This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROWLAND-JACKSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ic.2ADI/123.698.955 Message Board Post: Debbie, I have a LOT of Rowland information, going w-a-y back. A lot comes from a book entitled: A Family History - Wright, Lewis, Moore and connected families, by John Wright Boyd" It has been accepted by the National Library of Congress as "fact". Here's what I show on your James Rowland: b. Nov 7 1794, Green Co., GA, m. Emily C. Jackson who d. Feb 25, 1850, bur in Rowland Cem in Veazey, White Plains, GA. Her mother was Jane \\. Father unknown. James was sibling to: Martha "Patsey", b. 1796 William, b. 11/26/1797 Nancy S., b. 2/14/1803 Celia, b. 1805 Patience, b. 4/10/1809 Mary, b. 1810 Rhoda H, b. 1812 Sarah "Sally", b. 1813 Louisa Lucinda, b. 7/4/1820...all b. in Green Co. GA 1850 Green Co., Census shows James age 51, William 23 (son). James had 26 slaves in 1854. James was the son of Hiram and Rhoda Atkinson-Rowland. Hiram was the son of Frederick and Sealey Huckaby-Rowland. Frederick was son of Jesse and Martha Davis-Rowland. Jesse was son of William IV and Elizabeth Proctor-Rowland. William was son of William III and Ann Ellis-Rowland. William was son of William II and Ann Spenser-Rowland. William was son of William and Ann Andrews-Rowland. William was son of John III and Margaret Bailey-Rowland. John was son of John and Scollis Pemberton-Rowland. John was son of Thomas and Ann Smyth-Rowland. Thomas was son of Thomas Rowland, b. 1530 Baconsthorpe, Surrey Co., England....and so it goes!!! Bren Cobina60@comcast.net