Can anyone verify for me that the William A. WHITLEY, born 07/21/1828, d. 04/26/1877, buried in Taylor Cemetery was the husband of Delitha (LOE) WHITLEY, b. 12/09/1824, d. 05/08/1907, also buried in Taylor Cemetery? Thanks, Doris Lindblad

I wanted to share this bit of information with members of the list and ask "ARE WE DOING OUR FAIR SHARE"? Excerpt from Rootsweb Review, Vol. 2, No. 18 received today: >>>>>>>> Here is the problem, and why the new communities will be the solution. When we launched RootsWeb, we assumed that our users would prefer to support us as much as they were able, in exchange for a site open to all, without banners plastered all over everything and without having resources locked up (as is done at other genealogy sites), available only for fees on the order of $60 per year. Instead, people can support RootsWeb for as little as $12 per year. We thus hoped that a reasonable fraction of our users, perhaps half of them, would support us in some way. And because we expected support from the community, we made promises to projects like USGenWeb that we would freely host them for the good of the Internet genealogy community. We have no intention of reneging on those early promises, but it has been difficult, because the community support we anticipated has not been there. Although people use the site like crazy, fewer than 7% of our users have chipped in to keep things going. The other 93%? Perhaps they're busy, or they're broke, or they won't pay unless they have to, or they don't think RootsWeb is useful. Who knows? But it means that RootsWeb has run at a cash flow loss. In simple terms, Karen Isaacson and Brian Leverich have donated not only their time as system administrators but a substantial part of their personal resources to provide the genealogical community with RootsWeb. The rest of RootsWeb's staff have also made substantial contributions. Because RootsWeb's costs exceed its income, we can't provide all the genealogical facilities we'd like to support. These could include online searchable databases of pension records, census indexes, vital records, or countless other valuable genealogical services that we could easily provide -- if only we could afford the staff to support them. And, ultimately, RootsWeb can't even continue to exist if we don't bring our costs and revenues into balance, something we want to have under control before the transition to non-profit status (as opposed to losing money status) is completed. We are doing what we can to remedy the situation. For instance, we are selling banner advertisements where we can. However, this alone will never provide enough revenue to cover the costs of the unbannered volunteer projects which consume most of RootsWeb's resources yet by their very nature produce no direct revenue, even as they provide invaluable content to the genealogical community. The new communities, from their inception, will be fully supported by advertising. They will be paying their own way. We can shift some of the costs of maintaining the Web, mailing list, GenConnect, and search engine servers onto the new communities, so that the new communities will subsidize a genealogical community that hasn't been supporting itself. Although we have been disappointed in the amount of financial support of the genealogical community, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the writer of the letter above and the other 7% of our users who have helped make RootsWeb available to the whole community. Without their support and encouragement, there would be no RootsWeb. If you would like to join the folks who are making RootsWeb possible and thus help us bring new genealogical data online, freely available to all, please visit: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to: RW-info@rootsweb.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> COME ON FOLKS. LET'S PITCH IN WITH OUR FAIR SHARE. ROOTSWEB DOES A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US RESEARCHERS. Doris

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Hello to all! I am new to the Bienville Parish list. I was visiting in Bienville Parish a couple of weekends ago (from Arlington, VA) and attended the huge flea market known as Bonnie & Clyde Days. While in Arcadia, I stopped by the Bienville Democrat newspaper offices. I was seeking to copy a couple of obituaries I need from 1924 and 1935. Unfortunately, the copies that the newspaper office has from that time period are severely damaged and are probably destined for the trash heap. I saw them and they are in bad shape. However, I am told that LSU has good copies going back that far (and further) on microfilm. The trouble is finding someone who can go to the library at LSU in Baton Rouge and look these things up and copy them for me. If you know anyone in Baton Rouge area who would be willing to do that, please let me know. If you wish to subscribe to the Bienville Democrat, here is the information. The Bienville Democrat will mail their newspaper to you for $40 per year. It is a weekly, published on Thursdays. Contact: Wayne E. Dring, Publisher P.O. Box 29 Arcadia, LA 71001 Phone: (318) 263-2922 Fax: (318) 263-8897 Home Phone Number: (318) 263-2856 Best regards, Jolie jblan54@hotmail.com Arlington, VA _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

