In my previous post on Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:04:27 EDT I made an error. I stated that Margaret (Marcum) Muncy was b. about 1817. That is incorrect. I have racked my brain trying to figure out where I came up with that date because it off about 10 yrs. It must just be a typing error because she was born abt. 1828. She is listed on the the 1850 Tazewell Co., VA census as Peggy Muncy age 23, thus born 1827. Next, she is listed on the 1860 Floyd Co., KY census as Martha Muncy age 32, thus born 1828. She is last found on the 1870 Lawrence Co., KY census as Margaret Muncy age 42, thus born 1828. This makes more sense that she was born ten years later in 1827, which was a few years after the divorce of William Marcum and Lydia Sutherland in 1824. I thank you Rhoda for citing your source as Karen Nelson Marcum for the information showing Margaret Aldridge & William Marcum had a son named Thomas and a daughter named Margaret. I had long suspected that Margaret & Thomas were siblings because census information shows they lived so close together and yet no other Marcums lived near them. I did find in my files the death record for Thomas Marcum who died of Typhoid Fever in Martin Co., Ky on 8-6-1877, which confirms he was the son of William Marcum and Margaret Aldridge. Unfortunately, Thomas died only 4 days after his son William also died of the same illness. There is one problem that I would like to investigate further. You stated your source indicated that Margaret Aldridge & William Marcum's daughter Margaret Marcum married a William Brewer about 1848. This appears to be in contradiction to the fact that Margaret appears with her husband William Muncy on the 1850 Tazewell Co., VA census along with their children. The following is an abstract of that census: #1037 Wm. Muncy 35 b. ? Peggy 23 b. VA Charlotte 8 b. VA James 7 b. VA Thomas 2 b. VA As the previous excerpt shows, William and "Peggy" began having their children about 1842, which was well before Peggy would have married William Brewer abt. 1848. Your source also stated that Peggy and William Brewer had two sons Moses and James Harrison, who don't appear to be listed with their mother on the 1850 Tazewell Co., VA census shown above. Even though Moses is not listed, I guess it is possible that James who is listed above as age 7 is the same person as James Harrison Brewer, but I doubt it because he is shown with the last name Muncy instead of Brewer. Of course, it was quite common in those days for step-children to assume the surname of their step-father. Do you know how I can contact your source, i.e., Karen Nelson Marcum to investigate this further? Regards, Dorsey Jude, Jr. (JudeofOh@aol.com) County Coordinator, Martin Co., KYGenWeb & Webmaster of the following web sites: The Martin County, Kentucky Genealogy Portal http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1692/index2.html The DAVIS Patriots of Virginia (The Tug River Valley Descendants of John Davis, I of Amherst Co., VA) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1692/Davis-Patriots.html The House of JUDE [The Frederick (alias Jude) Family Tree] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1692/House-of-Jude/Intro.html The MAYNARD Family in Appalachia (The Maynard Family Tree) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1692/Maynard-Family/Intro.html