Ann: I'm researching the Shelley/Shelly line too. I've seen those names several times, but haven't been able to tie them in to my branch. Who were some of their children? Billie

Greetings to everyone on my favorite list. Does anyone know about headstone restoration? Is there any such thing? My gggg-grandfather's tombstone was broken in half because the man who bought the place where the cemetery is located let his cattle run all over the place till I complained to the Historical Society and they made him put a fence around the cemetery. Regards, Ann

Hi Billie -- Only one I know about is Permelia Maria Livengood b. Apr. 29, 1846 and d. Sept. 19, 1907. She married David Zemri (Ben) Pierce. Mother & father were Peter Livengood and Mary Shelly. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <BRochevot@aol.com> To: <MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [MSITAWAM-L] Peter Livengood & Mary Shelly > Ann: > > I'm researching the Shelley/Shelly line too. I've seen those names several > times, but haven't been able to tie them in to my branch. Who were some of > their children? > > Billie >

Does anyone have info on Peter Livengood and his wife Mary Shelly\Shelley? Parents, dates, siblings, etc. Regards, Ann

I thought this was interesting since some of Itawamba's cemeteries are on private land now and are at the mercy of the owners? ----- Original Message ----- From: <JSBRIDG@aol.com> To: <MS-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:12 AM Subject: [MS-CEM] Re: Desecration of MS cemeteries > The law is on our side........but we as family members, researchers & > preservers of history must also do our part. Before Mississippi courts will > back you up, you must prove the cemetery was there. If you don't have > pictures of the lonely graves, rubbings & listings made AND DATED, you are > not gonna get far. We must be able to prove without any doubt that graves > were located there. When you canvas the cemetery, send copies to the > archives in Jackson, county or area libraries for their vertical files & > anywhere else you can think of. Always put your name on the listing, your > address & when you made the listing. Pictures also.........get landmarks in > the background of your pictures to help prove the location. > > If you need proof of a destroyed cemetery & have none in your personal files, > check the cabinet at the MS archives in the cemetery files. Or published > books such as the MS Genealogical Society which still publishes a yearly book > on cemeteries. Or small libraries in the county in which the cemetery is > located. > > One more thought..........if you can prove a grave in this cemetery has a > veteran's grave in it, or someone of historical interest, you can get the > state to declare the cemetery a historical one & possibly even be maintained > by the local board........course the catch in the law is the wording > "maintained at their decisions", meaning might be mowed that year, maybe not. > But at least the cemetery is on record with the state & local levels of > government. If anyone is interested, I will pull my folder on how to declare > such a cemetery & the steps involved. But I do remember........PROOF is t he > first step. > Joyce > > > ==== MS-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Mississippi Cemetery list, use > MS-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or MS-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

Sorry Itawamba list, I thought my message would go to Don, personally. I did find some more information on the Camp family today. In the 1920 Census of Itawamba Co. MS Vol. 20, ED 16, Sheet 21, Line 14 Mantachie Pct. HH 244/260 Camp, William E. W 48 MS GA AL Bell wife 45 MS Charlie son 26 " Evert son 19 " Luther son 15 " Bonnie dau 10 " I think this is Charlie Barton Camp, the father of William Herman Camp, Sr. that was in the obit. In the Marriage soundex, I found: Will E. Camp married Bell D. Sheffield on ? 27 1898 (the microfilm was really hard to read). Book 10, page 487, Itawamba Co., MS Chas. B. Camp married Delphia Patterson, Oct. 10, 1925 (?) Book 16, p. 377 in Itawamba Co., MS So, I think this might be the connection. My Oswalts supposedly married a Sherrill, according to the marriage record, but a while back, I couldn't find her family, in Itawamba Co., but found some Sheffields living near the Oswalts, so I think now possibly she was a Sheffield, making this family related somehow. Still working on it. They are all buried in Stephens Cem. I got those dates too. Anyone else related to this family? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Bible" <nbible@datasync.com> To: <MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 7:53 PM Subject: [MSITAWAM-L] Re: MSITAWAM-D Digest V01 #21 > Thanks again, Don. The dates will help a lot. Maybe I can piece some of > this together. > > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MSITAWAM-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <MSITAWAM-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:00 PM > Subject: MSITAWAM-D Digest V01 #21 >

