Could "Lucinda Long" be from one of the Union Co., GA MATHIS families? In order to find the maiden name of Lucinda, the wife of William R. Long, I ordered the death certificate of their daughter, Sarah Louisa Long Higdon (wife of Tyrus Glenn Higdon). Sarah's daughter, Mrs. Mae Phillips, was the informant on the death certificate. Mae gave Sarah's parents as 'Riley Long' and 'Sallie Mathis.' The father is consistently listed in census as 'William', but I found land records for him in Graham Co., NC that were signed 'William R.' Sarah had a brother named 'George Riley' ...so maybe the 'R' in her father's was, indeed 'Riley' and maybe he was frequently called 'Riley,' also. Sarah's mother's name, as given on the dc, is somewhat more baffling to me. She is always listed as 'Lucinda' in census records; yet, at her mother's death Mae says her grandmother's name was 'Sallie Mathis.' Could Mae have made a mistake about her grandmother's name ...or was her grandmother's full maiden name something like 'Sarah Lucinda MATHIS?' I strongly suspect that William R. Long was a brother of Charles R. Long because they were listed in the 1850 Union Co., GA consecutively (as if lived next door to each other). I have not been able to find a marriage record for Wm. R. & Lucinda in either North Carolina or Georgia. Charles R. Long and his wife, Ruth Honeycutt, eventually migrated to Alabama. Wm. R and 'Lucinda' settled in Graham Co., NC. Does anyone have any clues as to who the parents of Sallie Lucinda Mathis could be? Thanks so much, ...Charlotte 1850 Union Co., GA census Dist. 85; p.521-261B; #817 LONG .... William...29 M...Farmer...NC .... Lucinda...26 F...NC .... Mary...8/12 F...NC 1850 Union Co., GA census 85th Dist.; p521-261B; #818 LONG .... Charles R....40 M...Farmer...NC .... Rutha...35 F...NC .... Caroline...20 F...NC .... Pollyan...17 F....NC .... William...15 M...Laborer...NC .... Catharine...14 F...NC .... Martha...12 F...NC .... Lucinda...9 F...GA .... Disa...6 F...GA .... John...3 M...GA .... Sarah... 1 F...GA 1860 census I believe the Wm. R. Long family was in Cherokee Co., NC in 1860. The census taker apparently 'missed' them. 1870 Cherokee Co., NC census Cheoah Twp.; p. 260B; #6 LONG .... William...50 M...Farmer...NC .... Lucinda...46 F...Keeping House...NC .... Mary...21 F...GA .... Charles...18 M...GA .... Betsy...14 F...GA .... George...13 M...GA .... John...12 M...GA .... Sarah...10 F...TN .... Emily...5 F...NC 1880 Graham Co., NC census ED 82, Cheoah Twp.; p. 256D; #212 LONG .... William...56 M...Farmer...NC NC NC .... Lucinda...53 F...wife...House keeping...NC NC NC .... George...22 M...son...Farm Lab....NC NC NC .... Sarah...19 F...dau...TN NC NC .... Emily...16 F...dau...NC NC NC = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Tyer Higdon married Jane Best on 2 Aug 1868 in Fannin Co., GA 1870 Fannin Co., GA census Militia Dist. 844; p. 374; #416-415 HIGDON .... Tyre...20 M...Farmer...NC .... Jane...21 F...Keeping house...GA --- Jane seems to have died before the 1880 census. 1880 Graham Co., NC census ED 82, Cheoah; p. 260D; #291 QUEEN .... Joseph...30 M...Farmer...NC NC NC .... Mary...21F...wife...House keeping......NC NC NC .... William...6 M...son...NC NC NC .... Samuel...4 M...son...NC NC NC .... Lonzo...2 M...son...NC NC NC .... Victoria...8/12 F (Oct)...dau...NC NC NC Higdon, Trya...30 M...boarder...Laborer...NC NC NC = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Graham Co., NC marriages: Long, Sarah.....Graham Co., NC.....18.....white .....Higden, Tyre.....Graham Co., NC.....30.....white .....October 17, 1880.....Wm. Long's.....S.J.R. Colvard; JP .....J.H. Morrow, G.R. Long, J.H. Sharp = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 1900 Fannin Co., GA census ED 24, Colwell; p. 260B; #83-84 HIGDON .... Tyra G....head...Jan 1850/50...M/19...NC NC NC...Farmer .... Sarah...wife...Apr 1862/3?...M/19...9/8...NC NC NC .... John R....son...Jul 1881/18...NC NC NC .... Roena...dau...Jul 1884/15...NC NC NC .... Joseph G....son...Jan 1887/13...GA NC NC .... James W....son...Jan 1889/11...GA NC NC .... Nelson H....son...Mar 1891/9...GA NC NC .... Saley...dau...Nov 1893/7...GA NC NC .... Edmund...son...Dec 1895/4...GA NC NC 1910 Fannin Co., GA census ED 34, Flint Hill; p. 151B; #16-16 HIGDON .... Tyra G...head...60 M...M/28...NC NC NC...Wagoner/Lumber yard .... Sarah...wife...45 F...M/28...11/10...NC GA GA .... Jim...son...20 M...GA NC NC .... Hewell...son...19 M...GA NC NC .... Sallie...dau...17 F...GA NC NC .... Edmond...son...13 M...GA NC NC .... May...dau...11 F...GA NC NC .... Sam...son...10 M...GA NC NC .... Carrie...dau...6 F...GA NC NC