This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell/Cain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AST.2ACEB/437 Message Board Post: Folks, those of you who show George Dowell born in 1813 being 4 years old when he had George W may not be accurate for obvious reasons. I am one of the daughters of Simeon Gordon Dowell 1922-1990 and know there are accurate records for this line back to Simeon Augustus. I am a bit unclear when it gets to George W other than date (b. 1817), but I do not think that next record for George is correct. From the best I can figure based on information gathered from County Courthouses, the Civil War pretty much destroyed any record that would link the next George back. If anyone has found differently please let me know! There are a lot of submitted lines I am seeing with that George W/George link there and it is not accurate! Thanks! Norma J Dowell