This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elliott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhU.2ACEB/4694.1.1 Message Board Post: "I have found a John Elliott who had a Land Patent in Ray County MO in 1837. " This John Elliott did not go to Texas. John E. Elliott (b.19 Mar 1791, Rowan Co., NC; d. 26 Aug 1864, Ray Co., MO) married 1st, about 1819 prob in MO, Susan Wells (1800 - 1832); married 2nd, 26 Dec 1833 Ray Co., MO, Eliza Culbertson (1805 - after 1880).