I think I may have found my ggggrandmother Esther in the 1860 Gaston Co.NC census. I've been trying to find her with her husband but looks like I missed again. She was 43 in the census with William O'DANIEL age 19, Cornelia age 17 and some more children that the writing makes it hard to read. Looks like Leander-15 plus one more. Mary Elizabeth is listed as Mary(my gggrandmother) at 10 years of age. Other people listed in the household are Harriet ROBINSON-34 and Harriet G. ROBINSON-8. I don't know how they are related, if at all ,to Esther. This is a big break fpr me, hope someone out there recognizes some of this and can shed some light on it! I have Esther in AR in 1861 marrying Joseph Hoyle Mendenhall originally of NC. Mary ended up in AR, but I don't know when, although she married my gggrandfather about
1870. Thanks!