I only find a Horace in the counties you mentioned in 1850. In 1860 there was a Horace R Jones in Franklin. Wasn't sure if you had the 1850 so will wait to hear from you on that before doing lookup. 1860 JONES HORACE R. Franklin County ME 645 Farmington Federal Population Schedule 1850 JONES HORACE Kennebec County ME 047 Augusta Federal Population Schedule Judy & Gus AKA FoxHollow's Gentleman Gast'on CGC,NA,NAJ http://www.geocities.com/funnfur/Gus_the_TFT.html