Hi Bryan You're in the stompin' grounds of my gg grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Jackson. From the 1860 census: Dwl # 1447 within Dist #14: John JACKSON 28 TN Overseer; Nancy 38, TN; Elizabeth HILL17 TN; John F JACKSON 1 TN; Sarah A. HILL 28 TN; Richard F. HILL 11 TN; and Mary T. HILL 6 TN. It looks like John & Nancy's sister-in-law w/children were living within same household + Nancy's sister Elizabeth. John married Nancy Hill on 11 August 1851 in Hardeman Co., TN with G. W. Burton as bondsman - emuneration taken 24 Aug 1880; Post Office Bolivar. Have all census books for Hardeman County through 1910 - search on Hill families for you staring w/1840 - - Check out 1850 Dwl # 1051. Within Sistler's 1840 TN Census: pg 125 James Hill 1-2-1-1-1-1 1-1-0-0-0-1 pg 291 John C. F. Hill 0-0-0-1-1 1-0-0-1 pg 311 Larkin Hill 2-1-0-0-1 1-1-0-0-1 pg 318 Lemander 0-0-0-2 0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1 (1850 living w/Robert A Hill Dwl 1050) 1850 Census Transcribed by local Hardeman Cty., Historians Dwl 473: Pirtle, Martin Manager (boarding house?) Martha Mary Brown, Fedrick, MD Osbourn, George, Saddler Jacob, Saddler Thomas, Saddler Anderson, Benjamin, Tailor Calwell, Dugless, Clerk HILL, Henry 18 b. TN Student Dwl 764: Hill, M. J. 35 NC Lucinda 30 NC Stanhope 10TN Jane 6, TN Elizabeth 4 TN William 6 TN (as printed within Hardeman County transcribed 1850 census Dwl 900 Valentine, Thos. J. 35 farmer SC Rachell 35 SC Fowler, Sarah 33 SC HILL, Martha 13 SC Dwl 1050 Hill, Robert A. 26 AL Martha 21 TN James 3 TN Lemender 62 NC Dwl 1051 Thomas G. 26 AL Sarah 19 TN Richard 2 TN Nancey 26 TN (Is this your Nancy? and Nancy's dau shown below?) Elizabeth 9 TN End of ALL Hill families shown within 1850 census enumerations - Other 1860 Hill families: Transcribed by Hardeman County Historians Dwl 1626 HH Julius LANEY with family with James HILL age 11 TN Dwl 467 HH Levi JOY w/family & business clerks including Jerome HILL 19 b. MS Dwl 1890 Lucinda HILL 40 NC, Joel 16 TN, Martha 14 TN, Sarah E 12 TN, Mary M 8 TN End of all 1860 Hill enumerations Hope this helps Evyonne ==================================================================== > Does anyone have any information regarding the JACKSON or HILL family related > to the marriage of John JACKSON and Nancy HILL in 1851, Hardeman Co. TN. > > Thank you. > > Byron HILL