Good Morning All, What a good way to start the day. My Gr/Gr/Grandfather's brother moved to Massac County in the early 1850s and I am wondering what his occupation was. I found a land record showing he, Frederick R. Crenshaw, bought 40 acres of Swamp Land in Massac County in Dec. 1850. Does anyone know what swamp land was used for in those days? Frederick's wife was Elizabeth Conway, and the census state she was a seamstress. Was there a factory in Massac Co. then? Mary Jo