I have found a good site to search for Jefferson County material and people. It is a part of the online material found in the Library of Congress. For example, you can use the search engine on this page with words such as "Rodney Mississippi" or "Mississippi territory"or names of people such as "Thomas Rodney", but be sure to use quotes for phrases. There are a lot of old pictures here of Rodney in the depression era. Also, the names of a number of the men important in the early MS territory days are found in the papers of Thomas Jefferson, online here. One interesting story I found was the murder of Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain in Rodney, as recorded in the Port Gibson Correspondant in 1851. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

I am seeking information on Uriah Samuel Humphreys, born 1833, the son of Jonathan Humphreys and Lydia Woolley, Uriah served in the 19th Mississippi Inf. He married Matilda Rogillio Trevillion in 1866? in Jefferson County. She was the widow of Phillip Barnes Trevillion and the daughter of John Rogillio and Elizabeth Smith of Jefferson Co. Any inf. on the Humphreys family would be appreciated. I do not know when Uriah died but he and Matilda are buried at Trevillion Cemetery in Blue Hill Ms. as well as many other family members. Steve Hill Natchez, Ms.

In the Houston Chronicle this morning appears the following obit that may be of interest to Jefferson Co. VICK Julia Elllen Davis Vick, 78, passed away January 12, 2001 in Dallas, Texas. She was born January 25, 1922 in Union Church, Mississippi. Her husband, Daniel D. Vick, preceded her in death. Her sister, Edna Davis Morrison and many nieces and nephews, survives Julia. Visitation will be 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday. Funeral services will be held 11:30 am Tuesday in the Chapel of Forest Park Westheimer. Interment will follow in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. Dorothy Cox

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/430 Surname: Arnold, Dixon, Baker ------------------------- I am searching for Thomas Bluitt (Blewett) Arnold who according to the 1860 Census lived in Jefferson County with his wife, Mary Dixon Arnold and 3 children. He left Jefferson County and came to Amite and Franklin Counties and had several more children and then according to family story, Thomas left his wife Mary with all these children around 1882 and came back to Jefferson County where he married again and had at least one (if not more) children. We also heard that he caught fire while in Jefferson County and we don't know if that was the cause of his death or not, as I do not have an actual death date or burial place. If anyone could help me, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Peggy

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/429 Surname: Ludlow, Neel, Pace ------------------------- Thanks for answering. I found the Ludlows and Neels in Polk, Tyler and Jasper Counties and have been trying to get them placed with the right families. I accidently found the Neels on a web site of old Mississippi records. That's where I found the idea that Lanier W. md the widow of C.C. Neel. In Hickory Grove Cemetery in Tyler County there is a Culbertson C. Neel (1818-1907) buried next to Sarah Ludlow Neel (1826-1892)...evidently his wife? Do you have any idea who this Sarah is? When you find one of these families, you will probably find the other living nearby. James B. Pace, who married Sarah Ann Ludlow Johnson was a brother of my husbands great-grandfather, Eli Pace. They were the sons of Hardy and Mahalla (Isaacks)Pace, early settlers of Jasper Co., TX. This Hardy was also the step-son of my ggggrandfather, Thomas Watts, SR. Sarah and James B. had 2 children, Hardy M. Pace and Frances Pace who md. Isom Ard. Rena Pace who is buried with the others at Ebeneazer Cem. in Jasper Co. is Sarah's daughter, but not the dayghter of James B. She was born in 1873 and James died during the War between the States. I live in Jasper and if there is anything I can look up for you let me know.

may I ask how did you find the records, thanks At 04:35 PM 01/10/2001 -0800, Michelle Slabaugh wrote: >Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Bible Records Forum >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/JeffersonBibl/11 > >Surname: LOVRIEN, BYRD >------------------------- > >I have the marriage certificate of my great-grandparents, Charles Harrison >Lovrien (Charley) and Cornelous Elnora Byrd (Cornie) who were married in >Jefferson County on September 18, 1904. Book M, page 8. I am trying to >find out their parents names and anything else possible. Charles is said >to have died when he was only 26 years old but I don't know where he died >or is buried. His family supposedly lived in Natchez. His wife remarried >and she and her second husband are buried in Vanndale, Cross County, Arkansas. > > >==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== >"A question suppressed my be an ancestor lost." > > God bless Lynda My Family Tree must have been used for firewood!!

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/428 Surname: LUDLOW, NEEL, NEAL, NEILL ------------------------- Lanear [or Linear] W. Ludlow, Sr. (b. 1815 Miss d. 1894 Texas, buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Jasper Co, TX) married Feb 18, 1837 in Madison Co, MS to Mrs. Charlotte Tidwell Neal [or Neel or Neill (b. ca 1812 Miss d. after 1860 TX). She was the dau of Fances Tidwell (b. 1780 d 1840 Madison Co, MS) & Rebecca ___ & had first married John C Neal (b. between 1794 & 1800). Lanear is on the 1840 Clarke Co, MS census, the 1840-41 Clarke Co tax rolls, the 1849 Hinds Co, MS tax roll, & the 1850 Polk Co census. I am researching Calvin M Ludlow who was somehow related to Lanear Ludlow, Sr. Calvin was born about 1800/01 in Tenn & moved with Lanear to Polk Co. TX about 1849/50. Calvin is on the 1830 Monroe Co, ALA census, the 1835-41 Clarke Co tax rolls, the 1843-48 Scott Co tax rolls, the 1850 Polk Co, TX Census, & the 1860 Tyler Co, TX census. Calvin married (1)Lucinda Hurt and (2)1846 Mary E Parker in Rankin Co, MS. His children include (1)Wm M Ludlow who went back to Miss & settled in Scott Co & after the Civil War Madison Co, MS (2)Mahala Ludlow m. J B Schofield in Texas, (3) Mary Ludlow, & (4) John A Ludlow The Ludlows were early settlers of MS. I suspect Maxfield Ludlow or John S Ludlow, both of MS, were the generation prior to Calvin & Lanear. How do you track back to Jefferson Co, MS? I have some info I've gathered on Sarah Ann Ludlow who married (1) 1856 Duncan Johnson and (2) 1860 James B Pace. Does your husband's line include Hardy M Pace (1861-1945), a son of James B. & Sarah Pace? My Ludlow line is through Calvin M Ludlow to William M Ludlow to Benjamin F. Ludlow, my g-grandfather on my mother's side. Would like to hear from you & share data.

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Bible Records Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/JeffersonBibl/11 Surname: LOVRIEN, BYRD ------------------------- I have the marriage certificate of my great-grandparents, Charles Harrison Lovrien (Charley) and Cornelous Elnora Byrd (Cornie) who were married in Jefferson County on September 18, 1904. Book M, page 8. I am trying to find out their parents names and anything else possible. Charles is said to have died when he was only 26 years old but I don't know where he died or is buried. His family supposedly lived in Natchez. His wife remarried and she and her second husband are buried in Vanndale, Cross County, Arkansas.

One of the problems with trying to track the Lewis family is that there are so many people with the Lewis surname - at one time it was the ninth most common surname. None of my Lewis ancestors seem to have been in MS. You might help by giving a given name and year that you think they were in Franklin Co., where McCall Creek is. I can find no Lewis in any of the censuses I have access to - 1792 Spanish through 1850 Federal - living in Franklin Co., MS. I found a marriage of a William Lewis to Margaret Byrd in 1838, in Franklin Co., MS, on CD-ROM #5. All the other Lewis marriages in Franklin Co. were during or after 1865. There were 80 references to the Lewis surname in the two volumes I listed in the Dec. 23, 2000 response relative to Barland, Bisland. George R. Lewis

I found this on a Georgia county website. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nancy Brister > > THE CENSUS TAKER > > It was the first day of census, and all through the land; > The pollster was ready.....a black book in hand. > He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride; > His book and some quills were tucked close by his side. > A long winding ride down a road barely there; > Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through the air. > The woman was tired, with lines on her face; > And wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place. > She gave him some water as they sat at the table; > And she answered his questions.....the best she was able. > He asked of her children, she had quite a few; > The oldest was twenty, the youngest not two. > She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; > His sister, she whispered, was napping in bed. > He noted the sex, the color, the age.... > The marks from the quill soon filled up the page. > At the number of children, she nodded her head. > He saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead. > The places of birth she "never forgot"; > Was it Kansas or Texas? No, Utah......or not? > They came here from Scotland, of that she was clear; > But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here. > They spoke of employment, of schooling and such. > They could read some and write some.....though really not much. > When the questions were answered, his job there was done; > So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun. > We can almost imagine his voice loud and clear; > "May God bless you all for another ten years." > Time tumbles forward......it's now you and me; > As we search for the people on our family tree. > We squint at the census and scroll down so slow; > As we search for that entry from long, long ago. > Could they only imagine on that far away day; > That the entries they made would affect us this way? > If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel; > And the searching that makes them so increasingly real. > We can hear, if we listen, the words they impart; > Through their blood in our veins and their voice in our heart. > Author Unknown > > > . > > . . .

Dear Mary .... . Thanks ... how absolutely marvelous those entries were ..... recongize a lot of those names ... mind if I use this in the quarterly? Ann Brown

Ann, I don't mind at all but how about I send you a copy of the pages I have. Please just send me your address again and I will get in the mail to you next week. You know these names better than I and you might be able to transcribe better. I also was busy and still am with kids out of school so I might have missed something. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Rodney Presbyterian > Dear Mary .... . > > Thanks ... how absolutely marvelous those entries were ..... recongize a lot > of those names ... mind if I use this in the quarterly? > Ann Brown > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May you ask the right question of the right person at the right time." > > >

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/427 Surname: ------------------------- I am sorry but i don't as much as you do. Linda

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Pensions Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/JeffersonPens/4 Surname: Terry ------------------------- No, sorry, I don't. Good luck.

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Pensions Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/JeffersonPens/3 Surname: ------------------------- Hi! I have noticed that you are doing research on the Terrys. I was wondering if you happen to have a Henry Thomas Terry (born ca 1886), son of William John Terry and Jennifer Hill, in your family tree? Henry Thomas was in Ontario at the time of his marriage to Gertrude Evelyn Virgin in 1906. We are not too sure if he was born in Ontario, Canada. It is said that the TERRYs came from the United States, from around West Virginia. Please, if you have any information, could you please contact me. Thank you and I hope to hear from you very soon.

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/426 Surname: Gupton ------------------------- Hi Linda. I am also a descendant of John R. Nevels from Jefferson County. John R. Nevels is my 3rd great grandfather.

