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/SFB.2ACI/4300.1 Message Board Post: Do you mean the Montgomery STERLING that went to Belmont Co., OH? On 3 July 1839, Belmont Co., OH, Montgomery STERLING m. Hannah PATTON. A Google search shows many more PATTON marriages there. FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Pease, Belmont Co., OH: STERLING, Montgomery, 64, coal miner, MD MD MD; wf. Hannah, 60, PA PA PA; ch. all b. OH: Montgomery, 21; Henry, 18; Caroline, 16; & Dallas, 13. BARNES' MD Marriages has no STERLING marriages closely preceding 1816, but there were earlier ones: Baltimore Co: STERLING, Jas., 19 May 1782, Eliza GIBSON. Somerset Co.: STERLING, Ephraim, Aug. 1783, Ester STERLING STERLING, Ephraim, 3 Dec.1799, Molly BIRD STERLING, Travers, 26 Mar. 1789, Grace STERLING STARLING, Aron, 1 Aug. 1767, Sabra MOOR STARLING, Henry, 9 Jan. 1755, Deborah SOMMORS STARLING, Henry, 1 Feb. 1767, Elizabeth VESSELS. Worcester Co.: STERLING, Southy, 14 Nov. 1797, Rachel DRYDEN. {Worcester was created from Somerset Co.} M & D fr. MD Gazette: The Reverend Mr. James STERLING, rector of St. Paul's Parish, Kent Co., d. 10 Nov. 1763. Perhaps St. Paul's, Kent County, would be a good place to look for STERLING records, as well as other places on the Eastern Shore. Perhaps Montgomery's son Henry was named for an ancestor.