I would like to hear more about this William also. Nevada, MO is also very close to where I'm looking for Blackburn's. In Sabra Blackburn's obit it mentions a niece that lived at Iantha, which is just south of Nevada in Barton Co. ????? And I wasn't going to post again today. ha kay At 03:39 PM 12-12-99 , you wrote: >Hi Doug, > Have you queried about land records in Washington Co.,TN? It appears Wm. >might have gone to MO after his father's death in 1823. Wm. inherited much >of his father's "plantation" and may have sold out to his brother Samuel who >inherited 100 acres or to someome else. A record of sale about that time >would be further evidence. > Wm.'s sister was the mother of Judge Oliver Hever Hoss, who was > prominent in >Nevada, MO- I believe still living in c.1940. Kay Griffin Snow