This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bratton/349.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Terri, I know it has been awhile since you posted this message, hoping you will answer. I have been trying for years to locate my Great Grandfather James M. Bratton B: 1872. I do not know if he was born in Tn or Ky. On the 1900 Lake Co, Tn census it has Gussie his wife born in Ky and him in Tn, which I know is wrong. Gussie was born in Obion, Tn, so that leads me to believe that James M Bratton was born in Ky. Lake Co is very close to Ky state line. Do you have any information on James M. Bratton KY 1872? A cousin found a letter his daughter had written about a half brother or stepbrother Jno Hatley???? I have no idea if this is correct, hoping you maybe to help? James M. Bratton died 1903 in Lake Co, Tn. Sharon Bratton Johnson s_johnson60@verizon.net