I am gathering from all the messages about Leake & variant spellings that researchers are hoping to find answers to their genealogical problems on the internet! Wrong!!! You may pick up some clues, and some person who has been searching for years just MAY (but MAY NOT) share with you his/her findings. Personally, I don't mind sharing some of my research, but there are some findings which I hug close to my chest!!! Suggestion: If you are NOT acquainted with all the databases and films held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I suggest you take a look at www.familysearch.org Many a family history has been filmed by FHL. So do a surname search also. Only once have I set foot in Wilkinson Co. courthouse (I live many states away). Most of my research has been through LDS facilities. Take a look at a listing of all the films held by the Fam His Library. Go to the link to the catalog on the lower right. When the catalog comes up, search for PLACE Then type in Wilkinson and then Mississippi (sorry, you have to type out the whole state) If you are not also searching the BLM website, you may miss some land entries for your ancestors. Use a google.com search and type in bureau of land management. Look for the green strip and something about land patents should be clicked. If necessary, type only the surname and see what comes up. The info about the land patent will NOT give you much genealogical information, but the patent itself (which you have to send off for and pay money) well may. Oh, well, I hope you find your folks. There is a wealth of info about Wilkinson Co. folks, including some books of newspaper abstracts. I hope you can library loan--or purchase those books. E.W.Wallace