Lou, Noticed you have GOFORTH family. Can you tell me how you are related to them? My gg-aunt, Sarah Ann HANSON married Thomas Jefferson GOFORTH in Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS on May 8, 1868. When the Hansons decided to move from MS to TX around 1873-74, Sarah Ann and her husband were the only ones to stay behind--they owned some land there and did not want to leave it. Harriet

From LAFAYETTE CO HERITAGE, pub by Skipwith Historical & Genealogical Sociey., p 92: "Back in Oxford in the spring, 1862, the facilities of the University were made ready to hospitalize many of those wounded at Shiloh. Many died while hospitalized here and they were buried in a small plot on the south side of the campus. ..the first usage of the buildings for hospital purposes occurred during the months of April to November...Rebecca Pegues...diary...'They have 200 or 300 soldiers there and expect more...'" My impression is that use of University buildings for hospital was primarily early in war. There are several sections of the book that deal with aspects of Civil War in the county. My mother bought copy of the the book when it was first published. She grew up in Lafayette Co. mostly around Delay. Although it is an expensive investment, I find I refer back to the book and usually find new information over the years. I think you can contact Skipwith Society through Lafayette Co website--or at least get an address http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/ Lou Ritter, Kalamazoo, MI DENTON, ESKRIDGE, GOFORTH, LANCASTER

You might get some information by contacting the Skipwith Historical and Genealogical Society. I assume you have checked the website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/ An excerpt from LAFAYETTE CO HERITAGE p. 22 pub. by above society follows: About the Civilian Conservation Corps "The whole operation was supervised by Regular Army Officers and reserves with expert technical advice from recognized authorities...Enrollment was on a volunteer basis with local county agencies making...arrangements.. In Lafayette County the enrollees were sent to Fort McClellan, Ala. where the Army ...put them through a conditioning period to prepare..for strenuous physical work...assigned to a unit numbered as a company ..sent to a work site.... Two camp sites were established in Lafayette County: thirteen miles east of Oxford on Highway 30 in the National Forest and at the present location of the Oxford-Lafayette County hospital. Company 464 was organized at Fort McClellan May 1, 1933 and worked in Alabama National Forest until Oct 11, 1934 when it was reassigned to Lafayette County at a location 13 miles east of Oxford... There were nearly 150 men in this Company, largely from north Mississippi. Company 473 was organized on May 1, 1935 at Fort McClellan with 180 men from Mississippi enrolled....assigned to Batesville...On January 6, 1936 the Company of 216 men was transferred to Oxford. Some of the men from Lafayette Co and others who remained here after serving in the CCC were: Bill Hannaford, J. C. Goolsby, John Turnipseed, W. C. Hill, Marshall Bennett, Horace McCain, Cleveland Ransom, Charles McGonagill, Motee Daniels, Richard Kisner, W. K. Brown, Ellis McCord, Albert Grantham, R. W. Elliott, L. L. Crowson, Jake Gardner, Richard Avent, John Boles, Elmer Christman, Grady Nelson, Herman Burt, H. A. Alderson, Woodrow Brewer, John H. Cannon, Dyke Crockette, Walter Fox, James Garrett, Leo Garrett, James A. Fitchett, John R. Owens, Enoch V. Patton, Lake Ragland, H. P. Rankin, Walton Smith, G. O. Waldrip, E. H. Walker, V. Westbrook, Dennis Perkins, Philip Rikard, W. L. Singletary, Thomas R. Smith, Ray Tabor, Paul Underwood, Wade Walker, V. T. Ledbetter, Buck Watts, E.J. Boatwright, G. W. Cook, Frank Gill, Wayne Nunnaly, Franklin Parks and Fulton Parks" Good luck, Lou Ritter, Kalamazoo, MI DENTON, ESKRIDGE, GOFORTH, LANCASTER

Wow, I've been watching this conservation...This is great news....I've been looking for a confederate hospital in this area...Would anyone know about a "Miller Springhill" hospital? My ggrandfather Stephen Young was sent there at the close of the war.....Haven't found record of him since, except for the fact he had two more children after the war close, but as is told "was never well, after the War".He was wounded at Fort Henry and Vicksburg...He was originally from Calhoun County which joins this Lafayette. He enlisted in Grenada?? Anyone have any Idea's? Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Lou Ritter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] RE: Cemetery Records > From LAFAYETTE CO HERITAGE, pub by Skipwith Historical & Genealogical > Sociey., p 92: > "Back in Oxford in the spring, 1862, the facilities of the University were > made ready to hospitalize many of those wounded at Shiloh. Many died while > hospitalized here and they were buried in a small plot on the south side of > the campus. > ..the first usage of the buildings for hospital purposes occurred during the > months of April to November...Rebecca Pegues...diary...'They have 200 or 300 > soldiers there and expect more...'" > > My impression is that use of University buildings for hospital was primarily > early in war. There are several sections of the book that deal with aspects > of Civil War in the county. My mother bought copy of the the book when it > was first published. She grew up in Lafayette Co. mostly around Delay. > Although it is an expensive investment, I find I refer back to the book and > usually find new information over the years. > > I think you can contact Skipwith Society through Lafayette Co website--or at > least get an address > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/ > > Lou Ritter, Kalamazoo, MI > DENTON, ESKRIDGE, GOFORTH, LANCASTER > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

