Hi everyone. I am checking to see if anyone has any information concerning my GGGrandfather (James Wesley Lucas or Lucus, Sr.), born in VA (county unknown, date unknown), later moved to Holmes Co. MS, Married Esther J. Swinney (date unknown). There is very little known of him. I know more about his wife, Esther J. Swinney than I do of him. All I know is that in the 1900 Attala Co. MS census which lists James Wesley Lucas, Jr.(James Wesley Lucas Sr's Son), his wife Emma Hazeltine Turner and their children also mentions that James Wesley Lucas Jr's mom (Esther J. Swinney) was living with them at the time and she was 69 years old. That would put her date of birth at around 1831. The only mention of James Wesley Lucas, Sr is the part of the census where he (James Wesley Lucas, Jr.) was asked where was his father born? The answer given was "VA". I have looked and looked for a James Wesley Lucas, Sr. in "VA" records but since I'm not sure which county he was born in, it makes it real difficult. I have run across several "James Lucas's" in my research but I can't verify any of them as being the "James Wesley Lucas, Sr." that I'm looking for. Another aspect to this mystery is: it was rumored that James Wesley Lucas, Sr. fought in the "Civil War"; however, I can''t seem to find him listed in any of the Civil War records that I have researched (and there have been many). Everyone please check to see if you have or can find anything at all on James Wesley Lucas, Sr. I would guess his birth date as being somewhere around 183l (year of wife's birth) or maybe three or four years earlier. In that day and time, most of the husbands were quite a few years older than their wives. So, if you can't find anything on him, I guess the records don't exist. Thank You Very Much Sincerely, James V. Lucas (JamesL1104@aol.com)