This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEY.2ACEB/212.217.223.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I got an email from Ancestry about an inquiry I had made quite some time ago. I have a few questions about the Garrison name in Arkansas. My grandfather, who I never met, was named Ira Garrison. He lived in or around a place called Swain, Ark. My grandmother left Arkansas with her kids to come live in Virginia in the 1930's. My dad always said he was 8 years old when his dad left them, and he was born in 1927. I have a copy of my father's birth certificate. He was delivered by a midwife. I know that his dad's name was Ira and he lived in Arkansas until his death in the early 80's. My father's name was Dolphus and he never would contact Ira or allow any of us to contact him. He had no use for the man because of the way he was abandoned. The old Dallas Cowboys football player Walt Garrison looks like the spitting image of my dad when he was younger. I believe he was from somewhere in Oklahoma. Anything you might know would be helpful to me. I was contacted by someone a few years ago in Norman, Ok. that said her uncle was somehow related. I never really followed up though. Thanks for your help, Bobby Garrison