>[Note: I am including the following to give you some background. Please >delete this message if you wish to not read it.] > >INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >(c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co. All rights reserved. > >Preface > > In May of 1998, I caught this strange disease called >genealogitis. It >seems I had an unquenchable desireor needto research my family >history. > > I was soon immersed in this new addictiontoo serious to call it >a >hobbyand found myself spending long evenings, lunch hours, weekends, >and every bit of spare time that I could at my computer either >researching on the Internet, or writing notes for future use in what I >decided would be a book. For how else could I justify the time, energy, >and money in such an endeavor? > > Within a month, my mother packed up all of her genealogical >records, >family pictures, and miscellaneous artifacts and shipped them to me. >What followed was a magical journey into my family's past. > > The prize possession in terms of what a genealogist would want >turned >out to be an 1824 Bible belonging to my great-great-grandfather, Rev. >John Elmore DuBois. Big, beautiful, and fairly well-preserved, this >volume was impressive even without the words within. > > But what made this family heirloom completely priceless were the >meticulous, beautifully scripted, and loving entries made in the Family >Record section. > > Births of John's children were all dutifully recorded, along >with some >other family events. I knew from a letter that John had written to his >nephew that these entries were made by John himself. > > What moved me to tears, put me in awe, and completely >transported me to >another time, another plane of existence altogether was a newspaper >clipping glued to the page titled "Deaths." Here is what I read: > >[To be continued...] > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >If you need to contact the list manager, please send your e-mail to >mmanson@snet.net >
>Ala became a state in 1819. Miss Territory was about 10 years prior to that. >Vast majority of settlers in Northern part of MT were along the Tenn River >and came from NC or Tenn. Most Ga emigrants to MT were in lower, south of >mountains., Alabama. There were very few residents in GA outside Costal area >and Wilkes Co., In NE part of Ga, Around present day Augusta to Toccoa. >Almost no whites in central Ala, prior to 1810, except for French who had >settled Ft Toulouse, near Wetumpka. >Earnie >-----Original Message----- >From: AMcLane101@aol.com <AMcLane101@aol.com> >To: ALABAMA-L@rootsweb.com <ALABAMA-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 9:46 PM >Subject: Re: [ALABAMA-L] Early Alabama Boundaries > > >>Tom - >> >>I'm having the same problem. My earliest known ancestors have claimed to >be >>born in Georgia, when at the time of their birth, the GA territory >stretched >>all the way to the Arkansas and perhaps to the Mississippi River! They >lived >>in AL all of their adult lives, so I'm wondering if they were actually born >in >>what we now know to be Alabama (but which once part of GA)! >> >>I believe AL officially became a state around 1823, with various parcels >ceded >>by the Creeks a bit earlier, around 1813-1815. Some historian can give you >>the precise dates or you can check out the history of the various AL >counties >>(ALGenWeb home pages). In any case, if I were you, I would check-out the >>Georgia census records for your ancestors living in the territory around >that >>time. >> >>Annette >>Researching: SPEED, HARPER, LENNARD/LENARD/LEONARD, GREENE, KROUSE, LANE, >>BESTEDA, MCLANE...all found in AL counties. >> >
>Anyone who doubts that African Americans formed the pool of bodies (dead or >alive) for the development of early American medicine should examine the >following book. > >Title: Bones in the Basement >Subtitle: Postmortem Racism in Nineteenth-Century Medical Training >Edited by: Robert L. Blakely and Judith M. Harrington >Contributors: A team of archaeologists, historians, experimental anatomists >and ethnographers. >Publisher: Smithsonian >Pub Info: December, 1997; 464 pages; 29 black and white illustrations; Cost >$45 >Publishers Description: In 1989, a cache of some 9800 dissected and amputated >human bones, more than75% African America, was found in the earthern basement >floor of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. The book argues that the >procurement of cadavers by American medical schools was part of a racist >system that viewed African Americas as expendable not only in life but also >after death. