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/oEC.2ACE/579.1 Message Board Post: I think your question about when Millston was formed and the territory it was formed from could be answered in the 1891 Clark and Jackson Co History--but using the sources available in my home, here is what I was able to find: Jackson Co was formed from La Crosse Co in Feb. 1853 (from Wisconsin: It's Counties, Townships and Villages, Origins Books, Janesville WI 1994) Millston was established as a post office Feb. 1874, with Hugh B. Mills as postmaster, and is located in Section 20, T20North, Range 2 West in the Twp. of Millston (From Wisconsin: It's Territorial and Statehood Post Offices, Frank Moertl, Wisc. Postal History Society, Hartland WI, 1995) Legal land descriptions never change though the place name may change, so the Jackson Co. Treasurer's Office might be able to answer your question about which twp included Millston in 1870 with the legal land description. You could ask for that office when you dial the Register of Deeds at 715.284.0205 I have access to an Index to the Wisc. Historical Society's Index to the 1870 Census of Wisconsin, contact me off-list and maybe I could help you to find the surname in the census index? Joan