gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: KarenBack_S >Surnames: Brant Clifton >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.wilson/2568/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >I have a marriage record for my husband's direct ancestors: > >Benjamin Clifton married Harriett B. Brant January 17, 1844 Wilson County, Tennessee > >My problem is that I can find no one with the surname BRANT in Wilson County. Does anyone have access to the original record for this marriage who can check to see if the bride's last name could be mis-spelled. This name really has me stuck. > >Thanks > >Karen >Jefferson County, IL > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Having looked at the microfilm of the original Wilson Co., TN marriages starting with the year 1838, I read the entry you are asking about to say that the bride's name was Harriet B. Grant. I find them in 1850 in Dist. 21, HH #702. However, there are no "Grant" entries nearby either. Offhand, the only early Grant family in Wilson Co., TN I can recall is that of Jubal Grant. Terry Litvan