This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4FFBAIB/1007.1 Message Board Post: I believe that your persons ancestry was as follows Jefferson Davis Sanford married Mary Jane Hodges His parents were William Berry Sanford and Eleanor Jane Dowden His parents Absolum Abraham Sanford Sr and Catherine Sanford His parents Thomas P Samford (this family Line was originally Samford I believe) and Levina Turbeville You will find more on this line at Rootsweb if you put the Samford surname in the search. Good hunting