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While browsing for genealogical information at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville library, I looked up the name GUYMON in several books of Coats of Arms.
In the Reistap Armorial, a very old book with very thin pages, I found a GUYMON
Coat of Arms, with its armorial description. The notation below the name was 'Il. de Fr. Vs.', which
was a region near Paris, before some leader decided to parcel it out to his buddies. I
do not believe it is an official region today.
I have rendered a color version based on the following description:
"Blah blah blah
blah blah and so on.
I need to find it again
in my research notes.
Claiming this coat of arms, based on the rules as I understand them, would be difficult. It could be done, but of course, we would have to prove first son of first son of first son of etc. etc. etc.
Good Luck...
I once sent off for one of those $29.95 dollar specials, which would return to me the Guymon Family History, and a coat of arms. What you get, is a book on general heraldry, and genealogy, with a list of Guymon families, probably gleaned from phone book data bases. The coat of arms was a green oak tree on a gold mound, which is found on many coats of arms for families like 'Guy', 'Gaymont', and other similar and dissimilar names. Finding a real Guymon family coat of arms seems much better.
If any one has found other Guymon coats of arms, or has any other information, please send me a copy, and I will put it on the WEB...