I am searching for info on Rolly Gentry listed as 70y in the below census. He is with his 2nd wife Mary Jane Nolen who had been md to his son Allen Gentry & was killed, his father md his wife. The boy that is 18y in the census is the son of Allen & Mary Jane....Rolly sr and Mary Jane did go on to have some children as well as care for all the children of Mary Jane with Allen. I am trying to find any info in SC on Rolly's parent. He was first md to Elsie/Alsey Gravitt [she was half Cherokee] If anyone has run across any info that might be helpful please get in touch, thank you. MW 1880 Census Place: Brackettville, Kinney Tx Source: FHL Film 1255314 National Archives Film T9-1314 Page 300C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Rolby GENTRY Self M M W 70 SC Fa: SC Mo: SC Jane GENTRY Wife F M W 35 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Rolby GENTRY Son M S W 18 TX Fa: SC Mo: MO [fr a Cuz:] ROLBY/ROLLY/RAWLEY GENTRY BORN 1862 WAS THE SON OF ALLEN GENTRY AND MARY JANE NOLING. ROLLY WAS BORN IN TEXAS. HIS FATHER ALLEN WAS BORN IN GEORGIA AND HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN MO. THIS ROLLY/RAWLEY GENTRY jr MARRIED SALLIE CARTER IN KINNEY CO IN 1888. HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER WAS KILLED BY INDIANS. HE WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDFATHER, Rolly Gentry sr AND HIS MOTHER. HIS GRANDFATHER BECAME HIS FATHER WHEN ROLLY GENTRY MARRIED his mother MARY JANE NOLING GENTRY (WIDOW of Rolly Gentry's son, Allen Gentry) ===== Medicine Woman's Vision"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children"~Ancient Indian Proverb~ May the warm winds of heaven blow softly on your home, and the Great Spirit bless all who enter there. May your moccasins make happy tracks In many snows and May the Rainbow Always touch your Shoulder~Cherokee Blessing~ Researching:Lucy Cornelius>Pocohantas>Powhatan>Ashby>DavidGentry >Tiana Rogers>Sam Houston>RollyGentry>Bollings>Strother>Ash>Cherokee __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools