This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Payton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/3026.2 Message Board Post: I'd head straight over to the Museum's Library. You can spend hours there searching and never run out of things to look at. http://www.masoncountymuseum.org/articles/home.asp Ask if they have a PAYTON family file right away when you get there.