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.'" > >