Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10438 Surname: thompson, strickland, clanton ------------------------- i am a descendant of charles clanton & christian etheridge. charles was also from bryan co ga. i have a lot of info that i will share with you. which child are you descended from daniel and carolyn clanton. i did not know that there was a will in irwin co. i will have to search my info. let me hear from you soon. laura deariso

I received this on my Hill list at rootsweb thought I would pass it on, I have no personal knowledge of these people. HILL-L@rootsweb.com I took a minute out of our volunteer typing time to check this site out. http://www.familydiscovery.com/ It is a fraudulent site because a membership gives you links to our free sites. You do not have to pay to get to any site in USGenWeb Right here, there is no charge to get to all the counties in USGenWeb. We are all hardworking volunteers to have genealogy information free for researchers. I have found links to our Macoupin civil war rosters, censuses, which we spent many hours of volunteer time now to have unknowing researchers pay a membership to click on a link to view our work. Macoupin County ILGenWeb volunteers have put over 1400 pages of free information and continuing to work to get more pages up. If any person finds our complete work in their membership, please notify me. Please pass this information onto any list. Let's try to keep these ripoffs from making their pile of money from our volunteer work. Please pass this onto any list you might be on. Hopefully, this site will be removed soon if not sooner. Thanks for listening. Gloria Steve Hill Natchez, Ms. flacracker@peoplepc.com

GA Korean War MIA/POWs need help ----- Original Message ----- From: "B & C Pierce" <ltlbit@mindspring.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:23 AM Subject: Fw: GA Korean War MIA/POWs need help I received the following message this a.m. - There are several listed for GA Counties - if any of you know families of these military personnel, please follow the instructions and provide that information ----- Original Message ----- From: Harold Keisling Subject: GA Korean War MIA/POWs need help Dear List Administrator; You will note that DNA is need on several of the service men. That is DNA from a living person who descends from the same blood line. The message below can also be posted along with the request. As a former service member I am doing everything within my power to get the message out. Feel free to modify, abbreviate, or alter this to best suit your needs. Thank you. Sincerely, Harold Keisling, Cookeville TN -----------------message follows--------------------------------- The Army has some unidentified remains of service members from North Korea. Since DNA data was unknown in the 1950s there was no profile on these personnel. The Army can now conduct DNA on the remains, but they have an incomplete database of DNA form close family members with which to compare. There are several on the list for your state and some may be from your county. Please look at the list and see if any from you county are annotated with needing DNA "Yes". If find one, look under DNA and see what relative is acceptable. Then find a relative in your area that meets this criterion and send their name, address or phone number to the following contact at Department of the Army. There is not guarantee that the missing service member from your county will be found, but thru DNA testing the Army can confirm or eliminate him as a name for the remains that they have. This is an important service that we can provide to our fellow citizens. We owe this much to our service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country and in the name of freedom. Let us resolve to get all of these needed DNA for our state submitted. Steps to follow: 1. Look at the state List and find people from your county 2. copy and paste the service member name or jot it down on paper so that you use the same spelling when you go to the DNA database. 3. Go to DNA database and see if they need DNA, if not then the Army has what data they need. If they need DNA then you need to find a good DNA source. 4. Look under DNA on one of the pages and it will tell you what is acceptable. 5. Develop a list of siblings, offsprings etc with addresses/phone number and send them to the e-mail address or call them into the 1-800 number. 6. The Army has its own procedure for following up and getting the DNA samples. PMKOR Data by name search: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmkor/files.htm Your state Data, select ASCII and then open in place: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmkor/statefiles.htm?State=ga&Name=Georgia Korean DB search by name DNA needed: http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_databases.html Send you data to this address or call the 800 number that is listed on the database. To: tapcper@hoffman.army.mil Subject: Re:Korean War Missing, Members Name & Key Number ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10437 Surname: MERRITT, MOORE, MCMILLAN ------------------------- Thank you for your response Herman. I had seen the census data but did not realize that Louisa was living with her sister and brother-in-law. The age was wrong but that is not surprising. I had also seen a Cemetery survey but due to an error Benjamin was listed as H. F. MOORE. I thought the dates that I had were correct but probably not. Now that you have clarified what I had suspected, I have been able to add several more generations to my tree. I have a listing of Burrell MERRITT's (1774-1854) family from "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia". It does not however list Bunyan's wife or children. The only children that I have record of is Margaret and Louisa. Thanks again for your help.

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10435 Surname: ------------------------- According to the Paulk book that I have she is the daughter of Alex Merritt. She married Daniel T Paulk on 26 Feb 1889. She was born 21 Apr 1871 and died 2 Sep 1960. Daniel T Paulk was born 10 Apr 1864 Irwin Co and died 3 Mar 1924 and both are buried in the Micajah W Paulk Cemetery in Irwin Co. Micajah W Paulk was Daniel's father. They had the following children (list may not be complete) Elzy Belote 19 Dec 1889 - 29 May 1950 married Annie Barfield Naomi 14 Mar 1890 - 8 Dec 1976 married Willie Tucker Georgia Ann 16 Feb 1892 - married Charles Daniels Una M 5 Aug 1894 - Sophronia 22 Oct 1896 - 15 Mar 1978 married Arthur Griffin Tresa E Nov 1898 - married Willie Coker Warren W 1 Oct 1902 -