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/425 Surname: Cook, Bozeman ------------------------- Hello Linda, I am related by blood to the 2 Bozeman women listed below, but am interested in finding the ancestors and descendants of Lazarus Cook and his marriages to two women in this family. We also had Cook family in that area at the time and am hoping this Lazrus Cook is from our Family. Do you have any additional information on him?? Thanks, Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick Descendants of John Roberts 1 John ROBERTS d: 1833 in Hinds Co., MS / .+Mary UNKNOWN / ...2 William ROBERTS b: 9 November 1784 d: 16 July 1845 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / .......+Elizabeth UNKNOWN m: Abt. 1814 in Jefferson Co., MS/ ........3 Matilda Trefoe ROBERTS b: 14 January 1815/ ............+Benjamin DODD m: 1832 in Hinds Co., MS / ........*2nd Husband of Matilda Trefoe ROBERTS: / ............+Steven W OSBURN m: 15 September 1834 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 James Michael ROBERTS b: 16 May 1821 / ........3 Hiram Gustavus ROBERTS b: 1 May 1824 / ........3 Susan Pamila ROBERTS b: 22 January 1827 in MS d: 10 November 1909 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ............+M HODGEDON m: Bef. 1845 / ........*2nd Husband of Susan Pamila ROBERTS: / ............+Allen STREET m: 24 December 1845 / ........3 Mary Elizabeth ROBERTS b: 25 March 1829 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS d: 15 February 1912 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ............+James HALL m: 15 December 1847 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 Sarah Jane ROBERTS b: 13 October 1834 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS d: 12 December 1925 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ............+James Ira DROMGOOLE m: 22 March 1855 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ........3 Leminda Madora ROBERTS b: 12 March 1838 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS d: 10 May 1884 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ............+Husband IRVIN / ........3 Emma Amelia ROBERTS b: 10 May 1843 in Hinds Co., MS d: 29 June 1866 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ............+Henry T STOVALL / ...2 James ROBERTS b: 1787 in Georgia d: 1851 in Hinds Co., MS / .......+Elizabeth (Betsy) KING m: 3 December 1807 in Jefferson Co., MS Father: John KING Mother: Ann UNKNOWN/ ........3 John ROBERTS b: 1808 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 1839 in Hinds Co., MS / ............+Martha W. SIEBEE m: 24 December 1829 in Hinds Co., MS Father: John SIEBEE / ........3 William ROBERTS b: 5 September 1810 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 24 December 1882 in Smith Co., Or Throckmorton Co., TX / ............+Margaret BOZEMAN b: 16 February 1813 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 19 February 1847 in Hinds Co., MS m: 13 December 1832 in Hinds Co., MS Father: Howell BOZEMAN Mother: Nancy COOK/ ........*2nd Wife of William ROBERTS: / ............+Nancy Jane BOZEMAN b: 25 June 1829 in Hinds Co., MS d: 8 January 1898 in Haskell Co., TX m: 20 April 1848 in Hinds Co., MS Father: Meady BOZEMAN Mother: Rachel SANDERS/ ........3 Mary Ann ROBERTS b: 2 January 1812 in Jefferson Co., MS d: in Marion Co., MS / ............+Robert R ABNEY m: 15 July 1830 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 Nancy ROBERTS b: 1813 in Jefferson Co., MS d: in Navarro Co., TX / ............+John BOOTH m: 2 February 1832 in Hinds Co., MS/ ........3 Adaline ROBERTS b: 1817 in Jefferson Co., MS **............+[1] Lazarus COOK m: 11 July 1833 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 Sarah J ROBERTS b: 22 February 1819 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 27 February 1882 in Hinds Co., MS / ............+Hiram A MCNEMAR m: 11 October 1839 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 David K ROBERTS b: 1823 / ........3 Samuel C ROBERTS b: 27 February 1824 in Hinds Co., MS d: 19 January 1853 in Hinds Co., MS / ............+Amanda UNKNOWN m: Abt. 1845 / ........3 Isaac ROBERTS b: Abt. 1826 / ........3 James ROBERTS b: 1828 in Hinds Co., MS d: 1864 in Hinds Co., MS / ............+Amanda UNKNOWN m: Abt. 1855 in Unkn / ........3 Catherine Amanda ROBERTS b: Abt. 1830 / ............+Daniel J WILLIAMS m: 13 May 1852 in Hinds Co.,MS / ...2 Polly ROBERTS b: Abt. 1789 d: Bef. 1823 in Jefferson Co., MS / .......+Martin NEVILLS m: 13 November 1805 in Jefferson Co., MS / ........3 James NEVILLS b: 27 December 1807 in Jefferson Co., MS d: Aft. 1843 / ........3 Esther NEVILLS b: 18 March 1809 in Jefferson Co., MS d: Bef. 1848 in Yazoo Co., MS / ............+Moses HAMBERLIN m: 3 February 1831 in Hinds Co., MS / ........3 John R NEVILLS b: 5 March 1811 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 27 December 1893 in Jefferson Co., MS / ............+Elizabeth GUPTON m: 3 December 1835 in Jefferson Co., MS / ........3 Mary NEVILLS b: 27 January 1814 in Jefferson Co., MS d: 1833 in Hinds Co., MS **............+[1] Lazarus COOK m: 18 January 1830 in Hinds Co., MS / ...2 Isaac Sr ROBERTS b: 16 July 1790 in Jefferson Co., MSd: 27 June 1874 in Hinds Co., MS / .......+Sarah UNKNOWN m: Abt. 1852 / ...*2nd Wife of Isaac Sr ROBERTS: / .......+Elizabeth UNKNOWN m: Abt. 1853 / ...*3rd Wife of Isaac Sr ROBERTS: / .......+Martha Reed Or READ m: 1854 in Hinds Co., MS Father: John Reed Or READ / ........3 Isaac Jr ROBERTS b: 20 October 1856 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS d: 23 July 1860 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS / ........3 John William ROBERTS b: Abt. 1858 / ............+Dora SIVLEY / ........3 Henry Clay ROBERTS b: 11 May 1860 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS d: 12 June 1933 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS/ ............+Corabel Robinson WHARTON m: 26 April 1888 in Raymond, Hinds Co., MS Link: John & Elnora Cook-Wyrick Families URL: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/y/r/Elnora--F-Wyrick/>

"Residents of the Mississippi Territory, Miscellaneous, Book 2B.", pages 230 - 233. The publisher is Ben Strickland, P. O. Box 5147, Moss Point MS 39563. The authors are Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards. The set, Books 2A and 2B, are sold together. The index is in 2B. Book 2A has MST Legislative Acts, Court cases, Spanish Census of 1792, early censuses of Adams County through Jefferson County. These are not all of the Census data available. There is a set of microfilm Censuses of MST as well as Tax Rolls. Book 2B continues the Census data through Wilkinson County, 1816. Then comes misc. data such as boat passengers, American Tobacco Growers in the area of Natchez in 1790, Oaths of Allegiances in 1798 to the USA when the Spanish gave up the territory, and some land claim data and maps. These two books seem to be a handy reference for the area, particularly since the names are indexed. George R. Lewis

George, What is the source for the boat passengers from KY in 1790? Is it a book or other? Thanks for the information. I need to check out some names. Gin Hathaway

Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Jefferson/423 Surname: ------------------------- I am a decendent of John R. Nevels{nevills}of Jefeferson Co. Ms. born 1811-died 1893 son of Martin Nevels and Polly Roberts. John r. Nevels married Elizabeth Ann Gupton born Oct.24, 1819. Are we related? Linda