Hi all I am looking for any information regarding the Trunell family. My grand mother was listed as Mary Trenell and I was told that the name is now spelled Trunell. She was married to John Smith and both were share croppers on Cis Comforts land back in the 20's and maybe into the early 30's. If any one would have any information regarding this family I would be grateful to get it. thank you so much Lee Stanton

I'm looking for information on John and Clara Valentine of Lorman.

We city dwellers don't have much occasion to know about bushels or acres. We buy things in pounds and our lots are measured in feet. I do know what a rod is, thanks to genealogy,(but have you ever heard of a rood?) Schools don't teach diacritical marks any more. A teacher friend was told to put masking tape over the long and short marks on a chart she had on the wall. All the countries and capitals of Europe have changed since 1895. A lot of them have changed since I took geography in school. I think we may be reverting to the times when spelling didn't matter. Our children are learning things that nobody had dreamed of in 1895 (and a lot of things we'd rather they didn't know!) Annette __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

Response to Annette Bowen. (AnnieG - Jimerson Liddell is mentioned below, so I claim this really isn't off-topic.) Annette >> We city dwellers don't have much occasion to know about bushels or acres. We buy things in pounds and our lots are measured in feet. I do know what a rod is, thanks to genealogy,(but have you ever heard of a rood?) Yeah, I met a "rood" working behind the counter at Burger King the other day. Annette >> Schools don't teach diacritical marks any more. A teacher friend was told to put masking tape over the long and short marks on a chart she had on the wall. I was never taught diacritical marks until high school French. However, we Alabamians had to learn English as a foreign language. Annette >> All the countries and capitals of Europe have changed since 1895. A lot of them have changed since I took geography in school. The question was subtler, asking for European republics. France, on her Fourth Republic, is the only one I can think of. Before WWI 1914-1918 all the rest UK, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany (Prussia, Bavaria, Swabia, Palatinate, etc.), Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Greece and Turkey were mostly monarchies ranging from ceremonial to autocrat, and a few military dictatorships. Maybe the cantonal federation of Switzerland was called a republic. (This came off the top of my head, and is subject to correction.) Annette >> I think we may be reverting to the times when spelling didn't matter. Fixed spelling is relatively recent (compared to the life of the English language.) Jimerson Liddell (my grandfather's grandfather) was a grown man, a landowner in Jefferson, before Webster taught America how to spell. I'm told that French congealed about two generations earlier. While English has silent letters, French has silent words. Written French and spoken French have diverged more than English. Written Chinese stabilized 1500+ years ago. North China and south China write the same sentences, but cannot understand them spoken aloud. Should spelling change to meet demand? A resounding YES! (This has been a public service announcement on behalf of future historians, who will thereby obtain employment translating ancient 20th century texts.) Annette >> Our children are learning things that nobody had dreamed of in 1895 (and a lot of things we'd rather they didn't know!) Kids today really are smarter than we were. IQ tests (SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.) have to be re-normed every few years. Today's average kid will score 5 or 10 percent higher on the same tests you and I took. (The Little Devil on my shoulder says, "Nah, kids today are dumber than ROCKS, they just have more TESTABLE KNOWLEDGE than we did.") Bruce __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Sorry for getting carried away. "War of Damyankee Agression [sp - two Gs in aggression]" should read "War Between the States." That was the universal term throughout the South, although the UDC came up with a dozen more. My favorite is the "Late Unpleasantness." "Find a bank that has $300 to lend" in MS 1895. The Panic of 1893 (economic depression) hit the South hardest, and hung on until World War Two. (How in the world can a poor man eat / On ten cent cotton and forty cent meat?) My south AL grandparents barely noticed the Great Depression of the 1930s. "We didn't know we were poor. We had clothes, shoes, and plenty to eat." Bruce __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

new e-mail address for Kate Mullins <lucyglbert@insightbb.com> >From: "Ann Allen Geoghegan" <anniegms@bellsouth.net> >Reply-To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] What's new? >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:17:58 -0600 > >November 17, 2003 - Added The Jefferson Troop and Thomas Hinds - >contributed by Sue Moore. Also added A History of Rodney MS and Oakland >College by John A. Limerick - contributed by Bruce D. Liddell. Also added >a new map to the USS Rattler story and further clarification of the history >of the USS Rattler. > >Ann Allen Geoghegan >CC Jefferson County MSGenWeb Project > > >==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== >"In the South, the breeze blows softer...neighbors are friendlier, nosier, >and more talkative.- Charles Kuralt in Portrait of a People" > _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account is over limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es

