This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1522.1.1 Message Board Post: I know very little about my gg grandfather, Jesse SANFORD. I have a death certificate from Harris County, Texas for Benjamin Julius SANFORD, my great grandfather, that states that his father 's name is Jesse SANFORD, born in Alabama and his mother's name is Mary CLEVELAND born in Alabama. I did find a Jesse SANFORD in the 1860 Covington County, AL census that has Jesse, Mary, Benjamin SANFORD plus a sister. Benjamin Julius Sanford was born Jan 16, 1859. Thank you for replying to this query.