In a message dated 7/6/2008 12:05:49 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hello, I am trying to learn more about Samuel and Frances Black and their family. I know they lived near where the Caney Fork River flows into the Cumberland in 1850. By 1860, only their daughter-in-law and her children were living there. Her name was Martha D. Black, and I'm trying to learn her maiden name. Her husband, John, ran ferry boats on a river, which was first identified as the Mississippi, then the Tennessee, but I believe was the Cumberland. He died around 1848 on one of his boats. She was a weaver, and her daughter Permelia Vannie married Hugh Garrett, son of William Archer Garrett. If anyone knows more about the family, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you. Melaney Welch Moisan _Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002_ (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169&enc=1) about Samuel Black Name: Samuel Black Spouse: Frances Kirby Marriage Date: 24 Mar 1850 Marriage County: Smith Marriage State: Tennessee Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)