--- Olivia <saffold@pineland.net> wrote: << Carol Everett, Please clarify your recent post on the wife of Zachariah Screws, s/o James. You give her birthdate as August 12, 1860, and her marriage date as June 25, 1867. Perhaps this Letha Kersey, born in 1860, was his second wife? >> Hmm, that does look odd, doesn't it?? Here's what I got from a transcription of Emanuel County Marriage Book B: Emanuel Co Marriage Records 1856-1879: Zachariah Screws, to Elis Kersey 06/25/1867 by E. Rhyner, MG. Now, I assume this "Elis" is Elizabeth Kersey. Perhaps the marriage date was transcribed incorrectly. In any case, their first child was born about 1873. I'll change the marriage date to about 1872. Thanks for catching that! Carol __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

He was at home with his parents in 1870, age 19. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Riner Everett" <c_riner_everett@yahoo.com> To: <GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [GAEMANUE-L] Zachariah SCREWS' wife > > --- Olivia <saffold@pineland.net> wrote: > << Carol Everett, > Please clarify your recent post on the wife of > Zachariah Screws, s/o James. You give her birthdate > as August 12, 1860, and her marriage date as June 25, > 1867. Perhaps this Letha Kersey, born in 1860, was > his second wife? >> > > Hmm, that does look odd, doesn't it?? > > Here's what I got from a transcription of Emanuel > County Marriage Book B: > > Emanuel Co Marriage Records 1856-1879: > Zachariah Screws, to Elis Kersey 06/25/1867 by E. > Rhyner, MG. > > Now, I assume this "Elis" is Elizabeth Kersey. > Perhaps the marriage date was transcribed incorrectly. > In any case, their first child was born about 1873. > I'll change the marriage date to about 1872. > > Thanks for catching that! > > Carol > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > > > ==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== > Nancy Gay Crawford, List Administrator > mailto:MeMeC@alltel.net > >

Here is a posting on Ancestry which seems to provide more evidence that perhaps Lydia and Elizabeth were two different people, both married to Zachariah Screws. Name: Gloria Hayes Email: dollyscrying@yahoo.com Note: Prior to her marriage to James Bush Howard,Elizabeth was married to a Mr.Screws,and had two children;? and Sarah,or Sallie.Sallie moved t Fla. and married a Mr.Pendarvis. The children of James Bush Howard and Elizabeth Kersey were Enal(female),married a Mr. McKinney in Fla.,and Ethel,b.7-?-1893 in Adrian, Ga.Ethel married first Matthew McKinney in Pulaski County, Ga.,children:James,Horace, Walter and Mildred McKinney.Matthew McKinney died in Cordele,Ga.,hospital in 1919,and Ethel re-married ;William Henry Hunley-children of this marriage were Alma LaVerne Hunley,b.7/18/1920 and Lola Louise Hunley,b.7/8/1923. Ethel and Hunley divorced and she married Mr.Mullis- children;Herman and Erma.Herman died in a car crash in Pulaski county in the 1950's. After Mr. Mullis' death, Ethel married a Mr. Yon-divorced;no children, and Robert Slade,of Pulaski County. She was married to Mr.Slade at the time of her death in 1953,in the Hawkinsville,Pulaski County,Ga.hospital, of a cerebral hemorrhage. The daughter of Ethel and Hunley,Alma LaVerne,married Wiley Milton McDuffie 2/?/1939 in Wilcox County, Ga. The children of this marriage are as follows: Patricia Rose,born and died 1940 Alma Leola,b.12/?/1941,still living Floyd Milton,8/8/1944, " " Cynthia Eloise,b.2/?/1945,d.5/20/1970 in Shallotte,N.C. Gloria Jean ,b.11/27/55,Macon, Ga,still living Roger Daniel,b.7/1/1957,Brunswick, Ga.,still living ----Original Message Follows---- From: Carol Riner Everett <c_riner_everett@yahoo.com> Reply-To: GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com To: GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAEMANUE-L] Zachariah SCREWS' wife Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:10:02 -0700 (PDT) --- Olivia <saffold@pineland.net> wrote: << Carol Everett, Please clarify your recent post on the wife of Zachariah Screws, s/o James. You give her birthdate as August 12, 1860, and her marriage date as June 25, 1867. Perhaps this Letha Kersey, born in 1860, was his second wife? >> Hmm, that does look odd, doesn't it?? Here's what I got from a transcription of Emanuel County Marriage Book B: Emanuel Co Marriage Records 1856-1879: Zachariah Screws, to Elis Kersey 06/25/1867 by E. Rhyner, MG. Now, I assume this "Elis" is Elizabeth Kersey. Perhaps the marriage date was transcribed incorrectly. In any case, their first child was born about 1873. I'll change the marriage date to about 1872. Thanks for catching that! Carol __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail ==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== Nancy Gay Crawford, List Administrator mailto:MeMeC@alltel.net