In a message dated 7/30/99 7:59:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DABRIGMAN@aol.com writes: << This list has been quiet for so long that I suggest we do a roll call. >> hi everyone, i agree, it has been a long time. I am researching the surname ELLIS, William & Elizabeth Ellis show up on the 1850 census report for the 9th civil disctrict, with 9 children. Anyone else out there, here's the info. if anything looks familiar please get in touch. sincerely, dallas harold ellis 1. WILLIAM1 ELLIS was born Abt. 1797 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1866 in Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH ALLIN Abt. 1830. Notes for WILLIAM ELLIS: William Ellis and family show up on the 1850 Census of Shelby County Tennessee. The Census report lists his wife and nine children. William could not read or write. His occupation was Farmer. It lists Williams age as 53, Elizabeth age as 47. Both William and Elizabeth were listed as being born in North Carolina. William and Elizabeth are then found in the 1860 Census of Poinsett County Arkansas. Living with then are George 18, Farmer born in Tennessee. Yancy 15, Farmer born in Tennessee. Lucy 20, no occupation and her husband George Smith 21, Farmer born in Arkansas. Also listed is their daughter, 31/2 Mos. Parilee, born in Arkansas. According to Goodspeeds Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas, William & Elizabeth returned to Tennessee in 1865. William died in 1866, Elizabeth died in 1886. No records yet as to where they are buried. Somewhere in Shelby Co.? Children of WILLIAM ELLIS and ELIZABETH ALLIN are: i. JOHN2 ELLIS, b. Abt. 1832, Carroll Co. Tennessee; d. Unknown. 2. ii. ROBERT JAMES ELLIS, b. January 1833, Carroll Co., Tennessee; d. 1905, Cross Co.>Buried in Tyer Cemetery. iii. THOMAS ELLIS, b. Abt. 1836, Tennessee; d. Unknown. iv. NANCY ELLIS, b. Abt. 1838, Tennessee; d. Unknown. 3. v. LUCY ELLIS, b. Abt. 1839, Tennessee. 4. vi. WILLIAM ALEXANDER ELLIS, b. Abt. 1841, Tennessee; d. Unknown. vii. GEORGE ELLIS, b. Abt. 1843, Tennessee; d. Unknown. viii. JAMES ELLIS, b. Abt. 1844, Tennessee; d. Unknown. 5. ix. YANCY P. ELLIS, b. April 1845, Tennessee; d. Unknown, Cross Co Arkansas.