Another one I'm not sure made it to the list: I've started posting the 1850 Chatham County census online. The 1850 census consisted of 1979 households. I have the first 36 households posted. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gachatha/cens1850.htm Well now it is 56 households as of today. Feedback please! Tim Stowell [email protected] Chattanooga, TN

Tim! A Big Thank You for posting the 1850 census!! On page 225A I found a gg uncle I was searching for, H.C. (Henry Chalmers) Raysor. I've run across him in the indexes but he isn't a direct ancestor so I hadn't expended effort to find the full entry. But you made it easy, so I looked over the page I knew I'd find him on and what I saw could have blown me over with a feather. I found him living with his grandfather (my gg grandfather) H.J. (Henry James) Chalmers. It astounded me because we all thought his grandfather had been dead for 30 years! He didn't die in 1820, he just moved from Colleton County, SC to Savannah! It also appears that he may have a new wife whom we knew nothing about! Thank you so much for your dedication and hard work. You are certainly revealing accidental treasures that are worth more than gold. Btw, Rayson as he appears in the transcription should be Raysor (100% certainty on this, no guesswork) The H.J. Chalmers in your record is the son of James M. Raysor and Elizabeth Sophia Chalmers. He married Sarah Wilson and is buried in Swallow Savannah Cemetery near Allendale, SC. Thanks again, Tim. Great job! -Beverly Mott Alstrom Low Country Surnames: Risher, Raysor, Mott, Fontaine, Stokes, Williams, Chalmers, Koger, Ackerman, Utley, Andrews, Sweat, Inabinet, Smoak