This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/1557.2 Message Board Post: I am looking at a family who lived in Marlboro County, SC in 1830 and moved to Lowndes Co., AL (not MS) by 1840. Elijah Curtis was the husband of Margaret J. McRae and both were originally from Anson Co., NC. Their children were mostly born in Marlboro Co., SC and they appear to have had four sons in all. Two sons seem to have remained in Lowndes Co., AL--Thomas D. Curtis (b. c. 1823) m. Martha M. Pruitt and William M. Curtis (b. c. 1829) m. Ardelphia Jane Ivey. William was a lawyer and Thomas a merchant. But there are two other sons I can't identify--no daughters. One was born 1815 to 1820 and the other was born in the mid 1820's. Sounds like they might be the men listed in your posting.