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/CV4.2ACEB/236.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Karon: My grandfather was John Richard Owings born 10, 1865 to James Mancil Owings and Rachel Pitts Owings. In early 1900 he lived at Gray Court with his younger sister I thing, Karen Owings Maddox, married to John Hammond Maddox. The use of both spellings is common in our families. We go back to Capt Richard Owings b 1660 in Wales to Owen Humphrey. joan my email address is [email protected]