I need help straightening out a mess from the annotation notes in the 1870 census on three Hall families. Here are the families, and I will list my problem w/ them below: -------------------------------------------- 409. Hall, Eldridge 48 Farmer 600 325 Eliza 42 Amanda 22 Wm. R. 20 Chas. 16 Geo. L. 13 Lydia 11 Warner 9 Sarah 4 Minnie 5/12 (B. Jan. 1870) [An Eldridge Hall was living alone in household 35 in 1860, with family living in household 36. The ages do not coincide, however, the names do. Eldridge Hall was s/o Elisha & Lucinda Hall. Chas. H. Hall Md. Jestin E. Cornett d/o W. & E. Cornett, 1/6/1876; Geo. L. Hall Md. T. E. Stone, d/o James H. & Katy Stone, 3/2/1880; Sarah A. Hall, Md. James Kegley, s/o D. F. & C. Kegley, 11/30/1882. Eldridge Hall Md. Lizean Roberts 3/28/1847. Eldridge Hall served in the Grayson Co. Militia and in Co. B, 4th VA Reserves, CSA.] 662. Hall, James 48 Farmer 1500 350 Polly 46 Rosy 12 George 14 Cole, Lorenza 10 [This was family 718 in the 1860 Grayson Co., VA Census. James Hall was probably s/o John Hall (b. 1800) & Sally Bedwell (b. 1810). James was brother of Eldridge Hall. Rosy Hall Md. George W. Warrick, s/o E. & Betty Warrick, 9/27/1877; George Hall Md. Elizabeth Carr, d/o F. & N. Carr, 5/20/1875. James Hall served in Co. C, 63rd VA Infantry, CSA.] 478. Hall, John 70 Farm Laborer 120 (Bedwell) Sarah 60 Cole, Sarah 10 Domestic Sexton, Martin 21 Farm Laborer [This was family 657 in the 1860 Grayson Co., VA Census. John Hall md. Sarah Bedwell on 8/16/1831. Martin Sexton Md. Lucinda Combs, d/o James Combs, 10/4/1876. John & Sarah's children were: Jane Hall b. 1830; Emily Hall b. 1831; Besty Hall b. 1834; Calvin Hall b. 1838; John Hall b. 1843; and Richard Hall b. 1848.] --------------------------------- Here is my problem: 1) It states that Eldridge -- age 48 in 1870, or b. abt 1822 -- was the s/o Elisha and Lucinda [Funk] Hall, which is cute in an of itself since Lucinda was not b. until 1824 and she and Elisha did not marry until March 08, 1842. 2) It states Eldridge was the brother of James yet gives parents of Eldridge as Elisha and Lucinda and parents of James as John and Sally; furthermore both James and Eldridge were the same age in the 1870 census. 3) It states parents of James were probably John Hall and Sally (Sarah) Bedwell yet gives her b. as 1810, which means when James was b. abt. 1822 she would have only been 12. It also gives John and Sarah's marriage date as 1831, when James would have been 9. 4) In the notes on family #478 John Hall where it lists "all" of their children, it doesn't even mention James Hall that was stated in the family listed immediately ahead of it as being probably his son. Is anyone researching this family? Were James and Eldridge really brothers? Who were REALLY their parents? I would appreciate any help. Sue Dotson [email protected]