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/QBC.2ACI/1730.1730.1 Message Board Post: You were looking for info regarding slave owners and Nickens - so am I. There were many marriages between the Nickens and Echols families (owners) in Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky (tobacco plantations). I can supply more info after I talk with my brother and cousin.