This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moore, Gilpih, Black Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/2590 Message Board Post: My William Moore disappeared from Pittsylvania County Virginia after the 1850 census. In 1860-1880 a William Moore who was born in Virginia about 1818 lived in Sangamon County Illinois. His wife Sarah born about 1823 was also born in Virginia as was his first child Mary S. who was born about 1857. Other children born in Illinois included Alexander (HAE) b 1859, Annie (Nannie) born 1863, and S. Daily born 1871. In 1860 a Thomas Black age 20 born in Illinois was living with them and in 1880 a Mathias(?) Gilpin age 75 a retired showmaker born in Va. was living with them. Does anyone know who this family is or where in Virginia they came from?