This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Masters Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/547.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You may also want to take a look at the Census records for William ROPER and Susan Masters which I Posted in Reply to another Post on this Message Board: "1850 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=52.64 "1860 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=52.65 "1870 Census Record of William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=52.68 * * * Secondary sources would seem to suggest that YOUR James M. ROPER was James Meredith ROPER (b 7 Sep 1836 - Greenville, SC), son of William ROPER and Susan MASTERS. The records cited above give additional primary evidence regarding that family.