In a message dated 4/1/2001 10:18:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Surname: Hughes, Chitwood ------------------------- Desperately seeking parents of Mary Melinda Hughes She was born 8 apr 1861 probably in Rutherford,NC, she died 24 Dec 1887 Polk,NC. She married William Evans Chitwood (1857-1947) on 6 Dec 1877 in Cleveland,NC. Anyone with anything that might help. Sure would appreciate it! You can email me directly at: [email protected] Thanks in advance! >> Hello, Don't know if these are yours or not, but might be of help: 1870 Federal Census for Cleveland County, NC Township #2, Nichelsonville: W B Hughes, male, age 47 (William B Hughes, son of Nancy Bridges Hughes & Benjamin Hughes) R J, female, age 48 L J, female, age 25 Nancy, female, age 22 D B, male, age 20 Vianeta, female, 15 Mandy, female, 13 W P, male, 12 Mary, female, 9 Julia, female 5 Joseph, male, 3 Next door: Nancy Hughes, female, age 77 (Nancy Bridges,other censuses indicate she was born 1790 in NC daughter of James Bridges & Rebecca Hamrick) M A Pruett, female, age 45 (Mary Ann Hughes wife of Thomas J Pruett ,daughter of Nancy Hughes) Malinda Hughes, female, 25 James Hamrick, male, age 20 (I think, but can't prove that James was the son of Burwell Hamrick & his wife Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Hughes. If so his dates: 2/11/1850-1/16/1876, buried at Boilings Springs Cemetery,Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, NC) **Hughes, Benjamin, male, age 87 born in Virginia (the asterisk indicated Benjamin was on the mortality index for 1870 meaning he died within the year. He was Nancy's husband. From my files, Benjamin Hughes, born c1784 in Virginia, died 1869 in Cleveland County, NC, Mary Bridges Hughes, born c1790 in NC Their children: Starlin Hughes, born c1809 Sarah "Sallie" Hughes, born c1810 Sanford Hughes, born 7/1/1811 Malinda Hughes, born 2/20/1814 James Hughes, born 12/21/1816 William B Hughes, born 8/5/1823 Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Hughes born c1824 Mary Ann "Polly" Hughes born c1831 1860 Federal Census for Cleveland County, NC William B Hugh, 37, farmer. $100.00 real estate, $124.00 personal property, born NC Rebecca, 38, female Laura J, 18, female Nancy A, 12, female Drury B, male, 10 Vinetta A, female, 6 Marenda C, 5, female William P, 4 male Next door: Benjamin Hughs, 78, male, farmer $300.00, $211.00, born in VA Nancy, 71, female Mary A, 30, female Landrum Hamrick, 17, male (This is another son of Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Hughes & her husband Burwell Hamrick) I have the 1850 Federal Census for Cleveland County online: http://members.aol.com/JProctor1/index.html Reason I have info on the Hughes clan? Some of them climbed onto my family tree thru marriages to members of the Hamrick clan. Enjoy the trek, Judith Parker-Proctor [email protected] [email protected] http://www.shelby.net/judytalk