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/ABC.2ACE/3689.1.2 Message Board Post: Does anyone know about a Bays family in district 3 of Hawkins Co., TN in 1836 tax list and 1840 census there ? A Robert appears in a lawsuit involving Lawson, Starnes, Stapleton, Belcher, Bays, Rogers and Johnson in 1837. Robert disappears by 1850. There was also a Cooper Bays in district 8 in 1836 tax list there. I also found this information... HALIFAX CO. CHRONOLOGICAL MARRIAGES LISTING: William Lawson m. Jane Banks, 24 May 1758, surety George Bays Any information linking Bays to Lawson in N.C. > TN > VA area is of interest. Thank you, Wayne