This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xgk.2ACEB/7776.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Obviously, with the info you supplied, your Joseph is not the same Joseph on the 1840 census of Calloway County of Kentucky, but who's to say he is not a descendant? The one listed on the 1840 KY census has him lited as around40 to 50 years old with a wife of 30-40. They had 3 boys and 4 girls. Anything is possible, but I know how you feel. Records are hard to track with so little info given. Good luck. Perhaps we'll find out that we are cousins down the road. Keep in touch and let me know how it goes. Maybe you'll find my missing link as well. Ray, Gilmer, Texas