This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fjcoppage1 Surnames: McConnell, Nunes (Eunice), Brown Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcconnell/2444.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ancesty.com shows in "Georgia Marriages 1699-1944" marriage of John McConnell to Nancy Brown on 24 Aug 1856 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. John E. McConnell, Sr. is listed as John McConly in the 1850 Wilkinson, County, GA census with wife, Margaret, and son, John Etheridge. John E. McConnell, Jr. and wife, Nancy, are listed in the 1860 Wilkinson County, GA census with children Morgan, male, age 9 (son of first wife, Elizabeth), and John age 3. In the 1870 census, Berrien County, GA, John McConnell, Sr. shows up with wife, Margaret, and two children still at home. I do not find Nancy in the 1870 census at all. I do find her in the 1880 Lowndes County, GA census, without husband, John, Jr. but with her step-son (Morgan) by John Jr's first wife, Elizabeth, and Nancy and John's two children, Ellafare and William (my husband's great grandfather). Was John E. McConnell, Jr. killed in Civil War? Nancy Brown McConnell's son, John McConnell and his wife, Lucinda, are also in the Lowndes, 1880 census. (I am pretty sure this is John, Jr. and Nancy's son.) Nancy Brown McConnell's son, William Larkin McConnell, is in the Lowndes, 1900 census, with wife, Nancy Eunice (Nunez), and family. The daughter, Maggie, listed is my husband's grandmother. She married Leon Coppage. William Larkin McConnell and wife, Nancy Eunice McConnell, are buried at Fellowship cemetery in Cook County, GA. I have not found John E., Jr. and his Nancy's burial place. Sadly, many graves of our ancestors are not marked. Most could not afford proper markers. The wooden markers that so many used are long gone. Also, in the 1900, Lowndes census, is Larkin J. McConnell, and his wife, Phoebe, and family. I believe him to be a brother of John E. McConnell, Jr. and son of John, Sr. This family is buried in the Friendship Cemetery, near Hahira, GA. I just checked my Eunice folder and found a picture I took of Bartoe and Ella Eunice's headstones. They are indeed in Fellowship cemetery in Cook County. If you descend from the Eunices, you must google the Nunes/Nunez family and read about this family. THIS IS REALLY A STORY! I think I read that Nancy Brown was born in SC. I have heard the Indian story also, but have not been able to document it. It may have come from the Nunes/Nunez heritage. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.