This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/806 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Martha who married John Andrew Wright in Dec 1892 in Mississsippi. Her parents were James Nathan Fuqua and mary Jane Dunn.

I looked in my books for James Fuqua and I do have a James R Fuqua. Just took a quick look and James R Fuqua is the son of Richard Ellis Fuqua. Richard Ellis was a minister and he was married to Rebecca. This is my husbands line..Richard Ellis is his greatgrandfather. Will check to see if this James R Fuqua married a Ball when I get to the library. We have a book of the marriages of Ohio County. Then we can go to the court house and get a copy of the licenses if we have the book and page #. Ohio County has lots of info in their library if you can get one of the people there to help or assist you it would be a gold mine! They are the most unfriendly people if you don't live in Ohio County now to get any assistance or help from. They are mostly young teens wanting to talk about dates and what is going on in school. Let me know if this is the one you might be interested in and I will continue. Good Hunting and a Happy New Year Ginny and Rick

Hi, Any info on Elbert Bennett Fuqua born 1919 in western kentucky (Ohio county?)His was father James Fuqua and mother's maiden name was Ball? Elbert had two sisters Margaret and Florine. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: fuqua/desper/wilson/ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/805 Message Board Post: looking on any information on benjamin fuqua who was a pastor at ff baptist church in overland mo. He was married to a desper and is buried in fee fee cemetery in mo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/804 Message Board Post: Looking for a connection to a family of Fuquas living in Putnam Co. Tenn in the early 40's.** Cookeville, Tn Fate, Frank & sister Ann, these 3 were brothers & sister. Not sure if the name Fate was his correct name. I believe that there is some relation ship ties to my grandfather, George Allen Manier of the putnam & jackson co's Tenn. Would like to know the parents of these Fuqua's If their mother or grandmother was a Manier ?

Claire, where was John Fuqua born? What did the 1850 census reveal about his birthplace? Mildred

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/799.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I don't know a whole lot about this family, but here it is: John Fuqua was married first to "Unknown" and had sons: Henry Washington in 1836 and William on 5 July 1839. John married second: Sally Huggins on 21 Mar 1841 in Bartow Co, GA and they had daughter, Margaret. John married 3rd in 1849: Jane Gentry and had children: John and Jane. William died on 5 July 1917 in Cherokee Co, AL and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Cave Springs, Floyd Co, GA. William married Sarah Burchfield on 1 Sept 1855 in Laurens Co, GA I have no idea who the parents of John Fuqua were. Do you even have a guess??? There are people who have been looking for this answer for years and I would be happy to try to track down anything you might even think you know. This is all the info I have on that family. Do you know anything more? Could this be the William that you are looking for???? Claire

