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/JiB.2ACE/612 Message Board Post: Hi I am a decendant of Jesse Grimes, Sr (b: 1747and one of his sons, William (b: 1781) . My grandparents were James Bunton Grimes and his wife Pearl Simmons Grimes. Just wanted to say I will be trying to attend the reunion in Jacksonville, Tx. in March. We recently proved the link to William and Jesse by DNA. We always suspected, but had no proof. This new technology is exciting. Most of my cousins live in the Washington,DC area. I do not know why James moved away and lost contact with the rest of the family. I am sure jobs and the depression had something to to with it. I live in North Carolina.