Possible siblings; at the very least most likely kinsmen and -women:

1850 census, Pike County, Ga.

Henery Helmes, farmer, 28, b. N.C., HH951, rec. Oct. 30; wife Mary A., 23; children Elizabeth J., 7; Sarah F., 6; William M., 5; Amanda M., 4; John J., 3; Mary S., 2; and Joel T., 8 mos. brother (?) William M. Helmes, 21, laborer.

Mary Helmes, 39, farmer, b. in N.C., HH950; children Sarah, 15, b. N.C.; Elizabeth, 13, b. Ga.; George W., 11, b. Ga.; Lucina, 9, b. Ga.; Marinda, 4, b. Ga; and Manirva, 4, b. Ga.

Balis Helms, 30, farmer, b. N.C., HH1469; wife Nancy, 30, b. Ga.; daughter Eliza, 10, b. Ga.; son John T., 9, b. Ga.; son Ebenezer, 2, b. Ga.

Rachel Helms, 30, b. N.C. resided in the home of James Leach, 62, farmer, b. Va., and Mary Leach, 61, b. Va., HH953. They may have been her parents.

Other Leach families in Pike County included:

James Leach Jr., 31, b. S.C., farmer, HH954; with children Milly, 16; Henery S., 9; Joel S., 6; and Mary A.E., 1.

Langford Leach, 40, farmer, b. S.C., HH941; wife Milla, 35, b. N.C.; children Nancy C., 16; Phebe J.C., 11; Mary E., 10; Emely F., 8; Beverly C.P., 3 (male); and Marigan C., 1 (female).

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