This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/265.1 Message Board Post: William Dawson Sen. of Wayne Co. named a son John Dawson in his will of 1803. He may or may not be the John Dawson who married Sally Herring. I don't know of any other John Dawson. However, William Dawson, Sr. had brothers old enough to have had a son John born in 1760s. Do you have any additional info that may help? Dan