Hi folks! More new additions to Jefferson! October 1, 2003 - Added McClure & Harper's Store, Krauss & Sons Store and S. Hirsch Store to the Expo 1904 Section. Also added two obituaries - Arthur Ellis Jackson and Delaney C. Jackson, Sr. Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

Hi folks Just a note to let you know that through the special effort of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the new Mississippi SCV License plates are now available. They are available at your local tax office and cost $30. Of this fee, $25 goes to repair the flags at the "Old Capital"! In MS you do not have to be a member to purchase one, so please show your support. Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Proud Descendant of several Confederate Veterans! Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

Hi folks! Just a note to keep you posted! September 29, 2003 Added Jefferson County Agriculturally and Industrially by M. C. Harper to the Expo 1904 Section. Also added Facts Unravel #4 and Facts Unravel #5 to Bruce Liddell's Column. Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

September 28, 2003 Added County Officials , Fayette by Judge Jeff Truly and Jefferson County by E. R. Jones to the Expo 1904 Section Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

The Facts Unravel #5 My ancestor Jimerson (James Jr.) Liddell bought and sold property in Jefferson County MS several times 1828-1854. The legal rigmarole of Deeds and Mortgages and Due Trusts escapes me, but all the people are listed below with details elsewhere on the Jefferson website. The legal documents describe Jimerson's land in one of two ways, "metes and bounds" or reference to adjacent landowners and geography, and surveyors' "section, township and range." Metes and bounds are difficult for the genealogy researcher to locate. Property "adjoining lands of Isaac Dunbar and Mrs. Sims, formerly owned by E. Smith and [before that] by Isaac Dunbar, which was sold by the sheriff of Jefferson County to Samuel Thornberry and [then] to Lewis Cable" might be anywhere. Geographic clues such as "on the north fork of Coles Creek" help some, but the Coles Creek watershed drains most of the county. Further, landmarks come and go, as everyone near the Mississippi River knows too well. Surveyors' coordinates locate property fairly precisely, but first one has to unravel the facts. What do they mean by "the west half of the north east quarter of Section 22, Township 9 North, Range 3 East"? About 1798 Jefferson County was surveyed into 6x6-mile squares, roughly Townships 8, 9, & 10 North by Ranges 1 & 2 West, 1, 2, 3, & 4 East, and a fraction of Range 5 East. In the diagram, Rodney MS is located in square R, Fayette MS in square F, and Jimerson's property in square J. Jefferson Co. MS Townships North, Ranges West and East . . . R2W R1W R1E R2E R3E R4E R5E . . .!---!---!---!---!---! T10N ! . ! R ! . ! . ! . ! . . .!---!---!---!---!---!---!-! T9N . .! ! . ! F ! . ! J ! . ! ! . . . .!-!---!---!---!---!---!-! T8N . .! ! . ! . ! . ! . ! . ! ! . . . .!-!---!---!---!---!---!-! Each Township-and-Range square, called a "township" for short, is usually (but not always) 6 miles on a side and contains 36 square "sections." Sections are numbered from the northeast corner by "boustrophedon," (boos-truh-FEED-un) a two-dollar word that means "as the ox plows." Section 22 is almost in the middle. Jefferson Co. MS Township 9 N, Range 3 E Section numbers <------- 6 miles -------> . 6 . 5 . 4 . 3 . 2 . 1 . ^ . 7 . 8 . 9 .10 .11 .12 . ! .18 .17 .16 .15 .14 .13 . 6 miles .19 .20 .21 [22].23 .24 . ! .30 .29 .28 .27 .26 .25 . ! .31 .32 .33 .34 .35 .36 . v One section = 1 square mile = 640 acres. Townships vary but sections are constant. Sections are further divided into halves, quarters, halves of quarters (eighths) and so on. The "west half of the north east quarter" defines an 80-acre tract, 1/4 mile east-to-west by 1/2 mile north-to-south. Jefferson Co. MS Township 9 N, Range 3 E, Section 22 . . . . . . . <1/4 mi> ! - - - - - - ! - - -!- - - ! ^ ! North West .! West ! . . .! 1/2 !. quarter . .! half ! . . .! mile ! - - - - - - ! - - - - - - ! v ! South West ! South East .! !. quarter . .!. quarter . .! ! - - - - - - ! - - - - - - ! Township and Range numbers have to start somewhere. Townships in southern MS count northward from Andrew Ellicott's 1798 east-west survey line, now the straight-line borders of MS-LA and AL-FL. Ranges are taken from the "Washington meridian," a north-south line drawn near Washington MS in Adams County. Rodney (T10N,R1W) lies about 3 miles west from this meridian, Fayette (T9N,R1E) about 5 miles east. However, there's a BIG problem inherent with this system. The grid is flat but the Earth is round. Professional surveyors wrestle numerous corrections into their plat maps. As a result, would-be squares often contain angles or zigzag steps, so Jimerson's 80-acre "west half of the north east quarter" came out 79.67 acres. Presumably the difference, twice the size of my garden home lot, wouldn't matter to a large-scale farmer. A much clearer explanation of all this (from Itawamba Co. MS) is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msichs/plotdeed.html address current summer 2003. Jefferson plat map at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/images/JeffCoMS1839.jpg extracted from an excellent 1839 plat map of MS-LA-AR available free from the Library of Congress at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3935.rr001340 and other LC maps at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdquery.html addresses current summer 2003. Topographic maps available from several commercial sources, none of which pay me to advertise their wares. People in Jimerson's legal documents. Hiram Baldwin, creditor 1842 Thomas Berry, landowner 1831 Frederick J. Chambliss, landowner 1854 Henry W. Daingerfield, deceased landowner 1854 Isaac Dunbar, landowner 1828 and 1837 John H. Duncan, Justice of the Peace 1832 Edmund Fitzpatrick of Charlotte Co. VA, creditor 1838 and 1842 William Ivey, deceased landowner 1832 Cicero Jefferson, seller 1832 J. C. Johnson, Justice of the Peace 1854 [possibly John Clem Johnson?] Edwin McKey, Probate Court Clerk 1842 and 1843 A. B. McLeod, witness 1828 Ross O'Quin, buyer 1838 Isaac Pipes, Justice of the Peace 1828 Sanders A. Rice of Natchez, cotton agent 1842 Arthur B. Sims, seller 1837 and landowner 1838 Hannah Sims, landowner 1854 Mrs. Sims, landowner 1828 Thomas Sims, landowner before 1837 E. Smith, landowner before 1828 James Stuart, landowner 1837 Thomas A. Stuart, attorney 1842 William Stuart, seller 1832 Champ Terry, creditor 1842 Samuel Thornberry, landowner before 1828 Elisha Trader and spouse Mary Ann Trader, sellers 1828 John A. Watkins, Justice of the Peace 1838 and cotton agent 1842 Gustavus H. Wilcox, attorney 1838 George Woods, buyer 1843 Bruce D. Liddell, BDLiddell@yahoo.com Birmingham AL, 28-Sep-2003 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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Hi Folks I am in the process of putting the entire 20 page edition of a Special Edition published in the Fayette Chronicle on July 29, 1904 in Honor of the 1904 World's Fair which was going on at St. Louis, Missouri at that time. This was sent to me by Pat Taylor in Humble Texas and is a treasure we will all enjoy! It is a veritable gold mine of information! I have uploaded the entire newspaper to the Jefferson Site but it is NOT visible! I will be placing all of the individual photos with biographies and the articles and Ads on the site on individual pages. If you would like to view the directory where these are located there will be a link to the directory at the bottom of this message. However, I must warn you, Do NOT attempt to download these files unless you have Broadband (DSL)! The files are extremely Large in order to have them retain readability should you ever want to print them out! Each of the 20 pages consists of two parts, the top half of the page and the bottom half of the page. If anyone would like to have this on a CD let me know by private email to anniegms@bellsouth.net and we will work something out! The issue is very old and fragile and I will donate it to the MS Department of Archives and History on my next trip to Jackson along with several other items which have been sent to me and are much too valuable to remain in private hands! (The 1917 Jefferson Annual for instance!) Look for the individual bios to begin showing up on the site very quickly, in the meantime the EXPO Directory is located here: (Note don't put anything after the last trailing slash!) http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/Expo/ Ann Allen Geoghegan Jefferson County CC Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ezell, Sutton, Carroll Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/564.2 Message Board Post: Donna - Thelma and I both wonder if your Suttons are related to our Sarah Sutton Ezell who married Parham Ezell. Sarah was probably born in NC about 1815. Evidently she died in AL before Parham and 3 sons moved to Jefferson Co./Franklin Co., Mississippi. Then Parham moved on to Wisner, franklin Parish, Louisiana. Sarah may have been the daughter of Daniel Sutton who was the son of Elias Sutton and Elizabeth Ezell from Sampson Co., NC. Their children I know of were Abel, Ezzel, Daniel, Isham, and Elizabeth. Thelma said that the Carrolls, Suttons, and Ezells all lived in the same areas in NC. It seems more than coincidence that these families are also in the same areas of MS and LA. Let me know what you think.

