This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qi3.2ACIB/18.24.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: David I am going by the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records that I found for my John Norton which list his birthplace as VA. I believe they were in Lincoln, TN. I found this tax list and thought it might have to do with my John Norton because his son John Fletcher Norton married a Stafford and her grandfathers name was William Stafford. FAYETTE CO., KY TAX LIST 1788 NORTON, John STAFFORD, Martin STAFFORD, William I am not sure of his year of birth. On the 1850 census (Greene County, MO) his age is 61, on the 1860 (Parker County, TX) census his age is listed as 73 and on the 1870 (Parker County, TX) census it is listed as - sorry I can't seem to find it at the moment. I figured his birth would be from 1787 - 1789. I am sure all 3 census records are of the same man. My John Norton had several grandsons named James and some with the middle name Wesley. I only mention this because I have seen other Norton lines with the names Fletcher and Wesley.