Thanks for the replies all, I guess there are not many Morgan co. GA Williams researchers on the list for now, so I'll go a little more in depth to see if anything rings a bell with anyone. My Jesse Hollis was born in GA ca 1809. He seems to have 1st married Elizabeth Ball in Morgan Co. in 1833. I do not know anything about their family. I have seen that Jesse did get land in the GA land lottery, but I have not yet figured the exact location. In 1837 a George Williams married a Burrilly Hollis. I have had no idea how they may be related. Then on Jan. 9, 1848 Jesse Hollis married Nancy A. Williams who was born in GA ca 1834. I am not positive where they went in 1850, possibly Alabama, but in the 1860 and 1870 census they were in Murray Co. GA. In March of 1873, due to the death of Jesse, Nancy consented for my gg-grandfather George Franklin Hollis to be a "Ward" of Arthur Gilbert . In the following months, She gave up her other sons. Henry Newton Hollis went to Lt. Col. John H. Kuhn. Jesse (Jepe) Green Hollis went to James Franklin Brindle, James A. Hollis went to Balis C. Hunsucker. Hunsucker was Brindle's son-in-law and I believe Brindle was Gilbert's brother-in-Law. Anyway, family stories say that Nancy was part Cherokee and that she left to live with her folks, possibly on a reservation. Oh, their was an older sister Mary, but she was not listed in the court records or marriage index for Murray Co. I thought that she may have died too, or went with her mother. I am not sure of the exact date that Morgan Co. was formed, but at least by 1820 it had been split from Balwin Co.. In the 1820 census their were 8 Williams families listed. The heads of house were: Edward, Jacob, Henry J., 2@ John , Jonas, William, & William R. Williams. There were only 2 Hollis Families in 1820: John and James. I suspect James is my ancestor, but I still need definitive proof. There were 3 Ball families in 1820, 6 Gilbert families, and several other possible family ties. In 1830 I have only found 2 Williams in Morgan Co. , James and John Williams. One Newton Williams was in Wilkinson County, which is nearby. I am still have to look through the rest of the 1830 index. I need to double-check, but in the 1840 census their were only 3 Williams families listed in Morgan Co. These were Allen Williams, Benjamin Williams, and Roderick Williams. Roderick was the only one to have a daughter and she was near the correct age for Nancy. {I have not yet checked surrounding counties}. The 1850 census index for Morgan Co. consisted of 3 Williams families: Alexander, Frances 15 GA , and Newton 27 GA. I could not find Alexander. Frances was supposed to be on the same page, but she was listed under a Alexander Brown, so the index was probably faulted. I will share more as I continue with my research. Keith Bailey