This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmes, Kelley and Royal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADE/2383 Message Board Post: Isaiah Holmes was my gg/grandfather by way of John Holmes and Polly A. Kelley. My grandmother was Rosa Lee Holmes who married John Royal of Clay County AL. Would like to share any information that I have. I have information on the Kelleys also.