I understand that, Gerry. I was just adding that there were other Giegers in MS that weren't part of our line, no matter how it is spelled. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Re: Gieger/Rowell > Census takers did not know how to spell...the gravemarkers and tombstones in > Covington County all spell it Gieger...I photographed them...all of them > could not be wrong... > > > >From: <bzb@houston.rr.com> > >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Re: Gieger/Rowell > >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:21:11 -0600 > > > >Curiously, there were NO families spelled Geiger or Gieger in MS during the > >1860 census. All were spelled Gigger or Giger. > > > >And there were others in MS that were not part of Jesse's family. There > >was > >a music teacher, Emilie Gigger, born in Hamburg, who was a music teacher. > > > >There was a Henry Giger in Clarke Co, AL (right across the MS line) who was > >born in 1835 GA. He was quite a large slave holder. > > > >In 1870 there was a John and a Moses Gigger (black) living in Madison Co, > >MS > >and a Dick Gieger (black) (the only person in MS who spelled his name > >GIEger > >during the 1870 census) in Kemper Co. > > > >Also, did y'all know there is/was a town named GIEger in Sumter Co, AL? > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Giegerg@hotmail.com> > >To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:14 PM > >Subject: [GEIGER] Re: Gieger/Rowell > > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Surnames: GIEGER, Martin > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JOY.2ACEB/424.492.492 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > All of the caucasian Gieger family in So.MS descend from Jessie & > >Tobitha > >(Martin) Gieger who migrated from Bulloch County GA in 1815, settling in > >Covington County. > > > > > > They had four sons and four daughters, three of which married sons of > >Shadrach Nelson West of Wayne County. Jessie & Tobitha are buried south of > >Collins off Hwy 49 on a tributary of the Okatoma Creek. > > > > > > You can see their grave covers at: > > > > ><http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/msphotos/covington/gieger2/gieger2.ht m > > > > > > > > > All Blacks are presumed to descend from Susan Gieger, a slave, who at > >age > >10 yrs, was brought from GA by Jessie, and emancipated in 1865. > > > > > > > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > > > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry GEIGER Message Board are > >gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > >messages may not be a GEIGER list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > >messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board and/or include > >the author in your e-mail reply. > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > >Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEIGER/ > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. > locations. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry GEIGER Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a GEIGER list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board and/or include the author in your e-mail reply. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >