This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: metaphor Surnames: Rankin Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.grant/4139.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The name of this family group is clearly RANKIN. Although it's not so nicely written as John's surname, full names are written out for every member of the family, and there's no doubt about the surname. 1850 US Census, WI Grant District No 24, [stamped 38] John S. RANKIN, 39?, Miner, real estate $250, born [NY or KY] Eliza, 25, [NY or KY] Catherine, 7, [MO?] William [O or D], 5, [MO?] Virginia A., 4, [MO?] James I, 3, WI Elizabeth [V?] MYRICK, 24, IN William ROBISON, 19, Laborer, MO Also, I do not have the book itself, but have some index material for Holford's history of Grant County, and John S. RANKIN is referred to (probably only briefly) on page 526. The title is: History of Grant County Wisconsin: Including its Civil, Political, Geological, Mineralogical, Archaeological and Military History and a History of the Several Towns by Castello N. Holford Originally published in 1900 by The Teller Print, Lancaster, Wisconsin. Rankin, J.S., 526 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.