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/ihB.2ACI/4359.2 Message Board Post: Hi Kenneth, Do you have any dates, or even approximate dates, for any of the people in your query? Dates are always important as they narrow down the playing field a bit. Without dates of any kind I don't know if the following is a match, but he is the only William Payne in St. Clair Co, MO on the 1880 census. 1880 census Polk, St Clair Co, MO: Category: Name; Relationship to head of household; Marital Status; Gender; Race; Age; Birthplace; Occupation; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace. William PAYNE Self M Male W 50 TN Farmer TN TN Mary Ann PAYNE Wife M Female W 41 OH Keeping House VA KY Elanor J. PAYNE Dau S Female W 25 AL TN OH George W. PAYNE Son S Male W 15 MO TN OH Joseph PAYNE Son S Male W 12 MO Farming TN OH Jesse H. PAYNE Son S Male W 10 MO TN OH Mary A. PAYNE SDau S Female W 13 MO OH OH Juloett PAYNE SDau S Female W 10 MO OH OH Francess PAYNE SDau S Female W 9 MO OH OH Sarah D. PAYNE Dau S Female W 3 MO TN OH Darius A. PAYNE Son S Male W 1 MO TN OH