If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the Clay Co. Ar Query Forum: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Clay> Thank you! Clay Co. Ar Query Forum A new message, "Researching these surnames," was posted by Anne Winchester on Thu, 24 Dec 1998 --- NAME: Anne Winchester SURNAMES: Winchester, Lack, Lacks, Lax, Landrum, Blackshear, Wylie, Hightower, Bradshaw, Barnett, Carter DATE: Dec 24 1998 QRYTEXT: My Lack family has been located in Clay County since the mid-1880's, coming from Obion County, TN, and Halifax County, VA. The Winchesters came around 1920 from Dunklin County, MO, and Jackson County, AR, prior to that. The Blackshears also came to Clay County from Tennessee in the late 1800's. I will be happy to correspond with anyone researching these surnames..