This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bratton, Rorer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdF.2ACEB/315.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, Both Bratton and Wayne Townships are in Mifflin County, PA. Bratton Township was named for Andrew Bratton, one of the original settlers. Andrew came to the Bratton Township area circa 1760. I may be able to get a closer date if you need it. My particular branch of the family settled on the border of Bratton and Wayne Townships circa 1770. Unfortunately, I find no record of a George Bratton that would fit your 1820 census information in my own family's history. However, there have been several Bratton families associated with this area. Just an aside noting the similarities in last names, my great aunt Mabel Bratton married Marshall Rorer who died in 1962.