I've just picked up on this and don't know where it all began, but I have a question - Does anyone know anytning about Abel and Nancy Dean's daughter, Elizabeth (or Mary Elizabeth) who married George Rice and had Mary Georgianne Rice? Aunt Annie (Mary Georgianne) said she was raised by either friends or family of Mary Elizabeth as she apparently died - does anyone know? What happened to George Rice? Nora "Greggory E. Davies" wrote: > Gerri, I don't, but Mike Drewett will, you can bet on that. > > I'm sure he's on the list and I'm sending this to him in case he ain't. > > Gregg > > Gerri wrote: > > > > Gregg > > Regarding the Brock Clan, would you know anything about Nancy Brock who > > married Abel Averette Dean? > > Gerri Drewett > > Researching: Drewett, Dean Brock, Drago > > > > Regarding the following, from my guesstimation looking at the censues, > > which can be misleading, most of the Brock clan lived around Tide which > > is about mid-way between Atlanta and Packton near what was Albright's > > Prairie, which is about ten miles south of Winnfield on the Old > > Alexandria Rd. As the census taker skipped around somewhat, it might > > appear that the Brocks were scattered, but not necessarily so. There > > was one in the 1860 census, household headed by a female (can't recall > > name now), that was consistent with what would today be the Old Joyce > > area, east of Dugdemona a couple or three miles. > > > > Gregg > > > > ==== LAWINN Mailing List ==== > > Please keep chat mail private. These list are being archived. > > ==== LAWINN Mailing List ==== > Although it is recommended that genealogical data intended for the Winn Parish LA archives be sent to <LADATA-L@rootsweb.com>, it is not disallowed on the mailing list.

Gerri, I don't, but Mike Drewett will, you can bet on that. I'm sure he's on the list and I'm sending this to him in case he ain't. Gregg Gerri wrote: > > Gregg > Regarding the Brock Clan, would you know anything about Nancy Brock who > married Abel Averette Dean? > Gerri Drewett > Researching: Drewett, Dean Brock, Drago > > Regarding the following, from my guesstimation looking at the censues, > which can be misleading, most of the Brock clan lived around Tide which > is about mid-way between Atlanta and Packton near what was Albright's > Prairie, which is about ten miles south of Winnfield on the Old > Alexandria Rd. As the census taker skipped around somewhat, it might > appear that the Brocks were scattered, but not necessarily so. There > was one in the 1860 census, household headed by a female (can't recall > name now), that was consistent with what would today be the Old Joyce > area, east of Dugdemona a couple or three miles. > > Gregg > > ==== LAWINN Mailing List ==== > Please keep chat mail private. These list are being archived.

Gregg Regarding the Brock Clan, would you know anything about Nancy Brock who married Abel Averette Dean? Gerri Drewett Researching: Drewett, Dean Brock, Drago Regarding the following, from my guesstimation looking at the censues, which can be misleading, most of the Brock clan lived around Tide which is about mid-way between Atlanta and Packton near what was Albright's Prairie, which is about ten miles south of Winnfield on the Old Alexandria Rd. As the census taker skipped around somewhat, it might appear that the Brocks were scattered, but not necessarily so. There was one in the 1860 census, household headed by a female (can't recall name now), that was consistent with what would today be the Old Joyce area, east of Dugdemona a couple or three miles. Gregg

Good morning. I have some disturbing news concerning the WWII Oral History Project that I need to share with the list. Dr. Smith of Northwestern State University informed us this week that the La. Endowment for the Arts has denied the grant proposal of the Winn Parish Museum for the WWII Oral History Project. I have emailed Dr. Smith with some questions/suggestions but have not yet heard back from her. This disturbs me because I cannot think of a more worthwhile project and I suppose selfishness creeps into my imagination and I wonder why whoever the powers that be decided not to fund the grant. From all appearances early on, we thought the grant application approval was a snap and would not fall by the wayside, but it has. I suppose someone bigger than us needed to refurbish an outhouse in Vermillion Parish, which might be equally important to them, but being the selfish individual I am, I find our project as important as any other I know of. At any rate... So, here are my views. Regardless of a grant or no grant, we have done some great work that can't or won't be undone. Our organization was not going to realize any monetary gain from the grant at any point. The funds would have gone to the museum or to the university, not to WPGHA. Our motives were never profit driven. Expensewise, we have about six or eight volunteers who have freely sacrificed a couple of Saturdays to peform the interviews. We purchased a couple of recorders, a sack full of tapes, and are only out at this point a couple of hundred bucks. I don't think you can place a monetary figure on the value of what we've accomplished thus far. Besides, what is our organization all about to begin with? History and genealogy. And, genealogy is history. So we're doing something that needs to be done and is being done. Grant or no grant, we still have over 60 interviews of Winn Parish heroes whose stories have never, ever been recorded and again, these will be worth more than money to our kids, grandkids, and so on down the line. I propose that we continue with what we're doing and my proposal seems to be unanimous among the volunteers who have worked so hard on the project. Again, expenses will be limited to the cost of tapes unless we decide to have them transcribed. I have written Dr. Smith to see if NSU would still be willing to transcribe the tapes, but have yet to hear from her. If they are, I think I speak for everyone on the committee in saying we would continue on as planned and allow NSU copies of the work. If they are not, and we have to hire a transcriptionist, we might be looking at some pretty serious money for an organization of our size and monetary means. I think there are some who might be willing to donate to the cause should we run into the expense of having to pay for transcription. However, should we put the material in book form and sell it, we might make a few bucks for the organization. Regardless, we are doing something that needs to be done and something that is noble and that will benefit generations from now on. Each time I think about this project I wish that someone would have recorded a statement from every veteran of this country who ever fought in any war. Imagine how many questions you would be able to answer about your ancestors if you had such access. So, to sum it up, the committee thus far has agreed to continue on with the project and the silver lining in the dark cloud is that we are no longer fighting a deadline of October and we don't have to be in a hurry. I appreciate any views or comments as long as they are in agreement with mine. Gregg

Good morning. A cousin of mine informed me of a very interesting website related to genealogy and possibly some of you might like to take a look. It is worth checking out if you want to air a gripe or possibly learn about genealogy rip-offs, etc. Gregg

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEB.2ACI/168.1 Message Board Post: Barbara, I have some McCarty's on my G-grandmother's sister's children's line.Do you have any names & dates? Reasearching: Boyett,James,Underwood, Adams,Brister,McCarty, White,Pierce,Watley,Sanders, Allen,Smith,Gates,Dark, Sowers,Boles.

Regarding the following, from my guesstimation looking at the censues, which can be misleading, most of the Brock clan lived around Tide which is about mid-way between Atlanta and Packton near what was Albright's Prairie, which is about ten miles south of Winnfield on the Old Alexandria Rd. As the census taker skipped around somewhat, it might appear that the Brocks were scattered, but not necessarily so. There was one in the 1860 census, household headed by a female (can't recall name now), that was consistent with what would today be the Old Joyce area, east of Dugdemona a couple or three miles. Gregg Marian, I got this information back in 1999 from a Brock and a Durham descendant. Based on this I would say the name that you want is James W. Brock. As to which area of the parish where they lived, I haven't found out. I looked up James Durham and family on the 1860 census (same census) and they were listed under the Winnfield PO. As you know James Durham didn't live at Winnfield. In the 1860 census of Winn Parish was the following: Alexander Brock, age 46, Male, farmer, born S.C. Matilda C. A. Brock, wife, age 28, Female, born La. She was his second wife. Mary F. Brock, dau., age 15, Female, born Ala. William A.J. Brock, son, age 4, Male, born La. Georgan S. Brock, dau., age 3, Female, born La. Susanah Brock, dau., age 1, Female, born La. His son was also listed in a separate household as: James W. Brock, age 23, Male, Farmer, born Ala. Elizabeth Brock, wife, age 25, Female, born Ala. Pintha M. Brock, dau., age 1, Female, born La. John Hilbun, Father-in-law, age 69, Male, born Ga. If you have a question you can contact me here or at cbdur123@aol.com Courtney B. Durham > ==== LAWINN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe you must "request" the service. Send the one word message to <LAWINN-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> if you are subscribed to the list or use a "D" instead of an "L" if you get the digest.

In a message dated 9/5/2001 9:39:01 PM Central Daylight Time, mdr36@gnt.net writes: > Subj: [LAWINN-L] Re: Brock query from Gregg Davies > Date: 9/5/2001 9:39:01 PM Central Daylight Time > From: mdr36@gnt.net (Marian Roberts) > To: LAWINN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Marian, I got this information back in 1999 from a Brock and a Durham descendant. Based on this I would say the name that you want is James W. Brock. As to which area of the parish where they lived, I haven't found out. I looked up James Durham and family on the 1860 census (same census) and they were listed under the Winnfield PO. As you know James Durham didn't live at Winnfield. In the 1860 census of Winn Parish was the following: Alexander Brock, age 46, Male, farmer, born S.C. Matilda C. A. Brock, wife, age 28, Female, born La. She was his second wife. Mary F. Brock, dau., age 15, Female, born Ala. William A.J. Brock, son, age 4, Male, born La. Georgan S. Brock, dau., age 3, Female, born La. Susanah Brock, dau., age 1, Female, born La. His son was also listed in a separate household as: James W. Brock, age 23, Male, Farmer, born Ala. Elizabeth Brock, wife, age 25, Female, born Ala. Pintha M. Brock, dau., age 1, Female, born La. John Hilbun, Father-in-law, age 69, Male, born Ga. If you have a question you can contact me here or at cbdur123@aol.com Courtney B. Durham

Hi Marian, I have James W. Brock born Alabama - Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M., Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA, official proceedings of Grand Lodge of LA, listed under officers as "J.D" in 1860, member and died both in 1861. Hope this helps, John In a message dated 09/06/2001 3:01:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, LAWINN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Gregg, > > I'm looking for the first name of the first husband of Elizabeth Hilburn > (1834-1918); he was a Brock, but I don't know which area of the parish he > lived in. > > Elizabeth's second husband was James L. Durham; James's first wife was Eliza > Crawford Davis. > > Thanks for any help. > Marian > >

