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/ihB.2ACI/4215.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Very interesting. I haven't actually done any Malone research myself, but my John Malone's daughter Polly's last name was spelled Melone in several places as were others--and 3 Malone/Melone sisters married 3 Reynolds brothers in Greene Co. TN. And Reynolds was spelled Runnels at the time and later corrected to Reynolds. I either read it somewhere or a Malone researcher told me that Maloney and Malone were of the same family. And I did know about the O' being dropped from on front of the name. I forget what county John Malone and his father John came from; I have it somewhere in my notes, but there's a Malone castle there which once belonged to the family. Greeneville had quite a few Malones, many of whom were related to me. I presume you have been to Usgenweb.org and used to Archives Search Engine to see what you can find by the name of Maloney?