This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hays, Hayes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xih.2ACEB/1358.3.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am seeking any information about the Hays families of Lawrence County, Illinois. Specifically, Samuel Hays and his family. They moved to Lawrence county in the 1850's and were there for many years. Both Samuel and his son John were physicians. John also served in the Civil War (not as a doctor though). They, too, changed the names from Hays to Hayes.