There is a ZILPHA PACE (age 50, b. Chatham Co.) living in Guilford County in the 1850 census. That would make her born around 1800, assuming the census age is correct. She is in 1850 living only with her "idiotic" son David Pace, age 16. She will later move to Mecklenburg Co. with relatives NEEDHAM PACE and YOUNG PACE, both of which had been apprenticed as orphans (possibly just the father dead) in Guilford in the 1830's. Also apprenticed in Guilford as an orphan was my ABNER PACE (1822-1900), who moved to live in Rowan County around 1843-44. These male Paces are believed to have been siblings or cousins. ZILPHA PACE (B.1800) is shown on the 1850 census as having been born in Chatham Co., but she appears to have possibly married ALSAY PACE in Johnston Co. in Sept 1820. At that time she was ZILPHA HALL. I believe this is the same Zilpha Hall Pace who later moved to Guilford Co. and then to Mecklenburg with Needham and Young Pace. In the 1850 Guilford Co. neighborhood with with Zilpha Pace were other Paces, also born in Chatham: NANCY ANN PACE (AGE 20), and EDITH PACE (AGE 35), both showing birth in Chatham Co. NANCY PACE was in 1850 living with a GILLIAM SCOTT (wife NAMED ALSEY, age 42); The Scott husband and wife had both been born in Chatham Co. EDITH PACE is living with NATHAN WRIGHT (b. Wake Co.), and his wife ALLICE D. (age 31) who had been born in Chatham Co. These Scott and Wright families are farmers living very close to one another, plus close to the household of ZILPHA HALL PACE. It appears to me that my Pace family migrated from Chatham to Johnston (or vice versa) and then to Guilford between 1800 and 1830. ZILPHA HALL PACE went with them, it appears. Does anyone know anything about these families (PACE, HALL), especially in Chatham and Johnston Counties? Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]