ggg-grandfather Joseph Thomas COOK, 1835-44 , Cherokee Co. married to Mary MOORE> gg-grandfatherJesse Tucker JONES, Siege of Bexar vet , b. GA in Texas 1830s-50s Cherokee Co. married to Rhoda COOK> g-grandfather Newton C. JONES b. 1844 Angelina Co. married to Mattie BEASLEY> g-grandfather Newton Evan JONES b. Angelina Co., died 1947 Kaufman Co., m. to Florence ALEXANDER b. Bell Co.> gg-grandfather Ben HEARN b. GA in East TX before Civil War> g-grandfather Jefferson Davis HEARN b. 1860 TX , lived Nacogdoches area before moving to Harris Co. (Houston) in 1920s> gg-grandmother Sarah BRANTLEY NELSON Blackburn Parker b. AL moved to Angelina Co.from LA. late 1840s. first husband Joe (?) NELSON > g-grandfather Benjamin Franklin NELSON b. TX 1852 died in 1940s Angelina Co. was married Ella CALVERT> gg-grandfather Joseph CALVERT Civil War vet from AL, died 1869 Angelina Co. was married to Mary Elizabeth CRAWFORD Cheatham of Angelina Co.> ggg-grandfather Thomas CRAWFORD b. 1806 member of first Angelina Co. Commissioners Court in 1840s, married to Martha REYNOLDS (Runnels?)> Following are ancestors of my husband:>.. James Robert ORTON b. 1830 NC died 1904 in Jasper County. was married to (1) Amy Bradshaw (2) Ann Thyrza THOMASON> Archie and Nannie YATES ORTON of Jasper Co. ,married 1887, moved to New Caney in Montgomery Co. TX. Dr. James CASEY , medical doctor in East TX after Civil War, d. 1879 Montgomery Co. was married to Eliza Ann MEYER. The Rev. John WALDING Jr.. Civil War vet from AL, Baptist minister, d. 1908 Montgomery Co. First wife Sarah VAUGHN was my husband's g-grandmother I'm sure this is more than anyone would ever want to know about our ancestors, but maybe, just maybe, there's someone out there who connects with one or more of these lines. Many thanks, Wanda Jones Orton Fredericksburg TX