Are they on the ball or what? The "Western Kentucky Journal * " just ran this article in the Winter 2002 issue titled, "Early Settlers of the Owen's Creek, Clear Creek, Wier's Creek, Rose Creek, Branches of the Tradewater in Hopkins County" by David A. Ralls, in which he says, "On December 21, 1795, the General Assembly of the State of Kentucky opened land for settlement, "South of the Green River Series". Several of the families who settled in the area along the northwest corner of the present day border between Hopkins and Webster County, Kentucky where the border intersects the Tradewater River were related." And another reason,.....Nancy writes, "In 1860, Webster County was formed, in part from Hopkins County, so you'll find a good many of these people [especially in District II] in the 1860 Annotated Census for Webster County by Carole Palmer." You can link from family member to family member and across county line via the comments section. The 1850 Hopkins Co. Census is online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/census/1850/ The 1860 Webster Co. Census is online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/census/1860toc.htm very nice project and resource, thanks, Vicki *Western Kentucky Journal Volume IX, No.1 http://pw1.netcom.com/~cpalmer/wkj/wkj.htm