In a message dated 3/29/99 10:54:26 PM Central Standard Time, awetzel@juno.com writes: > 1. Elam, Tillman C., widow Mary A., WA-12233 & WC-8944 filed 9 May 1917 > in OK, also see claim WO-768059, he served in 1868-9 in Co. D of 19th KS > Cav., he died 26 July 1897 in Portland, KS. The descendants of Reuben ELAM proudly claim this one. Thanks, Annette. Regards, Bob Walker

I note with interest your identifiction of Samuel Elam as a Jew. What is your source of information? Samuel Elam (1753-1815) of Rhode Island, was a son of John Elam Sr. (1721-1789) and Mary Frankland Elam (c. 1724-1799) of Leeds in Yorkshire, England. He had several brothers and sisters, listed by Norma Neill in her book on The Elam Family: Quaker Merchants of England and America, pp. 65-66. The family were merchants, involved in clothing and other businesses in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Rhode Island. According to Neill, Samuel went to Newport when his uncle, Gervais (or Gervase) Elam died in 1777. Gervase, who had been engaged in business in VA also became a successful merchant in Rhode Island. Gervase was a Loyalist and his property was seized by the state when he died. Samuel, his nephew and the person whose petition you mention became a permanent resident of Rhode Island, built a mansion in Portsmouth called Vaucluse,in 1792 became a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly and secured passage of a bill that permitted him to sell and dispose of his uncle's seized possessions. Samuel helpled organize the Rhode Island Union Bank and was its presidnet from its establishment to his death in 1815. Neill identifies the family as Quakers. Their ancestry connects back to a long line of Elams in Yorkshire, to at least the mid 1400s. They were separatists who disagreed with the Church of England during the reign of the Tudors. I have seen no other references to them being of Jewish background. Thank you for sharing the information you found. Samuel had to apply for citizenship, I suspect, because he came to America during the Revolution, and afterward he wanted to secure his position in Rhode Island where he was a prominent, prosperous, and politically important figure. He never married as far as I know, and his considerable estate was a subject of ligitation in the courts for years after his death.

The Elam in citation #3 is Francis Marion Elam (1836-1900), my great grandfather. Francis (Frankie) fought with Terry's Texas Rangers in behalf of the CSA and, according to several sources, had 13 horses killed or wounded under him in the course of battle. Francis was one of 13 children and came to Texas from Georgia. The son of Hodijah Elam, who migrated to Georgia from Virginia, Francis also named one of his children Michael Hodijah--my grandfather. FM Elam is buried in Willis, TX along side his wife, Lucy. FM's family line can be traced back to Robert Elam of Chesterfield Co., VA.. So the family line is as follows: 1. Robert Elam (Ann) 1605-1679 2. Gilbert Elam (Ann) 1629-1697 3. Gilbert Elam, Jr. (Mary Hatcher) 1659-1697 4. Robert Elam (Elizabeth Boling) 1684-1753 5. Robert Elam II 1720-1776 6. Branch Elam (Elizabeth Flournoy) 1750-1817 7. Hodijah Elam (Mary Davenport) 1803-1883 8. Francis Marion Elam (Lucy Weisinger) 1836-1900 9. Hodijah Michael Elam (Flossie Pucket) 10. James Frank Elam (Vera Hadley) 1927- 11. Samuel Mark Elam (Margie Rubio) 1957- 12. Matthew Francis Marion Elam 1990- Mark Elam Sugar Land, TX

