hello, i am still looking for father and mother of Alson Smith who also went by the name of Alson Brown. Alson first appears in the 1850 census as Alison Smith living with Andrew Morgan and wife Millie. Andrew married a Millie Smith so I think Alison and Millie may be siblings. This was Guilford Co. NC. Next 1860 Alson Smith is listed as married to Delilah (Hall) from Stokes Co. and they are using the name Alson Brown. Next 1870 Alson and Delilah Smith are living in Lee Co. VA. 1880 Alson Smith is back in Guilford Co. NC and son Avery W. Smith is there living with wife Nancy and an Aunt Nancy Farrington. The aunt is seeing to the farm. 1900 Alson Smith is listed as Alson Brown and Avery W. Smith is listed as Avery W. Brown and living next door to a Tilman P.Farrington. All these were in Guilford Co. Squire Brown 1800-1880 married Elizabeth Farrington 1805-80 and then i see that Wayne Till has a Vincent Brown married to Hesse Farrington. Does anyone know how the Smith, Brown and Farrington families are connected or can anyone help me with Alson Smith/Brown, Thanks, Clara ----- Original Message ---- From: Wayne Till <waynetill@comcast.net> To: ncsurry@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 7:37:07 PM Subject: [NCSURRY] Stokes County Marriage Lookups I request a lookup for my 4G Grandfather, Vincent Brown (b. abt 1771, d. aft 1827). He had at least 3 marriages: To Sary Brown reportedly on 3 Feb 1791 in Stokes (not shown in the NC Marriage Index on Ancestry.com) To Sally Cooper on 6 Jan 1806 in Stokes (shown in the NC Marriage Index on Ancestry.com) To Hesse Farrington on xx Apr 1806 in Stokes (the NC Marriage Index on Ancestry.com does not show the day) A file at the FHL lists a Sally Churchwell who married a Vincent Brown on 7 OCT 1790. I only found one Vincent Brown in the early censuses, so if this is correct, it represents a fourth marriage. Apparently he sold his land to pay debts in 1827 and was declared insolvent, so he may not have had an estate to be probated, but there may have been a will. I did not find him in the 1830 or 1840 censuses. Thanks for your help. Wayne Till ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