Dear List Members, I am cross posting because of the county formation like a lot of other people who research in the Edgefield/Akien/Barnwell area. I am seeking the maiden name of Nancy _?_ Carpenter Coleman which has not shown up in my past 38 years of research. As most of you know marriages are hard to prove in this area without marriage records. Her census records are below for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. She first married Isham Carpenter, the son of Adam Carpenter and Milly/Matilda probably Sheffield. They migrated from Cumberland/Moore County, North Carolina, c. 1803. By the 1850 census Isham Carpenter had d.c. 1845-6 and she had remarried to Frances Marion Coleman. They were probably living on Adam Carpnter's 333 acres below Trenton off Hwy 25, the old Plank Road. They had two sons, John and Owen. John died young according to courthouse records, 1850-1860. She had several children by her Coleman marriage. F. M. Coleman was deceased between c. 1864-1870. Whether he served and/or died in the Civil War has not been researched as I am a descendent of William Carpenter who married Sarah _?_ who was Isham's brother and another son of Adam and Matilda Carpenter. It appears from the census, some of which is hard to read, that F. M Coleman had a mother named Margaret Coleman and a brother Benjamin and a sister Parmelia Coleman. Can anyone identify this family? Perhaps this group of women with whom Nancy Coleman and her three daughters were living together in the 1870 census has some hidden clues that I do not recognize. Does any TIMMERMAN researcher recognize these people in the 1870 census? Who is the Effy Carpenter living with her in 1880 age 10? A daughter of her surviving son, Owen Carpenter? In the QUILL of March/April 2005 published by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society in the New Members list is a Coleman researcher, a Grant S. Sumner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with the email address cowdaddy@sbcglobal.net Thanks in advance for any assistance. Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 1-936-858-3801 http://www.inu.net/vcates 1850 CENSUS EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA. Printed page 111, November 9, 1850, House #1685 John Carpenter 49 M Farmer all born So Ca cannot read cannot write Epesybeth 40 F Isham 22 M Farmer Milley 19 F Francis 17 F Adam 14 M Matilda 12 F John 10 M Martha 8 F Elizabeth 6 Nancy 4 F James 2 M Printed page 137. December 2, 1850, House #2115/2121 Willliam Carpenter 42 M Farmer all born S. C. Sarah 35 F John 15 M attended school Isam 9 M attended school William 6 M Edmund 4 M Francy 1 F House #2116/2120 Frank Coleman 23 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate all born S. C. Nancy 27 F Benj 2(?)3 Farmer John Carpenter 10 M attended school Owen 8 M attended school Printed page 138-A, November 30, 1850, House #2106/2113 Adam Carpenter 80 M Farmer $1600 Real Estate born N. C. cannot read cannot write Molly " 72 F " born N. C. cannot read cannot write House #2120/2125 John Whitlock Printed page 148, House #2263 Dennis Carpenter 38 M Farmer b. Va. (census says Va., but should be S. C.) Elizabeth 26 F b. S. C. Marion 2 M 1860 CENSUS EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA. Written page 79, Edgefield C H Post Office, July 10, 1860. House #585/572. F M Coleman 32 M Farmer all born SC Nancy " 36 F Ann " 6 F Eveline " 5 F Owen Carpenter 15 M Farming Margaret Coleman 72 F Domes Parmelia " 27 F 1870 CENSUS EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA. Printed page 225-B, written page 36, Gregg Township, Graniteville Post Office, August 3, 1870, House #229/246 All born South Carolina Timmerman Harg (?) 40 F W Keeping house Ford, Mary J. 19 F W workd in Ctton mill Timmerman, Frances 17 F W work in cotton mill News/Nuces, M 6 F W attending school Coleman, Nancy 46 F W Keeping House , Evaline 14 F W work in cotton mill , Susan M 6 F W at home , Amica 21 F W works in cotton mill Johnson, Frances 10 F B domestic servant 1880 CENSUS AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. Printed page 48, S. E. Gregg Township, Town of Graniteville. House #92 Coleman , Nancy A. 55 f w , Susan 16 f w Carpenter, Effy 10 f w House #97 Carpenter, Ellen 46 f w , Amanda 21 f w dau , Thomas 15 m w son , Robert 12 m w son , Marion 7 m w son