I looked at the Chattahoochee GenWeb records and saw some interesting articles on Andrew Sheppard including the article regarding the "adoption" of Pat Carter which was written about in the "History of Chattahoochee County, Ga.", copyrighted 1933. Andrew Sheppard appears in the 1850 Marion County census, with Patrick Carter, age 20, in his household. Since Chattahoochee county was not formed until 1854 from parts of Marion and Muscogee counties it would be unlikely to find any records of any adoptions earlier than 1850 in Chattahoochee. I would suggest Sue concentrate her efforts in Marion county or, since Andrew Sheppard (1793-1889), according to the article mentioned above, "bought" an Indian boy and named him Jack Sheppard in Columbus and already "had" Pat Carter at that time, a search of Muscogee county records could also be of potential value. Whether there was a legal adoption or Andrew took Patrick Carter in just "to raise" I do not know. In 1850 Pat had not taken the Sheppard surname. There is always a possibility that Patrick was mentioned in a Will of Andrew Sheppard, should he have left one. Jackie King In a message dated 10/20/2006 11:18:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi all, Do anyone have info that could help Carolyn? kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Carter To: [email protected] Do you think there would be any records of an adoption in Chattahoochee County in the early 1800s? I have just found that a relative that we have been unable to locate was adopted by an Andrew Sheppard sometime after 1830 and before 1850. We are looking for information on the Sheppard family and Patrick Henry Carter, the adoptee. Thanks for any help you can give us. Sue Carter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message