I've posted this query elsewhere, but thought I'd add it to the list,
too:
I'm searching for the ancestry of James A. Chaffin (b.c. 1806, VA; d.
1879, San Augustine Co, TX), a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto (21
Apr 1836 near present-day Houston: Army of the Republic of Texas under
Sam Houston vs. Mexican army under Santa Anna). According to the
webpage of the Herzstein Library at the San Jacinto Museum, he arrived
in Texas about 1835, and, for many years after Texas independence, ran a
saloon in San Augustine, Texas. I'm curious to know which Virginia
family of Chaffins he descended from and whether he came to Texas
directly from Virginia, or, as was often the case, whether he came
through an intervening state. Thanks.
Scott Chafin
Houston, Texas