Karen, I am not a volunteer, but interested in the Cryer line (no kin). Ancestry.com has some of your Cryers in a family tree. Allen Franklin Cryer s/o Thomas Cryer and Alicey Franklin b. 1825 in LA d. Aug. 1862 in MS married: Jul. 1, 1847 (Rankin Co., MS) to Elizabeth Jones there is more if this is the family you are looking for. A fellow researcher, Ethel