I am trying to find my extended family of McCartys. I believe that Joseph McCarty is my ggggrandfather but this is as far as I can go. The census records show: MCCARTY JNO VA ROCKBRIDGE NO TWP LISTED 1810 00100 10100 [1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25]. No other McCartys in Rockbridge County in 1810. MCCARTY JOSEPH VA ROCKBRIDGE LEXINGTON 1820 011210 10001 [1 male <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44] difficult to read. MCCARTY JAMES VA ROCKBRIDGE LEXINGTON 1820 000010 10201 [1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >45] MCCARTY JUSTIN VA ROCKBRIDGE LEXINGTON 1820 200010 20001 [2 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females <10, 1 female >45] However, there is also a John McCardy 210010 00110 [2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-45] and an Andrew McCurdy 100010 10010 [1 male <10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-45] in Lexington, Rockbridge County, in the 1820 US census. [The Heritage Quest copy of this census report is very faint and nearly illegible.] My GUESS is that Joseph, James, Justin, and perhaps John and Andrew, are brothers and their father is John (Jno.), but I have no proof. The 1810 US census shows: 1810 > Pennsylvania > WASHINGTON > MORRIS Series: M252 Roll: 57 Page: 95 MCCARTY JOSEPH PA WASHINGTON MORRIS 10001 10010 00 [1 male 0-9, 1 male >45, 1 female 0-9, 1 female 26-44]. The 1810 US census also shows: 1810 > VIRGINIA > ROCKBRIDGE > NO TWP LISTED Series M252 Roll 70 Page 783 MCCARTY JNO VA ROCKBRIDGE 00100 10100 [1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25] By 1830: CENSUS 1830 > VIRGINIA > ROCKBRIDGE > NO TWP LISTED Series: M19 Roll: 199 Page: 319 Andrew McCurdy 01100001 00130001 [1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 10-15, 3 females15-20, 1 female 50-60] John McCurdy 01100001 010001 [1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40] CENSUS 1830 > VIRGINIA > ROCKBRIDGE > NO TWP LISTED Series: M19 Roll: 199 Page: 318 James C? McCarty 110001 100001 [1 male <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female <5, 1 female 30-40] Augustine McCarty 11011 020001 [1 male <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 30-40] (I have a perfect yDNA (25 SNPs) match with a descendant of this James C. McCarty.) McCarty marriages in Rockbridge County: James C & Nancy Dale; 15 Nov 1825; d/o Samuel; min-Andrew Heron, Presbyterian. Justin & Susanna Lawson; 7 Sep 1815; d/o David; min- Andrew B. Davidson, Presbyterian. Samuel D & Betsy Ann McCarty; 23 Jan 1838; d/o James; bond or license date only (both were McCarty surnamed) Samuel & Polly Taylor; 26 Jul 1813; d/o William; bond or license date only William A & Mary Margaret Risk; 11 Dec 1848; d/o Joseph; sis/o Justin; min- Andrew B. Davidson, Presbyterian. Betsy A & Robert Simpkins; 5 Aug 1798; d/o John; min- John Young Hannah & Samuel Taylor; 21 Aug 1838; d/o Justin; min- Samuel Houston, Presbyterian Nancy D. & William Black; 30 Nov 1835; d/o Justin; min- William M Cunningham, Presbyterian Nancy & John (Jr) Campbell; 15 Jun 1815; d/o John, dec'd; min- Andrew B. Davidson, Presbyterian. Can anyone help? John McCarty To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html