This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was at the library this week, and checked on the Aills name, and sawmills in general. None of the sources mentioned a sawmill in this name. However, it appears that this is because William died about Oct. 1840 (or before), and there just are not any significant records of that period. Mrs. Mickel's books show him with property as early as 1837 (I don't know her source, but her material is known generally to be well researched), and he has a number of cash entry grants in 1839. His widow appears by 1845 as the wife of Lewis / Louis Allen in a deed selling part of her inheritance. There are also a number of cases against the estate up through 1862, as they failed to pay taxes on some property which was then sold at auction. One of these does mention all the children. Records are non-existent from 1862 to 1865, and in the few years after the war I didn't find any records of them. I did not have time to go through the tax books, which might mention the business briefly. If this is helpful, there is more detail that I can post, but have to stop for now.