Eric, I have every published book on the county which lists most families from formation of the county in 1833 to 1900, and found evidence of this family in only one of the books. Specifically, I found 3 marriage bonds (see below). C. J. Prince and Mary Wilcos, 23 Mar 1860. H. B. Hayward, officiant; L. R. Wilson, bondsman Marriage bond bookC, page 120, Coffeeville court house records J. T. Prince and Bell Eldridge, 1 Dec 1889 Rev. R. F. Cole officiated; J. C. Treloar, bondsman Marriage bond book A, page 314, Water Valley court house records J. W. Martin and Mary F. Prince, 13 Jan 1869 H. B. Hayward, Minister of the Gospel, officiated; F. D. Swearengin, bondsman. Marriage bond book E, page 93, Coffeeville court house records The 1840, 1850 nor 1860 census rolls do not show this family in Yalobusha county. In the 1840 census, here are the heads of household for PRINCEs in the entire state of MS: Name City, County, State C S Prince Not Stated, Claiborne, Mississippi Catharine Prince Not Stated, Washington, Mississippi Daniel Prince Not Stated, Tishomingo, Mississippi David Prince Not Stated, Tippah, Mississippi Francis Prince Not Stated, Lowndes, Mississippi Henry Prince Not Stated, Jasper, Mississippi John Prince Not Stated, Covington, Mississippi John Prince Not Stated, Lauderdale, Mississippi N Prince Not Stated, Jasper, Mississippi Based on my review of my books, I conclude that the PRINCE family did not appear in Yalobusha County until after the Civil War. The 1870 census shows the following PRINCE family, the only one on that census: 260/262 Prince, William C. 35 M Farmer GA Anna M. 30 F Kep house Ga Callie M. 4 F MS Tobey 3 M MS William 2 M MS Infant 6/12 M MS Next door at family 261 is a child, Mattie Prince, age 8, b. MS living with the family of John W. Martin. I searched the 1860 census for all of MS and got 131 hits, with most of them showing birth states of AL, GA, , NC, SC, TN and MS, with one in PA, one in England, one in AR and a few in VA. Similar results were found in a search of the 1850 census for MS, though there were only 86 matches for the surname. Contact me directly if you have hard evidence that the PRINCE family was in Yalobusha County in the 1840 and I'll do a more thorough search. Bill Ward, Pottsboro, TX Evelyn Crocker <texannusa36@yahoo.com> wrote: Would someone , please, assist Eric: Thank you! Evie Crocker --- Eric Smith wrote: > Subject: YALOBUSHA SURNAMES > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:26:07 -0600 > From: "Eric Smith" > To: > > I am trying to find information on the Prince family > that lived in > Yalobusha county during the 1840's. > > Thanks, > Eric Smith > ericsmithokc@yahoo.com > > > >