This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rowland, Tarwater, Fletcher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RKT.2ACIB/1547 Message Board Post: Three Rowland brothers and a sister (all b. 1780-1790) who listed their births as NC or TN migrated to Missouri between 1817 and 1821. The boys were Dowdle, Matthew, George, and the sister Sarah (Tarwater). No one has been able to identify their parents. The name Dodson/Dotson was used in all their families repeatedly, so I am wondering if anyone researching this family name has found a marriage of a Dodson/Dotson woman to a Rowland/Roland/Rollen between 1750-1780? The name has usually been used as a middle name - and often with the first name Jesse - in fact is it uncanny how many Jesse Dodson/Dotsons there are in the lineage. This is just one more stab - but maybe someone will have something that will break through our brick wall. Thanks.