This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ya.2ADI/575.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Thanks for your prompt reply. I have seen the name John Ryals of Mercer several times in my research, but I've never been able to link him to any of the Ryals from the Montgomery area. There was also a Ryals clan from the Telfair area that I suppose he could belong to. Bernice