Hi, Does anyone know which Dickerson Austin this was: "Robert F. Payne, 1875 -- Guardianship Source: Sumner County Archives County Court Minutes, page 557 December Term 1875 Ordered by the court that Robt F. Payne be _ granted Guardianship of Dickerson Austin a person of unsound mind." Was this Dickerson D. Austin, son of Thomas and Fanny Dickerson Austin? If so, he was probably suffering from senility. My records show that court testimony stated his death date as 1875/76 Curious, Sherry http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/ourpage.html