I am hoping someone on the list might have a common WOOLFORD family to my wifes or who knows of this line. She has an ancestor, Jacob WOOLFORD (although sometimes seemed to use WOLFORD interchangeably). Jacob 1800-1848 is first found on a census at Butler Co, OH in 1840. I don't know what state he was born since he died priot to the 1850 census and since we have no handed down details from the family. The first written evidence of him is from his marriage to Hannah BECHTOLD (many spellings also, including BECHDOLT/ BECKTOLD) at Butler Co, OH in 1825. Despite this evidence of him in Butler Co, OH in 1825, I cannot defintely find him on a census in 1820 or 1830. There are two Jacob WOOLFORDs on the 1830 OH census in Ross Co & Muskingham Co, OH then on the 1820 OH census two again, one in Pickaway Co. & one in Fairfield Co. (some of these Jacob's are spelled with one "O" -WOLFORD only, but most with two "O"s. I hope to hear from anyone who can not only suggest one of these men as mine who migrated to Butler Co, but also to show good evidence which ones of these men on the 1820/30 census can NOT be mine. I know there are some Jacob WOOLFORD men on early 1800s Pennylvania censuses, but I have no clue if these are parents, uncles, brothers or any connection whatsoever. His gravestone in Butler Co, Madison twp, OH clearly shows the years 1800-1848 for his lifespan. His children were: John 1827, Mary 1829, Daniel 1832, Samuel 1834, Joseph 1841, Susan 1843, & Eliza A. 1846 (these +/- One yr.) Of these, I only can track: Susan who married Daniel STOVER and moved to Douglas Co, Illinois; John who married Elizabeth STOVER- they remained in Butler Co.; Daniel who married Elizabeth ECKERT and who also moved to Douglas Co, IL; Joseph married Catherine ?. I have some of Jacob's grandchildren from: Susan (Alda & Ella STOVER), John (Charles E. & John H.) & Joseph (Hannah). Please help me. Also Thanks to Peter Lowe for inspiring my lazy self to get on the list. -- Thank you & sincerely, Allan Griffith, # 1 Jodi Lane, Bloomington, IL, USA 61701 home phone: 309-829-2063, if no answer try 309-828-2059 most reliable email: magriff@bigfoot.com alternates if above doesn't work: magriff@davesworld.net OR magrif@pol.net Personal HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~magriff/ PEG HomePage: http://homepage.davesworld.net/~magriff