http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Try this site for the baisc info on CSA and Union Soldiers and Sailors Doug

Faye, took a little search, but found Dennis Parkerson listed 1860 Attala Co, MS census. 1860 Attala Co, MS census Dennis Parkerson age 47 born SC Elizabeth age 48 born SC Jonathan age 21 born SC(probably should be MS) Wesley age 18 born SC(probably should be MS) Enoch age 13 born MS James age 9 born MS John age 7 born MS Vicki

Do you have a 1860 census record that lists Dennis Parkison as head of family and John Calhoun Parkinson as head of a family? Thanks for any help. Faye Johnston

The main e-mail address comes and goes, and it seems to be gone today. If the main one, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, try [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. You want Ann Fulgham, the genealogy clerk, in either case and she is great. Good hunting. Marion Webb Austell, GA Dempsey, McEachin, Russell, Ryals, Talbirt, Webb ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonnie Peeler Arnold<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:53 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Attala Co Library Address Please what is e-mail address of Genealogy Section of Attala Co Library? My mail is sent back as undeliverable? Thanks so much! Jonnie 1875 Amy's Creek Road Clarkesville, GA 30523 (706) 754-4588 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain Letters to anyone, check them out at: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/<http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/> Please Visit the Attala County Rootsweb site at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala<http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala>>

Please what is e-mail address of Genealogy Section of Attala Co Library? My mail is sent back as undeliverable? Thanks so much! Jonnie 1875 Amy's Creek Road Clarkesville, GA 30523 (706) 754-4588 e-mail: [email protected]

Johnie, Try this <[email protected]> I have not used it in quite awhile, but I think it is still valid. On Monday, October 11, 2004, at 01:53 PM, Jonnie Peeler Arnold wrote: > Please what is e-mail address of Genealogy Section of Attala Co > Library? My mail is sent back as undeliverable? Thanks so much! Jonnie > > 1875 Amy's Creek Road > Clarkesville, GA 30523 > (706) 754-4588 > e-mail: [email protected] > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain Letters to anyone, check > them out at: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ > Please Visit the Attala County Rootsweb site at > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala> >

Hi Catherine Are your BROWNs from Attala Co ? I am looking for Keith BROWN who married Helen ( possibly FRAZIER / FRASIER ) ? Any connection with your BROWNs ? Molly -----Original Message----- From: Catherine O'Briant [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MSATTALA] BROOK; BARNES; BROWN; O'BRIANT; RAY; LOWERY and so on Knock Knock Haven't seen any emails since the storms....everybody alright? I was just concerned. We took a heck of a flooding here in Roanoke, VA which made quite a mess we're still cleaning up. Blessings to ya'll I'm hoping for some input should anyone recognize any of the following.... The names indicated concerning my BROOK line are from the Will of Sydney Brook wife of Jonathan Brook....as well as some other documents found in the Mississippi; Louisiana and Alabama Archives. Jonathan Brook b. Oct 14, 1805 GA - d. Jan 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS. 1st wife unknown. 2nd wife the widow Sydney Barnes (wife of Wesley) b. Jan 8, 1811 GA - d. Sep 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS, married Dec 10, 1849 Noxubee Co., MS I'm following up with information I've rec'd indicating that Jonathan is possibly from Oglethorpe Co., GA possibly s/o Samuel Brook dec'd of Peter The children listed (1 through 9) were indicated in Sydney's Will from her husband Jonathan Brook 1st marriage. This Jonathan Brook was never married to Nancy Monk whom I've seen posted by others with this line attached. This Jonathan would had only been 7 yrs olds at the time, lol. The estimated years of birth are from census records I've been able to match with for those I'm still researching. 1. Samuel Brook b. abt 1828 GA 2. Matilda Brook b. abt 1831 GA 3. Sarah Jane Brook b. 1832 GA m/t Jesse Flowers Temple of Copiah Co., MS 4. Elizabeth Ann Brook b. 1827 GA m/t Abraham A. Darnell s/o Zachariah Darnell and Jenny Hopkins. Abraham moved to Milam Co., TX during 1870 with 2 brothers I'm aware of: Andrew J. and Jacob A. Darnell. Elizabeth died in TX, they had 6 children <found> Sarah J.; John H.; Joseph F.; George A.; Zachariah; William S. Darnell. 5. Louisa Brook b. abt 1834 GA m/t Reuben Rowlin Coleman. Lousia died between 1871-1880 leaving 4 children <found> Children: W. C.; Mary E.; John A; S. L Coleman. 6. Mary Ann Brook b. Feb 22, 1836 GA m/t Drury Benson Massey. Mary later married Wilbert Pope. 7. Caroline Brook b. abt 1837 GA 8. Georgianna aka: Georgia Ann Brook b. abt 1838 Noxubee Co., MS 9. Lucy Hudson Brook b. Sep 12, 1842 Noxubee Co., MS m/t Absalom Melton Coleman. Is Reuben related to Absalom Melton Coleman and so how? Jonathan re-married Sydney Barnes widow of Wesley Barnes on Dec 10, 1849 in Noxubee Co., MS. Between them they had 3 children: 10. Emma Josephine Brook b. Feb 21, 1851 Noxubee Co., MS - d. Jul 15, 1933 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS buried Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with her husband Dallas O'Briant b. May 18, 1845 Attala Co., MS - d. May 19, 1935 <same location>. Dallas is the s/o Randolph O'Briant and Prudence Dixon both of Granville Co., NC 11. John Henry Brook b. May 6 1852 Noxubee Co., MS - d. TX m/t Bethi Melissa White. 12. Joseph Preston Brook b. Jan 26, 1855 Noxubee Co., MS After Sydney's death John Henry and brother Joseph Preston Brook moved to Western Dist, Burleson Co., TX to live with their older half sister Elizabeth Ann married to Abraham A. Darnell. <found> I have further information concerning Sydney's marriage to her 1st husband and their children should anyone be interested. Sydney and Wesley Barnes children: Elizabeth Ann Barnes William Woodall Barnes Alfred Barnes Wesley Wise Barnes Thank you Catherine O'Briant ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== Searching for your Attala County ancestors? Visit the Attala County Genealogy (MSGenWeb) web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/

