This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole, Blanks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GJB.2ACE/934.1 Message Board Post: Vivian, My great great grandfather was Richard S. Cole who, in about 1855, married Frances Elizabeth Blanks, daughter of Dempsey Blanks of Lauderdale Co. MS. Richard & Frances appear on the 1860 Lauderdale census. I have not been able to find Richard in any Cole family in the state of MS in 1850. However, I believe he may be connected to the William L. Cole & wife Harriet that you mention. On the 1850 Lauderdale Co. census William L. Cole's household was only 5 households distant from that of William H. Blanks who was a brother of Dempsey Blanks and uncle to my great great grandmother Frances Blanks Cole. Do you have any information on any of William L. Cole's siblings & their families? I am wondering if William L. might have been my Richard S. Cole's uncle. Any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated.