This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coker, Perkins, Shands, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/990 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone researching the Coker, Perkins, Shands and Brown families of Northern Tippah county around Ripley, MS.in the 1850 - 1880s. Would especially like to know what became of the Gideon Shands family.