In a message dated 5/3/00 11:48:02 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Janmim@aol.com writes: << Mr. Crawford was married to Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Archibald P. Hill and Carrie HUDSPETH, granddaughter of Hugh LW Hill & Sara ET GAY. FYI, Sarah is the daughter of William Washington Gay and Mary Bowen WHALEY. >> The GAY surname caught my eye (maiden name of my ggg-grandmother Rhoda who came to the Dade/Polk Co. area abt. 1850 with husband Benjamin SPIVEY from Northampton Co., NC; both were born in Southampton Co., VA). Do you (or anyone) know anything more about William Washington Gay? Thanks, Barbara Berry Meger