This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RUFF,EASON,HODGES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/475.1 Message Board Post: Hi Lynn--this does not answer any of your questions, but my ggGrandfather John Ruff emigrated to Carroll Co, TN from Greene Co., NC in 1828. His first son was named James Gray Ruff. The Gray name has filtered through 4 generations. My middle name is Gray and so is my father's. I was wondering if there might be a Ruff somewhere in your ancestry? Larry Gray Ruff in St. Charles, MO