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/564.1 Message Board Post: Hi, E-Mail me at jpeters@ztrain.com and I will give you info on the Suttons from Duplin and Sampson Co N.C. There was a Thomas Sutton there in the 1700"s You mentioned a Bible record of which I do have info from one. It mayh not be what you our looking for but I will see if your Suttons may be from the ones in this area. Many fform N.C. mad way to Ga then Al on to Miss and La and Texas . Thelma Peters

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sutton, Carroll, Trussell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/564 Message Board Post: A cousin sent me the following info (I have information on this family on my website at www.homestead.com/suttonplace/index.html) To: descendants of the Sutton's, Carroll's, Trussell's and others. The first Sunday in October, which this year is October 5, is homecoming at Hickory Springs church in Jackson Parish, LA, where John Sutton and his twelve year old son Senica M. Sutton are buried. Also many Carroll's, Trussell's etc. Many kin. John Carroll who fought in the battle of New Orleans was the preacher at this church many years. It is said that John Sutton donated the land for the church & cemetery. This is probably true since the old Sutton home place is across the road and about 300 hundred yards from the front of church. I have been to where the home was several times. The church was built in 1898 replacing the log cabin church that was located on the other side of cemetery. I have a picture of this log cabin church which was torn down many years ago. Also on sa! me date every year not to far from Hickory Springs is the Jimmy Davis Tabernacle where they are having their I guess you would call it homecoming because it was built on the old Davis home place. Mary & I knew Jimmy Davis so attended one time before he died. Plenty singing, we enjoyed it. The Hickory Springs homecoming consist of all day singing in the church, visiting on the grounds, dinner on the grounds, telling old stories etc. This is where we came from. Senica Sutton born Jan. 19, 1853 was the brother of Henry Fletcher Sutton, Stephen McKinley Sutton, George Washington Sutton, Jackson Whitfield Sutton and Emily Jane Sutton McCoy. At 12 years Senica died of a fever October 2nd 1865 just before his dad got home from the Civil War. John was captured in the battle of Irish bend just out of Franklin, La. April 14, 1863. We do not know how long or where he was held. John died in 1870. John's family originated in Jefferson Co., MS.

Martha Wesley Cox was the wife of Robert Cox. She was born 13 Aug 1790 and died 24 Jul 1874 their children were: Emiline Elizabeth who married William B. Shields II Octavia Cox who mrried Dr. Framcis Brent Coleman Martha Mildred Cox married Rev. Benj. Miller William Moss Cox married Irene Zaide Wood Robert Cox married Laura Laminda Green Ann M. Cox married William Holmes You didn't say who was your ancestor .. and the dates. I have a fairly good genealogical record of the COX family

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EJB.2ACE/563 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Martha Wesley Cox, dates 8/13/1790 to 7/24/1874. Buried Jefferson County, Mississippi Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery. Trying to determine if she is an ancestor. Thank you in advance.

Hi folks! Just added a biography of Thomas Hinds, submitted by Sue Moore! Thanks, Sue! Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lick Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EJB.2ACE/327.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Rosa Lick who lived in the 1800. She lived around Erie ,Pa. They did live in Canada at one time. Roda Married Leroy Baker. Any info would be helpful thanks Marian

i need to pick up my 1952 anual from mccall creek. where and when can i get it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Allen Geoghegan" <annieg@telepak.net> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] New Email Address > If you got this more than once, please excuse! > > Everyone that contacts me regularly please note: > After October 1, this telepak email address will not work! > > New Email address is: > anniegms@bellsouth.net > > I got my DSL! > Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" > Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS > I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could! > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!" >