1. Elam, Tillman C., widow Mary A., WA-12233 & WC-8944 filed 9 May 1917 in OK, also see claim WO-768059, he served in 1868-9 in Co. D of 19th KS Cav., he died 26 July 1897 in Portland, KS. 2. ...The men who planted Providence, and then the Colony, held from the first the power of admitting citizens to these incorporations, and of conferring upon these citizens the rights of Freemen;.........In March, 1789, Samuel Elam, a Jew, presented a petition to the Assembly, stating that he came from Leeds, England; but since the Peace he had dwelt in the United States; and now desired to become a citizen of Rhode Island; and prayed this Assembly to pass an Act for his naturalization. The Assembly enacted "that the said Samuel Elam, be, and he is hereby naturalized, and declared a citizen of this State." Upon taking an oath, "he shall be entitled to all the Rights, Liberties, Privileges, and Immunities of a natural, freeborn, citizen of this State: (Acts and Resolves, March, 1789, p. 11). This act took place about the 10th day of the month. The question turns upon the power of the General Assembly to grant naturalizations at that time. It was done March 10. On the 4th of March, 1789, the U. S. Constitution, having been adopted by nine states, went into effect...Rhode Island had not ratified it [and therefore was not a part]........An English subject did not, under the Charter, require naturalization to become a citizen of Rhode Island...By this act the General Assembly admits that the Charter of 1664 had ceased to exist, and to give English subjects the rights of citizenship here. It also naturalized a Jew...The General Assembly, not the people, proceeded to elect Elam a senator of Rhode Island...." 3. "B. F. Terry, a native of Todd County, Ky., but a Texan by long residence.....was commissioned...to return to Texas and raise a regiment of his own liking to fight his own way. The flower of the State rushed to him in response to his call, in numbers more than wanted, self-equipped.....Such was the ardor for the position of high private in this command, embracing ex-Governor Noble's son, a son and nephew of Sam. Houston, Major Thornton, and J. A. McKenzie, present member of Congress from the second district of Kentucky, that the cry as made by Texan Unionists of "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight' was quickly silenced, and, all in all, from flag-bearer Jones, with sixty thousand acres of land at his back, to Elam, who had fourteen of his own horses shot under him, there was a make-up about the regiment exceptional and strong." ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

--WebTV-Mail-1415483159-433 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit To Kent A. Elam, Jr.: Have you tried to find a death certificate (or?) for Benjamin or a sibling living in that SC county? You might find his father's name that way. Wadyne --WebTV-Mail-1415483159-433 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by postoffice-222.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:52:29 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-2.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id CAA03923; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:52:28 -0800 (PST) From: ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA02190; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:49:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:49:55 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199903201049.CAA02190@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Subject: ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest V99 #47 X-Loop: ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume99/47 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com - ---------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 47 Today's Topics: #1 [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Elams in Rowan Co. ["Kent A. Elam, Jr." <kbjrelam@vill] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ELAM-ROOTS-D, send a message to ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ - ----------------------------

I am curious if there are any researchers who have an Elizabeth Elam (age 38) residing in Rowan county NC, apparently as a widow, in 1870. Listed with her in the 1870 census are the following children; Thomas, 15; Benjamin, 12; Chalmus, 9; Nancy L., 1. I have seen a Benjamin Elam and family living in Rowan Co. in 1900, 1910, and 1920. May be the same as above, the age would indicate so. I would like to know who Elizabeth's husband was. Any help would be appreciated. Kent Elam

Good information! http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/photo/photo.htm

Regarding the Happy99.exe virus, as long as you don't open the file it should not infect your computer. However, as Herman pointed out, this particular virus is extremely widespread at the moment. If even you did not open the Happy99.exe attachment to my original e-mail, it would probably be a good idea to go ahead and follow the instructions for removing it from your computer. Due to the widespread nature of the virus, it is entirely possible that you may have picked it up from some other source and not be aware of it. Better safe than sorry. Cassie

I just purchased an excellent book called "To Our Children's Children, Presrving Family Histories For Generations To Come" by Bob Greene and D.G. Fulford. It is a very user-friendly book that gives you suggestions on how to record your own history and that of your family. When I first heard about the book on the "Today" show, I thought "Who would want to read about my life and what in the world would I write about?" After I began reading the book, I relized that everytday things that may seem trivial to us could be of great interest to future generations. I mean, who among us wouldn't kill to know if Robert Elam had a middle name, where he was born, or even what his hat size was? The book retails for $16.95, but you can get it through Amazon.com for about $12.00. For those of you who have access to the Houston Chronicle's searchable archives (you have to have a subscription to the paper -- they've gotten very uppity about it) there was an article on the same topic in last Sunday's Lifestyle section entitled " For The Record - Historians forr Hire Help Generations Move Ahead by Loooking Back." Because of copyright laws I can't reproduce it here, but I don't think it would be too felonious if anyone wants it for me to send you a copy. Please e-mail me privately at celam@worldnet.att.net if you are interested. Cassie

