This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GROSS, Montgomery, Magie, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/1680 Message Board Post: I am seeking information about the following Johnson County GROSS family. 1900 Hollis, Perry Co., Howell Tsp, AR Gross, Mike Head W M Sept 1868 31 M 7 IL IN IL Hatti Wife W F Oct 1874 25 M 7 4/3 AL AL AL Olla A. Dau W F Nov 1895 4 Indian Territory, IL AL Edgar Son W M Mar 1897 3 AR IL AL Son W M Oct 1899 2/12 AR IL AL Hatti is Matilda Ann Montgomery of Johnson county according to their marriage record. Shannon William Gross was also known as Mike Gross. He ran a store ,was postal clerk and also did some doctorin in the Hollis community. Mike and his Wife Matilda are buried at Carters Cove Cemetery, near Plainview. According to land records on Sept. 30, 1899 Shannon Gross purchased land in Johnson Co. AR Land office of Dardanelle Homestead Entry (12Stat.392) for 40 acres Married Mayors Office, Crawford Co., Van Buren, AR February 27, 1893 I am trying to find additional information on Matilda MONTGOMERY in hopes of discovering who her parents were. Thank you for your time. KC Shannon Gross found in: Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907 Document number: 6999 Description number: 1 Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: AR2780__.426 Patentee Surname: Gross Patentee given name: Shannon State name: Arkansas Volume: 2780 Page number: 426 Land office: Dardanelle Aliquot part reference: NENW Section number: 29 Township: 9 North Range: 24 West Meridian or special survey area: Fifth Principal Meridian Misc. document number: 19952 Title transfer authority: Homestead Entry Orig. Combined signature date: Sep. 30, 1899 Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N