This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hancock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/546.638.1052.1058.2 Message Board Post: I too would like to sort out the Hancock's in Floyd Co. and Harrison Co Indiana. At times it seems that they must be related, but how? My great grandfather Abraham Hancock was born in Ky in 1816 and first appeared in the Floyd Co IN 1840 census next to a William Hancock born before 1765. It appears this William was also in the same place in the 1830 Floyd Census. I have not been able to determine how this William is associated with the other Hancocks in Floyd or Harrison. I do have some land transfer info which may show some ties?? 9/19/1815 Newman, Caleb Hancock, Vachel Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book CK pg 458 1/22/1828 Williams, John Hancock, William Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book C pg. 365 6/16/1828 Brown, Isaac & wife Hancock, William Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book C pg. 441 3/26/1829 Hancock, William Hancock, James Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book K pg. 350 1/14/1830 Watson, Richard Hancock, Thomas Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book D pg. 223 11/19/1831 Clater, George Hancock, Newberry Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book E pg. 187 12/25/1832 Williams, John & wife Hancock, Newberry Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book F pg. 33 12/10/1834 Mitchell, James Hancock, James Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book G pg. 247 9/17/1836 Potter, Ephraim Hancock, Taylor Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book H pg. 605 9/20/1839 Hancock, Taylor & Catherine Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book M pg. 467 2/9/1837 Hockaday, William(alias Hancock) Hancock, Thomas Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book N pg. 546 9/20/1839 Hancock, William Jr. & Lucinda Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book O pg. 156 9/7/1841 Hancock, William Heirs Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book O pg. 242 9/7/1841 Hancock, William Heirs Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book O pg. 242 8/12/1841 Hancock, William Heirs Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book O pg. 243 8/3/1842 Hancock, William Heirs Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book P pg. 130 10/14/1842 Hancock, Henry & wife Hancock,Abraham et al Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book P pg. 278 9/13/1843 Naylor, William & wife Hancock, Abraham Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book P pg. 545 12/7/1847 Spickert, Nicholas Hancock, William Floyd Co. Ind. Deed Index 1818-1867 book T pg. 193