This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth McAlpin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HO.2ADEB/342.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sampson Jefferson's Mary Ann was born Feb. 15, 1844 in Smith Co., MS and married Able McAlpin on November 12, 1863 in Mize, Smith Co., MS. She died in Mize on December 21, 1923. The man that I spoke of in the last mesage was Joab Ainsworth, not Jacob. There were several men called Joab in the line that moved from SC>AL>MS>LA>TX. Some researchers have told me that Joab was a nickname for Joseph Abbott Ainsworth. I'll try looking for your Gilberts in the census records. Do you know if they were in Cherokee Co., TX in 1870 or 1880? Barbara