This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bauguess Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4NB.2ACI/56 Message Board Post: The 1880 census of KanKan Mining District in Meagher Co., MT Territory shows a man named Lafaitt Bauguess, age 55, born in North Carolina. His occupation was "Farmer". Living in the household were 3 gold miners. Does anyone have any information on him, such as whether he owned property in Meagher Co., MT, whether he married there, or whether any of his daughters settled there. As a cautionary note, Bauguess frequently gets mispelled in indexes, appearing as Banguess, Burgess, Banquet, etc. I have got "tons" of info on the family of Lafayette Bauguess.