This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chapman, Williams, Wales, Hamilton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JU.2ADI/544.2.1 Message Board Post: Judy; Thanks so much for your reply to my inquiry on Gr. Grandfather, James O. Chapman, and wife Mary. The dob is most likely correct (there are some inconsistancies reported in different censuses but he reported in his CSA military record he was born in Knox Cnty., TN, in 1818) I have never seen any records with any children except Martha, Ruth, William J., John W., and James Edward. I know for sure he was in MS in 1863 because he enlisted in Co. E, 3rd Battn., Mississippi State Troops in Starkville, MS, Feb. 4, 1863 and his unit, along with all other CSA troops, were surrendered at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. I have never been able to place Mary and family in MS during 1860's. Perhaps they were in arkansas. The family is reported to have arrived in Hill Cnty., TX, just about 1870. I know nothing of James Parents, or siblings. He is reported to have been orphaned as a child and grew up in the home of a Mr. Vaughan / Vaugn, in TN. Have nothing further on Vaughan / Vaugn. Thanks again for your response. I would surely like to break through this wall and definitely determine who Parents, and Siblings were. Are you connected with Chapman's? Glen