This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson-Hawkins-Dale-Cook Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/1344.1366 Message Board Post: My great grandfather was James Elder Thompson, his father was J.S. Thompson..he was probably born between 1860-1877. Most of my Thompson family is still in Overton and Clay Counties. Other family names are Dale, Hawkins, Cook and Overton