This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ic.2ADI/488.551.579.611 Message Board Post: Melissa was the d/o Samuel H. Ray (b. 1797, Ga., s/o Chesley Ray and Nancy Ogletree) and Susan Kirkland, b. 1807, Ga. I believe she is descended from the Snoden Kirkland Family. From the 1850 Talledega, Al. Census: Samuel H. Ray, age 52, b. Ga., Susan Ray, age 43, b. Ga., Melissa, age 12, b. Ga., John T., age 6, b. Ga., Lucy Kirkland, age 65, b. Va. It was mistakenly read as Samuel St. Ray in the index. Lucy could have been a Williams. John Thomas was my great-grandfather. Hope this helps. L. Walden