trying to figure out an ancestor's name [View All]

[lazarus]

The records from my family are muddled. Some refer to an Eliza A Tidwell, some to an Elizabeth A Garret. I found a newspaper column referring to Eliza (Garret) Tidwell.

Thing is, she married my grandfather (5 gens back, I think), and I can't find any reference to their marriage with either name. The newspaper column did refer to it's being the second marriage for both, with no children from the first marriages. Again, I can't figure out if it's Tidwell or Garret.

Some trees on Genealogy.com say it's Tidwell, and list her parents, and that's all I've got to go on. Any tips would help. I'm stuck on the other side of the continent, so I can't go digging up courthouse records, and I don't know if antebellum records even exist.