This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4AB.2ACI/547 Message Board Post: I HAVE TRACED MY ANCESTRY BACK TO NICHOLAS SMITH AND MARY JONES THROUGH 2 OF THEIR KNOWN SONS, THOMAS (WHO MARRIED HARRIET OWEN) AND STEPHEN (WHO MARRIED GRACIE SCOTT, THEN SUSAN SMITH) I AM SEEKING ANY INFORMATION ON NICHOLAS AND HIS BROTHER JACOB, MARY JONES, AND ANY INFORMATION ON ANY OF NICHOLAS AND MARY'S CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO THEIR KNOWN CHILDREN, STEPHEN, THOMAS, WILLIAM, KEZIAH, AND ELIZABETH. I HAVE EXTENSIVE INFORMATION ON STEPHEN AND HIS DESCENDENTS. BY 1850, HE AND 2 OF THOMAS' SONS, NICHOLAS J. AND ABRAM OWEN SMITH, APPARENTLY ALONG WITH RUCKER AND HAWKINS FAMILY MEMBERS, HAD MIGRATED TO SALINE COUNTY MISSOURI. I WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WILL GLADLY SHARE ALL INFORMATION I HAVE ON STEPHEN SMITH AND HIS FAMILIES. SINCERELY TOM SMITH