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    1. [MSJEFFER-L] History of Bethany Baptist Church
    2. Eddie Mikell
    3. 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 Sunday in February 1833. Met in Conference and after a sermon by Brother Martin, opened a door for the reception of members. No applicants. 2nd Unanimously resolved to invite the Mississippi Baptist Evangelistic Society to hold their next meeting at this meeting house and that Brother J. P. Martin be required to bear the invitation. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in May 1833. Met in Conference and after sermons, opened a door for the reception of members. Brother Richard Bullock and his wife, Eliza Bullock was received by letter. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in June 1833. Met in Conference, and after sermons, opened a door for the reception of members. No applicants. Applicantion was made for a letter of dismission for Sister Sally Mullens and was granted. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July 1833. Met in Conference and after sermons, opened a door for the reception of members. No applications. Resolved that the clerk be ordered to furnish ink and paper in his absence. Fryday before the 3rd Sunday in August 1833. Met in Conference and after a sermon by Brother Martin, opened a door for the reception of members. No applicants. Took under consideration the disorderly conduct of the black people who attend at this meeting house and appointed Brethren James Baggott, Geroge Granberry and Needham Blount, a committee of ways and means with instructions to draft a plan of operation for the preservation of good order among them. Agreed unanimously to petition our Association to hold their next session at our meeting house. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in August 1833. Met in Conference and after sermons by Brethren Robertson and Martin, opened a door for the reception of members. Received by letter Brother Mastin Parkman and his wife Elizabeth Parkman.

    06/12/2003 10:51:36
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Epidemics
    2. Nancy Brister
    3. This list of known epidemics makes a helpful reference when researching individuals who disappear from local records suddenly, with no record of death. During major epidemics, people were often buried hurriedly and sometimes in mass graves. Taken from: www.genealogy-quest.com Nancy, researching: Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, Garmon, Garrett, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, Osborne, Robertson, Stampley, Stringer, Warren........and more! http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 1657 Boston Measles 1687 Boston Measles 1690 New York Yellow Fever 1713 Boston Measles 1729 Boston Measles 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza 1738 South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40 Boston Measles 1747 CT, NY, PA, SC Measles 1759 N. America Measles: areas inhabited by white people 1761 N. America and West Indies Influenza 1772 N. America Measles 1775 N. America Unknown epidemic: especially hard in NE 1775-6 Worldwide Influenza: one of the worst epidemics 1783 Dover, DE "Extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles 1793 Vermont A "putrid" fever and Influenza 1793 Virginia Influenza: killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever: over 4,000 deaths 1793 Harrisburg, PA Many unexplained deaths 1793 Middletown, PA Many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever: one of the worst 1803 New York Yellow Fever 1820-3 Nationwide"Fever" - started Schuylkill River and spread 1822 New York and New Orleans Yellow Fever 1831-2 Nationwide Asiatic Cholera: brought by English emigrants 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera 1832 New Orleans Asiatic Cholera: over 1,000 deaths 1832 Ayrshire towns of Stevenston, Dalry and Kilbride Cholera 1833 Columbus, OH Cholera 1834 New York City Cholera 1837 Philadelphia Typhus 1841 Nationwide Yellow Fever: especially severe in the south 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza 1848-9 North America Cholera 1849 New York Cholera 1849-50 New Orleans Cholera: 3,000 deaths 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850 Alabama, New York Cholera 1850-1 North America Influenza 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains and Missouri Cholera 1852 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1853 New Orleans Yellow Fever: 8,000 die 1855 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1857-9 Worldwide Influenza: one of the greatest epidemics 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC Smallpox, a series of recurring epidemics of Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever 1873-5 N. America and Europe Influenza 1878 New Orleans Yellow Fever: last great epidemic 1878 Memphis, TN Yellow Fever 1885 Chicago, IL water-borne disease 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1900 Galveston, TX Cholera 1902 Alaska measles 1905 New Orleans Yellow Fever: last US outbreak 1918 Worldwide[high point yr.] Influenza: more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps.

