This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cei.2ACEB/3371.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In everything, that we have come across, has pointed to Illinois. Now there is another set of Hicks family that did come out of Kentucky that also settled in Texas County, Missouri. My brother-in-law, who is now deceased, Donnie, was out of that family. Libby