This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yates, Yeates, Ward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ic.2ADI/1223 Message Board Post: In 1842 Thomas Yates died in Lowndes County Mississippi, he was born in or about 1790. Just a few years later (1849?) Stephen Asbury Ward dies there also. Thomas has 2 daughters that marry Wards. One of them is James W. Ward, a son of Stephen Ward. Stephen Asbury Ward was born in Greene County in 1776. At least one of Thomas Yates daughters, and one of his sons, Zacheriah, were born in Georgia. Zacheriah Yates (later Yeates) and Stephen Ward move on to Jasper County, Texas 1848-1849. Thomas Yates was married to a woman named Abigail, maiden name unknown. Was Thomas Yates from Greene County? Was he born there? Did his family emigrate to Mississippi with the Wards? Is Greene County the birthplace of Zacheriah Yates, and his sister(s) Sara and Martha? Am hoping someone has the answer to some or all of theses questions.