Can anyone help me speculate why I can't find the marriage registry of my ancestors? I live too far away to do actual research myself in Blount Co. ... but I have checked with every lookup volunteer I can think of and checked several index sources. All other information handed down about this couple has proved to be accurate ... so I would think that their marriage information would be truthful also. John Barker arrived from England in 1850 (too late to be counted in the census) and began working at a cotton mill in Abrams Creek. Family records indicate that John married Martha Ann Hudson in 1851 after meeting her at a Presbyterian church in Rockford, TN. In 1860 John, Martha Ann and their three daughters are listed in the census at Rockford. In 1860 Martha Ann's family is listed in Monroe Co. near Citico. I checked marriage records in Monroe Co. and did not find them there either. Is there a possibility that the Presbyterian church is still in existence and that records of an 1851 marriage could still be there? Are there certain records known to be missing in that area and in that era? Can someone speculate with me why I can't find a record of their marriage? ... or maybe even tell my why I have such a personal NEED to find this record! I already know WHO they are ... I don't know why I have let this marriage record become so important to me. (maybe just because its a puzzle that needs to be solved!) ...Charlotte 1860 Blount County, Tn. Census-#93 District 11, Rockford Post Office, family 17 BARKER, John 35.....Turner.....200dollars....England Martha Ann 25................................TN Mary 5 ...........................................TN Sarah 2 ..........................................TN Martha 6 months ...........................TN 1860 census of Monroe Co. Tn Dist. 17 near Citico area #1579 Hudson, Clinton 52 NC (b. 1808) M.H. 53 Tn (b. 1807) Saml. E. 31 Tn (b. 1830) Wm. 12 Tn (?b. 1848?[1838]) Mary 16 Tn (b. 1844) George 14 Tn (b. 1846)