This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROOKS, Burton, Merriman, Stringer, etc.... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IBC.2ACI/310.695.699.1.1 Message Board Post: Ron, thanks so much for posting response! agree that my James would be too old to be your Philip's brother. have you seen my Richard Brooks & Nancy Merriman in Rockcastle Co. KY Census, think it was 1830 but could have been 1840>. in one census, Richard is living in the HH of his son Richard Brooks Jr.; Nancy is listed too. thanks again and if i find anything on a link to your Philip Brooks, will let you know! charlotte