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>Comments on Africans in Amercia by Professor Pat Manning >These comments were posted to the Slavery Listserv. Thought it deserved a >wider distribution! > >I watched the first episode, knowing that it would make me sad. I was sad >because of the story it told, but far more sad because I knew of the story >that the creators decided not to tell. I admire commentators Margaret >Washington, Thomas J. Davis, and Peter Wood, and I think the things they >said were true. I have great respect for the production skills and >marketing sense of Orlando Bagwell, and I think that the presentation was >quite beutiful. > >But it is a story told in national isolation. It presents an elegant >message of uplift for African-Americans and reconciliation for Americans of >all races, but it does so in a fashion that is nonetheless narrow, >traditional, and old-fashioned. It presents the story of the evolution of >slavery and racism as if it all evolved on the shores of the Chesapeake. >Such a view could be affirmed in the time of Winthrop Jordan's *White Over >Black*, but can hardly be sustained after the last few decades of Atlantic >scholarship. > >Africa provides no more than the place from which people were siezed. To >tell the story of the Stono Rebellion just as it was recounted thirty years >ago, and to neglect John Thornton's well-known researches on the Angolan >origins of the uprising and its tactics, is to miss one of many >opportunities to tell the story of America as part of the world. And >Equiano, for all his eloquence, was his the only black voice from the 18th >century? > >The point is not just that "Africans in America" misses recent scholarship, >but it misses what is going on today. America of today is caught up in >global economic and cultural ties, in migratory streams going in all >directions, and in political conflict on every continent. But this opening >episode offers virtually no links to the background for today's global >reality. That adds an ironic twist to the statement made in a trailer by a >young artist that the series is "new history." > >This major statement on multiculturalism makes it appear that nothing has >been learned about the global context of U.S. history in the thirty years >since the first mini-series, "Roots," dominated TV screens for a week. >Really, it makes me want to view the two series together and see how they >compare. > >The reason I knew in advance that I would be sad is that, at the beginning >of the 1990s, I had the opportunity to read the initial few versions of >scripts for the first two episodes. The earliest scripts were clumsy >clippings from writings of the 1960s, but in the revisions the writers >developed what I found to be some excellent, though concise, ways to convey >the variety of African societies, their changes, and the continuing role of >African connections in American life. I really thought the scriptwriters >were doing better Atlantic history than the historians. But time passed, >and those scripts were dropped. > >So I think there is little to be gained in pointing out the errors and >omissions in the series as it was broadcast. The creators knew what they >were leaving out. I think the question is, "Why?" > >I don't know many of the details of how the early episodes got narrowed >down. I know that, as early as 1992, WGBH had film crews virtually ready >to depart for shooting in Africa. But funds were lacking. Writing and >production slowed. There were changes in the leadership of the project -- >changes influenced by the sharp cutbacks in amounts of public funding >available in the late Bush years, and perhaps other types of changes. By >about 1995 Orlando Bagwell assumed leadership, the project got a new lease >on life, funds were somehow acquired, and the result is what you have seen. > >Production of this series unfolded in the U.S. The same country in which >news media decline to present the foreign news they have because domestic >news sells better. There, I think is the problem -- deciding what will >sell. > >I'm sad to see the narrowness of that opening episode, but I don't think >the responsibility for its exceptionalism can be laid at the doors of those >I have named above, neither commentators nor creative directors. Nor was >it some all-powerful Rupert Murdoch who denied funding for one set of >scripts and called forth another. It was peer review bodies, in the NEH, >the MacArthur Foundation and other such groups, and their communication >with PBS and its affiliates, that somehow mediated the narrowing and >nationalization of the wonderful opportunity that this series presented. > >"Africans in America" was broadcast with the truncated vision of a national >approach to history, in an era when understanding global connections, past >and present, is of the greatest importance. In particular, it again cuts >Americans off from Africa, and it promotes a national reconciliation that >has no passport. I wish we could better understand the pressures which >have caused this complicated twist in the message. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>I just read a post to the southern trails roots web that gave the address >of a site with searchable newspapers. It includes African American >Newspapers 19th Century > >http://204.170.102.11/cgi-bin/accessible/verify.pl >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>Hello All, > Following found in Caswell Co NC Deed Books 1179-1817 > Easley SC Southern Historical Press,989 > Katharine Kerr Kendall > >Deed Book A > pg > 26 ANDREW HADDOCK went with HUGH DOBBIN to WILLIAM HALL to > give him full posession of plantation DOBBIN sold to HALL- > agreement reached on transfer 10 Oct 1777 >Deed Book Q > 487-8 JACOB AHART to JESSE THOMPSON negro girl DAPHNE age 11 to > sold if debt not pd by 25 Dec next. 22 Apr 1812 > > 492 JAMES WILSON to son GEORGE MCKEEN WILSON negro boy BILL abt > 19 yrs, boy SAM abt 3 yrs, girl VICENNA 10 or 12 mos old. > 2 Jan 1812 > > 495 JOHN BARKER to JOHN REED 7 negroes wo-RONDER, b-DENNIS, b- > ALLEN, g-SARAH, b-ABNER, g-EASTER, b-CASWELL 22 Dec 1810 > >Deed Book ? > 85 ASA THOMAS to JAMES SANDERS 5 negroes, MAGGA abt 30 yrs and > her 4 children, LABAN age 10, JAMES age 6, DELSEY age 3, > HARRY age 2 wks. 11 May 1799 > Deed Book R > 91 WILLIAM H SHELTON to FRANCIS GATEWOOD negroes PHIL,THEONEY, > and JEFF her son. 21 Nov 1812 > > 91 DUDLEY GATEWOOD to dau FRANCIS negroes SPENCER,TEMPY,JAMES, > JAMES,CHRISTINA,SARAH. 28 Nov 1812 > > 92 DANIEL DARBY trustee of JOHN INGRAM for benefit of SAMPSON > M. GLENN to JESSE CARTER negro man LUKE. 10 Nov 1813 > > 92 WILLIAM JOPLIN to JOSEPH LANGLEY negro RUDY age 7 yrs. > 12 Nov 1813 > > 114 DANIEL DARBY to JESSE CARTER negro boy ELIJAH prop of JOHN > DARBY. 12 Jan 1814 > >Dawn Gatewood Daniels > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>Is anyone familiar with the below? > >Damita Drayton Green >dldgreen@erols.com > > >MIDDLE PASSAGE MONUMENT PROJECT > >The symbolic water burial of the Middle Passage Monument provides an >opportunity for Black people to collectively begin healing from the >atrocities of slavery. > >On July 3, 1999, during a ceremonial event at sea involving a host of >scholars, clergy, political leaders, spiritualists, entertainers, and >citizens of the world, a monument honoring the millions of men, women, >and children who lost their lives en route to and at the hands of >slavery between the 15th and 19th centuries will be lowered into the >Atlantic Ocean's Middle Passage, perhaps never to be seen again. > >Six (6) replicas of the monument will be created for placement on land >in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, and >South America. > >The Honorable Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has >endorsed the project, describing it as an opportunity to "help broaden >the understanding of African cultures and the heritage of people of >African descent." > >A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER > >The goal of the Homeward Bound Foundation is to see to it that every >man, woman, and child in the Diaspora is aware of the Middle Passage >Monument Project by January 1, 1999 so that serious efforts can be made >for us to converge on New York City for the long-overdue tribute to our >ancestors. > >Through the media, fliers, promotional T-shirts, posters, and the use of >e-mail, we intend to inform our community. > >The most effective means of spreading the word, however, is through word >of mouth. During the next four (4) months, please use every possible >opportunity to spread the word. Inform your co-workers, your preachers, >your neighbors. And because we want strong representation from around >the world, please notify your contacts abroad, asking them to diligently >spread the word in their respective countries.Then in January, with an >informed community, we will shift the strategy to physically getting >people to New York--utilizing car pooling, buses, train, discounted >plane fares, etc. Because the ships depart Manhattan > >June 26, 1999 for the Monument Site, a series of great events will take >place in New York City between June 19 and 25, 1999, enabling everyone, >even those of us who, for whatever reason, will not be able to board the >ships, to play an integral role in this once-in-a-lifetime salute to our >great ancestors. > >The famous March on Washington, the Million Man March, and the Million >Woman March have all set the stage for millions of Black people from >around the world to come together in New York for the Middle Passage >Monument Project.On July 3, 1999, we will lower a monument and lift our >spirit. May God bless us all as we embark on our most profound journey. > >Wayne James >whj@cais.com >Middle Passage Monument Project >www.middlepassage.org > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>The Black Warrior was Tuskaloosa, Chief of the Maubila. The river was >named for him. The story goes that in 1540 after the horrendous sacking >of his village by Hernando DeSoto, Tuskaloosa and a few survivors went >to the (now) Tuscaloosa area to live. > >I have heard tales that Tuskaloosa was the son of a Black Conquistador >who was part of the exploration team of Tristan de Luna. Tuskaloosa was >said to be seven feet tall. He is the stuff of legends. It is true that >there were Black Conquistadors though and some did indeed stay behind to >live with the Indians. > >For quick reference on the Chief, please visit my story page at >http://www.geocities.com/~cmiddleton/tusk.html > >The history of Alabama is a rich one, replete with with heroes, heroines >and villains. We should never forget they were HERE. >Carol Middleton > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip--- >
