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/UYB.2ACE/248.1 Message Board Post: There is a Furney Green Weeks that is believed to be a nephew or cousin of my great-grandfather William Sawyer(s) Weeks/ Weaks in 1870 Smith Co., Texas. With such an unusual name being given to both of these male babies, I can't help wondering who they were named for... Who was the original FURNEY GREEN? He must have been someone of note! Dorothy