This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grounds, Gross Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iVB.2ACI/2377.1 Message Board Post: Lorena Eaker in her book "German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in North Carolina 1750-1800---in the Early Settlement of Southeast Missouri" lists Daniel's father as Peter Grounds, Sr. I connect with the Gross family.