Hi List, I read the manuscript by John Vestal Jr and found it very interesting. How wonderful when our ancestors leave something of this nature. I notice that John mentions an uncle named Zimri Vestal who went to Texas. I am almost sure then that Zimri ended up in Lamar County, TX. In an 1846 Texas poll tax list it list a Zimuel Vestal in Lamar County. Also in Lamar County was Jacob or Joab Vestal (this is my line). I am not sure what happened to Zimri, but Jacob ends up on the 1850 Lamar County TX Mortality schedule. His widow is in the 1850 census. In 1840 Joab and Z. Vestal are in Benton County AR. I see that Zimri married Mary Brownfield in Hendricks county IN. In 1870 Lamar County there is a William B Vestal and in his house in Mary Vestal 62 and born in IN. This william on this census is 26 and born in AR. I wonder if anyone was trying to reasearch this William B Vestal. If you are and stumped this may be your answer. This possibly could be widow and son of Zimri. I hope to eventually find how my line, Joab Vestal fits into the Vestal family. Good hunding, Ramona