This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/111.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for all the info. I finally found him but only after looking pg by pg. He was listed as Vyar in 1850. I have him from 1830-1870 in McMinn Co. The marriage that you found for James Dyer and Florantha Vaughan is the right one. She was his 3rd wife. Though I don't understand why I found this. A record of he and his wife Florantha giving up power of attorney to (if my memory serves me right) John France in Meigs Co. Where they lived was very close to the Meigs/McMinn Co lines. From what I am told around the Pisgah area. I wish I could get more info on Florantha. I actually come from her daughter Elizabeth Ann 'Bettie' Vaughan. James Dyer was her step father but listed as her father on her death certificate. Her father was Cherokee. Elizabeth first married Campbell Davis. After his death she married Hustion Davis, Campbell's brother.I believe Campbell and Hustion's parents were Edward W and Mary Davis.After Hustion's death she married William B Hackler. But what you were saying about Grainger Co is probably right. From everything I have read on those who research this Dyer family, he married his first 2 wives in Grainger Co. Though I have not followed up on any of that yet. I don't know how to get any further back due to the census listed only head of household. Thank you for looking everything up.