>Just about every genealogy related search engine there is can be found on this >site.....I send this out once a month or so, I appologize to the folks who >have received this before, but this is for the benefit of the new folks!! > >Genealogy and Roots......The Search Beat >http://www.search-beat.com/roots.htm > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip--- >
>Someone sent this site to me, couldn't get it to work at first, but then it >came up, (guess there's a lot of network traffic). It looks promising. > >Are you searching endlessly on the internet? >Try our surname search engine! Project GeneaNet envisions creating a World- >Wide Genealogy Tree! Contribute a list of your database of surnames! >Join Us! >GeneaNet is FREE for all to use!! >If you are a family genealogist or a member of a genealogy society, >GeneaNet is for you! Try the GeneaNet surname search engine! There are >nearly 3.7 millon surname entries in this popular and growing database! > > http://www.autumnstar.com/GeneaNet/ > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip---
>Ethel, the Choctaws lived in central and southern present-day Mississippi, >southern Louisiana and part of Alabama. The Chickasaws lived just to the >north of the Choctaws. The Creeks lived east of the Choctaws and >Chickasaws, in eastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. The Cherokees >were in northern Georgia, the western Carolinas and southeastern Tennessee. > The Seminoles were in the swamps and woodlands of Florida. > >Each tribe had its own (or several) Trail of Tears. I know lots of people >think of Trail of Tears in conjunction with the Cherokees, but the term was >used by each tribe to describe its trek(s) from the Southeast to Indian >Territory. The Choctaws were the first to move, beginning in 1832. > >The Cherokees fought their removal like the civilized people they were--in >the courts. The United States Supreme Court agreed that the United States >had no right to force their removal, but Andrew Jackson's response was the >he had an army and the Supreme Court didn't, so the Cherokees WOULD move. >Once again, might makes right. > >Beverly >missbev@theshop.net > >>Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 23:27:51 -0600 (CST) >>From: "Peter B. Mortensen" <n21pe@gte.net> >>Subject: query: Locations of the Five Tribes >> >>Does anyone know the original locations of the five tribes: >> >>Cherokee >>Chickasaw >>Choctaw >>Creek >>Seminole >> >>I believe the Cherokees came out of GA/SC to Oklahoma. I noticed on one >>of the old maps I was researching in SC (looking for my ggrandfather DR? >>JOHN CRAVENS, Charleston?,SC, that there was a big Cherokee County and >>then it decreased dramatically within a few years. >> >>I wonder if they were forced out along with the GA Cherokees on the >>"Trail of Tears." >> >>Ethel Craven-Sweet at n21pe@gte.net >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>by May Wilson McBee ISBN 0-8063-1452-4 > >I think this might be the name of a Slave Trader who has land and a partner, >and of course an attorney. >Daniel Clark , slave trader possibly >Daniel Clark JR >Thomas Wilkins, Attorney for Daniel Clark >Ebenezer Reese-a partner of Daniel Clark > >Daniel appears to have sold slaves in installments.Daniel also owned Land in >the Natchez district. Daniel gets slaves from all over the world Africa, >Jamaica, VA, NC, SC,PA..... > >I was informed : >Natchez was not the capital of MS. At that time the territory was known as >the Natchez District. It was quite large, including present day counties of >Adams, Franklin, Pike, Amite, Wilkenson, East & West Feliciana, LA, and >parts >of Warren. I probably left out one or two. At times it was the possession >of Spain, France, Britian, America. > > >Lafleur Genealogical Archives Specializes in the Internet Archival of Family >Bible > Records. http://www.lafleur.org >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>by May Wilson McBee >Book A >Page 1 >Appointment of Guardian 29 July 1781 > >This one was long so I have condensed Slave owners: the late wife of John >Alston >a fugitive rebel of the district of Natchez at present with the nation of >Indians called >"Chitts" Chittimaches where he has taken refuge with most of his property >including slaves,money, cattle leaving his wife and children in the district >the remiaing slaves, furniture of little value, hogs .....for support. He >appears to have left 6 children and removed with one. > >The wife Elizabeth Alston dies appointment of guardianship is awarded to >Alexander McIntosh, list of slaves which remained: > >Renter, native of N.C. aged 35, $350 >Jane, his wife, nat, of VA; aged 22 $300 >Sarah, their dau. aged 11, $288 >Cruce, their son, aged 20 mos, $165 >(3)Joseph, nat. of Jamaica, aged 28, $350 >Diana, nat of Guinea, aged 35, $250 >Sam their son aged 7, $140 >Susiana thier daughter, aged 5, $130 >Ann native of VA, aged 25, $300 >Rose her daughter aged 7, $140 >David her son aged 4, $130 >Phillip, her son aged 20 mos, $75 > >The estate had 15 negro cabins. > > >Lafleur Genealogical Archives Specializes in the Internet Archival of Family >Bible > Records. http://www.lafleur.org >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
