This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FkB.2ACI/976.1 Message Board Post: The information below is speculation as to whether the George Ellington found was the son of William and Martha but he is the only one found indexed in the 1900 records through my electronic resource of Heritage Quest through my library that closely matches. I went on to track the family for you to followup in your search of the elusive Ellington family as I could not find anything on them prior to 1880. William ELLINGTON Self 81 GA Farmer GA VA Martha ELLINGTON Wife 50 VA Keeping House VA VA William ELLINGTON Son 21 TX Farming Mary ELLINGTON Dau 19 TX At Home GA VA Iva ELLINGTON Dau 17 TX At Home George ELLINGTON Son 14 TX Farming 1880 - E.D. 10, Bosque, Texas T9-1291 Page Number 385C John LINDSEY Self 36 AL GA GA Amanda LINDSEY Wife 44 AL GA GA Allan LINDSEY Son 12 TX James G. LINDSEY Son 11 TX Samually LINDSEY Dau 6 TX Ara D. LINDSEY Dau 2 TX Sa... WRIGHT Other S Female 56 AL GA 1880 E.D. 10, Bosque, Texas T9-1291 Page Number 396B Bosque County marriages on line through USGENWEB for Bosque County. Osta L Ellington married John Richardson, 15 Oct 1873 M E Ellington married Allen Lindsey, 18 Dec 1888 [did not find Mary E Ellington and Allen Lindsey in the area in 1900 using variations of LINDSEY] Mattie Ellington married Ros Gaston, 5 Jan 1893 ????? 20 June 1900 - Indian Territory, CHEROKEE, TWP 21 RANGE 14 E Series: T623 Roll: 1844 ED 22 Sheet 19B Geo. Ellington, 6/1867, 32, married 12 yrs, TX GA IA Mattie Ellington, 6/1870, TX MS AL William Ellington, 9/1888, TX Estel?, Ellington, dtr, 2/1897, IT Manuel? Ellington, nephew, 4/1882, TX TX TX 20-22 Mar 1920 - Texas, WALKER, NEW WAVERLY Series: T625 Roll: 1851 ED 160 12A Mattie L Ellington, 58, widow ? Cooper, dtr, 33, divorced Ollee? Ellington, 19, son, divorced Georgie Cooper, gdtr, 10, TX Aubrey Cooper, gson, 6, TX Annie? L Cooper, gdtr, 4yr 9 mos, TX Darcie? E Ellington, 18, dtr, TX [unable to find anything on the above Ellington's/Cooper's in 1930 record] Manuel Ellington, 38, TX wife?, 33, TX daughter?, 18, TX Lizzie, 15, TX Arthur, 12, TX Mayzelle, 12, TX Pearl, 10, TX Clifton, 8, TX Obie, 7, TX Viola, 4, TX unamed dtr, 2, TX [hard to read due to ink smears and poor handwriting] 28 Apr 1930 - Texas, WALKER, 5 J-PCT Series: T626 Roll: 2405 ED 236-12 13A V. E. Ellington, 49; Mattie, 40; Essie, 28; Clifton, 19; Obie, 17; Viola, 15; Dorothy, 12; Ester, 7; Leon, 5. Arthur E Ellington, 23; Ruby May, 19; Arthur Jr., 1 Walker County http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwalker/ Walker County - Surname search... HARDING, EDWARD QUINCY 12-19-1929 PEARL ELLINGTON & S E HARDING Ellington, Addie Mae 10-17-1934 Mary Elizabeth Eledge - Clifton Ellington Ellington, George Everett 5-5-1937 Vivian Preston - Arthur Ellington Reaves, Curtis Aaron 1-12-1937 Reeves, "male" 0509 1939 Dorothy Ellington - John Aaron Reaves/Reeves JOHNSON, RAYFORD ARNOLD II 31 Oct 1940 Johnson, Gloria Kathryn 5-21-1943 ESTER ELLINGTON - CLYDE HANIS[Harris] JOHNSON ELLINGTON, TOMMIE RAY 07-11-1945 ELLINGTON, BOBBY JOE 07-11-1948 DOROTHY MAXINE JOHNSON - LEON ELLINGTON Deaths Ellington, Arthur E, SR 06-Oct-1978 Ellington, Alice L 09-Jan-1980 Ellington, Leon 15-Feb-1990 Ellington, Obie 02-Jun-1993 Ellington, Clifford 04-Aug-1997 Reaves, John Aaron 08-27-1998 Marriages ELLINGTON BOBBY JOE, 20 SPARKS JUDY ELAI,18 10-Aug-1968 Ellington, Leon Farm 1791 HUNTSVILLE, TX 77340 936-295-2192 ? Johnson, Clyde 411 Palm St HUNTSVILLE, TX 77340 936-295-6064 ? Johnson, Rayford 318 Roberts Rd HUNTSVILLE, TX 77320 936-291-1864 7 July 1900 -Texas, BOSQUE, MERIDIAN 1-PCT Series: T623 Roll: 1613 ED 2 Sheet 16B John Ras Gaston, 2/1870, 30, married 7 yrs, TX IL TX Mattie E Gaston, 10/1872, 27, 4 children, TX TX MS Viola Gaston, 1/1894 Nona P Gaston, 11/1895 Raymond R Gaston, 10/1897 Reuby Gaston, 12/1899 [this Mattie E Gaston was found as Martha E Ellington, Brown Co, 1880 and does not appear to be directly related as her father indicates his father was born in IA and not GA] Unrelated contributor.