This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Payton, Peyton, Hughey, Whitecotton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/3026 Message Board Post: I need advice on how to obtain the will or probate file for Thomas Payton, b 1755 in Virginia; d 1832 or 1841 in Mason County, Kentucky. Married to Nancy Whitecotton. Their son Charles W. Payton was executor of his father's will. In Sept. I will be traveling to Mason County.