    06/12/2003 08:56:02
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Re: Rodney, MS Cemetery
    2. 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/242.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Rodney Cemetery is listed in both: 1. "Claiborne County, Mississippi - The Promised Land" by Katy M. Headley on pages 280-281. "Location: In the town of Rodney, Miss., Jefferson County, just up the hill behind the Rodney Presbyterian Church." There are thirty burials listed. I know from experience at the Sarepta Methodist Church cemetery that the listing may not be complete. There are listings for: Burkley, Heckler, Broughton, Coleman, Beynroth, Rea, Brown, Welch, Briggs, Schober, & Rietz. If any of these sound like you want to know more about, contact me at clay_1@airmail.net 2. Ann Brown's "Jefferson County, MS Cemeteries, Etc., Vol. 1". I don't have this. Clay Daniels

    06/11/2003 02:18:13
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Re: Rodney, MS Cemetery
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henry, Bates, Brehm, Leake, Netterville, Rabb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EJB.2ACE/242.1.1 Message Board Post: No, unfortunately I haven't. Right now I am trying to find a Francis Brehm who may or may not be buried there. daughter of Eliza Jane Bates Henry who also should be buried there. She was my great grandmother. Have you any info? You may contact me directly at:BELLBREHMNANCY@AOL.COM. By the way, you have the same name as someone from Slidell, Louisiana. Any kin?

    06/11/2003 12:43:39
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Re: Rodney, MS Cemetery
    2. 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/242.1 Message Board Post: Did you ever make contact with anyone who had the Rodney cemetery records? Contact directly at rhabney@mindspring.com

    06/11/2003 08:11:33
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Lawrence County Press, June 11, 1891
    2. Eddie Mikell
    3. 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! June 11, 1891 Board of Supervisors At a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisor, the following members and officers were present, to wit: Z. P. Jones, C. H. Moore, F. F. Roberts, T. H. Brinson, A. W. Stringer, D. M. Lee, Sherif and Will C. Cannon, Clerk. The following allowances were made to wit: W. E. Bass for building bridge as per contract..$73, 650 I. N. Bass, for lumber furnished for building abutment to bridge across White Sand.. 2, 85 I. N. Bass, J. P., holding inquest on body of Bose Bullock 5.00 W. W. Mikell, for attending inquest as deputy sheriff, 3.50 A. Fairly, juror on inquest.. 1.00 D. Hartzog, juror on inquest ..1.00 Frank Mikell, juror on inquest.. 1.00 Dick Barnes, juror on inquest..1.00 Albert Barnes, juror on inquest 1.00 John Speights, juror on inquest 1.00 T. H. Brinson, for examing bridge.. 2.00 G. B. Ates, for conveying prisoner, Neil White, to jail.. 1.40 Daniel Neal, a poor person, for temporary relief 5.00 Penny Hill, a poor person, for temporary relief.. 5.00 Register Miss Maggie Carlisle visited relatives in Jackson last week. Miss Bessie Butler is visiting relatives in Wesson this week. Communications have crowded out a great many important locals. Mr I. A. Hickman and wife are visiting relatives in Wesson this week. The lemonade stand at the Sunday School Convention will be owned by Mr. Alpha Cooper. Joe Loftin escaped from the penitentiary last Monday morning and was captured the same day. Baldness ought not to come till the age of 55 or later. If the hair begins to fall earlier, use Hall's Hair Renewer and prevent baldness and grayness.

