This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brand, Tyson, Butts. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GUB.2ACE/479.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Allen: Thanks for responding. I wish I had more info to share. All I have is the birth/death dates of William M. Tyson. Just names for wives, Sarah ___, Amanda Brand and Mary Jane Butts. No birth/death/marriage dates for any of them. He was born 8/25/1835 Pitt Co. N.C. , died 6/15/1916 Greene Co. N.C. " a widower". Father John Tyson born Greene Co. as was mother Lovie Turnage.Can't find a trace of them. Have no other dates for anyone other than those of William's children, oldest child being Washington Tyson, born July 18, 1859 plus 10 others. I understand William and wives lived in Friendship, a little community near Marlboro/Farmville, N.C. Wm Tyson was said to have fought with the 67th Reg. of N.C. Troops, was captured in 1865 @ Mosley Hall, N.C. Was released after 3 months and after signed an Oath of Alleg.to U.S. I ordered his military papers and received notice nothing of him could be found. Now you know all I know about this family. Any clues would be apprecia! ted. I am not related directly to this family. Am related to other Tysons but a William M. Tyson descendant is a close friend and I believe that his line and mine ( which is from Green Tyson) are connected somehow.Thanks for your interest. Billie