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/FBB.2ACE/491.2 Message Board Post: Looks like there is an Allan Martin in Letcher Co KY in 1870 listed on this census index posted on Letcher genealogy site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/census/1870/1870_ndx.htm There is a Martha Bates living with her brother Henry C Bates in the 1880 Letcher Co KY Census age 25. This Martha Bates is the daughter of James Bates and Elizabeth Adams I believe.