I will look among my MS Wades, but the book is not indexed and mine were several counties over from Attala. Try posting on that county site also http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ There's also a discussion of heraldry there some may want to read. The Carroll Co. site is http://www.rootsweb.com/~mscarrol/ It also has links to Vaiden history. The MS site said Vaiden is in Attala now,but it used to be a county seat of Carroll. Scottie > > In the 1870 Mississippi Census Minnie is found living with a Thomas WADE > age 61 farmer from N.C. & wife Sarah age 30 born in Alabama. Thomas & Sarah > had children Claudie WADE age 6 female born,Ms. Joseph WADE age 4 male born > Ms., Felix WADE age 2 born Ms. & my Minnie LAWS age 6 female born Ms. This > is listed in theVaiden,Ms area township .