This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5080.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I do not see in Knox Co. Marriage books the first marriage of Rachel LAWSON. I do see her second marriage as follows: Knox Co. Mar. Bond Book T, Page 615 September 17, 1900; Groom - lst marriage; bride: 2nd marriage at James BRAY BAYS, James, 28, b. Knox Co. to: LAWSON, Rachel, 23, b. Knox Co. NOTE: If she was born in Knox Co. and is 23 years old, she should show on the 1880 Knox but she does not. She is either elsewhere in 1880 or her age is off. As of 1880, here is John Henry BAYS: Dwelling 326-333 JONES, John, 22, husband, b. KY; parents b. KY . Geneva, 16, wife, b. KY; parents b. KY . William, one month, b. KY BAISE, E. K., 33, b. VA; parents b. VA . Sarah, 32, wife, b. KY; parents b. KY . John H., 13, son, KY * * . Jones, 11, son, KY . William, 8, son, KY . Martha J., 6, dau, KY . Sarah, 5 mo's, dau, KY On the 1900 Knox Co., Voting Precinct 11 Dwelling 172-180 BAYS, John W., Jr., husband, b. 7-1867, 32, mar. 10 yrs, b. KY; father b. Va; mother b. KY . Amanda J., wife, b. 4-1876, 24, mar. 10 yrs, 4 born; 3 living, KY . Joel, son, b. 1-1892, 8, KY . Matilda, dau, b. 8-1894, 5, KY . Nola, dau, b. 5-1899, 1, KY MOSLEY, George W., boarder, b. 3-1822, 18, single, KY BAYS, John H., cousin, b. 3-1867, 33, DIVORCED, KY; father b. VA; mother: b. KY 1900 Knox Co. - Precinct 11 Dwelling 185-193 DETHERAGE, Green B., husband, b. 12-1852, mar. 21, b. MO; parents b. KY - farmer . Mary, wife, b. 11-1856, 43, mar. 21 yrs, 10 born; 6 living, b. KY; parents b. VA . Jason A., son, b. 8-1884, 15, KY . .Rachel L., dau, b. 11-1886, 13, KY . Lutitia, dau, b. 5-1889, 11, KY . Martha J., dau, b. 9-1891, 8, Ky . William F., son, b. 12-1893, 6, KY PRIDEMORE, William, nep, b. 5-1886, 14, single, KY LAWSON, Rachel E., niece, b. 10-1876, 23, DIVORCED, 3 born; 2 living, b. KY; father b. KY; mother b. VA Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA