I am searching for information about my ancestors Archibald McDonald (born 1801 in North Carolina according to all his census entries) and his wife (Margaret "Peggy" Duncan according to a grand-daughter-in-law, although the 1850 Census gives Ferriby ( aged 52) as the first name of the apparent wife). They had 11 children according to the grand-daughter-in-law: Thomas (married Polly Beavers), Amos (married Nancy McDougal and Sarah Jane Smotherman), John (married Katie Stewart), Henry (married Emiline King), Willis (married Ann Johnson), Jim and Billie (both supposedly killed in the Civil War), Lydia, (married A. Johnson), Susan (married Brant Stutts), Mary Ann and Lydia. The family moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama about 1832. Some of the children eventually moved to Texas. The 1850 Census lists Archibald's occupation as gunsmith. I would even appreciate knowing the likely counties in which to search for an 1801 McDonald birth.