This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ranson, Knowles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ic.2ADI/1247 Message Board Post: I am researching my maternal grandmother's family from Russell County, Alabama. Her mother, Mary Jane Knowles, was born in/near White Plains in Greene County in 1829. Mary Jane's parents were Britton Knowles and Rebecca Ransom. I am interested in any information about either of these families. Apparently, her father died and her mother remarried - to whom I do not know. Also, I understand that Mary Jane and her siblings lived with an uncle or some other relative until each of them married. I have found a Sarah Knowles and a Tabitha Knowles who each married in Russell County where my greatgrandmother married as well - which leads me to think that they moved either to Russell County or at least nearby. There was also a mention in some of the family history research that I have read that there was a son as well as the daughters. Please contact me with nay information at [email protected]