Hi Barbara, Is this the couple you are researching? You can find out if the County Clerk has a copy of their marraige application and marriage certificate. Maybe they were married by a J.P. or a religious official. Certificate may yield some more clues. Best of luck! Kathleen NOWLIN, JAMES WILLIAMS, ELMERENTHA Date of Marriage: 07/16/1840 No.: 00A/0016 FAYETTE County, IL Source: IL State Archives: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbara wrote: Hello Everyone, Adaline Williams and James Nowlin are my family line and brick wall.... --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.