This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown and Groomer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EKB.2ACE/67.1.1 Message Board Post: Am interested in the ancestors of Benjamin Franklin Brown if he is the son of James Brown b. ca 1810 in KY or TN. James Brown is my GGGrandfather and his daughter Frances married Jacob Groomer. Will appreciate a reply. Elaine (Groomer) Petitjean