Knock Knock Haven't seen any emails since the storms....everybody alright? I was just concerned. We took a heck of a flooding here in Roanoke, VA which made quite a mess we're still cleaning up. Blessings to ya'll I'm hoping for some input should anyone recognize any of the following.... The names indicated concerning my BROOK line are from the Will of Sydney Brook wife of Jonathan Brook....as well as some other documents found in the Mississippi; Louisiana and Alabama Archives. Jonathan Brook b. Oct 14, 1805 GA - d. Jan 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS. 1st wife unknown. 2nd wife the widow Sydney Barnes (wife of Wesley) b. Jan 8, 1811 GA - d. Sep 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS, married Dec 10, 1849 Noxubee Co., MS I'm following up with information I've rec'd indicating that Jonathan is possibly from Oglethorpe Co., GA possibly s/o Samuel Brook dec'd of Peter The children listed (1 through 9) were indicated in Sydney's Will from her husband Jonathan Brook 1st marriage. This Jonathan Brook was never married to Nancy Monk whom I've seen posted by others with this line attached. This Jonathan would had only been 7 yrs olds at the time, lol. The estimated years of birth are from census records I've been able to match with for those I'm still researching. 1. Samuel Brook b. abt 1828 GA 2. Matilda Brook b. abt 1831 GA 3. Sarah Jane Brook b. 1832 GA m/t Jesse Flowers Temple of Copiah Co., MS 4. Elizabeth Ann Brook b. 1827 GA m/t Abraham A. Darnell s/o Zachariah Darnell and Jenny Hopkins. Abraham moved to Milam Co., TX during 1870 with 2 brothers I'm aware of: Andrew J. and Jacob A. Darnell. Elizabeth died in TX, they had 6 children <found> Sarah J.; John H.; Joseph F.; George A.; Zachariah; William S. Darnell. 5. Louisa Brook b. abt 1834 GA m/t Reuben Rowlin Coleman. Lousia died between 1871-1880 leaving 4 children <found> Children: W. C.; Mary E.; John A; S. L Coleman. 6. Mary Ann Brook b. Feb 22, 1836 GA m/t Drury Benson Massey. Mary later married Wilbert Pope. 7. Caroline Brook b. abt 1837 GA 8. Georgianna aka: Georgia Ann Brook b. abt 1838 Noxubee Co., MS 9. Lucy Hudson Brook b. Sep 12, 1842 Noxubee Co., MS m/t Absalom Melton Coleman. Is Reuben related to Absalom Melton Coleman and so how? Jonathan re-married Sydney Barnes widow of Wesley Barnes on Dec 10, 1849 in Noxubee Co., MS. Between them they had 3 children: 10. Emma Josephine Brook b. Feb 21, 1851 Noxubee Co., MS - d. Jul 15, 1933 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS buried Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with her husband Dallas O'Briant b. May 18, 1845 Attala Co., MS - d. May 19, 1935 <same location>. Dallas is the s/o Randolph O'Briant and Prudence Dixon both of Granville Co., NC 11. John Henry Brook b. May 6 1852 Noxubee Co., MS - d. TX m/t Bethi Melissa White. 12. Joseph Preston Brook b. Jan 26, 1855 Noxubee Co., MS After Sydney's death John Henry and brother Joseph Preston Brook moved to Western Dist, Burleson Co., TX to live with their older half sister Elizabeth Ann married to Abraham A. Darnell. <found> I have further information concerning Sydney's marriage to her 1st husband and their children should anyone be interested. Sydney and Wesley Barnes children: Elizabeth Ann Barnes William Woodall Barnes Alfred Barnes Wesley Wise Barnes Thank you Catherine O'Briant

