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/2hB.2ACI/105.2 Message Board Post: My ggg grandparents (Charles and Frances) Hess lived in the Decatur area of Meigs County, Tennessee for several years in the 1870's along with their son Joel Hess and his family. There was also an Abigail Hess and her three small children living nearby that may have been related, though I have never been able to tie her to those other families. Who was your Hess family in Meigs County?