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 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