do you know where i can get my fathers papers,who do i contact peggy billings

Peggy, it was the CC Camp, my uncle was there ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] C C Camp in oxford > yes,that is what i mean,the old fokes called it the cccamp > > peggy billings > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

I don't know about long term versus short term care, but the University of Mississippi had some building(s) that were used as hospitals during the war. I believe men that died in the hospital and didn't have family close enough to come and get the body were most likely buried in the Confederate mass grave on Ole Miss Campus. I don't know if the hospital at Ole Miss would have been used as late as 1866 though.... Hope you find what you're looking for Robby McCain >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] RE: Cemetery Records >Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:54:20 EDT > >Just a thought--your ancestor could have been wounded in the war, or sick >and >hospitalized somewhere in Lafayette when he died, which could explain why >he >died far from home. Depending upon when in 1866 he died, it still would >have >to have been a rather long illness, however, at least 8-9 months or more. >Maybe someone in Lafayette can tell you if there was a sanatarium or >hospitals in the area that could have provided long-term care. > >Harriet > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

>From the Worsham and Washam Family History, p. 310-311: "Caroline Theresa Worsham b 24 Nov 1795 Lunenburg Co., VA. md George Washington Rogers 14 Jan 1813 Baldwin Co., GA. George b 14 May 1787 Baldwin Co., GA s/o Peleg Rogers & Mary Pittman. George d 8 Jan 1845 Lafayette Co., MS & Caroline d 16 May 1852 Lafayette Co., MS. Both are buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Lafayette Co., MS. The cemetery is located off Rt. 315 between Paris, MS and Water Valley, MS." I would very much like a copy of their photograph, Larry Washam email [email protected] Please visit the Worsham & Washam Family History Home Page at: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1360/

The Thaxton Cemetery is in Thaxton, MS. I've been there and photographed stones there. Take st. rd. 6 east out of Oxford. About half way to Pontotoc you'll find st. rd. 336 & take it north to the very small town of Thaxton. Ask someone in town where the cemetery is. Easy to find. Big sign at the entrance. Nice cemetery. By the way: Thaxton is in Pontotoc County. Martin Meadows William Ward wrote: > I checked both volumes of the Lafayette County cemetery books and did not > find a Thaxton Cemetery. I also queried on the USGS GNIS geographical > search engine for a Thaxton Cemetery in MS and no such site could be > identified. > > Volume I of the cemetery listings shows 2 AARONs buried in the New El > Bethel Cemetery, but their given names are Richare and Lillian, both born > after 1900. > > Bill Ward > Lafayette County Coordinator > Yalobusha County Coordinator > > At 12:12 PM 6/22/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone on these list know anything about the Thaxton Cemetery? I am > >looking for info on Mamie Aaron, born 6 1798 and died 7-12-1873..... > > > > > >============================== > >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > >your heritage! > >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

My great-great-grandmother AURILLIA BOWERS told her grandchildren about those years when her husband Daniel Bowers was serving in the CSA , and she and the children lived near Lafayette Springs. She said that the Yankees came by scavenging so many times that when her chickens heard them coming, they ran and hid under their barn which was built low to the ground. She also said they tried to keep the cows and pigs hidden in the woods almost all the time. At 06:23 PM 6/25/01 -0400, you wrote: >There was a battle in Oxford. General James R. Chalmers, CSA was confronted >by union troops coming from Holly Springs. He slowly withdrew south from >Abbeville through Oxford toward Water Valley. Union troops fought him all the >way into Oxford. It was during this engagement that General Nathan Bedford >Forrest withdrew toward Panola and then on to his famous raid in Memphis. > >As for the yankees burning Oxford, regretfully they did as well as outlying >areas. It was about 8 miles east of town where they raided my G. G. G. >Grandfather's farm and stole a lot. > >John Echols > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

There was once a hospital in Mt Pleasant mississippi,marshall county during the cival war.It was a hotel first, i don't know if the yankee took it over or not..Get on the marshall county web site and then Mt Pleasant. peggy billings

