This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kynaliland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.tallapoosa/4186.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for Walter Carthon/Cauthen/Cothran, etc. He is the grandfather of a dear friend of mine who has been trying to find his ancestry. This Walter and Maudie May Speakes had his father Leonard Oliver Carthon in 1912, but Walter died in storms so the story goes. Haven't found anything on his existance whatsoever other than a delayed birth certificate of Leonard Oliver Carthon that states his father was from South Carolina, born in 1890. Maudie May married Ransom Meadows in about 1914 a couple of months after she had another child then married Luther James Jordan prior to the 1920 census. No records of the Meadows marriage either. Very confusing! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.