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/gAC.2ACE/2732.1 Message Board Post: This one may or may not be yours - some facts match, but age is bit off (not uncommon). Your James E. could possibly be this Edward??? You might try to find the same person in the 1850 census (I don't have an index for that one.) 1860 > ARKANSAS > JACKSON > UNION TWP Series: M653 Roll: 44 Page: 589 BRIDGES A 49 M W NC AR JACKSON UNION TWP He was a farm laborer, 49, b NC, with Edward 17, b AR.