This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnston, Burns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/697 Message Board Post: On the 1840 Tippah County Census William and John Johnston and their families appear. John has 1 boy 5-10, 1 boy 10-15, 1 M 40-50, 4 F under 15, 1 Female 30 - 40 Total 10 Agriculture William has 1 boy 5-10, 1 male 30-40,2 Funder 5, 1 Female 30-40 6 total in household Neither of these Johnston's appear on the 1850 Census. Do you know anything about these early Johnston's in Tippah? Thanks, Kathy