Carol, In looking over my paper files on the Beck families in Carroll and Heard Counties in Georgia, seems likely that your Sarah Ann Beck and John M. Duke were connected to the Beck and Duke families in one (or both) of those counties. The Beck and Duke families were involved in the Betheleham Primitive Baptist Church which served both Carroll and Heard Counties, from the church minutes, some of which is excerpted below: Sept 1849 - -"This day being previously appointed for preaching by John > M. Duke to preach at the house of Sherwood H. Hand, five of the members > of the regular Baptist Church of Christ of the Primitive order called > Bethlehem being present, John Hand, Isaiah Beck Jr., Elizabeth Beck, > Elizabeth Avery and Abraham Hagler, agreed to receive Susan Hand and > Nancy Wall both by experience and they were both baptised on the same > day in the River Tallapoosie, Carroll County, GA by John M. Duke." > Sept 22, 1849 - - Extend the "right hand of fellowship" to Nancy Wall > and Susan Hand. > Dec 22, 1849 - - Received John Gay be experience and baptism. The Duke and Hagler families were related to each other, as were the Dyer, Gay and Beck families in both Carroll and Heard Counties. There were Duke families in both Heard and Carroll Counties and not sure how they were related to each other. (The Duke families in Troup County, GA were related to the Duke families in Heard County, GA.) Also looks like from the paper files and notes from my research that Isaiah Beck Sr.'s wife Dorcus maiden name was probably York, and their daughter Dorcus Beck married John Holloway. I have also recently received several emails from other Beck family researchers who may have contacted you also, who have more info on the descendants of Isaiah Beck Sr. and his wife Dorcus York. The Jeffrey Beck (b. ca 1826 in GA) who was in Heard County, GA in the 1860 census was most likely a son of Isaiah Beck Sr. and Dorcus York. Jeffrey Beck and his wife Elizabeth ? also had a son named Isaiah Beck (born in 1845 and married to Sophronia ? ). That Isaiah Beck and wife are buried in Carroll County, Georgia at the Carrollton City Cemetery. Their tombstones indicate: Isiah Beck April 6, 1845 - April 2, 1923 Sophronia E. Beck Dec 7, 1855 - Jan 27, 1940 Buried next to them is: James W. Thompson March 18, 1919 - May 15, 1955 Dell (?) W. Thompson 1883 - 1966 That Isaiah Beck may also have served in the Civil War and received a pension in Carroll County, GA. (There is an Isaiah Beck listed as a pensioner in a 1909-1911 list of Civil War pensioners in Carroll County, GA ) The other Isaiah Beck (b. ca 1834 in GA) who married Martha Davis, (that Isaiah Beck was the son of Isaiah Beck and Elizabeth Tanner) died in the Civil War and his wife Martha Beck was shown in an 1864 list of Widows of Deceased Soldiers receiving Salt Rations in Carroll County, GA. >From the census and other records for these Beck families, they appeared to move back and forth between Heard and Carroll Counties in GA, or maybe the county lines changed. There may be other records in either county which could shed some light on who the parents were of your Sarah Ann Beck and John M. Duke. Will let you know if I come across anything as research continues in these areas. As we can see, with these families naming the children same names with varying years of birth given in the census records through the years, makes it a little tricky to figure out which ones belong to which family groups. Candace