This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDowell, Deakins, Smith, Kendall, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4AB.2ACI/275.2 Message Board Post: I am also researching the McDowell family surname in and around Henry Co. KY so would like to exchange information with you. I cannot go back to 1840 on my William McDowell abt 1860 son of John Hayden 1830 and Mary Deakins McDowell 1836, John is the son of Robert and Anne Kendall McDowell of Gallatin Co. KY. Any of this sound familiar?