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/TmQ.2ACIB/2278.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Elijah is believed to be the son of David Curtis, born sometime before 1755 and died between 1810 and 1820 in Ashe County. David appears first appears (to my knowledge) on the 1778 tax list of Washington County, NC, which was about to be cut into Wilkes County and Tennessee territory Al.