Gerri Ann, I don't know where he came from. As I stated, when I received the information regarding the 1850 Census in Rutherford Co., TN, the person told me that the column for place of birth was badly stained and extremely hard to read. She could faintly see a TN, possibly on the mother, and ditto marks for the two children, but could not tell if Isaac Hall was also born in TN or not. That is why I'm asking the list if anyone has any connection to these people. I can guarantee you one thing, the Hall's are not the ONLY closed-mouth people. My grandfather, a Hunt, was also very closed-mouth regarding his family. He would never talk about them, even to his wife and children. He would only say that if you looked back too far, you might find a few hung as horse thieves! His father and grandfather are buried in a cemetery here in Western Tennessee (Crockett County), and he would admit to them being his family, but that was as far as he would go. I think we all have some branch in our families that don't really want to talk about their family. Thanks for your query, Gerri Ann, hopefully we can all find our missing "limbs" some day! Jackie Gerri Ann wrote: > Hall, Isaac, age 35 > Margaret, age 30 > Louansa, age 10 > Martha, age 8 > Hello. Do you know where Isaac came from originally? Thanks' > Gerri Ann