This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5850.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I do not see your Presley COTRELL/COTTRELL in Knox Co. as of the 1850. As of the 1810, John COTTRELL is present in Knox Co.: COTTRALL, John, over 45 . .Female, over 45 . .Male, 16-25 . .Male, 16-25 . .Female, 10-16 . Female, 16-25 As of 1820, looks like John CoTRELL with one son in the household and one daughter and a wife with a "possible" son, Henry COTRELL living next dwelling to him on Little Popler Creek, Knox Co. By the time of the 1830, there is a Presley COTTRELL living 5 dwellngs removed from John COTRELL in Knox co.: COTTRELL, Presly, 40-50 . Female, 30-40 . .Male, under 5 . .Male, under 5 . .Male, 5-10 . .Male, 5-10 . .Male, 10-15 . .Male, 10-15 . .Female, 5-10 . .Female, 10-15 1840 - - not present in Knox Co. Then. . . on the 1850, is it possible this is Presley COTRELL in Dist. #31 of Lee Co., VA? It is not all that unusual for them to be off on their ages and some of the names otherwise match the 1860 Harlan Co. Dwelling 1183-1214 - Lee Co., VA - 1850 COTRELL, Presley, 66, farmer, b. VA . .Elizabeth, 46, b. VA * * . .Sarah, 13, b. VA . Elizabeth, 11, b. VA * * 1860 Harlan Co., kY Dwelling 372-372 MARTIN, Nelson, 35, b. VA . .Elizabeth, 20, b. VA * * . Sarah, 1, b. KY COTRELL, Presley, 65, b. UNK. - basketmaker . .Elizabeth, 60, b. VA * * I don't see any marriages in Knox Co. for this family bet. 1800 - 1850. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA