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/CkB.2ACI/1912.1 Message Board Post: You might find the following link of interest: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/WW/qkw1.html You might also note that in 1880 Alfred Short was in Hays County (south of Austin) living with wife Sarah b. ca 1813 in Tn, and their daughters; Elizabeth b. ca 1859 TX, and Sallie b. ca 1864 LA. Alfred showed to be b. ca 1819 KY and his father b. VA, mother b. SC. Hope this helps!