Hi Ann Do you have any idea just how far in the woods this cemetery is? Probably could only get there by 4 wheeler at this time of the year ... if at all. It goes through pasture and woods .... and snakes, ticks, etc are every where. You could phone Mike McCormickl 601 786 - 6199 he lives near Union Church but this surely is NOT the time to do that kinda of cemetery hunting. Be sure to visit the library in Port Gibson and do a little research there. Our genealogical society has our collection up there. It is pretty good, if I must say so myself. IF you do go from Fayette to Port Gibson on Hwy 61, you will go through Lorman. I work mornings at the Lorman Waterworks Our office is on Oak street ... that is the street just before the old county store. The small metal building is on the left .. about half way down is the office. the phone number there is 437-4006 My home number is 786-8513 The library in Natchez is good also .... the one is Fayette leaves much to be desired. Good luck hunting. Ann Brown

Speaking of cemeteries in Jefferson county I was there exactly a year ago and wanted to look at the cemetery at Rodney after many wrong turns and asking a lot of people we found Rodney but, you are right, this is not the time of the year to go check out over grown cemeteries in the woods. A resident of Rodney told me she had just killed a rattler in the ditch by her yard and the Rodney Cemetery was well known for its snakes. That was all it took for me to give up on the idea of looking for dead ancestors in that cemetery. What I'd like to know is, is there a listing of the Rodney Cemetery? I am looking for Conklin, Robb, Cleland, & Savage. By the way my ancestor Rev. Thomas Horace Cleland preached at Union Church for a short while at te end of the Civil War. He and 2 of his wives and a set of twins are burried at Natchez in the city cemetery. His Uncle-in-law Dr. Savage died of Yellow feaver in Rodney around 1850 and may be burried at the Presbyterian cemetery in Rodney. His neiece Julia "Julie" Savage Robb and her husband Samuel Norris Robb who were plantation owners near Rodney may be burried there as well. Their plantation was taken by the river, I believe in the 1930's at the time it was more than 100 years old and the site of the house is mid river these days. The Robb family was amoung the 1st settlers of the area obtaining Spanish grants, Samuel and Julia had no issue and were the end of this Robb line. Dr. Savage's wife anunt to Samuel Norros Robb was a Norris and sister to Samuel Norris Robb's mother. She may be burried at the Savage plantation in LA just across the river from Rodney. Friend of the Robbs, Hariett Wilson Conklin, may be burried there also. Her husband, Elijah Conklin a gun smith, who died between 1850 & 1860 is most likely burried in Grand Gulf or Port Giibson. On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 Anebec@aol.com wrote: > Hi Ann > > Do you have any idea just how far in the woods this cemetery is? Probably > could only get there by 4 wheeler at this time of the year ... if at all. It > goes through pasture and woods .... and snakes, ticks, etc are every where. You > could phone Mike McCormickl 601 786 - 6199 he lives near Union Church > but this surely is NOT the time to do that kinda of cemetery hunting. > > Be sure to visit the library in Port Gibson and do a little research there. > Our genealogical society has our collection up there. It is pretty good, if I > must say so myself. > > IF you do go from Fayette to Port Gibson on Hwy 61, you will go through > Lorman. I work mornings at the Lorman Waterworks Our office is on Oak street ... > that is the street just before the old county store. The small metal > building is on the left .. about half way down is the office. the phone number there > is 437-4006 My home number is 786-8513 > > The library in Natchez is good also .... the one is Fayette leaves much to be > desired. > > Good luck hunting. > Ann Brown > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!" > >