    06/11/2003 07:44:04
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. Hello, You could be very right, thats why I looking for proff of who my grandmothers perents were. and any thing else that is known about Miss Lessie Stephens Freeman. Thanks for coming in on this discussion and trying to prove relationships. Never knew until i started looking for my ancesters how many stories you can hear. Thanks for everyone who can help and willing to do so. Janette

    06/10/2003 04:18:02
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. Marie
    3. Janette, I'm a little late to this conversation. I thought Sallie Celeste Stephen's mother was Sally Fox Dunbar. Marie Bailey ----- Original Message ----- From: <Granette76@aol.com> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries > I am looking for the family of Daniel H. Stephens, any history on him and of > his family > > My grandmother was Sally or Sallie Celeste Stephens, she had several > sisters, I do not know about brothers. or any of her Mothers Family. I have been > led to believe that her Mother was A Cater., But this is all speculation. > > I have been to the cemetary between Dennis Cross Roads and Red Lick, and have > cop[ied tombstones but am not sure of the relation,. > > Thanks > > Janette > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "Did our ancestors ever have a bad heir day?" >

    06/10/2003 12:28:37
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. That would be great, If you are reading old newspapers, If you come across the obits of Sally Celeste Freeman, Avery Lamoyne Freeman, Annie Belle Stephens Short,Sussie and Arew Puffer, and Luvenia and Henry Spencer, these were all Stephens sisters. Thanks for what you have and I am looking forward to getting the death Obit Of Daniel. I don't know if there are any more Stephens from this line left in Jeff. County. Thanks again, Janette

    06/09/2003 07:18:59
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. Hi Janette, We are not related to the Stephens family, but my husband had many ancestors in Jefferson County. I have spent many hours reading old Jefferson County newspapers. His great aunt, Jennie "May" Nevels married in 1891 to Mr. Lee Pritchard. Lee was the son of Robert Alexander Pritchard and Jerusha Stephens. Jerusha was a daughter of Daniel H. Stephens. Then on another line, one of his Turnage relatives married in 1886 to Joanna Stephens. She was the daughter of Joseph Stephens. Joseph was a brother of Jerusha. I will send you copies of obits for Lee Pritchard and Joanna Turnage. Ruth

    06/09/2003 04:10:14
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. Bobby Ray Rawls
    3. Ruth, in your research have you run across any RAWLS-BASS-DROMGRULE or ALSTON families, mine were there in the 1805 era. Any help is truly appreciated. in genealogy Bobby Rawls Big Spring, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rknevels@aol.com> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries > Hi Janette, > > We are not related to the Stephens family, but my husband had many ancestors > in Jefferson County. I have spent many hours reading old Jefferson County > newspapers. > > His great aunt, Jennie "May" Nevels married in 1891 to Mr. Lee Pritchard. > Lee was the son of Robert Alexander Pritchard and Jerusha Stephens. Jerusha was > a daughter of Daniel H. Stephens. > > Then on another line, one of his Turnage relatives married in 1886 to Joanna > Stephens. She was the daughter of Joseph Stephens. Joseph was a brother of > Jerusha. > > I will send you copies of obits for Lee Pritchard and Joanna Turnage. > > Ruth > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem, leads to two more." > >

    06/09/2003 03:42:15
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] History of Bethany Baptist Church - cont.
    2. Eddie Mikell
    3. 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! Fryday before the 3rd Sunday in January 1833 Met in Conference, and after a sermon by Brother Davis Collins, opened a door for the reception of members; no applicants. 2nd Brother Norvel Robertson, Jr., was examined by the Presbytery of ordination and was by them approved. 3rd. Ordered that the clerk be authorized on application of Brother Norvel Robertson, to give him a letter of dismission, expressive of his office, as an ordained minister of the gospel. Resolved that we adjourn to half-past eleven tomorrow. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in January, 1833 Met on Saturday pursuant to adjournment and after a sermon by Brother Davis Collins, appropriate to the occasion, Brother Norvel Robertson, jr., was ordained and set apart to the ministery of the gospel of Christ, by laying on the hands of Brethren Davis Collins, Francis Walker and John P. Martin with the usual ceremonies and charge and conference received the following credential or commission as an evidence of his function. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, LAWRENCE COUNTY. To the Faithful in Christ Jesus, and all people of whom these present shall come. GREETINGS: Know Ye, that our well beloved and worthy Brother Norvel Robertson, Junior, the bearer, of these presents has been regularly called, examined, approved, ordained and set apart by the laying on the hands of the undersigned Presbytery, to the ministery of the Gospel of our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in presence of the Church and with her full approbation and consent. In consideration of which, we declare him fully authorized to minister and administer the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in all places and to all people, wheresover God in His Providence may cast his lot. And we do commend him to God and to the Confidence of the whole Christian Church and friendly regar of all people, Given under our hands this 20th. Day of January, 1833 at the request of the Bethany Baptist Church in the county and state aforesaid. Davis Collins, Francis Walker, John P. Martin. A door was opened for the reception of members. William Sterling was received by experience and was accordingly Baptised on Sunday