Bruce blather. Thank goodness my 8th grade (1970) gave attendance certificates instead of exams! My school didn't have time for such foolishness as "orthography." We were too busy practicing "duck and cover," hiding under our desks in order to survive a nuclear attack. Jefferson County MS tests would have been somewhat different from Kansas exams. Cotton bales (425lb/193kg) instead of wheat bushels, Andy Jackson instead of Abe Lincoln, the "War of Damyankee Agression" instead of the "Rebellion." - 1607 Jamestown VA - 1620 Plymouth Rock MA - 1800 Thomas Jefferson elected president. (His 1803 LA Purchase included KS.) - 1849 Gold rush CA - 1865 The Confederacy became the ONLY nation the United States conquered, that the US did not pour in money for rebuilding. (Cf. Mexico, Spain, Germany (twice), Italy, Japan, Afghanistan, Iraq et al.) "Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent." In MS 1895, the question would read, "Find a bank that has $300 to lend." The Jefferson County Bank was capitalized at $25,000. My ex-wife's car cost more than that. This one was laughable in MS 1895: "District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?" In AL 2003, the answer is: 9% sales tax on groceries. "Give principal parts of 'lie.' " "Lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Mark Twain My final comment on knowledge from Salina KS: "Somewhere near Salina, I let her slip away." - Gordon Lightfoot, "Me and Bobby McGee" Bruce D. Liddell, BDLiddell@yahoo.com Birmingham AL --- Ann Allen Geoghegan <anniegms@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hi folks, > A cousin passed this on to me. I thought it was very > thought-provoking! > > Ann Allen Geoghegan > > Could you have passed the 8th grade...in 1895? > > > Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents > stated that they only > had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. > Could any of us have > passed the 8th grade in 1895? (LOOK CLOSELY... > THAT'S EIGHTEEN NINETY FIVE!) > > This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in > Salina, Kansas, USA. It > was taken from the original document on file at the > Smokey Valley > Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and > reprinted by the Salina > Journal. > > 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895 > ******************************** > Grammar (Time, one hour) > 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. > 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that > have no modifications. > 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph. > 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give > principal parts of "lie," > "play,"' and "run." > 5. Define case; Illustrate each case. > 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal > marks of punctuation. > 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and > show therein that you > understand the practical use of the rules of > grammar. > > ***************************************** > Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) > 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of > Arithmetic. > 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 > ft. wide. How many > bushels of wheat will it hold? > 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it > worth at 50cts/bushel, > deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? > 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of > $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a > school seven months at $50 per > month, and have $104 for incidentals? > 5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. > 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 > days at 7 percent. > 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and > 16 ft. long at $20 > per metre? > 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) > at 10 percent. > 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per > acre, the distance of > which is 640 rods? > 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a > Receipt. > > ******************************************** > U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) > 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is > divided. > 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by > Columbus. > 3. Relate the causes and results of the > Revolutionary War. > 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. > 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. > 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of > the Rebellion. > 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, > Bell, Lincoln, Penn, > and Howe? > 8. Name events connected with the following dates: > 1607, 1620, 1800, > 1849, 1865. > > ******************************************* > Orthography (Time, one hour) (WHAT IS THIS ANYHOW?) > 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, > phonetic, orthography, > etymology, syllabication > 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? > 3. What are the following, and give examples of > each: Trigraph, > subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals > 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?) > 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' > Name two exceptions > under each rule. > 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. > Illustrate each. > 7. Define the following prefixes and use in > connection with a word: bi, > dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. > 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the > following, and name > the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, > mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, > blood, fare, last. > 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, > site, sight, fane, > fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. > 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and > indicate pronunciation > by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. > > ********************************************* > Geography (Time, one hour) > 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? > 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in > Kansas? > 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? > 4. Describe the mountains of North America. > 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, > Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, > Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall > and Orinoco. > 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of > the U.S. > 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the > capital of each. > 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific > in the same > latitude? > 9. Describe the process by which the water of the > ocean returns to the > sources of rivers. > 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the > inclination of the > earth. > > ********************************************** > > Notice that the exam took SIX HOURS to complete. > Gives the saying "he > only had an 8th grade education" a whole new > meaning, doesn't it?! > Also shows you how poor our education system has > become... > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "Don't Mess with Mississippi!" > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

I'll fix it! Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Liddell To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] What's new? "Also added A History of Rodney MS and Oakland College by John A. Limerick - contributed by Bruce D. Liddell." As much as I enjoy taking all the credit, this came from ANNETTE BOWEN. Bruce __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== "Every time I think I know where they are, they move."

