This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Goseck/Thompson;Prewitt/Pruett;Griswold;Hartt;Shaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/984.1 Message Board Post: Kay, The Nacogdoches County Families book(1986) has a writeup on Rev Richard Menefee and his family--No mention of his sister Martha. He was b.December 1,1809 in Jackson county,Ga. m. Mary B. Collier June 23,1831 in Upson county Ga. d.April 16,1893 is buried on the campus of Chireno School(he donated land for the church - which became the present day school) Home still standing(1986) on his original land in Texas about 5 miles south of Chireno-Nacogdoches county. ******* There is a George Menefee b.1805 in Elbert county,Ga. d.1882 in Nacogdoches,Tx. S/O George and ElizabethTatum Menefee. George and his father were both blacksmiths. ******* 1880 Census Ellis county Texas,Prec # 4. Page 498C James R.Lawhon self 47 b.NC Martha E. wife 39 Ga. Richard A. son 17 La. Nancy E. dau 15 La. George B. son 9 La. Edwin C. son 7 La. Martha A. dau 5 La Sarah E. dau 3 La. ***************** I hope some of this helps or at least gives you some counties and places to search. Scanning you a map of Nacogdoches county that shows Chireno to your email. Good luck with your research, Mary/East Texas