>Jeff, > So who was the mother of BH, Jr? Wish I knew. The story is told one way that she "lived up on [near] the river". Another version says she was hired to care for Eliza, who must have been in poor health. The only clue we have is that there was an act passed by the Georgia Legislature in 1852 legitimizing him, and changing his name from Hampton Brickle to Hampton Tanner. Other family lore uses the name Girtman. BH Jr. is supposed to have a sister, who married a Powell from Lumber City. Perhaps her name was Girtman? The story continues that BH Sr. rode up on horseback and without dismounting reached down, picked up the baby (BH Jr. or "Bunk") and rode off while his mother was washing clothes. He was still of nursing age and BH Sr. hired a negro woman to suckle him until he could be weaned. BH Sr. was apparently unaware that a daughter was on the way. Some years later, BH Sr. and Jr. were supposedly in Savannah together when BH Sr. spotted Bunk's mother. He showed Bunk his mother and said that he should go meet her, but Bunk said that his mother was dead (Eliza had already passed away) and didn't go meet her. It was the only time Bunk ever saw his real mother. > Do you have the census record of Elijah Tanner for the year 1950? >I have Green's, but not his. I do not. Was he not nearby? Jeff