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/BOY.2ACIB/1376 Message Board Post: Searching for information on a J.P.(possibly Philip?) Gates, born York Co PA 1791. His family removed to NC when he was approximately age 4. Brothers named Michael, George and John. I am trying to determine if this JP and Philip Gates are one and the same. The man I believe to be my 4th great grandfather was identified on the 1850 Wayne Co IL census as J.P. Gates, wife is listed as Elizabeth, born NC. I need to learn what the J.P. stood for. I do not find him in the 1840 census and he has apparently died by the time the family reaches Lawrence Co MO in 1860. Elizabeth lives in daughter Susannah Gates Cline's home and is listed as a widow. Any info could help! Thank you