This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Silver, Smith, Gilstrap,Elkins, Allen, Elliott, Bailley,Wilson, Willson,Taylor, Childress Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5UB.2ACI/2743 Message Board Post: I am seeking info about the family of Irena Branch. She married Malone Sparks, ggg grandfather of my husband in Burke Co NC. They moved moved to Ga before 1840 and he became a miner in Lumpkin Co. I have practically a book on the Sparks line, just need the Branch side. Irena was the second wife of Malone.