This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRUCE, JACKSON, REDDING Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4715.1 Message Board Post: Jacob A. BRUCE married Amanda REDDING in Dearborn County, Indiana on 16 Mar 1845. Jacob A. BRUCE's parents were Jacob & Alcy (JACKSON) BRUCE. Alcy (JACKSON) BRUCE and Mary (JACKSON) BRUCE, wife of John BRUCE, were sisters, daughters of Hugh SR. and Nancy (SWANG0) BRUCE of Gallatin County, Kentucky. The following link is to an album of Hugh JACKSON, SR.'s War of 1812 File: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4293544345 There are several other albums there including Hugh JACKSON's father, my GGGGrandfather, Moses JACKSON's Revolutionary War File. Here are my notes on Jacob A. BRUCE: !LAND: Deed Records of Greene Co., IN, Bk M, Pg 307, 6Nov 1854:Deed dated 15 Sep 1854 from Aaron B.& Anna(BRUCE) WALTERS to Jacob A. BRUCE for $1000 the SW Sec 14T6N R3W, Jackson Twp, containing 160 Acres. On 25 Oct1879(Bk19,Pg284 Jacob A. & Amanda F. BRUCE, husband and wife sold the NESW Sec 13-6-3(40Ac) to Jeramiah Hatfield for $400. On 1 Jul 1885(Bk 29, Pg 37), Jacob A. deeds a life estate to Amanda F. Bruce, then upon her death, the Lands go to Ferdinand BRUCE and Jacob D. BRUCE. !CENSUS: 1870 US Census of Greene Co.,IN, Jackson Twp, Pg 35, Family #255; Lists Jacob A. BRUCE(50IN), Amanda(44IN), James H.(19IN), Mary A.(16IN), J. William(13IN), Ferdinand(10IN), Andrew J.(7IN), Martha E.(4IN), Jacob D.(1IN).Mary Redding(84PA) living in dwelling. Note: Mary A. Redding is buried in Dishman Cemetery, b. 2 Oct 1787, d. 21 Jun 1871. !CENSUS: 1880 US Census of Greene Co., IN, Jackson Twp, Page 13, Enumerated 11 Jun 1880, Family #115: Jacob BRUCE(59, IN, IN, KY), Amanda(52, IN, IN), William (23, IN, IN), Ferdinand (20, IN, IN, IN), Andrew (17, IN,IN, IN), Martha E. (14, IN, IN, IN), Dowden (10, IN, IN, IN), GILLESPY, Bell (31, dau, IN, IN, IN), NEAL, Mollie (6, granddau, IN, IN, IN, ). Living next to Henry BRUCE, Samuel J. Wilson, & Wm Jackson) Bob Jackson Bloomfield, IN