I do not know for a fact what they were doing, but that is the time period when the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad was built. Carolyn In a message dated 8/10/01 8:11:33 PM, historykeeper@austin.rr.com writes: << While doing a bit of research today at the TX State Lib. on my HART family (which I can't find hide nor hair of), I ran across this entry in the 1850 Rutherford Co. census. What caught my eye was so many of the "laborers" listed in this "household" were from Ireland and thought maybe somebody was looking for them! If someone has some history on this time period and why so many would be living in one "household" I'd be very interested in hearing about it. Joyce M. 1850 Rutherford County, Fosterville District, pgs. 131a & b, line no. 1164-1164 Arthur Malley, 27, Ireland Nicholas Munoz (?), 29, Ireland Patrick Frizguad (?), 25, Ireland John Downy, 26, Ireland John Hardy, 28, Ireland Wm. Hart, 24, Ireland John Cannon, 23, Tennessee Wm. Johnson, 23, Tennessee Adam Zumbro (?), 30, Tennessee James Shepherd, 26, Tennessee Timothy Godfrey, 22, Ireland Wm. Fin, 24, Ireland Edwin Fin, 20, Ireland Bradford (or may be Bedford), Davis, 20, Tennessee Wm. R. Davis, 38, Tennessee Wm. Smith, 30, Ireland Thomas, Burns, 42, Ireland James Zlaney (?), 34, Ireland Lawrence Riley, 30, Ireland John Face (?), 26, Ireland James Hope, 21, Ireland Isaac Rivers (?), 21, Tennessee John Romsig (?), 22, AL S. M. Bilt, 37, Tennessee Peter (cant read), 31, Tennessee Joseph Hays, 26, Tennessee N. G. McDonal, 28, Ireland Patrick Armstrong, 24, Ireland John Armstrong, 12, Tennessee