Hello listers, I'm searching for Nancy CARTER, b. Pleasant Grove IL, who came with her family, probably from Missouri, to Oregon in 1853, and married 4 Mar 1854 in Linn Co. Oregon, Levi FIELDS. They settled, bef. 1870, in Kalama, Cowlitz Co. Washington Territory. A 1903 Portland Telegram newspaper article states Nancy (CARTER) FIELDS, b. Pleasant Grove IL, was one of 11 children, and had a twin sister still living in Arizona. The family also had a pair of twin boys. The CARTER's lived at Cascades OR, Brownsville, Linn Co. OR, then on the Luckiamute River, Polk Co. OR. While in Polk Co. OR, Nancy's youngest brother, Niah (Nehemiah?), "then a young man in his teens, was stolen and no trace of him was ever found". As for Pleasant Grove IL, it appears there are a few "Pleasant Grove's" in Illinois. I found a Pleasant Grove in Johnson Co. IL, near the Union Co. IL border, either within, or part of Buncombe Township, then another (this one more likely) in Sangamon Co. IL. Used the WorldConnect search engine to see how many people were born in Pleasant Grove IL, and found six places in Illinois named "Pleasant Grove": Pleasant Grove, Coles Co. IL; Pleasant Grove, Jefferson Co. IL; Pleasant Grove, Elvira Twp, Johnson, IL; Pleasant Grove, Pike Co. IL; Pleasant Grove, Sangamon Co. IL; Pleasant Grove, Wayne Co. IL; Tried several other search combinations, with no Luck. So, still don't know which Illinois county these CARTER's came from. Nancy (CARTER) FIELDS' info is at WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cnnnrschr&id=I13 Thank you, Brad Aumick aumickb@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com