This is interesting. I think we're getting close to a connection here. Maybe not direct bloodlines, but at least by marriage. If the Boyd and Cunningham families are connected, maybe someone knows more about Stephen Cunningham and what the Carter connection is. The 1870 Henderson County Census lists Stephen Cunningham's household like this: Stephen Cunningham (45) South Carolina Nancy Cunningham (39) Alabama Mary W(?) Cunningham (15) Missouri Nancy A Cunningham (14) Missouri Wm. L Cunningham (11) Missouri Richard A Cunningham (9) Texas Sallie B Cunningham (6) Texas Eliza T(?) Cunningham (2) Texas Marshall M Carter (16) Texas George M Carter (14) Texas John W. Carter (12) Texas (my great-grandfather) Martha E (9) Carter Texas William English (13) Arkansas Those Carters in that household in the census are definately my bloodline, and they are as far as I can trace back. I believe that possibly Nancy is my ggm, and she remarried to Stephen Cunningham for some reason. Why are they living in the same household? Maybe someone knows something about William English. Any clues on would be great!