Sandra, I'm using an old subject header. On todays excursion to the library I finally found the Samuel E Givens I was searching for. In the 1850 Census for Fayette Co, AL is listed: Samuel E Givens 32 M farmer 250 b AL Jane 26 F b TN My thoughts are that possibly Jane Evans married Thomas A Baugher on March 16, 1841 in Lauderdale Co, AL. On Sept 14, 1848 Jane H Boucher (Baugher), widow, married Samuel E Givens in Lowndes Co, MS, recorded in Lowndes Co Marriage Bk 3 pg 174. I can't find my notes about your Samuel Givens (census for 1850) but I wonder, could they be father and son? Boucher/Baugher/Butcher/Bougher/Boutcher/Bucher all have been used interchangably. Gwen Boucher -- GenConnect at Rootsweb: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/