I am trying to make contact with anyone researching Ishom Mills (1761-1832) or his brother Hardy (1763-1841). Ishom is said to have raised 22 children; he lived in the part of Hawkins County that is now Hancock. My g g grandmother, Martha, whose last name was either Wells or Mills, married James Hopson in Claiborne County TN in 1844. I am trying to connect her to the Mills family of Hawkins-Hancock, if possible. She was born about 1824. Patsy may have been a daughter of the James Mills who was in Claiborne County for the 1830 census. She may be the 'extra' female age 20-30 in the 1840 Claiborne census, in the home of Hardy Mills (a younger Hardy, he is age 30-40 in 1840). If anyone knows which brother this Hardy & James belongs to, or if you have any info at all about Ishom & his brother Hardy, I will be grateful. Nancy Cassada Nelson Bordentown NJ