Thanks again, Don. The dates will help a lot. Maybe I can piece some of this together. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSITAWAM-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MSITAWAM-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: MSITAWAM-D Digest V01 #21

In a message dated 3/15/01 7:22:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, nbible@datasync.com writes: > I found this obit. in my grandma's things. I think one of her families are > related somehow to this man or his parents. She also had a photo of him when > he was a toddler, so there has to be some family connection, I would think. > > If anyone knows the date of his death, and anything about his parents, I > would like to know more about him. Thanks. > > Nancy Bible > > His Obit reads: > > Herman Camp Dies Suddenly > > William Herman Cam, Sr., 60 died Saturday at Itawamba County Hospital. He > had been practicing attourney in Fulton for 34 years. He served in the > Marine Corps during WW II and was retired captain of the MS Armny National > Guard. At retirement, he was commander of the National Guard unit in > Fulton. > > He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the University of > Miss. Law School. He had served in the MS Legislature as a senator. He was > attorney of Itawamba Co., for 3 terms and served as city attorney of Fulton > and Mantachie. He had served as an associate director of the Bank of MS, > and was a member of the Fulton Civitan Club, and the Mantachie Lion's Club. > He was a past commander of the American Legion Post 51 of Itawamba Co. and > of 40 and 8. He was a member of the Itawamba Co. and Miss. State Bar Assn. > Services were at 11 a.m. Monday at the Senter Funeral Home chapel with Bro. > Grady McWhirter and Bro. Rank Boyte officiating. Burial was in the Stephens > Cemetery. > > Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gwendola Camp of Mantachie; three > daughters, Mrs. Barbara Randle of Tupelo, Mrs. Karen McFerrin and Mrs. > Felicia Fennell, both of Mantachie; a son, William Herman Camp, Jr. of > Mantachie; a sister , Mrs. Gladys Franks of Mantachie; three grandchildren. > > Descendants of Charlie Barton Camp 1 Charlie Barton Camp b: August 14, 1893 in Mantachie, Itawamba Co., MS d: May 09, 1956 in Mantachie, Itawamba Co., MS Burial: Stephens Cem., Itawamba Co., MS . +Delpha P ??? b: October 05, 1896 m: Abt. 1916 in probably Itawamba Co., MS d: November 1976 in Mantachie, Itawamba Co., MS Burial: Stephens Cem., Itawamba Co., MS Social Security Number: SS #: 425-96-3692 .......... 2 William Herman Camp b: July 28, 1921 in Mantachie, Itawamba Co., MS d: March 1982 in Mantachie, Itawamba Co., MS Burial: Stephens Cem., Itawamba Co., MS ............. +Gwendola McMillen Father: William Cleveland McMillen Mother: Daisy Hardin

I found this obit. in my grandma's things. I think one of her families are related somehow to this man or his parents. She also had a photo of him when he was a toddler, so there has to be some family connection, I would think. If anyone knows the date of his death, and anything about his parents, I would like to know more about him. Thanks. Nancy Bible His Obit reads: Herman Camp Dies Suddenly William Herman Cam, Sr., 60 died Saturday at Itawamba County Hospital. He had been practicing attourney in Fulton for 34 years. He served in the Marine Corps during WW II and was retired captain of the MS Armny National Guard. At retirement, he was commander of the National Guard unit in Fulton. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the University of Miss. Law School. He had served in the MS Legislature as a senator. He was attorney of Itawamba Co., for 3 terms and served as city attorney of Fulton and Mantachie. He had served as an associate director of the Bank of MS, and was a member of the Fulton Civitan Club, and the Mantachie Lion's Club. He was a past commander of the American Legion Post 51 of Itawamba Co. and of 40 and 8. He was a member of the Itawamba Co. and Miss. State Bar Assn. Services were at 11 a.m. Monday at the Senter Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Grady McWhirter and Bro. Rank Boyte officiating. Burial was in the Stephens Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gwendola Camp of Mantachie; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Randle of Tupelo, Mrs. Karen McFerrin and Mrs. Felicia Fennell, both of Mantachie; a son, William Herman Camp, Jr. of Mantachie; a sister , Mrs. Gladys Franks of Mantachie; three grandchildren.

