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/0lJBAIB/3868.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry to take so long to respond but I got side tracked. John Brown STEVENS b. 30 June 1779 Bladen Co., NC d. 10 Oct 1842 Warren Co., MS married: 18 March 1813 Adams Co., MS Territory Mary L. RObERTS COLE wid. b. 01 Jan 1796 PA d. 2 Nov 1857 Children: All born in MS 1. James Green STEVENS b. 3 Feb 1814; d. 5 July 1814 2. Mary Marjory A. STEVENS md. Wm H. SPARKE b. 14 Oct 1815; d. before 1842 3. Henry Green STEVENS b. 7 Nov 1817; d. 03 Oct 1888 4. Eli Thomas STEVENS b. 15 Sept 1821; d. 1865 5. John Brown STEVENS b. 2 June 1824; 22 June 1867 6. Levi Holmes STEVENS b. c 1827; d. ???? 7. William Barnabus STEVENS b. 02 Jan 1830;d. 27 June 1862 8. Joel Ormand STEVENS b. 11 Dec 1829; d. 25 Nov 1891 9. Benjamin Franklin STEVENS b. 29 July 1837; d. ???? Pat Have you checked the land records in MO to see when he purchased his first piece of land. I know many of records in MO were destoryed in some counties. I suggest you search the KY 1830 Census Index for STEVENS, STEPHENS, STEPHENSON and STEVENSON. The only ones you will want to check are those families that have a child or children 0-10. I know it is had work but it may pay off. Did you check to see if you could an obituary? I found John Brown STEVENS that way. Many family traveled together as they moved westward. How many KY families were living in James D. STEPHENS area? I was searching for my GG Wm.J. CAMPBELL and I found a deed that said he was in Sumter Co., AL. When I got the census records I found my KERR family was also living there. I wish you luck