James Brown, born 1738 in North Carolina, married about 1811, Hester Ann Helms of Maryland. My gg grandparents moved in June 1813 to Shelby county , Kentucky long enough to put in a crop. The next move was to Jefferson county, Indiana for two years. James Brown relinquished land in Section #12 in Switzerland county, Indiana on 9-4-1817. His next land was 80 acres in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana on August 5, 1827. They lived in the Fortville, Indiana the rest of their lives. Hester died about 1813, James about 1831. (We haven't located their burial sites so we don"t know exact dates of death.) In the 1830 census they had five sons: Henderson (my great grandfather), John, Isaac, and Jobe; four daughters: Polly, Rachel, Nancy and Elizabeth. My two "brick walls" are the burial sites of James and Hester Ann Brown and who are the real parents of James Brown born about 1787. Henderson married Sarah Hoagland 10-5-1831 in Hamilton county, Indiana. They had nine children; JAMES 1834, MARGARET 1836, William 1839, Andrew 1842, Minney 1845, Catharine 1849, Hiram (my grandfather) 1851, Nancy 1853 and Mary died young. Henderson was born in McMinn county, Tennessee in December 1812. Can any one help with my two brick walls? Russell M. Brown