"Also added A History of Rodney MS and Oakland College by John A. Limerick - contributed by Bruce D. Liddell." As much as I enjoy taking all the credit, this came from ANNETTE BOWEN. Bruce __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Ann, I wonder if there was a limit to how many times 8th grade could be repeated. If not, I may very well have mastered it.....by the time I was 30 or so. :-) Nancy Hi folks, A cousin passed this on to me. I thought it was very thought-provoking! Ann Allen Geoghegan Could you have passed the 8th grade...in 1895? Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? (LOOK CLOSELY... THAT'S EIGHTEEN NINETY FIVE!) This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895

November 17, 2003 - Added The Jefferson Troop and Thomas Hinds - contributed by Sue Moore. Also added A History of Rodney MS and Oakland College by John A. Limerick - contributed by Bruce D. Liddell. Also added a new map to the USS Rattler story and further clarification of the history of the USS Rattler. Ann Allen Geoghegan CC Jefferson County MSGenWeb Project

Hi folks, A cousin passed this on to me. I thought it was very thought-provoking! Ann Allen Geoghegan Could you have passed the 8th grade...in 1895? Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? (LOOK CLOSELY... THAT'S EIGHTEEN NINETY FIVE!) This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895 ******************************** Grammar (Time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications. 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph. 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of "lie," "play,"' and "run." 5. Define case; Illustrate each case. 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation. 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. ***************************************** Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. ******************************************** U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865. ******************************************* Orthography (Time, one hour) (WHAT IS THIS ANYHOW?) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?) 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. ********************************************* Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth. ********************************************** Notice that the exam took SIX HOURS to complete. Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?! Also shows you how poor our education system has become...

Hi George, I may have found your George Pentecost, however, the record I have reads "George S. Pentecost." From "Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1785 - 1820" compiled by Mary G. Bryan: "Saturday, 15th February, 1812 On application, ordered: That a passport be prepared for Messers. James McConnell and George S. Penticost, with twenty-five negroes, from Williamsburgh District, South Carolina, to travel through the Indian Nations to the Western Country, which was presented and signed." Between 1785 and 1820, people who passed through the Creek or Cherokee Nations, on their way to the newly opening MS Territory, were required to apply for a passport from the Governor of Georgia. Many of these records survive, however, not all list the home of the applicant. So, if this George is your ancestor, it's a fortunate thing that his home in SC is included! Hope this helps. Nancy Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, Garmon, Garrett, Hanon, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, Osborne, Robertson, Sharp, Stampley, Stringer, Warren and more! www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 ; www.thepastwhispers.com George W. Pentecost first appeared in Jefferson County in the 1812 Tax Roll. Next he is seen joining Captain John H. Shank's Company of Militia commanded by Col. Ferdinand L. Claiborne on 12 December 1812. He was discharged at Baton Rouge, LA, March 21, 1813. I have both his service records and his signature on a payroll, obtained from NARA in 1997. We do not know where he came from or where he went. The only "other" known George W. Pentecost was a son of Dorsey Pentecost who resided southwest of Pittsburgh, PA. The George Pentecost listed under Maj. Benjamin Smoots's Battalion of Mississippi Militia was George S. Pentecost, my g-g-grandfather. He was in Capt. John Jones's Co. I have his service records that clearly show his name as George Pentecost and G. S. Penticost. His service was from 2 November 1813 until 1 January 1814. General Claiborne took all the Militia (and any regular Army) along with the Choctaws under Pushmataha, starting on 13 December 1813, from Fort Claiborne on the east bank of the Alabama River near Monroeville, and arriving at the Creek Holy City on 23 December 1813 (120 miles in 10 days). They assaulted, took and destroyed the Creek Holy City that day. I joined the Claiborne-Jefferson Historical Society to find out what we could on George W. Pentecost. I donated five rolls of microfilm containing the Tax Rolls and Censuses of the MS Territory to the Society and they should be available at the Library in Port Gibson, MS. George R. Lewis 9107 Camille Drive Huntsville, AL 35802-3419 Tel/Fax: (256) 881 - 3214 email: grlew@aol.com ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== "Don't Mess with Mississippi!"

