This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: buck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VYG.2ACIB/1536.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You said you did land records? Did you get the original land grant application for Ebenezer Buck's land grant. You had to have the description of the land in order to send for it. It is a lot of work to do and takes time to get. But might be the answer you are looking for if you have not done so yet. "These grants are essential for searching a Colonial ancestor, especially frontier families. The application files give more genealogical details than actural patents. Post-Civil War homestead files are rich in personal data, often including naturalization papers." page 216 land & tax records Chapter 7 of the book "The Source" by edited by Arlene Eakle & Johni Cerny. Ebenezer Buck is an 1832 Ohio land grant near Marietta in Washington Co. Carol