This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Staton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1389.1 Message Board Post: I will check when I get home, but I'm fairly sure that these places had this name by 1818...I will refer to my Virginia Canals & Navigations Society map tonight.