Regarding Pleasant (Pleas) Ramsour, the ONLY thing I know about this man is that he's mulatto, his wife at the time should be Mattie, place born..I haven't a clue as I can't locate Pleas at all on the 1870 census even though he states he was born in Texas. Now, his mother on the other hand married a man by the name of James Boland and her name was Jency, she states she was born in Louisiana. I found Pleas on the 1880 census (age 27) listed as P. Ramson married to his first wife (1872) who's name was Amanda (age 27), and they lived in Smith County. In 1884, I find a marriage record for Pleas and Maggie Davis in Gregg Texas at the time, I think this was a part of Rusk County. I'm just trying to find clues in the census records. I was asking about the Perry's because in 1880, Pleas's mother and stepfather (James R. and Jency Boland) have a niece living in the house with them by the name of Lavinia Perry (age 14) who's mother was born in Louisiana as was Jency. So now, I'm looking for the household of Pleasant Ramsour in 1900 who, as oral history goes, lived in Rusk County, Texas at the time. Gee, I hope I'm not confusing anybody because the more I type, the more I sound confused to my own self. Anyway, thanks for reading and if any help can be provided, I would really appreciate it. I'm also thinking that Pleasant changed his last name after the 1870 census... Thanks Gang! Dena