Sorry to butt in but, your surmises of the surname may not be correct. I have Tennessee Hughes b. 1867, dau. of William C. Hughes and Susan Barnett (nee Davis). Both were widowed during the war. Many documents give her name as Tennessee Barnett. I don't know why this happened, but it did. The younger siblings always used Hughes. Tennessee looked like WC too. As to parentage, in the cases of children born out of wedlock, what I have mostly seen during that era (at least in Hardn Co.) is a simple incorporation into the g-parents family and reporting that family's surname whether living with the mother's or with the father's family. Who the other parent was is just a matter of family story & speculation. k "Johnita P. Malone" wrote: > Yes, I think so. She was his daughter Penelope and often young married > couples lived for a time with either his or her parents. > > What's even more interesting that it appears that Penelope is the long > lost mother of Chestina E. Jackson for whom I've been looking and could > not find. Had I not been trying to help you I would never have found her > ever. I just can't figure why she was Chestina Jackson and Chestina > Barnes. I think for sure, though, that this is my girl, age 1, in 1870, > and 11 in 1880. Now who in the world could her father be? I have to > think it wasn't M. B. Barnes, otherwise, she would have used the surname > Barnes. > > Johnita > > John Brewer wrote: > > > > Johnita, > > > > The census for 1860 shows; > > > > dwelling 1417 family 1431 Wm. Jackson > > 1432 M.B. Barnes 19 > > Penelope Barns 17 > > John W. 3/12 > > > > I assume M.B. Barnes married Penelope and and lived with Wm. Jackson. The > > census does not have anything for the dwelling for M.B. Barnes. > > > > John Wayne. > > > > "Johnita P. Malone" wrote: > > > > > It's interesting to note that William Jackson's census records for 1850 > > > and 1860 are as follows: > > > > > > 1850 Census > > > McNairy Co., TN. > > > District 8, household 1279 > > > William Jackson/29/M/W/TN/farmer > > > Nancy/28/F/W/TN > > > John/10/M/W/TN > > > Sarah/8/F/W/TN > > > Penelope/6/F/W/TN > > > Mary/4/F/W/TN > > > Martha/2/F/W/TN > > > > > > 1860 Census > > > McNairy Co., TN. > > > District 8, household 1417 > > > William Jackson/42/M/W/TN/farmer > > > Nancy/39/F/W/TN > > > John H./20/M/W/TN/farm labor > > > Sarah E./18/F/W/TN > > > Mary E./14/F/W/TN > > > Martha A./12/F/W/TN > > > James P./10/M/W/TN > > > William A./6/M/W/TN > > > Celia J./4/F/W/TN > > > M. B. Barns/19/M/W/TN/day labor/married this year > > > Penelipe/17/F/W/TN/married this year > > > John W./3 mos/M/W/TN > > > (Penelope Jackson then married a Barns.) > > > > > > The Brewers did live close by in 1860 at household 1420. The Plunks > > > lived a little further away at household 1372. > > > > > > Johnita > > > > > > John Brewer wrote: > > > > > > > > Barbara & Jan > > > > > > > > The McNairy County 1860 census list; > > > > > > > > William Jackson 42 TN > > > > Nancy 39 TN > > > > John B. 20 TN > > > > Sarah E. 18 TN > > > > Mary E. 14 TN > > > > Martha A. 12 TN > > > > James P. 10 TN > > > > William 6 TN > > > > Celia J. 4 TN > > > > > > > > Could Celia J. be our Sleeta Jane Jackson, wife of Oliver Perry > > > > Sewell? My 1870 CD is bad and I should have another in about a week and > > > > maybe I can find her there. > > > > > > > > Keep Diggin' > > > > > > > > John Wayne