Also check the Federal Bureau of Land Management for Ezekiel Davis, a free site. You can search for and download exact copies of land deeds for lands bought directly from the government. Ezekiel Davis purchased 5 plats in Madison County in 1828, 1833, 1839 (2 plats) and 1840. This is your Ezekiel Davis because all the plats are in Township 6 North, Range 7 West in Madison County. Again, I know this doesn't relate to who his parents are, but this is an interesting thing to have for your records. Website is http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Click on "Search Land Patents" in the green bar Carrie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...Then they filled, with clear, shallow water, the whole breadth of this broad canal, and set little whirlpools turning in the depths, and for the first time mirrored the green banks and distant calls of birds -- while in the sky the starry nights of another, sweeter country blossomed above them and would never close. Tombs of the Hetaerae, by Rainier Maria Rilke Translation by Stephen Mitchell