This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellison, Powers, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACI/90.340 Message Board Post: What is your connection to the Ellison family of Ellison Ridge, Winston Co., MS. I am a direct descendant of Lewis and Margaret Powers Ellison through their son "Judge" William Ellison who moved from there to Tx in 1849.