This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Foster Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/906.6.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know. It seems no one in the family knows anything about Sam (John) Foster except that he was an "Indian". I got the info about him being born in Alabama from the Union Parish, Louisiana 1900 Census. I just wish I knew more about him.