David, Wonder if this is the one your are looking from? Looks as if the 28 year old Martha may be his oldest daughter. Ages are off... but with census they can vary from year to year. 1860 MEDLOCK D. Cass County GA 683 St.Ilesboro P.O. D. Medlock 40 MW SC v.R/E $500, v.pers $100 M. 35 FW SC M. 15 FW GA J. 11 MW GA F. 9 MW GA M. 4 MW GA Infant 6/12 MW GA 1870 MEDLOCK DAVID Independence County AR 116 Jefferson Township David Medlock 49 MW SC Working on farm, v.pers $300 Martha J. 28 FW GA Keeping house James 16 MW GA Mary E. 14 FW GA John 11 MW GA Sarah 8 FW GA Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: David Nixon To: MATLOCK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: [MATLOCK-L] James J. Matlock Does anyone know the parents of James Matlock born 1851 Georgia, father b SC mother born SC . His son Walter b 1885 married Mary Nixon(these Nixon are from Laurens and Abbyville County SC also}. They are in Independence County Arkansas 1880-1930. Just what I needed was another Nixon marring a Matlock to reseach. LOL. My ggggrandfather Abner Nixon married Mary Parthenia Matlock/Medlock. David Nixon ==== MATLOCK Mailing List ==== GREAT search engines! http://www.theultimates.com/ (6 engines in one!) http://www.metacrawler.com/ (10 engines in one!) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/ (focused on genealogy links)