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/GkB.2ACI/980.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Im not familar w/ walter hicks townsend, if i come accross him i will let you know. you might try posting on hicks or townsend board. I am researching the gicks line also but my hicks were in Texas from the mid 1800's.