Hello List, I am having a hard time finding any information on my Grandmother's side of the family. Her name by a Texas Death Cert and a picture I have is Gethie Naomi Young, born July 20, 1894 in Mississippi died Jan. 30,1941 in Dallas Texas. She Married John Franklin Walker and lives in Dallas Texas. Her parents according to the Death Cert. was Father- Billy Young and Mother- Mollie McCewin both from Mississippi. I was told she had a brother named Ed or Edward and a sister named Jackie or Jacquelyn??? she married a Boyd and lived in Houston Texas.If anyone has any information please contact me, I can't go any further. Garland Walker _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

Thanks, Sue. I have not met the Osborns, but the Mills are dear friends and members of our Society. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Harold, I really appreciate your efforts. I'm aware at least of Dawn > Driskell. We are cousins - not through our respective Johnson lines - but > through our Clark lines. Dawn's mother, Johnnie Ruth (Clark) Smith, was my > 3rd or 4th cousin. I haven't figured it out just yet. I believe Johnnie > Ruth's great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers. I have > been in touch with Dawn in the past and she did have some information on my > Johnson's, but nothing I didn't already have, unfortunately > > Also, I wanted to ask you - do you know of a Janell (Johnson) Osborn who > lives in Decatur (which I believe is in Newton Co., - am I right?). I > believe her husband is a Kenneth Osborn. Don't know if I'm spelling the > "Osborn" correctly. Janell and I are first cousins. Her father and my > father were brothers (my father being the oldest in the family, and her > father being the youngest.) They lived in the Coldwater Community out from > Philadelphia, MS, and very close to the Fairgrounds. Janell used to be a > home economics teacher. She is a year older than I. Just curious. > > I may have already been in touch with A. T. Johnson, if the actual name is > Alewin Johnson or something like that. Thanks again, Harold. > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > P.S. I also have a "Winfield" type cousin who lives in Union, MS - Ruth > Mills. Her husband is Robert Mills. So there's a few names I have in > Neshoba and Newton - Johnson, Clark, Winfield, and Sherard. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > Sue, I want to put you in contact with A. T. Johnson (on-line) and Dawn > > Driskell (also on-line), both of whom have down Johnson research and may > > have information on your line. > > > > Harold Graham > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:49 AM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great > grandfather's > > > brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin Johnson > > is > > > the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family > > History > > > Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good possibility > > > because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed NC > and > > TN > > > as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because his > > > father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. Their > > > names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE > Wilson > > > Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). But > > this > > > particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just have > > no > > > proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what > > > happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the 1890 > > > censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if he > > > remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep > looking. > > > Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched > > up > > > pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his > > > parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? > > > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM > > > Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > > > > John JOHNSON, head > > > > Benjamin, 15, son > > > > > > > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > > > > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > > > > Amanda, 27, MS > > > > Nancy, 14, MS > > > > Amanda A., 8, MS > > > > Benjamin F., 5, MS > > > > Catherine L., 3, MS > > > > Jesse A., 10, MS > > > > > > > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is > the > > > same > > > > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > > > > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > > > > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > > > > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > > > > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > > > > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > > > > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > > > > James M., 5, son, AL > > > > David, 3, son, AL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the > appropriate > > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Gladys, they probably WOULD do an inter-library loan - that is, if they do that sort of thing at all. I live in New Hampshire now (although originally from Mississippi) and I get books on inter-library loan from Mississippi, Alabama and all over the place. It's certainly worth a try, and you could probably do it by telephone to your library, requesting the book (giving the title and the author) and requesting to be notified when it comes in. It's usually only a couple of dollars, and you get to keep it usually about two to three weeks. At least, that's been my experience. Sue Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Re:Newton County Watts > Howard, > I appreciate the information, don't imagine they would do an > inter-library loan as I live in Texas. I have been to Brookhaven and > surrounding areas and to the archives many times. I am sort of bound at > home now with an elderly aunt [be 95 on Thurs.] who has no children, > broke her hip last Dec. and now back at home. I am the only one to see > about her now. > Thanks, > Gladys > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Harold, I really appreciate your efforts. I'm aware at least of Dawn Driskell. We are cousins - not through our respective Johnson lines - but through our Clark lines. Dawn's mother, Johnnie Ruth (Clark) Smith, was my 3rd or 4th cousin. I haven't figured it out just yet. I believe Johnnie Ruth's great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers. I have been in touch with Dawn in the past and she did have some information on my Johnson's, but nothing I didn't already have, unfortunately Also, I wanted to ask you - do you know of a Janell (Johnson) Osborn who lives in Decatur (which I believe is in Newton Co., - am I right?). I believe her husband is a Kenneth Osborn. Don't know if I'm spelling the "Osborn" correctly. Janell and I are first cousins. Her father and my father were brothers (my father being the oldest in the family, and her father being the youngest.) They lived in the Coldwater Community out from Philadelphia, MS, and very close to the Fairgrounds. Janell used to be a home economics teacher. She is a year older than I. Just curious. I may have already been in touch with A. T. Johnson, if the actual name is Alewin Johnson or something like that. Thanks again, Harold. Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. I also have a "Winfield" type cousin who lives in Union, MS - Ruth Mills. Her husband is Robert Mills. So there's a few names I have in Neshoba and Newton - Johnson, Clark, Winfield, and Sherard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Sue, I want to put you in contact with A. T. Johnson (on-line) and Dawn > Driskell (also on-line), both of whom have down Johnson research and may > have information on your line. > > Harold Graham > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great grandfather's > > brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin Johnson > is > > the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family > History > > Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good possibility > > because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed NC and > TN > > as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because his > > father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. Their > > names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE Wilson > > Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). But > this > > particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just have > no > > proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what > > happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the 1890 > > censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if he > > remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep looking. > > Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched > up > > pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his > > parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM > > Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > > > John JOHNSON, head > > > Benjamin, 15, son > > > > > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > > > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > > > Amanda, 27, MS > > > Nancy, 14, MS > > > Amanda A., 8, MS > > > Benjamin F., 5, MS > > > Catherine L., 3, MS > > > Jesse A., 10, MS > > > > > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the > > same > > > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > > > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > > > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > > > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > > > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > > > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > > > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > > > James M., 5, son, AL > > > David, 3, son, AL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I'll call and check on your info, Gladys, if you like. Sherlene

