This document is about someone in my lineage, William C. Brinson. It lists his parents and one grandparent. If anyone has any information that would coincide with any of this, please let me know. I keep running into deadends on this information. William C. Brinson An enterprising farmer and cotton gin proprietor - Born in Muscogee Co. Georgia, January 25, 1847. He was the fourth of eight children of Daniel and Frances (Turner) Brinson. The former a farmer of Georgia, the latter a daughter of Nelius Turner, of Virginia. W.C. Brinson - reared on a farm and worked for his father till outbreak of war. In 1863 at the age of sixteen he joined the Confederate Army - Co. C 2nd Albany, Georgia Infantry. He served most of his time on the coast in Alabama and Mississippi. He took part in several battles, he was never wounded, but was captured at Blakely. he was taken to Ship Island and held two months. From there he was taken to New Orleans; Vicksburg; then to Meridian and then released on Parole. He was in active service 18 months before he was captured. After his parole he went to Eastern Alabama where his home was at that time. He remained there until 1868 where he married Margaret Graham of North Carolina of Scotch descent. He came to Texas in 1869 and bought a farm of 350 acres on which he yet resides. 250 acres of this is in mixed crops. He also owns one of the best cotton gins in the state of Texas which he built in 1884. He has eight children - Anna L., Elizabeth P., Ora V., Willie, Leonard, Ettie, Carrie, and one that died in infancy. He is a member of the Farmer's Alliance and the Missionary Baptis Church. (From: "A Biographical Souvenir of Texas, 1889) Originally copied by Bobby Burns, Jan. 5, 1967 Re-copied by Willy Brinson, July 28, 1991