I've been thinking a little further on my question, and I wonder....is it possible that the "Josaph" is actually Cameron's son Thomas J. (J could be for Joseph)? Does anyone know? Thanks! Marion Because we are blessed to have Bennie White's page, I discovered another clue that I could sure use some help with! It appears on the Membership Lists of East Pleasant Grove Church, in Clarke Co., MS. (1890-1894) On this list it shows Cameron Grayson (which we've discovered is our line), and there's a JOSAPH GRAYSON (could be Joseph, but it is spelled with an "A" on all three lists). WHO DOES JOSAPH GRAYSON belong to? I have not come across any Joseph in the 1840-1870 Census lists that Bennie has on his pages, so where did he come from? He apparently lived in Quitman for several years. Does anyone have any clues? Thanks........... Marion :) P.S. Also on this list are the HAYS families, that we've already established that DALLAS GRAYSON married into. Dallas was the son of Cameron Grayson. So it might be a pretty good bet that JOSAPH is related to our bunch, and he may be a clue to our ancestors that CAMERON belongs to. >>

Marion, if it helps any, I transcribed a Civil War diary, and it was very difficult to distinquish between the A's and E"s. And a double S looks like SP. I would think it is an E in Joseph.---Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <MGRAYSON98@aol.com> To: <MSCLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:30 PM Subject: Re: JOSAPH GRAYSON? Part II > I've been thinking a little further on my question, and I wonder....is it > possible that the "Josaph" is actually Cameron's son Thomas J. (J could be > for Joseph)? Does anyone know? > > Thanks! > Marion > > > Because we are blessed to have Bennie White's page, I discovered another > clue that I could sure use some help with! It appears on the Membership > Lists of East Pleasant Grove Church, in Clarke Co., MS. (1890-1894) > > On this list it shows Cameron Grayson (which we've discovered is our line), > and there's a JOSAPH GRAYSON (could be Joseph, but it is spelled with an "A" > on all three lists). > > WHO DOES JOSAPH GRAYSON belong to? I have not come across any Joseph in the > 1840-1870 Census lists that Bennie has on his pages, so where did he come > from? > > He apparently lived in Quitman for several years. Does anyone have any > clues? Thanks........... > > Marion :) > > P.S. Also on this list are the HAYS families, that we've already established > that DALLAS GRAYSON married into. Dallas was the son of Cameron Grayson. So > it might be a pretty good bet that JOSAPH is related to our bunch, and he may > be a clue to our ancestors that CAMERON belongs to. > >> > > > ==== MSCLARKE Mailing List ==== > Clarke Co., MS Records at Ben's Genealogy Corner: > http://www.netpathway.com/~bennie/clarke.html > MSGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclarke/index.html > > ============================== > RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ > >

I concur with Mary. Although the writer clearly spelled it "Josaph" on the membership list, more than likely the correct spelling was "Joseph." Bennie Mary Perkins wrote: > > Marion, if it helps any, I transcribed a Civil War diary, and it was very > difficult to distinquish between the A's and E"s. And a double S looks like > SP. I would think it is an E in Joseph.---Mary > ----- Original Message -----