These are the names I located in Mt Lebanon. These records are found in "Bienville Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Records", Vol 1 compiled by George Rogers Park. BAKER, Carrie White 07/13/1851 07/02/1921 Delilah 12/25/1827 08/02/1886 Fannie Ratcliff 02/16/1866 04/13/1924 Infant son 02/25/1886 02/26/1886 J. Courtney 06/27/1883 07/07/1885 J. Egan 12/01/1860 09/25/1922 J. L. 02/14/1850 03/28/1918 James M. 12/16/1813 Leary Claude 01/14/1889 09/27/1936 Lewis W. 04/30/1815 12/06/1892 Lynn Aubrey 09/09/1894 07/19/1925 Mamie Williamson 07/09/1860 05/09/1902 Margaret Williamson 09/09/1849 02/09/1935 W 1866 1933 W. T. 08/08/1820 09/15/1864 William T. 12/19/1847 11/13/1930 PITMAN Fannie A. Pitman 07/13/1840 05/11/1865 Mary Ann Dorman Pitman 08/23/1801 12/02/1867 Jessie R. Pitman 10/01/1795 12/10/1871 Also listed which may be of interest to you: COLON, Bertha Baker b, 12/19/1878 no death date KING, Julia Caroline Baker b. 07/09/1857 d. 08/09/1920 SHEHEE, Susan Baker b. 12/01/1860 d. 03/07/1884 MIZELL, Jane Pitman b. 1838 d. 1903 THURMOND, Sarah Pitman b. 02/27/1830 d. 09/13/1899 Hope these will help in your research. There is a partial listing of Mt Lebanon as well as some of the other cemeteries located here. You might want to check them out <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/">Bienville Parish, Louisiana Genealogy </A>

New material in the archives and on the county page, thanks to Markie Owen and Lynelle Stevenson. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/bible/womack.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/census/1850cen1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/census/1850cen2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/obits/rowell.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/obits/myers.txt David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii Archives Manager --- OKGenWeb & NMGenWeb Projects Tombstone Project -- OKGenWeb & NCGenweb Projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html

Here are some new uploads to the the archives for Bienville Parish ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/cemeteries/bryan.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/cemeteries/springh1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/cemeteries/springh2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/cemeteries/mtleban1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/bienville/cemeteries/mtleban2.txt They are also on the county web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/ All this research and typing was done by Markie and Lynelle. I just made plain text copies of their work and uploaded. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii Archives Manager --- OKGenWeb & NMGenWeb Projects Tombstone Project -- OKGenWeb & NCGenweb Projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html

Is there anyone out there who would do a look up on property taxes for Margaret Holland for the years 1865-1870. They could still be in the name of her husband, Jackson(John)Holland. Would be very graeful for any help. Thanks Jan

I am researching the family of Roland Leonard Horn and Rebecca Redmond Poland. Roland was born in NC and died in 1853 in Bienville Parish. His wife, Rebecca, was born in NC and died in 1884 in Bienville Parish. Their son, John Williams Horn, was my husband's great grandfather. Roland Leonard was the son of Michel Horn and Charity Williams from NC. I would love to hear from anyone else that is researching this family line. Will gladly share any info that I have. Gaytha Thompson

William Thomas Mabry b. 1819 Ouachita Parish, LA m. Nancy Jane Frame ca 1839 William T. Mabry appears on the 1850 census of Bienville Parish. I would like to hear from anyone working on the Mabry or Frame families in Bienville Parish 1850's and 1860's. Bobby Parker

Hello Pam, A part of your ARDIS family appear to be buried in Mt Lebanon Cemetery according to Bienville Parish Cemetery Records, Vol 1; Mathias Ardis b 06/06/1791 d. 12/21/1860 Louisa b. 10/12/1801 d. 05/03/1854 Clinton L b. 02/17/1868 d. 04/14/1900 Sarah Louisa b. d. 08/19/1857 age 27 Casper Nail b. 11/08/1833 d. 12/23/1899 There are other ARDIS buried in that cemetery. They include; Bryan P, Hellen, India, Juddie Howerton, Lofton M, Miss Anna M H, and Rev H Z. If you need the dates on any of these, let me know. Am sending this to the Bienville mail list as well incase it might help someone else. Good luck, Doris

--part1_c3aedc47.2455289a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rec'd the fowarded info in response to a query. Wanted to pass it on tho the list for the benefit of others who might be interested. --part1_c3aedc47.2455289a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <arthurjr@earthlink.net> Received: from rly-st01.mx.aol.com (rly-st01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.134]) by air01.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:12:47 -0400 Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by rly-st01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA20144 for <Hstryhntr2@aol.com>; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:51:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA10333 for <Hstryhntr2@aol.com>; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:51:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from default (pool025-max7.ds12-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net [209.178.14.25]) by swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA03861 for <Hstryhntr2@aol.com>; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:51:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990425135323.006acc94@earthlink.net> X-Sender: arthurjr@earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:53:23 -0700 To: Hstryhntr2@aol.com From: Art Lewis <arthurjr@earthlink.net> Subject: Collinsworth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Reply-To: arthurjr@earthlink.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi. In response to your query, you indicated that Loula Collinsworth married abt 1881, here is the index of that marriage with month date and year as recorded in the Bienville Parish marriage index: 10-Feb 1881 Tom JORDAN Lou A. COLLINSWORTH The month day and year for the marriage of Orien to Francis is as follows, 6-Jan 1864 0. M. COLLINSWORTH Frances CASON Here is a list of all male Collinworth that married in Bienville Parish between 1848 and 1900. 20-Nov 1889 N. COLLINSWOHTH Ann BOGGUS 6-Jan 1864 0. M. COLLINSWORTH Frances CASON 22-Nov 1883 0. M. COLLINSWORTH E. F. EASLEY 29-Nov 1893 G. J. COLLINSWORTH M. K. SANDERLIN 13-Aug 1863 Henry L. COLLINSWORTH Margaret E. WOOD 21-Dec 1865 John F. COLLINSWORTH Elizabeth THOMAS 6-Jan 1864 O. M. COLLINSWORTH Frances CASON 8-Nov 1860 Renry L. COLLINSWORTH Mahala E. LOW Good Luck with your research. Art Lewis --part1_c3aedc47.2455289a_boundary--

