>William J. Barger wrote: >> >> In Pope County I am researching BARGER, SHUFFLEBARGER, WHITESIDE(S), and >> WALKER. >> Regards, > >My Greatgrandmother was Margrette Whitesides. She is buried at Glendale >Methodist Church and was married to a Grissim before she married George >Schuchardt. Have you heard of her? Her sons moved to Ca. I don't know >anything about them. Are you Ann Barger's brother? Sharon Robbs Brown >> Bill Barger >> wjbarger@earathlink.net To the Whitesides researchers: Do any of you have any family traditions/stories about the slaves belonging to the Whitesides, and just how early the family settled in Pope County? Supposedly the freed slaves first settled just east of Lake Glendale and then moved to north of Glendale, possibly around Miller Grove. I'm trying to get names, dates, etc. Jon Musgrave jonm@midamer.net Check out Jon's Southern Illinois History Page at http://users.midamer.net/users/jonm Gallatin County ILGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgalla2/index.html