The following census transcription was just released this week: Gibson County, TN Federal Census 1870 Civil District No 11 Post Office: Dyer Station enumerated on 4 August, 1870 by S. H. Wheeler. Copy has some ink blots on it. Handwriting is sometimes hard to decipher. Checks have been made on the census to check off each infant. Unfortunately these are big and very dark. They sometimes make it difficult to read the given name or age of individuals written above the infant. House Names of Household Age Sex Col Profession Value of Birth Nbr Property Location Real Pers 20 HUNT, William 60 M W farmer 1300 700 Tenn HUNT, Elisbeth ? F W keep house Tenn HUNT, James M 15 M W at school Tenn HUNT, Susan J 12 F W at school Tenn HUNT, Henry 10 M W at school Tenn 21 HUNT, Gorge 19 M W farmer 150 Tenn HUNT, Emerline 20 F W keeps house Tenn HUNT, William 6/12 M W at home Tenn 38 HUNT, R H 48 M W farmer 600 400 Tenn HUNT, Susan E 44 F W keeps house Tenn HUNT, Alice 16 M W at school Tenn HUNT, Sarah 14 F W at school Tenn HUNT, Nancy 12 F W at school Tenn HUNT, Tennysa 10 F W at school Tenn HUNT, Emerline 8 F W at school Tenn HUNT, Thomas 4 M W at home Tenn HUNT, Susan 2 F W at home Tenn 43 HUNT, James 26 M W farmer 500 300 Tenn HUNT, Mary 19 F W keeps house Tenn In the first group of Hunts is my ancestor, James Monroe Hunt, born 1855 and now I know his father, his mother, and some of his siblings. It is entirely possible that the Gorge (George?) Hunt living next door is his older brother. In reading the whole transcription of this district, almost all the people enumerated are listed as being born in TN, so I doubt the accuracy of this information. In this same district was a listing for the family that included James Monroe Hunt's future wife. It is AMAZING to open a piece of e-mail that carries you back another generation and adds to the knowledge of generations you had already documented. Thank you to all those fine people who do transcriptions, lookups, etc. to get to others needed information. Sincerely, -- Linda DeShazo Adicks Please visit our e-zine, "The Road To Special Education" http://thelinkto.com/Road/