This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FOSTER, MCCLAIN, DAY, BODDIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/132.218 Message Board Post: My gg- grandfather, Rufus Foster, came to Texas in 1837, settled in Houston Co., TX. with a land grant. In mid-1850's he re-located to Palo Pinto, Co., TX along with wife, Mary McClain Foster, daughters Rebecca Melinda Foster Upton, Louisa Missouri Foster Day, Sarah Lucrelia Foster Moore, and elderly Rebecca McClain, living next residence. I found nothing on him after 1860. He was born 1808 in NC, lived in Tennessee before coming to Texas. Any Fosters recognize him from your information? I have been working on this for a year.