This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Slack Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XhB.2ACE/387.405 Message Board Post: Sewell W. Slack Pvt., Company "F", Terry's Texas Rangers Born in Georgia around 1833. Father: Thomas Slack (b. in Wilkes County, Georgia around 1807). Mother: Julia Slack (b. 1811 GA, d. 1877 Fayette County, TX). (The 1860 Census lists his birthplace as Mississippi and his age as 26.) Family on the Washington County Tax Rolls in 1836. The family resided in Fayette County, TX in 1850. He was an overseer at the plantation of William L. Adkins of Colorado County. Enlisted in Houston on September 7, 1861. Discharged in December 1861 on acount of measles, inguinal dibility and diarrhea. Described as 5'11" with blue eyes, light hair, and "florid" complexion Enlisted in the 5th Texas Cavalry, Company A on October 18, 1862 at Columbus, TX. He had 2 brother who also served in the 5th Texas Cavalry. Any additional information on this individual or his family would be appreciated. http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/roster/s/slack_sw.html