This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cates, pyles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/1697.2.1 Message Board Post: Jim I am very sure she is from Alabama. They married in St. Clair County Alabama and she is from Springville Alabama. Her name is Rebecca Self. Thanks so much for the information, I believe he filed for a pension in Arkansas even though he served with a Alabama regiment. I would like to contact some living relatives so I can complete this part of the cates family tree.