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/CMB.2ACE/637.2.1 Message Board Post: Judy writes: >Are your Burns family members from Shannon County? My >line is Littleberry Burns . . . My Burns line begins in 1814 in the Territory of Missouri with the marriage of Noble Johnson and Jane Burns. So far the evidence regarding Jane Burns is that she was born in KY circa 1795 and her parents were in New Madrid by 1803. Thereafter they settled in Cape Girardeau County on Hubble Creek and prior to 1820 relocated to the area of Apple Creek which later became part of Perry County, MO. Until 1824 the waters of Apple Creek was the location of a large Shawnee settlement which included some Delawares. There does not appear to be a connection with your Burns ancestors based on what we presently know, but never say never when it comes to family history. By chance I am wondering whether your Burns line includes an Archie Burns who married a Skidmore girl. John