In a message dated 12/05/2000 3:01:03 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > and I did find a > possible match in that county in both 1850 and 1860, but the > surname is "Meadow". Jessie, I am sure that someone else will tell you this; the spelling of the surname can be Meador, Meadors, Meadow, Meadows, Mead, Meads, Meade, Meades. I think it just depended on how those folks were feeling at the time they did the writing. Gordon Reid Hale Grand Prairie, Texas