Reta-- The Coffee county Marriage records have been published by Byron Sistler and the one you want is not there. Sorry, Carolyn > OK, I goofed and hit the send button too early last time - > sorry. > > Joel and Charity DeShields left North Carolina in about > 1815 and came to Tennessee. > His family appears on the 1830 census in Bedford County > Tennessee and in 1840 they lived in Coffee County. In > 1850 he was in Grundy County and his daughter Mary lived > with him. Chairty was living with Cyrus Josiah DeShields > and his wife, Jane. > > In 1850 they lived in Civil District #8 and lived between > Wagonner & Smith. They appeared in the Agricultural > Census. > > In 1860 & 1870, both Joel and Charity were gone and Josiah > and Jane had moved back to Beech Grove, Coffee County, > Tn. In 1880, they were living in Montgomery County, > Tennessee in District One and their older children were > living with them. Jane was an invalid. > > Would like to know the maiden name of Charity and also > Jane. Charity and Joel were probably married in North > Carolina. Cyrus Josiah and Jane were probably married in > Coffee County, Tn about 1840-41. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > > Reta Parton > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search > for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with > family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/t our.aspx?sourceid=