This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brandon/Hutchins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/377.2.1 Message Board Post: I think Eli and Alcy Brandon came to Illinois because they heard it was a good place to be. I have located a Micheal Hutchins in the area and other Brandons in Shelby County. This is where Eli and Alcy settled. So they probably heard from relatives living there.