Dear Kathy: From the age and birthplace of Larkin and of his children, it appears that Larkin was born in SC ca. 1801 and married there before John, born ca. 1832, was born. Larkin was 31 when John was born, so he had probably been married about 10 years, i.e. married ca. 1821. Who? Unprovable as SC did not register marriages until after 1900. I think the family at the bottom of the list, Lulla Ann, 21 b. SC and Biddy aged 6 b. GA, were Larkin's daughter in law and grandchild. Mary aged 17 is a puzzle. 49 year old men usually remarried to much younger women, but to 17 year olds? He needed a mother for his children. She wasn't his oldest daughter listed next to him because she was acting as surrogate mother to his children - at least, if the birthplace info GA is correct, it seems highly unlikely that he would have had children in SC and gone to GA and gone back to SC. Question is, if Larkin aged 49 married Mary Ann Foster in 1850, was her age listed correctly as 17. What does the 1860 census say? Sonia Date forwarded: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:38:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Skat9730@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 22:37:19 EDT Subject: [NIX-L] Larkin Nix --son of Valentine To: NIX-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: NIX-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: NIX-L@rootsweb.com > This seems to be Valentine nix son Larkin b. ca 1801, married mary Ann Forster > in 1850. > > 1850 Census of District #15, Cherokee County, Georgia, > August 1, 1850 listed: > > 1309/1315 Larkin Nix 49 m farmer 1000 SC > Mary " 17 f GA > John " 18 m farmer SC > Hamilton " 16 m do SC > Balard " 15 m do SC > Benj. Peters 13 m SC > Garison " 11 m SC > Elias " 9 m SC > Parade " 7 m GA > James M. " 1 m GA > Lulla Ann " 21 f SC > Biddy Nix 6 f > > Is this Mary his wife or daughter? Who was his earlier wife? Any other > children? Thanks > > Kathy in SC > > > ==== NIX Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.c > >