This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patterson, Lawson, Gipson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/1335.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Pennie, Thanks for the reply. Haven't looked at this part of the family in a while. Tilman Patterson was my mom's GGrandfather and her Grandparents were Paulina Elizabeth Patterson (daughter of Tilman and Polly McKinney) and Albert Lawson. I always thought Tilman was born between 1796 and 1810, and that John Fletcher was Tilman's natural son with Keziah Gipson...and wasn't sure about Wm Patterson. Would love some help. Thank you, LaVerne.