This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fisher, Asbury, Patterson, Edgington, Heuer, Bryant, Thurber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YVW.2ACEB/3754.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am currently unable to tie your James Patterson to my Thomas Patterson. My records show that my Thomas Patterson was born in 1817 (not confirmed) in Tennessee and died in Hancock County, Illinois in 1867. Maybe our families will end up being related...you never know. I will keep your info on file in case I find that they are related. Thanks!