Dwelling #14/Family #15 1850 Grainger County, Tennessee Eli Shipley age 33 male Miller Born: Tennessee Rutha A. 32 female Born: Tennessee Martha M. 10 female Born: Tennessee Jason L. 8 male Born: Tennessee Mary M. 5 female Born: Tennessee Dwelling #20/Family #22 Thos. Shipley age 41 male Farmer Born: Tennessee Elendor 38 female Born: Tennessee Anna E. 17 female Born: Tennessee Adam 13 male Born: Tennessee Mary A. 8 female Born: Tennessee Henry C. 3 male Born: Tennessee John W. 2 male Born: Tennessee Dwelling #32/Family #34 Willis Shipley age 24 male Laborer Born: Tennessee Jane 19 female Born: Tennessee Dwelling #36/Family #38 Varner Shipley age 56 male Carpenter Born: Tennessee Rosana 56 female Born: Tennessee George 33 male Laborer Born: Tennessee Anna 31 female Born: Tennessee Thomas 29 male Laborer Born: Tennessee Amanda 18 female Born: Tennessee Wm. S. 15 male Laborer Born: Tennessee Prudence M. 13 female Born: Tennessee Dwelling# 82Family # 89 Nathan Shipley age 39 male Farmer Born: Tennessee Margaret 36 female Born: Tennessee David C. 14 male Born: Tennessee John C. 13 male Born: Tennessee Isaac 10 male Born: Tennessee Noah 9 male Born: Tennessee Wiley J. 5 male Born: Tennessee Mary J. 1 female Born: Tennessee Dwelling# 974/Family #1013 Solomon S. Shiply age 40 male Saddler Born: Tennessee Margaret C. 42 female Born: Tennessee Andrew 16 male Farmer Born: Tennessee Harriett 14 female Born: Tennessee Daniel 10 male Born: Tennessee Wm. 8 male Born: Tennessee Susan L. 6 female Born: Tennessee Some Shipley marriages from "Early East Tennessee Marriages" Aaron Shipley to Rosannah Bunch 26 June 1813 Adam Shipley to Emily M. Easter 18 August 1860 Adam Shipley to Katherine Mann 26 June 1819 Adam Shipley to Lydia Taylor 12 December 1822 David C. Shipley to Emeline Glossup 14 December 1854 Eli Shipley to Ruthy A. W. Lane 30 August 1838 Isaac Shipley to Sarah A. Patton 6 November 1860 John Shipley to Alice Lang 16 September 1858 Nathaniel Shipley to Margaret Taylor 4 January 1833 Thomas Shipley to Eleanor Rodgers 19 August 1830 Thomas Shipley to Lucinda Rodgers 13 September 1854 William C. Shipley to Susana Nelson 6 August 1829 William D. Shipley to Nancy Jane Cutts 13 January 1859 Willis Shipley to Delila Katherine Jane Harris 21 July 1849 >From "Inventories of Estates and Wills Nov. 1833 - May 1852" page 156 Account of Sales - Thomas Shipley dec'd. 9 April 1835. Mentions: Thomas Shipley, Nathaniel Shipley, Adam Shipley. Signed Adam Shipley and William Shipley Executors, signed in open court 18 May 1835. Recorded 9 July 1836 E. Tate, Clerk. I'm copying the following from the 1860 Tennessee census index: Head of households: Adham Shipley age 68 page 409 Barney Shipley age 60 page 403 Daniel S. Shipley age 21 page 474 Jane Shipley age 35 page 409 Nathan Shipley age 49 page 409 Appears that the John and Thomas you mentioned were not the same as the 1850 Shipleys. A John and a Thomas reside in the household of the above Jane Shipley, Thomas is 6 and John Wesley is 13. Another Thomas is also listed in the household of the above Barney Shipley, Thomas age 31. This Barney appears to be the Varner listed on the 1860 census. If you'd like the full listings let me know. I also have the female Shipley marriages if your interested. Got to get some rest, got the flu. (Even with the shot!) Gail in Moreno Valley, Ca.