There are 48 people with the first name Lytle in the 1860 U.S. census at Ancestry.com. Can you give some sense of where your Lytle Absher may have been born (state), or a year range? In the 1840 U.S. census at Ancestry.com, there were four individuals named Mitchell Smith, at: Saint Clair, Illinois; Johnson, Indiana; Nicholas, Kentucky; and Bartholomew, Desha, Arkansas. Does one of these seem to be your individual? Adele -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of zoee101@yahoo.com Sent: March 21, 2006 12:23 PM To: SMITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SMITH] Mitchell Smith This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28077 Message Board Post: Sometime in the early 1800's Mitchell Smith had a fling with a Mary Absher resulting in a son Lytle Absher. This would make Mitchell my GGgrandfather. Does anyone have any information on him? I am having a really hard time finding anything other than court papers ordering him to pay child support to Mary's parents who raised Lytle. Thank you so much for any help. ==== SMITH Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net