This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0IB.2ACE/304.310.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Since the first two children were born in Alabama - he had to have been there in 1870. Here are the John Kings in AL in 1870 census of AA's CD: African-Americans|in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census Surname,Given Name,Age,Gender,Race,Birthplace,State,County,Locality,Series,Roll,Part,Page KING,JOHN,34,M,B,AL,AL,ELMORE,WETUMPKA P O,M593,15,1,10 KING,JOHN,38,M,B,AL,AL,CLARKE,GAINESTOWN P O,M593,8,1,78 KING,JOHN,20,m,B,AL,AL,CLARKE,GROVE HILL P O,M593,8,1,110 KING,JOHN,25,M,B,AL,AL,RUSSELL,FORT MITCHELL,M593,38,1,130 KING,JOHN,30,M,B,AL,AL,MOBILE,MOBILE P O,M593,30,1,233 KING,JOHN,30,M,B,AL,AL,MARENGO,MCKINLEY BT,M593,28,1,472 KING,JOHN,8,M,B,AL,AL,BUTLER,GREENVILLE P O,M593,5,1,488 KING,JOHN,40,M,B,AL,AL,GREENE,MANTUA BT,M593,17,1,763 KING,JOHN,35,M,B,AL,AL,DALLAS,UNION PCT,M593,14,1,775 KING,JOHN,16,M,B,AL,AL,DALLAS,WOODLAWN PCT,M593,14,1,802 Sorry but the CD is an index and doesn't list the household members. Denise For help with African American genealogy visit: http://www.afrigeneas.com/