This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Perkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/990.1.1 Message Board Post: My Jesse Mercer Perkins lived about midway between Ripley and Walnut. He bought 1/4 of a section adjacent to Gideon Shands and also married Gideon's daughter. He two brothers - John and possibly Thomas. He died about 1884 and was buried in the county cemetery between Marlow and Walnut. The family left soon after his death for Texas. All I know about Willliam Perkins is what I have been able to get from census records. I would be glad to correspond with you to see if maybe there is some connection.