This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HiB.2ACI/2081 Message Board Post: >From a sliver of evidence, it appears that the Maxeys, Kings, Ridgeways, Owens & Overbays (alternative spellings of course exist) migrated from Sumner County, Tenn. to Jefferson County, Ill In the 1820's. Are there more? Why did they go? Who was left behind? I know some of you folks in Sumner County are my cousins. Would like to get to know you. Love, Jer