This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kUB.2ACE/1920.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, I guess now I'm about as confused as you. When you asked about Abcilla, I went back and looked through the census again and the entries just make no sense. From 1930 back to 1900, you can easily follow Clyde to Gray to Columbus, all in Forsyth County. Skipping back to 1880, Columbus is nowhere I can find. A Columbus appears in 1870 with Emsley and Absilla in Randolph County, but the age is wrong. Comparing the entries for Emsley/Abcilla in 1870 and 1880, the children listed with them are completely inconsistent. Going back to 1860, I see Emsley with wife Eliza and still another child who is never seen again. I'm curious as to whether you have anything concrete relating Columbus of Forsyth with Emsley of Randolph. I think you're more closely connected to the Carters than I am, so maybe you have some family history that I wouldn't be aware of. Anyway, I don't have any good information on Abcilla right now, but I'll keep poking around for a while and let you know if anything turns up.