Dena, you want the good news first or the bad news first? Ha! Found him, but parts of it impossible to read. It's a wonder I found it at all. Indexed as Chas Ramsom. 1900 Rusk Co., TX, June 6, 1900, ED 85, Sheet 4b 75, 76 - Owns farm # 73 free of mortgage Pleas Ramsour, head, B, M, Jan 1850, 50, M9?, TX AL OH, farmer ?erice?, dau, B, F, Aug 1877, 22, Wd, 2 children, 2 living, TX TX TX (am wondering if the 2 g-children listed are hers) Gensey, dau, B, F, Feb 1892, 8, S, TX TX TX, attends school Mary E., dau, B, F, May 1894, 6, S, TX TX TX Center? Custer? Caster?, Ella W., g-dau, B, F, Nov 1898, 2 S, TX TX TX Enos, g-son, B, M, Apr 1900, 1/12, S, TX TX TX Hope this helps, Linda in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] 1900 Rusk County Texas/Ramsour > Regarding Pleasant (Pleas) Ramsour, the ONLY thing I know about this man is > that he's mulatto, his wife at the time should be Mattie, place born..I haven't > a clue as I can't locate Pleas at all on the 1870 census even though he > states he was born in Texas. Now, his mother on the other hand married a man by > the name of James Boland and her name was Jency, she states she was born in > Louisiana. I found Pleas on the 1880 census (age 27) listed as P. Ramson married > to his first wife (1872) who's name was Amanda (age 27), and they lived in > Smith County. In 1884, I find a marriage record for Pleas and Maggie Davis in > Gregg Texas at the time, I think this was a part of Rusk County. I'm just > trying to find clues in the census records. I was asking about the Perry's because > in 1880, Pleas's mother and stepfather (James R. and Jency Boland) have a > niece living in the house with them by the name of Lavinia Perry (age 14) who's > mother was born in Louisiana as was Jency. So now, I'm looking for the > household of Pleasant Ramsour in 1900 who, as oral history goes, lived in Rusk > County, Texas at the time. Gee, I hope I'm not confusing anybody because the more I > type, the more I sound confused to my own self. Anyway, thanks for reading > and if any help can be provided, I would really appreciate it. I'm also > thinking that Pleasant changed his last name after the 1870 census... > Thanks Gang! > Dena > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >