Females 50-60 1 ------------------------------------------------------- "Chancery Court of Records" of Bedford County, Tennessee. Page 229 D.P.T. House & others vs Freeman Burrow & others Freeman Burrow filed original bill in court against Dudley P. T. House, William Burrow and Robert F. Arnold on 12 November 1838 and gave John Bennett and Phillip Edmondson his securities. Original bill dismissed. -------------------------------------------------- Now back to Alabama - this info from Julia Leite: Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama 1813-1855 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985. Compiled by King and Barlow.) BRIDE OR GROOM: Edmondson, Philip P SPOUSE: Smith, Elizabeth DATE: Jun 16 , 1837 BOOK/PAGE; 3/86 ------------------------------------------------------- this info from Julia Leite: The name of the census is the Alabama 1831-1839 Decennary Census Index. The listings are as follows: Edmondson, Philip P., Mobile Co, AL, Search Vital Records, 1837 Edmonson, Phili, Mobile Co, AL, Mobile City, 1839 ------------------------------------------------------- this info from Julia Leite: Mobile City Directories Mobile Alabama 1837, 1839 & 1842. Pub. by Mrs. Lester E. Taylor, 2706 West Road, Mobile AL 36609. No date. Mobile Directory, 1839, Mobile, Alabama Edmonson Philip, carpenter 20 walnut ------------------------------------------------------- Census Index 1840 EDMUNDSON PHILLIP Bedford County TN 087 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1840 Federal Census Index TNS4a813653 ALSO - 1840 EDMUNDSON, RICHARD Bedford County TN What do we have along these lines on Caleb and Thomas? (to see if any of it is similiar) Beverly ===== Researching the following lines: BIALI/BIALE, BORDELON, BREWER, BRUNELLE, CARBO, DAVENPORT, DEVORE, DICKERSON, EDMONDSON, ETHERIDGE, LABORDE, LANDRY, LEEBURG, MASCARO, NORMAND/LENORMAND, PONS, ROBERTS, ROTJER, SHOEMAKE, TALTAVULL, TERRAL/TERRELL, WHATLEY ,WHITTINGTON, LOWE, HYATT. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/