I don't know whether these are the persons whose information you seek. These are only a few of the many Oldham grooms in Madison Co., KY marriage records from 1786 to 1822. I suspect there are several generations of Oldham grooms by the year 1822, but the latest one in this particular list of Oldham grooms whose marriage took place [well, these are bonds, not always actual marriges although most have returns] is a marriage in 1818. Always consider that a groom (or even a bride) may have had multiple marriages. Sometimes the second or third marriage was to a widowed in-law!!! Madison Co., KY marriages A George Oldham married a Sarah Todd 20 Sep 1797 [bond] Caleb Todd, bondsman; Margaret Todd, mother of bride gave consent. return 21 Sep 1797. There are two James Oldham marriages. [so further research is in order.] James Oldham, groom; Diadama Merritt, bride, 27 Nov 1803; Benjamin Todd bondsman; return 1 Dec 1803 James Oldham, groom, Nancy Douglas, 31 Aug 1814; Andrew Hamilton, bondsman; Samuel Douglas, father of bride gave consent; ND [no date of return] (These are adapted from Bill and Kathy Vockery, Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records, v'ol. I, 1786-1822 [Richmond, KY: Published by authors, 1993], p. 61) The mother's giving consent Indicates bride not yet of age. Mother of bride may be a widow. Further research needed. Suggestion: I would study ALL of the brides' families, particularly tax records and land records, to get some clues as to the location of these grooms, etc. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a good many films of Madison Co. official records, as well as some unofficial ones, and the indexes of deeds (both grantor and grantee alone will give you some wonderful clues. If you are near an LDS [Mormon] Family History Center, first telephone and learn when the center is open. Second, ask whether you can borrow films through their center. Generally, there is a small fee and a limited loan period. If you live in Kentucky, of course, you will try to borrow film from the Kentucky State Archives in Frankfort. Note: Hopkins Co. was formed 1806 from Henderson Co., KY, and it may be that there are other records for your Oldhams in Henderson Co., KY. Henderson Co., KY was formed 1798, and a good many North Carolinians migrated there over the years. And Henderson Co. was formed from Christian Co. There was a political linkage of Madison Co., KY and of Henderson Co., KY in that both had land claimed by Col. Richard Henderson and his Transylvania Colony prior to the American Revolution Some history of Boonesborough can be learned if you have access to the online database [through your local or a nearby public library] called HeritageQuest. There is a digitized book entitled Boonesborough by George W. Ranck. The appendices have some replicas of documents which came out of the founding of Boonesborough in northern Madison co., KY. You did not give many dates for your Oldhams. The dates may help sort out who is who. One expert on colonial Virginia states that grooms usually married a woman who was a neighbor. Therefore knowing the watercourse on which the families lived is IMPORTANT. Kentucky tax lists, as well as land records, will provide that information. (We genealogists have to work hard to sort out our ancestors. That is why I distrust major databases which provide no source material.) E.W.Wallace **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)