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