    06/09/2003 01:31:29
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Lawrence County Press, June 9, 1892
    2. Eddie Mikell
    3. 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! June 9, 1892 Don't fail to register. Mr. I. A. Hickman visited Brookhaven this week. Mr. W. H. Speights is visiting New Orleans this week. The Board of Supervisors were in session last Monday and Tuesday. Wm. Oliver, Son & Co. have raised a racket in prices on their corner. Mrs. W. J. Smith of Grange is visiting her son Mr. G. H. Fox in our town. Mrs. Dr. Bishop and daughter Maud have returned from a pleasant visit to Brookhaven. Messrs. Jas B. Rawls and James Edwards of Columbus spent Monday night in our town. Messrs. A. W. Cooper and E. L. H. Bird are attending Chancery Court at Brookhaven this week. Mr. Turner, representing Marshall & Bruce, stationary, of Nashville, Tenn. was in town last Tuesday. Dr. G. A. Teunisson and T. C. Maxwell are "taking in" the State Convention at Jackson this week. TO ROAD OVERSEERS. On accout of a chage in the state law, overseers of public roads are required to report to the Board of Supervisors on the first Monday in July. Overseers will take notice and report accordingly. Mass Meeting According to the proper notice the people assembled in mass meeting, or convention, on the 1st day of June to select delegates to attend the State Convention to be held in Jackson June 8th, 1892. After order in the house, Dr. D. B. Hennington was made chairman and A. W. Cooper secretary. On the call for delegates from each beat, the following named persons were found, viz: District No. 1, Lee Bird, Z. P. Jones, B. F. Bullock, G. H. Fox, T. C. Maxwell, B. D. Hennington, B. D. Bishop, G. A. Teunisson, G. W. Garrett and A. W. Cooper District no. 2, S. C. Culpepper and John Arrington. District No. 3, J. L Rutland and John C. Lambert District No. 4, W. M. Waller, B. S. Waller, H. T. Griffith, A. J. Maxey and J. J. Denson District No. 5, O. G. May and L. W. Buckley It was moved and adopted that each beat be allowed two votes in electing delegates Dr. G. A. Teunisson and T. C. Maxwell were elected as delegates to the State Convention and Dr. B. D. Hennington and Joseph Dale were elected alternates. It was moved and adloped that the present executive committee hold over another time. It was moved and adopted that a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be handed the executive committee, and also a copy be given the Lawrence County Press for publications.

    06/09/2003 01:16:36
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. Hi Ruth, Thanks I would love to have a copy of Daniel Stephens Obit. and any thing else you may have on this family. May I ask if you are related to the Stephens Family? or what your interest in this family is? I am desperate to find my lost relatives. I am searching for the Freeman/Stephens connection. My grandmother was Sally Celeste Stephens, and my grandfather was Avery Lamoyne Freeman. they both were from the Red Lick Area, and both are buried in the cemetery in Red Lick. My Dad graduated from the school in Red Lick, and I sent Ann Brown a copy of his senior class, and a picture of the whole school. If there is anything I can find I would be glad to pass it on to you. Thanks again. Janette Freeman Hauck 1669 Henderson Rd. Macon, Ga. 31217