I'm hoping for some input should anyone recognize any of the following.... The names indicated concerning my BROOK line are from the Will of Sydney Brook wife of Jonathan Brook....as well as some other documents found in the Mississippi; Louisiana and Alabama Archives. Jonathan Brook b. Oct 14, 1805 GA - d. Jan 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS. 1st wife unknown. 2nd wife the widow Sydney Barnes (wife of Wesley) b. Jan 8, 1811 GA - d. Sep 19, 1859 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS, married Dec 10, 1849 Noxubee Co., MS I'm following up with information I've rec'd indicating that Jonathan is possibly from Oglethorpe Co., possibly s/o Samuel Brook dec'd of Peter The children listed (1 through 9) were indicated in Sydney's Will from her husband Jonathan Brook 1st marriage. The estimated years of birth are from census records I've been able to match with for those I'm still researching. 1. Samuel Brook b. abt 1828 GA 2. Matilda Brook b. abt 1831 GA 3. Sarah Jane Brook b. 1832 GA m/t Jesse Flowers Temple of Copiah Co., MS 4. Elizabeth Ann Brook b. 1827 GA m/t Abraham A. Darnell s/o Zachariah Darnell and Jenny Hopkins. Abraham moved to Milam Co., TX during 1870 with 2 brothers I'm aware of: Andrew J. and Jacob A. Darnell. Elizabeth died in TX, they had 6 children <found> 5. Louisa Brook b. abt 1834 GA m/t Reuben Rowlin Coleman. Is Reuben related to Absalom Melton Coleman and so how? Lousia died between 1871-1880 leaving 4 children <found> 6. Mary Ann Brook b. Feb 22, 1836 GA m/t Drury Benson Massey. Mary later married Wilbert Pope. 7. Caroline Brook b. abt 1837 GA 8. Georgianna aka: Georgia Ann Brook b. abt 1838 Noxubee Co., MS 9. Lucy Hudson Brook b. Sep 12, 1842 Noxubee Co., MS m/t Absalom Melton Coleman Jonathan married Sydney Barnes widow of Wesley Barnes on Dec 10, 1849 in Noxubee Co., MS. Between them they had 3 children: 10. Emma Josephine Brook b. Feb 21, 1851 Noxubee Co., MS - d. Jul 15, 1933 Kosciusko, Attala Co., MS buried Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with her husband Dallas O'Briant b. May 18, 1845 Attala Co., MS - d. May 19, 1935 <same location>. Dallas is the s/o Randolph O'Briant and Prudence Dixon both of Granville Co., NC 11. John Henry Brook b. May 6 1852 Noxubee Co., MS - d. TX m/t Bethi Melissa White. After Sydney's death John Henry and brother Joseph Preston Brook moved to Western Dist, Burleson Co., TX to live with their older half sister Elizabeth Ann. <found> 12. Joseph Preston Brook b. Jan 26, 1855 Noxubee Co., MS I have further information concerning Sydney's marriage to her 1st husband and their children should anyone be interested. Sydney and Wesley Barnes children: Elizabeth Ann Barnes William Woodall Barnes Alfred Barnes Wesley Wise Barnes Thank you Catherine O'Briant

