This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RATLIFF/RATCLIFF/RADCLIFF/RIGDON/GIBSON/KOONCE/MURPHY/THOMAS/BYAS & MANY OTHERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RGCBAEB/904 Message Board Post: Hi All, We are also searching for our Ratliff Line in Mississippi. Does any of the following ring any bells? Looking for Parents and or any connections to the following; Joseph Ratliff b. abt. 1809 - 1815 in Tenn. Miss. or Kentucky, (depending on which census record you look at) Joseph was living in Carroll Co., Miss as early at 1842, he is listed on the Tax List. He married (1st wife) Sarah Barrentine, in 1843 in Carroll Co., Miss; Their children were; William H. b. abt. 1845; Margaret b. abt. 1847; James Pinkney b. 1850; George b. abt. 1853 - 1855; Greenberry b. abt. 1851 - 1855; Martha b. 1857-58 all born in Mississippi and Joseph Jr. b. abt. 1861 in Louisiana. It is believed that Joseph was married (2nd) to a Mary Johnson, widow of John Aten. in 1861 in Louisiana. No Children of this Union. Joseph Ratliff married (3rd wife) Elizabeth Gibson, widow of H. P. Simmons in 1864 in Louisiana. Their children were Jesse Robert Ratliff b. 1865 Louisiana - my grandfather and Mary Elizabeth b. 1868. By 1870 Joseph and some of his children by 1st marriage have removed to somewhere in Texas, leaving Elizabeth and two children in Louisiana. Have further info on Joseph and some of his descendant and would be happy to exchange info with you. Jim Radcliff radcliff-family@attbi.com