Hi Carole....I'm taking a chance that you are subscribed to this list, as I had trouble connecting to the gatewayed list. I would love it if you could see if you can find anything on my SHAW marriage when you go to the courthouse!! I'm 98% sure that they married in Halifax County, as I have found JACKSON SHAW as an 18 year old, single, farm laborer in the 1850 census of Halifax County. If not Halifax County....then Pittsylvania for sure. I've no idea what his wife's name was....this is one of the things I'm trying to determine (perhaps Sallie??). He also could have been going by JAMES J. SHAW too, and they had a child called JAMES T. SHAW in 1862 in Halifax County. Family legend has it that they had three children altogether as he kept going AWOL from the war....after the third child he was never heard from again. Another of the children may have been a daughter called Ida....but that is unsubstantiated. Thanks a million......mary lou ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour