Seeking descendants of John Board, birth registered in Maryland in 1706; moved to Lunenburg County, Virginia, circa 1747; received land grants in Bedford County in the 1750s; died in 1787 in Bedford County. Survived by wife Jemima, and children James, William, Stephen, Absalom, Mary and John. Both James and John are Patriots of the Revolution. See <www.bcpss.com/Board> Isabelle Board Obert Baltimore, MD