I SAW SOME CUMMINS LISTED IN THE BURCHFIELD FAMILY FILE. ARE YOU RELATED ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyle and/or Mary Hamilton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > Welty, Oklahoma is in Okfuskee county in the original Creek nation. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Pickle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > > > > I have a connection to the Welty family of Hardeman County, Tennessee with > > ties to the Hensley family. What county is Welty, Oklahoma located in? > > Will share information is these family relate to your family. > > Sam Pickle > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Frazier" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:16 AM > > Subject: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > > > > > > > I apologize if you receive this more than once. My Outlook is being a > > pain. > > > > > > > > > > > > While researching the Welty Cemetery at Welty, Oklahoma, I found a Civil > > War > > > tombstone for the following individual. > > > > > > > > > > > > Private William M. Cummins > > > > > > Company D > > > > > > 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA > > > > > > Jan 1, 1864 > > > > > > > > > > > > Company D was the Dixie Heroes from Attala County, Ms whose Captain was > W. > > > V. Davis. > > > > > > > > > > > > I photographed the tombstone and if anyone would like a copy I will > email > > > the photo. > > > > > > David Frazier > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > > > Were you aware that a portion of the Diary of Judge Jason Niles is > > available online at the Attala County American Local History Network site? > > Just click on the link > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/jasonniles.htm/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > > If you have genealogical information pertaining to Attala County which you > would like to have on the Attala County (MSGenWeb), website, please notify > [email protected] Please no GEDCOMS. > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > If you have genealogical information pertaining to Attala County which you would like to have on the Attala County (MSGenWeb), website, please notify [email protected] Please no GEDCOMS. >

Welty, Oklahoma is in Okfuskee county in the original Creek nation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Pickle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > I have a connection to the Welty family of Hardeman County, Tennessee with > ties to the Hensley family. What county is Welty, Oklahoma located in? > Will share information is these family relate to your family. > Sam Pickle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Frazier" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:16 AM > Subject: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > > > > I apologize if you receive this more than once. My Outlook is being a > pain. > > > > > > > > While researching the Welty Cemetery at Welty, Oklahoma, I found a Civil > War > > tombstone for the following individual. > > > > > > > > Private William M. Cummins > > > > Company D > > > > 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA > > > > Jan 1, 1864 > > > > > > > > Company D was the Dixie Heroes from Attala County, Ms whose Captain was W. > > V. Davis. > > > > > > > > I photographed the tombstone and if anyone would like a copy I will email > > the photo. > > > > David Frazier > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > > Were you aware that a portion of the Diary of Judge Jason Niles is > available online at the Attala County American Local History Network site? > Just click on the link > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/jasonniles.htm/ > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > If you have genealogical information pertaining to Attala County which you would like to have on the Attala County (MSGenWeb), website, please notify [email protected] Please no GEDCOMS. > >

I have a connection to the Welty family of Hardeman County, Tennessee with ties to the Hensley family. What county is Welty, Oklahoma located in? Will share information is these family relate to your family. Sam Pickle ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Frazier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: [MSATTALA] Cummins Family of Attala County > I apologize if you receive this more than once. My Outlook is being a pain. > > > > While researching the Welty Cemetery at Welty, Oklahoma, I found a Civil War > tombstone for the following individual. > > > > Private William M. Cummins > > Company D > > 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA > > Jan 1, 1864 > > > > Company D was the Dixie Heroes from Attala County, Ms whose Captain was W. > V. Davis. > > > > I photographed the tombstone and if anyone would like a copy I will email > the photo. > > David Frazier > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Were you aware that a portion of the Diary of Judge Jason Niles is available online at the Attala County American Local History Network site? Just click on the link http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/jasonniles.htm/ > >

David, While my bro and I were at the CSA Cemetery, R. I. during August 2002, we had the time to view each grave seperately. Your gg granddad's grave is in the 12th burial row (100 graves per row.) counting from left to right. All graves face west and you are looking south when entering the cemetery. Each grave is decorated by local volunteers from IA and IL with a CSA battle flag each Memorial Day. The cemetery is well maintained by the National Park Service and protected by the Federal Police Service. It's an interesting place to visit, I recommended anyone that has elders buried there, to pay it a visit. It will be well worth one's time. Doug

It is interesting to see the information on William Cummins. My ggrandfather, Harrison Cobb from Leake County, went through the same sequence of events. Harrison enlisted Leake County, Ms, in Capt. E.C. Postell's Co.E, 24th Reg, CSA, on Sep 10,1863. He was taken prisoner from Walthall's Brigade on 24 Nov 1863 at the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennesse. He arrived at Rock Island Illinois Prison on 14 Dec 1863. He died there on 12 Jun 1864 from meningitis. His grave marker (#1226) is in the Confederate Cemetary at Rock Island. His son Martin was also a prisoner at Rock Island and returned home to Leake County, Ms. David

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.