Searching for my g-grandmother Susan Elvira/Elvira Susan Sharp. Her later census states she was brn in Tn but I believe that to be a enumerator mistake. Family lore has her bn in Ms., Tx was her home in the adult years. She should be abt 3 yrs old on the 1850 census. Sorry but I dont have a county, her parents or siblings name. Thanks so much for any assist. Della Doherty Ott

Thanks to all of you about the inter-library loan. I have used it several times, but sometime they will not loan one so old or out of print. There is one way to find out though is try it and will do that. Thanks for helping me decide. Gladys

Yes they do loans all over the country. All you do is go to the library and ask for whatever book you need. They would if possible like the author of it and sometimes they can look that up for you. I have had them brought into where I live alot. Where do you live in Texas? Cindy I live in Texas also. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Re:Newton County Watts Howard, I appreciate the information, don't imagine they would do an inter-library loan as I live in Texas. I have been to Brookhaven and surrounding areas and to the archives many times. I am sort of bound at home now with an elderly aunt [be 95 on Thurs.] who has no children, broke her hip last Dec. and now back at home. I am the only one to see about her now. Thanks, Gladys ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Almost every library in Texas participates in Inter Library Loan. Most past the shipping cost ($5-6) along to the customer.

Not sure where you are, but I would call the biggest library nearby (Dallas, Ft Worth, Clayton in Houston) and ask if they can get it for you...You might be surprised... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Re:Newton County Watts >Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:48:02 -0600 > >Howard, > I appreciate the information, don't imagine they would do an >inter-library loan as I live in Texas. I have been to Brookhaven and >surrounding areas and to the archives many times. I am sort of bound at >home now with an elderly aunt [be 95 on Thurs.] who has no children, >broke her hip last Dec. and now back at home. I am the only one to see >about her now. >Thanks, >Gladys > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate >link for the list you want, then click on Send > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Expand your wine savvy — and get some great new recipes — at MSN Wine. http://wine.msn.com

Seeking information on siblings/parents/children of Matthew McCrary b. 1798 SC, and d. btw. 1854-56 in MS -- perhaps 1) Tippah Co. where the family lived, or 2)Union Co. where church records indicate the family was granted a Letter of Dismission in 1854, or 3) Charleston, Tallahatchie Co. where the family relocated, or 4) somewhere in between. Matthew married Eliza Smith/Smythe in March 1822 in St. Clair, AL. Eliza, the daughter of James Smythe and Nannie Nair Hunt, was b. 1803 in SC, and d. aft. 1870, probably in Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS. Per the 1850 Tippah Co., MS census, Matthew and Eliza had the following children: James C., b. 1823, AL; Jane, b. 1829, AL; Thomas R., b. 1832, AL, d. June 2, 1862, Grenada, MS; William E., b. July 21,1833, AL, d. Feb. 13, 1924, Shelby Co. TX; Samuel, b. 1835, AL; Nancy, b. 1838, AL; Harriet, b. 1840, AL; Eliza, b. 1842, MS; and Smith Samuel "S.S.", b. Apr. 14, 1845, MS, d. Mar. 30, 1920, Water Valley, Tom Green Co., TX (my g grandfather) At least three of Matthew & Eliza's boys served in the CSA. Descendents of these three brothers can provide documentation to the current generation. We know nothing about the balance of the children. Nor do we have death information on Matthew and Eliza. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Jeri McCrary Ziglar

Howard, I appreciate the information, don't imagine they would do an inter-library loan as I live in Texas. I have been to Brookhaven and surrounding areas and to the archives many times. I am sort of bound at home now with an elderly aunt [be 95 on Thurs.] who has no children, broke her hip last Dec. and now back at home. I am the only one to see about her now. Thanks, Gladys

