Hi Folks, I'm new to the list and not sure if this made it through the first time. I'm researching my husband's gr-grandmother, Ila Ione Pearson/Coxwell.  I found her on the 1880 Coffee County, GA census as follows: 1880 Coffee County, Georgia Census index lists the following: Pearson, Elizabeth (38) b. GA, dau Ila (8) b.GA, Angel (6) b. GA and Georgia (2) b. GA. Ila told her son, E.J., that she was not born in Georgia, but instead was born in Gallup, NM, and was Navajo.  She also told him that John Coxwell was not his real father or his brother Joe's father.  We still don't know who their real father was, but the following census would seem to back up that part of her story: 1900 Census of Coffee County, GA: Coxwell, John  b. Apr 1861 (39) b. GA, parents b. GA Married 7 years to: Ila, b. Sep 1872 (27) b. GA, parents b. GA. children: Joe b. Jan 1891 (9) b. GA Elza b. Jul 1893 (6) b. GA Leroy b. Apr 1896 (4) b. GA >From the above census, we can conclude that John and Ila were married in 1893, the same year E.J. was born.  John was 32 and Ila was 20 when they married.  Joe was 2. Ila obviously was pregnant with E.J. at the time. I'm trying to find information on the person listed as Ila's mother on the 1880 census. I'd like to know if there is an adoption or birth record for Ila or her sisters...as it appears that at least Ila was not Elizabeth's birth child.  I'd also like to find a birth record for Joseph and also Elza Coxwell, Ila's sons.  I think Elza would've simply been listed as John Coxwell's son, but since Joseph was already 2 years old when Ila married John, perhaps there would be another name for him. (We're trying to find out who his father was....there is some question about the name "Entree or Entrie" as a possibility.) It is important for our family to know if Ila was Native American.  The physical features she passed on would surely indicate so.  (Her children and grandchildren certainly LOOK Native American!) I would like to know how Ila came to be with Elizabeth Pearson.  And....where/who was Elizabeth's husband...he was not listed on the 1880 Census? Thank you so much, Bev Tiner mbtin83@aol.com