This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carlllawson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6754.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: All the 1790 censuses for Virginia have been lost. The best you can do is look at the taxes lists for this period. Also, many of the Lawsons that lived in Patrick County, VA were related to the Lawsons living just across the state line in Surry and Stokes County, NC. They were all group on the state line between the two states. There 4 sites may be of help to you: - http://lawsondna.org/Media/virginiacounties/Patrick.html http://lawsondna.org/Media/virginiacounties/Henry.html http://lawsondna.org/Media/NC-Counties/Surry_NC.html http://lawsondna.org/Media/NC-Counties/Stokes.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.