This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JiB.2ACE/643 Message Board Post: I have been searching for Jesse W. Lee for some time now. Born in 1826 in Edgecombe Co. NC. He brought his family to Grimes Co. in 1866. Took a county surveying job according to a family history done by my husband's great uncle. Jesse bought 180 acres of land in Grimes Co. also according to this same history. I have not found him or family in the 1870 census of Grimes Co. He died in Nov. 1871. A member of the Masons, Iola Lodge, and possibly the Shiloh Baptist church. I finally find wife Winnie and children in the 1880 census but Jesse was deceased by then. How do I go about finding info about him. Would a letter to the county clerk be something to consider? Would there still be some records available for that time period of 1866 through 1871 when he supposedly lived in Grimes Co? Thanks, Sis Lee