Suzy -- (Jane -- I am including you as this may be another Hammond! Yikes!) Finally I write back. Two kids, dog, hubby, work, Christmas. I respond in blocks when I have the time. It may be a few weeks, but I do write back! > Well, I think it must be my Mark PRESTRIDGE! His father was William > PRESTRIDGE, my 2g-grandfather! William was m to Louisa HAMMOND (I believe she was > married to man named SMITH before her marriage to Wm).....Wm & Louisa > PRESTRIDGE were on the 1850 Randolph Co, GA census, along with children, John > PRESTRIDGE, Mark PRESTRIDGE and Louisa SMITH............. Fascinating to see that Louisa's maiden name may be Hammond, as my husband is also a direct descendant of John & Tabitha (Hammond) Miller, early settlers of Heard Co. John won land in the 1827 lottery in Carroll and then he jumped over to Heard. He sold the land in Carroll to satisfy a suit; it became part of Heard and is Lot 12 where Salem church now is (source: Lynda Eller). Do you have the Louisa Hammond - ?? Smith marriage record? I saw the same on a couple of trees on RootsWeb but no one has actual source. I would suspect it took place in Oglethorpe Co., GA. Jane Benson, who I have cc'd on this has a Boswell Hammond & Nancy Miller who were married on 18 Nov 1831 in Oglethorpe Co., GA that we suspect to be siblings to John & Tabitha. > > I am curious abt your husband's 2g-grandmother, Mary Catherine.......I have > no record of her........I would certainly want to add her to my > tree.......what a shame that I had not heard about her........ 2X Great-grandma was Mary Catherine (Prestridge) Arrington. I was sent a slew of work on this side of the family by a woman who I fully respect in her genealogy work. Every thing she sent has panned out properly, as she has abstracted census, what marriages she can find in Heard Co., cemetery, etc. She believed the S. M. Prestridge, 9, found with William & Louisa Prestridge in the 1860 Randolph Co., AL census is our Mary Catherine. (And with all the boo boos we see on census records, I would not be surprised! S. M. -- Mary Catharine not a leap) She died in 1942 so now I think I must write GA for her death cert to see what it says. The 1860 would be the only census show would show with her parents, as she was not born until Nov 1850 and was married to John J. Arrington by the 1870 Census. I also know she had access to kin that are now deceased. Here are the first couple generations. Roy Lee Freeman & Mary Nellie Joyner were my husband's Grandparents. Descendants of John J. Arrington 1 John J. Arrington b: 15 May 1849 in Georgia d: 28 Nov 1903 in Heard Co., Georgia Burial: Ridgeway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Heard Co., Georgia ... +S. Mary Catherine Prestridge b: 7 Nov 1850 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 15 Nov 1942 in Heard Co., Georgia m: 1869 Burial: Ridgeway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Heard Co., Georgia Father: William Prestridge Mother: Mrs. Louisa (?Hammond) Smith ....... 2 Nancy Arrington b: Abt 1870 in Randolph Co., Alabama ....... 2 Lizzie Arrington b: Abt 1873 ....... 2 William Arrington b: Abt 1875 ............ +Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davis Father: Mother: ................ 3 Dovie Lee Arrington b: 3 Jul 1893 d: 21 Jul 1946 ..................... +Robert Jefferson Davis b: 28 Jan 1890 d: 29 Jan 1946 Father: John Henry Davis Mother: Roxie Green ................ 3 Willie E. Arrington b: Nov 1896 ................ 3 Davis Hoke Arrington b: Jun 1899 ................ 3 Lois Arrington ................ 3 Frank Arrington ....... 2 Sarah Odessa Elizabeth Arrington b: 4 Jun 1879 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 2 May 1960 in LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia Burial: Shadowlawn Cemetery, La Grange, Troup Co., Georgia ............ +Noah Madison Freeman b: 3 Jul 1876 in Randolph Co., Alabama d: 23 Aug 1950 in Hillcrest, Troup Co., Georgia m: 27 May 1897 Burial: Shadowlawn Cemetery - La Grange, Troup Co., Georgia Father: Eli Jackson Freeman Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" A. Davis ................ 3 Roy Lee Freeman b: 19 May 1900 in Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama d: 25 Oct 1974 in Atmore, Escambia Co., Alabama Burial: Shadowlawn Cemetery - La Grange, Troup Co., Georgia ..................... +Eadie Atlice Mae Holsombeck b: 15 May 1903 d: 2 Apr 1923 in Heard Co., Georgia m: Abt 1921 Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Macedonia, Heard Co., Georgia Father: George William Edward Holsombeck Mother: Mary Catherine Bryan ................ *2nd Wife of Roy Lee Freeman: ..................... +Mary Nellie Joyner b: 15 Jan 1908 in Needmore, Carroll Co., Georgia d: 14 Nov 1994 in Atmore, Escambia Co., Alabama m: 25 Dec 1923 in Carroll Co., Georgia Burial: 17 Nov 1994 Shadowlawn Cemetery - La Grange, Troup Co., Georgia Father: William Oscar Joyner Mother: Berta Addie Kansas Knopp ................ 3 Otis Basil Freeman b: 9 Jun 1902 in Heard Co., Georgia d: 25 Nov 1986 ..................... +Tealie Alberta Holsombeck b: 29 Sep 1905 d: 7 Jan 1999 Father: George William Edward Holsombeck Mother: Mary Catherine Bryan ................ 3 Wilton "Ed" Edgar Freeman b: 22 Jun 1905 in Heard Co., Georgia d: 21 Sep 1961 ..................... +Elinor Allen b: 16 Oct 1914 d: 18 May 1986 Father: Mother: ................ 3 Velma Melinda Freeman b: 22 Nov 1907 in Heard Co., Georgia d: 6 Aug 1975 ..................... +Grady Henry Allen b: 19 Jul 1907 Father: Mother: ................ 3 Fred Jackson Freeman b: 6 May 1909 in Heard Co., Georgia d: 10 Jan 1929 in Heard Co., Georgia Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Macedonia, Heard Co., Georgia ................ 3 Mary Elizabeth Freeman b: 15 Oct 1920 in Heard Co., Georgia d: Jul 1995 in Last Res: Brewton, Escambia Co., Alabama ..................... +Ridley Woodruff Father: Mother: ....... 2 Isham L. (Lewis?) Arrington b: 1880-1885 ............ +Lucy Walls Father: Mother: ....... 2 Mary Mollie Arrington b: 1886 in Heard Co., Georgia ............ +Dock Yarborough Father: Mother: ................ 3 Norma Yarborough ....... 2 Harvey "Jeff" Jefferson Arrington b: 1890 in Heard Co., Georgia ............ +Verna Burgess Father: Mother: > I am very interested in the HODNETTs you mention, too........ I have a bunch on the Coweta Co gang, if you'd like. Can you accept Gedcoms? That is probably the easiest way to send. Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California "Remember your history. To forget is to not belong." ~~ Charlotte A. Black Elk