This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lh.2ADE/2595.1 Message Board Post: Kelly, I have found a reference to a Hiram Davis that is a possible lead for you. In Franklin Co. probate records, Book 1, p. 240: "Asa Davis was appointed administrator Oct. 11, 1831 of the estate of Asa Davis deceased, and filed a bond of $400 with Robert Adair as his security. In 1832 he filed as appraisement and sale bill of the personal property, which was a small amount of household and farm items. David, Hiram Davis, Phebe Davis, Asa Davis all purchased items at the sale of the personal property, which only brought $18. Asa now makes final settlement of this estate, Nov. 1833." This item is from Maurice Holmes' abstract of Franklin co. court records (his p. 135). Not much to go on, but Franklin Co. is just south of Fayette Co. (where Hiram m. Elizabeth Plow); and also right on the state line with Ohio. A significant number of families came to Bartholomew Co. from Franklin Co., so there is plausibility there, too. If the money raised by the sale of estate goods was insufficient to pay the debts, there won't be any record of the heirs, as there was nothing to distribute. Still, you may want to check more closely into estate records for this Asa Davis (the elder one who died about 1831). This record does not mention any land owned, which is unfortunate since deeds are such a good way to prove these relationships. Still, I'd check into Franklin Co. deeds for that period, just to make sure there isn't something that connects Hiram to Asa Sr., Phebe, Asa Jr., or David Davis. See Franklin Co. on Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~infrankl/ Also, Indiana marriages, to 1850: http://199.8.200.229/db/marriages_search.asp Hope this helps. Donna