This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURNEY, BAKER, WHITEHEAD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/yAH.2ACIB/215 Message Board Post: The following will explain the Burney connection. Could this be the same Willis Arthur Burney of Florida? I believe that the E. B. Baker of McIntosh Co., Georgia in the 1850 census is my g.g.g. grandfather. E. B. Baker 58 Frances 40 (written over, could be another number) John L. 21 Druggist Margaret A. 18 Julia R. 16 Susan A. 14 Sabra E. 12 William M. 10 Joseph B. 8 Nathaniel 6 Anna M. 4 Benjamin B. 25 Teacher (Is he a child of this family?) This is possibly Benjamin Bright Baker. Edwin B. Baker is shown in Liberty Co., Georgia Marriages as marrying Frances Leonard Jurdine on Dec. 21, 1820. Either the marriage date or Frances’ age on the census is wrong—it is not likely that she married at 10 years of age. The name Leonard is used by several of my ancestors—my grandmother Jonanna Leonard Baker (daughter of John L.) for instance. I have not found E. B. Baker in the 1860 census but John is still in McIntosh Co, Georgia: Hh.# 14 Jn L. Baker 31 (It looks like his occupation is City Officer) Mary E.[?] Baker 24 Edward B. Baker 3 Cornelia L. I.[or J.] Baker 8/12 Wm M. W. Baker 21 Clerk [This must be John’s brother] I found a marriage for Benjamin B. Baker to Mary M. Wilcox in Telfair Co. 7 Aug. 1853, but I could not locate them in the 1860 census; however, there is a Mary Baker with daughter Frances in the household of Sarah Baker in Telfair Co in 1860. This Mary has a daughter Frances, who is 6 and since Benjamin and Mary married in 1853, this is likely the same person. There is a grave for Benjamin Bright Baker (no dates given) in the Baker-Thorpe Cemetery near the Harris Neck community in McIntosh Co. John L. Baker must have died before 1870 since Mary G[eorgia] is now married to Willis A. Burney: Hh # 46: Burney, Willis A. 39 Brick Mason “ Mary G. 30 “ W. A. Jr. 7/12 Baker, E. B. 13 Clerk in store “ C. L. 10 “ Sarah L. 7 (I believe that this name is wrong and that this is my g. grandmother JonAnna Leonard Baker, since the age is correct.) I have been searching for the parents of JonAnna for many years and recently received her family Bible. In it was a copy of “A Memorium” for her which stated that she was from Darien, Georgia. Also, there was a note stating that Mary Georgia Burney died on Nov. 7, 1901 in Long Beach, Mississippi. No relationship is stated but JonAnna and her husband Charles Thomas Whitehead named one of their sons Willis Arthur Whitehead (apparently for her step-father, Willis A. Burney). If anyone can confirm this relationship or give me any information on these people, I would appreciate it. Also in the Bible was a letter, written Jan. 4, 1853, from Brunswick, Georgia, addressed to “Mon Ami Phil’ and signed “Imogene” (in quotation marks). He appears to be in Savannah. I would be glad to send a copy to anyone who might be able to identify these people.