Margaret: Thank you for your reply. My direct ancestor appears to be Leonard B. Wade and from what I have found on line, should have owned property there. Will pass this info on to my cousins and see if one of them can get access to those land records. Jack Green Margaret Smith wrote: > There doesn't appear to be anything in the census itself to identify > locations in the 1840 census of Tishomingo, other than that those > persons (including your Wades) on page 231 were in the "Northern > district" of the county. Along the left-hand side of the page, only > the county is identified. It is possible that there is somewhere a > document detailing what divisions were alloted to the various census > takers, but I wouldn't know where it might be. You might try quering > someone with the USGenWeb Census Project. Otherwise, land records are > your best bet, and definitely worth checking if you can get to > Tishomingo County and your ancestors were land owners. > > Margaret Lindsey Smith, > who will finally get to Tishomingo County next week to locate records > on her Lindsey ancestors! > > >