Hello Listers, I am working on the family of Joseph P. Hammett b ca 1847 from Grainger Co He was born ca Aug 1847 Tn and Married Cordelia C. Unknown b ca 1854 I can find him and family in the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 census in Grainger Co.. They had the following children: 1. Dollie b 1873 - Married ca1900 to H. Helton (I can't make out his first name) and in 1910 children were Hubert b 1900 and William "Willie" b. 1906.......Helton is not with them in the 1920 census and she il living back with her parents with son William and her last name is Suttin. Apparently remarried sometime 1910-1920 and widowed or divorced This line is my main line of interest. 2. Mary A. "Mollie" b ca1875 married to James W. Odell 3. Luther G. b ca1879 married Lucinda Unknown 4. Maggie b ca1881 5. Alexander b. ca1885 married Carrie Unknown 6 Vesta b ca 1889 7. Rector b. ca1892 In trying to find Joseph in earlier census I find a Joseph Hammet b. ca1842 in Washington Co., TN. Living with Joseph Walker and family. Next dorr to them is a Dano Hammet b. ca1842 also - living with Dano Chandler (hard to make out) and next to them is the family of Zachariah Chandler with a John Hammet living with them. A few doors away there is a John Helton b ca 1781 NC. Is this the same Joseph P. Hammett that married Cordelia. It looks like they were orphans and neighbors took them in. I don't know if there were other children or what happened to their parents I would greatly appreciate any help with these Helton and Hammett lines.... Don Warf