This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Joyce and Roberts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hc.2ADE/804 Message Board Post: Does any one know any information about the family of Dr. Andrew Joyce, born abt 1814 S.C., moved to Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia about 1845 and left Marietta about 1866. 1860 Census of Marietta city, Cobb County, Georgia, page 259 A, house 283, family 272: A.J. Joyce, age 46, male, farmer, Real Estate $88,000, personal property, $177,000, born SC. M. L. Joyce, age 40, female, born S. C. J.H. Joyce, age 16, male, born S. C. Edna Joyce, age 14, born S. C. R. A. Joyce, age 11, born S. C. Lilley Joyce, age 6, born S. C. W. W. Roberts, age 20, male, born Georgia T. M. L. Roberts, age 18, female, born South Carolina. Died, at the home of his son-in-law, W.W. Roberts, in the city, Dr. A. J. Joice, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Believe the following was written for a newspaper in Tyler, Texas about 1889. It was taken from a scrap book with no name or newspaper or date. Dr. Joice was a Native of Greenville, S.C.; a son of J.H. Joice, who had accumulated considerable fortune. Dr. Joice moved to Marietta, Ga., where he lived until November 1865. Having lost some 150 negroes (freed), he determined to regain his loss. In company with two other young men, one from Virginia and the other from Louisiana, he went to New Orleans, where they secured a cargo of cotton, carried it to Cuba, and exchanged it for tobacco, cigars, etc., which they took back to New Orleans and there bartered for other supplies. Having made two successful trips, they attempted the third, which they intended to be the last one, but unfortunately they were captured by a Cuban man-of-war, their cargo, money, etc., confiscated, and themselves made prisoners. They were left in close confinement, under guard. They were sometimes allowed prison bounds, but no communication whatever with America. Dr. Joice's family and friends gave him up for dead. In May 1888, a lady friend, a woman of some distinction, effected their escape. A New York gentleman secretly conveyed them in a fruit boat to a ship bound for Liverpool, and concealed them in the hold. From Liverpool they came to New York; then in an American ship to New Orleans. In New Orleans Dr. Joice was taken care of, and sent to the hospital by "The Ladies' Aid Society," being in bad health and his mind very much impaired. He knew nothing of his family. Picking up a paper, he happened to notice the announcement of the election of his son-in-law in Arkansas to office. This was the first information concerning his family. He at once wrote to his son-in-law, who telegraphed Mr. Roberts here (His son in law W.W. Roberts lived in Tyler Texas at this time). Mr. Roberts telegraphed to a friend in New Orleans. And found to his surprise that it was really Dr. Joice. He at once had him brought here. I called to see him several times, and he was the same Andrew Jo! ice. I would have known him anywhere; even his voice was familiar. He would not ____atc much of his imprisoned life to me, on account of the weakness of his mind and body, and he would become excited when he spoke of it. He mentioned several things in connection with his imprisonment, which it would be useless to relate here. I write this narrative, thinking many of his old friends would be glad to read it. He made inquiries concerning his old Greenville friends, and was glad to learn something of them. Dr. Joice was the only brother of Rob't A. Joice, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico---he being a volunteer from Mississippi and fought under Jeff Davis. Dr. Joice's remains rest in the cemetery here. He died in strong faith in the Lord. I have known him, as a personal friend, about forty years. He was an upright, honest man, and liberal in all respects. The above statement is from a personal interview, he being in his right mind. O.A.P. If you have any information on the above, please contact Bob Turner, bturner2@cox-internet.com