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10434 Surname: ------------------------- Louisa Merritt is found in the household of Robert Henderson in the 1860 Irwin Co, Census. On a side note is written she is the daughter of Bunyan Merritt. Her sister Margaret is also found on the same page as married to John Purvis. She is 20 so why she is in this household isn't know to me. She is buried at Springhill Cemetery in Irwin Co. According to the cemetery book I have the following information. B. F. Moore 4 Apr 1838 - 26 Apr 1908 Louisa Moore 11 Aug 1844 - 18 Apr 1906

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10432 Surname: Paulk, Fussell, Bowley, Dixon, Lee, Hermanson, Rassmussen, Wynn ------------------------- I have a Missouri Merritt married to Daniel Paulk of Irwin County...I have no information on Missouri and would appreciate if you can fill in some for me...Pam

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/10431 Surname: MOORE, MERRITT, MCMILLAN, TUCKER ------------------------- Am searching for information on Eliza or Louisa MERRITT. She was born about 1846 in Irwin County, Georgia. She married Benjamin Franklin MOORE in 1862 in Berrien County Georgia. I think that Louisa and Benjamin may be buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Irwin County along with many other MOOREs. I am looking for parents or siblings of Eliza or Louisa MERRITT. They are my GG Grandparents. I have explored many MERRITTs in and around Irwin County but have not found her family. For some reason the 1850 & 1860 census does not list many MERRITTs even though I believed there were several families in IRWIN and surrounding counties.

Please excuse if you have received more than one copy of this as I have thrown a wide loop over South Ga. Does anyone know anything about the death of Homer Harrison Sears (John1825/Harrison1798/John1765) He was killed in a bar room brawl in Homerville Ga. in 1880 by his second Cousin Henry Herrin son of Levi Herrin and Charity Sears(David1791/John1765) Does anyone have any legal records of any kind that may give any more details on this incident. Thanks Steve Hill Natchez, Ms.

Does anyone have any info on the descendants of Thaddeus Sears son of David Sears born in 1829 in Ware Co., Ga.. Wife, marriage date, children etc. anything at all .Thanks. Steve Hill

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/448 Surname: ROSS, SUTTON, BUCKALEW ------------------------- Seeking verification of Celia E. Sutton (dau. of Zachariah Sutton and Frusanna Louisiana Askew of Dooly Co. Ga.) who married John C. Ross about 1836 he died 1853 in Irwin Co. Ga, and she remarried James A. Buckalew, and she is buried with dates 20 Feb. 1816-27 May 1895 in Worth Co. Ga. in Mt. Horob Cemetery....are there any descendants of the Ross family related to Celia?

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/447 Surname: Luke ------------------------- Irwin Co. GA Query Forum: Phil, I heard from Shirley Durden and she shows the wife of John G. Luke to be Elizabeth "Lizzie" YAWN Do you or anyone else reading this know: Do the Yawn's belong to an Indian tribe? I am trying to trace our family heritage through them now, as well. Sandy

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ga/Irwin/446 Surname: Luke ------------------------- Yes, Phil, this is "my" Eunie Luke. I have info. on her descendents if this would be of help to you. I would appreciate any info. you have that would help me. Thanks, Sandy

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/445 Surname: ------------------------- I show Eunie Luke as daughter of John G. Luke and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (maiden name unknown). John G. and Lizzie are buried at Flat Creek. I show Eunie's siblings as: Ealie, Arthur, Ava Jane, John David, Sam, Dan, and Ida. John G. was the son of Rutha Luke and his father's name is unknown. John G. had the following siblings: David E., Isaac K., Julia, William Henry, and Sarah. Rutha was the daughter of William Luke and Sarah "Sally" Rhodes. I show Rutha's siblings as: James, George Washington, William, Daniel, and Julia Ann. William was possibly a brother or cousin to Daniel Luke Sr. who is buried in Berrien Co. Does this sound like the correct Eunie Luke? Phil

Can anyone provide any further information on these three children of Hiram Sears: Samantha b. 10 Oct. 1844 m. Dennis Paulk Hiram b. 30 Nov. 1847 m. 1st Emma E. Lang 2nd Theodocia Ganos George b. 8 Mar. 1860 m. Julia O'Neal daughter of Thomas P. O'Neal Any help appreciated, thank you. Steve Hill

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/443 Surname: Henderson, Hutto ------------------------- I am interested in the Henderson info that you have - particulary if it pertains to Daniel or John Henderson of Irwin Co. Jeanette jcuthriell@mmcable.com

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/442 Surname: Luke, Paulk, Walker ------------------------- We visited Flat Creek Church Cemetery in Berrien Co., GA and found several of "our Lukes". I have information regarding descendents of Daniel Luke on down through my grandchildren. I feel I am missing one generation - the grandfather of Eunie Luke who is my husband's grandmother. Does anyone have any info. on this Luke family? Eunie Luke was married to John Meadows, Daniel Paulk,& James Harvey Walker and died during childbirth at age 38. B. 1892 D.1930 She is buried at Turner Church Cemetery in Tift. Co. GA Would like any & all help. Willing to share all my info.

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/440 Surname: Whitley ------------------------- According to Volume 2 of Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Ga. page 286. Wiley Whitley was born in Laurens County in 1810, a son of Wiley Whitely, Sr. He grew up there and in 1835, married Miss Mary Smith. then children are named.

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/439 Surname: ------------------------- Flat Creek Cemetery is located about five miles north of Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia, between Hwy 129 and the Enigma Road. No Flat Creek Cemetery in Irwin County, Ga.

Posted on: Irwin County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Irwin/438 Surname: WHITLEY, SMITH ------------------------- I am searching for the names of the parents of Wiley Whitley b. 1810 d. 1884 and was married to Mary Smith. They had 11 kids. Please help if you can. Nell