Apparently John Comfort was out of a job as Jimmerson Liddell's overseer after Jimmerson died. In the 1860 Jefferson County Census he was shown as a Carpenter living in the household of John Currie (Household #587 on page 656) in Union Church, MS. His family is not shown. This is a little unusual since he married Rebecca Ann Stephens in Jefferson County on 24 Mar 1858. She was a daughter of Daniel Holland Stephens and Rutha Cater. Perhaps Rebecca may have been staying with her parents or other family members in the vicinity of Dennis Crossroads at the time of the 1860 census. I have an idea that their first child was Callier S. Comfort who married Albert Shaw Killingsworth a son of Wm Anderson Killingsworth and Nancy Ann Shaw Killingsworth. Callier may have died a couple of years after her marriage from problems associated with childbirth. Her remains were returned from Obediah Springs, AR for burial in the Stephens Cemetery. Nancy Ann Shaw Killingsworth was a daughter of Thompson B. and Mary Shaw who were the owners of Richmond Hill Plantation. I'm not sure if T.B. & Mary Shaw also owned Indigo Plantation or if their descendants purchased it later. Indeed Ann Brown is correct that old Mr. William Claude Millsaps operated both plantations as one for years. I have a postcard written in the late '40s or maybe early '50s from Mr. Claude to my mother inviting her to come out from Natchez to visit on a Sunday and it included instructions on how to get from Fayette to Richmond Hill. I understand that there are indeed a couple of old houses which are close to the Richmond Hill Plantation house and they may be on land which was Indigo Plantation. One of the current owners of part of what was Indigo Plantation has mentioned that in fairly recent times one of these houses was occupied by a person named Tom and the other may have been used as a deer lodge. Tony Miller Anebec@aol.com wrote: > Bruce, may I add my two cents worth. > > Tony Miller indicates that Jimmerson Liddell lived in # 333 and > Richmond Hill was # 334 . Then item was that Jimmerson Liddell had > an Overseer by the name of Comfort. and they lived at # 335 > > Well, the Comforts owned land on the southeast corner of Dennis Cross > Roads. Those of you who have the Jefferson County Cemetery book Vol > I, look at the Stephens Cemetery. There you will find the sthat were > from that family. They had a son named Trofmoc Comfort (which is > Comfrot spelled backwards) > Also there was an Exermina Comfort. > > The old Comfort house was just destroyed about 20- 25 years ago. > Miz Exermina used to ride into Red Lick in a buggy drawn by one horse > ... or so my inlaws remembered. > > Ann Brown