Lynn Visone, Hi there, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I will admit that I have been rather lazy these past few weeks and I have been ignoring everyone lately. Anyways, back to your brick wall right. Since your Martha C. Pickle was 18 on the 1850 then she could have been married shortly there after and more then likely close to where she was enumerated. You may want to find the churchs around the area and near by towns and check their wedding records. Once again, I recommend a phone call rather then a letter or email because you can get faster results. In the mean time, I would definitely write away for any information regarding William being buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Winfield, KS. That would be a good place to start since you know where he is already. From there you might find other relatives buried in the same plot. This link http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm#Links is a web site that will help you find and order records from the National Archives. It seems pretty thorough and straight forward. Give it a try, you mat find that your William was infact a part of the Civil War after all. And as for the Land Grants, there is always the good old stand by http://www.cyndislist.com/land.htm Cyndi's List. She is very good, infact you may want to use her for the Civil War Records too http://www.cyndislist.com/cw.htm . I think that you might have to contact the actual state that Bedford county is in and see what sort of treasures they may have for you. Once again, a visit in person will most certainly be more productive then an email, letter or phone call this time. Let me know how these all turn out for you All the best Carol Gabriel List Admin