Leesa, Don't know if you would find a connection with your PIERCE/PEARCE, but it wouldn't hurt to check it out. We added the 1860 Census for Columbia County, Florida back in October and several people contributed additional information to the Census data. One was the ever helpful, Sara Suzanne Lamb, for the PIERCE/PEARCE name, among others such as JONES. Try the following pages: 183, 219, 220, 227...her contact information is there as well. Here is the index page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flcolumb/html/1860_census.html HTH Sharon