Please send me your mailing address and I will publish your query in my newspaper column. There is no charge, and the query will appear in three East Texas counties. Might find someone who has the information you seek. Carolyn Ericson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: Garrett Vaught > Hello all, > I really need help on this one. I'm trying to find my G. G.F. James > Pinckney Vaught, who was reported to come from the Nacogdoches area. He had a > son, my G.F., James Oscar Vaught-b.Feb.23, 1897-d. Feb.23, 1897 in Shelby > county Texas at Center. James Oscar had twelve children and there are alot of > Vaught decendants from my grand parents. My grand father and his family lost > touch with his father. My grand father told my mother that he had a cousin, > Garrett Vaught, who was a sheriff for the town of Nacogdoches, I don't know > what years exactly but probably before the 1950's. I would like for anyone > that is descended from Garrett or is related to Garrett or has information on > Garrett to please E-mail me and let me know what information you have. Also > on James Pinckney, I do know that he became a Baptist minister and did attend > the Baptist Convention of 1950 at Tyler, TX. If anyone knows how I can find > information on James Pinckney through the Baptist convention or association > please let me know. I've done a SSDI search on James Pinckney and he is not > listed. Since he was a preacher he may have never gotten a SS card. We were > told that he was buried at Ore City. I've had look ups for Ore City and the > entire county of Upshur and they can't find any Vaught graves. This is my > missing brick. We were told that James Pinckney's father was Peter Vaught, > but since there are several Peter Vaught's I can't make a connection until I > get some dates and better information on James Pinckney. > Thank you for your help, > Troyce Hendricks > >