Hello, cousins! Here's the census info I promised! It's limited in scope -- I was looking for Gentrys which might be connected with or provide clues to mine. I've located my Levi F. Gentry back to 1850, so most of the stuff is for that census. Maintaining formatting is nigh onto impossible, so I'll enter this in comma-delimited columns. Columns are as follows: page number dwelling number family number name age sex color profession value of real estate owned place of birth There are other columns on the census, but most have no data in them for these people, so I'm leaving them off. Mississippi, 1850 census, Pontotoc County p. 118, 854, 854, Christopher Gentry, 36, m, - (most ennumerators left this blank unless the person was black or Indian), farmer, -, SC 118, 854, 854, Nancy ", 36, f, -, -, -, SC 118, 854, 854, William ", 7, m, -, -, -, GA 118, 854, 854, Jesse ", 4, m, -, -, -, GA 118, 854, 854, Sarah ", 2, f, -, -, -, Miss 118, 854, 854, Orena Burnett (could be Barrett or Burritt), 30, f, -, -, -, SC 118, 854, 854, Frances Burnett (as above), 26, f, -, -, -, SC 125, 949, Levi F. Gentry, 29, m, -, farmer, 700, SC 125, 949, Jane ", 24, f, -, -, -, MS 125, 949, Frangoura (actual name is "Fransura") ", 1, f, -, -, -, MS 1850 Tishomingo County 94, 120, 120, Drury Gentry, 31, m, -, farmer, 200, Ala 94, 120, 120, Elizabeth ", 31, f, -, -, -, GA 94, 120, 120, George M. (?), 10, m, -, -, -, Ala 94, 120, 120, Samuel ", 8, m, -, -, -, Mi 94, 120, 120, Martha J ", 6, f, -, -, -, Mi 94, 120, 120, Wm L ", 4, ,m -, -, -, Mi 94, 120, 120, Andrew J ", 2, m, -, -, -, Mi 94, 120, 120, Rebecca A ", 7/12, f, -, -, -, Mi 94, 121, 121, Rebecca Gentry, 60, f, -, -, 150. SC 94, 121, 121, Allen ", 22, m, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121 Mary ", 24, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, William, 19, m, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, Rebecca 17, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, Sarah Ann, 13, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, John L, 15, m, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, Lucy A", 4, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 121, 121, James ", 1, m, -, -, -, Mi 94, 121, 121, Samuel ", 30, m, -, -, -, SC 94, 122, 122, Simon J. Gentry (note: the index has this a "Lemon" but it is plainly "Simon" on the original), 35, m, -, -, -, SC 94, 122, 122, Elizabeth ", 25, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 122, 122, Mary A ", 11, f, -, -, -, Ala 94, 122, 122, Wm A ", 8, m, -, -, -, Ala 94, 122, 122, Lucinda ", 6, f, -, -, -, Mi 94, 122, 122, Eliza A ", 4, f, -, -, -, Mi 94, 122, 122, Thos J ", 2, m, -, -, -, Mi Marshall County, 1850 245, didn't get dwelling or family number, but these are all the same household, Reynolds Gentry, 55, m, -, farmer, -, SC Betsy A ", 31, f, -, -, -, Ala Minerva ", 10, f, -, -, -, Mis Sarina J ", 4, f, -, -, -, Mis Amanda M ", 3, f, -, -, -, Mis Sarah C ", 1, f, -, -, -, Mis Whew. My eyeballs are giving me fits (I lost a contact the other day and my glasses are all wrong). That's it, anyway. Hope this helps someone. Su Wilson County Coordinator, Chester County SC USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scchest2/scchester.htm I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me!