George W. Pentecost first appeared in Jefferson County in the 1812 Tax Roll. Next he is seen joining Captain John H. Shank's Company of Militia commanded by Col. Ferdinand L. Claiborne on 12 December 1812. He was discharged at Baton Rouge, LA, March 21, 1813. I have both his service records and his signature on a payroll, obtained from NARA in 1997. We do not know where he came from or where he went. The only "other" known George W. Pentecost was a son of Dorsey Pentecost who resided southwest of Pittsburgh, PA. The George Pentecost listed under Maj. Benjamin Smoots's Battalion of Mississippi Militia was George S. Pentecost, my g-g-grandfather. He was in Capt. John Jones's Co. I have his service records that clearly show his name as George Pentecost and G. S. Penticost. His service was from 2 November 1813 until 1 January 1814. General Claiborne took all the Militia (and any regular Army) along with the Choctaws under Pushmataha, starting on 13 December 1813, from Fort Claiborne on the east bank of the Alabama River near Monroeville, and arriving at the Creek Holy City on 23 December 1813 (120 miles in 10 days). They assaulted, took and destroyed the Creek Holy City that day. I joined the Claiborne-Jefferson Historical Society to find out what we could on George W. Pentecost. I donated five rolls of microfilm containing the Tax Rolls and Censuses of the MS Territory to the Society and they should be available at the Library in Port Gibson, MS. George R. Lewis 9107 Camille Drive Huntsville, AL 35802-3419 Tel/Fax: (256) 881 - 3214 email: grlew@aol.com

Thank you for posting this link, Sue. This is an excellent resource. Nancy From: Sue Moore To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:04 AM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Soldiers in War of 1812 and Creek War David Upton has just put up a list of all the soldiers of F. L. Claiborne's Regiment of one thousand men who served in the 1st Mississippi Vols during the period 1813 till 1815. Many of these men were from Jefferson, Claiborne, Adams, Wilkinson and Amite cos. of the Mississippi Territory. Some died at Fort Mims, and some, as in the Jefferson Troop, made it all the way through the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815. Click on the first "New" to access the list which takes a time to load. http://home.bak.rr.com/simpsoncounty/war1812.htm Sue

David Upton has just put up a list of all the soldiers of F. L. Claiborne's Regiment of one thousand men who served in the 1st Mississippi Vols during the period 1813 till 1815. Many of these men were from Jefferson, Claiborne, Adams, Wilkinson and Amite cos. of the Mississippi Territory. Some died at Fort Mims, and some, as in the Jefferson Troop, made it all the way through the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815. Click on the first "New" to access the list which takes a time to load. http://home.bak.rr.com/simpsoncounty/war1812.htm Sue

I just purchased a book, "Lost Mansions of Mississippi" by Mary Carroll Miller. There are photographs or illustrations of many houses which no longer exist. If you have an interest in any of the houses listed below, I can scan and send the photo to you. In addition, the author lists homes that are not represented in the book, either because of space or because these houses have vanished with no further information. In Jefferson County, this list includes: Arundo, Auburn Hall, Dent's Folly, Everton, Gayoso, Home Hill, Moss Hill, Mt. Airy, Oakwood, The Pines, Villa Gayoso, Woodburn; in Franklin County: Abner Kinnison House. (Some of these are well known, but the author invites anyone who may know something about the lesser known homes to write to her.) Nancy Photos or illustrations: RODNEY: Laurel Hill PORT GIBSON: Anchuka Highland house VICKSBURG: John Wesley house Shamrock Hyland house Hurricane NATCHEZ: Concord Windy hill The Forest Magnolia Vale Homewood La Grange Nancy, researching: Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, Garmon, Garrett, Hanon, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, Osborne, Robertson, Sharp, Stampley, Stringer, Warren and more! Websites: www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 ; www.thepastwhispers.com

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/15.23.61.1.1 Message Board Post: Go to www.djs.org There are three volumes of the history of the Jersey Settlers. The Griffings feature prominently in these volumes, but I don't know of any separate volume on the Griffings. How are you related?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griffing, Barefield, Avery, Kirtley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/15.23.61.1 Message Board Post: I want to buy a copy of the Griffing Family Book on the "New Jersey Settlers". My Family is suppose to be in it. It should include the Settlers of Vicksburg, MS.

Thanks, Nancy for sharing a beautiful memory of your life with us, and for helping to jog our memories as to how much we owe all our vets. Sue