Have found out that an ancestor died in Sierra Leone in 1825. Anyone have any ideas on how I can find out how & what he was doing there? His name was John LEVIE and he died on January 3rd 1825, aged 26 years. He was originally from Aberdeen, Scotland. Nikki
...Just found out that the Genealogy Forum on America Online has a new Website. It's at: http://www.genealogyforum.com/ It's really nice. --Terry
McGraw-Hill has just published Genealogy Online: Special America Online Edition by Elizabeth Powell Crowe and Bill Mann. You can find more information, the complete Table of Contents, and an excerpt at: http://www.smartbooks.com/b9810/bw810geneonlineaol.htm Hope this is helpful. Cornelius
>Hi all - > >The Lifetime cable TV channel program "New Attitudes" will be >featuring a segment on using the Internet for Genealogy this >Friday. Cyndi will be interviewed and RootsWeb will be featured. See > >http://www.lifetimetv.com/onair/shows/na/attractions_1026.html > >for a brief description of the show. See > > http://www.lifetimetv.com/onair/pg/lpg19981030.html > >for show times and be sure to check your local listings as well. > >Good Hunting - Mark > > >~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ >Mark Howells markhow@oz.net >The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man for >Cyndi's List - "The serious genealogist's starting place on the Web" >http://www.CyndisList.com >Cyndi's Book: "Netting Your Ancestors - > Genealogical Research on the Internet" > http://www.CyndisList.com/netting.htm >
My name is Bernardino Bernardette White - (first name is pronounced phonetically, Ber-nar-di-no). I am a 48 year old black female and the youngest of four children. I have two older bothers. My oldest brother, Archie L. Jackson's father's name is Willie or William Walker Jr. Mr. Walker recently passed away in Okolona of cancer, sometime between the early 80s to the mid 90s. Mr. Walker was in his 70s (I believe). Mr. Walker has a sister still living by the name of Idella Walker Booker. Mrs. Booker is around my mother's age. I think, Mrs. Booker told me that she was 84. Mrs. Idella (W) Booker is currently residing in Washington, DC. My brother's father never claimed him as his son, therefore my mother never gave him his father's surname. Mrs. Booker and my mom still correspond today. My second oldest brother Randolph L. Jackson (who's real father's name is Robert Jackson of Gary Indiana (I think)), and an older sister Sandra L. White (who we have the same father by then name of Marcellus Prayer/White of Memphis, TN). I am trying to create a family tree based on my mother's, mother's side of the family and expand from there. As you can see, I have a lot of research to do. I visited the Record's Center here in Daly City of Northern California over a year ago. I traced my Great Grandfather, Anthony Darden and Great Grandmother Harriet Saddler/Darden of Chickasaw County back to the 1800s. Because of obstacles in my life for the past couple of years, I was not able to pursue my family history any further at that time. My great grandmother (Harriet Saddler/Darden had a sister by the name of Leatha (not sure of spelling) who also married one of my great grandfather, Anthony Darden's brothers, (Borey Darden). There is another sister to my great grandmother whom I can not recall her name at this time. I will have to consult my mother for that information. Lim Darden is another one of my great grandfather Anthony Darden's brothers and I understand there are other brothers, not sure if there are any sisters. I will have to question my mother for more information. My Grandmother's name is Louvinia Darden. Married to George Stovall. Although, George Stovall is my grandmother's husband, my mother's father was a white Irishman by the last name of Connelly or O'Connelly or Connally or perhaps spelled with one "l","n" rather than two. (I am not sure of the spelling). My mother only saw her father approximately twice in her life, when she was approximately 2 years of age. So she has very little recollection of him. She was told that she has half sisters, perhaps brothers on her real father's side, but because of society at that time, she had no way of finding out who they are/were. My mother said that she was told that her father was a meter reader for I suppose the gas or electric company or perhaps both in Okolona, MS. I suppose even in Chickasaw County. I was told that my grandmother met my mother's father when she was temporarily separated from her husband George, while she was working in town at a restaurant (as a cook) or at a hotel (where she worked in house keeping). Although, George Stovall was not my mother's father, he loved and raised my mother as his own. My mother carries his name as her maiden name, as George Stovall is the only father my mother has ever known. As well as the only grandfather I knew. George Stovall passed away in 1965/1966 or perhaps 1967. I am currently searching for the burial records. I do remember his death and attending his funeral in East St. Louis, Illinois, and burial in St. Louis, Missouri. I am not definite on the exact year. My grandmother (Louvinia Darden/Stovall) has an