    06/08/2003 03:54:09
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemeteries
    2. I have a copy of the obituary of Daniel Holland Stephens who was born in 1783 and died in 1858. If you wish me to send you a copy, please send me your snail mail address. Ruth

    06/08/2003 03:19:04
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Lawrence County Press, June 7, 1894
    2. Eddie Mikell
    3. 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! June 7, 1894 Send us your job work. Board of Supervisors were in session this week. The proceedings will appear in next issue. Miss Frankie Tatom is spending a few with her aunt, Mrs. Dr. Gregory, near Silver Creek. The new residence of Mr. I. A. Hickman is nearing completion and will be quite an addition to our town. SILVER CREEK DOTS We are having some fine weather now after the wet spell. Mrs. Julia Mikell, accompanied by her charming little daughter Lura, visited her father near Hebron yesterday. We had a fine concert Thursday night. There was a large crowd in attendance and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Miss Fannie Williams received the medal in elocution and Mr. Ford Bigson in debate. Mr. Ed Weathersby of Monticello visited friends in our town yesterday afternoon. Misses Laura White and Bella Roders attended church at Silver Creek last Sunday and report a pleasant time and good preaching. We were glad to meet, this week, Mr. Walter Rowan, of Wesson REVISED LIST The following is a revised list of the administration papers in Mississippi. Natchez Democrat. Natchez Banner Vicksburg Post Jackson Evening News Greenville Times Meridian News Gulf Coast Progress Newton County Progress Hattiesburg Citizen Raymond Gazette Senatobia Democrat Oxford Globe Oxford Eagle Holly Springs South Holly Springs Reporter Kosciusko Star Williamsburg Waterman West Point Leader Macon Sun Tupelo Journal Hazlehurst Signal Starkville Times Brandon News Rosedale Democrat Winston County Democrat Europa Progress Corith Herald Neshoba Democrat Poplarville Free Press Water Valley Herald Steen's Creek Record Indianola Index Sunflower Toesin Lumberton Headblock Port Gibson Reville Prentiss Plaindealer Vaiden Democrat Batesville Panolian STATE NEWS BOILED DOWN Jackson wants sewerage Copiah county wants a fair Corinth has a broom factory Senatobia has a cooking club Oxford is exceedingly healthy Brookhaven has a Negro paper. Pass Christian has a public park. The cold snap has damaged crops. Fishing is the craze at Yazoo City. Waynesboro will soon have a bike club. The time has come to muzzle the dogs. Jackson has organized a medical society. Oxford will be crowded with visitors this summer. Hop tea dealers in Meridian have been indicited. Steen's Creek will build a telephone line to Jackson.

