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/TBB.2ACI/2964.2.1 Message Board Post: I am kin to the Risners through Michael Risner and Sarah (Howard) Risner their son Elias"Eli' Risner m Polly Fletcher,they are my gggrandparents,they had a daughter Anna Risner m William Barnett,they are my ggrandparents. Anna(Risner) Barnett and William Barnett had a daughter named Alice Barnett my grandmother.Alice (Barnett)m James"Jimmy" Lee Patton, Salyers.they are my grandparents.they had a daughter named Cordilia"corda" Patton Salyers.she is my mother. corda m Dorse Walters.my dad. now my Salyers come through my grandpa James Jimmy Lee Patton Salyers,his dad was James K Patton Salyers,he is my ggrandpa son of Abner Patton that m Elizabeth Patton,after Abner's first wife died.they reason that I have the name of Patton for my two grandpaws are that James K Patton was born out of wedlock,and he took his mothers madin name of Patton, so my two grandpaws should have the name of Salyers instead of Patton. and thats where my Salyers and Risners are kin to me.I hope I didn't confuse you,I don't think that my mother or any of her sibblins even knew this.that their last name was suppose to be Salyers,instead of the name Patton. Wilma.