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Pvt. Wm M. Cummins Company D, 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA, Died Jan 1, 1864 has a marker at Rock Island Illinois were he was held as a POW after the Battle of Lookout Mnt Tenn. Cousin - "cumyns4211" - visited the site and photographed the marker. I would be very interested in seeing your photo and any pertinent info you have on the cemetery there. Wm was the son of Willis and Lucinda Cummins of Attalla Co. [email protected]

I apologize if you receive this more than once. My Outlook is being a pain. While researching the Welty Cemetery at Welty, Oklahoma, I found a Civil War tombstone for the following individual. Private William M. Cummins Company D 30th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA Jan 1, 1864 Company D was the Dixie Heroes from Attala County, Ms whose Captain was W. V. Davis. I photographed the tombstone and if anyone would like a copy I will email the photo. David Frazier

KOSCIUSKO - Inell Davis McMillan, 90, of Kosciusko, died Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, at Attala County Nursing Center. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. today at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko with the Rev. James Burrell officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. McMillan was born July 7, 1914, to the late John L. Davis and Savannah Elizabeth Davis. She was a retired cafeteria employee from Dublin High School in Coahoma County and a member of McAdams Baptist Church. Mrs. McMillan was preceded in death by her first husband, Bob McMillan; a son, Bobby Wayne McMillan; and two brothers, Leonard Davis and Grover Davis. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Jesse McMillan; four daughters, Juanita Guntharp of Pontotoc, Janette Frazier and her husband, Ed, of Kosciusko, Mildred Lester and her husband, Wayne, of Madison, Faye Tackett and her husband, Roy, of Lyon, and Vivian Ervin and her husband, Glen, of Lynchburg, Tenn.; two sons, Ed McMillan of Lambert and Roy McMillan of Nordheim, Texas; two sisters, Frances Munn Blanton of Kosciusko and Vivian Branch of Bossier City, La.; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. McMillan's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Rick, According to the book "Attala Mississippi Cemeteries", Frederick Zollicoffer, Tennie Z. Mills, Mary Mills and J. P. Mills are buried in the Kosciusko City Cemetery. Tennie Z. MILLS, June 16, 1841 - July 31, 1891, wife of J. P. Mills, "Mother" Jessie Kirk MILLS, July 31, 1875 - May 26, 1872, son of J. F. & Mary Mills (Should be J.P.Mills) Mary MILLS, July 20, 1838 - July 2, 1879, wife of J. P. Mills (2nd wife of J. P. Mills and his 3rd wife was a Doty and buried in the Doty lot with J. P. Mills himself) David Ella ZOLLICOFFER, died Sept 28, 1873, 28th year of her age "Our Sister" Frederick ZOLLICOFFER, died Apr 26, 1874, aged 68 yr 1 mo "Father" (M.E.) Johnnie JACKSON, died Dec 18, 1862, aged 1 yr 10 mo 11 das, son of John A. & Sue A. Jackson John A. JACKSON, Sept 4, 1816 - July 8, 1861 "Father" * Susan A. JACKSON, Nov 26, 1832 - Mar 28, 1912, His Wife, "Mother" * Tennie Vic PEEBLES, Dec 5, 1858 - Sept 1, 1898, dau of John A. & Sue A. Jackson, "Tennie" The M.E. within parenthesis indicates that Frederick was a Mason. The other notations within parenthesis are those of the individual that copied the cemetery based on their personal knowledge. As we now know, Mary Mills was J. P. Mills first wife, Tennie his second and Ophelia Doty, his third. In the section of the cemetery where the Doty family is buried we find the following graves: J. P. MILLS, died 30 Dec 1898 Ophelia MILLS, 29 Apr 1859 - 11 Jan 1923, wife of J. P. Mills Rick, I hope this is helpful. Everette Carr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Gray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:45 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Tennessee Zollicoffer and husbands, James Mills Edwards & Jesse P. Mills I am interested in learning any information that anyone might have on Tennessee Zollicoffer, born 16 Jun 1841 in Tennessee to Dr. Frederick Zollicoffer and Elizabeth Petillo Love. The family moved to Attala County, Mississippi in the late 1840's and settled in the area of Kosciusko. Tennessee married first to James Mills Edwards on 1 Aug 1861. I find him in 1850 living in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He is not living with his family, so I have nothing on them. He was born about 1830 in Tennessee and died 3 Aug 1867. I am not sure at this point where or any circumstances on his death. James and Tennie had 4 sons: James, Evan, Felix and Jesse. Tennie married the 2nd time to Jesse P. Mills, a chancery clerk in Attala County. He was first married to her sister Marie Amela Zollicoffer. Jesse and Tennie married in 1880. They had one daughter, Mary, which I learned from the DAR Register. Jesse was the son of John and Elizabeth Mills. He was born about 1836 in Kentucky and died in 1898. He is found with his family in Leake County in 1850 and then working as a clerk in Leake County in 1860. Tennessee Zollicoffer died in 1891, but no circumstances or place is known at this time for her death either. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would esp. love to know if cemetery locations are known for these individuals. I do not live in the Attala area and have looked on the Internet but have found no listings for them. Messages can be left here or I can be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected]

Hope this helps. Wanda Eakin Lentz KOSCIUSKO CITY CEMETERY located on Hunting Street Tennie Z. Mills June 16, 1841 July 31, 1891 w/o J.P. Mills Jesse Kirk Mills July 31, 1875 May 26, 1877 s/o J.P. and Mary Mills David Ella Zollicoffer She died Sept. 28, 1873 at age 28 Frederick Zollicoffer died April 26, 1874, age 68 yr 1mo, Father Frederick Zollicoffer Jackson Sept. 7, 1856 March 7, 1939 Carrie Doty Jackson [w/o Fredrick] Sept. 7, 1861 March 26, 1932 Susan A. Zollicoffer Jackson Nov. 26, 1832 March 28, 1912 John A. Jackson [h/o Susan] Sept. 4, 1816 July 8, 1861 Tennie Vic Peebles [d/o John & Susan Jackson] Dec. 5, 1858 Sept. 1, 1898 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Gray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:45 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Tennessee Zollicoffer and husbands, James Mills Edwards & Jesse P. Mills > I am interested in learning any information that anyone might have on > Tennessee Zollicoffer, born 16 Jun 1841 in Tennessee to Dr. Frederick > Zollicoffer and Elizabeth Petillo Love. The family moved to Attala County, > Mississippi in the late 1840's and settled in the area of Kosciusko. > > Tennessee married first to James Mills Edwards on 1 Aug 1861. I find him in > 1850 living in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He is not living with his > family, so I have nothing on them. He was born about 1830 in Tennessee and > died 3 Aug 1867. I am not sure at this point where or any circumstances on > his death. James and Tennie had 4 sons: James, Evan, Felix and Jesse. > > Tennie married the 2nd time to Jesse P. Mills, a chancery clerk in Attala > County. He was first married to her sister Marie Amela Zollicoffer. Jesse > and Tennie married in 1880. They had one daughter, Mary, which I learned > from the DAR Register. Jesse was the son of John and Elizabeth Mills. He was > born about 1836 in Kentucky and died in 1898. He is found with his family in > Leake County in 1850 and then working as a clerk in Leake County in 1860. > > Tennessee Zollicoffer died in 1891, but no circumstances or place is known > at this time for her death either. > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would esp. love to know if > cemetery locations are known for these individuals. I do not live in the > Attala area and have looked on the Internet but have found no listings for > them. > > Messages can be left here or I can be contacted at [email protected] or > [email protected] > > > > ==== 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] >

Thanks Everette and Wanda for the info on the burials. I had Davidellas and Frederick's but did not know if the rest of the family was buried there or not. This helps tremendously. Everette, the Jesse Kirk Mills is probably right. Tennie's grandmother was Martha Kirk and Frederick even named his oldest daughter, Martha Kirk Zollicoffer. The Kirk name was used many times as a middle name in this family i.e. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, first Confederate general killed in the Civil War. Do either of you know of anyone in the Attala County area that takes photos of tombstones? I have met some in areas that do this and either e-mail them or mail copies. Some charge for it and some do it as a lookup. I am willing to pay if I need too. I am using them for my research and then am posting them at FindAGrave.com for future use of others. I do lookups in this area (Maury County, TN) in the same way and offer photos when requested. I then try to post those photos to Find A Grave and to the Maury County, Tennessee Cemeteries site. Thanks again for the info and if you know of someone in the area who might could get photos of the Zollicoffer graves (digital or otherwise), I would appreciate it too. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everette Carr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Tennessee Zollicoffer and husbands, James Mills Edwards & Jesse P. Mills > Rick, > > According to the book "Attala Mississippi Cemeteries", Frederick > Zollicoffer, Tennie Z. Mills, Mary Mills and J. P. Mills are buried in the > Kosciusko City Cemetery. > > Tennie Z. MILLS, June 16, 1841 - July 31, 1891, wife of J. P. Mills, > "Mother" > Jessie Kirk MILLS, July 31, 1875 - May 26, 1872, son of J. F. & Mary Mills > (Should be J.P.Mills) > Mary MILLS, July 20, 1838 - July 2, 1879, wife of J. P. Mills > (2nd wife of J. P. Mills and his 3rd wife was a Doty and buried in the Doty > lot with J. P. Mills himself) > David Ella ZOLLICOFFER, died Sept 28, 1873, 28th year of her age "Our > Sister" > Frederick ZOLLICOFFER, died Apr 26, 1874, aged 68 yr 1 mo "Father" (M.E.) > Johnnie JACKSON, died Dec 18, 1862, aged 1 yr 10 mo 11 das, son of John A. & > Sue A. Jackson > John A. JACKSON, Sept 4, 1816 - July 8, 1861 "Father" * > Susan A. JACKSON, Nov 26, 1832 - Mar 28, 1912, His Wife, "Mother" * > Tennie Vic PEEBLES, Dec 5, 1858 - Sept 1, 1898, dau of John A. & Sue A. > Jackson, "Tennie" > > The M.E. within parenthesis indicates that Frederick was a Mason. The other > notations within parenthesis are those of the individual that copied the > cemetery based on their personal knowledge. As we now know, Mary Mills was > J. P. Mills first wife, Tennie his second and Ophelia Doty, his third. In > the section of the cemetery where the Doty family is buried we find the > following graves: > > J. P. MILLS, died 30 Dec 1898 > Ophelia MILLS, 29 Apr 1859 - 11 Jan 1923, wife of J. P. Mills > > Rick, I hope this is helpful. > > Everette Carr > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Gray" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:45 PM > Subject: [MSATTALA] Tennessee Zollicoffer and husbands, James Mills Edwards > & Jesse P. Mills > > > I am interested in learning any information that anyone might have on > Tennessee Zollicoffer, born 16 Jun 1841 in Tennessee to Dr. Frederick > Zollicoffer and Elizabeth Petillo Love. The family moved to Attala County, > Mississippi in the late 1840's and settled in the area of Kosciusko. > > Tennessee married first to James Mills Edwards on 1 Aug 1861. I find him in > 1850 living in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He is not living with his > family, so I have nothing on them. He was born about 1830 in Tennessee and > died 3 Aug 1867. I am not sure at this point where or any circumstances on > his death. James and Tennie had 4 sons: James, Evan, Felix and Jesse. > > Tennie married the 2nd time to Jesse P. Mills, a chancery clerk in Attala > County. He was first married to her sister Marie Amela Zollicoffer. Jesse > and Tennie married in 1880. They had one daughter, Mary, which I learned > from the DAR Register. Jesse was the son of John and Elizabeth Mills. He was > born about 1836 in Kentucky and died in 1898. He is found with his family in > Leake County in 1850 and then working as a clerk in Leake County in 1860. > > Tennessee Zollicoffer died in 1891, but no circumstances or place is known > at this time for her death either. > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would esp. love to know if > cemetery locations are known for these individuals. I do not live in the > Attala area and have looked on the Internet but have found no listings for > them. > > Messages can be left here or I can be contacted at [email protected] or > [email protected] > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > If you have genealogical information pertaining to Attala County which you would like to have on the Attala County (MSGenWeb), website, please notify [email protected] Please no GEDCOMS. > >