Thanks Everette --- several list members were gracious enough to send me the info --- and I do appreciate all their help -- strangely though, I had accessed the site myself on two occasions and always brought up a zero ---- this morning I tried again, and I had no trouble getting the info --- don't know what happened --- June

June, More specifically, the land records reveal that the land purchases were in Noxubee County as follows: E½SE 33/ 16-N 17-E No Choctaw MS Noxubee E½NE 33/ 16-N 17-E No Choctaw MS Noxubee W½NW 34/ 16-N 17-E No Choctaw MS Noxubee Not sure why you experienced difficulty finding these records, but they are there. Everette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mozelle Chason" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Land Records > Dear June, > > I went to <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov> and found the following: > > 2/27/1841, Daniel Greene and Francis McGehee, 80.25 acres, cash entry, > Document 10311 > > 2/27/1841, Francis M. McGehee, 80.25 acres, cash entry, Document 10089 > > 2/27/1841, Francis M. McGehee, 80.56 acres, cash entry, Document 10090 > > Hope this helps. > > Mozelle > > On Thursday, September 9, 2004, at 04:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I am attempting to document two plots of land that Francis M. MeGehee >> purchased on Feb 27, 1841 and registered at the Columbus Land Office. >> The purchase >> was a sale-cash entry and the land description I have makes me believe it >> may >> have been Choctaw Indian Land -- I believe the land may may been located >> in >> Lowndes county. -- I have checked with the BLM.gov but came up with a >> zero >> ----can anyone help me. >> >> June Millwood >> >> >> ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== >> The American Local History Network, Attala County web site can be found >> at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/. Its well worth a >> visit. >> > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the American Local History Network, Attala County web > site yet? You can find it at > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/ > >

This may help Wanda Eakin Lentz Land Records " At different times, early Mississippi land records were granted by four different jurisdictions: France, Britain, Spain, and the state of Georgia. These four all owned parts of Mississippi before the area became part of the United States in 1798. Ownership of land based on a grant from a former jurisdiction is called a private land claim, and each landowner of these claims was required to file it with the federal government after Mississippi came under U.S. jurisdiction. These private land claim records are on microfilm (RG 28 SG 1) at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Mississippi is a public land state, which means that initial (first-grant) disposition of public owned land after 1798 became the responsibility of the federal government under the GLO (now BLM). Kinds of records contained here are field notes and surveys, tract books, official monthly abstracts, patents, and entry records. For the individual buying land directly from the United States government, the transaction was recorded in local federal land offices, and the legal description was entered into tract books. Mississippi's eight land office districts and the chronological periods of operation within the state of Mississippi were the following: St. Stephens (or district east of the Pearl River) (26 December 1806-17) was the first opened land office district, and it was the first closed. The district was located in what is now Washington County, Alabama. Transactions covered those for the southeastern district, including land Georgia ceded to the federal government in 1798 and 1802. Augusta became the land office serving the area. The Washington land office (Adams County) (or district west of the Pearl River) (1807-61) covered land including Choctaw sales of individual reserves. The federal land office at Huntsville, Alabama (1810-present), was created for the purpose of managing those lands acquired by treaties with the Chickasaw in 1805 and Cherokee in 1806, the office is located in Madison County, Alabama. See Marilyn Davis Barefield, comp., Old Huntsville Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1810-1854 (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985). Between 1827-36, the Jackson land office (Hinds County) (1823-27, 1836-61, 1866-1925) was located at Mt. Salus and regulated land sales in west-central Mississippi. The office at August (Perry County) (1820-59) was moved to Paulding (Jasper County) in 1860-61, having jurisdiction over lands in the lower portion of east-central Mississippi. The Columbus district (Lowndes County) (1833-61) encompassed lands in the northern portion of east-central Mississippi. The Chocchuma land office (now Grenada County) (1833-40) was located in the Choctaw District on the Yalobusha River. It moved to Grenada after 1840 where it continued operating until 1860, serving land in the vicinity of northwest Mississippi. The Pontotoc office (Pontotoc County) (1836-61) served lands roughly in the extreme northeast of Mississippi. By 1869, all were consolidated to one in Jackson. When the land offices closed in Mississippi, the land records were sent to the BLM; however, the original field notes and plat books are housed at the Secretary of State's Office. The best genealogical information pulled from the first-grant land records may be found in the various types of entry records. The private land claim, as previously explained, was the entry record which recorded claims to land from foreign governments. Military bounty land was issued as a reward for military service. Credit entries were simply those lands purchased with the intent of paying later, and the Cash entry signified those lands sold after 1820 when land was sold for cash only. Those lands given by the government for specific reasons were called donation entries. Homestead entries were created under the Homestead Act of 1862, which gave certain stipulations to settlers in exchange for land. Another type of land transaction involves the buying and selling of property among private citizens (subsequent sales). In Mississippi, these transactions are recorded as deeds at the county courthouse and filed by the chancery clerk, although the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the FHL have large collections of these land records on microfilm, filed by county. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has copies of records taken from both the land commissioner's office (first-grants) and the offices of chancery clerks (subsequent sales). The Congressional Records in the archives provide a considerable amount of information about land legislation including petitions from individuals, land companies, and state and local governments regarding land claims from 1795 to 1872. Located in these documents are also copies of treaties with Native Americans regarding land cessions. Other information is dispersed throughout the provincial, territorial, state and federal records found in the collection. The map file includes extensive land surveys for the area of the lower Mississippi Valley." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 5:32 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Land Records > I am attempting to document two plots of land that Francis M. MeGehee > purchased on Feb 27, 1841 and registered at the Columbus Land Office. The purchase > was a sale-cash entry and the land description I have makes me believe it may > have been Choctaw Indian Land -- I believe the land may may been located in > Lowndes county. -- I have checked with the BLM.gov but came up with a zero > ----can anyone help me. > > June Millwood > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > The American Local History Network, Attala County web site can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/. Its well worth a visit. > >

When the treaty was signed different areas of Mississippi were assigned to different land offices to sale I am not sure this will be of any help but " land subject for sale at Mount Salus" on a land record means that the land was located in west-central Mississippi, the Jackson land office was in Hinds Co. at Mt. Salus. I can not find a note about the Columbus Land Office. Perhaps someone will know what area of land they sold. Wanda Eakin Lentz ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 5:32 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Land Records > I am attempting to document two plots of land that Francis M. MeGehee > purchased on Feb 27, 1841 and registered at the Columbus Land Office. The purchase > was a sale-cash entry and the land description I have makes me believe it may > have been Choctaw Indian Land -- I believe the land may may been located in > Lowndes county. -- I have checked with the BLM.gov but came up with a zero > ----can anyone help me. > > June Millwood > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > The American Local History Network, Attala County web site can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/. Its well worth a visit. > >

Mozelle: You are so sweet to look that up for me ---- I went to the same website and tried several times and brought a zero ---- many thanks. June

Dear June, I went to <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov> and found the following: 2/27/1841, Daniel Greene and Francis McGehee, 80.25 acres, cash entry, Document 10311 2/27/1841, Francis M. McGehee, 80.25 acres, cash entry, Document 10089 2/27/1841, Francis M. McGehee, 80.56 acres, cash entry, Document 10090 Hope this helps. Mozelle On Thursday, September 9, 2004, at 04:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I am attempting to document two plots of land that Francis M. MeGehee > purchased on Feb 27, 1841 and registered at the Columbus Land Office. > The purchase > was a sale-cash entry and the land description I have makes me believe > it may > have been Choctaw Indian Land -- I believe the land may may been > located in > Lowndes county. -- I have checked with the BLM.gov but came up with > a zero > ----can anyone help me. > > June Millwood > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > The American Local History Network, Attala County web site can be > found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/. Its well > worth a visit. >

I am attempting to document two plots of land that Francis M. MeGehee purchased on Feb 27, 1841 and registered at the Columbus Land Office. The purchase was a sale-cash entry and the land description I have makes me believe it may have been Choctaw Indian Land -- I believe the land may may been located in Lowndes county. -- I have checked with the BLM.gov but came up with a zero ----can anyone help me. June Millwood