John, did you ever live in Oxford? Was your father Don? Are you in Jackson? Did you know a John Carter? Bill Tucker ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] Civl War in Oxford > There was a battle in Oxford. General James R. Chalmers, CSA was confronted > by union troops coming from Holly Springs. He slowly withdrew south from > Abbeville through Oxford toward Water Valley. Union troops fought him all the > way into Oxford. It was during this engagement that General Nathan Bedford > Forrest withdrew toward Panola and then on to his famous raid in Memphis. > > As for the yankees burning Oxford, regretfully they did as well as outlying > areas. It was about 8 miles east of town where they raided my G. G. G. > Grandfather's farm and stole a lot. > > John Echols > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

yes,that is what i mean,the old fokes called it the cccamp peggy billings

There was a battle in Oxford. General James R. Chalmers, CSA was confronted by union troops coming from Holly Springs. He slowly withdrew south from Abbeville through Oxford toward Water Valley. Union troops fought him all the way into Oxford. It was during this engagement that General Nathan Bedford Forrest withdrew toward Panola and then on to his famous raid in Memphis. As for the yankees burning Oxford, regretfully they did as well as outlying areas. It was about 8 miles east of town where they raided my G. G. G. Grandfather's farm and stole a lot. John Echols

My wife, an ex-resident of Oxford says that there wasn't a battle in Oxford. The Yankee troops occupied the town in late 1864 without a fight. They took over the courthouse, hospital and university. When they left, they burnt every building except those owned by non-southerners. 2 houses that were left were owned by a German blacksmith and a Northern judge. There is a civil war cemetery on the Ole Miss campus where Northern and Southern soldiers are buried. However, no one knows exactly who is buried where. In the late 1980s, a groundskeeper from the university was detailed to clean up the cemetery. He did too good a job. Along with the trash he pulled all the grave markers up. They were next to the Coliseum for a long time, but they were taken from there and she doesn't know where they went. Gene Phillips At 11:54 AM 06/25/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Just a thought--your ancestor could have been wounded in the war, or sick and >hospitalized somewhere in Lafayette when he died, which could explain why he >died far from home. Depending upon when in 1866 he died, it still would have >to have been a rather long illness, however, at least 8-9 months or more. >Maybe someone in Lafayette can tell you if there was a sanatarium or >hospitals in the area that could have provided long-term care. > >Harriet > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Just a thought--your ancestor could have been wounded in the war, or sick and hospitalized somewhere in Lafayette when he died, which could explain why he died far from home. Depending upon when in 1866 he died, it still would have to have been a rather long illness, however, at least 8-9 months or more. Maybe someone in Lafayette can tell you if there was a sanatarium or hospitals in the area that could have provided long-term care. Harriet

Pam, You didn't sound sarcastic - I just didn't want others to think that I was looking to see if this man in a battle and not response to the 2nd part of my question about the battles. I don't know why he was in Lafayette Co. There were no relatives there - could be that he was just passing thur. I have his military records but they don't say anything but when he enlisted and where and that he was still in the war in late 1864. His death place was a complete shock to me when I rec'd the application for pension that his wife filed for his Mexican War pension (she didn't live long enough to apply for his Civil War pension) that would have possibly had more info. Thanks for your help. Robin Amerson

W.P.M. Lindley and M.L.B. Haney married Jan. 3, 1886 in Lafayette Co. MS. I need the parents of M.L.B. Haney or more information on her. I believe the W.P.M. Lindley to be William Peter Lindley but am not sure. He was married 2 other times but it was after he was 40 or so. I believe his 1st first to be M.L.B. Haney or whatever her name is. ANY information appreciated. Coque Franklin Lawson

I need information on both Jacob Silas Haney b. Oct. 1860 died about 1922 and Martha F. Adair b. Jan. 1864 die between 1900 and 1908. Both were born somewhere in MS. In old family Bible it states that father of Jacob Silas Haney was William Henry Haney b. Aug. 28, 1840. I believe this William to be son of Silas Haney and Nancy Chase but I have no proof. I have no information on Martha F. Adair other than I know she married Jacob Jan. 3, 1886 in Lafayette Co. MS. There was also another Haney wedding the same day and location. A female named M.L.B. Haney married W.P.M. Lindley married the same day and location as Jacob Haney and Martha Adair. ANY information appreciated. Coque Franklin Lawson

I am needing information in William A. Franklin b. Feb. 4, 1850 in MS and d. Aug. 11, 1891 and buried in Lafayette Co. MS at Shiloh Cemetery. I need siblings and or parents for William. According to the census, his parents were born in VA. ANY help appreciated. Coque Franklin Lawson