Thanks to Clyde Brown for copies of the following marriage bonds! : Marriage Bond, Thomas Tarver and Mary Ann Tarver, Franklin Co., Ms, bonded on 8th Mar 1850, bondsmen T.B. [x] Tarver and James H. Wactor, marr on 10th of March 1850 Allen Smith, clerk. Recorded in Old Marriage Bk.3, Pg.148. : This would explain no children in h/h when he and Mary Ann are enumerated on the 1850 Franklin Co. census. : 1850 Amite Co., MS Census Reel #: M432-368, Pg. 4B, enumerated 17 Oct 1850 by Henry Flower 18 181 181 Tarver, Thos. B. 21 M Farmer Amite Co Miss 19 181 181 Tarver, Mary A. 21 F Other marriages of a Thomas Tarver: : Marriage Bond, Thomas B. Tarver and Mrs. Almeda Jane Barber, Amite Co., Ms, bonded on 2nd Aug 1886, bondsmen T.B. [x] Tarver and Jesse [x] Lilly, marr. on 4th of August, N.S.McLean, clerk. Bond indicates Almeda Jane is 30 years of age. No age given for Thomas. : Marriage Bond, T.B. Tarver and Mary C. Gammon, Amite Co., Ms, bonded on 11 Nov 1889, bondsmen T.B. [x] Tarver and C.A.Neilson, marr. 11 Nov. 1889, N.S.McLean, clerk. Also believed to have married ca. 1850 to a Mary Jane [Surname Unk. - suggested by some to be "Bigner" - NOT the same Mary Jane Bigner who married Christopher Columbus Tarver, s/o Samuel Wilson Tarver and Mary Ann Lilly, but perhaps from the same family] Thomas is shown on the 1860 census married to Mary Jane. Tom Tarver 31, Mary ? 23. Francis A. 8, Samantha ? 3, James M. 1. Thomas is household 136. Lunsfred G. Tarver is 134. Sam Tarver 35 is 135. Lunsford G. and Sam Tarver would be sons of Wilson Tarver and Melinda [Cockerham??] "Francis marries in Amite Co. in 1875 and Tom signs the license." Mary J. Tarver is buried near Frances Tarver McDaniel in East Fork Baptist Cemetery in Amite Co. Other census with Thomas B. Tarver: Enumerated on the 1870 Lincoln Co., Ms census. Does anyone have a copy? Enumerated in 1880, Amite Co., Ms, age 50 married to Jary Jane, age 43, and 6 children. : Franklin Co MissThe 1880 Census lists: Tarver, Thomas B. age 50 Mary Jane age 43 John T. age 17 Averilla age 13 George B. age 11 William L. age 9 Charles A. age 6 Louis N. age 4 "He put his mark on the note to the clerk of court for Avarilla's marriage license, Nov. 24, 1883. Note written by John T." : Marriage Bond, N.M. [Newton Marion] Brown and Miss A.R. Avarella Rebecca] Tarver, Pike Co., Ms, bonded at Magnolia on 24 Nov 1883, bondsmen J.T Tarver and N.M. Brown, A.P. Sparkman, clerk. Marr. 24 Nov. 1883, W.W. Vaught, JP. Bond indicates Newton is 21 and Avarilla is 17. Some suggests this Thomas is a brother to my Samuel Wilson Tarver, however, others -- myself included -- have identified him as a s/o Dempsey Tarver and Rachel Bunch. Any proof either way? #Lotus D. Cirilo, Executive Director <lotusc@tyler.net> #Tyler Independent School District Foundation #PO Box 2035 Tyler TX 75710 Ph.(903) 531-3543 #******************************************************** #Tarver-Gen <http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/> #Genealogy. Collaborative family research. Tarver Welch #Lee Cockerham Rogers Reeves others. Searchable gedcom, #queries, transcribed records, message forum, mail list.