Rhonda: My grandfather was murdered in Attala Co. in 1921. I've written a book about it and if you get in touch with me, I'll be happy to share some of my research resources with you--that might be helpful in researching your grandfather's murder. If you want to preview the book, the web site is: http://www.catalinadesigns.net/patceepublishing/jake.htm Best Wishes. Pat Barnett Clayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda L. Standridge" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: [MSATTALA] Lonzy Haywood Minshew Murder > WE NEED YOUR HELP! > > > > Our grandfather, Lonzy Haywood Minshew, was murdered on August 17, 1963. His body was found lying against a tree in Audubon Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His murderers have never been apprehended or brought to justice. > > > > Lonzy Haywood Minshew was a hard-working father of eleven (11) children, cut down in the prime of his life - age 46 - in a vicious, brutal attack. We firmly believe this *was not* a random killing and Lonzy Haywood Minshew knew his killer(s). > > > > At present, our generation - his grandchildren and their children - have nothing to go on as regards the murder, its subsequent investigation or Lonzy Haywood Minshew, in general. We are seeking *any* information from anyone about Lonzy Haywood Minshew. It is our hope that the more we learn about who Lonzy Haywood Minshew was, the more we are able to *walk in his footsteps*, the closer it will bring us to finding his killer(s). > > > > Here is what we do know about Lonzy Haywood Minshew: > > > > - Born 30 Dec 1917 in Dossville (Leake County), Mississippi > > - Parents Allen T. Minshew and Mamie Wooten of Dossville, Mississippi > > - Grew up in the Attala County and Leake County, Mississippi area > > -Married Bonnie Kate Wallace, daughter of Frank Wallace and Della Ann Coffee > > - Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana > > - Was a welder by trade > > - Employed at Hepinstall Steel Fabricators, 600 Market, at the time of his murder > > - Living on St. Mary Street, New Orleans, Louisiana at the time of his murder > > - Murdered on August 17, 1963 > > - Vehicle found in the 1100 block of Gaiennie, beneath the Greater New Orleans Bridge approach > > - Body found in Audubon Park, about 30 feet from River Drive > > - Murder was originally investigated by a Lieutenant James Kruebbe, Homicide Division, New Orleans Police Department > > > > Additional information: > > > > - Last name sometimes spelled Minchew. > > -Lonzy Haywood Minshew's widow, Bonnie Kate Wallace, remarried to a James Walley after Haywood's murder and lived in Marrero, Louisiana. > > > > As information becomes known to us about Lonzy Haywood Minshew, it will be posted at http://www.rhondalee.com/surname_minshewlh.html > > > > Information concerning his murder is being posted at > > http://www.rhondalee.com/surname_minshewlh_murder.html > > > > PLEASE, if you have *any* information about Lonzy Haywood Minshew - his life, in general, or his murder - please reply to this post or contact us at [email protected] > > > > Thank you > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected]@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. For 'Digest Mode' send the unsubscribe message to [email protected] > >

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Our grandfather, Lonzy Haywood Minshew, was murdered on August 17, 1963. His body was found lying against a tree in Audubon Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His murderers have never been apprehended or brought to justice. Lonzy Haywood Minshew was a hard-working father of eleven (11) children, cut down in the prime of his life - age 46 - in a vicious, brutal attack. We firmly believe this *was not* a random killing and Lonzy Haywood Minshew knew his killer(s). At present, our generation - his grandchildren and their children - have nothing to go on as regards the murder, its subsequent investigation or Lonzy Haywood Minshew, in general. We are seeking *any* information from anyone about Lonzy Haywood Minshew. It is our hope that the more we learn about who Lonzy Haywood Minshew was, the more we are able to *walk in his footsteps*, the closer it will bring us to finding his killer(s). Here is what we do know about Lonzy Haywood Minshew: - Born 30 Dec 1917 in Dossville (Leake County), Mississippi - Parents Allen T. Minshew and Mamie Wooten of Dossville, Mississippi - Grew up in the Attala County and Leake County, Mississippi area -Married Bonnie Kate Wallace, daughter of Frank Wallace and Della Ann Coffee - Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana - Was a welder by trade - Employed at Hepinstall Steel Fabricators, 600 Market, at the time of his murder - Living on St. Mary Street, New Orleans, Louisiana at the time of his murder - Murdered on August 17, 1963 - Vehicle found in the 1100 block of Gaiennie, beneath the Greater New Orleans Bridge approach - Body found in Audubon Park, about 30 feet from River Drive - Murder was originally investigated by a Lieutenant James Kruebbe, Homicide Division, New Orleans Police Department Additional information: - Last name sometimes spelled Minchew. -Lonzy Haywood Minshew's widow, Bonnie Kate Wallace, remarried to a James Walley after Haywood's murder and lived in Marrero, Louisiana. As information becomes known to us about Lonzy Haywood Minshew, it will be posted at http://www.rhondalee.com/surname_minshewlh.html Information concerning his murder is being posted at http://www.rhondalee.com/surname_minshewlh_murder.html PLEASE, if you have *any* information about Lonzy Haywood Minshew - his life, in general, or his murder - please reply to this post or contact us at [email protected] Thank you

