All my family lines are in East Tennessee, arriving here from around 1775 at the earliest to around 1870/1880 at the latest. They all tended to move to Tennessee either from Virginia or North Carolina. One of my worst brick walls is my gg grandfather Alexander L. (Alex) Williamson, b. 3 Jan 1855 in North Carolina, d. 20 Oct 1903, probably in Loudon County, Tennessee. The earliest record I have for him is his marriage on 18 Apr 1874 in Monroe County, Tennessee. His 1880 census entry is in Roane County, Tennessee which says that he was born in North Carolina. So he must have moved from North Carolina to Tennessee before 1874. (His birth date is from family records, but they provide no clues to his ancestry.) I have been looking through 1860 censuses in all North Carolina counties trying to find him. I think I may have succeeded. Gold Region, Moore County, North Carolina, 19 Aug 1860 p.425, HN 1095, FN 1080 Williamson T.M.C. 29 m w farmer $400 $675 NC Cartharin 31 f w NC Alx 5 m w NC Cyntha A. 3 f w NC Aside from the off chance that somebody researching Moore County might recognize T.M.C. Williamson, I was wondering what marriage records are extant for Moore County. I have found a few marriage records online starting in 1859. Do earlier records exist, or was there a courthouse fire? If they exist, is it possible for some kind soul who has access to Moore County records to do a lookup for the marriage of T.M.C. Williamson? I obviously don't know what his given name was, in the event that a marriage record would list his name rather than initials. One would suspect that he was married between 1850 and 1855, probably about 1853. I do have a slight suspicion that his middle name started out "Mc", and that his name should be listed as T. Mc. Williamson, but that is only a guess. Also, the "M" was very hard to read. It could have been an N or an A. So the "Mc" guess may be totally bogus. Thanks in advance. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963