This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iBH.2ACIB/191.194.837.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: After gathering a group or Rangers or Home Guard as some call them, they joined forces with John Salmon Ford and went to the border to stop Cortina. Ford and his group were in at least 3 major battles before Cortinas group was broker up.The following is a bit on Tumlinson from the Handbook Of Texas. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/ftu26.html