This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Messer and Baker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5177.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I have a Telitha Messer b. 1836 in Knox Co. Her father was Benjamin Messer. She married Merida Childress Brackett. Her first born child was named Celia (could have been after her mother). Could the date on your certificate be 1836 as opposed to 1886? Telitha m. Merida Childress Brackett in Knox Co. on 4 March 1857. Maybe the marriage record would shed some light for you. Teresa Townsley Corey