This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King Stropu, Fipps, Stephenson. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZKB.2ACE/430.1 Message Board Post: Pam- I posted this on the wrong board. If you see this, email me. Thanks. ---------------------------- John P. King was the son of Barbara Stroup and either John or Isaac > King, of > Wythe Co., VA. This John/Isaac King was possibly a son of William > Koenig > (German for King), a neighbor of the Stroup family. There is a court > paper that > maybe Barbara was never married to John/Isaac. There was a suit to > declare > paternity, which he settled by accepting paternity but not support of > the child. > Then Barbara married William Phipps/Fipps there in VA and they > eventually moved > to MO. William and Barbara had a big brood of Fippses, all half > siblings to > John P. > > I also have information on Stroup if you want it. > > Linda