Nancy... Several people have contacted me "back-channel" about this line and I haven't had a chance to get back with them yet, but here goes... Frank B. Ward is a figment of my fatigued brain. I don't know about other folks, but I occasionally "mis-speak myself", and this is one of those cases. Yes, the Elizabeth Ward who was my 3-great grandmother is buried at Smyrna Baptist Church... originally in Henry Co., but now in Houston Co., AL. She is buried there as the wife of Frederick P. Ibe, who she married after my 3-great grandfather, Thomas Prevatt, III, died. The Ibes lived for quite awhile with the Jonas B. Davis in Decatur (now Grady) County, Georgia. I'm curious if anyone knows why Elizabeth ended up in Alabama? I apologize for flummoxing James B. Ward's name into Frank B. Ward. I really don't know how I did that, but I did. I don't make a whole lot of blunders and "boo-boos" but when I do, they are sometimes doozies! <sigh> I too would like to know Elizabeth Ward Prevatt Ibe's (Eby's) relationship(s) within the Ward family... My queries to Ward family reserarchers all drew blanks. BTW: In the oral history that I got from my grandfather King Walter Davis, "Eby" was used as if it were a first name. It seems as though that may have been the name she was called by in later years...? Richard White Tallahassee, Florida nacp@wfeca.net wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Prevatt/ ward/ Davis >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/849.1.1.2.1 > >Message Board Post: > >I am working on two things that are mentioned in this query, Ward and Prevatt. James B. Ward had a dau., Mary that married James Monroe Davis. James' father, Thomas came from GA. and his brother Jonas Davis married Clarissa Prevatt. In Clarissa's mother was Elizabeth Ward and she died in henry Co., Ala. It is believed her father was either William or David Ward of robeson Co., N.C. Elizabeth like james B. Ward was part cherokee. I don't know of a Frank Ward but James Monroe Davis and Mary had a grandson named Frank Davis. I am looking for more info on Elizabeth Ward Prevatt Ebe(Ibe) because we think their might be a connection between James B. Ward and Elizabeth Ward Prevatt. >