Dear Harkeys, Kay Wood's earlier comment that her HARKEYs came from Kentucky has reminded me of an old question or two. In the 1850 Census for Barry Co. MO, there is a Joshua HARKEY b 1774 VA and wife Susanna b 1776 VA. Next door is (probably) their son John HARKEY b 1806 KY (wife Judy-July b 1806 KY). Therefore, it appears that Joshua HARKEY left Virginia and went to Kentucky before 1806, and then Joshua's and John's families left Kentucky for Missouri about 1836 (judging by birth-years and birth-places of John's children). The census entries are as follows: 1850 MO Barry Co., Dist 5, Bimg? hh 430 HARKEY, JOHN, 44, b KY, farmer, $800 July/Judy, 44, b KY James 19 KY, Auston M. 18 KY, Agniss A. 15 KY, Febula J. 13 MO, Mary 9 MO, Charlotta 3 MO 1850 MO Barry Co., Dist 5, Bimg? hh 431 HARKEY, JOSHUA, 76, b VA Susanna, 72, b VA Neighbors: Ridenhour, Hicks When I see a HARKEY coming out of Virginia, of course I think of the elusive Conrad. Okay, that's all I got for Barry Co. MO. In the 1860 MO census for Cape Girardeau and Stoddard Cos., I found the following entries: 1860 Mo Cape Girardeau Co., hh 567 DORNIER? ANTOIN, 25, b France, farmer, $150 Mary, 26, 26, "same" HARKEE, FRANK, 34, "same, " farmer 1860 MO Stoddard Co. [Bloomfield, Castor twp] hh 411 HARKEY, PAUL, 68, b NC, farmer, $300 Anna, 40, b NC Cassey 18 KY, Richard 16 TN, Andrew J. 12 KY, Henry 10 KY, Mary Ann 9 KY, Delia Ann 5 MO, Joel 2 MO 1860 MO Stoddard Co. [Bloomfield, Castor twp], hh 412 HARKY, GEORGE, 24, b NC, farmer, $150 Malinda, 18, b NC It has been my thought that the Paul HARKEY in Stoddard Co. may be the son of Henry and Mary (Melcher) HARKEY. Mary in her will mentions a son, Paul. Does anyone have an opinion or documentation that this Paul is or isn't Henry and Mary's son? I found the presence of a HARKEY in Stoddard Co. MO 1860 interesting, because my ancestor, Daniel David HARKEY (who was a nephew of the above-named Henry and Mary HARKEY) settled abt 1851 in Dunklin Co. MO, directly adjacent to (and once a part of) Stoddard Co. I always wondered if each knew that the other was living so close. Alma [email protected]