Mary Alice, Cornelius is in Colerain twp, Ross Co, OH in the 1850 census. There are two Corneliuses in the 1840 census for Green twp, Ross Co, one of which is in the right age range, so I think this is the right one. He died in 1858, before the 1860 census. In 1850 there are 10 Moses Jones in Ohio but none in Ross Co., so he may have died. There is a Moses Jones in Green twp, Ross Co in 1840. In 1830 Moses is in Green twp, Ross Co. In 1820 he is in Colerain Twp., Ross Co. No census for Ohio in 1810. No state of Ohio yet, I guess. There is a Moses Jones in Hampshire Co, VA. I'll have to check his age range in each of these censuses to see if they agree with each other. Too bad family members weren't listed in all of those earlier censuses. Thanks, Marcy >Marcy, Try the early census records for Lawrence County, OH and Washington >County. I have been researching that area for 1860 and 1870. I do remember >seeing the name Cornelius Jones. It struck a bell with me because I knew a >man by that name when I was a child in Springfield (his daughter was a >friend of mine in the 1940's) and I wondered if he was a descendant of the >man on the census record. The first name is not a very common name. > >Mary Alice. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail