I started with Ellen Moore. I knew she was born in Coweta County in 1838. I had no information about her parents or siblings. I found her in the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses under her married name, but I had nothing from her childhood.
I first started looking for her in earlier census records, in the hopes that I could find her living in a household with her parents and obtain their names.
In 1860 I found an Ellen Johns living in George married to a Joseph M. Johns, listed as age 20 and 23 respectively. It is unlikely that this is the right family as the husband’s name is not an exact match, the ages are off and the location is not right. Ellen Moore was married in 1859 in Paulding County, GA, so by 1860 she would have been in her husband’s household, but I am unable to find any other reference that might be her in the 1860 census.