Dianne, I did not send you any personal mail. The message that you seem to be referring to was sent to the Discussion List as a point of information. This is the way discussion lists work and the reason for their existence. I am handling the problem of mail with no connections to my family by subscribing to the digest format of the discussion list. That way I can see the entire list of mail for the day, read the names in the subject line, and select the messages that I wish to read. That's why it is important for everyone to put surnames in the subject line. (Actually, I enjoy reading other people's messages most of the time. I may see a clue to one of my names, and sometimes I can help others.) Jo Carolyn

ok,joe carolyn i am working on the loague family tree,if you find any info on them mail me,dianne --- John / Jo Carolyn Beebe <beehaven@alltel.net> wrote: > Dianne, > I did not send you any personal mail. The > message that you seem to > be referring to was sent to the Discussion List as a > point of > information. This is the way discussion lists work > and the reason for > their existence. > I am handling the problem of mail with no > connections to my family > by subscribing to the digest format of the > discussion list. That way I > can see the entire list of mail for the day, read > the names in the > subject line, and select the messages that I wish to > read. That's why > it is important for everyone to put surnames in the > subject line. > (Actually, I enjoy reading other people's messages > most of the time. I > may see a clue to one of my names, and sometimes I > can help others.) > Jo Carolyn > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Bill, James C. Gilstrap was performing weddings in Itawamba Co in 1846 including that of my gggrandparents. In 1848 he himself was married to Nancy Jackson. So if this is the same as the one in the Lewis Gilstrap household, it appears that he arrived in MS prior to 1850. Oh, for a time machine! Jo Carolyn

Good morning Jo Carolyn. No. James Calvin was a cousin at some remove to Lewis. I haven't been able to match Lewis of 1860 with my direct line. The name Lewis started in the Gilstrap family about 1790. I have eight Gilstraps named Lewis in my data base but none of the their sons names match. The second generation Lewis moved from Kentucky to Mo. and then to Kansas. If the age of James C. given in the 1860 census was anywhere accurate he was born in 1834. 'My' James was born in 1816. James was married to Caroline Bibbs first. She died in 1847 in Mantachie. We have been able to visit there. James married Nancy in 1849. Family stories claim the the two ladies were cousins. I haven't been able to verify that yet. Bill John / Jo Carolyn Beebe wrote: > Bill, > James C. Gilstrap was performing weddings in Itawamba Co in 1846 > including that of my gggrandparents. In 1848 he himself was married to > Nancy Jackson. So if this is the same as the one in the Lewis Gilstrap > household, it appears that he arrived in MS prior to 1850. > Oh, for a time machine! > Jo Carolyn -- May you always have everything that you want -- And want everything That you have. May you always have what you deserve - And deserve what you have. ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME! So come on by and visit a spell. http://www.geocities.com/toogabby.geo/index.html http://www.geocities.com/b5681102/index.html This connects directly to my McLaughlin page http://www.geocities.com/toogabby.geo/New_McLaughin/index.html

i don't know your family ,so please do not send me anymore mail!!!! dianne --- John / Jo Carolyn Beebe <beehaven@alltel.net> wrote: > Bill, > James C. Gilstrap was performing weddings in > Itawamba Co in 1846 > including that of my gggrandparents. In 1848 he > himself was married to > Nancy Jackson. So if this is the same as the one in > the Lewis Gilstrap > household, it appears that he arrived in MS prior to > 1850. > Oh, for a time machine! > Jo Carolyn > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Thanks Sandra! If the Archives have them, they should be for rent thru our local libraries, or the LDS. Funny that the newspaper's own office don't know these things, isn't it? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra L. Knight" <slknight@prodigy.net> To: <MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 7:57 PM Subject: [MSITAWAM-L] Newpapers on film > According the MS Dept. of Archives and History there are micro film available for years starting in 1902 up until 1995. And if you live anywhere near Mantachie they have micro film of old Fulton papers at the Library at Bonds House or the adjoining building. >

