This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Braun, Brown, Waggoner and many more Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wh.2ADE/1865 Message Board Post: Brown/Fisher book by John Fisher, Rowan County, NC mentions an Abraham Brown II in Union County that came from Rowan. Carried a gourd full of Rowan County "seeds" for preservation while migrating. Book states the gourd was in Cobden museum on display. My wife and I traveled from Rowan County to Union this week for family research/vacation and visited the museum. It is there and I took pics of it. Anyone want a copy? Dan Patterson Rowan County Information OnLine http://rowanroots.gorowan.com - Family history http://www.rowanroots.org - Brown/Fisher Association Website Pic of goard on this site