This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boutwell Adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QU.2ADI/3869.2 Message Board Post: Several people have replied privately to my query, in addition to the reply where. Many thanks to everyone who responded! It appears the best option is the hire a researcher in Pike Co., so we have done that. Hopefully the records I need are sitting in a dusty corner somewhere in the courthouse. :-)