Happy July 4th ~ Our thanks to Allen Connel....this is great! His Nix-L post, Vol 98 #97, ALLEN KENDRICK NIX...confederate pension...family info ---> provided lots of links for some of us! I've been reading to become familiar with the group and didn't think we were seeing any ties...and had not our posted our NIX Family until earlier in the week. Then, I nearly fainted when Red River...Bowie... Fannin...Hunt Counties in TX started showing up...then more about AR...MS...TN! Since joining the group and reading, just had not seen familiar names, or maybe dates didn't fit just right. Now looks like the geographics must be our key! For those of you that may not be in Texas: TX Counties - Bowie, Red River, Fannin, Hunt, and Grayson all sit in the NE corner of TX, N-NE of Dallas; most are adjoining counties. Then McLennon falls S of Dallas @ Waco. And those are only the counties I took the time to see from several postings. Maybe someone else can look more closely at the other states? :) Guess we'll all be busy getting the charts out to see where things might fit. Undoubtedly, Allen will be going back to the library to find some more "good stuff"! PS. We only have two or three 20-30 year-old NIXs in Texas, but we'd be pleased to know of any NIX Reunions held in Texas. In Loving Memory of Those Who Came Before, Lizann Gunter-Nix Matheney (1954 TX)