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/1MB.2ACI/2061.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm wondering where in west-central Illinois your Wilson's are from. I found out this summer my Wilson's were in the Scott Co., area for 70+ years and my great great grandfather left the area around 1878 settleing in the Joplin (Webb City) area. Carthage is near or next to Webb City. Can you tell me who your father's family is if you know it.