This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Kincaid, Culver, Wingard, Thornton, Grier, Smith, Gray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7833.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately, I know far too little about my William. Based on his age in the 1860 census in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, I estimate his birth in about 1832. That census says he was born in Georgia, though entries for his daughters in 1880 say their father was born in South Carolina. I don't have any middle initial or parentage information for William. I do know that his wife, my GGG Grandmother, was Julia Ann. Strong evidence suggests that she was Julia Ann Smith and that they married in Meriwether County, Georgia, on 18 Nov 1851. I've found a Smith family in that area in 1850 that could be hers, but I've had no luck so far at coming across any Jacksons that could be his family -- in Georgia or Alabama. I'm also unable to determine just when he died. Julia is a widow in the 1870 census, supported by adult daughters in 1880, and disappears thereafter. I'm hopeful that someday I'll be able to discover when William died (and maybe why -- did he serve in the Civil War?) and where the two of them are buried. In the meantime, I still search when I can. I doubt it's much help to you, though, is it? :-) Happy hunting -- and good luck. = Steve =