My Great grandfather Samuel Americus McGinty gave Ozona as his mailing address on his Civil War application for pension on May 1, 1911. He served in David Terry's Regiment for three years during the war. He also stated on his application that his occupation was Blacksmith and that he had lived in Crockett County for seven years which means he moved there in about 1904. I have an original business card of his dated 1914 in Ozona, Texas and it states that he is a bit & saddle maker. He was supposed to make great spurs as well. In 1916 we know that he passed away at age 71 in his daughter's home in Mertzon, Texas.

I have a copy of OZONA, a light brown cover with a windmill on the front, which is a very interesting book. However I can find no mention of S.A. McGinty.

Please help if you can.
Sincerly,
Dorman McGinty
dorman454@aol.com

His wife was Julia E. Montgomery and we heard that she was possibly buried in an unmarked grave in Sonora, Texas.

One of their sons, Thomas Jefferson McGinty, was a stagecoach driver somewhere in that part of Texas