Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/Jackson/12106 Surname: ANDERSON, HUGHES, WHETZEL, TOLLEY, GANDEE ------------------------- The 1850 Jackson County, VA census reads: Jno Anderson, 48, m, farmer, Ohio, and he was a person over 20 years of age who could not read & write. He has a wife Susan who was 50, f, from VA and also could not read & write. This does appear to be the same man who is listed as James in later censuses, and the one who married Susan/Susannah Hughes. Perhaps the census taker wrote Jas and the transcriber just messed up. The name of the youngest child, Anna, is written over something else, so I'm not sure his mind was on his work that day! The original transcription of this census is, to say the least, not good. Entries were made out of order - whole pages were out of sequence, dwelling numbers were reused. The Whetzel family is spilt, little John Tolley was separated from the rest of his family and God alone knows who Martha Gandee really lived with! The spelling and handwriting both leave a lot to be desired so it is not surprising that some names are not correct. I'd be happy to email a copy of the actual page of the census to anyone who wants to see it.