Jersey County formed from Greene County 1839, several Gates families were in Greene County per1840 & 1850 census (sorry no Mary S). Also under land search found 4 Gates males buying land in that time frame. Samuel Gates owned land in both Jersey and Greene Counties he is listed as being from Madison County, IL. Does marriage license show where she was born? I would check surronding counties 1850 census looking for Gates familes, with a daughter about the right age. Her name is listed as Mary but in the census father might have used middle name or nickname. Chip away brick walls Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 8:31 AM Subject: [ILJersey] Gates Family in Jersey County, Illinois 1800's > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: AMES, LEE, WORSHAM, LOYD, LLOYD, GATES, GUNTLY, COOK, DIENER, PROKOPF, SULLIVAN, HAYDEN, KINCAID, DAMKEY AND SOMMERS > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ig.2ADI/779 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for any information on Gates families who were from Jersey County, Illinois in the early to mid 1800's. > > My GGGrandmother was Mary S. Gates and she married C. C. Loyd. I have their marriage license from Jersey County, but it does not list her parents names. > > This is my "brick" wall!!!!!!! > > Help, please. > > Thanks, > Audrey > > > ==== ILJERSEY Mailing List ==== > If you need assistance, please contact: > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237