This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Braden/Bratton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdF.2ACEB/181.194 Message Board Post: This is a shot in the dark but I have to take it. My Great Great Grandfather was Alexander Bratton who, it was said, born in Kentucky about 1795. He later married and lived at Warriors Mark, PA. He was a blacksmith by trade. Wonder if my Alexander and your Alexander are one and the same.