This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Word Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1652 Message Board Post: Thomas J. Word came from VA in 1832 to Pontotoc Co. MS Served in the legislature 1838-1839 from MS and was in Marshall Co. before 1850 (pg. 365 of census) His wife Mary died in Holly Springs 13 Mar 1852. Has anyone read this census? Can someone do a cemetery lookup for Thomas J. and Mary Word?