In a message dated 2/5/2006 3:02:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: NOT RESEARCHING THE PHARES BUT YOU CAN FIND THEM IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH, 8TH WARD... HI: D.L. PHARES was a large slave owner in WILKINSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. His son was WILBERT PHARES of Mount Pleasant, MS, in Wilkinson Co. My great-great grandfather, CHARLES BROWN, was working for Wilbert when he was lynched in Sept. 1879. I want to find out more about the circumstances of Charles' death. All info appreciated as to how to research the white Phares family. Kberry

My suggestion requires working from the local county court records, or searching the LDS site familysearch.org to see if they have microfilm records for the county in MS. I would begin by searching indices (if they exist) of probate records, bills of sale, inventories, wills and deeds to determine if you find anything for the Phares family. If so, you'll need to access whatever the actual record is, hopefully on microfilm and search to see if you find any evidence of your ancestor listed as a slave. Sometimes these records were recorded with the deeds, if the slave was sold individually or hired out to someone. They would sometimes list the first name of the slave, and in case of a sale the approximate age. Hope this helps. Good luck. DPeyton ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: More info on D.L. PHARES > In a message dated 2/5/2006 3:02:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > NOT RESEARCHING THE PHARES BUT YOU CAN FIND THEM IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH, > 8TH WARD... > HI: > D.L. PHARES was a large slave owner in WILKINSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. His son > was WILBERT PHARES of Mount Pleasant, MS, in Wilkinson Co. My great-great > grandfather, CHARLES BROWN, was working for Wilbert when he was lynched in Sept. > 1879. > I want to find out more about the circumstances of Charles' death. > All info appreciated as to how to research the white Phares family. > Kberry > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

The Woodville Republican has been published continuously since the 1820s in Wilkinson County. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has this paper on microfilm for the time period you are seeking. If you live near Jackson, Miss., you could go by the archives and search the paper for mention of the lynching. If you live further away, you can request that the archives search for you for a fee ($15 for the first hour, I think). You can find info on the archives website: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/ Good luck! Ralph Poore 3440 S. Brookshore Place Boise, Idaho 83706 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: More info on D.L. PHARES In a message dated 2/5/2006 3:02:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: NOT RESEARCHING THE PHARES BUT YOU CAN FIND THEM IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH, 8TH WARD... HI: D.L. PHARES was a large slave owner in WILKINSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. His son was WILBERT PHARES of Mount Pleasant, MS, in Wilkinson Co. My great-great grandfather, CHARLES BROWN, was working for Wilbert when he was lynched in Sept. 1879. I want to find out more about the circumstances of Charles' death. All info appreciated as to how to research the white Phares family. Kberry ______________________________