This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/400.1 Message Board Post: John Branson b 1767 VA (place unknown) parents unknown but his father is believed to be a John Branson. He lived in Stokes Co from 1789 until 1849 when Forsyth Co formed from Stokes Co and his land fell within the new county. He died Forsyth Co between 1850-1860. Married c/a 1792 Mary "Polly" Hutchins dau of John Hutchins & Sibella Angel. Mary b 1772 Surry County NC in an area that became Stokes Co. Their children are not all proven but from my research the following are likely theirs: 1) Charity Branson b 1793 (md Jesse Allen 15 Mar 1814 Stokes Co NC). 2) Elizabeth Branson b 1800 (md John Neal 14 June 1831 Stokes Co NC) 3) Ambrose Branson b 1802 (md Harriet Holt 22 Jan 1834 Stokes Co NC) d between 1870 -1880 Forsyth Co NC 4) Jorne Branson b 1804-1810 5) Nancy Branson b 1807 (md Wm. McClarny 27 May 1826 Stokes NC) d between 1870-1880 Forsyth Co NC 6) Lewis Branson b 1808 (md Susannah Clark 21 Nov 1829 Stokes Co NC) d 1880 Stokes Co NC 7) Eliza Branson b 1804-1810 (md Benjamin Marshall 10 Aug 1832 Stokes Co NC) 8) Rebecca Branson b 1815-1820 (md Thomas Neal 17 Sept 1832) Stokes Co NC They may have had other children. John Branson is believed to have had two brothers Zachariah Lyon Branson & William Branson. His sisters are unknown. I have seen emails that try to link these Branson lines to the Thomas Day Branson lines and the lines of Eli & Levi Branson in NC. All evidence points away from that.