Is there anyone in Marshall Co. MS that could do some On-Site Research for me (for a fee of course)...........Years between 1840-1857-60............I don't know what records are available, but things like tax list............whatever is available during those early years that might help to give me understanding about my ancesters there and perhaps WHY the chose the area..............possibly because other SMITH families where in the area. I have proof that my G Grandfather Andrew Jackson Adair married Frances Gantt in Marshall Co. MS on 01 Oct 1857. Married by James J. Power in home of her brother Wm. Henry. Gantt in Marshall Co. MS. I'd like to know..............if possible............. what drew people to the area before 1857...........see if I can find some record when A.J. and his brother John Smith Adair arrived . Also would like to find where (if possible) their mother Ann Smith Adair died 16 Oct 1852..........possibly in Marshall Co. MS. All these dates came from our Adair Family Bible. I don't know if this would need to come from MS State Archives or from Marshall Co. MS records itself. I'd appreciate any guidance anyone could give me. Nell