Hello, I am also a Rice decendant of Decatur County Rices. As you probably know there were 3 different Rice families in Decatur County in the 1800's. I do not know if the families were related or not. My ggg grandfather was Joseph M Rice. He is listed on the 1850 Decatur County census as an apprentice tanner living next door to Jack Walker in north eastern Decatur County, Not far from J. G. W. and Lavinia Smith Rice. I would welcome any information that you might have about these families. Thanks, Marie [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: RICE, TAYLOR, CROW, CAUDLE, BRASHEAR > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/131.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I noticed the surname CROW in your list. My great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Nancy Crow (according to her daughter's death certificate). Her husband is stated as Tom TAYLOR. She is listed as a widow in the 1850 census of Decatur Co., TN; so her husband is dead, I suppose. There are several children listed with her. She should have been born c. 1804. > I am stumped on both these lines. Does any of this ring a bell in your research? > Thanks for any help.