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/Eej.2ACIB/1571.1586.1590.1683.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Don't worry, your English is very good. I have never found the name Cullus anywhere except for Cullus Holt. I have no idea where it came from. None of the other children had unusual names. His mother was a Cherokee Indian and it could have come from her although it doesn't sound like it. Since the last name came from the male side, sometimes children were given the mother's family name for a given name, but that does not seem to be the case here. It is possible that it is an error in reading records, but I don't think so.