Hi I have Rhoda and Elbert's pension records. You can also download them from this site: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Janice Redmon Smith [SMTP:lippy01@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:18 PM > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Nancy Faircloth and James (Jim) Taylor--Georgia, Florida > > Hey, I found where I got my info. It was in a manella > folder in another file cabinet in a Faircloth folder. > The packet was mailed to me from Robert J.(Bob) > Faircloth from Houston, Texas back around 1999. Exact > date is not stamped on the package but I received > emails and query messages from him about that time. > He said he got Rebecca's surname, Peterson, from > Abraham's pension record and widow's pension record. > I don't have a copy of it though. He fought in the > Florida Indian Wars. Bob said he had been to Faircloth > reunions held at Stone Mountain, GA. The package had > some copies of letters written to him from Geraldine > Clemmons she was asking him where in Alabama the > children were born. She was the grand daughter of > Elizabeth Faircloth. He said, he had first met her at > the first reunion held at Sone Mountain, GA. in the > late 70s. > I have some of the Faircloth info out of her and Ann > Wells book but I don't recall if she said anything > about Elizabeth in it. I'll have to look to see if I > can find it. > Oh, here in some notes it says Eliza never married. > She's probably buried at Union Hill with the rest of > the Faircloths in an unmarked grave. That is totally a > guess and an opinion based on she was a single woman. > Please, don't take it and run to the fact sheet with > it. > I would think pension records and widow records would > serve as a good resource since usually it the person > themselves who give the information. > This is something we need further research on, I would > think. > Janice Redmon Smith > > > --- Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I don't remember where I got my info from about > > Rebecca being a Peterson. I have packed up all my > > resources because we moved. I am in the process of > > filing them into a new file cabinet now. I don't > > know > > when I'll get to that box. > > In the mean time, I'll put both names into my FTM > > datafile. This time I'm going to put my source on > > the > > Peters. > > This is what I have on them. > > Descendants of ABRAHAM FAIRCLOTH > > > > 1 ABRAHAM FAIRCLOTH b: January 18, 1813 in Laurens > > Co. Georgia d: 1877 in Holmes Co., Florida Burial: > > Union Hill Bap. Ch. Cem., Bethlehem Community, > > Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida > > ..+REBECCA PETERSON b: February 04, 1833 in Georgia > > d: > > October 30, 1909 in Holmes Co. Florida m: December > > 06, > > 1849 in Coffee Co., Alabama Burial: Union Hill Bap. > > Ch. Cem., Bethlehem Community, Bonifay, Holmes > > County, > > Florida > > .2 ELBERT L. FAIRCLOTH b: October 21, 1850 in > > Alabama > > d: April 19, 1935 in Holmes Co., Florida Burial: > > Union > > Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem Community, > > Holmes County, Florida > > .....+RHODA MISSOURI WOODALL b: February 13, 1859 in > > Geneva County, Alabama d: April 15, 1940 in Holmes > > Co., Florida m: Abt. 1877 in Unknown Burial: Union > > Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem Community, > > Holmes County, Florida > > .2 Catherine Faircloth b: April 11, 1852 in Alabama > > d: Unknown > > .....+Joe Hagans d: Unknown > > .2 Eliza Faircloth b: January 17, 1854 in Alabama > > d. > > Unknown > > .2 William Faircloth b: January 12, 1856 in Holmes > > Co, Florida d: August 18, 1861 > > .2 Matilda Faircloth b: March 08, 1857 in Holmes > > Co, > > Florida d: September 06, 1948 > > .....+Daniel J. Paul d: Unknown > > .2 John David Faircloth b: April 27, 1861 in > > Florida > > d: April 18, 1940 in Holmes Co., Florida Burial:> > > Union > > Hill Bap. Ch. Cem., Bethlehem Community, Bonifay, > > Holmes County, Florida > > .....+Mary Ellen Woodall b: May 20, 1861 in Alabama > > d: > > July 08, 1936 in Holmes Co, Florida Burial: Mount > > Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy. 79, Bonifay, > > Holmes County, Florida > > .2 [1] Mary Elizabeth Faircloth b: February 04, > > 1864 > > in Holmes Co, Florida d: October 20, 1940 in Holmes > > County, Florida Burial: Bethlehem Cemetery, Holmes > > County, Florida > > .....+Zeke Harris d: Unknown m: 1881 She was about > > 16 > > yrs old when she married. > > .*2nd Husband of [1] Mary Elizabeth Faircloth: > > .....+Richard French d: May 22, 1926 in Holmes Co, > > Florida m: February 12, 1884 in His house in Holmes > > Co, Florida > > .2 Gadsey Faircloth b: August 18, 1867 in Holmes > > Co, > > Florida d: October 12, 1925 > > .....+John Wesley Barrentine b: July 27, 1862 in > > Alabama d: Unknown m: Abt. 1881 > > .2 Abram Faircloth b: January 18, 1869 in Holmes > > Co, > > Florida d: August 04, 1897 in Holmes Co., Florida > > Burial: Union Hill Bap. Ch. Cem., Bethlehem > > Community, > > Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida > > > > --- Angela Williams <williamsa@nsu.law.nova.edu> > > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I had seen various sources with the name "Peters" > > > and some with "Peterson" as Rebecca's maiden name. > > > > > However, I have the death certificate for Abraham > > > and Rebecca's oldest son, Elbert L. Faircloth. It > > > lists his parents as "Abraham Faircloth" born in > > > North Carolina and "Rebecca Peters" born in > > Georgia. > > > The informant on Elbert's death certificate was > > > W.R. Faircloth (I think this is his son, William > > > Robert). So...for now, I'm going to rely on this > > > source for the name "Peters." > > > > > > I don't know who Eliza married, actually. I don't > > > know much about the children of Abraham and > > Rebecca, > > > except for Elbert, who I am directly descended > > from. > > > The place I usually go to hunt down information > > is > > > to the Holmes County U.S. genweb pages. It has > > > lists for many cemeteries in Holmes County > > > (including Union Hill where both Elbert and > > Abraham > > > are buried). I'll do a little sleuthing and get > > > back to you if I find anything. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Michael S. Barnes > > > [SMTP:mbarnes@centurytel.net] > > > > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 1:18 PM > > > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Nancy Faircloth and > > James > > > (Jim) Taylor--Georgia, Florida > > > > > > > > Janice: > > > > I actually had the name Rebecca Peters (b. > > > 2/4/1833 and d. > > > > 10/30/1909) rather than Peterson. I do not have > > > anything on her parents. > > > > Which is correct? > > > > > > > > Does anyone have other information on Abraham > > > Faircloth: I only have his > > > > death date as 1877 and no marriage date? BTW, > > > their daughter Eliza > > > > Faircloth, b. 1/17/1854 married a French, but > > > which one? > > > > Thank you for any help you can give. > > > > > > > > Michael Barnes > > > > 425.888.9763 > > > > mbarnes@centurytel.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Janice Redmon Smith > > > [mailto:lippy01@yahoo.com] > > > > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:09 AM > > > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Nancy Faircloth and > > James > > > (Jim) Taylor--Georgia, > > > > Florida > > > > > > > > It's Rebecca Peterson married Abraham. > > > > You probably have that in your records and > > memory > > > just > > > > misserved you. > > > > Janice Redmon Smith > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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