Census records did not begin listing nativity of parents until the 1880 census and Ezekiel would have been dead by then since he was born in 1790. I did check the 1880 census just in case. I did find an Ezekiel Davis in IN in 1860, but again it only listed him as being born in NJ. Maryjane - Volunteer for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness www.raogk.org > I would like to know if any one has access to the 1860 census for > Madison Co., IL. I would like to know if someone would find out where > the father of Ezekiel Davis, Omphghent Twp, was born at. I belive that > Ezekiel and at least 4 of his children were born in NJ., but I am having > trouble finding out who his father is and where the father was born > at. Maybe if I can find birth-state, it will make the search easier.