If anyone can help Mr. Cook, please do so. Also, we thank Mr. Cook for his donation to the WPGHA of an index he personally compiled on the book Northwest La. Hist. Memoirs. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Help Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:53:49 -0500 From: "E. F. Cook" <efcook@centurytel.net> To: "Gregg E. Davies" <gedavies@iamerica.net> Greg - Hopes this finds you and yours in great shape. As thesubject says, I would like some help in locating the EmersonB. Agan family as I have inherited many family pictures of thisfamily and would like to see that they receive them. The Winnfield connection is: Emerson's wife was the formerAlsie McGuffee, daughter of E. R. McGuffee who in the 1950'sor thereabouts, resided in Winnfield. Alsie worked for a timein the Washington D. C. office of one of the members of congress.I believe that to be Allen Ellender but am not sure on that orif it was while he was a representative or senator, if indeedthat is who she worked for. I rather believe that she met Emersonwhile living in D. C. and perhaps while he was in the service,possibly during WW 2. Some of this is pure speculation. What isn't speculation is that they lived in Alexandria during the1950's as there are many pictures of their son, Steven while astudent at Rugg Elementary school there. Any help that wouldn't entail a lot of work on your part will beappreciated. Forrest efcook@centurytel,net

Gregg, I'm looking for the first name of the first husband of Elizabeth Hilburn (1834-1918); he was a Brock, but I don't know which area of the parish he lived in. Elizabeth's second husband was James L. Durham; James's first wife was Eliza Crawford Davis. Thanks for any help. Marian on 9/4/01: > ______________________________ > From: "Greggory E. Davies" <gedavies@iamerica.net> > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2001 1:46 PM > To: LAWINN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAWINN-L] Brock > > Anyone working the Brock line around Atlanta, Wheeling, Mars Hill areas? > > Thanks, > > > Gregg Davies >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hough, Ware, Walker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEB.2ACI/178.1 Message Board Post: Hey, we might be cousins, but there are inconsistencies worth pursuing... Do you have anything else on Louisa Hough from Smith County, MS, such as her grands and greats-grand parents? I think she may be my X-great grandmother...I have b. abt 1833. I have as her Father Zeno Benjamin Hough, Sr. b abt 1805. Mother: Charlotte ______, b abt 1806. 1850 Jasper co. census, Sheet 056 has Zeno Hough, 45 yrs old, Charlotte, 44 yrs old, Louisa 17 yrs old +8 other kids. That jives with your saying Louisa married about 1850. (I think Emma/Emily Francis Hough listed as Louisa's sister and/or aunt is my X-great grandmother.)

Anyone working the Brock line around Atlanta, Wheeling, Mars Hill areas? Thanks, Gregg Davies

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bonnette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEB.2ACI/317.321.3 Message Board Post: HI an hello There, I am also looking for some Bonnette's, My father is Ray E. Bonnette Jr. His father Ray E bonnette Sr. he was married to Thelma Leroux.. I am looking for any Bonnette's who maybe able to help me with my geneology.. Most of my dads people were from Ayvolles Parish.. My Great Grand father was Edwin Bonnette who was Married to Norma Duplichin(not spelled correctly.) Any help woud be appreciated.. Thanks Brett Bonnette

Anyone working or have knowledge of the Presleys around Wheeling, Montgomery, Mars Hill, area? Gregg

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEB.2ACI/317.321.2.1 Message Board Post: Jeanne: Thanks so much for the message. Your invitation to the Bonnette(all spellings) has been sent to you... Thanks!!! kaite..

If anyone can assist Butch, please respond to his query. Thanks. Gregg Bass19866@aol.com wrote: I am looking for info on the Carter family from Calvin LA; my greatgrandmother was Lucinda Carter, who married John Wilson Duplissey. Thank you very much, Butch Duplissey My email is <bass19866@ aol.com>

ATTENTION: I am starting work on the October journal. This is the first call for articles, queries, etc. I need to know now if you have anything to contribute. Annette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEB.2ACI/317.321.2 Message Board Post: I am Jeanne Peterson, and I believe my gr grandfather was a Bonnette, Edward, who was married to Laura Bois. They were from around Trois Rivieres, or St. Hyacinthe, and in the mid 1800s went to MA, where they raised their family, and a brother Joseph was with him with his wife and family, and there were many other French Canadian families in their vicinity. If you would send me your information I would very much appreciate it. Edward and Joseph's parents were Pierre (Peter) and Margaret Bouche Bonnette, I believe. Thank you for any help you can give me, or if anyone has info on this family, I would really appreciate your feedback.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEB.2ACI/422 Message Board Post: Looking for info. on Hezekiah C. Hodges born ca 1851 Ill. He is still living with his parents in the 1860 census of Winn Parrish.