I'm trying to find information on the Cherokee Co. Messers. My gg-grandmother was Mary Lucinda Messer, m. Joseph Anderson Kimsey. On the census, she says she was born in Jackson Co. (Jackson did not exist when she was born however, so I suspect it was Haywood or Macon). There are two other Messers that I've been able to locate in Cherokee Co., and I suspect they're somehow related to Mary. J.A. and Mary Lucinda had a daughter, Quincy Druemma Kimsey (1868-1896) who married a John Ellis Messer. A year after her death, John Ellis Messer married Mary Harper, or Hooper. They were married by Joseph Anderson Kimsey. There's also a James Messer, m. Mary Elizabeth Bradshaw, in Cherokee Co. at approximately the same time. I feel fairly sure that these three Messers are related, but I'm not sure how. Nor am I sure how they got from Haywood/Macon to Cherokee Co., or who their parents were. Mary Lucinda is a huge brick wall for me. I'm hoping that by tracing John Ellis Messer, and possibly James, I can make a link back to her. Can anyone help? Regards -- Judy Kimsey