This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elder, Richardson, Bass, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lIB.2ACE/327.1 Message Board Post: I'm researching my African-American Elder line. Found 2nd great-grandfather and family on 1870 TN Census, but haven't been able to trace him back any further. His name is George W. Elder, wife: Amanda Richardson. George had a son by the name of John Elder, Sr., wife: Ella Bass. John Sr. had a son by the name of John W. Elder , Jr., wife: Callie Brown.