This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARKEY, BEAVER, EARNHARDT, BOGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zdh.2ACIB/171 Message Board Post: Most people tend to leave Reuben HARKEY off the list of children of John HARKEY and Christina BEAVER. As a descendent of Reuben, I tend to believe he belongs on the list. One piece of evidence is a land sale between John HARKEY and family to Jacob EARNHARDT in Cabarras Co., NC, August 1837. Unfortunately, I don’t have a copy of the original document but according to my notes, it lists Catherine, Christopher, Dewalt, Ester, Jesse, John, Margaret, Reuben and Susan as members of the family. The records of Organ Lutheran Church show that Reuben was born 8-27-1819. His father was listed as John Hergi. Most, if not all, of John HARKEY's children were baptized at this church, were they not? Reuben HARKEY and Margaret BOGER had several of their children baptized there. I'm sure there are other pieces of evidence about the family that may point to Reuben not belonging. Can anyone point them out?