Tracing "Samuel Black" family lines in Laurel County is very difficult, because there were several Samuel Black's that lived in the area. One other moved to Madison County in 1888 according to the newspaper records. My Samuel Black family lived in Southern Laurel County, which was actually part of Whitley County until 1876. I have a copy of there 1860 census from Whitley County. My Samuel Black was married to Rhoda Steele. I don't have any idea of the parentage of my Samuel Black. Good luck on your sorting out of the Black families. Fran

Thanx so much for the info Fran.... This Luther Black seems to have "disappeared" after the news clip of his marriage license application ca 1903 in Laurel Co. area. If Luther and Ida B. Clark did marry, they may have moved and that is why i cannot find them. If they didn't marry, i have no clue as to what Ida's married name is. Again, thanx so much!!! charlotte Fammw@aol.com wrote: Tracing "Samuel Black" family lines in Laurel County is very difficult, because there were several Samuel Black's that lived in the area. One other moved to Madison County in 1888 according to the newspaper records. My Samuel Black family lived in Southern Laurel County, which was actually part of Whitley County until 1876. I have a copy of there 1860 census from Whitley County. My Samuel Black was married to Rhoda Steele. I don't have any idea of the parentage of my Samuel Black. Good luck on your sorting out of the Black families. Fran ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE)

Re newspaper records, was the Samuel Black that moved to Madison County married to Betsy Mershon Black? Sandy