Nancy, I have Anne Brown's two books by Dr. Chet Kennedy on the Baldridge line. I will be returning these to her soon. Can I do a look-up for you? Mark Lang ( McComb, MS)

Mark, Two fast questions. 1) Who were the parents of Samuel Downing Osborne, b. 1859 & d. 1917 in Jefferson County? 2) Was the Elizabeth Baldridge, b. 1813, dau of James Baldridge & Mary Stampley, the one who married John M. Folkes? Thanks, Tony

Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! Saturday before the 3rd Lord's Day in September, 1826 Conference met and after a sermon delivered by Brother Martin, a door was opened by Brother Martin for the reception of members. None made application Brother Langford came forward and gave the Church satisfaction relative to a charge exhibited against him by Brother Sparks. Answered the queary laid in by Brother Stamps at the last Conference as follows "We do not think that the Scriptures embraces the nature of public transgression, but in such cases recommend Christian tenderness and faithfulness for the cause of God. 3rd. A grievance laid in by Brother Granberry against Society Mill Church connected with Brother Sleck Stringer, signed by order of Church Conference. L. Noble, C. Clk

Copied from the History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County, by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. Now available on CD and hard copy. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information. You can also bid for this cd on e-bay! APRIL 16, 1891 No room for locals. Measles dying out. Mr. Louis Cohn returned form the city Monday. Don't fail to register when the registrar comes around. If you want to vote you must do it. Miss Annie Matthews of Brookhaven is visiting her aunt, Mrs. I. A. Hickman, in our town. It is a great misfortune for the young and middle aged to be gray. To overcome this and appear young, use Hall's Hair Renewer, a reliable panacea. Mr. Will C. Cannon went to Summit this week to bring home his excellent lady, who has been spending several days visiting relatives and friends in that place. The count Alliance was in session last Tuesday, at which there was quite a good attendance. It was characterized by being compose of the county's best men. Mr. Thomas H. Butler, of Beat 5 will open a private school in this place next Monday, lasting four months. Mr. Butler is well known to our people and we are sure he will give entire satisfaction IN MEMORIAM Died of pneumonia, on April 2d, 1891, Milton Addison Griffith, after a long period of ill health and one week's confinement to bed. He was born in Lawrence county, Miss, Oct. 25th, 1851, and was married to Margaret Mariah Neal on the 25th of December, 1872. Was baptized into the fellowship of Hebron church by Eld J. A. Scarborough in July, 1877. In later years he became a member of Silver Creek church, in whose fellowship he closed his earthly labors. The wife, a son and daughter, Virgin and Annie, share alike the bereavement, whom join many Christians, relatives, neighbors, and friends in profound sympathy. In every direction the expression is, "we miss him so much." He began life wholly dependent upon his own resources and also under the disadvantage of bed health; yet his success well assures the welfare of those he leaves, whom may the Great Shepherd lead gently. R. W. Hall. SILVER CREEK DOTS The recent cold weather will make fruit scarce again this year. Dr. O. M. Armstrong paid our town a short call yesterday eve. If you wish to cross a ditch in a hurry consult Miss Nona Denson Mrs. Maria Foster of Hooker visited her daughter, Mrs. N. H. Sharp of this place this week. The long expected piano for the school has at last arrived and this morning found Miss Bessie at her post again. Our young friend, "Fair R." must be getting over his "pestication," as we notice he has honored the sotre with some improvement. Hurrah for you, "Fair R." TRYUS NOTES The new Baptist church is completed, preparatory for the district meeting to be held 5th Sunday in May. Mr. Clarence Selman, formerly a student of Monticello High School, is now attending Tryus Academy. Glad to welcome you back, Clarence. Mrs. J. J. Grice tells us that she is anticipating a trip to Monticello shortly. We are happy to learn that Mr. Monroe Beal and family have recoved from the measles. Quite sorry to hear of Mr. W. J. Newton's ill health and sincerely hope he will soon recover. Mr. Henry Hennington is extremely desirious of forming "Little Sal's" acquaintance, She will be happy indeed to meet all who are unacquainted with her nome de plume. Mr. M. D. L. Crawford returned from Hazlehurst Saturday, bringing with him a fine buggy and saddle horse. We know that his good lady will have some nice drives. Little Sal, April 11th, 1891