what is your e mail address before 1 oct 03 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Allen Geoghegan" <annieg@telepak.net> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] New Email Address > If you got this more than once, please excuse! > > Everyone that contacts me regularly please note: > After October 1, this telepak email address will not work! > > New Email address is: > anniegms@bellsouth.net > > I got my DSL! > Ann Allen Geoghegan AKA "AnnieG" > Researching Jefferson & Franklin County, MS > I wasn't born in MS but I got here as quick as I could! > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!" >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOGGAN/SIMS/WEBB/WILKINSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/562 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate info on Mary Anna Boggan Webb Wilkinson which is my ggrandmother. She was married twice, 1st McClung Webb and 2nd Andrew T. Wilkinson. I have no info on her parents or siblings. Trying to locate them also. I think D. P. Boggan had a brother whose name was Texas Boggan. This is what I have on Mary Anna's parents and siblings. I know that Anna is buried in Liberty Cemetery in Liberty Ms. Any help on her or her family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Edie DAVID P. BOGGAN MD Birth: 1837, Alabama Father: BOGGAN Mother: UNKNOWN Spouse: H. ANNIE SIMS Birth: Charleston South Carolina Children: HENRY P (1869-) D. ERNEST (1871-) FRANCES ROSIE (ROSA) M (1873-) G. E. (1875-) MARY ANNA NOLA (1879-1936) J. F. W. (1880-)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EJB.2ACE/561 Message Board Post: I am thrilled to announce the birth of my new grandson, Jefferson David. He shares his name with his gggggrandfather, Cicero Jefferson Liddell, Civil War veteran.

Okay, now ... the plot thickens ! ! ! ! I have always wondered where the information came from that John C. Johnson was a "bad boy" I have heard this over and over. He came from Kentucky and his mother's name was Rachael.. I have read the story but have never been able to get documentation regarding the early years of John Clem Johnson. I have oodles on the family of John Clem Johnson. One of his sons had had a son named John Clem Johnson who died as a youth. his mother was pregnant at the time and had a boy baby several months after the child's death and named him John Clem Johnson. I dont have the record before me, but I think it was about 1839. This John C. fought in the battle of Vicksburg. I have a delightful picture of him. He was the marrying kind, I think as he did it a couple of times. He married one of Jefferson Scott's daughters and through that line, he was my husbands grandfather. Do you have any documentation about his life in Kentucky or in old greenville. MS? I would love to have it for the family history. If you are interested in more about the John Clem Johnson that I have documentation for I will be glad to share with you. Ann Brown

The Facts Unravel #4 On September 26, 1836, Rev. Jno. C. Johnson married my great-great-grandparents Jimerson (James Jr.) Liddell and Martha Ann Baldridge in Jefferson County MS. That's what the records say. But a few more facts unravel a larger story. (The place changes from Natchez District to Villa Gayoso to Cole's or Coles Creek to Spring Hill to Pickering Co., but it's all Jefferson now.) My grandmother's research showed Martha Ann connected with the Baptist Church through her mother's uncle Richard Curtis Jr., said to be the very first licensed Baptist preacher, and later the very first ordained Baptist minister, in Natchez District. I assumed Martha Ann was Baptist. I was wrong. An Internet search uncovered the history of Jno C. (John Clem) Johnson, the officiating minister. Johnson, apparently a juvenile delinquent from Kentucky, came to Jefferson and in 1805 joined Rev. Newet Vick's Spring Hill Methodist Church. "Thomas Owens and the Baldridges put the harness forthwith on young Mr. Johnson" according to Rev. John G. Jones writing in 1887, who went on to describe Johnson's compact build, superb constitution, and great physical strength and endurance. Johnson shortly married Deborah Baldridge and brought her into the church. The Methodists licensed him to preach in 1812, but raising a family delayed his full "itinerancy" or ordination until 1846. John Clem Johnson died five years later at the age of 68. His widow Deborah Spence Baldridge Johnson died in 1885 at age 97 mourned by a whole passel of descendants. So a pioneer Methodist minister married Jimerson and Martha Ann. Any more facts sitting around? The first record of James Baldridge, Martha Ann's father, is an 1802 MS Petition. (Please correct me, but I think the residents petitioned the MS Territorial Legislature for a new Jefferson Co. to replace old Pickering Co.) Probably James and Deborah are both among "the Baldridges" mentioned by Rev. Jones above, ten siblings who migrated to Jefferson about 1802, but no solid proof has turned up yet. So the Methodist minister was Martha Ann's uncle-in-law. Any more facts? Jimerson and Martha Ann named their first child, who died in infancy, John Wesley Liddell. The original John Wesley founded Methodism. That clinches it; my ancestors were Methodists. A fine Church, I'm sure, but I was raised a Baptist. Grin. Bruce D. Liddell, BDLiddell@yahoo.com Birmingham AL, 12-Sep-2003 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com