older sister by the name or Rebecca Darden/Hunt who married James Hunt (both died from Tuberculosis). He died in St. Louis (I believe) and my great aunt Rebecca died approximately six months to a year later (I think back home in Okolona, MS or may in St. Louis). Aunt Rebecca and Uncle James (both died before I was born) had three children (Eloise Hunt (died in Chicago in 1996 or 1997, Hattie Hunt/Martin (died a week after her sister in Louisville, KY) and James Hunt Jr. has been missing since April or May of 1978 or 1979, presumed dead). My grandmother's older brother by the name of Sam Darden of Okolona, MS, (father of 12 children) passed away at age 92 in a nursing home in, I believe, Albany, New York. He was moved to New York by one of his daughters when he was no longer able to care for himself. I will have to question my mother about his wife's name and all of the names of his children. My great uncle Sam Darden built the "Darden Chapel" in Okolona, Mississippi. My grandmother bore five living children, Archie Stovall (born and died in Okolona, MS, at age 18 from some sort of aneurysm or tumor in the brain), Anthony Stovall (born an invalid (infantile parallisis) in Okolona, MS, died in St. Louis, Missouri, just before his 55th birthday), Morrison Dowed Stovall (born in Okolona, MS, died in St. Louis, Missouri in October of 1980) Gladys Delores Stovall/White (my mother, age 85, born in Okolona, MS, currently living in Millbrae, CA.), Dorothy Beatrice Stovall/Boyer (age 71, born in Okolona, MS, currently living in St. Louis, Missouri). There were I believe 3 still borns and one who died shortly after birth. I believe that my mother was born with the help of a midwife as probably the rest of her siblings were. My grandmother died at age 77 while living with us in St. Louis, Missouri in September, 1964. Just by surfing the Net, I happened upon the (Chickasaw Peace Treaty Feeler -1782) which sparked my interest once more for more history of my family. My mother and all of her siblings were born in Okolona, MS, in Chickasaw County. My mother (Gladys Stovall/White) born August 10, 1913. My mother and her sister (Dorothy Stovall/Boyer) are the last known living relatives of that generation. Unfortunately, through the years, no one saw fit to keep a running history on our family, and now it is somewhat difficult to piece together all the scenarios because of strained relations between my aunt and myself and my mom's memory. I have always known (or have been told) that we have Indian heritage but have not been able to research it until now. I was told that my great/great grandmother on my great grandmother's side was a full blooded Creek Indian, very dark with very long flowing black hair, down to her feet (I was told). From what I can piece together, my great grandfather (Anthony Darden and his brothers) were half white, fathered by his mother's master. Since I found the Chickasaw County WEB Site, I have extracted most of the information there in. I will resume my search for more information on my family history at the Record's Center here in Daly City. But, I would relish any information you can provide. I am also preparing to write the Chickasaw County, County Courthouse for any information they can provide as well. Being as that my mother's, mother's side of the family is the only real lead I have to trace my family, I am interested in "any" Census reports on the History of Chickasaw County. Respectfully Bernardino B. White 1655-A Marina CT. San Mateo, CA. 94403 (650) 349-6638 (voice mail) bwhite@netwiz
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This is taken from the Old Bones Cemetery list. If anyone wants the full article I'll be more than happy to forward it to you. If anyone is researching in Kentucky, this is of special interest to you. In a message dated 10/22/1998 9:36:25 PM Central Daylight Time, LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net writes: << When I came home from work this evening, I fully expected the e-mail wires would be burning up about the story in this morning's Louisville Courier- Journal (10/22/98). Even in the Indiana edition, there was a prominent story about NINETY-TWO military markers found stashed in a storage shed at Greenwood Cemetery for over 30 years by the former operators of: Eastern Cemetery (on Baxter Avenue, near Cave Hill Cem.) Schardein Cemetery (at 7th Street Road and Homeview Drive near Shively) and Greenwood Cemetery (at 41st Street and Hale Avenue) All three cemeteries were abandoned by the operators 9 years ago after the Kentucky Attorney General learned that the operators were not only double- burying in these plots, but in some instances TRIPLE-burying there. Criminal charges were filed (but eventually dismissed) against several members of the cemeteries' board of directors, who were forced to resign... Apparently, the former operators received these 92 military markers during the 1960s to the 1980s and stockpiled them in a shed, pocketing the money paid to them by the Government for placement of the stones... it is impossible to determine WHERE these people are buried. Wanda Hoosier of the West End Neighborhood Association (502-778-1501) is spearheading an effort to raise the money to have the markers arranged to create a memorial made up of three concentric circles with a flagpole in the center next to a bronze plaque. When the markers were found, they were stacked in the shed on top of each other along with debris and old tires. Some were still in crates. >> Return-Path: <CEMETERY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay07.mx.aol.com (relay07.