Posted on: Shaw Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Shaw/10264 Surname: GINGLES, MERRIMAN, BUTLER ------------------------- Ancestry.com lists Cleotis and Tommy GINGLES in their Social Security Death Index, and shows their death to have been in Jackson, MS. That's in Hinds County. Try looking for Gerald/Benjamin Wayne Gingles in that area. I hope this helps. I, as a GINGLES, descended from Samuel GINGLES who came to America in 1754. He married Margaret McAlister. They stayed in PA a short time before going down to Mecklenberg Co. in NC to claim their land given by the English Crown. Their first son, Samuel, Jr., is the GINGLES ancestor from whom I am directly descended. Samuel and Margaret's second son, John, in turn had a John, Jr., who's son Charles, and possibly others, went down into Florida, and descendents filtered across the Deep South. Mine migrated NC > SC > AR > OK > CA. TX GINGLES, I suppose, could be from either. I'm sure we are cousins, and I hope this all helps. Sheila in San Diego