I have THOMAS ancestry out of Rutherford/Marshall & Bedford Co., TN The earliest I have found to date is Christopher C. Thomas, b. 1836, VA, who married Susan Fowler (d/o James E. Fowler) in 1858, in Marshall Co, TN. They would migrate to Sharp Co., AR in 1882/83. In the 1860 census for Marshall Co., TN, I find C.C. Thomas & wife, name is unclear, living two doors down from a William Thomas, age 50, and wife Susan, age 37. William & Susan's children were listed as Arimetia B., William L., Mary G., James W., & Sarah F. In the 1850 census, Bedford Co., I find this family (Wm. & Susan Thomas) with the same children as above, and additional children Kett B. and Elizabeth A.. It is possible that Kett is the same person as my Christopher C. (Cit C.) I have no basis of proof for my speculation other than the proximity of their respective dwellings in the census Does anything here look familiar to you, or anyone else Ron