I realized this info on USHER, POYTHRESS, HENDERSON, CAMEON, BROWN and EVANS did not make it to the list. So I am forwarding. Carole Drexel gdrexel1@airmail.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Freeman <dapoythress@hotmail.com> To: <gdrexel1@airmail.net> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 5:40 PM Subject: Re: Jeremiah Usher > Thanks for giving me all this information as well. I'll put it into my notes > on Jeremiah and see what comes up in the futures. > Thanks again. > Debbie > > >From: "Gregory Drexel" <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > >Reply-To: "Gregory Drexel" <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > >To: "Debbie Freeman" <dapoythress@hotmail.com> > >Subject: Re: Jeremiah Usher > >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:18:53 -0600 > > > >Hi Debbie. I thank you for the detailed message. I love the details. > >Do you need background on the Cameron family that he lived with? I am > >still > >searching more on John Cameron, the step father of William Michael (Jr) and > >Anne Elizabeth Henderson who married Dr. James Franklin Brown in 1853 in > >Screven County, Ga; the wife of John Cameron was Mary AnnYoung Henderson > >Cameron, or the widow of Mr.William Michael Henderson. Her maiden name was > >Mary Ann Young, a daughter of James Young and Lavinia Jones. > >Do any of those names help at all? > >Carole > >gdrexel1@airmail.net > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Debbie Freeman <dapoythress@hotmail.com> > >To: <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:38 AM > >Subject: Jeremiah Usher > > > > > > > In a message dated 03/01/2000 9:59:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > gdrexel1@airmail.net writes: > > > > > > << This is to Al: last night when I was posting the my Screven County > >1860 > > > John Cameron/Mary Ann Young Henderson Cameron/William Michael > >Henderson/Jane > > > Hodges census info, the last name that I came upon in John Cameron's > > > household was JEREMIAH J. USHER, age 24, m, overseer, born in Georgia. > > > I have been wondering who was his family and if he might be of some > >relation > > > to the Hendersons or Camerons. William Michael Henderson (Jr) was the > > > overseer across the Ogeechee River at his grandfather, James Young, > >Sr.'s > > > plantation but James died in, can't remember the exact date, c. 1850ish. > >So > > > I just wondered, since it seemed to be the custom for families with > > > unmarried males of age to work for their older, more successful > >relations > > > until they become seasoned themselves to go back and run their father's, > > > etc. > > > Any clues who Mr. Usher is? > > > Thank you, > > > Carole > > > gdrexel1@airmail.net > > > > > > Hi Carol, > > > Above is you message that you sent out a couple of days ago about > >Jeremiah > > > Usher. As I said I am descended from Wm E. Poythress and Martha J. > >Usher, > > > they are my g-g-grandparents. I am also descended from Jeremiah > > > J.(Jasper)Usher, who was Martha J.'s cousin. I thought the information > >you > > > had looked familiar. I had gotten the same (or very similar) information > > > from Barbara Gothie (another Usher cousin of mine). Jeremiah was > >supposed > >to > > > have been raised by a family of Shearhouses after his parents' death. In > >the > > > 1860 Census of Screven Co it shows a Jeremiah Usher living in the > >household > > > of John Cameron. We are supposing that he was an indentured worker. > > > According to Sarah Usher, Jeremiah had one sister who remined with the > >man > > > and who had taken her in after her parents' death. Her name is unknown. > > > This is what we know at this time. > > > Jeremiah Jasper Usher married Sarah L. Seckinger and had several > >children > > > including my g-grandmother, Julia Ann Usher. > > > The relationship is as follows for me: > > > Martha J. Usher married Wm E. Poythress (had several children)including, > > > Thomas Boston Poythress. > > > Julia Ann Usher married Thomas Boston Poythress (had several > > > children)including, Thomas Ralph Poythress. > > > Thomas Ralph married Verna Mae Bryant (had several children) including, > >John > > > Robert Poythress. > > > John Robert married Caroline Stoner and had me, Debra Poythress and my > > > sister, Diane Poythress. > > > John Robert married Virginia ?? and had John Bryant Poythress. > > > John Robert married Sheryl ?? and had Dallas Wade Poythress. > > > I can send you all the information I have on Abel Usher's descendants > >which > > > would include all this information if you'd like. Let me know you're > >snail > > > mail address. > > > So I guess the answer to your question of "who is this Mr. Usher?" Has > >been > > > answered if he is our Jeremiah Jasper Usher. > > > I hope this helps. > > > Thanks for the additional information > > > Debbie Poythress-Freeman > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >