This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1555.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks again Justin for all the information. You have been most helpful. What I neglected to mention in my original post was a marriage between R. J. McNorton and Edny Pace on 23 Feb 1858 in Smith Co, TX as listed in Texas Marriages 1851-1900. I am assuming [and you know how dangerous that can be] that this is the same R. J. McNorton and Edna who gave birth to John in 1859 as listed on the 1860 census for Kaufman Co. And then Edna marrying Ludvig Anderson in 1866 and John 11 living with them in Cherokee Co in 1870 but R. J. McNorton not appearing in either Kaufman, Smith or Cherokee [or any other place I've search] in 1870. I think at this point with the information you have furnished that I can rule out the probability that R. J. McNorton is buried in any one of many unmarked graves in Loftin Cemetery. If he died in MS in 1862 or 1863 I would think the chances of his being brought back to Smith Co, TX for burial would be slim to none. There is one CSA monument in Loftin Cem for E. R. Stripling 24 Dec 1835 - 7 Jun 1918, Sgt Co D 22 Texas Inf, CSA but no marker of any kind for any McNorton. Rex