This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Grayson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28118 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Alexander Smith b 1824 AL. He was married to Stacey D. Grayson b 1825 AL. They were on the 1850 DeSoto Co., MS census, however, both their children Martha P. b 1846 and Eliza E. b 1848 were born in AL. Their son Ambrose b 1851 may have been born in MS or AL Next two children Andrew b 1853 and Edna Jane b 1855/6 were born in Jackson Co., AL. Is Alexander connected to either of the James M. Smiths in DeSoto Co., MS or are his connections in and around Jackson Co., AL. Alexander and Stacey were divorced (according to the 1880 Madison Co., AL census) before the 1860 Marshall Co., AL census were I found Stacey at. From this you can see this family went from county to county. Any information would be greatly appreciated.