This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wg.2ADE/3891.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Okay, Rick, here's what I found: the only mention of a Rueben Smith was in "People's History of Quincy & Adams Co., Il." published in the early 1970s. Under the heading McKee Township, Ruben (sic) Smith is listed as an early settler, presumably before 1850. Found quite a few McCoys, so will list them all (from same book): In 1839 a John McCoy sold a parcel of land in Adams Co. to Jim Hopper. The next year McCoy sold him more land; no township listed. 1906 Blatchford A. McCoy elected county treasurer. 1832 Joseph McCoy & Robbins McCoy mustered in on April 20 to fight in the Black Hawk War The Mexican War--(late 1840s) J. McCoy, private, member of Quincy Rifles, 93 Irish Co 12 early 1840s R.McCoy started the first store in Beverly Twp. Robert McCoy (same person?) built & operated the packing house. "Shortly after the Civil War, the Rev. Reuben K McCoy, a Presbyterian minister, residing in Clayton, Illinois, discovered and developed Siloam Springs and recommeneded the spring waters to the public. He named the springs "Siloam" after the scriptural waters mentioned in John 9:11." Now, from the book "Quincy & Adams Co.", published 1919; "The McCoys Found the Village" "....the founding of the village of Clayton, in the summer of 1834, by the three McCoy brothers, Charles, Rev. Reuben K., and John. ...Charles McCoy, being an ardent admirer of Henry Clay named it in honor of the great statesman. Rev. R.K. McCoy, a presbyterian minister, erected the first residence in the new town. Two years afterward, a church of his denomination was organized at Clayton, and he presided over it there until his death in 1874. Charles McCoy built & opened the first store, but sold....a few months afterward." That's about it; hope this helps. Libby