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/HMB.2ACE/1466.1 Message Board Post: I have confirmed that Alexander Brown who was married to Violet Barton, had two brothers Aaron and Jesse, also without proof I have connected a Gideon Brown as Alexander's brother. I have Gideon as Rebecca's father. This would make Alexander Rebecca's uncle. Alexander and Violet's family left McMinn County, Tennessee in 1835. they spent the winter just east of East St. Luois, Illinois in the spring of 1836 they arrived in Polk County, Missouri. Alexander and his brother Aaron both claimed to be half Cherokee Indian, however all their family members that applied to Guion Miller Indian Rolls were rejected. Alexander had 271 family members and Aaron had 2 members that were rejected