Jeff, Well now I am embarrased, but glad! You solved my mystery. It was my mistake when I looked t my record. It is 1880 and your are so correct. Thank you. Jennie >Jennie, >Here is what I have learned. This second entry in the Huxford source has >some "typos". It is actually the 1880 census record of Berry Hampton >Tanner and his second wife, Hester Ward. The census taker did not complete >the bottom loop on the "B", and also incorrectly recorded the "P/B" out of >order. That would correctly explain every thing about the entry. Berry >Hampton Tanner, "Sen" (Sr.) would have correctly been 67 in 1880. He died >the following year. > >I'd like to see that actual entry. If "all rest born GA", then that proves >that John Tanner was born in Georgia. Right? > >Jeff > > >>Jeff and/or Clyde: >>In my files I have the following 1860 census records. >>This one is Berry Hampton Tanner, but who is the 2nd record of? The name >>is Hampton P Tanner. He lives next door to BH and would have been born >>about 1793. >> >> >>(Next record was living next door. Who is it? JLC) >> >> Census 1860: GA, Coffee Co. 1127th Dist. SD 3. ED 41. E Date 12-13 >>Jul 1880. Call #Sutro T-9. Roll #141. Page #38. Dwelling #321. Family >>#336. Hampton P Tanner, Sen 67. Hester 63. Farmer. He had hepatitis >>(disabled). She had pharingitis. Her father born in NC; all rest born GA. >>This is his 2nd wife. (Grass Valley Sutro, 24 Jan 1987) >> >>(I don't know who this Hampton P Tanner is? An uncle? JLC) >> >>I could not find BH in the 1850 census either. >> >>Jennie > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com - Jennie Ricketson Carothers, Thimble Collector and Genealogist