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/GJB.2ACE/1003.1.2 Message Board Post: I have a similar name. Do you suppose there is any connection? The WW Stokes and wife Marth McMullen raised a family in Lauderdale County before moving on to Texas after the Civil War. Alexander MCMULLEN b: in Virginia +Sarah CHILDRESS b: in South Carolina . 2 Martha F. MCMULLEN b: 18 Jul 1810 in Georgia d: 14 Jul 1881 Navarro County Texas, .+William Wilson STOKES b: 12 Feb 1805 in South Carolina m: Abt. 1827 Clarke County, Ala d: 04 Jul 1880 Navarro County Texas