This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: branson/hammerick/mahan/king Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kdF.2ACIB/286.1 Message Board Post: i have a michael branson b. abt. 1766, pittsylvania, va/m. of, pittsylvania, va to a mary hammerick b. abt 1762 of pittsylvania, va...his father absalom branson b. 1740 wales/d. 1790-1800/m. jemima lorton b. 1744 of augusta, va/d. 1803 grainger, tn...they had a son george branson b. 1795-96 pittsylvania, va who married a rebecca mahan b.4-2-1818 pittsylvania, va/d. 1838...they had a daughter anna branson born in kentucky 3 november 1822...she was the eldest of five children: three sons and two daughters. her mother died when she was eleven years of age...her father never remarried again...she kept house for him until her marrieage to samuel king raising her baby sister...i have more on these as this is some of my cousins...the obit of anna branson is a family peice and the rest came from lds site and rootsweb connect...most of my info is from george down...if this is of any use let me know...daisy