This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clarkston, Witt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/1572.1872.1878.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thomas Clarkston, Sr. (1787-1858) and wife Ellender Feathers (1795- ) lived in Lee Co VA had 10 children. Daughter Lucinda Clarkston (1813-died in Harlan Co KY) m. Anthony Witt, Jr. son of Anthony Witt, Sr. and Elizabeth Mace-I only have a list of children for them. Son James Madison Clarkston (1818-1892) and wife Mary Ann Morris had daughters that married Witts: ElizabethClarkston (1839-1930) m. William M. Witt son of Edmond Witt and Ann Thompson. They and their children lived in Lee and Wise Co VA. Eliza Louisa Clarkston (1844-1936) m. Edmond Witt son of Archibald Witt and Rachel Kelly. Eliza died in Benton Co AR and Edmond in Madison Co AR Mary Ann Clarkston (1846-1935) m. Isaac Witt. He died in KY, she died in OK There are more Clarkston/Witt connections but these are the ones I could think of right away. Let me know more about your grandmother and I will see if I can make a connection. Clarkston is a rather rare name so she probably connects somehow to this family