This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jd.2ADE/13653.1 Message Board Post: In 1838 Tax Digest of Macon Co., Ga. [1st official Document that was saved from the 1857 Courthouse Records Fire] ********************************************************************* Wm. Simpson was listed as a Defaulter in 740th Dist. 1838. 1840 Macon Co., Ga. Census 740th Dist. WILLIAM SIMPSON 1 - male under 5 1 - female under 5 1 - male 30-40 2 - females 5-10 1 - male 50-60 1 - female 20-30 1 - male 70-80 ******************************************************************* 1850 Macon Co., Ga. Census in Oglethorpe Looks like it might have been a Hotel. Simpson, Tilmon 24 m/w Mechanic SC Simpson, Oliv 24 f/w Amanda J. 1 & 1/2 ************************************************************ 1860 Macon Co., Ga. Census 757th Dist. SIMPSON, Mary 48, $1000/200 GA r, John M. 23 farm laborer GA School, Jesse P. 18 Miller GA school, Martha E. 16, Sarah F. 14, Clara M. 13, Rebecca E. 11 & Margaret L. 8. ******************************************************************* 1870 Macon Co., Ga. Census 757th Dist. SIMPSON, W. Thomas 20, $110, Cornelia 20, Laura E. 2, James M. 1. ********************************************************************* The name, SIMPSON, seemed to be around in each census but it seemd to be a different group.