This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHANCE, LAWSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DAC.2ACI/483.494.499.1 Message Board Post: My great grandfather, Hugh LAWSON, came to TX with Alexander CHANCE (brother to Hugh LAWSON's mother, Sarah CHANCE LAWSON) probably sometime after 1875. Alexander had a son Burl Alexander CHANCE who says he was born in GA about 1875 on the 1900 Limestone County, TX Federal Census. Also, Alexander CHANCE and his family are listed on the 1870 Henry Co., AL Federal Census. His wife was Mary BROWN CHANCE. That census shows a daughter named, Charharine and a son named William also.