This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward/Cherry/Biggs/Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/2778.1 Message Board Post: I'm going to guess ... 1795 -1805 ...there are a group of family names that show up about that time in Tenn ... there are Cherry 's over there and the Cherry's and Ward's maried over in Martin and Tyrell counties NC is 1845 the earliest time you have for Ward's over there in Gibson county.