This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cain, Smith, Coffman, Abbott, Hamilton, Slaughter, Mason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/590.1 Message Board Post: Martha, I think this Scales group ties into my Slaughter line. Samuel - son of Nathaniel 'Base' Scales and Nancy J. Slaughter. Nancy = sister of Samuel Moore Slaughter, my ancestor. Sam E and Lula Shaw Scales lived next door to Nathaniel and Nancy Scales in the 1900 Milam county census. Pam