Connie, The Albert McCarty I'm working on was born in SC ca. 1807. Albert and family moved to Lowndes Co., MS sometime between 1844 and 1850. His wife was named Darcus. Their children were: Darcus, b. ca. 1835, Ruth, b. ca. 1838, Martha, b. ca. 1840 and Samuel, b. ca. 1844. They were all born in SC. Samuel McCarty later moved to Lee Co., MS near Andrew J. McCarty and Dennis McCarty, Jr. They appeared on the 1850 census there. They were not listed on the 1860 census. Their children were in the household of Levi and Ruth Gentry. Charles McCarty, married second, Elizabeth Gentry (Lowndes Co., MS?), daughter of Levi and Ruth Gentry, sometime after 1850. Charles is a son of Dennis McCarty, Sr. of Edgefield Co., SC. Mary McCarty, married Charles P. Gentry (Lowndes Co., MS?), son of Levi and Ruth Gentry. Mary was the daughter of Dennis McCarty, Jr. living in Itawamba Co., MS at this time. Cliff