This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt, Brooks, Valentine, Newell, Simpson, Dowdle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/1224.1.1 Message Board Post: Sounds like some of the things we've "heard" about from the older Pratts, a Creek Indian maiden, FL/GA area, sometime around 1700-1790, just NO names. Heard of "Singing Bird" before and Lone Wolf, but records, just hear-say passed along over the years. We do have an excellent year- round tan brownish colored skin with black hair in the early parts of the family, down till my Dad. I'm brownish blonde, gray some now. hehe. Any help/info you have will be greatly appreciated very much. Thank you so much, Sonny