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.7]) by air15.mail.aol.com (v50.22) with SMTP; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:36:24 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by relay07.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA17802; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA17391; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:33:31 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:33:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: LawOfficeInformationSystem@postoffice.worldnet.att.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Old-To: KENTUCKIANA-L@rootsweb.com, CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com From: Lois Mauk <LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net> Message-Id: <19981023023411.DAB14812@LOIS> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:34:11 +0000 Subject: [CEMETERY-L] Stockpiled Veterans' Stones at Greenwood Cem., Louisville, KY Resent-Message-ID: <"lZGSAC.A._NE.6r-L2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2956 X-Loop: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: CEMETERY-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit When I came home from work this evening, I fully expected the e-mail wires would be burning up about the story in this morning's Louisville Courier-Journal (10/22/98). Even in the Indiana edition, there was a prominent story about NINETY-TWO military markers found stashed in a storage shed at Greenwood Cemetery for over 30 years by the former operators of: Eastern Cemetery (on Baxter Avenue, near Cave Hill Cem.) Schardein Cemetery (at 7th Street Road and Homeview Drive near Shively) and Greenwood Cemetery (at 41st Street and Hale Avenue) All three cemeteries were abandoned by the operators 9 years ago after the Kentucky Attorney General learned that the operators were not only double-burying in these plots, but in some instances TRIPLE-burying there. Criminal charges were filed (but eventually dismissed) against several members of the cemeteries' board of directors, who were forced to resign. Apparently the operators just walked away from the sites. Since then, they have been in limbo, although several groups have made efforts to clean them up. Apparently, the former operators received these 92 military markers during the 1960s to the 1980s and stockpiled them in a shed, pocketing the money paid to them by the Government for placement of the stones. Because the records for all three cemeteries are so sketchy and in many cases simply nonexistent, today it is impossible to determine WHERE these people are buried. Wanda Hoosier of the West End Neighborhood Association (502-778-1501) is spearheading an effort to raise the money to have the markers arranged to create a memorial made up of three concentric circles with a flagpole in the center next to a bronze plaque. Admittedly, the markers won't be at the respective graves or even necessarily at the right cemetery, but this seems appropriate given the fact that we will never know where these people are really buried. When the markers were found, they were stacked in the shed on top of each other along with debris and old tires. Some were still in crates. I talked with Wanda tonight and she is mailing me a list of the veterans names and dates, a list prepared by the Montford Point Marine Association in hopes of getting the markers erected and locating some of the families involved. Wanda told the paper that she suspects that many of these individuals had no families, which would explain how the former operators of the cemeteries were able to get away with this. Their graves are believed to be in all three of the sites in question, one of which is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Louisville (Schardein Cem.). I am going to suggest to Wanda that she contact the Veterans Administration to see what information they can provide of these markers. Since they are fairly recent, the VA may be able to help a great deal. A fundraising drive is underway and I should have information on that as well in a few days. Unfortunately, neither the story nor the pictures are featured on the Courier-Journal website. Thought you might be interested in this. If you know anyone who might be interested in helping (such as veterans groups, etc.), feel free to pass along this e-mail message. Lois Mauk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881 Next CCCPC Meeting: Saturday, 11-07-98, New Washington Library, 2:00 PM Ask me about the Bicentennial History of Silver Creek/Stony Point Church ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== Flaming is not acceptable and constitutes removal from the list.