    06/07/2003 03:40:09
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemetery
    2. James Norris
    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Lenaeus" <slenaeus@westga.edu> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Cemetery > Jim, Thanks for clearing up the dates. I did that off memory and knew he > died bedor 1850. You bring up something that interest me. My ancestor > that was married to Lucretia Savage, the niece of Dr. Savage was Thomas > Horace Cleland. His 3rd wife was M.T. and owned a school in Delhi, LA, > our notes are that this M.T. was possibly part of the Savage Family some > how and her marriage to Thomas Horace Cleland was also her 3rd marriage. > > Do you think there could be any connection to this M.T. and Dr. Savage's > Delhi Estate? > > Here is what I have: > Thomas Cleland lived in Delhi, Louisiana, when he was married to his third > wife whose initials were M. T. (Martha T.) It is believed that she was > related to the Savage family. This was her third marriage also. She had > a son Tollie by her first marriage and a daughter Lettie (Letitia) (Hattie > Purvis?) by her second marriage. Thomas H. Cleland.s four children by his > second marriage lived with them in Delhi. He has a son by his third > marriage, George McDuffy Cleland, who died when he was 13. Besides > preaching in Monroe, La., Thomas Horace Cleland taught school in an > Academy he established on his property in Delhi. After he died on > February 17, 1878, his four children by his second marriage went back to > live in Kentucky with Ray relatives. Thomas Cleland.s grave is in the > cemetery at Natchez in the plot with his first and second wives. His > third wife was buried in Delhi, La. > > 1880 Census Delhi, Richland, Louisiana > Martha T. CLELAND Self W Female W 51 MS Keeping House --- --- > George Mcd. CLELAND Son S Male W 6 LA --- --- > Emma HATCH Other W Female W 25 LA --- --- > Hattie PURVIS Other S Female W 11 LA --- --- Dr. Savage's estate (Salem Plantation) was located on the Mississippi River in Carroll Parish (about 2 hours by carriage south of Lake Providence, La). I don't know when or how the plantation slipped away, but it surely must have been the result of the Civil War. Aunt Savage fled from La. to Tyler, Texas, in 1863 or 1864. While she returned after the war, I can't find her in the 1870 census in Carroll Parish. As for Martha T. Cleland, the only relative of mine that such a name would fit was Martha F. Norris who was born in 1828 in Mississippi. She was the older sister to my great-grandfather Tolbert W. Norris. Their mother was Letitia (Lettie) Harrison. It seems to me to be more than coincidental that she had one son named Tollie and a daughter named Lettie. Jim

    06/06/2003 09:56:58
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Duel
    2. Sue Moore
    3. Bobby, I think Daniel Beasley's will (which he made in 1813 shortly before he went off to get himself massacred at Fort Mims) is online at the Jefferson County site. He names two nieces in Virginia as his heirs. However, in the 1810 territorial census, there are two other males in his household over the age of 21. No females. I have no idea as to who they might be. I am interested in him as a historical figure primarily. Email me at sbmoore@swbell.net . I do have more I can share if you think he belongs to your family. Sue M.

    06/06/2003 04:35:48
    1. Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Dueling places
    2. Bobby Ray Rawls
    3. hello SUE, I am very interested in the duel of DANIEL BEASLEY. My ancestor was the Rev. GABRIEL RAWLS, he died in 1819 and the BEASLEY family were heirs of his. I think one was DANIEL BEASLEY although obviously not the same one, but was most likely a grandson or great of GABRIEL RAWLS. There was also a GABRIEL BEASLEY too. My RAWLS lived around both sides of the MISSISSIPPI with SILAS RAWLS owning land 25 miles above the town of VIDALIA and JOHN RAWLS owning land on SICILY ISLAND. I have some on DANIEL BEASLEY that was in the DUEL but have to go through my mountain of info. to find. I THINK? he left a will but will have to find my ref. any info. is GREATLY appreciated. many thanks BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Moore" <sbmoore@swbell.net> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Dueling places > A duel occured in 1810 between Daniel Beasley, the sheriff of Jefferson County, and Samuel Frye, a lawyer. According to a letter from Samuel's brother, the duel occurred "opposite the mouth of Coles Creek a great distance from Port Gibson." Beasley lived in old Greenville. > I know that men often fought across the river on the Vidalia sandbar. Can anyone tell me where "opposite mouth of Coles Creek" is? > > Thanks, > Sue Moore > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!" > >

    06/06/2003 03:22:37
    1. [MSJEFFER-L] Dueling places
    2. Sue Moore
    3. A duel occured in 1810 between Daniel Beasley, the sheriff of Jefferson County, and Samuel Frye, a lawyer. According to a letter from Samuel's brother, the duel occurred "opposite the mouth of Coles Creek a great distance from Port Gibson." Beasley lived in old Greenville. I know that men often fought across the river on the Vidalia sandbar. Can anyone tell me where "opposite mouth of Coles Creek" is? Thanks, Sue Moore

    06/06/2003 02:13:42