This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVJ.2ACIB/975.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, thanks for the information, but I'm pretty sure on the name. The reason COKER is because he adopted my great-grand father, who was a BUDDIN by birth..and he took the COKER surname...and well, so did the rest of the family. Thanks again!! ~Wolfy~