----------- Forwarded message ----------- Date: 09/13/2002 - 02:44 From: "dero davidson" <derohd@hotmail.com> To: jmcbride@dixie-net.com Subject: Re: History of Holmes Co Book Dan, are you taking requests for advanced copies of your book? I look forward to reading it as will other family members. Helen Davidson

Dan, A Pictorial History of Holmes County was just recently (maybe a month ago) offered for sale by the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce. This Pictorial History, primarily about the Lexington area, is told pictorialy with chapters emphasing families, churches, houses, etc. Another recent book, "Durant Pioneer Families", was published in 2001 by Sharon Daniel Cauthen. The Durant book is somewhat more detailed and is a written history of the Durant area with a genealogical section that includes several pioneer families with a list of their descendants. Many pictures are also included. Both of these books are very interesting and informative. Dan, I would very much like to know when your book is published. Jimmy McBride >On 09/11/2002 - 19:21, Dan Edwards wrote: > I am not sure of the book to which you all are referring. I am writing a > history of Holmes County, entitled "In Defense of Holmes" It began as a > cultural study of the lower South with Holmes as the focal point of that > research. It surveys the weather, topography, historic native American > occupation, paleo-Indian, the coming of the Americans up to and including > the Civil War. I had intended to extend my study through the end of WWII, > but became sidetracked in my admiration of the heroic sacrifices of the > citizens of Holmes during the Civil War. I have spent the last several years > tracking those military units and many of the soldiers through the war > years. I do hope to go to print by next spring. Although, now a resident of > Holmes County, I have no heritage here. > If this is the "book" to which you refer, I will be only too happy to post a > notice upon its publication. > Respectfully, > Dan Edwards

I am not sure of the book to which you all are referring. I am writing a history of Holmes County, entitled "In Defense of Holmes" It began as a cultural study of the lower South with Holmes as the focal point of that research. It surveys the weather, topography, historic native American occupation, paleo-Indian, the coming of the Americans up to and including the Civil War. I had intended to extend my study through the end of WWII, but became sidetracked in my admiration of the heroic sacrifices of the citizens of Holmes during the Civil War. I have spent the last several years tracking those military units and many of the soldiers through the war years. I do hope to go to print by next spring. Although, now a resident of Holmes County, I have no heritage here. If this is the "book" to which you refer, I will be only too happy to post a notice upon its publication. Respectfully, Dan Edwards

Would be interested in purchasing the book on Holmes Co Miss. Marilyn Mcbride

The book, A PICTURE HISTORY OF HOLMES COUNTY, is available from the Chamber of Commerce in Lexington. The price, I believe, is thirty five dollars. There may be a shipping charge if ordered by mail. Most of the pictures, which were donated by individuals, are of the early to mid 1900's - some older, some more recent. The chamber office is located on Highway 17 south of the square near where the railroad depot was located. Jimmy McBride Winona, MS >On 09/10/2002 - 22:05, Marietta Sexton wrote: > I would also be interested in this book . Please send > response to the list. > Thanks

What book are you talking about. I, too, would be interested in a book about the history of Holmes County. Thanks! "Marietta Sexton" To: MSHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com <pollyanna@snow cc: crest.net> Subject: Re: History of Holmes Co Book 09/10/2002 09:14 PM I would also be interested in this book . Please send response to the list. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles and ginny urban" <barban@webtv.net> To: <MSHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:27 AM Subject: History of Holmes Co Book > Hi, What period does this book include? My > father Rev Charles Thomas was born in > Lexington, Holmes Co in 1883. I would like > to buy this book if it covers before this time. > I have a lot of info on the family of Clemmons > and Margaret Adeline (Barger) Barton. Also > a lot of very early history of the Bargers and > Barton from Noxubee Co. MS. > Regards, Virginia Lee BARTON Urban > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I would also be interested in this book . Please send response to the list. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles and ginny urban" <barban@webtv.net> To: <MSHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:27 AM Subject: History of Holmes Co Book > Hi, What period does this book include? My > father Rev Charles Thomas was born in > Lexington, Holmes Co in 1883. I would like > to buy this book if it covers before this time. > I have a lot of info on the family of Clemmons > and Margaret Adeline (Barger) Barton. Also > a lot of very early history of the Bargers and > Barton from Noxubee Co. MS. > Regards, Virginia Lee BARTON Urban > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi, What period does this book include? My father Rev Charles Thomas was born in Lexington, Holmes Co in 1883. I would like to buy this book if it covers before this time. I have a lot of info on the family of Clemmons and Margaret Adeline (Barger) Barton. Also a lot of very early history of the Bargers and Barton from Noxubee Co. MS. Regards, Virginia Lee BARTON Urban

Looking for information regarding Pearl Goodwin, dob probably in 1870's, pob either AL or MS. She married a Peterson, first name maybe Harold, "Hal", and was living at Route 3, Box 27, Pickens, MS in April 1926. If anyone is researching this person or otherwise has knowledge of her, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Thanks! Karen

The MS Dept. of Archives and History in Jackson has a lot of resources on the Civil War. Probably the most valuable is Grady Howell who works there and has written a number of books on the war. He has been most helpful to me and very knowlegable. Check their website online and contact them for the information that you need. I don't have the address right at hand, but it is available by doing a search for the name above. Last info that I have is the cost is $15 for out of state requests for info. That entitles the requesting party to one hour of research. Good Luck, Betty

Dennis, I don't know if this will help. There is a book on Vaiden history that people put together locally, I believe in the seventies. I do not have a copy. But I remember reading an account of a raid by U.S. Colored Troops on the Vaiden area. Very few of these books were printed. I imagine the libraries in Holmes and Carroll have a copy but am not sure. Let us know what you find out. Bryan J. Baine Media Technician/Adjunct Faculty American University Library/College Writing Program Washington DC (202)885-3208 bbaine@american.edu

Hello Wanda, Yes, I am familiar with Osband's battle report since it details what happened at Franklin, Holmes County the day after the West Station Depot was torched. Regrettably, it sheds no light on what happened at West Station the day before, nor does it address the alleged burning of that same depot by Grierson in 1863. Osband's report does imply but not state that it may have been elements of the fourth Illinois Cavalry and / or Third U.S. Colored Cavalry that destroyed the depot at West Station. That is about as far as I have gotten to identifying the USA units involved. So far, I have no idea if any CSA units showed up in West Station about the time the fire consumed the Depot. I tend to suspect the Depot's burning may have been uncontested and simply witnessed by civilians. Thanks anyway for having gotten back to me, Wanda. I may be looking for something that no longer exists, but am cursed with the belief that all information still exists and if you haven't found what you're looking - for you just haven't looked in the right place. At 09:52 PM 8/31/2002 -0400, Wanda Lentz wrote: >is this of any help. >Wanda Eakin Lentz >[netkins group] > >From: http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/rpt_edo5.htm > >Report of Col. Embury D. Osband, Third U. S. Colored Cavalry, commanding >Third Cavalry Brigade >HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, CAVALRY DIVISON, >DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI >Memphis, Tenn, January 13, 1865 >CAPTAIN: I have the honor to make the following report of the part taken by >the Third Brigade in the recent raid from Memphis, Tenn, to Vicksburg, Miss: > >. . . . > >On the morning of January 1, 1865, I moved, by order of the general >commanding, from Winona Station down to the line of the Mississippi Central >Railroad, flanking the line of march of the main column. I sent strong >dismounted details from the fourth Illinois Cavalry and Third U.S. Colored >Cavalry from Winona Station, through Vaiden and West Station, to a point >five miles below the latter place, a distance of twenty miles. They totally >destroyed 2 ½ miles of track, 19 bridges, 12 culverts, together with station >houses, water tanks, &c. Ten of these bridges were important structures, and >must require thirty days to repair. On the morning of the 2d, learning that >the Confederates were concentrating a strong force at Goodman Station, I >left the line of railroad and moved on the Franklin pike in the direction of >Ebenezer and Benton. When half a mile from Franklin my advance of the Third >U. S. Colored Cavalry was charged by a strong force of the enemy. The charge >was repulsed, and the rebels driven from their advanced position. The forces >proved to be those of Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, 1,500 strong, who, coming from >Goodman, had pushed one regiment to a junction of the roads, covering them >in some close timber skirting the road and about a church surrounded by >shrubbery. A flank movement of two squadrons of the Third E. S. Colored >Cavalry, commanded by Capt Henry Fretz, Company L, dislodged them from the >church, while seven squadrons of the Third U. S. Colored Cavalry dismounted, >under Maj. E. M. Main dislodged them from the close timber by falling upon >their flank and rear, thus compelling them to fall back to a bridge over a >small stream where General Adams had concentrated the main body of his men. >Major Main immediately charged and carried the bridge, but in turn was >driven over it in some confusion by the enemy, who being heavily >re-enforced, outnumbered from three to one. We should here have lost number >of our men except for the most determined gallantry of our officers >particularly prominent among who was Lieut. Frank W. Calais, Company A. >Third U. S. Colored Cavalry. In the meantime, the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry >moved to our extreme right, where they arrived in time to check a flank >movement of the enemy. After sharp fighting, the movement was checked, their >left turned, and their forces driven to the main body at the bridge. The >Fourth Illinois Cavalry, moved promptly to the support of the Third U.S. >colored Cavalry, met and repulsed a flank movement of the enemy directed to >our left, when quickly dismounting and jumped from tree to tree, soon drove >the rebels to the cover of the houses across the creek. At this time, the >Third U. S. Colored Cavalry again charged and carried the bridge from which >they were not again driven during the fight. The desperate nature of the >fighting, the superiority of numbers displayed by General Adams, and a >summons from the general commanding to immediately join the column, now >fifteen miles to our front and right, induced me to attempt to withdraw my >men and we mutually separated without further fighting. One enlisted man >from the Fourth Illinois Cavalry and one from the Third U. S. Colored >Cavalry, too severely wounded to be moved, were left at Franklin. > > > > > >==== 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/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Regards, Dennis K. Boswell 301 Crow Canyon Drive, Folsom, CA 95630 Telephone: (916) 987-3599 Fax: (916) 987-3555 Email: dennisb@mindspring.com

Units of CSA Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams' Cavalry encountered Benjamin Grierson's Yankee raiders at Franklin (Holmes County) as Grierson's unit was moving to Vicksburg after having destroyed the Mobile & Ohio Railroad facilities at Franklin (Holmes County) on January 2, 1865. The day prior, January 1, 1865, at 7:00 pm in the evening, elements of Grierson's Yankee cavalry command burned the West Station railroad depot located in what is now the community of West, adjacent to the Big Black River.. My question concerns the events leading up to, including, and following Grierson's destruction of the West Station depot. I am attempting to locate contemporaneous newspaper, diary, letter or other battle (really a skirmish) accounts of this event, specifically what elements of Grierson's command torched the West Station depot, the extent to which local militia or civilians opposed the Yankee raiders, dead or wounded on both sides, named individuals who were involved, the extent of the damage inflicted upon the RR's rolling stock, the depot, rails and ties and other civilian facilities and businesses. The "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" support the January1, 1865 destruction of the West Station depot as described. However, there is at least one published account claiming that elements of Grierson's Yankee cavalry command destroyed this same depot during Grierson's earlier 1863 raid through central Mississippi. If this is true, it would have had to have been a small detachment of Grierson's overall command since his primary route of advance in early 1863 did not include the area around Vaiden, West Station or Durant. I am having a hard time believing that the West Station Depot was burned once in 1863, rebuilt during wartime, only to be torched a second time two years later in 1865. Might any of you who are familiar with the War's impact in and around Holmes County help clarify what actually happened in West Station and when it happened? Thank you so much. I look forward to hearing from you and would very much appreciate learning of any other surviving accounts of this incident. Regards, Dennis K. Boswell 301 Crow Canyon Drive, Folsom, CA 95630 Telephone: (916) 987-3599 Fax: (916) 987-3555 Email: dennisb@mindspring.com

Could someone look up Henry Emmerson/Emerson on the1840 census and tell me who is enumerated with him. Thank you very much June Millwood in Memphis

Does anyone know if there is a way to acquire obituaries from Holmes Co? Please email me at eoleary2@aol.com Elaine Kidd O'Leary ********************* http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctbiog CT Biographies Project Co-Ordinator RAOGK volunteer for Hartford Co, CT

Esther Swinney was the d/o John K. Swinney b. 1811 in SC and died in Holmes Co., MS. Esther was born 1830 SC and John K. m. Mary Coward/Cowart in Pike Co., AL in 1834, so Esther must have been a child of the unknown first wife. I have more on them if you are interested. Betty

I just received a flyer from Baylor University Press advertising the book, Providence, by Will D. Campbell. The flyer includes the following information: "Hailed as Will Campbell's most literary work, Providence chronicles the more than 170-year history of a square mile of plantation land in Holmes County, Mississippi. Shifting between history and autobiography, Campbell illustrates the quest for justice among the Choctaws, African Americans, and whites on the parcel of land designated Section 13." Reviews include, "This book offers history for people who don't like history. It is the story of America, of the struggle over race relations and economic justice, and of the search for community." - Perry H. Biddle, Jr., The Christian Century "The book that follows addresses the issues of poverty and bigotry in ways that few readers will soon forget and from a Christian perspective that we might all endeavor to emulate." - Fredrick Barton, from the introduction "Will D. Campbell is widely considered one of the nation's most important commentators on race, religion and community. The only white minister present at the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Campbell was actively involved in the Civil Rights movement in the South. A graduate of Wake Forest University and Yale Divinity School, Campbell has authored seventeen books. His Brother to a Dragonfly was a finalist for the National Book Award and was named by Time magazine as one of the ten most notable nonfiction books of the 1970s. Winner of the Lilian Smith Prize, the Lyndhurst Prize, and the Alex Haley Award, Campbell was the subject of a recent PBS documentary entitled 'God's Will.' " It appears this is a reprint edition with a new introduction and interview with the author ISBN: 0-918954-84-3 Price: $14.95 Postage and handling ($4.50 for first book; $.75 for each additional book) Pages: 289 Order from: Texas A & M University Press Consortium College Station, TX 77843-4354 Fax: 888-617-2421 Phone: 800-826-8911 I have not read this book. So, I know nothing more about it than what I have included here. If anyone out there has read Providence, might you please share with us your review and impressions of the book. Regards, Dennis K. Boswell 301 Crow Canyon Drive, Folsom, CA 95630 Telephone: (916) 987-3599 Fax: (916) 987-3555 Email: dennisb@mindspring.com

Thanks John, Yes, I am interested and most appreciative of any and all information I can obtain on the "Lucas" genealogy. I have been dilingently searching for my ancestors for about 10 years or more. I have found a few; however, genealogy is like searching for gold, you may look for years and never find anything, then one day a 'bonanza". Thanks for your help. If you have any information or know anything about James Wesley Lucas (Born circa 1831 in VA - County Unknown) who married the former Ester J. Swinney from AL (date unknown) and settled either in Holmes or Attala County MS, had only one child James Westley Lucas Jr., born Nov 22, 1862 in Holmes County MS, I would appreciate knowing any information you may have. Sincerely, James V. Lucas 22006 Advantage Run San Antonio, TX 78258-7836 Telephone: (210) 481-2707 Cell: (210) 849-2707 Email: JLUCAS4@satx.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Thompson" <jthomps4@tampabay.rr.com> To: "James Lucas" <JLUCAS4@satx.rr.com> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: Edmund Lucas > James, > > I just read your email message to the MSATTALA web site requesting info > on the Lucas family. > > I also ran across the following item this afternoon regarding the > Georgia Settlement. A Mr. Edmund Lucas is mentioned in the article. Just > thought you could be interested. > > John > > > My best understanding of the definition of the GA Settlement came from > the following article: From an early edition of the Star Herald > Newspaper published in Kosciusko: > > ATTALA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FAMILY RECORDS > > Reference: Mrs. George A. Noel, Forest, Miss. Family Records. > > A Chronology of "The Georgia Settlement" (about 12 miles northeast of > Kosciusko, Attala County, Miss.) > > Reverends Titcomb, Magruder, Schrock, and other Methodists held a > meeting in Kosciusko on the first Saturday and Sunday In June 18^6. > > 19 July 1851 A meeting of Union Men Is held. L. A. Powell advertises for > sale his farm 2 miles north of Burketsville. > > 24 December 1852 This must have been a day of much rejoicing. On this > Friday, Christmas Eve, there from Greene County, Georgia and adjoining > counties the family of Elizabeth B. Hines, with her married son, Asbury > R. Hines. Other heads of families who were most certainly in this > caravan were: John A. Wasson, John Kimbrough, Hardy Bridges, James > Bridges, Jessee Kimbrough, J. G. Riley, Abner Bruce, and Ben T. Clark. > Three other families might have accompanied these at this time- > Elizabeth Woodward, Thomas Beach, and John Littleton. John A. Wasson, > Hardy Bridges and James Bridges were brothers-in-law, having married > Copeland sisters. Jesse Kimbrough was a son of John and Esther > (Winslett) Kimbrough, and Abner Bruce was a son-in-law of Hardy Bridges. > On hand to greet them must have been many friends and kinspeople. E. M. > Crossley seems to have been the first Greene Countian into Attala > County, having come prior to 1840 and settled just west of Burketsville > toward what is now Shady Grove. Probably In the fall and winter of > 1846-1847 to this area came four children of John Kimbrough: Josiah, > unmarried; Sarah, widow of Reuben Smith, with five children; the wife of > John Copeland Lucas, Elizabeth; and Martha Ann, the wife of James T. > Mathis. Also, at this time, at least prior to 1850, we find here Edmund > Lucas, father of John C., John Henry Toler, Joseph Martin Thompson, > son-in-law of Edmund Lucas, Nehemiah Thompson, peddler, William J. Crow, > J. A. Whatley, and Uriah P. Whatley, all from the same section of Ga. > These families settled along the Rockport Road from Multonia Springs to > its Crossroads with the Old Natchez Trace and westward for about three > miles. This section of the county was often referred to as "Little > Georgia.'" > >

At the web site listed below, there is a map where you can find a picture of your neighborhood. The MSU extension service has made available, free of cost, aerial photographs of the state taken during 1995-1996. Once the home page comes up, click on "Online Mapping". A help screen is provided. http://www.geospatial.msstate.edu/ I saw this in the Holmes County HERALD, June 6, 2002. Jimmy McBride

This family has been in and around Holmes County since early settlement days. We have been unable to rouse any person who might be a descendant. There was a white family and a black family. We are attempting to locate descendants of the former. If you have ever heard the surname or if you know even a scrap of information, we would appreciate hearing from you. Gratefully H. Fisher Yazoo City