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/799.1.2 Message Board Post: Claire I have a john Fuqua 1850 Gordon Ga Div 12 pg 7/124 with henry 16 william 12 Margarett 8 John 7/12 I think this is my William The age is correct .He has just Married jane Gentry in 1849 I also have him in floyd Ga in1860 still married to Jane .Living next to the gentrys and only John 11 and Jane 8 at home. Do you know of this group? (Sorry i have been out of touch for sometime I had stroke) C KIng cking31109@adelphia.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FUQUA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/802 Message Board Post: FUQUA_Cassie_Lena_1895-1993.JPG FUQUA_John_S_1890-1972_.JPG I photographed these tombstones in the Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use these pictures for your records. These are some of the 28,877 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/508.703.710.2.1 Message Board Post: My family & I went to Navasota over the holidays and we went to the Erwin Cemetery and Navasota Library for research on my great-grandparents. I am searching for the parents of Cecil Fuqua who married Horace Henry O'Brien. They both died in a flu epidemic in 1919. They had one daughter - Mildred O'Brien in 1912 - my grandmother. On a copy of a 1920 Census record from Grimes Co., I show head of household Pierson, wife Beulah, dau Gladys & g-dau Mildred. From a Grimes Co. history book it shows that Simon married Beulah Sanders and that their son, Percy married Birdie Hadley. None of the listings of their children show Gladys or Cecil. Any help on these families would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STEELE, FUQUA, BLAIR, VANDERVILLE, EARHEART, CARTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/801 Message Board Post: I am descended from Archibald Buchanan Steele, son of Andrew Steele and Martha Buchanan, b. Augusta Co., VA; Andrew and Martha died in Davidson Co., TN. Archibald moved to Mississippi before 1816. There are five of us researching Archibald, and we knew he had been married before and had a son, Harper Buchanan Steele, born in TN. Before I found the following letter, none of us had been aware of any daughters. You can imagine our surprise at discovering that he had in addition to Harper, a daughter named Anna and one named Susan. The letter will explain more. Anna must have married a BRYANT before she married John Vanderville (the letter says Vandever), but everything else about her checks out. Anna and Susan were alive when their uncle, Samuel Steele, wrote the letter from Stone's River, TN. Please let me know what you think. Archibald's grandparents were Agnes Bowen McFerrin and Archibald Buchanan, who settled in the Clover Bottom area of Nashville. Agnes was the daughter of John Bowen and Lily McIlhaney of Augusta Co., VA. LETTER FROM SAMUEL STEELE TO ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN STEELE DATED APRIL 22nd , 1853 STONES RIVER (TN) POSTMARKED NASHVILLE, TN, APR 30 5(?) ADDRESSED TO MR. A. B. STEELE ZION HILL P.O. AMITE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TRANSCRIBED FROM COPY OF MICROFILM BY MILDRED BRADY VENITUCCI MICROFILM COPY PREPARED BY PHOTODUPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FEBRUARY, 1972 All the words on the following pages appear on the handwritten document. I have added punctuation for clarity in some instances. When you receive your copy of the original, please study it and correct it if you think it needs it. Mildred B. Venitucci, September 7, 2002 Direct your letters to Stewarts ferry P.O. Stones River April 22 1853 I received your letter this day 22 of April – Which gave me great satisfaction to hear of you from your own pen that you are yet living. Our friends has been taken from us. Let us submit God is two wise to err and too good to do wrong, perhaps our loss is there gain – I am glad to hear of you and your family being in common health Still. I am not well nor never expect to be in this life. You wished to no how many of Our Brothers and Sisters living. John is living on the Caney Fork, is married again, one child. Andrew was living last account in the state of Illinois. Beca last account lived in Misuri state – there was 11 of us children – 3 is all I no of Beside you and myself. I heard from John not long since. Rebeca and Andrew I have not heard from in years – they may be dead – John Castleman is living at same place – he is very hard of hearing – Jacob Earheart has moved to Illinois State. More sikneys (sickness! ) in this neighborhood than ever known, some say for ten, some say for fifteen year all put together. First death at my home my wife and her sister Rebeca said to be Cholera – fever and flu (?) was most fatal. In three months it was thought there were over fifty deaths – it was a distressing time. Son James Steele died at Orelans in 1849. I was security for him buying cedar and nearly broke me up – Still I have a plenty left with Care to do me my lifetime. My wish is to come and see you before I die, but is this using care – to take a cabin passage and then a stage from Natchez to your house – I said with CARE I had enough. You stated you wished to no something concerning your children. They are both living and each of them has grandchildren. John Vandever is dead and Anna married again to a man named Carter – a widower – he was a son-in-law to old John Blair – they are doing well—has several negroes and a home of their own. As for Susan and Tommy Fuqua (or Ferguson?), Tommy is still trying to preach. They are both trying to serve God and get to Heaven. As for this worlds’ goods they have plenty – a home of their own and several negroes. They both have children well thought of and the most of them that’s grown profess Religion. Susan’s all Baptist and Anna’s all Methodist – the most difference now is one wants a little more water than the other but its not all the water in the ocean can wash the Dismal Stain away – ye must Be Born Again- I must state that Jacob Earheart professed Religion since he moved to t! he Illinois – you stated you wished to no how much Scrip (?) I received – 160 acre Land Warrant – I sent on two Discharges – one for Six Month the other for three months – the three months the time we went to Natchez. I also sent an account of three month in Hammonds Company without a Discharge. In sending my warrant they took no account of the three months trip to Natchez, the reason was as I understand, the office in 1813 or 14 was burnt up. They at the War Department certainly no that in 1803 Col. Dorerty’s Regiment of Mounted Volunteers went from Tennessee for New Orleans – if your own oaths won’t prove a scrip or land warrant I think it a doutfull case at this time. I no no one that could make an accurate statement at this time. If you only served three months it only would bring you 40 acres. I could as well as I can recollect make this statement: you served three months in Captain Thomas Williamson Company as a private in Col. Dorertys Regiment of Mounted Militia from East Tennessee. Brother, grant me in your next letter one request: from your statements I cannot tell whether you have passed from Death unto Life. Do let me no (plainly?) if you have been born again of the spirit, if you no the time and place where you received that Faith that works by love and purifies the heart, and if you could – with Old David – say My sins are Separated from me as far as the East from the West and that the love of God is Shead Abroad in my heart by the Holy ghost given unto me. We may have but little of this world’s goods and say its enough if we can but get to heaven. We may have good desires and a hope of getting to heaven when we die—may work and pray and honestly live a Moral life and without faith its impossible to please God. We must have a living faith. Ye must be born again – Brother, if you got Religion, I expect to meet you in Heaven. I have been saying this to myself – If my brother has got religion all is wel! l if he keeps it – if he has not and my goin to see him would be a means in the hand of God of his Conversion here am I. Lord, open the way and send me. Its possible for us to have Every Doubt removed and see our way clear to heaven—give my respects to your family and accepting of my sincere wish for your Safe Arival in Heaven. If you have an old Methodist near you, read this letter to him. I remain your Brother Unto Death, Samuel Steele To A. B. Steele

