Your dates look a bit strange - do you really think Miles was md. and had fathered a child by age 16? Not impossible, but very unusual. Apparently there were several Miles jacksons in NC, SC, IN, etc. In 1820 census, there was a Miles Jackson in Wilson Co. TN, where some of our own Henry Co. ancestors were from. On the same page of this census were several other Jacksons, including Jonas? or Josiah? (hard to read), Abraham and William. They could be family...? There are microfilms of old Henry county court records (land, wills, guardianships, etc.) at the Rhea Library in Paris, Tn. Perhaps copies of these can be obtained by interlibrary loan. E.g., I found ca 1835 land records there as well as 1841-1845 admin. and guardian records. It might be worth asking your librarian or local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center about. Also found this - I assume he is your Hamblin Manley: 1860, ARKANSAS FULTON FRANKLIN TWP Series: M653 Roll: 41 Page: 409 JACKSON H M 25 M W TN AR FULTON FRANKLIN TWP He was a farmer, 25, b Tn, with Denah? or Dinah? 24, b AR, WINCY 5 (listed as a male?), James 3, Rebecca 10 mos., all blank b.p.'s, presumably meaning AR. And this appears to be the widowed? Wincy Hester: 1860, ARKANSAS FULTON FRANKLIN TWP Series: M653 Roll: 41 Page: 410 HESTER WENSEY 45 F W NC AR FULTON FRANKLIN TWP She is 45, b NC, living with a farmer Halley? Prator, 30, b TN, Louisa 23 b TN, and their dau Winsey 1, b AR. Also Joseph Neeley, 16, b TN, farm hand. Note that this was one page after H. M. Jackson (which also contained the large family of a Nathan Jackson 50, but he was b PA) - and the family of L. D. (Lemuel DeBerry?) Jackson 30, the latter household including a farm laborer Frank Prator, 19. These two families of Jackson and Prator seem to be closely connected. Did Wincy have a dau named Louisa who md. a Halley Prator? You could probably learn a lot more from later census records, as well as from those earlier microfilmed records. Did Miles own land, e.g., in Henry Co.? Hope this helps... --- Don and Myrlene Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: > My gggrandparents, Miles and Alena Simmons > Jackson lived in Henry Co, from some time in > the 1820's to about 1838. They are showing on > Henry Co census in 1830 and in Fulton(Izard) > Co. Ark in 1840. I'm wondering if any one out > there is familiar with this family. Miles, > according to family history was born in Va. > 1799, Alena Simmons born in N.C. 1796. Their > children were: > Wincy b. Nov 4, 1815 Burke Co. N.C. m. Frank > Hester probably in Henry Co. > Nancy b. Feb. 16, 1818 Burke co N.C. married > John Estes Jan 6, 1834 > Andrew b. 1927-1828 Tn. > Lemuel DeBerry b. July 13, 1829 Tn. > Thomas b. 1831 Tn > Hamblin Manley b. 1835 Tn. > Harriet M. b. 1837 Tn > John b. ? died as a child. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush