This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks McCaslin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cei.2ACEB/145.2755.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Is this the same Hiram Hicks who is enum. in 1850 census of Montgomery Co. IL? Some birthyears/states seem to match. In 1850, Montgomery Co. IL, SW part of district 22, no. 985: Hiram Hicks 30 NC, Mary 28 TN, James 10 TN, Syntha 8 TN, John 6 TN, Susan 6 TN (twin?), Fereby 2 IL, William 1 IL. From the adjacent families, which include several ancestors of mine, I would place this location in rural Fillmore township on the east side of Montgomery Co., not far from the Fayette Co. line. There were many Hicks families in western Fayette Co. IL; they came from Hickman Co. TN. Before that, they were in Montgomery Co. NC; some of the Hicks families in NC went up to Owen Co. IN rather than moving to TN. I don't know this Hiram's parents or any siblings. Note that the names Syntha (probably Cynthia, which among nearby families is often short for Vin Cynthia, which was my 2g-gmother's name) and Fereby (Fereba) are common among McCaslin families in the area.