This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vinson, Champion Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/626.1 Message Board Post: I have a Josephus Vinson b. February 22, 1838 d. November 25, 1915. He married Mary Champion on February 14, 1865 in Stewart County Tennessee. Both Joe and Mary are buried in the Newport Cemetery, Newport, Texas. There children were Thomas Brandon Vinson and William Paul Vinson. Additional Information I have obtained is as follows: Josephus Vinson : Company D Unit 50 Tennessee Infantry Rank-Private Box #231 Extraction #44 Record #3868 Allegiance: Confederate Clerk of Crocketts Creek - Source: History of Stewart County Baptist Association 1910 Clay County Census VINSON, Joe h 71 TN TN KY 6-178 Mary N. w 65 TN KY KY Jesse gs 15 OK KY TX The Jesse listed in the 1910 Census with Joe and Mary is my husbands grandfather. If this family connects I have a great deal of information on this family line dating back to the early 1700's in Maryland and Virginia. I will be happy to share, please contact me via this message board or my email is [email protected]