This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spriggs Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACE/376.2.2.1 Message Board Post: No birth records. With dob 08 Jun 1826 there is only one Spriggs in the 1850 Tn Census that matches: John Spriggs. Carey's wife was named Mary Jane. I still haven't found their marriage. They had 10 Children: 1) Noah C. Baldwin Spriggs (05 May 1855-25 Jun 1855); 2) Nancy Spriggs; 3) William James 4) Andrew Jackson Spriggs; 5) John W. Spriggs; 6) David S. Spriggs; 7) Catherine S. Spriggs; 8) Samuel B. Spriggs; 9) Thomas Preston Spriggs; 10) Joseph C. Spriggs