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/Fh.2ADI/5642.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Jennifer, Coles County was named in 1831 in honor of Governor Edward Coles. What is your Cole line? My late step-mother's maiden name was Cole. Marcia