Claude, Thanks for all your responses to my previous message. I have found Mary Melton' s maiden name, it was Byrd. She was married to a _____Melton ca. 1857-1858 and had three children: Sequesia, Annie and Alice. Her second marriage was to Alexander F. Payne whom she married 19 Dec 1865 in Hardin Co. Looking for the given name of the Melton who married Mary Byrd. Mary was born ca. Nov 1839 in TN, probably Hardin Co. Looking for help from anyone who has marriage records for Hardin Co. Thanks, Ed Oldaker