Ellen, I did some digging and found the following: Elizabeth Reams living with George and Sarah b. ca 1844 1850 census Eliza Reams daughter of John Reams and Martha McGree b. ca 1843 I check the marriage books and there are about 5 marriages with the names of Elizabeth or Eliza Reams. Elizabeth Reams m. John D. Waters Mar. 15, 1865 Sharon this is your area so is this Elizabeth related to George and Sarah and is she the same one on the 1860 census living with them?? Eliza Reams Cole dau. of John Reams and Martha Patsy McGee married Tallifeno Hammond Elizabeth Ann Reams m Henry Wilson Baker (from my database) Elizabeth Reams b. ca. 1850 daughter of John Reams and Margaret Tomlinson (from my database) I'm sure there are more marriages. So it looks like there was more than one and to complicate matters the years of birth are reasonably close. Bill Whiteside, do you know of any connection? Susan