Mary & Trigg County researchers, Thanks for the reply ... it really made me chuckle! The orphan's name was Atha Gregory HUDSON, son of Daniel and Sally (WOOLDRIDGE?) HUDSON. He was born in 1813 in Halifax County, VA (an only child), orphaned in around 1820 and reared in Trigg County, KY. At age 14 learned the harness-makers trade. In 1835 he married Catherine Ann Elizabeth Shipp LANDER, daughter of Henry LANDER and Nancy BRASFIELD. Nancy BRASFIELD was the daughter of Major Wiley Roy BRASFIELD of Clark County, KY. He is in the 1850 Trigg County census under A.G. Hudson. In 1851 he and his family moved to Cedar County, MO. He lived to be 99 years old and died in Humansville, Polk County, MO. Any names sound familiar? Ginette