I'm seeking info and other descendants of the Osborne and Baldridge families of Jefferson and Copiah Counties, MS and possibly Waterproof, LA, in Tensas Parish. My line is William and Mary Jane BALDRIDGE OSBORNE > Stephen and Ella OSBORNE Dawkins > Edgar and Ada Dawkins Garrett. I've just begun work on these families, any help very much appreciated! Nancy Brister, researching: Carmichael; Garrett; Dawkins; Osborne; Baldridge; Warren; Doty; McCormick; Garmon; Jackson; Matthews; Cain; Stringer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/545 Message Board Post: Debbie, thank you again , I appreciate your time and efforts. Your information will be updated ASAp. George

I found this on the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum website: http://www.state.sc.us/crr/ It seems like something worthwhile to share. If any of you are active in local or state historical or genealogical societies, a similar program might be worth considering. Nancy, researching: Carmichael; Garrett; Dawkins; Osborne; Baldridge; Warren; Doty; McCormick; Garmon; Jackson; Matthews; Cain; Stringer Website: http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 List Administrator: USCW-SEVEN_PINES List Administrator: CARMICHAEL Mar. 10, 2003 Preserving Heartfelt E-Mails from the Front Confederate Relic Room and Museum Spearheads Plan to Save Pieces of War History By JOEY HOLLEMAN Imagine Ken Burns' documentary "The Civil War" without the letters from the front. Or Andrew Carroll's book "War Letters" if sweethearts didn't save missives from soldiers inside Nazi Germany. Historians fret that those uncensored, heartfelt word snapshots could be lost in a communications environment dominated by e-mail and instant messaging. To head that off, the Confederate Relic Room and Museum, depository of war history in South Carolina, is asking people to forward their e-mails from overseas to the state agency so the words can be archived for future historians. The program is called "Write From The Front" (The e-mail address is WriteFromtheFront@sc.gov ) The program isn't designed to save these words for your personal use. "We want that history," said Allen Roberson, director of the Relic Room. The e-mails will be archived for future researchers. Of course, your grandson or granddaughter could be that future researcher. Anybody is welcome to use the archives. Through the Washington, D.C.-based Legacy Project, "War Letters" author Carroll encourages people to save whatever communication they get from service members overseas. "They're so modest," he said. "They can't imagine that anyone would be interested in what they're doing. "I tell them, 'What you write is the most important thing to come out of this.''" The Legacy Project has set up an e-mail address similar to the one by the Confederate Relic Room. You can forward e-mails to warletterproject@aol.com The difference from the Relic Room site is that only Carroll will read the items submitted to the Legacy Project. If he finds them especially compelling, he will contact the sender to ask whether the e-mail can be included in future editions of his book. CHANGING TECHNOLOGY The folks who keep track of our history see e-mail as a two-edged sword. Because e-mailing is easier than taking a pen to paper, more communication might be coming home from the possible confrontation in the Persian Gulf. People with children away at college have noticed that trend in recent years. But how many parents thought to save those e-mails from their college children for their grandchildren to read? Roy Tryon thinks the answer is "not many." He should know. He's the father of a college-age child and deputy director of the S.C. Archives and History Department. "E-mail is something we've talked about for many years," Tryon said of archivists. "And it's even worse when you talk about instant messaging. That's just lost in the ether." Remembering to save e-mail from soldiers is only a first step. Then you have to decide how to store it. You could keep it on a diskette or a CD-ROM, but those formats might not last forever. Say you stored some correspondence on a big floppy disk 10 years ago and tossed it in a shoe box in the closet. Now it's hard to find a computer that will read those old floppy disks. "Unless people become really conscious of preserving them, (the e-mails) won't survive," Tryon said. "It takes more forethought than paper and pen did. With those old letters, you could just push it off to the side, throw it in a box, and later it surfaced in an attic." Experts say the best way to ensure the words will last might be the old-fashioned technology -- ink on paper. Hit the print button. Then treat the e-mail printout like a letter. File it away. STORAGE TIPS Some service families are trying to preserve their correspondence. Debbie used to print out her frequent e-mails from her husband, Andy, on his overseas assignments out of Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. "I'm sentimental," she said. "I save everything." (The armed forces have asked that last names of family members not be used in newspaper stories for safety reasons.) Debbie said the expense of paper and ink forced her to stop printing the e-mails. Now, she transfers each e-mail to a folder on her computer hard drive. Some were saved on a computer now used by her daughter. Amanda, whose Shaw-based husband, Scott, also is overseas, said she saves his e-mails on disks. "It's a scary time," she said. "If something happens, I want to have something." But experts warn that computers can crash, information can be lost. They suggest storing e-mails on your computer hard drive, downloading them onto backup disks every week or two. And, eventually, you should print out the most poignant ones. Carroll, who included e-mail correspondences in the most recent edition of his book, said e-mails are better for historians than are other electronic media, such as satellite phone technology. At least e-mails can be saved. Phone calls, like instant messaging, disappear. "I've talked with servicemen and women (from recent action in Afghanistan) who said, 'I called home. I never really wrote,'" Carroll said. Historians aren't worried about the survival of military details from future wars. The government uses expensive record-keeping software that will archive military e-mails for future generations. The Relic Room wants to do that on a smaller scale and a more personal level. They ask for S.C. residents to forward e-mail from overseas with brief explanations of where it's from and who wrote it. They want personal observations, not military details. Roberson noted letters from the Civil War through the Gulf War have dealt with similar topics -- what's going on at home, wish I was there, things stink here. The good thing about "Write From The Front" is that if the e-mails get too intimate, you just don't forward them. In that case, however, you might want to hit the print button.

