This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Apperson - Raley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZGB.2ACEB/104 Message Board Post: I am a descendent of John Raley SR born abt 1787 NC. These Raleys ended up in Clay Co, IL, via OH where a son, James Raley, was born abt 1819. From here they migrated into IN. I do not know which county where they settled. After 1821 John Raley JR was born in IN. They had William, James, John JR, Vesta Ann who married Davis Foster, Marion and one more son that I can not recall his name at the moment. James SR, John JR & William all married Shepherd women. Best I can learn ab out the Shepherds they were out of OH. Apparently there were two or three Apperson children ment- ioned in the probate records for James Raley who died in Jan 1848 in Clay Co, IL. John Raley JR died in March 1848, Clay Co, IL.. I was aauming that there might have been a daugh- ter of marriage age who had married an Apperson and she died before reaching Clay Co, IL.. Do you show any Apper- sons in IN, IL or OH of this time period? John Raley SR was married to a Catherine born MD.