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/hAC.2ACE/627.679.1 Message Board Post: Roane, Thank you VERY much for your informative reply. Researching Gloucester County genealogy can be confusing at times because of the similarity in names. James Frank Lemon (1850-1936) who is buried in the graveyard at Morning Glory Baptist Church Woods Crossroads is definitely my great-grandfather. But somewhere, I also saw a birthdate of 1844 for him. I know very little about him or his family's contributions to Gloucester County. Would you please tell me more about them and the Reed family -- I've been trying to research both for years. It was always said that Frances (Fannie) Reed was an Indian, who died during childbirth, when my grandfather Frank was born. I don't know where she is buried or anything else about her. On the 1850 Census for the county, a John (age 35) and Sally Lemon (age 40) are living next to the three households of: Robert and Hester A Lemon; Sally, Benjamin and Elizabeth Blueford; and Elizabeth and Thomas Blueford. According to the 1850 Census, living in John and Sally's household, are: Laura Lemon (age 6), Jane Lemon (age 5), Lucy Lemon (age3) and Frank Lemon (age 3/12). In the 1870 Census for Gloucester County (Ware Township, Lancaster Court House), there is a: John Lemmon (age 50), Sarah A. (age 54), Frank (age 20), Isaih (age 17), and John (age 13). Based on the names and ages, this seems to be my great-grandfather Frank Lemon and his parents' family. So, it would seem that the person named James Franklin Lemon who was born in 1874 was not my grandfather, but perhaps another child of Frank and Frances (Fannie) Lemon's. Just to add a little more confusion, another family story stated that my great-grandfather's original surname was something like Kellingham, Keiningham, Kunningham, etc. And that the Lemons - who were either friends or relatives - raised him, and he took on their name. A local historian also told me that the Keininghams were an old Gloucester County family who had a tavern for many years during and after the Revolutionary War. In the center of Gloucester Courhouse, there is a monument to Major Baytop's local militia. Listed there is a Private Wm. Keiningham. I noticed that one of the other names you have researched is Keinningham. Can you tell me anything about them? That surname is on a 1767 list of land owners in the county, and is listed on some of the census records for the county. Thank you again for getting in touch. As I said, I've been trying to trace this branch of my family history for years, without much success. Anything you can tell me would be of great help. Please feel free to e-mail me directly at home. Sam Lemon (SamLemon@home.com)