I'm looking for information on the following family, enumerated in Polk Co. in the 1850 census: 1850 census - TN - Polk Co., pg 242b - dwg 697 RUNNIONS, James .......... 40 TN ........................, Mary ........... 33 TN ........................, Elizabeth .... 16 TN ........................, Thomas ......... 14 TN {per a letter I have this s/b Margaret} ........................, Susan ............ 12 TN ........................, William ......... 10 TN {per letter he died in the CW - but TN or MO?} ........................, Hiram ............ 8 TN ........................, John .............. 3 TN ........................, Mary A. ........ 3 TN ........................ {per letter John and Mary s/b reversed - she was probably 5} ........................, James ............ 4/12 TN Mary wrote two letters, that we have copies of, from Franklin Co., MO in the 1870's. One was to her brother, Mitchell SMITH {married to Frances LEATHERWOOD}, living in Sevier Co., TN in which she names her 12 children. The other was to her sister and brother-in-law, Lemuel and Rapsey {SMITH} WHITLOCK in Cocke Co., TN. The names of James and Mary {SMITH} RUNION's other 4 children {per letter} were: Jonas - Samuel S. - Rapsey and Lorinda or Dorinda {it's hard to read} .. {Rapsey married John N. Burris in Franklin Co., MO - per 1880 census she was born in GA he in TN} The 1850 census is the only one in which I have found Mary and James RUNION. Rapsey RUNION was born in 1856 somewhere in GA {per census}. I have found 3 of her brothers in MO census records but not her parents. I believe James RUNION may have been the son of Joseph RUNION who stopped in Cocke Co., TN for awhile on his way to Polk County. Can anyone add anything to this? Which Margaret RUNION married George Mack BATES???? Thanks, Reva Bradford rembrandt@vonl.com