This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: George, Smith, Metts, Koon, Rister Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1128 Message Board Post: I am trying to find info on an Elizabeth "Polly" GEORGE. Her daughter, Mary Manasas SMITH b. Nov 3, 1868 d. jun 21 1929 was married (May 30, 1886) to Walter M. METTS, son of George METTS and Elizabeth SEASE. According to a family narrative, Polly GEORGE was the only daughter in a home full of boys. The story say that when "Old Man George" died, he left all of his property to the eldest sons. The other boys got mad and sowed the gardens with grass. I have found Andrew GEORGE in the 1850 census that would match the above situation. This is the Andrew GEORGE that was married to Nancy RISTER and had a son named Joel Sandford GEORGE. Polly GEORGE was the second wife of Thomas SMITH. Thomas was married to a Miss KOON before Miss GEORGE, with whom he had two sons. As the story goes, Thomas SMITH returned from service in the Civil War finding his wife (Miss KOON) and one of his sons dead. The living son was supposedly named Jim. Any help would be greatly appreciated