Hi Hazel, Thanks for your reply. The early Giffords seemed all to choose from only a very few given names for use with their enormous number of relatives with the Gifford surname. The dates seem not to match, but did you note the location of their birthplace on the census record? Best regards, David On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:37:41 -0600 Ray & Hazel Garrett <garret@telapex.com> writes: > There is a Jabez Gifford listed in the Early TN Tax Lists in Sumner > Co., TN > in 1796 & 1797. Could this be your man? I also have copied from > the 1820 > TN census in Smith Co., Gideon Gifford, Jabus, Joseph, and Richard > G. > Gifford. Let me know if this rings a bell. > Hazel Garrett garret@telapex.com > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.