Seeking info on Francis Marion LEDBETTER born ca l829 Tennessee and listed on the l850 Hardin Co,Tenn census as being enumerated with James WILLIAMS l7-432. Does anyone know whether these 2 families are connected? Eliza Ann Smith born ca l830 (census says Alabama?) married Samuel F. ROUNTREE on 7 Nov l849 Lauderdale Co., Alabama. They had 3 children: Doffie, Charlotee, and Samuel. It appears that they lived in Kentucky for a short time in early l850's. About l869 she married Francis Marion LEDBETTER (above) somewheres around Hardin,McNairy or Lauderdale Co.--does anyone know where? They are listed on the l870 Lauderdale Co.,Alabama Census-Township 3, Rl2W and l880 Lauderdale Co.,Alabama Census. They had 2 children: Eliza Evaline (l3 Feb l870 Florence, Lauderdale Co,Alabama William Marion (2 Nov l872 Lauderdale Co.,Alabama I descend from Eliza Evaline who married Granville Lafayette VINSON (s/o William Meridith VINSON and Caroline WRIGHT) of Tishomingo Co,Mississippi. Anyone working on the LEDBETTER, ROUNTREE, or SMITH families or this area in this time frame, I would like to hear from you. It is believed that Francis Marion Ledbetter is the s/o Henry Clay Ledbetter who lived in McNairy Co,Tenn as Eliza and Marion (above) went to live with an Uncle Henry Harrison Ledbetter when their parents died in early l880's. Ann abrown@isys.ca ajobebrown@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com