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/VlB.2ACE/183.246.1 Message Board Post: I found David and Isaac Johnston right next to each other on the 1850 Houston County, TX census. David's wife was Frances and Isaac's wife was Pheba, shown as Feriby on the 1860 Walker County census. David was 52 in 1850 and Isaac was 49. Both were born in Louisiana, as were all their children. Both wives were born in South Carolina. David's children are listed as Racheal, 20; John, 24; Elizabeth, 15; Matilda, 13; Cushman H., 11. Also listed in David's houshold are William M. Keller, 7; Thomas Johnston, 43; and Racheal Masters, 46. Isaac's children are listed as Mathew, 16; George, 13; Matilda, 11; Lavinia, 9; and Mary, 7. Robert Isaac had probably left the household by then. Listings on FamilySearch show a David Johnston who was born in LA in 1798 and died in Walker County, TX. His parents are shown as Henry Isaac Johnston and Marie Constance Quintero. His wife is listed as Francis Nelson. A listing for Racheal Johnston shows that she married George Masters in Opalousas, LA. There was no source material for these listings. I wonder if David, Isaac, Thomas and Racheal Johnston Masters are the children of Henry Isaac Johnston and Marie Constance Quintero. They were married in 1796, so the ages of the four would fit. None of the family trees on Ancestry or Rootsweb show that there were children and most of the entries show the last name as Johnson. Does any of this information fit with what you have? I'm looking for my grandmother, Frances Cunningham, whose mother's name was Matilda Johnson (Johnston?) Cunningham. Matilda was born in LA about 1837 or 1838 and raised her children in Trinity County, Texas.