Hi Everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that Nell and I have added SPRINGHILL CEMETERY, eight miles southwest of Ringgold, and MT. LEBANON CEMETERY, 2 1/2 miles from Gibsland, (part one) to the Bienville Parish Cemeteries Web page. We are trying to update all of the pages as fast as our little fingers will type! <G> I'm am going to add a "LINK" page for anyone who has a home page with Bienville Parish ancestors. If you have a page you would like for me to add, please e-mail me with the URL. Thanks, Markie Co-ordinator of Bienville Parish LaGenWeb Page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1118/index.htm

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/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1118/index.htm

Hi Doris, Here are the Collinsworth's that are in the Friendship Cemetery per Eva Loe McDuffie's book. This book was researched in the 50's, 60's, and early 70's. The following was copied by Mrs. Alvin Barron: Collinsworth, Allen Thomas 1881-1949 Julia Robinson 1886-1945 Collinsworth, Henry Tyson 12-24-1874 12-18-1945 Collinsworth, Betty Eldrige 02-14-1884 11-19-1920 Collinsworth, Maud 03-27-1887 03-03-1919 (daughter of OM & TE Collinsworth and wife of JW Horne) Collinsworth, Robert Easley 4-5-1892 4-16-1907 (son of OM & TE Collinsworth) Collinsworth, Henry Franklin 10-06-1884 6-11-1898 (son of OM & ET Collinsworth) Collinsworth, Virginia 11-06-1923 11-13-1943 Collinsworth, Dr. A.P. 03-10-1823 02-21-1906 Collinsworth, Belle Hood 01-20-1850 04-01-1916 Collinsworth, Dotia 02-20-1866 04-29-1924 (wife of OM Collinsworth) Collinsworth, Mattie S. 1868-1938 Hope this clears things up a bit. I did go to this cemetery, as there are quite a few Loe's buried here. I remember that there were a lot of Collinsworth's buried there as I recognized the last name....knowing that Maranza had married OM.... Peggy

Dear Peggy, Thank you for the additional information on JAMES & MARIA BARRON's family. Shirley

Hi Doris, Did some checking, and New Providence Cemetery is in Ringgold, therefore, is not the same as Friendship. Peggy

Hi Doris, I've only known it as Friendship Baptist Cemetery, I've been to it and it has the name on it. I don't know, though, if it used to be known as Providence. Have you compared other names between the 2 cemetaries? If all the names are the same, then, it must have been known as Providence at one time, or it's a "typo". (Put the wrong list on the Providence page.) If there are only a few of the Collinsworth names in there, then I would venture to *guess* that possibly the family had a memorial type stone put there with other deceased family members, even though their loved ones are buried elsewhere. I have seen that with my family. Let me know what you find, Peggy

Hi Peggy, These cemetery books show the locations as you stated. Don't know what has happened. Guess I will have to locate a more recent canvass of the cemeteries or see if I can locate newspapers microfilmed somewhere. Have no idea that they have been archived. Other than that, guess I will hang in limbo on those until I can either make a trip to LA or find someone else who has been there and listed these COLLINSWORTH clans. Thanks again for your help. Doris

Hi Peggy & Doris, I talked with Doris a little while ago on having some Collinsworth information. Lynelle, my sister-in-law, copied these pages several years back since my grandmother married a Collinsworth. I dug out the pages that Lynelle copied and discovered that my father's half brothers, are from your line of Collinsworths and Loe as follows: Orin M. Collinsworth and Maranza Loe... their son: John Franklin Collinsworth and Elizabeth Thomas....their son: David Thomas Collinsworth and Evie Irean Rowell Stevenson (my grandmother)... their sons: Henry & James Collinsworth (half brothers to my father) Leonard Roy Stevenson. Nell, do you remember where you copied this info from? It lists the third son of Orin M. and Maranza as Dr. Andrew Pickens Collinsworth, b. 1846. I have a picture of Dr. Andrew. My uncle James gave it to me, and the only thing written on it is "Dr. Pick Collinsworth".. I'm not sure which lines ya'll are from, but if you would like a copy of this picture I will be happy to send you one. Nell and I are working to upload as many Bienville Parish cemeteries as we can. Dave Thomas and Evie Irean Stevenson Collinsworth are buried at Bistineau Cemetery along with: Collinsworth, Brian W.---12/05//1866---07/25/1937 Collinsworth, George J. Jr---02/16/1927---09/01/1938 Collinsworth, infant son---09/25/1926---09/25/1926 Collinsworth, Lilla Pate---08/09/1875---05/01/1907 Collinsworth, Mary A. Ray---03/28/1875---03/18/1913 Collinsworth, Thomas Ray---12/22/1941---02/01/1942 There is more information in these pages, but I don't know which lines you are working on or how far back you are... let me know, and we can compare notes. Markie > >Hope this clears things up a bit. I did go to this cemetery, as there are >quite a few Loe's buried here. I remember that there were a lot of >Collinsworth's buried there as I recognized the last name....knowing that >Maranza had married OM.... > >Peggy > > Co-ordinator of Bienville Parish LaGenWeb Page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1118/index.htm

Have just located a major problem with the information in the Bienville Parish Cemetery Books that I bought from J & W Enterprises. (Don't mean to infer that it is their problem). I have just noted a few of my COLLINSWORTH names being listed in more than one cemetery, i.e, Providence and Friendship Baptist. Are these one and the same cemetery known by two names? HELP!!!!!! Thanks, Doris

Jan, I'm fixing to make a really happy genealogist out of you! In "History of Bienville Parish, Vol. I" is your Greer family and your Holland family! Check this out! GREER--- James Greer, born about 1627, Dumfriesshire, Scotland was transported to Maryland 2 November 1675 by Samuel Gibbons of Bristol England. James married Ann TAYLOR about 1681, daughter of ARTHUR TAYLOR and MARGARET HILL, grand-daughter of JOHN TAYLOR, an Englishman who came to America 1 August 1659, with his wife Margaret and children. James died about 1688 in Baltimore Co. MD. Their known son was John Greer, born about 1682 on the Big Falls of Gunpowder River, Baltimore Co. MD. John GREER mar. SARAH LOWE, born about 1663. Their son (fourth son of nine children), was JOHN GREER JR. born 1714 in Baltimore Co. MD. He mar. NANCY ANN WALKER or LOWE in 1736. He moved to Pittsylvania Co. Va., then to Wilkes Co. NC where he died 7 July 1782. John Jr. had nine children. One was JESSE GREER born about 1779 in Wilkes Co. NC. Jesse fought in Revolutionary War as a Captain in the militia. He was scalped by Indians in 1788 leaving 5 minor children.His wife was JUDITH HAMPTON whom he married in Wilkes Co. 14 August, 1779. His son, JOHN GREER, was born 7 December 1783, Wilkes Co. He moved near Mammoth Cave KY after 1803. John mar. SARAH PUCKETT 10 Oct 1806 in Glasgow, Barren Co. Ky. Sarah was born 14 Oct 1787 in SC, daughter of EPHRAIM PUCKETT and ANNIE ALLEN. John and Sarah moved from Ky. to Pike Co. MS. about 1822. John's only brother, Jesse Greer, moved to Pike Co. also. John and Sarah moved to Union Parish La.where he lived until his death, 6 Dec 1855.Some of their 14 children came to La. with them, some stayed in MS. Their oldest son, Jesse Greer was born 29 August near Mammoth Cave KY. JESSE mar DILILAH SISTRUNK about 1827, Pike Co. MS. They moved to Bienville Parish where they are in the 1870, 1880 census. Dililah was born 23 Feb 1809 and died 4 July 1896. Jesse died 20 Jan 1894. Both buried in Providence Cem., just out of Ringgold on Jamestown Highway. Children: Jefferson Greer, MARGARET GREER (married second Zackariah Slaughter), Sarah Ann Greer, Samantha Greer, Delilah Greer, Jesse Greer, Philonia Greer, Mary Frances Greer, William Martin "Buck" Greer. This may also be your HOLLAND family.....the dates are right for him to be a brother of your John... James A. Holland, born April 3, 1827....parents were GEORGE K. HOLLAND and MARTHA A. MAXEY, mar Claiborne Co. MS, April 17, 1824. His parents are not known to me. Her parents were NATHANIEL MAXEY, JR., born in Buckingham Co. Va. in 1768, and SARAH WORSHAM, born in 1780, Va.,daughter of HENRY AND MARTHA WORSHAM. Parents of Nathaniel Maxey Jr. were NATHANIEL MAXEY and RUTH FORD. Ruth born 14 Feb 1745, daughter of JAMES FORD (FAURE) and ANN BONDURANT of Manakin Town Va. (Lots of info on them in the books, Jan) Nathaniel was son of WILLIAM and MARY MAXEY. William died 1768 in Cumberland Co. Va., he was the fifth child of EDWARD and SUSANNAH MAXEY. Edward died 1740, Goochland Co. Va. Susannah died 1743, Goochland Co. See, brick walls can fall! Wish some of mine would.... Lynelle Cowan Stevenson, Bienville Parish Co-ordinator >LABIENVI-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 11 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [LABIENVI-L] Holland Slaughter [JSumrall@webtv.net (J. Mallory Gra] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from LABIENVI-D, send a message to > > LABIENVI-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:50:01 -0500 (CDT) >From: JSumrall@webtv.net (J. Mallory Grace Jr.) >To: LABIENVI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <474-3716A559-4876@postoffice-282.iap.bryant.webtv.net> >Subject: [LABIENVI-L] Holland Slaughter >Content-Disposition: Inline >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > >Jackson(John)Holland was b. 1829 in Ms. and came to La. before 1850. >Married Margaret Greer, 25-June-1850. They had 8 children. Jackson d. >in the Civil War. The family was not on the census of 1860(think it was >destoyed) nd she and her children were not on 1870. She did not >remarry until her children were grown., Then married Frank Slaughter, >10-Jan-1890 . I do not know when she died, If there was a wll or what. >Would appreciate any help that anyone can give. This has been my brck >wall. >Jan >

And the walls came tumbling down.................CONGRATS JAN

Jackson(John)Holland was b. 1829 in Ms. and came to La. before 1850. Married Margaret Greer, 25-June-1850. They had 8 children. Jackson d. in the Civil War. The family was not on the census of 1860(think it was destoyed) nd she and her children were not on 1870. She did not remarry until her children were grown., Then married Frank Slaughter, 10-Jan-1890 . I do not know when she died, If there was a wll or what. Would appreciate any help that anyone can give. This has been my brck wall. Jan

1850 Amite County, MS Census 13 608 608 Raborn Sarah 40 F La 14 608 608 Raborn Clorinda 21 F Amite Co Miss X 15 608 608 Raborn Agena 19 F Amite Co Miss 16 608 608 Raborn Joseph 13 F Amite Co Miss 17 608 608 Raborn Henry 11 M Amite Co Miss 18 608 608 Raborn John 9 M Amite Co Miss - ---------------------------- 8 619 619 Raborn Simpson 33 M Farmer 80 Amite Co Miss 9 619 619 Raborn Mary 21 F Pike Co Miss X 10 619 619 Raborn Wm 10 M Amite Co Miss X 11 619 619 Raborn Demarius 9 F Amite Co Miss X 12 619 619 Raborn Edward 7 M Amite Co Miss X 13 619 619 Raborn Mary C. 6 F Amite Co Miss -------------------------------------- 35 630 630 Raborn George I. 25 M Farmer Amite Co Miss 36 630 630 Raborn Martha 20 F Amite Co Miss 37 630 630 Raborn Elizabeth 1 F Amite Co Miss 38 630 630 Raborn Nancy 5/12 F Amite Co Miss 39 631 631 Raborn Rachel 58 F 400 S.C. 40 631 631 Raborn Rachel L. C. 20 F Amite Co Miss 41 631 631 Raborn Simson 16 M Farmer Amite Co Miss ---------------------------------------- ============================================================ =========================================== 1 656 656 Raborn Henry 35 M Farmer 1,000 Amite Co Miss 2 656 656 Raborn Mary 34 F Pike Co Miss 3 656 656 Raborn Elizabeth 14 F Amite Co Miss X 4 656 656 Raborn Caroline 11 F Amite Co Miss X 5 656 656 Raborn Harrison 7 M Amite Co Miss X 6 656 656 Raborn Mary 5 F Amite Co Miss 7 656 656 Raborn L**isa 3 F Amite Co Miss 8 657 657 Raborn Quincy 37 M Farmer 600 Amite Co Miss 9 657 657 Raborn Rutha 21 F Pike Co Miss 10 657 657 Raborn Warren 8 M Pike Co Miss X 11 657 657 Raborn Nancy 3 F Amite Co Miss

