Hello All, My name is Marleen Van Horne, I have just inherited the management of the Kemper County, Mississippi mail list from Diana. I have been a member of this list for probably its whole existence. Over the years, the list has run along smoothly, I do not expect any changes. Should the list be hit with SPAM, please do not comment on the list. I will take care of the problem as soon as I see it. If I should miss it, please write to me privately at the e-mail address below. If it should become necessary to terminate a thread, once I have made the declaration, the thread is dead. Violators will be put on moderation, or if necessary banned from the list. This may seem harsh, but nothing upsets a list more than threads that have gotten out of hand. In twelve years of managing mail lists, I have only had to do this a few times, and I don't think it have ever happened on the Kemper list. I am not very enthusiastic of Roll Calls, listing just surnames is not very productive. I would like to take this opportunity to as you to post your Kemper County ancestors with a little information that tells us who they really are. My own ancestors came to Kemper County probably before 1830, when it was still Indian Territory, they appear in the earliest tax lists and censuses. I probably still have cousins who live there. My direct line Kemper ancestors were: Willis White & Eliza Daniel; John W. White & Nancy Oden; Willis Chandler White & Sarah Dew; Elias Oden & Chloe Jones; and Duncan B. Dew and Elizabeth McKee. If you have any concerns or complaints, please write to me privately at [email protected] Except for termination of threads, I handle all concerns off list. I look forward to hearing about your ancestors. Marleen Van Horne Kemper County Mail List

My two Kemper county lines are McKee and Childers. William G. Childers (b. 1809 SC) and his wife, Elizabeth Pierce (b. 1814 NC) moved to Kemper County from Greene County, AL after 1856. They do not show up in either the 1860 or 1870 census, so we're not sure how many or who the children were. You'll notice by the gaps in the ages of the ones we know about that there is plenty of room for other children. There may have been a Belle Childers. The children we know about are Eliza (b. 1848 AL), Mary (b. 1849 AL), Willis William (b. 1856 AL) and John (b. 1860 MS). Mary married a Yates and Eliza married a Joiner. Willis m. Lottie/Lettie Windham whom I believe to be the sister of Edward E Windham. John m. Love Deanne McKee (or Lovedy Ann McKee). Willis and John migrated to TX abt 1890. I believe that William G. Childers may have been dead by the civil war, as notations in some published diaries mention staying at Mrs Childers place.   The McKee family moved to Kemper County after 1870. The father was John McKee (b. ca 1825 SC) and the Mother was Rachel Unknown (b. ca 1825 AL). The census records conflict in places, but I believe they were in Neshoba Co, MS in 1860 and 1870 and in Randolph Co, AL in 1850. I believe the children were William b. 1844 AL,  Mary C b. 1846 AL, d. Rains Co. TX, m. William Goff; Elizabeth Judson b. 1850 AL m. William Goff (no descendents) d. TX, Lucilla C b. 1856 AL, d. Rains Co. TX, m. Ed Windham, Love Deann b. ca. 1864 MS d. Rains Co. TX, m. John Childers; John Henry b. 1867 MS d. Rains Co. TX . Jackie Ingram (from Lauderdale co. MS)  and Willie b. 1871 MS. Willie is a question mark, as they already had a son named William. However, he is listed as a son in the 1880 census.   According to family stories, John McKee and all his children (except William and Willie) moved to Rains County TX in 1899 with their spouses and children. They came by wagon train originating in Jackson, MS. I've also heard that the Ingram (from Lauderdale, MS)  Braziel and Brown families also accompanied them.   The son of John McKee, William R. McKee was m. to a woman named Nannie. It is reported that William committed suicide.   Any information would be appreciated.   Barbara King ________________________________