This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ford, Tipton, Hopkins, McMullen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My gr-gr-gr-grandfather is John Tipton Ford m. to Annie/Anne/Sarah Anne-McMullen/McMullin. Don't know his birthdate or place of birth; but, from the date of birth of his first son, Tipton Ford, in 1800-1805, believe he may have been born possibly between 1770-80. Have land grants/deeds from about 1800 to 1817 or so in Buncombe Co., NC listing John Tipton Ford. Also one listing where a Benjamin Ford and a John Tipton were purchasers on the same deed!!! Have SPECULATED that my John Tipton Ford connects back to the Maryland, Baltimore & Anne Arundel County, Fords; but, NO DOCUMENTED PROOFS found yet. Have an 1833 will for John from Haywood Co., NC that wasn't probated till 1871, long after John's death in about 1834. Have land deed from his widow Anny to her son that mentions land she obtained after John's death etc. Have contacted some persons listing John Tipton Ford's father as Benjamin Ford married to Rachel Tipton and they have no documented proof of the connection. Think ! the deed listing Benjamin Ford and John Tipton as purchasers of land in Buncombe Co., NC, about 1800-05 may indicate that the John Tipton was actually John Tipton FORD; but, no way to prove that. And if he was does that make Benjamin his father??? This deed is very confusing in that I haven't seen a deed listing two persons of different surnames being purchasers on one deed. Willing to share my info and I think the Fords of TN/NC/KY probably all have common ancestors from various Maryland Ford families. Just a very big problem sorting them all out.