With a new administrator for the Llano Co site, I am posting again the branches which I am searching from Llano and Mason Co families in hopes it will trigger information some of you have stored away. Maybe the new millenium opens up new horizons for us all. First, I am searching for information on the parentage of Captain Christopher Guess "Kit" Wood, b 1/22/1819 in Indiana, m Mary Jane Gholson, and who was in Ft Mason, TX by shortly after third child was born in 1851. Died in Mason Co 12/24/1889 and his wife died there 6/8/1884, both buried at Gooch Cemetery in Mason. His parents were supposedly Thomas S Wood, b England, son of Samuel Wood, and Sarah Pearson, b S Carolina, daughter of Joseph Pearson, but nothing else is known except that Thomas and Sarah were married 11/20/1816 in Orange Co, Indiana. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kit Wood lived with his parents in Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky, and his future wife lived across the river in Kentucky. Married in Kentucky, ?? and then came to Texas. (Note: this does not agree with data available about Dr Jacob J Gholson, his father in law, who first came to Texas in 1830-but apparently family didn't come to Texas until later years) Came to Texas about 1839 at the age of 19. Oct 11, 1847, received a grant of 320 acres in Cherokee Co, TX.. Listed in 1845 tax records in Nacogdoches, TX, a territory that included several counties, Cherokee being one of these. His oldest child Jacob, on papers concerning his Confederate Army Service pension, dated Nov 29, 1912, states that he was 67 years old and born in Cherokee, TX. Moved next to Navarro Co, TX, where second child was born in 1849. By 1851 family was on the way to Fort Mason, Texas; living awhile in McLennan Co, TX, where third child was born. Fourth child born in Fort Mason, TX. Reported to have carried with him in later years his bible when travelling in a wagon. In this Bible, it is said that he also had a list of his ancestry. What became of the old Bible is unknown, and there are no known pictures of he and his wife. Elected Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Mason, TX Oct 2, 1875 Also searching for the parentage of William A McGinty and Lucretia Arnold. He was born 7/2/1809, d 3/17/1894 and she was born 8/4/1812 and d 2/14/1883. They moved to Goliad in 1850,eventually to Mason Co and many of their children lived in Mason Co area for much of the remainder of the century. Had 10 children as per family bible records: 1. John Robert McGinty, b 4/25/1834, d 8/18/1835 2. Unnamed infant girl, b/d 1836 3. William Marion McGinty, b 9/21/1837, d 9/27/1910 4. Thomas Jefferson McGinty, b 1/26/1840, d 2/18/1863 5. MaryAnn Loretta Francis McGinty, b 5/13/1842, d 12/24/1919 , m Josephus Sparrow 6. Cordeliann McGinty (keeper of the family bible), b 1/9/1844 in Milletsville, GA, d 6/16/1930 in Mason Co, TX at home of daughter; m 1st Laban E Cornett and had two children (Brackston Cornett and Cordelia Lucretia Cornett Wood), m 2nd AH Sherrill 7. Christopher Columbus McGinty, b 9/18/1845, m Ann Taylor and had two children (Annie Margaret McGinty and Lucretia Emericus McGinty) 8. Samuel Americus McGinty, twin to CC, b 9/18/1845, m Julia E Montgomery 9. Vespusius Jonas McGinty, b 8/13/1848, d 9/10/1849 10. Unknown (or unnamed) b 2/13/1850, may not have lived long.