Copied from the History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County, by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. Now available on CD and hard copy. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information. April 14, 1892 One Dollar gets a good fur hat at the Racket Store. The colored teachers will try their hand today and tomorrow. Dr. Bishop paid a flying visit to Westville this week on business. Mr. I. A. Hickman and wife are visiting relatives in Beauregard and Wesson. Mrs. Walker of McComb City is visiting Mrs. W. C. Maxwell, Jr., near this place. Mr. Dan Walker of Westville, deputy Sheriff of Simpson, wasin town this week. A negro named Brit Barnes was place in jail here last monday on a charge of forgery. Mr. A. W. Cooper now sweetly sings lullaby melodies from morn 'till night and form night till morn. It's a fine boy. The following young ladies from a distance made application for teacher's license last week: Laura Polk, Offie Magee, Lelia and Stella Bozeman, Blountville; Fannie, Bertha, and Lelia Williams, Allie Rutland, Nannie Waller, Silver Creek, and Fannie Walden, Tryus Monticello contains a sub-marine diver of no mean ability in the person of Mr. B. F. Bullock, and the reader will agree with us when he reads the following. Last week sometime Messrs Bird and Worley put out some set hooks in the river, tying them to overhanging lambs. by some means, one of the hooks caught to a limb about 8 feet under water and all efforts to unlodge it proved fruitless. Finally, Mr. bullock, who was assisting in taking in the hooks, said he could get it, and procuring a saw, immediately began to undress. The weather was warm, and of course, there was no danger in going into the water, at least Mr. bullock thought so. he dove to the bottom, carrying the saw with him, but he got the limb and hook. he made three dives before he accomplished his purpose, each time bringing up his saw. The strangest part about it was that the limb was sawed in only one place.

Eddie, Baptist often "move" their "church letters" or send for them signifying their membership in good standing of a Baptist church when they remove to a new location. Evidently "Sister White" had brought hers with her from old Washington County, AL which had been a few years earlier a part of the Mississippi Territory. The Hurricane Church was an early Baptist Church there. Sue M.

Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! (Eddie Note: I have tried to type this accurately as I can. I am unsure of exactly what it's content means - that's up to you guys to guess!) > STATE OF ALABAMA Washington County August, year of Jesus Christ 1825, We believe the Baptist Church of Christ Denominated (?) Hurricane holding a personal and unconstitutional election effectual calling and the final perseverance of the Saints in Grace, do certify that our dearly beloved Sister Mary White is in full faith and ordered dismissed from us. Signed by order of the 66th Conference, Saturday before the second Lord's Day in June. The sixth year of the Church's Constitution. James Denson, Clk. Note: One the back of the above letter of dismission is found the following which is the only minutes I can find for this April Conference. Viz: This was received the Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in April. Saturday the 20th, May 1826 The Church met and after a sermon by Brother Martin, a door was opened for the reception of members. None came forward. L. Noble, C. Clk. The "note" was made by the late Kathryn Stamps Smith. June, 1826 Met in Conference on Saturday before the 3rd Lord's Day in June, 1826 1st. Brother John B. Carlisle received by letter. L. Noble, C. Clk. July, 1826 Saturday before the 3rd Lord's Day in July 1826, after a sermon delivered by Brother Coteney, Conference was opened for the reception of members. None offered. Moved and carried that the Conference take up the request of the Association to answer them in our next letter, the use we wish our Association contributions applied to, remain in the Association fund for the use of the Association. 2nd. The Church proceeded to the choice of their deligates. 3rd. Brother Granberry and Brother Stamps was chosen and in case of failure, Brother Baggott. August 1826 Saturday the 19th of August, 1826 Conference met after a sermon by Brother Morris, and 2nd. By Brother Martin, then Conference was opened for the reception of members. 1st. Sister Margaret Fairchile was received by experience. 2nd. Brother James A. Milican was received by experience. 3rd. Brother James Bishop came forward and acknowledged to the Church that he had got in a passion and pulled of his coat to fight. For said charge the Church forgave him. 4th. A charge exhibited against Brother Langford by Brother William Spakrs for repeated quarreling and wrangling, and profane swearing. 5th. Brother George Granberry and Brother Wylie White is appointed to go and labor with him and cite him to attend our next Conference. 6th. A queary (query) laid in by Brother Stamps and taken up: Should a member be dealt with according to the directions given in the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Matthew, the 15th and 18th, for publick transgressions. 7th. Laid over for an answer to tell next Conference. The Association letter received and read. L. Noble, C. Clk.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Emfinger, Lee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/544.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ephraim Emfinger was born March 1830 in SC and died November 26, 1908 in Franklin Co., MS. He married Milley Gennette Lee April 3, 1851.

Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! January, 1826, Saturday 14th The Church met, after singing and prayer by Brother Edmond Low, Conference was opened for the reception of members. 1st. Brother Lewis Pierce and wife was received by letter. Saturday the 18th of February, 1826 After a sermon delivered by Brother Martin, Conference was opened for the reception of members. None received. 2nd. Moved and carried that the Church resolve a charge exhibited by Brother Jesse Simmons against Brother Dempsey White for his dog biting his child and plain contradiction between them. 3rd. Brother White extricated from the charge. March, 1826 Met in Conference on Saturday before the 3rd Lord's Day in March, 1826, and after a sermon delivered by Brother Martin, a door was opened for the reception of members and received by letter, Brother John Smith and his Martha Smith. 2nd. Ordered by the Church that Brother Charles Slater and his wife, Sister Slater have letters of dismission.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/544.1.1 Message Board Post: Debbie, Thank you very much for that information , It will be posted asap.Do you have his birth and death date? George

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Emfinger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/544.1 Message Board Post: Ephraim Emfinger served as a Private in Company E of the 7th Regiment of the MS Infantry. He had his right leg amputated due to a fracture near the end of the war. He is buried in Sarepta Baptist Church Cemetery near Meadville, MS.

Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! (Eddie Note - sorry for the slowness. The weather has turned back to winter, and my house is a disaster with having to install a new Kitchen floor. I've never knew so much dust could be created....) November Conference, 1823 Met in Conference on Saturday before the second Lord's Day in November, and after a sermon by Brother Martin and Coatney, opened a door for the reception of members. Brother Wylie White was received by letter. 2nd. Took under consideration, the case of Brother Ford, where upon it was resolved, unanimously, that the Church consider him in disorder for his long absence from the Conference and appointed Brother George Granberry and William Sparks, and in case of failure, William Stamps to cite him to our next Conference. 3rd. Ordered by the Church that Brother Stamps be authorized to purchase with money in the Church fund such articles as are lacking and are lacking and necessary to furnish the Communion Table completely. 4th. On application, it was ordered by the Church that letter of dismission be granted to Brother Jesse Stanley and Sister Susan Goleman and also, Brother Thomas Martin and Sister Elizabeth Martin. On the Lord's Day, i.e. the next day after preaching, the attention of the Conference was called. Application was made for a letter of dismission for Sister Parthena Nall, with was granted.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/544 Message Board Post: I have started a project to list the known graves of **ALL** of the men who served in the 7th Miss. Infantry Regt. If you had an ancestor, or information on someone who served in this unit please send me the grave location and include if know, city, county, state, birth and death dates. If you know he was killed in action, please include that information also. This is a huge task any help will be greatly appreciated. If you had sent this information before, please resend it, I lost all I had due to a computer crash. Thank you, George

