This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALEXANDER, BLACKWELL, BOYD, BRADDOCK, CHEATUM, COLYER, COWAN, DICKEY, EMBRY, FORD, FOSTER, GIBBS, HENLEY, HOWARD, JACKSON, MILLER, MILTON, POWERS, PRATHER, SIMS, STANFORD, THOMAS, WALKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pM1.2ACIB/745 Message Board Post: I have built Family Trees of my African-American ancestors born or raised in Tippah Co., Ripley, Mississippi in the White Oak Community from 1843 to present. It extends to six generations. Names are: ADKINS, ALEXANDER, BATTLE, BELL, BERRY, BLACKWELL, BRADDOCK, BOWERS, BOYD, BROOKS, BROWN, CALHOUN, CARR, CHEATUM, CHERAULT, COBB, COLYER, CONNER, COPPER, COWAN, COX, DICKEY, DOZIER, ELLISON, EMBRY, FORD, FOSTER, GIBBS, GORDON, GUNN, HALL, HENLEY, HILL, HOWARD, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KENNON, LAMETH, LOWERY, McCURLY, MARSHALL, MEYERS, MILLER, MONROE, PANNELL, POWERS, PRATHER, RICE, RUSSELL, SCARBROUGH, SIMMS, STANFORD, STERENS, STILL, STRONG, THOMAS, WALKER, WILSON and YOUNG. If I can be of any help to you, please respond to Jamar Boyd at familytree@abacusworks.com.