The following family is shown on the above census: Andrew Woodall age 22 born TN Mary M Woodall " 22 " SC John A Woodall " 6 " GA Abraham Woodall " 4 " GA I'm up against that famous wall looking for a Mary Woodall who was supposedly born in SC ca 1837. It is unknown if Woodall is her maiden or married name. Her parents and siblings are also unknown. She is found on the 1870 Morgan Co, AL census; shown in HH# 387-420. Shows Mary Woodall, age 33, born SC and Abe Wilson, age 18, born GA. Abe/Abram/Abraham Wilson is my g gfather. Just why he is in her home is unknown. Perhaps Mary was a close relative (an aunt or cousin) or maybe he was just living in her home as a boarder ? I am unable to find this Mary anywhere else after 1870. I know nothing about Abram/Abe except for that census. Need more information to help find his parents and siblings. Hoping more info on the above Andrew/Mary M Woodall family will help me. Could the Mary Woodall in Dekalb Co be the same Mary in Morgan Co? Abe married into the Nesmith family who connects with the Zephaniah and John Woodall families and the George Vest family from Jasper/Baldwin Co GA. These families later moved to Morgan Co AL in the early 1800's. From all accounts, the above 1870 Morgan Co Mary Woodall is not connected to these Woodalls and she has not been found in any of their Woodall family trees. Can anyone connect the Wilson surname to the Woodall or Vest families from GA or SC ? I think it's possible that my Wilson family was in SC before going to GA. Paula

Message #1968 on genforum for Woodall's is written by a Helen Dearing. She posted messages between around 2001-2007 on Woodall, Vest and Wilson. You should write her. My opinion is that Abe Woodal is the same Abraham from the 1860 census and somehow the age is wrong on one of the census's. Have you tried tracking John or Abraham later for death cert's to see the name of their mother, if it could be Mary? Have you tried to see if there were census records for the States for the yrs. 1855, 1865, 1875 etc to try and locate these people. States were suppose to have their own census's in the years ending in fives. Microfilms can be ordered from Family History centers for a small fee (used to be around $3- 10 yrs ago) and they can be kept at a FHC for 2-3 weeks. Look in your local phone book or on Familysearch.org for information on where the closest Family History center is to where you are and for microfilms for State census records for Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. Good Luck, Jeff > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:37:30 -0700> From: dunk1432@verizon.net> To: woodall-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: [WOODALL] ANDREW & MARY M WOODALL ON 1860 DEKALB CO AL CENSUS> > The following family is shown on the above census:> > Andrew Woodall age 22 born TN> Mary M Woodall " 22 " SC> John A Woodall " 6 " GA> Abraham Woodall " 4 " GA> > I'm up against that famous wall looking for a Mary Woodall who was supposedly born in SC ca 1837. It is unknown if Woodall is her maiden or married name. Her parents and siblings are also unknown. > > She is found on the 1870 Morgan Co, AL census; shown in HH# 387-420. Shows Mary Woodall, age 33, born SC and Abe Wilson, age 18, born GA. Abe/Abram/Abraham Wilson is my g gfather. Just why he is in her home is unknown. Perhaps Mary was a close relative (an aunt or cousin) or maybe he was just living in her home as a boarder ? I am unable to find this Mary anywhere else after 1870.> > I know nothing about Abram/Abe except for that census. Need more information to help find his parents and siblings. Hoping more info on the above Andrew/Mary M Woodall family will help me. Could the Mary Woodall in Dekalb Co be the same Mary in Morgan Co? > > Abe married into the Nesmith family who connects with the Zephaniah and John Woodall families and the George Vest family from Jasper/Baldwin Co GA. These families later moved to Morgan Co AL in the early 1800's. From all accounts, the above 1870 Morgan Co Mary Woodall is not connected to these Woodalls and she has not been found in any of their Woodall family trees.> > Can anyone connect the Wilson surname to the Woodall or Vest families from GA or SC ? I think it's possible that my Wilson family was in SC before going to GA.> > Paula> > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WOODALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_packup_042008

Thanks for all the input. Will see what I can dig out of these records, as suggested. I, too, think that the ages are a little off and hope I can find something to prove that. Paula Jeff Woodall <wjcjets@msn.com> wrote: Message #1968 on genforum for Woodall's is written by a Helen Dearing. She posted messages between around 2001-2007 on Woodall, Vest and Wilson. You should write her. My opinion is that Abe Woodal is the same Abraham from the 1860 census and somehow the age is wrong on one of the census's. Have you tried tracking John or Abraham later for death cert's to see the name of their mother, if it could be Mary? Have you tried to see if there were census records for the States for the yrs. 1855, 1865, 1875 etc to try and locate these people. States were suppose to have their own census's in the years ending in fives. Microfilms can be ordered from Family History centers for a small fee (used to be around $3- 10 yrs ago) and they can be kept at a FHC for 2-3 weeks. Look in your local phone book or on Familysearch.org for information on where the closest Family History center is to where you are and for microfilms for State census records for Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. Good Luck, Jeff > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:37:30 -0700> From: dunk1432@verizon.net> To: woodall-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: [WOODALL] ANDREW & MARY M WOODALL ON 1860 DEKALB CO AL CENSUS> > The following family is shown on the above census:> > Andrew Woodall age 22 born TN> Mary M Woodall " 22 " SC> John A Woodall " 6 " GA> Abraham Woodall " 4 " GA> > I'm up against that famous wall looking for a Mary Woodall who was supposedly born in SC ca 1837. It is unknown if Woodall is her maiden or married name. Her parents and siblings are also unknown. > > She is found on the 1870 Morgan Co, AL census; shown in HH# 387-420. Shows Mary Woodall, age 33, born SC and Abe Wilson, age 18, born GA. Abe/Abram/Abraham Wilson is my g gfather. Just why he is in her home is unknown. Perhaps Mary was a close relative (an aunt or cousin) or maybe he was just living in her home as a boarder ? I am unable to find this Mary anywhere else after 1870.> > I know nothing about Abram/Abe except for that census. Need more information to help find his parents and siblings. Hoping more info on the above Andrew/Mary M Woodall family will help me. Could the Mary Woodall in Dekalb Co be the same Mary in Morgan Co? > > Abe married into the Nesmith family who connects with the Zephaniah and John Woodall families and the George Vest family from Jasper/Baldwin Co GA. These families later moved to Morgan Co AL in the early 1800's. From all accounts, the above 1870 Morgan Co Mary Woodall is not connected to these Woodalls and she has not been found in any of their Woodall family trees.> > Can anyone connect the Wilson surname to the Woodall or Vest families from GA or SC ? I think it's possible that my Wilson family was in SC before going to GA.> > Paula> > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WOODALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_packup_042008 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WOODALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message