I am looking for ancestors of Nancy Ann Pierce who was born in 1839. I believe but do not know for sure that she was born in Greene County, Tennessee. I do know that she was born 15 Jan 1839, she was married 23 Sep 1860 in Greene County, Tennessee to George Tivis Cox, and she died 22 July 1880 in Greene County, Tennessee. I have excellent data on her descendants which I would be happy to share, but her ancestors are a bit of a brick wall. I suspect that she may be the daughter of James Pierce and an unknown wife. Here is an 1850 Greene County census entry that may include my Nancy Ann. James Peirce 46 M Farmer 400 Ten Spriddy 30 F Ten William E. 20 M Farmer Ten Martha C. 22 F Ten John E. 18 M Farmer Ten Mary M. 16 F Ten Nancy A. 10 F Ten James W. 8 M Ten Thomas 4 M Ten Andrew Y. Mitchell 10 M Ten Lorinda J. Mitchell 8 F Ten Claudius 4 M Ten (The above is a transcription I found on the Internet. I also have a transcription which my uncle found at the Greene County library. It agrees in general with the one on the Internet, but differs slightly in detail. It has James Pierce, wife Spiddy, and the last two children are Lisinda J. Mitchell and Clanders. All of the various spellings above -- Pierce vs. Peirce etc. -- are careful intentions, not typos.) Under normal circumstances, I would suspect the Mitchell children of being nieces and nephews or something like that. But Spiddy is too young to be the mother of the older Pierce children. Also, I have found a Greene County marriage for James Pierce to Spitty Michel on 19 Mar 1850. I would therefore guess this is a second marriage and that the Mitchell children are Spiddy/Spriddy/Spitty's children by her first marriage to a Mitchell. So even if this is my Nancy Ann Pierce, nothing here would give me any information about the first wife of James Pierce nor about the maiden name of Spiddy. Any information anybody has on this line would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Jerry Bryan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com