Good morning Jo Carolyn; I am a bit late in replying to you post. But I had saved it in a research folder and I'm trying to catch up with it :>). Thank you for the information. One of my ggrandfathers is James Calvin Gilstrap. He lived in Mantachie. In checking census records at the HIstory Center in Mantachie, I found the Lewis Gilstrap family in the 1860 file, household 1192. I haven't been able to connect them to my line, but the fact that one of the sons was named James C. would indicate a probable connection. The names are: (I've computed the birth year from the ages given. They are a guess at the best.) Lewis 54 Ga 1806 Prudencd 51 Ga 1809 Mary J. 36 Ga 1824 James C. 26 Ga 1834 John B. 22 Ga 1838 Elizabeth 17 Ga 1843 Sultana(fem) 16 Ga 1844 Milledge H.(male) 10 Ga 1850 This indicates that the family moved from Georgia to Mississippi some time between 1850 and 1860. Thank you again, Bill Carter John / Jo Carolyn Beebe wrote: > One cemetery in Lee County lists Gilstraps. LEE COUNTY CEMETERY > RECORDS 1820-1979. Shiloh Cemetery just west of the Itawamba-Lee line > east of Mooreville has Prudence and Lewis, Elizabeth, Sultaney, > Milledge H., and James C. Dates for James C. Gilstrap: Oct 3 1831-Feb > 11 1894. Remarks from cemetery book: There is a very high percentage > of unmarked graves. (There are 5 next to Prudence.) They are not > really unmarked but unidentified. Each grave is well marked by a slab > of concrete. > Jo Carolyn -- May you always have everything that you want -- And want everything That you have. May you always have what you deserve - And deserve what you have. ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME! So come on by and visit a spell. http://www.geocities.com/toogabby.geo/index.html http://www.geocities.com/b5681102/index.html This connects directly to my McLaughlin page http://www.geocities.com/toogabby.geo/New_McLaughin/index.html

According the MS Dept. of Archives and History there are micro film available for years starting in 1902 up until 1995. And if you live anywhere near Mantachie they have micro film of old Fulton papers at the Library at Bonds House or the adjoining building.

This is my question and answer recently from the Itawamba County Times, when I inquired about old obits at: itimes@intop.net > > Hi! > > > > I am a family history researcher and would like to know where I could find > > copies of the old obits from your newspapers. Are the old newspapers > > available on microfilm for rent from the MS Archives, or are they located > > there in your area. > > > > Where can I find the old obits.? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Nancy Bible > > > > > All we have is our bound volumes for each year of publication. Folks will > sometimes come in and look through them. We have a copy in our office and > there is a bound volume copy at the Chancery Clerk's office here in Fulton. > > Hope this info helps some. > Charlotte Wolfe, general manager/editor > >

Hi. Will the one who recently wrote me about John Parker please write be back. I deleted it by mistake. I remembering reading that we had corresponded before. My Parker family is as follows: William Calvin Parker b. abt 1817 in Ala. m. (1) Evilina Turner b. abt. 1821 in Franklin Cty, Va. d. July 12, 1855, Patrick Cty, Va. m. (2) Elizabeth Shields William Monroe Parker b. Oct. 11, 1848, Itawamba Cty, Miss., d. June 20, 1904, Annona, Red River Cty, Texas. m. Altha "Lettie" Ann Morse b. July 4, 1852, Edgefield Cty, SC, d. Oct. 26 1930, Annona, Red River Cty, Texas Thomas Jefferson Parker b. Oct 3, 1877, Itawamba Cty, Miss, d. Nov 6 1960, Dallas, Dallas Cty, Texas m. Stella Elizabeth Blaylock b. Aug 11, 1881, Ark.. d. July 14, 1923, Marietta, Love Cty, OK. Thanks, Sue Burgess

i am working on the loague's i did not contact you. dianne --- Shiloh300@aol.com wrote: > Hi. > Will the one who recently wrote me about John Parker > please write be back. I > deleted it by mistake. I remembering reading that > we had corresponded > before. My Parker family is as follows: > > William Calvin Parker b. abt 1817 in Ala. > m. (1) Evilina Turner b. abt. 1821 in > Franklin Cty, Va. d. July 12, > 1855, Patrick > Cty, Va. m. (2) Elizabeth > Shields > William Monroe Parker b. Oct. 11, 1848, > Itawamba Cty, Miss., d. > June 20, > 1904, Annona, Red River Cty, Texas. > m. Altha "Lettie" Ann Morse b. > July 4, 1852, Edgefield Cty, > SC, d. Oct. > 26 1930, Annona, Red River Cty, > Texas > > Thomas Jefferson Parker b. > Oct 3, 1877, Itawamba Cty, > Miss, d. > Nov 6 1960, Dallas, Dallas > Cty, Texas > m. Stella Elizabeth > Blaylock b. Aug 11, 1881, > Ark.. d. July 14, > 1923, Marietta, Love > Cty, OK. > > Thanks, > Sue Burgess > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/