This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/396.1494.1482 Message Board Post: Orice: I am actually not connected to this line (yet), but I saw in your posting that you were looking at John W. Brannan and his wife Lucinda. I was poking at the North Carolina state archives today, and I happened to copy down the Brannan/Brannon marriage bonds for Johnston County -- where I found John W. Brannan and Lucinda Batten, bond issued 9 December 1848. There's also a will for Abraham Batten (I don't have a copy, but I saw a reference), that mentioned his daughter Lucinda Brannan -- so I'm wondering if the maiden name Brown might actually be Batten. Just thought you might be interested -- if this is the same John W. Brannan. Hope this is a help in some way! Ryan