In a message dated 3/4/2005 4:48:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, David A. Jager writes: >This looks like some of my line. I could never get any later than Madison. My >Great-Grandfather is James Madison Richardson. Madison was a colorful fellow. >Spent a lot of time in circuit court over land and marital issues. I did notice that in the entry from the 1870 census of Jackson Co., TN he is listed as J. M. Richardson and I have heard rumors of the various litigations he was involved in and have even seen some abstracts of some of the cases. I guess we are both stuck on this one, but that's better than being stuck alone. Brenda Bova P.S. - So sorry for sending that query to the list twice. I received several list messages after I sent it the first time so I was sure it just didn't go through. I won't let that happen again!