I am interested in learning any information that anyone might have on Tennessee Zollicoffer, born 16 Jun 1841 in Tennessee to Dr. Frederick Zollicoffer and Elizabeth Petillo Love. The family moved to Attala County, Mississippi in the late 1840's and settled in the area of Kosciusko. Tennessee married first to James Mills Edwards on 1 Aug 1861. I find him in 1850 living in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He is not living with his family, so I have nothing on them. He was born about 1830 in Tennessee and died 3 Aug 1867. I am not sure at this point where or any circumstances on his death. James and Tennie had 4 sons: James, Evan, Felix and Jesse. Tennie married the 2nd time to Jesse P. Mills, a chancery clerk in Attala County. He was first married to her sister Marie Amela Zollicoffer. Jesse and Tennie married in 1880. They had one daughter, Mary, which I learned from the DAR Register. Jesse was the son of John and Elizabeth Mills. He was born about 1836 in Kentucky and died in 1898. He is found with his family in Leake County in 1850 and then working as a clerk in Leake County in 1860. Tennessee Zollicoffer died in 1891, but no circumstances or place is known at this time for her death either. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would esp. love to know if cemetery locations are known for these individuals. I do not live in the Attala area and have looked on the Internet but have found no listings for them. Messages can be left here or I can be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected]

Does anyone have any information on Rebecca Hodges that married a Thomas M. Neal could have been in Calhoun or Chicksaw county Thomas Neal lived in Attala County in the 1880 census with his first wife Sofronia. His marrage to Rebecca Hodges(Hodge) was after 1880.I am looking for any information on this ReBecca Hodges(Hodge) Thanks Mike

Do anyone have a Sims surname connection to David Leonie Sims? Mattie, his daughter is my g-aunt via my g-uncle Sanford Mitchell Cummins. Mattie is buried at Doty Springs cemetery. Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mattie Bell Sims’ Parents and Siblings: Father: David Leonie Sims Mother: Catherine Theodosia Ray Married: April 14, 1881 Attala County, MS Children: Willie Lee Sims – Apr 7, 1882 to Feb 21, 1942 Samuel Mc Neal “Mac” Sims – 1885 to 1979 Mattie Bell Sims – Oct 23, 1885 to Feb 28, 1910

Everette, a number of people have inquired about Rays and this makes me want to see if this set of Rays will tie into anyone working on the Ray line. John Alexander Ray b. 1835 had a son William Alexander Ray b June 1857 in Pickens Co. Ala. md April 6, 1884 Slate Springs, MS., Alice Faye Flemming b Mar 1866 d.April 21, 1944. Their son Luther James Ray was born March 21, 1906 in Slate Springs, MS. he married Mable Elizabeth Brasher May 15, 1934 she bn April 6, 1919 and died June 11, 1982. She was the daughter of Dave Brasher b 1881, d 1960 who was married to Johnnie Flemming. Any help would be appreciated. Andrew M. Jones [email protected]

Are any of you kin to the Sims who founded Simsbury, CT in the 18th century? I was just there and got the Simsbury Central Cemetery record book. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > My Woods grandparents and several Sims great-uncles are buried as Doty > Springs, as well as a host of cousins of their generation.

