Hello Bob - This is a follow-up on your recent posting reference AMANDA CANUET (CANNET) TYSON SHEPPARD and Camel TYSON. Effingham Co GA Census of 1870 75 75 S. (T.) TYSON 14 F W is SALINA TYSON daughter of AMANDA A. CANUET and CAMEL TYSON b. abt. 1829 d. 16 August 1864. 75 75 W. (C.) TYSON 10 M W is WILLIAM CALVIN TYSON son of AMANDA A. CANUET and CAMEL TYSON. WILLIAM CALVIN TYSON is buried at Guyton Cemetery, Guyton, Effingham County, Georgia. Writing on tombstone: TYSON: William Calvin Mar. 23, 1860 - Jan. 15, 1925. William C. TYSON m. Matilda. A. (Tillie) BIRD Feb. 19, 1884 Marriage information obtained from Family History Center, Orange, CA (LDS) The marriage records are from GEORGIA RECORDS - EFFINGHAM COUNTY - MARRIAGES 1750-1875 Compiled by Mrs. Julian C. Lane, Statesboro, GA 1940 Microfilmed at the Microfilm Center of the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah., USA April 1971 by Operator, Kathy Anderson. (Mch-March) 75 75 E[lla E.] TYSON 12 F W [1860e 2, m 28 Sep 1874 m Mortimer BIRD] Matilda. A. BIRD and Mortimer BIRD are children of William BIRD b.1823 and Ellen Catherine ZETTER b.1828, the daughter of Nathaniel ZETTLER (1769-1866) and Mary JONES (1805-1881). William Bird m. Ellen C. Zettler Sep 24, 1844 Marriage from records at Effingham County Court House Book 3 page 216 Marriage was recorded in the Georgia Records - Effingham County, - Marriages 1750-1875 Compiled by Mrs. Julian C. Lane, Statesboro, Georgia 1940 Hope this helps a little. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: JohnRobert Peavy <jrpv@netzero.net> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:43 PM Subject: [GASCREVE] SHEPPARD Screven & Effingham Cos GA > <<<update - Your ggmother is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Meldrim GA > (I have not visited the cemetery). The Effingham Co GA Cemetery Book at the > library (just a few years old, but currently out-of-print) has alphabetical > listings by cemetery (so we don't know who she was buried next to). The > listing gives only the years: Sarah Louise DEWITT 1870 1958 (mortuary > marker only -- no permanent monument). I did not find her in the Social > Security Death Index to better ascertain the dates, but she must have been b > late in the year 1870. The [annotated] abstract of those two adjacent > households in 1870 (that is, counted at about the time that your ggmother > was b): > > Effingham Co GA Census of 1870: > > 74 74 E[dward] J[unius B(lack?)] BENNETT 23 M W Famer b GA > 74 74 J[ane] B[lack? SHEPPARD ANDERSON] BENNETT 30 F B? > 74 74 E[lla] E. BENNETT 1 F W > 74 74 W[illiam David ANDERSON] 13 M W FH [my wife's gggfather] > 74 74 S. B. WILLIAMS 52 F W > > 75 75 L[emuel] SHEPPARD 32 M W Farmer b GA > 75 75 A[manda] A. [CANUET TYSON] SHEPPARD 33 F W [m1 20 Dec 1852 m1 Camel > (Campbell?) TYSON, 1860e 22] > 75 75 S. C. SHEPPARD 2 F W > 75 75 S. [T.] TYSON 14 F W [1860e 4] > 75 75 E[lla E.] TYSON 12 F W [1860e 2, m 28 Sep 1874 m Mortimer BIRD] > 75 75 W. [C.] TYSON 10 M W [1860e 3 months] > 75 75 E. CANNET 24 F W > > I'm begining to think that the "D. K." on that death certificate literally > stood for "don't know" (seriously)! I don't have easy access to the > Effingham Co GA Census of 1880, but I expect that this family at that time > will include your ggmother, and thus tie her in with the other SHEPPARD data > of Screven Co GA and NC. > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 > Subject: SHEPPARD Screven Co GA > | Dear Cindy LANDRY, > | Thank you for your reply. I do have an inkling of the "remoteness" > | you feel as a researcher (the court houses are only open when I am at work > | and the welcome demands of my living family don't allow me as much time at > | libraries as I would wish). Because of the repetition of names in the > | SHEPPARD family, I cannot determine right off if your Lemuel is the > | > | ggson of John Baptiste SHEPPARD of NC d by 1795 Effingham Co GA, > | > | gson of William SHEPPARD Sr RS b c 1762 NC d 1 Dec 1825 Screven Co GA, and > | > | son of Lorenzo Dow SHEPPARD b c 1806 Screven Co GA: > | > | Lemuel SHEPPARD b c 1838 Screven Co GA > | m(1?) Nov 1867 Effingham Co GA (by Rev. W. KNOX at the residence of the > | bride) > | m(1?) Amanda A. CANUET TYSON b c 1837 SC > | > | By 1870, this couple was living in the 10th District, Effingham Co GA, > next > | door to his sister (Jane B. SHEPPARD ANDERSON BENNETT and her second > | husband, Edward Junius B. BENNETT). > | > | May God Bless You and Your Family, > | > | Bob (John Robert) PEAVY > | Post Office Box 1519 > | Rincon GA 31326-1519 > | replies to jrpv@netzero.net > | > | ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ > | Please don't just use that reply button, but do > | please use my NEWEST new e-mail address > | for any future correspondence: > | jrpv@netzero.com > | ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ > | _____ > | From: Cindy Landry@cpl1999 01/27/2000 > | Subject: Re: SHEPPARD Screven Co GA > | Dear Mr. John Peavy, Thanks for all of the Sheppard info. I have > | recently begun researching my Sheppard heritage. My g-grandmother was > Sarah > | Louise Sheppard Dewitt. She died in 1958 and is buried in Meldrim > Cemetery > | in Meldrim, GA. I can't find a cemetery survey of that cemetery and I > | suppose that is where I would like to begin. Maybe I will try the Georgia > | Historical Society. From her death certificate, it said that Lemuel > | Sheppard was her father & the initials of her mother was DK. I will read > | through all of the info that you sent as time permits. One of my major > | problems in pursuing my genealogical interests is that I reside in > Louisiana > | & my family roots are in GA, SC, NC & all up the east coast! > | Cindy P. Landry > > > __________________________________________ > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > >