This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chickenhawk1192004 Surnames: jones/ray/hall/ McCowan/and allied familys Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.floyd/4.26.163.178.190.2.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thea: No problem, be glad to exchange off line with you or any other jones decendant, that's what it is all about everbody helping and getting everbody on the same page, ron jones the jones decendant that we have been working togeather, is squrill hunting for the weekend but he;s expressed be would love to get in touch with other decendants of his family, he decends from claibourn john ray jones 3rd son same as you, he's a great person you'll like him, I'm a ray but I connect through the second nathaniel and Mary ann McCowan, I've been tracing my family since 2003 and am familliar with some of the ground we are tracing and we have somethings you and others may want to know one of them is tracing our native american heritage, and yes it is real and there is proof, do not believe that their were no cherokee in amherst co va, that is wrong, and was supressed by the powers that were in charge, look up buffalo ridge cherokee, a grand nation divided, read it and then you'll under! stand those co records a lot clearer, several cross connected marriage through the ray , jones, robinson, McCowan, hall, and other familys allied to them, origionate from the same area of buffalo ridge, migrate togeather and end up in the same places along the way and finally in pike co and floyd co's ky, their are early ky land grants to show many of them living side by side and connected by marriages ect...my email is in the other post please get in touch, we've got documents to share and would appreciate your take on them, you may know things we don't and vise versa, it all about sharing, and working togeather, our ancestors did why not us.....jim Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.