Jackie, you won't believe this. I have some descriptions of land that bordered the land that my Pyburn's were on, so I hunted online for some old maps, and found that the one neighbor was on the fork of the Tensaw lake and River, and another, whose land started at Pyburn Creek (not on any map I can find) was on the Eastern edge of Tensaw lake. The map I found was of the Creek war, and not far from Tensaw Lake is Fort Mims! I had no idea! No wonder my Jacob was in the war of 1812, he was a neighbor of those murdered there! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Matte" <matteja@bellsouth.net> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Early records online > Jen, thanks for providing this information. I wrote the History of > Washington County: First County in Alabama in 1982--480 pages on a > typewriter! Sure wish these lists had been so easily available at that time. > Currently, I am abstracting the records of Old St. Stephens in preparation > for writing a narrative history. I have abstracted land records, estate > papers, deed records, newspaper (Halcyon & Tombecbe`), post masters, etc. > We have many of the Spanish records and someone else is translating them, > but it is slow going with the old writing. The records on the website you > gave will be a big help. Sure wish I could find more about the Choctaw who > lived at Hobuckintoopa (St. Stephens) before the Spanish established Fort > San Esteban there in 1789. The 1803 Treaty of Hobuckintoopa was signed by > the "chiefs residing on the Tombigbee, near St. Stephens." If you know of > any sources on the Internet, please let me know. I have also written a book > on the Choctaws in Washington and Mobile Counties --They Say the Wind is > Red. It is their oral history, supplemented by documentation. It contains > many names and sources that are helpful to for Choctaw research. My website > is http://matte.accessgenealogy.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jennifer" <jenniferhsrn@cablelynx.com> > To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:11 AM > Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Early records online > > > > The following site has some information online on censuses before 1800 > under the Spanish. Some of the families who intermarry within the Choctaw > nation show up on some of the pages. The information is under > British/Spanish records. The Washington County page at rootsweb has also > added some records. Jen > > > > http://www.trackingyourroots.com/ > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > To Unsubscribe: > > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to CHAHTA-L list discussions on history, culture, language. Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes, nothing in the subject line, turn off signatures. > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > >

Isn't this fun?? Discovering new clues is the best part of research. J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer" <jenniferhsrn@cablelynx.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Early records online > Jackie, you won't believe this. I have some descriptions of land that > bordered the land that my Pyburn's were on, so I hunted online for some old > maps, and found that the one neighbor was on the fork of the Tensaw lake and > River, and another, whose land started at Pyburn Creek (not on any map I can > find) was on the Eastern edge of Tensaw lake. The map I found was of the > Creek war, and not far from Tensaw Lake is Fort Mims! I had no idea! No > wonder my Jacob was in the war of 1812, he was a neighbor of those murdered > there! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie Matte" <matteja@bellsouth.net> > To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Early records online > > > > Jen, thanks for providing this information. I wrote the History of > > Washington County: First County in Alabama in 1982--480 pages on a > > typewriter! Sure wish these lists had been so easily available at that > time. > > Currently, I am abstracting the records of Old St. Stephens in > preparation > > for writing a narrative history. I have abstracted land records, estate > > papers, deed records, newspaper (Halcyon & Tombecbe`), post masters, etc. > > We have many of the Spanish records and someone else is translating them, > > but it is slow going with the old writing. The records on the website you > > gave will be a big help. Sure wish I could find more about the Choctaw who > > lived at Hobuckintoopa (St. Stephens) before the Spanish established Fort > > San Esteban there in 1789. The 1803 Treaty of Hobuckintoopa was signed by > > the "chiefs residing on the Tombigbee, near St. Stephens." If you know > of > > any sources on the Internet, please let me know. I have also written a > book > > on the Choctaws in Washington and Mobile Counties --They Say the Wind is > > Red. It is their oral history, supplemented by documentation. It contains > > many names and sources that are helpful to for Choctaw research. My > website > > is http://matte.accessgenealogy.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jennifer" <jenniferhsrn@cablelynx.com> > > To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:11 AM > > Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Early records online > > > > > > > The following site has some information online on censuses before 1800 > > under the Spanish. Some of the families who intermarry within the Choctaw > > nation show up on some of the pages. The information is under > > British/Spanish records. The Washington County page at rootsweb has also > > added some records. Jen > > > > > > http://www.trackingyourroots.com/ > > > > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > > To Unsubscribe: > > > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to CHAHTA-L list discussions on history, culture, language. > Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes, > nothing in the subject line, turn off signatures. > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Try Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST pages at http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.html for CHOCTAW Muster Rolls, Orphans lists, censuses, land records, etc. > >