This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Franklin, Abernathy, Wellborn, Thurmond Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1587 Message Board Post: Between 1842 and 1850, the children of Meshack Franklin (1772-1839) moved from the plantation homestead in Surry County, North Carolina to Early Grove, Mississippi. Franklin's will of December 14, 1839 mentions several slaves who were given to heirs and are likely to have accompanied them to Marshall County. They were: Kingston, his wife Aly and their children (to widow Mildred Franklin) Lewis, his wife Delsy with their youngest child Jack (to daughter Frances J. Franklin) Nelson, Ann and child Sarah (to daughter Frances J. Franklin) Nicy (woman), boy Hubbard and girl Emma (to daughter Meeky C. Franklin) Jerry, Jacob and Dick (to son Columbus B. Franklin) James and Henry (to son Jesse D. Franklin) Warren (to grandson Meshack Franklin Moore) Lewis (to grandson Meshack Franklin Hunt) Charles (to grandson Jesse Meshack Franklin) Bartlett and Jenny (to daughter Anne P. Wellborn) Phillip (to daughters Sarah H. Thurmond or Anne P. Wellborn) Frances J. Franklin later married David Abernathy. As slaves often took the surnames of their masters, these individuals may have had the last names of Franklin, Abernathy, Wellborn, Thurmond, Hunt, and Moore. (The Hunts lived in Salisbury, NC and the Moores in Sardis, MS). I would be happy to assist any researchers seeking more information about these individuals.