In a message dated 5/12/99 7:21:18 PM Central Daylight Time, ALLEY34417@aol.com writes: << Family #2: 1850 Census, Raleigh Co., (W)VA (transcribed by Terry Collins): ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/raleigh/census/1850/census.txt Page 21 Microfilm Page 11 A August 8, 1850 142 Rickels Adkins 34 M Farmer Va Lovey Adkins 30 F Va Emeline Adkins 8 F Va Clarkson Adkins 6 M Va Jacob Adkins 5 M Va Milly Adkins 2 F Va 1. Is this Rickels ADKINS a son of Parker ADKINS (#139 in Raleigh)? ********Yes. 2. Is Lovey (???) ADKINS same as Lovy WILLS? And if so, was she somehow connected to Meredith WILLS (a witness of the Will of Parker ADKINS)? **************** >> Lovely was the daughter of James Wills and Sarah Plumley. I don't have parents for either James or Meredith, but strongly suspect that they were brothers. Dreama