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/ZZB.2ACI/1330.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the suggestion. We tried matching to the NC Calloways, but had no success. In the 1850 census, Elizabeth (Calaway) Reed was living with her youngest son Joshua "Jackson" Reed. She was listed as being born in Maryland. The name John C.Reed and John Calaway Christmas Rudisill was found in her descendants so we have tried to concentrate on the name John. There were several John Calaway's in the Maryland area during and before her birth in 1762. Ray McAdams