Hi all, I've been checking original land purchasers in Hancock Co IN where my g g gf Ephraim WARD b 1816 TN first surfaced as an original land purchaser. Searches of the government land office records (GLOR) list the following purchasers of land in Hancock Co IN. Emanuel WARD 16 Oct 1835 Emmanuel WARD 9 Sept 1835 Ephraim WARD 16 Oct 1835 Ephraim WARD 30 March 1837 Markel L. WARD 20 March 1837 Note: Ephraim WARD above is my g g gf. Emanuel WARD would also seem to be a brother. Squire WARD a brother to Ephraim was administrator of the estate of Emanuel WARD. My g g gf Ephraim was on his bond. Emanuel married Jemima or Jessamine SMITH born OH in 1831 in Fayette Co IN. A search of Marion County IN land shows that Linzy WARD 30 Sept 1835 Lindsey WARD 30 Sept 1835 A search of the LDS family search shows the following IGI Lindsey WARD married Elizabeth BOLANDER 27 Dec 1832 Clermont Co OH It would seem posible that the Lindsey/Linzy WARD of Marion Co OH and the Markel L. WARD were one and the same and likely the Lindsey WARD of Clermont Co OH. Can anyone add further detail/ancestry info on Lindsey WARD possibly aka Markel L. WARD??????? Also in case anyone else has joined the list I am still seeking further detail on the James and Elizabeth WARD buried next to the Mt Moriah Methodist Church in the Mt Moriah Cemetery. Also the Joshua WARD buried in the Asbury Methodist Cemetery just across the line in Hamlton Co OH. Thanks and happy to share Tom Tom & Carolyn WARD P.O. Box 77 Columbus, KS 66725 (316)429-3475 tcward@columbus-ks.com