Meg, Our Pierce went from Tn to Arkansas after the Civil War. I thought I would put A J Pierce into the Ancestry search engine for 1860. I'm not sure what the age of your Andrew J. Pierce is in AR. This A J Pierce is 16 in 1860. Maybe this will help. Sincerely, Barbara Long 1860 Census Dyer Co. TN Dyersburg, TN 4th Civil District 22nd June 1860 WN McKnight- enumerator Stamped Page 335 Written Page 70 122 Shaw 123 Short 124 Johnson 125 131 Geo. W. Pierce 30 M Farmer 1000/ 800 TN R.T. 22 F TN J.D. 1 M TN 126 132 C.R.Pierce 32 F Farmer 5400/ 4727 TN M.E. 13 F TN I.M. 10 M TN T.I. 9 M TN W.H. 6 M TN 127 133 Nancy Connell 40 F Farmer 15,000/ 28,435 VA S.E. 12 F TN F. T. Pierce 40F VA Stephen Brown 23M Teacher TN H. F.Pursell 6 M TN 128 134 A. J. Pierce 42 M Farmer 7470/ 3450 TN A. D. 35 F ALA A. M. Pierce 18 M Farmer TN A. J. 16 M TN T(or)G. G. 14 M TN H. 12 M TN Mary 8 F TN George 6 M TN Benj. 2 M TN Samuel 8/12 M TN 129 Lacy 130 Mills