Hi Lynelle, I have a copy of the pages you mentioned from Vol 1 of the History of Bienville Parish, along with several other pages. I would love to get hold of a copy of the entire book. Did not know there was a Vol 2 in existence. Would love to have that one also. Thanks for your offer. Doris

Ok All.. I think I have fixed the look up page.. I hope! I fixed Doris' address, and changed to Peggy's name! <LOL> David, you are very welcome.. :) And Bruce, I will put your page on the top of the list!! :) Mine will be next, so far that is all I have to put up, but we will have more soon I'm sure. I'm sorry that it took me all day to fix it... I broke my glasses, and had to go spend a forutne to get some more. BUT I CAN SEE again!! <G> Please have patience with me as I learn who everyone is here on the list. Thank you all... Markie

On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, MLO wrote: > Hi Peggy, > > I wanted to tell you that I have updated the look up page on Bienville > Parish to include yours and Doris' resourses. Thank you both very much for > your help. > > Markie > Co-ordinator of Bienville Parish LaGenWeb Page. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/ Thanks, Markie! David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii Archives Manager --- OKGenWeb & NMGenWeb Projects Tombstone Project -- OKGenWeb & NCGenweb Projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html

Markie, Peggy, Doris... Sure, the information on the Collinsworths came from "History of Bienville Parish La. Vol. I" pps 183-186. There are several separate articles submitted by Wanda Collinsworth, Ealia Wise, Mary Collinsworth Phillips. Dr. Andrew Pickens Collinsworth.... George Jefferson Colinsworth.... Henry Tyson Collinsworth... Julia Robinson Collinsworth.... Nathan Clark Collinsworth... William David and Willie Belle Hines Collinsworth... All are descendants of Orian Moses and Maranza Loe Collinsworth from Bladen Co. NC to Clark Co. MS, to Jackson Parish to Bienville Parish. If these will help I'll be glad to xerox them for you and check Vol. II the next time I'm at the library.

Hi Markie, Maranza Loe is the sister of my husband's g grandfather, so, he doesn't descend on the Collinsworth-Loe line, but the Loe-Hays line. Maranza's brother, Daniel Nicholson Loe married Elizabeth Rentz, their daughter, Mary Ann Loe married John Clayton Hays, and my husband's mother is the 13th of their 14th children. We still own part of the land that belonged to his ancestors in Bienville Parish, and go there quite a lot during the year. We live in Center, TX, which is about 22 miles from the LA border, so it doesn't take us long to get to Bienville. I told Dave Morgan that I can do look ups from the following: 1850 Bienville Parish census, Liberty Hill - Brush Valley - Friendship by Eva Loe McDuffie, Bienville Parish LA Marriage Records 1848-1900, and Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bienville Parish. As you know, Doris Lindblad can do look ups from the Bienville Parish cemetery records books that she has. Whenever you update the look up pages, please include us. It was nice hearing from you, and I appreciate your offer of help on the Collinsworth-Loe line. Peggy

Hi Doris, Thanks for your kind offer, but, I already have the Loe info in the Friendship Cem. I'm always glad to help you out!! If J&W did make a mistake in their books, maybe we ought to inform them, so that they can correct future additions....just a thought. Talk to you soon, Peggy

Hello Markie, I am actually from the line of child # 13 of Orian Moses and Maranza, Louisiana America COLLINSWORTH who married Thomas JORDAN also of Bienville Parish. Of course my main interest is in that line but I am gathering info on all the siblings of Loula. I also correspond with Bill Hillier who is a descendant of John Franklin COLLINSWORTH. We have exchanged a lot of information on the lines. I would love to have a copy of the picture of "Dr Pick" and any other information that you may have. I actually show Andrew Pickens b in 1846 in Clarke Co, MS as the 4th son. Prior to him, I have Henry Lewis, b 12/10/1838, John Franklin, b. 10/13/1842, Albert Brown b. 06/03/1844. My source cited is "copy from Bible", which was sent to me by Bill. And Malissa who was born in between Henry and John. I really appreciate the help of anyone out there. Doris

OOPsss.....I'm sorry... forgot to say, that I am also adding a photo album to the Bienville Page. If you have any old pictures of your ancestors, that you would like to include, please let me know also. Thank You,...Markie