Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1100 Surname: DAWSON ------------------------- Thank you but I already checked into the book you mention. No Jasper or Thorton Dawson mentioned in book, the Dawson lines are earlier and pretty much cut off where my Dawsons have been traced back to. Till I can find who Jasper Dawson's parents were I cannot find his link to the Maryland Dawson lineages since there were so many in Maryland in the 1700's-1800's. I guess only thing left to do is rent all the counties of Maryland census records for 1850 and hope Jasper was still living with his parents there before he came to Iowa in 1860 or right before. I already contacted the State of Iowa Genealogy society and they could not help me out either in finding the parents of Jasper Dawson. His death certificate only states MARYLAND as place of birth. Jasper only mentions that his mother was born in Kentucky but did not fill in where his father was born in the census records in Iowa in 1890. Anyone who may run across a will with children names listed in it from a Dawson who might have been from Maryland please drop me an email or if you know of any other Dawsons in Iowa who may have been connected to Maryland previously please email me. Thank you. Patti Vahary