Hi Monterey! I can't thank you and Allen Pitts and George Purvis enough. My expertise is in oil not the civil war. I am a peak oil researcher. George Renick and wife Mary Renick and their son James Renick were all born in Scotland. It took 80 years for the Renick family to get to Mississippi. They lived in Anson County North Carolina, York County, South Carolina, Lincoln County Kentucky. Then James's Son William H. Renick, Davidson County, Tennessee, Shelby, Fayette, and Hardeman County, Tennesse. William's son Tippah County, Mississippi. George and Mary Renick's children were James, John, Mary (sometime called Polly), Elizabeth, Jean and Agnes. The spelling of the family names from documents dating back this far are: Renneck, Reynick, Renix, Renik, Rennick, Renic, Rhinick, Reneck and Rinck. Mary Renick's 1806 will was signed by Mary and witnessed by Dr. Josiah Moore and I have a copy, they spelled her name 3 different ways in the same will. Reynick, Rennick, and Renick. James Renick, Son of George and Mary Renick, and brother to Mary Renick, was in the Revolutionary War. We have his records from SC. James Renick entered service in the service in SC Militia in 1775 under General Andrew Williamson. He Was at Brier Creek, Stone, King's Mountain, Blackstocks, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs and was at Charlestown. He was born in Scotland 28 May, 1753 and died 2 october 1838 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. His sister Mary Renick, daughter of Mary and George Renick, was born 30 January 1760 and died May 22, 1852 in Madison County Mississippi. She was married to Elijah Fleming, Revolutionary War Soldier, who died in SC in 1804. In 1833, Mary Renick Fleming and 5 of her 6 adult children moved to Mississippi. The children of Elijah and Mary (Renick) Fleming were (1) John Leander Fleming (2) William boyd Walker Fleming (3) George Anson Fleming (4) Rachel Ada Fleming (5) Eliza Malinda Fleming (6) Mary Fleming. Mary Fleming did not move to Mississippi with her mother, she stayed in SC and married a man with the family name of Standifer. A descendant of Mary Renick Fleming said that they were not aware there was another Renick Family in Mississippi. James Renick (Son of George & Mary), and brother to Mary Fleming Renick, married Jane Dyal. Their children were (1) William H. Renick, (2) James Jr. (3) John Renick (4) Polly (5) Rachel (6) Rhody (7) Rhody (8) Richard (9) Elizabeth (10) Samuel. William H. Renick lived in West Tennessee and was very close to the Titus Family from West Tennessee. He named his first son James Titus Renick. William H. Renick was at one time a Memphis Doctor, he married Ann Rogers. William Harrod Renick was married, I think 4 times. He also married a Logan girl. William H. Renick and Ann Rogers children were (1). James Titus Renick, (2) Racheal (3) Thomas S. Renick (4) William L Renick (5) Pheobe Ann (6) Elizabeth and (7) Martha. Our knowledge is Thomas S. Renick went off to the civil war and never came home. No one knows what unit or anything about him. He was a Chain carrier with his brother William L. Renick in West Tennessee, as land surveying party. They did most of their surveying in Hardeman County, Tennessee. At this time James Titus Renick (before he moved to Tippah County Miss), lived in Fayette County, Tennessee. The Fayette County Court house burned down in 1925 and a lot of the records from the 1820's onwards were lost. If you look at the map, Tippah county, Mississippi touches Hardman County, Tennessee. James Titus Renick, moved to Tippah County Mississippi around 1836 from around LaGrange, Tennessee. His father William H. Renick stayed in Tennessee. His Uncle John Renick, brother to William Harrod Renick, I have no idea what happened to him. He would have been too old for the civil war. James Titus Renick (before he moved to Tippah county Miss) is on records of Hardeman County, Tennessee. What ever happened to his brothers Thomas S. Renick and William L. Renick, I don't know. I know who and where all of his sisters Racheal, Phobeb Ann and Elizabeth married and lived. I know all of the Records for Tippah and Benton Counties. I know all of the Renick's in the graveyards. I know every record for the Renick's for Tippah and Benton County Miss. I can't find any record for any John Renick, Co. G, 2nd Miss Cav. who lived in Tippah or Benton County Miss., during or before the civil war. This John Renick could be a half brother, or a cousin of James Titus Renick. Maybe he's a son of his Tennessee brother Thomas S. Renick or William L Renick? But if he's real, he is not from Tippah County Miss. If he's real, he has to be from Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, Davidson Counties,Tennessee. I can find James Titus Renick on the muster roll, I can find his sons on the muster rolls, William Jasper Renick, Andrew Jackson Renick, and Thomas J. Renick. The tombstone just says John Renick, Co G. Second Miss Cav. It didn't look old, it's under a huge oak tree that I play under in the 50's and early 60's but I don't remember it, but that doesn't mean anything. But I've been in Georgia for 10 years, before that, 16 years in Saudi Arabia, 2 years in Yemen. So I had not been in that graveyard in about 30 years. I am Keith Renick. My Father is John Alton Renick, his Father is John Jasper Renick, his father is William Wallace Renick, his father is William Jasper Renick, his father is James Titus Renick, his father is William Harrod Renick (TN) his father was James Renick and his father was George Renick. James and George are the KY, NC and SC part of the family. I am still trying to find my cousin to see if he put up this John Renick tombstone. All of you guys are very smart and very kind and very helpful, Thanks Monterey, Thanks Allen Pitts and Thanks George P. P.S. Old Man Clovis Renick who was about my granddaddy's age said that James Titus Renick had a brother that lived near James Titus but there is no record and I can't find any proof that he had a full brohter and there is no Tippah County record for him, but he did have an Uncle John Renick who would have been too old for the civil war. James Titus Renick was 56 during the civil war. Again, he could have been a half brother or cousin, but there are no Benton or Tippah County Records of him. Many Thanks, Keith Renick, Peachtree City, Ga.