This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReB.2ACE/1423.2 Message Board Post: Here is that 1850 Gibson Co., TN Bell list broken down into families: (*but I find FOUR that might have any a relationship to our BELLS, AND one thing is very interesting about this list of all the Bell families in Gibson Co., TN in 1850 census, is that they were all (3 from SC / 1 from AL) from NC and arrived in TN about 1810 - 1830ish. It would interest me if we could find out if they came from the same area....can you find any of these families in NC ) (what do you see in this list?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) *(This one that follows, might connect the two Valentines (in both of these groups) because of the unusual name and the fact they both come from SC.& also to Lydia because of the living near by) 128a 14 BELL ALEXANDER 5 TN pg 0123a " 12 " WILLIAM 8 " " " 16 " ISABELLA 1 " " " 13 " JOHN 6 " " " 15 " REBECCA 4 " " " 11 " TELITHA 25 " " " 10 " VALENTINE 73 SC " (2) *(This one that follows, might be related because of the nearness to JAMES BELL who might be a son of Lydia BELL) 279b 34 " VALENTINE (male) 65 SC pg 0279a txt " 36 " FRANCIS 25 TN " " 37 " GEORGE 21 TN " " 35 " PRISCILLA 44 NC " (3) (*This could be one of Lydia's sons living near her,) 280a 11 " SUSAN 18 TN pg 0279a " " 10 " JAMES 27 TN " (4) (*Here is our BELL family) 284b 36 BELL ELDRIDGE 25 NC pg 0279a " " 37 " ELEANOR (Grissom) 21 TN " " 38 " LYDIA 55 NC " " 39 " ANDREW 18 TN " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 239b 26 " ELIZABETH 24 TN pg 0234a " " 28 " MARGARET 7 " " " 29 " SARAH 5 " " " 25 " THO'S F. 26 ' " " 27 " WILLIAM 23 " " 257a 39 " WILLIAM 22 TN pg 0256b " " 36 " WILLIAM A. 65 NC " " 40 " ROBERT 17 TN " " 37 " PENELOPE 58 NC " " 38 " JAMES 33 NC " 306a 8 " ELIZABETH 17 NC pg 0301b " 7 " JOHN 27 NC " " 9 " ROBT. 3/12 TN " 206a 10 " JOHN W. 23 TN pg 0200a 204a 18 " RACHAEL 28 NC " " 16 " JAMES G. 45 NC " " 17 " JANE 50 NC " 153a 11 " CAROLINE 4 TN pg 0145a " 12 " ELINOR 3 " " " 9 " ELIZABETH 8 " " " 4 " H.M. 41 " " " 8 " JOHN 13 " " " 13 " JOSEPH 6/12 " " " 10 " MARY 6 " " " 5 " MINERVA 34 " " " 6 " ROBERT 19 " " " 7 " WILLIAM 17 " " These two families that follow are living next to each other, related? 137a 11 BELL ALEXANDER 8 TN pg o134a " 12 " ELIZA 7 " " " 7 " ELIJAH 35 AL " " 9 " GEORGE 11 TN " " 10 " JAMES 10 " " " 15 " JONAH 4/12 " " " 13 " MARY 5 " " " 8 " NANCY 32 NC " " 14 " NEIL 3 TN " Interesting: no adult female & this adult male comes from SC, which might connect them to the (1) family with the other Alexander whose family comes from SC?) 136a 12 " ANN 12 TN " " 14 " GEORGE 11? " " " 10 " JAMES 42 SC " " 13 " MARGARET 11? TN " " 16 " MARTHA 4 " " " 11 " MICHAEL 40 " " " 17 " ROBERT 2 " " " 15 " SARAH 6 " " more below.........