This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reed, Dolby, Clevenger, Puckett, Adams, Painter & Cox Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bk.2ADE/1024.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dempsey Read was the father of my GGG grandfather Jerry Reid. The spelling varies from Reed, Reid and Read. I found a marriage record for Dempsey to Basheba Dolby, and then he married Elizabeth Patterson in Randolph County, IN North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Bride: Basheba Dolby Groom: Dempsey Reed Bond Date: 02 Mar 1829 County: Northampton Record #: 01 170 Bondsman: Lazarus Cook Witness: Matt Calvert Bond #: 000091786 Indiana Randolph County Patterson Reed, Elizabeth Dempsey Spouse: Patterson, Elizabeth Reed, Dempsey Marriage Date: 15 Sep 1836 >From what I have seen on the census records, the Reed's, Dolby's and Patterson were originally from North Carolina. They are all listed on the same census page in Stoney Creek Township, in 1840. Jerry Reid married Rebecca Puckett. Does anyone know what happened to Dempsey? I found him on the 1830 and 1840 census but nothing for 1850, I find his son Jerry and his family on the 1860 census onward until his death in 1908. I have been having alot of trouble finding info on these lines, if anyone has anything on these families and would like to exchange info let me know. Gina richardson69@comcast.net