This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/3206 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on William Helton who was born in Tennessee in about 1814. He married Elizabeth ? and they had a duaghter, Mary, born in about 1844 before they moved to Vigo County, Indiana. I believe this family was a least part Cherokee. I have heard there were many Helton's in Hawkins County, TN.