This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paine, Payne, Shelton, Pain, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jgB.2ACE/1049 Message Board Post: I'm in search of Mary Elizabeth Paine/Payne b. 16 July, 1839 possibly in Mason, Tipton, TN. Found a Mary E. 10 female b. TN in the home of Sabaston Payne 24 male b. TN, Thands (sp?) 18 male b. TN, Lucus 15 male b. TN, Manerva 13 female b. TN, and Elizabeth 50 female b. VA. This Mary E. may have married John Robert Shelton of Giles Co. TN. >From the way the census was written, I might conclude that Sabaston was her brother and head of the house after the father's death. The mother (?) Elizabeth is in the house with them. What might be another son Daniel 20 male b. Ala was living nearby with Elizabeth A. 17 female b. TN. When looking thorugh 1880 census, no sign of Sabaston, Lucus, or the Thands. Not strange if they all fought in the Civil War. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks for any help, Ginger