This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bruce-Brown-Claybourn-Williams Jefferson Co. Il. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XOG.2ACIB/713.793.2 Message Board Post: I have a Bruce line in Jefferson Co. Illinois, decended from James Brown-b. 1780 poss.Tn. he married abt. 1804 Sarah "Sally" Claybourn-b. 1780-d. 1853 Jefferson Co. Il.they had 3 known children- Nancy Brown-b. 1805 Smith Co. Tn. m Hezekiah Newby William Brown-b. 1808 Tn. m Elizabeth McMeen Jane Brown-b. 1813 Smith Co. Tn. m Marcus D. Bruce-b. 1812 Wilson Co. Tn. s/o Azariah Bruce/Martha Keelin. Marcus and Jane had 10 children - born in Jefferson Co. Il. I am most interested in the Claybourn line, "Sally's" brother Ephraim Claybourn-b. 1788 is my ggggrandfather. Thanks