Gladys, The Chapman book (written by a Mrs. Edmonds) has been out-of-print of years. I do not have a copy, but the public library in Newton, Mississippi, does have a copy. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Re:Newton County Watts > Harold, > Thanks so much for the reply on the Watts family. I did not know > of a book published on the Chapman family. Does it mention this child > that I am not sure of her mother? Thanks for forwarding it on to Myrtis > Craft, is she a Chapman researcher by chance? I have found a lot of > information on my Mississippi family, but other I need so bad and will > appreciate any information. It is all so interesting to learn the trails > you can travel. > Thanks again, > Gladys > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Sue, I want to put you in contact with A. T. Johnson (on-line) and Dawn Driskell (also on-line), both of whom have down Johnson research and may have information on your line. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great grandfather's > brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin Johnson is > the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family History > Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good possibility > because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed NC and TN > as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because his > father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. Their > names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE Wilson > Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). But this > particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just have no > proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what > happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the 1890 > censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if he > remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep looking. > Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched up > pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his > parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM > Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > > John JOHNSON, head > > Benjamin, 15, son > > > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > > Amanda, 27, MS > > Nancy, 14, MS > > Amanda A., 8, MS > > Benjamin F., 5, MS > > Catherine L., 3, MS > > Jesse A., 10, MS > > > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the > same > > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > > James M., 5, son, AL > > David, 3, son, AL > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Need Help ....William F. Johnson married Almedia Temples in Jones County in 1891. She was the daughter of Needham and Mary Temples.... Did they have Children??? Does anyone know where they are Buried.??? Thanks Thomas Temple

Sue, no information on birth of parents. -----Original Message----- From: suehoward <Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched up pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his parents' birthplace? Did it tell that?> Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > John JOHNSON, head > Benjamin, 15, son > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > Amanda, 27, MS > Nancy, 14, MS > Amanda A., 8, MS > Benjamin F., 5, MS > Catherine L., 3, MS > Jesse A., 10, MS > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the same > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > James M., 5, son, AL > David, 3, son, AL > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great grandfather's brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin Johnson is the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family History Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good possibility because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed NC and TN as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because his father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. Their names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE Wilson Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). But this particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just have no proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the 1890 censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if he remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep looking. Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched up pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > John JOHNSON, head > Benjamin, 15, son > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > Amanda, 27, MS > Nancy, 14, MS > Amanda A., 8, MS > Benjamin F., 5, MS > Catherine L., 3, MS > Jesse A., 10, MS > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the same > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > James M., 5, son, AL > David, 3, son, AL > > >

Is this the Sarah A. Roberts married to Newton L. Forman?

1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: John JOHNSON, head Benjamin, 15, son 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL Amanda, 27, MS Nancy, 14, MS Amanda A., 8, MS Benjamin F., 5, MS Catherine L., 3, MS Jesse A., 10, MS I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the same man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC Margaret A., 20, dau, AL Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL L-oi W., 8, son, AL James M., 5, son, AL David, 3, son, AL -----Original Message----- From: suehoward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) Thanks, Harold, for trying to help me with my Joseph Abner Johnson family. Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Sue, > > Allen Harrison of Gautier, Mississippi, has written a book on a Johnson > family from Newton County, but I think it is different from the one you are > researching. I will take a look at the census and see if I come up with > anything. > > Harold Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > Harold, you wouldn't happen to research any Johnson families in Newton > Co., > > would you? I am trying to find a brother of my great grandfather by the > > name of Benjamin Johnson. He was born about 1834/35 in Alabama and was on > > the 1850 Pontotoc Co. census with his parents and siblings. I believe he > is > > the brother who left Pontotoc Co. with my great grandfather, Joseph Abner > > Johnson (Joab Johnson) in 1858/59 and went South to Neshoba Co.; however, > I > > believe Benjamin did not remain in Neshoba Co., but may have gone on to > > Newton Co. It's just a guess, but I would really love to find him. The > > other siblings remained in Pontotoc Co./Lee Co. The parents of these two > > brothers were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in TN) and Elizabeth Ashby > > (born about 1800 in NC). Thanks for your response. > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > Thanks, Butch for the post. I am a Newton County researcher and would > like > > > to know more about this family. Weir is often spelled Ware. > > > > > > Harold Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:06 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > Sandra, > > > > I have a Vicey Loper, birth date listed 1806, listed in my Weir line > via > > > the > > > > Davis connection. She married a Hamilton Davis in South Carolina. This > > was > > > not > > > > my research but another distant kin researching the Davis line. These > > > Davis > > > > married into my Weirs in Newton Co., MS. My aunt's husband has Lopers > on > > > his > > > > line in Newton County. > > > > Butch > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the > mouse. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the > appropriate > > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Harold, Thanks so much for the reply on the Watts family. I did not know of a book published on the Chapman family. Does it mention this child that I am not sure of her mother? Thanks for forwarding it on to Myrtis Craft, is she a Chapman researcher by chance? I have found a lot of information on my Mississippi family, but other I need so bad and will appreciate any information. It is all so interesting to learn the trails you can travel. Thanks again, Gladys