Jno Flin = MIke Flin? And other connections in the 1866 Bibb Census

I suspect that Mike Flin, who married Britta Ann Green McGuire, is the same as Jno Flin in Bibb County in the 1866 AL State Census.

In the 1866 State Census for AL, John Flin is listed in in Bibb County. In the household are one male 20 - 30, one female 0 - 10, and one female 20 - 30. Curiously, there is an odd entry on the line for John Flin's household. It looks like a "1" that's been made into a "0."

The entry for Mr. Flin is right here:

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1576&path=1866.Bibb.30&sid=&gskw=Jno+Flin

Here are the reasons I think that John Flin might be Mike Flin:

• Same last name and same spelling in various places

• John Flin is living in Bibb County in the same area as people who live in Brierfield, Randolph, Bibb County in 1870. Mike Flin is living in Brierfield, Randolph, Bibb County in 1870.

• P. Bean (Pendleton C. Bean) who was the bondsman for Mike Flin, lives nearby. He probably worked with Mike at the Brierfield Ironworks.

Reasons the two men might be different people:

• According to the 1870 and 1880 US Censi for AL, Mike Flynn was born between 1818 and 1820. In 1866 he would have been 46 - 48. John Flin was either 20 - 30 or 30 - 40. (But census takers can make mistakes. Yes, they can.)

• John Flin had a wife and daughter in 1866 (Of course, the wife and child might have died before 1868).

Other connections:

The people and area correspond to the Brierfield, Randolph, Bibb County area in 1870. Indeed on Page 1 of the 1870 US Census for Brierfield P. O., Randolph, Bibb County, we see P. Bean and William Hayden (more on them in a minute).

Neighbors are J. N. Liles, J. W. Mahan, Thomas E. Meroney, F. Ray, Luke Crumpton, William Haden, Thomas Ray, Ward, Brushwood, Thomas Alvis, Mary Gentry. On the next page is P. Bean, Lewis Barnett, Galloway, J. P Wallace, Elisha Fancher, E. T Brasher, B. Edins. On the page before are Elisha Fancher, Pulaski Wallace, Harriet Fancher, L. T McGuire.

Their connections to Britta:

• J. N. Liles is married to Mary Ann Green McKinney's daughter Josephine; probably Britta's niece

• Jesse W. Mahan lives a few doors from Britta and Mike in 1870

• Thomas Meroney is married to Jesse Mahan's sister Catherine

• Luke Crumpton lived next door to the McKinneys in 1850 Shelby

• William Hayden employs Britta's daughter Mary Drucilla in 1879

• Mary Brushwood lives with Thomas Alvis in 1870. Thomas Alvis lives near Britta and Mike in 1870.

• P. Bean is the bondsman on Mike and Britta's marriage license.

• Lewis Barnett's daughter Louquincy is the first wife of Simmin Aaron Edins, who later married Britta's daughter Mary Drucilla.

• Pulaski Wallace is married to Jane Woods, daughter of Robert Woods and Mary Calhoun Green.

• Harriet Fancher is the daughter of L. T. McGuire, who may be related to John L. McGuire, Britta's first husband.