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/GeB.2ACI/525.1.1.1.2.1.3 Message Board Post: The Samuel's you mention are two different Samuel's. The one who wrote before the court, was the brother of Joesph McCleskey is his brother, Samuel McCleskey b. 1766 in SC. He lived in Lawrence Co., Al. on 1838 and in census records in 1850 In Lawrence Co., Al. 84 years old. The other Samuel McCleskey mention by William McCluskey was his brother . Samuel McCleskey born Dec. 12, 1782 and died before Nov. 19, 1845 All info is in Joseph McCleskey's RW pension records.William and Elizabeth McCleskey are my 5thgrandparents.