On the 1850 Lincoln Co., TN census Sarah Swaner (b. 1813) is listed as head of household in HH 1295. Children listed are: Adeline (b. 1836) Affred (sic Alfred?) (b. 1838) Lafayette (b. 1841) Salina (b. 1844) A. Jackson (b. 1849) My understanding is that Sarah's maiden name was Chapman and her husband was Jerimiah B. Swanner. Here is where the issues come in and my questions . My notes say that Jerimiah d. 1833 and these children are born after this year. Do I have the year wrong? . Where did the children in HH 1295 come from? . Was this Sarah Swanner someone else's wife and not Jeremiah's? If so, where is Jerimiah's Sarah? . Heritage book of LCT, article 1682 states that Enoch Douthet's will acknowledges Alfred Swaner as 'son of his son Alfred Douthet'. . Because the surname is Swaner on the 1850 census and not Douthet, then are these children illegitimate? Doesn't it seem unusual for someone to have 4 children out of wedlock in 14 years in the 1850s? . Also, Alfred Douthet was b. 1818 - 5 years younger than Sarah. . Alfred Douthet (b. 1818) is in HH 896 on the 1850 Lincoln Co., TN census with wife Amanda Dillender (b. 1826). Did she die shortly after 1850? . Sarah apparently lived with children in 1860, 1870 and 1880 (I think in LCT). Can someone pull the census and see if her name is still Swaner? . Why doesn't any of the entries for Alfred Douthet on ancestry list his son Thomas E. (b. 1848)? Born in KY? It looks like he married in LCT in 1842 and then moved to KY by 1848 and then back to LCT in 1850? Is this correct? Could this be a nephew? As a side note, regarding Jerimiah B. Swanner's family.. . Where is Jerimiah B. Swanner's sister Liddia B. Swaner (b. 1815) in 1850? The surrounding children are in HH 951 with parents. . Jerimiah B. Swanner's mother is Lettie Bryant (b. 1786). There is a Lettie Bryant that married John Weaver. . Also, Jerimiah Swaner's daughter, Mary Brown Swaner, married a John Weaver (b. 1827). Are they the same person? Who are this John Weaver's parents? . I would not assume that Jerimiah B. Swanner's mother the same Lettie Bryant that married John Weaver, correct? If not, who are this John Weaver's parents? . Where is John Weaver in 1850? What a crazy family this is. J Thanks, Diane