This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Franks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADE/184.271.312.1 Message Board Post: If anyone is still interested....I found some information about Isaac J. Franks....according to a book I found at my local library, Isaac J. Franks was born about 1780 in North Carolina. His family knew him as Jacob Franks, Jr.....I have found alot of conflicting info about the order after that!