This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CARTER/WILSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RgB.2ACE/254.1 Message Board Post: Know the brick wall you face, as Monroe Co. marriage did not begin until 1938, when required by law - and they had a fire or three that upset some of the other records. I have a small, multisubject book, compled by Reba Bayless Broyes back in 1969, which covers 1820 - 1870, but not all records that survived. There is one specific entry about "a" Levi CARTER, Deed Book O, p. 516 - 8 Apr 1850, Levi CARTER, heir of Jesse CARTER, dec'd, late of McMinn Co., to John CARTER. There IS an older Jesse CARTER listed, p. 82, 1830 Monroe - age 50-60. Also several surnames nearby that I have found to be from Blount Co. Using your list of names, and noting that you have a Robert, age 15, opens the door to the possibility that Margaret may will have been the d/o Robert WILSON, and we find one in Blount Co. 1830 as follows: 1 male 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50/, 1 female 40-50. A few houses away is a John and wife, both 40-50, no children. If Levi was b. ca 1805, he most probably waited until age 21, or ca 1826, to marry, so he did not need parental permission to marry, own properties, etc. I believe I would post to Blount and see if someone knows of this family. There is no marriage recorded in Blount Co. for this couple in Sistler's book on marriages., so this would be a long shot approach. There are a couple of Margaret WILSON entries, but they seem to be much to late to be yours. One is dated 17 Sept 1845, Deed Book O., p. 150, a Chancery Decree: John Henderson VS William P.H. McDERMOTT, Thomas Henderson, Margaret R. WILSON, widow of John T. WILSON, dec'd, and John, Alexander M., Penelope J., Margaret C.M., Thomas H., Nancy E., Sarah L., and Mary E.E. WILSON, heirs of John T. WILSON, dec'd. Don't know if this is of any aid, but .......