Hi Bill, Your Cooley caught my eye.You said Saamuel Taylor married Amanda Cooley your gggrandparents.Can you please tell me more about her? I am researching the Cooley's from Garrard Co,Ky and I have what is listed in the census as Amilda but can't seem to find anything about her.So the spelling could be wrong. She was born about1833/1834.Father may of been William, not proven .Mother was Mary Cooley.Can you shed any light on this? Her father died around 1850 apparently before the census.Her mom is last found in the 1870 census. Thanks Arby