I found Thomas Harrison Galloway (S/O John Colby Galloway & Hannah Powell) in the 1850 Macon County Census. No, he wasn't lost, The Cane Break area of Present Day Transylvania County was Cane Break Twp, Macon County back then. This is good news. The Census taker in Macon Co that year actually did a pretty good job and included the birth County of folks, not just NC. Interesting stuff revealed: Hse # 750, family interview # 765 Harrison Galloway, 33, M, Farmer, $450 value real estate, B. Henderson Co, NC, able to R&W Elizabeth Galloway, 31, F, b. Henderson Co, NC, able to read & write James E. Galloway, 10, M, b. MACON Co, NC, attending school Jane S. Galloway, 8, F, b. Henderson Co, NC, attending school Lyman T. Galloway, 7, M, b. Henderson Co, NC Sarah B. Galloway, 5, F, b. Henderson Co, NC Walton A. Galloway, 4, M, b. Macon Co, NC Mary Ann Galloway, 6/12, b. Macon Co, NC The story goes around here that Thomas & brother William built a huge houe together near present location of Old Toxaway Bapt. Church and both raised their families there, each having one side of the house. There is a drawing of this house in the Galloway files at Hist Prop Comm Archives. There were two marriages between the cousins in this house. One was between James earle & cousin Elizabeth Olivia. The other involved a second marriage between widows and was apparenly platonic. Since James & Elizabeth are among my multiple Galloway connections, obviously they weren't. This census shows that in 1850 the brothers were not living together. I can't tell if the joint house was the period of living in Henderson county when kids Jane through Sarah were born or after this census. The big news is James being born in Macon Co. According to his death certificate, James was b. 02DEC1839 in NC. Did a little checking as rumor has it Thomas helped round up the Indians for the Trail of Tears. Burke Co, NC GenWeb site links to a list of soldiers involved, and sure enough Thomas & Bro William are listed in Company B. This would have kept him busy from at least the summer of 1838 through the following winter. Macon County at that time did include territory much further West into Cherokee lands. Here's the million dollar question: When did Harrison & Elizabeth marry? Before or after his military service? And where, exactly in Macon County were they living in 1840? Were they just over the line back home in Cane Break, or more in the area of his military service where he dragged his wife with him? -- Linda Hoxit Raxter lraxter@citcom.net See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse related to at least half the county - at least once ; )