This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kirby, Garner, Sparks, Lipscomb, Kennedy, Grant, Bruce, Lee, McClenny, Carr, Pellum Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QeB.2ACI/179.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Barb, You have Owensby and Porter listed in your surnames. The 1850 Union County census lists Wm. Garner, 13, Peggy Garner, 15 and Joseph Garner 7 as living in the home of Thomas and Elizabeth Owensby. Do any of these names sound familiar? Do you know the connection between the Owensby's and Garner's? Also, Jacob Kirby is buried off Hwy 150 south of Gaffney in the "old Porter cemetery" and in the deed records there are several conveyances between the Kirby's and Porter's. Do you know anything about this cemetery and/or connection between Kirby's and Porter's. I have not found this cemetery listed on any SC site. It is abandoned, in a pasture and grown up in vines and brush. It has about 30 graves with several Kirby's and Porter's. Oddly enough in l978, a Duane Kirby lived across the road. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Rex Kirby