This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QBC.2ACI/2900.1 Message Board Post: My great, great grandfather was Thomas Arsmtead Brown. He was born near Petersburg, VA on July 16, 1811. He died on Aug. 26, 1871 and is buried with many of his children and his wife in Talbotton, GA. One of his sons was Henry Clay Brown, my great grandfather. He had three sons, James Dowdell Brown, Thomas Armstead Brown, and Dana Brown. James Dowdell was my grandfather, Thomas Armstead was my great uncle and namesake, and Dana was my great uncle. The latter I knew very little. Is Dana Brown your realtive...if so, we are distant cousins...