April 8, 2003 - Added History of Wildwood Springs - Reprinted from the WPA Records of Franklin County by Ann Allen Geoghegan County Coordinator for: Franklin County Mississippi AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~msfrank2/ Franklin County, ALGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~alfrankl Project Coordinator for ALGenWeb - Alabama Families http://www.rootsweb.com/~alfamily Jefferson County MSGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2 Claiborne County MSGenWeb II http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclaib3 Lamar County MSGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslamar Project Coordinator for MSGenWeb - Mississippi Families http://www.rootsweb.com/~msfamily Kenedy County TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txkenedy/

Copied from the History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County, by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. Now available on CD and hard copy. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information. April 7, 1892 Items are certainly scarce this week. Dr. G. B. Lenoir was in town yesterday. Some of folks are catching lots of fish. Mr. S. Waltman of Grange was a visitor to our town yesterday. Mr. Virgil Griffith of Silver Creek was in town yesterday on business. Mr. Geo. Hoskins of Brookhaven is visiting relatives and friends in our town. Mr. A. Cohn of Brookhaven is visiting relatives and friends in our town. Mrs. T. H. Butler visited the family of Mr. I. A. Hickman in our town this week. The County Farmers' Alliance meets next Tuesday. See notice in another column. Rev. R. W. Hall preached to attentive congregations in the Baptist church last Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. L. Cohn & Bros. had over one hundred bales of cotton in the New Orleans fire, but they were insured. The Board of Supervisors were in session last Monday. Their proceedings will appear in our next issue. The gist mill is in full operation just across the branch from Mr. Gray's shop. The sound of the steam whistle. Spring has come in earnest, and the sweet twitter of the bird is heard from every bush. We hereby desire to inform the public that we don't mean to say anything more about Spring. Mr. J. L. Gray, who has been operating a blacksmith shop in our town for over a year, leaves this week to take charge of a shop at Hamilton's mill near Wesson. He will be superceded here by his son Early. We regret to lose Mr. Gray from our midst, and trust he will brighten us with frequent visits. The insinuation that we did not get an April fool is not well taken, and the author of the report is hereby challenged to fight a duel with baseball bats at a distance of thirty feet tomorrow at 3 a. m. The same individual is the one who stated the yarn about us being a pauper, and we want a chance to get even. Nothing but his life-blood will satisfy us. We can stand being call a pauper by this burlesque on humanity, a cross between an Apachee Indian and a window-shutter - but when it comes to saying that we did not get an April fool, then we get mad, and when we get mad we are terrible! Those who have seen us mad will never forget the sight!

On page 99 of Special Aids to Genealogical Research of Southern Families (reprinted from the National Gen. Soc. Quarterly) is an article entitled " Lists of Persons Taking the Oaths of Allegiance in the Natchez District 1798-99." Does anyone know if the Miss. State Library & Archives has microfilm or the document with the orginal signatures of those taking the oath? I am particularly interested in the signers on Will Ferguson's list (p. 165). Jan Faulkner

Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! June Conference 1825 After a sermon delivered by Brother Cuteney, Conference was opened for the reception of members. 1st Brother Thomas Williams was received by letter. A letter was received and read from the Bethany Church, Conaker County, State of Alabama, touching on the character of Thomas Shelton, formerly a member of that Church, recommended the said Church for their proceedings and gave the letter to Brother Cateney to be read at Hebron Church. James Baggett, Clk. Pro-tem. July Conference 1825 1st Brother Martin , preached 2nd Brother David Langford and his wife, Wernette was received by letter 3rd Brother Thomas Selman was received by letter. 4th The Church proceeded to elect their deligates (delegates). Brother William Stamps and Brother James Baggett was elected, Brother George Granberry in case of failure. L. Noble, C. Clk. August Conference 1825 Brother Martin preached from Proverbs, the 12th. Chapter and 4th verse, then Conference opened for the reception of members. No applicants. 2nd Brother Ralph Simmons came forward and confessed to the Church that he had been guilty of drunkness. 3rd Moved and carried that his case be laid over until next Conference 4th The Association letter was read and received 5th Brother Williams dismissed by letter. L. Noble, C. Clk. September Conference 1825 Brother Martin preached, Conference was then opened for the reception of members. No applicants. 2nd The case of Brother Simmons was taken up and he was excluded. Signed by order of the Church L. Noble, C. Clk. October Conference, 1825 After a sermon delivered by Brother Martin and a second by Brother Brakefield, a door was opened for the reception of members. No applicants. 2nd The case of Brother Ford was taken up. He came forward and gave the Church satisfaction. 3rd. Brother Briant, through Brother Nelson applied for a letter of dismission for himself and wife, which was granted. L. Noble, C. Clk.