HAS ANYONE EVER FOUND ISORA HODGES? I have a Isora Hodges who was the brother of George William Hodges [b.1828]. They were the sons of a William Hodges. George Hodges married Elizabeth Guess. They had a son named Drury Lafayette Hodges. A daughter married, Matilda, who married William F. Neel who was born in Chickasaw Co., Ms. They also had a sister, Annie Nancy, who married Hockaday Brister, both born in S.C. This info has not been researched by me but bits of info I have collected along the way. I hope this may give you a lead. Wanda Eakin Lentz Snellville,Ga. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mozelle Chason" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Hodges > I know there are those researching the Hodges line, a line I have been > working on for twenty five years plus. Until recently I could not get > any further back than my great grandfather Charles H. Hodges who was > born in 1856-7, and there was a reason. Very early in my research I had > been told that his father's name was Isora Hodges, (no name given for > his wife) and I have spent al these years looking for Isora. HAS ANYONE > EVER FOUND ISORA HODGES? > > I had the names of most of Charles H. Hodges's siblings but was not > sure of the order of birth, except for the two youngest. A year or so > ago, I found in one of my boxes of notes a half sheet of paper, now > yellow with age, on which I had written some info I had gleaned from > the 1880 Attala County (Mitchell's Mill) Census, and it read: > > Hodges, Jenette, age 56, b. 1824 in SC, Father b. SC, Mother b. TN > Hodges, Nancy J. age 19, b. 1861, Father b. SC, Mother b. SC > Hodges, Thomas G., age 15, b. 1865, Father b. SC, Mother b. SC > > I had no idea who this Jenette was, but I did know who Nancy and Thomas > were. They were two of the siblings of my great grandfather, Charles H. > Hodges. I knew also who they later married and the names of many of > their ancestors. I figured that if these two children were living in > one household with someone named Jenette, she was their mother!! And > this was the first time I ever had a hint of the first name of my > g-g-grandmother! Though I had had this scrap of paper for several > years, I never could find anywhere to put them. Now if her name was > Jenette, she must have married the one I had always thought was named > "Isora." I had checked EVERYWHERE for him and came up empty every time! > So I decided to try another name, but where do I start? > > I went to the 1870 Choctaw County (Montevista) Census to look for > something for someone else on one of the Lists, and the Hodges family > literally jumped off the page at me. My Hodges family! There she was > with ALL her children in the correct order of birth. (See how it helps > to help someone else??) This is what I found: > > Hodge(s) Jenetta, age 46 b. KY > Hodges, John J., age 23, b. MS > Hodges, James M(adison), age 20 b. MS > Hodges, William D., age 17 b. MS > Hodges, Charles H(enry), b. age 14, b. MS > Hodges, Nancy J., age 9, b. MS > Hodges, Thomas G., age 5, b. MS > > I knew there was one discrepancy - Jennette's place of birth, but I > wasn't through. The remainder of the information I had was a good > match, but I wasn't finished yet because I did not have the father's > name. I knew that if Thomas G. Hodges was born in 1865, his father - > whoever he was - had to be living with the family at least part of > 1865. I went to the 1860 Choctaw County (Belfontaine) Census to look > for the father of these children. I was really getting excited by now! > This is what I found: > > Hodges, Drury, age 36, farmer, b. SC > Hodges, Jennalia, age 37 b. Ky (there is the Ky birthplace again.) > Hodges, John J., age 13, b. MS > Hodges, James M., age 10, b. MS > Hodges, William D., age 8, b. MS > Hodges, Charles H., age 4, b. MS > Hodges, Ira Z, age 1, b. MS > > (Note that Ira Z. is not in the 1870 nor 1880 census. He most likely > died as an infant, since their methods of health were so poor in those > days.) > > Going back ten more years to the 1850 Choctaw County (Western Division) > I found the following: > > Hodges, Drury, age 25, farmer, b. MS (an error since he was b. SC) > Hodges, Jenetty, age 26, b. MS (looks as though the census taker > ASSUMED their places of birth) > Hodges, John, age 4, b. MS > Hodges, James, age 1, b. MS > Cairo (no surname) farm laborer > > So, it looks like the name of my great-great-grandfather was a very > well-used name in the Hodges family, that of DRURY, and not Isora, > unless of course Isora was his middle name. Since he is shown in the > 1850 and the 1860 censuses, and he was around to father his last child > in 1865, he must have died around the end of the Civil War. Could he > have been in the War and did not survive it? Do any of you know? > > If any of you are researching this family, or one which connects to it, > please write to me and we will compare notes. > Thank you so much. > > Mozelle P. Chason > > > > > > ==== 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] > >

The following is an update from rootsweb.com will regards to the problem with the mail server: Mail Lists: 2004-07-31 All list servers operational The remaining list server has been brought back on-line and we are currently putting mail through all lists servers. There is a backlog of mail to put through the server that has been out of action, and this will take the best part of a day. Please note that the mail will not be in chronological order as that will then take the better part of a week to get it distributed. Est. downtime: 1 day(s) Hopefully this will solve the problem that some of you have been experiencing with the mail. Everette Carr List Administrator Attala County