Gary.....The William I'm looking for was in IL in 1833. Don't know when he got there or from where. He married Polly Towns in 1833. They are in the 1840 census and lived in Pope Co IL. They only had one son who was taken to TX in 1853. William could have had another family before he married Polly but don't know where. TN has been mentioned by a Towns family genealogist. I don't have a birthdate. He died before 1853. Son William H was born in 1841. George