I would like some feedback on those of you out there researching the Thaxton name, primarley Doctor Clay and his parents Wm. and Sarah Gravit Thaxton. In the History of Greene Co. 1879 edition he is called Doctor Clay Thaxton. It also says his mother's name was Mary which I know is incorrect. In the 1885 edition of the History of Greene Co. he is listed as H. Clay Thaxton other than that biography and the linage that some one has submitted to the WFT where it list him as Henry Clay Dr in parenthesis. I am wondering if and where there is any other documentation as to his name being Henry Clay. I have never found such. All the land patients where he purchased the land mentioned in the 1885 history he is Doctor Thaxton. Any one can go the web site http://www.glorecords.blmgov/ find these records view the actual document and order a copy if desired. He signs his name Doctor Thaxton. Doctor Thaxton on the 4 day October 1852 signed a document called Power of Attorney for ascertaining whether any increase or arreas of Pension are due the widow or heirs of Revolutionaary Pensioners. In this document he states his age (52) his mother's name Sarah when she died 16 October 1840 his father's name William that he died 5 of April 1850. He signed Doctor Thaxton. I have read articles on the customs of nameing children and it was popular for people in that era to name the 7th son Doctor. It was their name not their vocation. Whether he was a 7th son I don't know the 1879 History says so. WFT lists him as #5. His toombstone says only Doctor C. Thaxton and Carolyn W. Thaxton. Lastly when I asked my Grandmother if he was a medical doctor she said no that was just his name. I have been searching for the parents of William and Sarah for 30 years and have never gotten any further back than that. I have copies of the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim R.10483, based on the military service of William Thaxton in that war. I would be very happy to hear the thoughts and results some of the other Thaxton researchers have come up with. Charlotte