This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Loftin, Morris, Yates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACI/734.737.740.747.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Howard, I ran a quick search for Yates in Lawrence Co., MS 1850 census and found none but interestingly enough I found them in Carrol Co. and Holmes Co. Of course, it was probably too early for your Hugh Yates but when my Rev. Nathan Morris left Pike Co., he moved to Holmes Co. where he preached until his death. He moved about 1835. Later his son and my ancestor moved to Carrol Co., MS and was there in 1860 and married in Carrol Co. Martha Anne McCrary who was born in Lawrence Co. I'm curious if these 'folk' kept in touch and passed the word that Carrol Co. was the new place to move or what. I wonder if there was an exodus of folk from Lawrence Co. for Carrol Co.? Do you know where your Hugh Yates went when he left Lawrence or are they still in the same area? Ann