I understand, but posting a reply to a gatewayed message does not necessarily get to the person who sent it...since they might not be a member of the List...If you want them to see it, you have to post a reply to their post on the Board... Jessie and Tobitha were the first to come to MS...others from GA may have followed but they were not living in So.MS...after it became a State in 1817, the population mushroomed because it was more safe than it was in MS Territory... >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 15:56:06 -0600 > >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. 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