I may have some Blanchard infor from that area somewhere in my research, when I have time to go search for it. I had some Blanchards connected to my Lassiter family tree research from Gates area. christine Hello Jay, This may be your guy: 1850 Gates Co NC census, page 48 (stamped), September 16, 1850 Josiah Blanchard 30 NC Sophia Blanchard 28 NC Emily Blanchard 8 NC Joseph B. Blanchard 5 NC William Blanchard 1/12 NC I suggest going to the Gates Co NC web site (I assume there is one) and see if they have the indexed 1860 census available so you can check for him then. If not, consider requesting a 1860 census lookup from the NC Census Lookup List.