I AM SEEKING THE MAIDEN SURNAME OF CYNTHIA MALINDA (____) WHO MARRIED WILLIAM T. GUNTER, BOTH B. TN 1817. IN THE WILLIAM T. GUNTER HOUSEHOLD 1860 JACKSON CO., AL, OTHER THAN THE WM., T. GUNTER FAMILY, WILLIAM T'S BROTHER, MILTON, WAS THE WIDOW OF BENJAMIN FRANKS, J.P. (ELIZABETH NEE VAUT) AND ELIZABETH'S NEPHEW, BENJAMIN BROYLES. CYNTHIA WAS NOT THE DAU. OF BENJAMIN/ELIZ. FRANKS (A CHILDLESS COUPLE, BUT WITH 3 CH. IN HOUSEHOLD MADISON CO., AL 1830 CEN.), THOUGH WM. T. WAS ADMINISTRATOR OF BENJAMIN FRANKS ESTATE C1853. CYNTHIA (___) GUNTER MAY HAVE BEEN A NIECE OF EITHER BENJAMIN OR ELIZABETH, AS BENJ.'S NEPHEW JOHN FRANKS WAS ONE OF THE CHILDREN IN THE FRANKS HOUSEHOLD 1830 MADISON CO., AL. THE SURNAMES CONNECTED TO BENJAMIN & ELIZABETH FRANKS ARE: FRANKS, VAUGHT, BROYLES AND SISCO THAT ARE KNOWN. BENJAMIN FRANKS HAD A SISTER WHO MARRIED A SISCO, SO CYNTHIA MIGHT HAVE COME FROM ANY OF THESE FAMILIES OR FROM A LINE UNKNOWN. LOSS OF MANY OF THE EARLY BRIDGEPORT (& OTHER JACKSON CO., AL) EARLY MARRIAGE RECORDS HAS BEEN A SERIOUS BRICK WALL. KAY G. KLWRAGEG@aol.com