Cassie, Does this include the digest version you sent,I don't remember if it would open or not.? Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: Cassie Elam <celam@worldnet.att.net> To: <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 12:47 PM Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] RE: MESSAGE I SENT YESTERDAY -- PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY!!! >I have just been informed that a program attached to an e-mail I >received yesterday had a virus attached to it. Fortunately, it's not >the type of virus that eats your hard drive. What it does, however, it >attach itself to every e-mail you send after opening it. I ran the >program through my virus scanning program, but apparently it is too new >to be caught. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS! My computer did >have the virus on it and I had to go through these steps to remove it. >I cannot apologize enough for causing you this problem. It's pretty sad >that even when you run virus scans religiously this sort of thing can >still happen. > >Cassie A. Elam > ><< Friends, > I usually don't forward these messages about virus' because most >are > a hoax. This one is real and called the Happy99.exe Virus. > Unless you have a newly UPDATED virus scan, it won't catch it. Below >are > directions on how to get > rid of this virus. If you don't know much about computer files and the > Windows Registry DO NOT > ATTEMPT THIS. Serious damage could result. The Hampton Roads Law > Enforcment Forum > website, that I'm a member of, just went through a cleaning because of > this virus. It will not destroy > your hard drive or memory, it just plays pretty fireworks in your > emails. My virus scan caught it before it > could attach itself. If you have questions call me by phone > 757-484-1711, if you have this virus. If you > are not capable of following the directions, copy them and take your > machine somewhere to have it > checked. If you have recently run a program that displays fireworks in >a > small window that says > "Happy New Year 1999", most likely your computer has > this worm. > > First, let's get rid of that program and then we'll tell you > more about it. > > NOTE: As far as we know, this worm ONLY affects Windows 95/98/NT > users. Windows 3.1, Macintosh and other operating systems are > apparently not affected. > > ------------ > INSTRUCTIONS > ------------ > 1. Print out these instructions. > 2. Click Start | Shut Down | "Restart Computer in MS-DOS mode" > 3. At the DOS prompt, type the commands below that are in CAPS > exactly, > and press enter at the end of each line: > 4. CD \WINDOWS\SYSTEM > 5. DEL SKA.EXE (Note: If you get a File Not Found error, > either you > are not infected or this file is located somewhere else on your > computer.) > 6. DEL SKA.DLL > 7. COPY WSOCK32.SKA WSOCK32.DLL > 8. Answer "Yes" if it asks if you want to overwrite WSOCK32.DLL. > Explanation: WSOCK32.SKA is a backup of the original WSOCK32.DLL > made by the virus. You are replacing the modified DLL with the > original. > 9. Return to Windows by typing EXIT > > If upon rebooting, Windows displays an error message that it > cannot find SKA.exe, continue with the steps below. Note: Using the > Registry Editor incorrectly can lead to serious problems in Microsoft > Windows and Windows applications. Erols/RCN Internet assumes no > responsibility for mistakes or errors that result of incorrectly using > the > Registry Editor. > > 1. Click Start | Run, then type regedit and click OK. > 2. Click at the + to the left of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > 3. Click at the + to the left of Software > 4. Click at the + to the left of Microsoft > 5. Click at the + to the left of Windows > 6. Click at the + to the left of CurrentVersion. > 7. Look under the following folders: Run, RunOnce, RunOnceEx, > RunServices, RunServicesOnce. Check for SKA.EXE and select it if > it is there. Hit the Delete key. > 8. Close Regedit. > > There is a file that keeps track of anyone you may have > inadvertently sent that file to. It is called: LISTE.SKA and you can > find it under > C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LISTE.SKA > > ------------------------------------- > WORMS? I'VE ONLY HEARD ABOUT VIRUSES! > ------------------------------------- > Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines a worm as: "a > usually small self-contained computer program that invades computers on > a network and usually > performs a malicious action." > > -------------------------- > SO WHAT DOES THIS WORM DO? > -------------------------- > The Happy99.exe is more of a nuisance than a threat. It doesn't > delete any files on your computer. It doesn't open a "back door" into > your computer (as our next TIP > describes). Basically, every time you send an e-mail or post to a > newsgroup, you send a copy of the > worm to the recipients of your message. And if they run the program, > they get infected and then their > messages will send out the worm, and so on. > > For more information, visit the sites below: > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2208275,00.html > > http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/w32ska.htm > > http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0215nk/3093.html > > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM > > >> >

