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/ikJ.2ACIB/1101.1 Message Board Post: Scanning through postings I just saw your note. I am a descendant of Francis Marion Copeland, but it doesn't sound like the same one. My Francis Marion was born 14 June 1820 in Overton County, Tennessee, to Solomon and Sarah Tippit Copeland. He was the oldest of 10 children. He had a son, Francis Lamar (as well as 8 other children), who was born in 1847 but died in 1848 and was buried in Independence County, Arkansas. Let me know if you think there is any connection between the families.