In a message dated 01-02-05 03:21:19 EST, you write: << Subj: [MSFRANKL-L] Michael KING and Midia MIDDLETON Date: 01-02-05 03:21:19 EST From: LilNeysa@aol.com (Sandy Tubbs) Sender: LilNeysa@aol.com Reply-to: MSFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com To: MSFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Posted on: Franklin Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Franklin/775 Surname: KING, MIDDLETON, STARKE, MOTTE ------------------------- Michael KING and Midia MIDDLETON married 10 May 1821 Franklin Co., MS. Who are they? Is Michael the son of Moses KING Sr. and Elizabeth STARKE KING? Is Midia daughter of Willis and Mary MOTTE MIDDLETON? >> Dear Sandy, I don't have any information to help you right at this moment probably but my 5th great grandmother was Mahala/Mahalia MIDDLETON wh is said to have been the daughter of Willis MIDDLETON and Mary MOTTE. Mahala/Mahalia MIDDLETON was the wife of Abram BUCKLES/aka Abraham BUCKLES, Jr., (his 2nd wife was Nancy KILLIAN (GALTNEY,) widow of Abram GALTNEY. Mahala MIDDLETON and Abram BUCKLES/Abraham BUCKHOLTS, Jr. were the parents of my 4th great grandmother, Mary BUCKLES, born: abt. 1797 in Natchez, MS, who married Henry FORD, born: abt. 1790 in Natchez, MS, (mother: prob. Elizabeth CALVIT, (mother: prob. Mary DEAN (CALVIT) (HIGDON,) father: prob. Antoine/Anthony CALVIT,) father: John FORD. Mary BUCKLES and Henry FORD were the parents of Elizabeth Anne/Ann FORD, born: bet. 1813 - 1819, who married Jehu Madison GRISHAM and they were the parents of my 2nd great grandmother, Frances Elizabeth GRISHAM, born: abt. 1840, who married my 2nd great grandfather, her 1st husband, Lawrence M. HATTEN, born: abt. 1833, died: 1865 as a P.O.W. Confederate soldier during the Civil War, and Frances married 2nd husband, Zachary Taylor FAITH. Frances Elizabeth GRISHAM and Lawrence M. HATTEN were the parents of my great grandfather, Cicero Lamkin HATTEN, (descends from HATTEN/HATTON, UNDERWOOD, CLARK, LEWIS, LAMPKIN/LAMKIN, COX, LOTT, LIGHTFOOT, JOYNER, HARRIS, WEST, DE LA WARRE/DE LA WARR/DELAWARE?,) who married Rodella "Della" JONES, born: 1868 in Winn Parish, LA, (descends from JONES, EVANS, McCARTY, SPRADLEY, (SIMOT,) LARRIMORE, WALKER, BELL, BENNETT, STOKES, TUCKER, COLESON, COLEMAN, WYNNE, STITH, MOSEBY, (GREGORY,) (PARSONS,) BRANCH, JEFFERSON/JEAFFRESON.) Cicero Lamkin HATTEN and Rodella "Della" JONES were the parents of my grandmother, Ethel Rosalea/Rosalee HATTEN, whose 1st husband was Joseph Marion/aka Mancil WOMACK, Sr., and her 2nd husband, my grandfather, she was his 3rd wife, was Louis Hector SLAUGHTER, born: 14 Feb 1869 in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, and married wife # 1: Callie Martha MUNN (KING,) (born in Arkansas, father died in Civil War, mother died shortly after in 1870, she moved with brother to live with two uncles in Franklin Parish, LA, there she later married a Mr. ? KING who died two months later,) and Louis Hector SLAUGHTER married his 2nd wife, Mary LEE, and then married his 3rd wife, Ethel Rosalea/Rosalee HATTEN, and theyw ere the parents of my mother, Ethel LaVerne "LaVerne" SLAUGHTER, born in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, who married my father, Billy Earle "Bill" MYRICK, born in Simpson Co., MS, (descends from EARLE, HOLBROOK, PATTISON, (CONYERS,) BENNETT, HALE, SYMONS, WILLIAMS, PARKER, ELLZEY, COLLINS, LEWIS, HOWELL, LANE, WARNER, READE, TOWNELEY, COPELAND, RIPLEY, WOODWARD, TABERER, WOMBLE, GODDARD, TUCKER, COLEMAN?, PARHAM?, JENNINGS, JORDAN, MOORE/MORE, KELLY, PARTRIDGE?/RIVETT?, DONIPHAN, WILLOUGHBY, PAYNE, (EDRINGTON,) ROBINSON, MEURIG/MEURIC/MEYRICK/MERRICK/MYRICK, HERRINGTON/HARRINGTON, STUCKEY, HOWELL, DICKSON/DICKERSON.) My father also has a 1st cousin William Myrick KING who was adopted by his mother's 2nd husband named KING and I believe he was born in Simpson Co., MS as well but not sure. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett