This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: talley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACI/331.340.1.4 Message Board Post: my great grandfather was Cleave(Cleaven) talley not sure if black or white.. i found death records for a cleaven talley who died in Marshall, Harrison, TX in 1978.. my grandfather was John Talley, social sec card issued in South Carolina. He has 3 children all in California, John, Rosa, and Winifred. I know also he had 2 sisters in Springfield, Maryland..Irene Sims adn Ella Mae Thomas. There also was a brother who lived with one of the sisters there in maryland. My grandfather's 1st wife's name is Donzell Kelly from North Carolina of whom the 3 children were born.. My father is John Talley from this union. I know also that my grandfather had other sisters and brothers one of which lives on the East Coast and is married to Donzell Kelly's cousin, a sister named Konji, one named Rose and i believe he has one named Winifred, there were other brothers also. i also have heard the name kitty (kathryn) mentioned.. i've heard that his father was french and his mother, Sally, was ind! ian.. on the death cert. it only has her first name last name unknown. I found a Sally who died aug. 15, 1966, obtained her ss# in 1965 in Garland, Dallas, Tx . Also i have been told that some of my grandfathers siblings moved to LA, AL, or MS If you have any information.. pls help me