Dear Judy, Thank you so much for Maxine's information. I called her, and I was delighted that she answered the phone and that she is well. The explanation for her cyber-disappearance is that, as she put it, when she returned from church one Sunday evening, she discovered that someone had decided that they needed her computer more than she did. Much like me, she did not have all data backed up. When she gets back on line, she'll let us know. I'm sure at that time she will need the help of us all to restore just some of her COLSON, HODGES, JARRELL, WARD, YEOMANS, etc. files. May God Bless You and Your Family, Bob (John Robert) PEAVY Post Office Box 1519 Rincon GA 31326-1519 _______________________________ From: AslanJ 06/02/99 Subject: Maxine Jarrell Bob - I just looked up Maxine in the Aol Switchboard, and here is her address, phone and the same email address. At least you can phone or snail mail. Judy Maxine Light JARRELL 7785 County Rd 22, Centre, AL 35960 Email: mjarrell@peop.tdsnet.com (256)475-5388 _______________________________ 07/2/98 Subject: WARD Screven Co GA Dear Maxine, I couldn't find a WARD in the Screven, Effingham or Bulloch Cos Census abstracts for 1850, or in the Effingham abstract for 1860 or index for 1870. I did find the following: Screven Co GA Census of 1850 (household 22): William HODGES 50 [m 5 Apr 1833 Eff] Martha [W. COLSON] HODGES 38 [m 5 Apr 1833 Eff] Andrew E. HODGES 17 [m 21 Sep 1854 Eff] James W. HODGES 15 [m 19 Jul 1864 Screv] Elkin [Elihu?] HODGES 14 George W. HODGES 12 [m ?23 Apr 1863 Eff] William G. HODGES 11 Thomas HODGES 9 [1850 Screv poore age 14?] Robert HODGES 7 John B. HODGES 5 Benjamin HODGES 2 Mary A[nn?] HODGES 8 [?m 25 Apr 1860 Screv] Sarah HODGES 6 Morning [WILLIAM] SHEPHERD 95 [m 2 Feb 1778 NC, Martha's grandmother] Screven Co GA Census of 1850 (household 412): Shepherd [Williams] COLSON 35 [m1 27 Feb 1840 Screv, son of Matthew COLSON b c 1785 m c 1804 d 1826 & Mary SHEPPARD COLSON DONALDSON m2 16 Oct 1828 Screv, and grandson of Mourning WILLIAM, second wife of John Baptist SHEPPARD b NC d by 1801 Screv-Eff] Martha [USHER] COLSON 41 [m 27 Feb 1840 Screv d by 1859] Aramantha COLSON 14 Screven Co GA Tax Digest for 1852: No WARDs, Sheppard COLSON is in the 36th District Screven Co GA Marriage Book C: James WARD to Mary A. HODGE 25 Apr 1860 Screven Co GA Census of 1860 (family & household 174): S[hepherd] W[illiams] COLSON 45 M F[arm] M[anager] [m2] GA Harriet [Josephine DUGGER] COLSON 18 F GA [b 7 Jan 1842 m 23 Nov 1859 Screven Co GA (second wife) , two daughters] James WARD 26 M Laborer SC Mary A. [HODGES] WARD 18 F [m 25 Apr 1860 Screv] GA I couldn't find them in the abstracts of the Screven Co GA Censuses of 1870 or 1880, nor in the index of the Effingham Co GA Census of 1870. A quick look at cemetery inscriptions for Screven Co GA yielded no WARDs. Since this record indicates that James WARD was born in SC and would be about 16 in 1850, he is perhaps still in SC at that time. .... _______________________________ From: mjarrell@peop.tdsnet.com 07/01/98 Subject: Look up Would you please see if there were in ward in screven Co Ga in 1850. Thank you very much. maxine Looking for a father of James Ward who m Mary Ann Hodges of that county