In a message dated 08/01/03 11:38:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSTJK@msn.com writes: << FLOYD , BORN ABT 1830 THANKS ! >> Floyd is in VA. W. VA didn't become a state until 1865. Hope this is your guy. 1860 LUSK FLOYD 29 M W VA VA WYOMING JOES BRANCH P O Series: M653 Roll: 1385 Page: 673 Floyd Lusk, 29, Farmer, value of real estate: $800, value of personal estate: $396, b. VA Clancy (f), 29, b. VA, cannot read or write Powell (m), 8, b. VA Charlotte, 5, b. VA Tollison (m), 3, b. VA NOTE: There is also a Gordon Lusk, age 38, and family living next too Floyd on one side, a Henry Lusk, age 30, and family living on the other side and an Eli Lusk, age 27, enumerated 4 houses away. Marilyn