Vivian, Neither Isaiah nor Zulima are common names. I have seen Isah and Isaah spellings and Zulema and Zulyma. Seems you might profit from exploring where the Zulima name came from. Zulima was the name of an opera by Marcos Antonio (dad Fonseca) Portugal produced in 1796. This man died in Brazil, so....Zulima's parents or grandparents might simply have been opera lovers. The name seems to be prevalent even today in Portuguese and Hispanic cultures and those influenced heavily by them. Which raises the issue of possible "melungeon" ancestry as well. But no need to look at that just yet. Isaiah is Biblical, so in general, you might want to look for a family which tended toward Biblical names, for his parents. Where does the Census data say Isaiah was born? His wife? Do you know where they married? Did either one live until 1880? The Census that year lists where their parents were born. I did a google on Zulima -- figuring this name was somehow a family name. It might be a sister of either parent, an aunt, a friend. Whatever, you might look around in those places the name seems to occur and see if you can find either 1) WEBB families in the vicinity or 2) Family names that appear near Isaiah in land and tax records. Here's my favorite candidate for you: Zulima LaFORCE b c 1744 m. Robert CAWTHORN. Robert's father was THOMAS. Zulima and Robert had a daughter Sara b. c. 1766 who married MADDOX and lived in Goochland CO., VA. Sara had 4 daughters, names unknown and there were MANY WEBB families in this area at this time. WOODSON is a VA surname which comes down in my own family. Stephen Bedford appears in late 1700s Goochland VA, then in TN. 1800 Census shows a Farmer WEBB that nobody seems to have connected. A P. G. CAWTHORN & a Stephen Bedford signed an 1806 petition for a bridge in Rutherford Co., TN. No WEBB signature, however. Giles WEBB received a grant between 1787 and 1791 in Davidson Co., TN. William WEBB had an indenture in Davidson Co., TN in the 1803-1806 period. Personally, this is what I would investigate first. I did NOT research the CAWTHORN name in Davidson Co., but I did see a P. CATRON (possibly the P. G. CAWTHORN who signed the petition) in the 1803-1806 records index. If that fails...... There was a Zulima Kincheloe born in 1811 -- would she be old enough to be the mother? This appears to be in KY and her family does have a WEBB connection about the same time -- Charles Rector Kincheloe born in 1811 married Mary Ellen WEBB -- c. 1835 it looks like. There was a Mary Zulima Carriere who married James Gardette in 1808 in PA. Mary Zulima Badie & Louis Courcelle had child in LA in 1848. Zulima MERRILL b 1794 NY married Oliver ROOT. Buried in Franklin NY. Children included a Zulema. In 1846 a Zulima A. Mahone married Anderson Jones in Talbot CO, GA. A Zulima DENSLOW was born in 1754 apparently in CT. She married a David THRALLS. Zulima OSBORN b 1770s (est from brothers birthdate) m. GAY in CT. I know there were GAYs who went south. Zulima COOLEY b. 1761 MA m Zephaniah CLARK 1778 CT. They had a daughter Zulima CLARK b c 1792 MA about whom nothing further seems to be known. She had a brother Isaac. She and her husband are buried in Albion, Orleans Co., NY., A Zulima COOK married a Jesse WOodward who died about 1818 looks like VA or KY. This wasn't even all of them, nor did I try the other spellings. Bedford Co., TN was established 1807 out of Rutherford Co, TN 1803, from Davidson (1783 fm Washington), Williamson & Wilson (1799 fm Sumner). "Most of these  new Tennesseans held land grants from the Revolutionary War. " http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/history.htm Hope this gives you something to explore. Anne