Should have cleaned this up a bit, but didn't. Found these two Raborn families on the 1850 Amite Co, MS Census. Thought some of you might be interested as this name of RABORN has been on the list a few times. 8 578 578 Raborn Sampson 31 M Farmer 400 Amite Co Miss 9 578 578 Raborn M. 17 F Pike Co Miss 10 578 578 Raborn Sarah 45 F N.C. X 11 578 578 Raborn Rebecca 36 F Amite Co Miss X REMARKS: 13 shows Insane --------------------------- 12 579 579 Felder Charles F. 35 M Physician 2,000 S.C. 13 579 579 Felder Mary A. 27 F Amite Co Miss 14 579 579 Raborn Nancy 13 F Amite Co Miss X 15 579 579 Felder C. C. 10 M Amite Co Miss X 16 579 579 Raborn James 8 M Amite Co Miss X 17 579 579 Sibley Elizabeth 3 F Amite Co Miss 18 579 579 Felder A. G. 3 M Amite Co Miss 19 579 579 Felder D. C. 2 M Amite Co Miss

Hi Shirley, I can't really help much with the Hodges family, but I do have info on the family of James Barron & Maria Raborn. They had the following children: Bertie Irene b ? m Austin Harris Miller d 4 Jan 1943 James Cleveland b 1884 m Theo Docia Loe in 1909 Edward m Addie Butler Harmon m Fannie Oden Horace m Angie Kennedy Mattie never married Cloma never married Laurice m Emily Cummings Best Wishes, Peggy

My great-grandmother, ZILLA ANN (DAVIS) HODGES, died at Sparta, Bienville Parish, on 9 February 1882. I have not been able to find her burial site and would greatly appreciate help in locating her grave. ZILLA's husband, JAMES MADISON HODGES, died in Winn Parish about 1875. In the 1870 U.S. census, JAMES & ZILLA were recorded living in the Pine Ridge postal area of Winn Parish. I do not know where JAMES MADISON was buried. Were they buried in the same place or separately? Any clues about this couple would be greatly appreciated. Shirley B. Alexander

My great aunt, MELISSA D. HODGES (1852-1880), married JAMES L. BARRON (1856-1926) about 1873. They had three known children: JAMES T. (1874-1883), ALLIE ANN (1878-1879) and HENRY LEE (1879-1880). After MELISSA died, JAMES married MARIA T. RABORN (1862-1918). JAMES and MARIA had one known son, JAMES C. (1884-1967). MELISSA D. HODGES was the daughter of JAMES MADISON and ZILLAH ANN (DAVIS) HODGES, my great-grandparents, who were living in Winn Parish in the 1870s. MELISSA's son, JAMES T., survived her and inherited from his grandparents' estate and died in the same year, 1883. I am interested in corresponding with anyone who could provide more information about the HODGES family. Shirley B. Alexander

Hello Shirley, I checked the Cemetery Books, Vol 1, 2, and 3. Found a B W HODGES in Friendship Baptist Cemetery and in Carolina Baptist Cemetery are listed the following HODGES; Hattie, Henry Carr, JF, JG, Lula R, Ruth, and WM. All have been buried since 1911. If these might be of help, let me know and I will post the complete information as it is written.

<Since Martha Owen, Lynelle Stevenson and I practically tied in asking for Bienville Parish, we are all going to do it together.> Great job!! Keep up the good work. I will be visiting often. Cynthia ____________________________________________ Cynthia's Genealogy World http://pw2.netcom.com/~samples Rockwell County TX GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrockwa

Hi David, Just checked the cemetery listings for MARKHAM. Found one in Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery, but he is not the one you are looking for; MARKHAM, Fred Wilburn, born 02/12/1917, died 01/27/1988 I did find the following UPSHAW, in New Liberty Hill Cemetery; UPSHAW, Baby ( 4 different ones and no dates at all) Bettye G born 1876 died 1928 John A born 1874 died 1939 In Holder Cemetery; UPSHAW, Annie Bell Jordan, born 11/11/1909 Charles E born 02/22/1931 died 06/30/1952 Henry J 07/24/1893 06/09/1984 James S 11/04/1905 11/25/1950 Mary G 08/02/1933 no date Ruby J 04/17/1912 06/13/1980 In Liberty Hill - North of Church UPSHAW, Jim F born 12/22/1898 died 02/18/1978 Doesn't appear that any of these are the ones you might be looking for. Time frame is not close enough. Maybe Claiborne Parish would be a good place to look.