If you don't mind, can I butt in to ask a couple of wild goose chase type questions? First, is there any connection between these Burke County Chandlers and Chandlers in Carrolton, GA? I've got a Philo H. Chandler, born around 1840 (I guess), married to a Frances Nicy (or Nicie Jane) Reid. I have not checked the census for him because our main library has been closed for political reasons for about a year. Second, I have a Smith puzzle. Thomas James Dixon, born 29 April 1850 in Screven County, married a Mary C. Smith in Burke County on 28 December 1870. She appears to have been born in September 1857 which would make her about 13 at the time of her marriage. What Thomas was doing in Burke County I do not know. His parents were farmers in the Rocky Ford area of Screven. Thomas was someone the family didn't like to talk about and the only thing anyone could tell me about Mary, whom they called "Mollie," was that she came from up around Columbia, SC. But it doesn't make sense that a girl of thirteen living in the Columbia area would appear in Burke County and get married, so I assume her parents had moved to Burke County. But I have been unable to find a Smith family in Burke County with a daughter named Mary of that age in the 1870 census. Since you have a Smith marrying in 1867, I wondered whether you have any thoughts on my problem.