This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elliott, Morton, Clark Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhU.2ACEB/3231.1 Message Board Post: While I don't have any info that -exactly- matches yours, the similarities are worth looking into. You have: Joseph Elliott b abt 1800-16 I have: Joseph Elliott b. 1815 You have: Morton Elliott born in Vernon, Indiana I have: a child of Joseph, Edward, married an Annie Elizabeth Leonard who was from MOUNT Vernon, Indiana. Morton is a family name in this family. A brother of Joseph Elliott was named William Morton Elliott...he was a doctor in Evansville. For more information on the Elliott line that I am researching, you can visit the WorldConnect Tree at:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wsbsmith&id=I001 (This takes you to Peter Elliott, the father of Joseph and William Morton Elliott). Also, you might ant to visit the Peter Eliott House site at: www.wscottsmith.com/elliotthouse Scott Smith Lynchburg, Virga.