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FUQUA, STEELE, CARTER, VANDERVILLE, BLAIR, EARHEART, SHANE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/395.399.416.418.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am descended from Archibald Buchanan Steele, son of Andrew Steele and Martha Buchanan, b. Augusta Co., VA; Andrew and Martha died in Davidson Co., TN. Archibald moved to Mississippi before 1816. There are five of us researching Archibald, and we knew he had been married before and had a son, Harper Buchanan Steele, born in TN. Before I found the following letter, none of us had been aware of any daughters. You can imagine our surprise at discovering that he had in addition to Harper, a daughter named Anna and one named Susan. The letter will explain more. Anna must have married a BRYANT before she married John Vanderville (the letter says Vandever), but everything else about her checks out. Anna and Susan were alive when their uncle, Samuel Steele, wrote the letter from Stone's River, TN. Please let me know what you think. Archibald's grandparents were Agnes Bowen McFerrin and Archibald Buchanan, who settled in the Clover Bottom area of Nashville. Agnes was the daughter of John Bowen and Lily McIlhaney of Augusta Co., VA. LETTER FROM SAMUEL STEELE TO ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN STEELE DATED APRIL 22nd , 1853 STONES RIVER (TN) POSTMARKED NASHVILLE, TN, APR 30 5(?) ADDRESSED TO MR. A. B. STEELE ZION HILL P.O. AMITE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TRANSCRIBED FROM COPY OF MICROFILM BY MILDRED BRADY VENITUCCI MICROFILM COPY PREPARED BY PHOTODUPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FEBRUARY, 1972 All the words on the following pages appear on the handwritten document. I have added punctuation for clarity in some instances. When you receive your copy of the original, please study it and correct it if you think it needs it. Mildred B. Venitucci, September 7, 2002 Direct your letters to Stewarts ferry P.O. Stones River April 22 1853 I received your letter this day 22 of April – Which gave me great satisfaction to hear of you from your own pen that you are yet living. Our friends has been taken from us. Let us submit God is two wise to err and too good to do wrong, perhaps our loss is there gain – I am glad to hear of you and your family being in common health Still. I am not well nor never expect to be in this life. You wished to no how many of Our Brothers and Sisters living. John is living on the Caney Fork, is married again, one child. Andrew was living last account in the state of Illinois. Beca last account lived in Misuri state – there was 11 of us children – 3 is all I no of Beside you and myself. I heard from John not long since. Rebeca and Andrew I have not heard from in years – they may be dead – John Castleman is living at same place – he is very hard of hearing – Jacob Earheart has moved to Illinois State. More sikneys ! (sickness) in this neighborhood than ever known, some say for ten, some say for fifteen year all put together. First death at my home my wife and her sister Rebeca said to be Cholera – fever and flu (?) was most fatal. In three months it was thought there were over fifty deaths – it was a distressing time. Son James Steele died at Orelans in 1849. I was security for him buying cedar and nearly broke me up – Still I have a plenty left with Care to do me my lifetime. My wish is to come and see you before I die, but is this using care – to take a cabin passage and then a stage from Natchez to your house – I said with CARE I had enough. You stated you wished to no something concerning your children. They are both living and each of them has grandchildren. John Vandever is dead and Anna married again to a man named Carter – a widower – he was a son-in-law to old John Blair – they are doing well—has several negroes and a home of their own. As for Susan and Tommy Fuqua (or Ferguson?), Tommy is still trying to preach. They are both trying to serve God and get to Heaven. As for this worlds’ goods they have plenty – a home of their own and several negroes. They both have children well thought of and the most of them that’s grown profess Religion. Susan’s all Baptist and Anna’s all Methodist – the most difference now is one wants a little more water than the other but its not all the water in the ocean can wash the Dismal Stain away – ye must Be Born Again- I must state that Jacob Earheart professed Religion since he move! d to the Illinois – you stated you wished to no how much Scrip (?) I received – 160 acre Land Warrant – I sent on two Discharges – one for Six Month the other for three months – the three months the time we went to Natchez. I also sent an account of three month in Hammonds Company without a Discharge. In sending my warrant they took no account of the three months trip to Natchez, the reason was as I understand, the office in 1813 or 14 was burnt up. They at the War Department certainly no that in 1803 Col. Dorerty’s Regiment of Mounted Volunteers went from Tennessee for New Orleans – if your own oaths won’t prove a scrip or land warrant I think it a doutfull case at this time. I no no one that could make an accurate statement at this time. If you only served three months it only would bring you 40 acres. I could as well as I can recollect make this statement: you served three months in Captain Thomas Williamson Company as a private in Col. Dorertys Regiment of Mounted Militia from East Tennessee. Brother, grant me in your next letter one request: from your statements I cannot tell whether you have passed from Death unto Life. Do let me no (plainly?) if you have been born again of the spirit, if you no the time and place where you received that Faith that works by love and purifies the heart, and if you could – with Old David – say My sins are Separated from me as far as the East from the West and that the love of God is Shead Abroad in my heart by the Holy ghost given unto me. We may have but little of this world’s goods and say its enough if we can but get to heaven. We may have good desires and a hope of getting to heaven when we die—may work and pray and honestly live a Moral life and without faith its impossible to please God. We must have a living faith. Ye must be born again – Brother, if you got Religion, I expect to meet you in Heaven. I have been saying this to myself – If my brother has got religion all ! is well if he keeps it – if he has not and my goin to see him would be a means in the hand of God of his Conversion here am I. Lord, open the way and send me. Its possible for us to have Every Doubt removed and see our way clear to heaven—give my respects to your family and accepting of my sincere wish for your Safe Arival in Heaven. If you have an old Methodist near you, read this letter to him. I remain your Brother Unto Death, Samuel Steele To A. B. Steele

