Hello, Terri - Thanks for responding to my query. John and Daniel's parents were William and Crissy Williams. They and William's brothers, Jeremiah and Charles (and perhaps a James), arrived in Gibson County 1826/27/28, apparently from Alabama. The Alabama stay may have been from 1815/1816, as the children born between those years subsequently reported birth in Alabama, whereas a child born in 1814 reported birth in Tennessee. The family itself apparently came out of Orange County, North Carolina, a few years after the Revolution. The background is the following: Walter Thetford of Orange County left a 1767 will within which he referred to his son-in-law, William William, leaving the latter 200 acres on "Stony Creek". Other Thetford sons were Josiah, William and Simon. Third party deeds dated 1778 and 1779 mention that referenced land was bounded by that held by William Williams and Josiah Thetford. In the early 1780's the Thetford brothers left North Carolina, and moved first to So. Carolina, where Simon settled, followed by a move by Josiah and William to Georgia. About the same time (early 1780's) Wm Williams presumably moved to Kentucky, where my gg grandfather, Wm Williams was born in 1785. Unfortunately, I lose the family until Wm and his brothers arrive in Gibson County, ca 1826/28. However, their parents apparently had left Kentucky sometime before 1795, as one brother, Jeremiah, was born in that year, and subsequently reported his birthplace as Alabama, as did his younger brother, Charles, born in 1800. On the other hand, we know Alabama remained Indian territory until some years later. Because of this, I suspect the Williams' were in northwestern Georgia (near William and Josiah Thetford), rather than in what we today identify as Alabama. Back to the Thetfords - Simon, who had settled in South Carolina in the 1780's, moved to Kentucky in the early 1800's; as did the children of Josias after his death, ca 1810. The latter were the Thetfords who subsequently arrived in Gibson County, at the same time as my Williams'. Upon arrival, the two extended families settled side-by-side (15th census district), and remained in close association for the next couple of generations (thus the presumed link with the earlier N.C. Thetfords/Williams). Terri, I hope the above fits in with your own research, or perhaps that of other readers. Any information relating to Daniel or John, or their father, William, and his brothers certainly would be welcome. Tom