This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mRXBAIB/334.437.438.443.464.1 Message Board Post: Lorenzo Dow was a circuit rider during that time. Maybe that is where these christened names originate for so many surnames. I am curious as to your Jones lineage....where does it originate (VA, TN, AL, AR)....family names....etc.