I started my search again today for the elusive Samuel L. McAmy. As we all know Samuel was in the 1840 census in Franklin Co., IL, but was not there in 1830. We do know that he came from Tennessee and that William Wesley was born in Tennessee in 1826 and John R. was born in Tennessee in 1832. We know Samuel was born in 1789. I decided today that I was going to search every county in Tennessee until I found him. I found that wonderful site that has the census maps by year and opened the 1830 map. There are a good 100 counties. I decided that I would start with the east side since Blount and Greene were there and I had heard of McKemie's coming from those counties. I started with Greene and I think I already found him. I'm going to still go through every county to be sure, but the ages and dates match exactly. The first thing that jumped out at me was the spelling. In the 1840 census in IL he spells it McAmy. There are two McAmy's in Greene Co. Samuel McAmy with only 2 people in the house. One male 60-70 and a female who is 70-80. Then there is Samuel McAmy on the same page who I think is the match. He is 30-40 (If born in 1789 he would be 40-he would only be 41 if it was December) In 1840 he would be 50 which matches our Samuel in IL. There is a female 30-40 which matches our 50 year old female in IL. There is a male child 0-5. Wm Wesley was born in 1826 which would make him 4 in 1830. There are 2 females under 5 and 1 female 5-10 which matches the 1840 census 10 years later. I'm going to search marriage and birth records in Greene Co. to see if I can make the connection. I'll keep you posted! I've been looking for him for 15 years!! If the elderly couple are his parents that would be awesome!