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I stumbled upon your Pulaski County homepage quite by accident and I was thrilled. I sincerely hope that you are able to help me in my quest. My grgrgrgrandfather Aaron Tucker settled in Johnson County. We first find him on the census there in 1840. He is, however, on the subsequent census of Pulaski County. We feel, therefore, that he did not move, but due to the redrawing of the county boundaries in the 1840's was listed in Pulaski County. He lived in the Grand Chain area. His land was in Township 14. Apart from wondering if any of his descendants are still in the area, I am also wondering if you might know of the cemeteries in this area. He was last found on the 1860 Pulaski County Census at the age of 92. He was not, however, listed on the agricultural census of 1865 so we currently believe that the must have died sometime between 1860 and 1865. His wife, Nancy (actually her name was Frances) is listed with the youngest son, Henry L.W. on the 1870 census. Without going any further into particulars, his daughter Malinda married Calvin Kitchell, son of Moses Kitchell of Pulaski County. His daughter Matilda married a Havens and his daughter, Frances R. married William J. Thompson. His son Andrew J. lived in the Olmstead area and Andrew J.'s son, Thomas Aaron and his family also lived in Olmstead. Son, John and Matilda may have lived in the Massac county area. Henry L.W. never married, but died at Creal Springs in Williamson County. I would love to hear from any descendants of these families and also to find out if there is a family cemetery in the area, and if so where.