Responded to and thanked "fkb" off-List . It's certainly possible that the BOYL family in 1850 is in fact the BAGLEY family. Does anyone even know of a family with the surname "BOYL" living in Lawrence Co in 1850? This could be a case of Census-taker error. Thanks, Nancy On Jul 30, 2009, at 6:48 PM, fkb wrote: > Nancy, > > <snip> > > I know this is far fetched but with evidence below and unusual name I > believe this is your family. > 1850 Census Union Township, L.C. > BOYL > Ransler 30 Sawyer (in 1860 yours is a carpenter) > Mary 30 > Mary A 6 > Rachel Y 5 > William A 3 <snip> >