This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xUB.2ACE/4303 Message Board Post: In the land records of Frederick Co., MD (Liber WR 24, folio 409, 17 May 1803), a John BROWN of Wilkes Co NC, was named as son and heir to property of Daniel BROWN, who died 1802 in Taneytown, Frederick Co., MD. Other heirs were Margaret BROWN, Daniel's wife; Margaret DAPPER/TOPPER, Daniel's daughter; Andrew DAPPER/TOPPER, Daniel's son-in-law. There were four John BROWN's in the 1800 census for Wilkes Co., NC. Does this family sound familiar to anyone?