Of interest to Caswell and Gatlin researchers: According to the information at website http://www.carolinacuzins.org/CH-govrc.htm, Susannah Caswell married John Lovick ca 1794, they had a daughter named Sarah Lovick, and John Lovick died ca 1899. Also, Susannah remarried to John Gatlin. A look at the 1800 Lenoir Co census reveals that a John Lovick was a head of household in that year, and that the household included 2 males 27-45 years old, 1 male under 10, 1 female 16-26 (Susannah Caswell?), 1 female under 10 (Sarah Lovick?), and 11 slaves. Could this be the household of John Lovick and Susannah Caswell or that of another John Lovick? One of the older males would have been John Lovick, but who would the other older male have been and who was the young male - a son perhaps? Susannah Caswell would have been 25 years old during that census and the daughter Sarah would have been under 10, in keeping with the census figures. That same year, 1800, John Gatlin appears in the census with 1 male 26-45 (John Gatlin), a female 16-26 (possibly a wife who died?), and a male under 10 (a son?). Could John Gatlin also have been married before he and Susannah Caswell married and could he have had a son about whom we have no knowledge? In 1810, John Lovick does not appear in the census and is presumed dead. John Gatlin does appear and by this time is married to Susannah Caswell. Gatlin's household includes 1 male 26-45 (John Gatlin), 1 male 16-26 (who?), 1 male 10-16 (who - the same one who was under 10 in the earlier census?), 2 males under 10 (documented sons John Slade Gatlin b. 1806 and Richard C. Gatlin b. 1809), 1 female 26-45 (Susannah Caswell), 1 female 16-26 (who?), 1 female 10-16 (who, possibly Sarah Lovick?), 1 female under 10 (documented daugher Susan Jefferson Gatlin b. 1803 d. 1814), and 18 slaves. In the 1820 census, John Gatlin's household includes himself (age 45+), Susannah Caswell (age 45+) his 2 documented sons (both 10-15 years old), an undocumented male (16-18), an undocumented male (18-25), 2 documented daughters (under 10, Mary M. Gatlin b. 1811 and Sarah Catherine Gatlin b.1814), an undocumented female (10-15), an undocumented female (16-25, maybe Sarah Lovick?), 11 male slaves and 14 females slaves. In short, given our knowledge of John Gatlin and Susannah Caswell, the census records reveal in their family or household 2 young males and 1 or 2 young females about whom we have no information. Some Questions: When was John Lovick born? Did Susannah Caswell (1775-1843) have a son with John Lovick as well as a daughter? When exactly did John Lovick die? Whatever became of the daughter Sarah Lovick? Was John Gatlin (1769-1836) married and have a son prior to marrying Susannah Caswell? Who were all the children of John Gatlin, both by Susannah Caswell and any other wife; and of John Lovick? Jim Gaddis