Listed below are the only Barnetts listed for 30th Ms Inf Reg on the Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website. David Private James M. Barnett 30 Mississippi Infantry , CSA Company G Private W.E. Barnett 30 Mississippi Infantry , CSA Company A Alternate Name William S./Bennett Private William R. Barnett 30 Mississippi Infantry , CSA Confederate Company D

Hi Folks! Can you let me know more about the 30th MS and how many other soldiers enlisted in Center, MS? Did William M. Cummins live in Center? As most of you know, my immediate family originally settled in Center in the mid-1800's... Also, I really feel sad when I hear about one of our "own" who is buried so far away from "home"--as is my gggrandfather, Jonathan Monroe Barnett--although he died in a measles epidemic at a camp in West Virginia and not in one of those horrid prison camps that I have been researching. Four years ago, I had a Confederate memorial headstone installed at Center cemetery for my gggrandfather--just so our family could especially remember him... And, also, so that his name would be included with the many other of our family members who are buried in Center Cemetery. Incidently, the church at Center is known as Peeler Memorial Baptist Church... ----- Original Message ----- From: "cumyns4211" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] A MS CSA Soldier's Chronology > Battle Above the Clouds - Lookout Mountain, TN > November 23, 24 and 25, 1863 > ~ > Chronology > > of > > Private William M. Cummins - Confederate States Army > > Company D, 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment > > ~ > > Period of Service: Sept. 20th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 > (104 days) > > Prisoner of War Period: Nov. 24th, 1863 to Jan. 1st, 1864 > (39 days) > > > Private William M. Cummins > Company D "Dixie Heroes", 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment - Volunteers > > - Chronology of Service - > > Sunday - September 20th, 1863: > Enlisted by Lieutenant William Van Davis for the war or 3 years at Center, Attala County, MS. > > Wednesday - November 24th, 1963: > Captured at Lookout Point - Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee by Union forces under the command General Grant and forwarded to Federal Provost Marshall at Nashville. Tennessee. > > Sunday - November 29th, 1863: > Forwarded from Chattanooga by rail to Louisville, Kentucky for prisoner exchange. > > Sunday, November 24, 1863: Received at Nashville and recorded on prisoner's roll as captured by forces under General Thomas and forwarded to Captain S. E. Jones, Provost Marshall at Louisville, Kentucky. > > Tuesday, December 1st, 1863: Received at Nashville Federal Prison as being captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee. > . > Tuesday - December 1st, 1863: Discharged and forwarded at Headquarters District in Louisville, Kentucky to the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois > > Sunday, December 13th, 1863: Received at the Confederate Prison, Rock Island, Illinois and registered as prisoner number #19 and assigned to barracks number #1. > > Monday, December 14th, 1863: First recorded on the muster roll at Rock Island Confederate Prison. > > Friday, December 18th, 1863: 30th Mississippi Regiment camped near Dalton, GA. Name appeared on list of soldiers engaged at Lookout Mountain as killed, wounded or missing in General Walthall's Brigade on November 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1863. > > Friday, January 1st, 1864: Name appeared on Rock Island Prisoner's record as died of pneumonia and buried in grave #99 south of the prison barracks. > > March and April 1864 - Pvt. William M. Cummins' muster roll remarks while General Walthall's Brigade was camped near Dalton, Georgia: > > Enlisted: 20 September 1863 > > Where: Center, Attala County, MS > > Enlisted by whom: 1stLt. William Van Davis > > Period of service: 3 years or the war > > Last paid and by whom: Never paid > > The above information was obtained in part from the National Civil War Archives - Washington, D. C., the Browning Museum, Rock Island Arsenal, IL, on site CSA Cemetery inscriptions at Rock Island, Illinois and the Dept. of Archives and History - Jackson, MS. William's summary was researched and complied by Wilburn A. Cummins and Douglas G. Cummins. William is the son of Willis and Lucinda Cummins. > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Searching for your Attala County ancestors? Visit the Attala County Genealogy (MSGenWeb) web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ > > >