In a message dated 11/30/99 11:01:44 PM Central Standard Time, goodmorning.d@juno.com writes: << Need help to find my gggrandfather, James Johnston. I know he lived in or near Hancock county in 1841-1847. I have been unable to find any record of a marriage, land ownership (because I don't have enough info to know which one he is) birth of his children, or death. >> Elaine, I don't know if this will be helpful but in the 1874 Historical Atlas of Hancock County Illinois, there is a J. E. Johnston in the SE/4 4N-9W, Wilcox Township. This land is on the edge of the town of Warsaw on the Mississippi River. This is the only Johnston listed in the 1874 atlas. Good luck! Judy