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/jAC.2ACE/614.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: James Atkins b. abt. 1806 md. Patsey (Martha) Carrico Dec 27, 1823 Grayson Co., VA. So far, however, I have not found evidence in the census records that they had a daughter Elizabeth. In the 1850 census there was a 12 year old Elizabeth Atkins who was the d/o David Atkins Jr. and Laura Atkins. I know the marriage record you found says the father was James Atkins, but you have to remember that sometimes a stepfather, grandparent or guardian was listed under "father" instead of the real father. Did the marriage record give the age of Elizabeth? (Though you also have to remember that people, esp. females, lied about their age in order to marry without parental approval.) I'm afraid I don't have any of the Jones that you mentioned, and they don't seem to be in Grayson Co. in the 1860 or 1870 census that I can find.