On the Blount Co. 1880 census the MAYS name is spelled MAZE which I feel is an earlier spelling of the name. I am decended from John Mays/Maze b.1832 TN, & Emaline {Griffin?}b.1832 TN. I don't know where in TN John was born or the name of his parents, also b. TN. In the early 1890s John's family moved to Knox Co. and several of his children were married there. John & Emaline's son Robert Huston Mays married Mary Emaline Henderson in Blount Co. in 1889 and they were living in Knox Co. in 1900 with their children. Robert worked as a weaver in a mill. Would love to hear from anyone who might have information on this John Mays/Maze. Shirley _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.