I have just been informed that a program attached to an e-mail I received yesterday had a virus attached to it. Fortunately, it's not the type of virus that eats your hard drive. What it does, however, it attach itself to every e-mail you send after opening it. I ran the program through my virus scanning program, but apparently it is too new to be caught. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS! My computer did have the virus on it and I had to go through these steps to remove it. I cannot apologize enough for causing you this problem. It's pretty sad that even when you run virus scans religiously this sort of thing can still happen. Cassie A. Elam << Friends, I usually don't forward these messages about virus' because most are a hoax. This one is real and called the Happy99.exe Virus. Unless you have a newly UPDATED virus scan, it won't catch it. Below are directions on how to get rid of this virus. If you don't know much about computer files and the Windows Registry DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS. Serious damage could result. The Hampton Roads Law Enforcment Forum website, that I'm a member of, just went through a cleaning because of this virus. It will not destroy your hard drive or memory, it just plays pretty fireworks in your emails. My virus scan caught it before it could attach itself. If you have questions call me by phone 757-484-1711, if you have this virus. If you are not capable of following the directions, copy them and take your machine somewhere to have it checked. If you have recently run a program that displays fireworks in a small window that says "Happy New Year 1999", most likely your computer has this worm. First, let's get rid of that program and then we'll tell you more about it. NOTE: As far as we know, this worm ONLY affects Windows 95/98/NT users. Windows 3.1, Macintosh and other operating systems are apparently not affected. ------------ INSTRUCTIONS ------------ 1. Print out these instructions. 2. Click Start | Shut Down | "Restart Computer in MS-DOS mode" 3. At the DOS prompt, type the commands below that are in CAPS exactly, and press enter at the end of each line: 4. CD \WINDOWS\SYSTEM 5. DEL SKA.EXE (Note: If you get a File Not Found error, either you are not infected or this file is located somewhere else on your computer.) 6. DEL SKA.DLL 7. COPY WSOCK32.SKA WSOCK32.DLL 8. Answer "Yes" if it asks if you want to overwrite WSOCK32.DLL. Explanation: WSOCK32.SKA is a backup of the original WSOCK32.DLL made by the virus. You are replacing the modified DLL with the original. 9. Return to Windows by typing EXIT If upon rebooting, Windows displays an error message that it cannot find SKA.exe, continue with the steps below. Note: Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can lead to serious problems in Microsoft Windows and Windows applications. Erols/RCN Internet assumes no responsibility for mistakes or errors that result of incorrectly using the Registry Editor. 1. Click Start | Run, then type regedit and click OK. 2. Click at the + to the left of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 3. Click at the + to the left of Software 4. Click at the + to the left of Microsoft 5. Click at the + to the left of Windows 6. Click at the + to the left of CurrentVersion. 7. Look under the following folders: Run, RunOnce, RunOnceEx, RunServices, RunServicesOnce. Check for SKA.EXE and select it if it is there. Hit the Delete key. 8. Close Regedit. There is a file that keeps track of anyone you may have inadvertently sent that file to. It is called: LISTE.SKA and you can find it under C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LISTE.SKA ------------------------------------- WORMS? I'VE ONLY HEARD ABOUT VIRUSES! ------------------------------------- Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines a worm as: "a usually small self-contained computer program that invades computers on a network and usually performs a malicious action." -------------------------- SO WHAT DOES THIS WORM DO? -------------------------- The Happy99.exe is more of a nuisance than a threat. It doesn't delete any files on your computer. It doesn't open a "back door" into your computer (as our next TIP describes). Basically, every time you send an e-mail or post to a newsgroup, you send a copy of the worm to the recipients of your message. And if they run the program, they get infected and then their messages will send out the worm, and so on. For more information, visit the sites below: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2208275,00.html http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/w32ska.htm http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0215nk/3093.html http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM >>

Everyone should do find on ska.exe ..this is the happy99 virus going around..If you find this file your computer has the virus go to the following URL and it will tell you how to rid yourself of it.. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2208275,00.html Herman

I just ran across an interesting website wherein you can search all american memory collections that the Library of Congress has on-line. The collections are: African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner , 1935-1955 Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 Selected Civil War Photographs The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1862 An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920 Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920 Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940 Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945 George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799 Hispano Music and Culture: Hispano Music & Culture from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection. Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: a Study Collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 Liberia Maps: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 Map Collections: 1544-1996 Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916 The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections Panoramic Maps Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991 Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964 By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera Railroad Maps, 1828-1900 American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection. The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959 Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896 THe site is at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html Happy hunting! Cassie

