Welcome aboard. You have missed a lot. I would love to have a copy of the journal. ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Smith <andace@bellsouth.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 11:40 AM Subject: [ILPIKE] new to site > I am new to this site but I was delighted to find it by accident. I am > researching the following names in Pike county, Jeffers, Winterbotham, > Pine, Noe, Belford, Elder. My grandmother was Ruby Ellen Belford > Jeffers who died in 1993. She lived her entire life in Baylis and I > remember visiting there many times. My father was Asahel Harold > Jeffers, he died in 1993 also and is buried in the Baylis cemetery. I > am stuck on the family of my gg grandmother, Charlotte Noe Jeffers. > She was married to Isaac Jeffers , his second wife but I do not see > their marriage listed in the Pike county records, just his other two > wives, one before her and one after. She is buried in the Starkey > cemetery but I don't remember ever visiting it in the past years. Isaac > is buried in Baylis. The Winterbothams are also a big problem, I can't > seem to find the line beyond Charles Winterbotham, my gg grandfather. > The Jeffers were originally from Ohio and settled in Baylis when it was > known as Pineville. If anyone has any "relatives" in the Savannah area > I would love to swap research time. If anyone knew my grandmother Ruby > or my father I would love to hear stories about their lives. Candace > Jeffers Smith Savannah, Georgia > > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > Pike County Newspaper Abstracts > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~newspapr/IL/Pike.html > >