This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roberts, Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ElB.2ACE/622.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if this will help, but I am related to the Roberts family through James Montgomery "Monroe" Roberts. I have (and I sure wish I could remember where I found it online, I don't think I paid for it- I rarely do), a list of land patents of Roberts in San Augustine County: Page no# Name Original Patentee Date 872 Elisha Roberts - - 07 Sep1835 872 Noel G. Roberts - - 28Sep1835 872 William Roberts - - 12 Nov1835 876 Elisha Roberts E. Roberts 07Feb1852 876 Thos. B.R. Roberts TBR Roberts 13Apr1863 876 James H. Roberts James H. Ro.. 09Mar1875 880 Jane E. Jones F.G. Roberts 30June1885 881 Lorenzo Roberts Lorenzo Rob.. 15Oct1886 882 J.M. Roberts J.M. Roberts 19Oct1894 883 Isaac Roberts Isaac Roberts 12Mar1903 J. M. Roberts is my ancestor James Monroe Roberts son of Benjamin Roberts, James H. Roberts is either a brother or cousin to my James Monroe. Maybe Reddin is Thomas? Thomas B. (Reddin?) Roberts? Maybe we have a connection somewhere. Michelle