This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4AB.2ACE/5069 Message Board Post: I am researching the Hawkins family line from North Carolina into Kentucky. I am trying to find the ancestry of Joseph W. Hawkins,who married Martha J. Johnson on February 19, 1855 in Hopkins County, KY. I believe that Martha J. Johnson was the daughter of Benjamin Johnson, who moved to Hopkins County from NC. I have been unable to trace the roots of either Martha Johnson or Joseph W. Hawkins. I have found Joseph W. Hawkins in Webster County, KY in August 1860, with a young daughter named Martha J., but he is living without a wife. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.