Hello Cassie, Thanks for the information, the Lafayette Elam I am looking for was born in Texas and died in Texas (I believe). I don't know when he was born, I know his son my ggrandfather Elmo Thomas Elam was born in 1894 in Texas and died in Alcorn County, MS. Lafayette Elam married Hattie Brewer and after Lafayette died she married W F Parsons in Alcorn County , MS. on Dec. 1, 1900 Kim -----Original Message----- From: Cassie Elam <celam@worldnet.att.net> To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 9:00 PM Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Lafyette Elam >Hi Kim -- > >I don't have a place of birth for him, but I have a Lafayette "Boy" >Elam born 1888 or 1891, died 1970, buried in Brush Creek Church >Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS. He was married to Betty Mills on 26 Aug >1918 and to Anna L. Hilburn on 3 Oct 1906, both in Alcorn County, MS. >His parents were J. Lentern (or Leonard) Elam (b. 1862, d. Aug 1921, >buried Elam Ridge, Lancaster Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS) and Mary A. >"Mollie" Berryman (b. abt 1866, d. 26 Apr 1931, buired Lancaster Cem.). >I got this information from T. Jan Berryman, whose address I don't seem >to have. Can anyone else out there help out? > >Cassie > >

Hi Kim -- I don't have a place of birth for him, but I have a Lafayette "Boy" Elam born 1888 or 1891, died 1970, buried in Brush Creek Church Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS. He was married to Betty Mills on 26 Aug 1918 and to Anna L. Hilburn on 3 Oct 1906, both in Alcorn County, MS. His parents were J. Lentern (or Leonard) Elam (b. 1862, d. Aug 1921, buried Elam Ridge, Lancaster Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS) and Mary A. "Mollie" Berryman (b. abt 1866, d. 26 Apr 1931, buired Lancaster Cem.). I got this information from T. Jan Berryman, whose address I don't seem to have. Can anyone else out there help out? Cassie

Kim, Let me go through some of my notes, seems like I remember seeing something on a LaFayette Elam. I will check it out and get back with you tomorrow. Jayne -----Original Message----- From: Cassie Elam [mailto:celam@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 9:53 PM To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Lafyette Elam Hi Kim -- I don't have a place of birth for him, but I have a Lafayette "Boy" Elam born 1888 or 1891, died 1970, buried in Brush Creek Church Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS. He was married to Betty Mills on 26 Aug 1918 and to Anna L. Hilburn on 3 Oct 1906, both in Alcorn County, MS. His parents were J. Lentern (or Leonard) Elam (b. 1862, d. Aug 1921, buried Elam Ridge, Lancaster Cemetery, Alcorn County, MS) and Mary A. "Mollie" Berryman (b. abt 1866, d. 26 Apr 1931, buired Lancaster Cem.). I got this information from T. Jan Berryman, whose address I don't seem to have. Can anyone else out there help out? Cassie

Carol Sue: Received your e-mail w/the file attachments on William, but my computer will not open a .doc file. Could you snail mail it to me or something? Wait to hear from you. Sorry about the trouble for you. Kay Chappell

Hello, I am trying to find out Lafayette Elam's parents, brothers, etc. He is my gg grandfather, he was married to Hattie Brewer. My grandmother told me he was born in Texas but didn't know what part. His son lived in Alcorn County, MS (Elmo Thomas Elam) who married Mae Henry Dilworth. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Kim Lusk

Check the census records for Pope or Massac counties in southern Ill. The Elams, and Travillions were there. Could be Jefferson was among them. Cathy Elam Gibson jack415@mindspring.com Vchapp@aol.com wrote: > Carol Sue: > I came down from Peter and Nancy S........to Daniel and Jane > Stansberry......to Jefferson and Evealine........to Daniel and Julia > Travillion. > I have some land tranactions where Peter sold land to Epam, Thomas, > Daniel, but I don't have anything showing where Peter called any of them > "son". I have Peter's will and of course the only child mentioned is > Theophilus. > But the one I need help with the most is Jefferson (son of Daniel & > Jane). He is on the 1870 Laurel census with wife and son Daniel, but I can't > find anything about him after 1870. When/where did he die, where is he > buried, what happened to him and his wife ??? As you can see, I really need > help about him. > Anything anybody can do would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Kay >

I too would like Jo Ann (ELAM) Hearns address.I believe she is a first cousin of mine,raised in Danville,Texas west of Willis Texas. thanks Frank Elam ---------- > From: ervin <ervin@border.net> > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Joann Hearn address > Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 7:58 PM > > Which branch of the Texas Elams are you researching? There is more than > one line. > Ervin >