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/395.399.416.418.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Mildred Yes, those were her parents. Please post the information you found.....thanks!! Jan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FUQUA, STEELE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/395.399.416.418.1 Message Board Post: Jan, If your Nancy came from Davidson Co., TN, and was the daughter of Susan Steele and Thomas Fuqua, I have some brand-new information which I discovered in the archives at LSU in Baton Rouge. Just let me know if we are talking about the same folks. Thanks, Mildred

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fuqua Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/800 Message Board Post: Hi all! I was just interested in finding out a little bit about my family's heritage, so I did a google search on my last name. I'm really interested in hearing from other Fuqua's out there, so feel free to drop me a line: e-mail: deadgrrrl23@yahoo.com AIM: Jenn021282 Yahoo Msg.: deadgrrrl23 website: http://www.livejournal.com/users/jenn021282 Hope to hear from you soon! Jennifer Fuqua

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYX.2ACEB/794.1.2.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you was so in hopes some one would know who Martha Sprouse was. Her husband Lafayette Fuqua has been hard enough to find. They are my greatg grand parents Anna Mae

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/794.1.2.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I have no idea who Martha's parents were. Claire

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/799.1 Message Board Post: The parents of Andrew Monroe Fuqua were Col. Washington Rayburn Fuqua (7 July 1799-24 Nov 1878) and Rebecca Wilson (15 Oct 1799-15 Sept 1870. Claire Fuqua in Denver