You might try and see if they have any military service. I found one in a pension file. Teresa Ghee Elliott All links start with http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery and then add Rutherford Co., TN cemeteries: see above TMG sentence structures: /TMG.html Descendants of James Edde of Bedford County, TN /EDDE/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Lee Anne Center [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TNBEDFOR] Marriage Records c.1830 AM, Thank you for letting us know. Maybe other records survived as well. Does anyone else know of places that might have old records that were rescued before the fires? I'd love to find an 1824 marriage record for John A. Bates and Elizabeth Davis. Lee Anne ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== Visit the TNBEDFOR-L mailing list archives: Searchable: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TNBEDFOR Threaded Searchable: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNBEDFOR ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx