1880 census from famililysearch.org: Precinct 2, Montague Co TX FH Library Film 1255320 NA Film # T9-1320 Page # 377B J W Johnston self M M W 40 MS farmer NC VA M A Johnston wife M F W 29 LA keeping house ____ MS L N Johnston dau S F W 6 TX TX LA L Johnston grandmother W F W 70 VA TN VA When I looked up the actual census record, the "L" looked like an "S" and I have seen one on-line transcription of these, reading as "S". The grandmother's name here could be Lydia or Salida? A possible related family who were in Stephens Co OK for the 1900 census: Source Information: 1880 census, Precinct 2, Montague, Texas Family History Library Film 1255320 NA Film Number T9-1320 Page Number 377B S. L.[Logan] LOWRANCE Self M Male W 57 NC Farmer NC NC M.[Mary] W. [Johnston] LOWRANCE Wife M Female W 45 TN Keeping House TN --- S. W.[Walter] LOWRANCE Son S Male W 25 TX Farmer NC TN J. W. LOWRANCE Son S Male W 18 TX Farm Laborer NC TN M.[Emma] LOWRANCE Dau S Female W 15 TX At Home NC TN L. W. LOWRANCE Son S Male W 12 TX At Home NC TN W.[Willis] N. LOWRANCE Son S Male W 10 TX NC TN R. T. LOWRANCE Son S Male W 6 TX NC TN F. B. LOWRANCE Dau S Female W 1 TX NC TN Can anyone tell me what the approximate area of Montague Co that Precinct 2 covered in 1880? Thank you! Jeanette __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com