This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZS.2ADI/493.1 Message Board Post: John - I have a Gillis Cooley - my dad's great grandfather. He married to Martha Fountain. He was born in FL ~ 1832, but indicates in 1880 census, father born in NC and mother SC. Do you think your Cooley and mine are related in any way? I think he has a Cherokee link but can't find it.