Jackie Johnson asks... looking for info on... >A.B. McMicheal to L. C. Anderson: lisence, November 18, 1868: Surety >February 4, 1857. by W. P. Ford, J.P. > >Does anyone know anything about any of these people? From the 1870 Coffee Census (CD #3) it looks like it could be Absalom McMichael (age 25) and Louisa C. McMichael (age 19). They are not in the Coffee 1880 census. In the 1850 Coffee Census, (CD#1) Absalom's (age 6) parents are William & Suffrony McMichael. In a Coffee County Court Case, on Nov 12, 1880 (case #13), a deed from William McMichael to his children & grandchildren is included. The deed was written on Jan 17, 1875. Basically a division of his property to his descendants. Part of it was given to A.B. McMichael. The location is along the Noah Fork Creek, a tributary of the Duck River, in (old) Civil District #3. This is where the old McMichael Farm was located. You can still see part of it, including an ancient Cemetery, from Interstate Hwy 24, as you cross over the creek (about mile marker #101). Several McMichael burials are there, but alas, no William or A.B., or Absalom. Several of the stones are missing or damaged, however, so they possibly could be buried there. The farm was right on the Coffee / Bedford Co. line and part may actually have been in Bedford Co. You might check the 1880 Bedford Census. Jess Lewis http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/