Sheila, Glad to help. My husband is not related to Woodie Mullins as far as I know. If I can help anymore, please let me know. I have received plenty of help from folks that I truly appreciate. Donna Don and Sheila wrote: > Donna, > Thank you! This is the best news I have had in awhile! Matilda just dropped out of sight after Harrison died in Blount > County TN. In the 1840 Blount County census - Harrison was listed with wife and 5 children under 15. I have > identified 3 of them. Looks like there were a couple more born after 1840 - I wasn't sure when Harrison died - just > knew it was before 1850. I haven't been able to locate Harrison's parents nor Matilda's maiden name. I have a cousin > who tells me Matilda was a Peery, but I haven't found any proof. I figure she must have had family in Tazewell if she > returned there as a Widow with small children. I suspect that Harrison was a middle name - seems most of my relatives > used their middle names everywhere except in official records! LOL! Thanks again for the help. I am still at a brick > wall, but at least, this confirms that she did move to Tazewell - the Boling family was the only part of my family that > was anywhere other than Tazewell or the surrounding counties. Now I need to find out if it was Matilda Martha or Martha > Matilda. The marriage records for Mary Jane and Andrew list the mother as Martha. Sorry this is so long - I am really > excited about finding any information. Thank you very much! > Sheila [email protected] > P.S. Donna, are you related to Woodie Mullins? Woodie has been a big help to me. We discovered we are cousins also. > :-) > Sheila's SURNAMES: Barrett, Beavers, Boling (Bowling), Brown, Claypool, Conley, Crickmer, Godbey, Hankins, Harmon, > Linkous, Skaggs, Sparks, Whitt > Don's SURNAMES: Allen, Dawson, Goodwin, Hein