This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/576.1434.1 Message Board Post: Since your original msg was posted three years ago, this may be old information to you. Wm. V. Criswell is my g-g-g-grandfather. His daughter, Elizabeth Jane, was my grandmother's grandmother. So, hello cuz!! I just read a posting in the Criswell pages by Dennis Yancey which indicated that John Y. Criswell, Sr. (Wm.V.'s father) moved to Knox Co, KY from Sullivan Co., TN. Our family records indicate that Wm was born in Knox Co., KY in 1815 and died in Texas in 1858 after having fought in several of the battles for Texas Independance......Come and Take It battle in Gonzales, TX; Siege of Bexar, San Antonio; and San Jacinto. I had no idea, though, that he had travelled through MO at any time or had relatives there. I have found that Wm V's grandfather, William Vannoy, lived in Knox Co, KY from 1802 until sometime after the 1840 census. His daughter, Eleanor, married John Yancey Criswell, Sr. Hope some of this helps and is not "old news"..... Charles Bauch