At 12:00 PM 06/24/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >My dad was in the CC Camp in Lafayettt county around oxford and abbyville >can any one give me any information about it.How can i get his papers >peggy billings Do you mean CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)? Gene

Robin, I'm sorry if that sounded sarcastic. I didn't mean for it to. His military records would tell you if he was wounded or became ill in that area (Lafayette Co.) and the name of the hospital. They also might list his illness, injury or wound. Pam

> The Civil War ended in April of 1865. Yes, I know when the war ended. I know that my ancestor was not in Mississippi for that reason. I just wanted to know if during the war there were any battles in this county. Robin Amerson

I forgot to add my e-mail address to the posting on NEEDHAM PACE of Lafayette MS 1880. Betty Pace [email protected]

NEEDHAM PACE moved from Mecklenburg Co., NC, to Beat 4, Lafayette MS sometime between the census of 1870 and the census of 1880. In 1880 he and his wife MAY/MARY/MARGARET (MYERS) are living with JENNIE MYERS (AGE 20--probably wife's sister) and SALLY PACE DONNS (age 19), plus Sally's child LAURA DONNS (age 2). NEEDHAM PACE is the son of ALSEY/ALSA PACE of NC and ZILPHA HALL PACE (b.abt 1800 NC). This line goes back to Richard Pace of Jamestown VA. Is anyone researching Needham Pace and family. His other children were: Laura, Irvine, perhaps others.

Dear Jo, I read your Internet message this a.m. and I don't know if they are related or not, but I have a great grandfather named John Riley Boswell who lived in Lafayette Co. Mississippi and died in 1941 in Deleon, Texas. Kay Brown

Stephen Decatur Hunter was my great great grandfather. His son Samuel Houston Hunter born in 1871 after they had moved to Franklin Co. Arkanasas was my great grandfather. Stephen Decatur Hunter was born about 1822 in Maury County TN. He married Ellen Clorinda Smith in 1847 in Lafayette Co. MS. He was a private in 1st Mississippi under Delay in the Mexican-American war in 1847 and was at the battle of Matamoris Mexico. In the war between the states (1861-1865) he was a 1st Seargent wiht company F, 19th Mississippi Infantry which was part of the Army of Northern Virgina (ANV) under the comand of Robert E. Lee. He had several other children and died in Franklin Co. Arkansas in 1880 and his wife died there in 1891. I would love to know more about the family. I do not know who his parents are do you? Do you have a photo of him by any chnace? I would like to have one if you do. Please get in touch with me and we can share information.

My dad was in the CC Camp in Lafayettt county around oxford and abbyville can any one give me any information about it.How can i get his papers peggy billings

... yes, if you're referring to the cemetery next to the Sand Springs Church in the former Orwood Community ... (from the Lafayette Co. web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/xlaftown.htm ) "ORWOOD Located in the southwest corner of the county near the Panola County Line, this site was settled in 1839 but was not named for the Orr family until a post office was established in 1885. J. M. Daniel was the last postmaster when the office closed in 1905 and the community of Orwood became extinct." Since I don't know where you're coming from I'll explain it like this: Go east from Batesville, MS. on st. road 6 to st. road 315. Go south (right) onto st. road 315. Follow 315 several miles to st. rd. 328 and go left (your only choice). Follow 328 (not sure how far ... a mile or two I guess). Take the 3rd road on your left. No more turns. Just stay on this road until you come to the old Sand Springs Church (on your left) (a mile or two up this road). This is the location of the old Orwood community. The cemetery is just past the church on the left. M. Meadows ajnkh wrote: > Does anyone know the location of Orwood Cemetary in Lafayette County? Thanks,Nancy > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

I'm not a Lafayette Co. expert, but, there were several civil war actions fought in Lafayette Co., MS. Not aware of any notable battles. (refer to the following web pages: http://www.misscivilwar.org/events/events2c.html and http://www.misscivilwar.org/#events ) "Oxford (Lafayette Co.), Dec. 1-3, 1862, skirmishes about the town; Dec. 4, 1862, affair nearby; Aug. 9, 1864, skirmish with Union Brig. Gen. Joseph Mower's expedition from La Grange, TN, to Oxford (Aug. 1-30)." Howard Beckman ... and as someone else pointed out, the Civil War ended before your guy died. M. Meadows [email protected] wrote: > Hello list, > > I am new to this list. I am looking for a man named Benjamin Amerson who > died in this county in 1866. I don't know if he lived here or not. He was > from Blount Co, AL and had found in the civil war in a CSA unit from Blount > Co, AL. > > I do not know why he was in the county and if his family was with him or not. > The death info came from his widow in her request for his Mexican War > pension in the 1880's. I do know that she and her children were back in > Blount Co, AL in the 1870 census. > > I have two questions - 1) does anyone have a county wide or partial county > book that lists burials ??? 2) was there a Civil War battle (s) in this > county ??? > > Thanks for any help - > Robin Amerson > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

UNSCRIBE LOTTIE BRUSSEAU GENEALOGY [email protected]

The Civil War ended in April of 1865.

Hello list, I am new to this list. I am looking for a man named Benjamin Amerson who died in this county in 1866. I don't know if he lived here or not. He was from Blount Co, AL and had found in the civil war in a CSA unit from Blount Co, AL. I do not know why he was in the county and if his family was with him or not. The death info came from his widow in her request for his Mexican War pension in the 1880's. I do know that she and her children were back in Blount Co, AL in the 1870 census. I have two questions - 1) does anyone have a county wide or partial county book that lists burials ??? 2) was there a Civil War battle (s) in this county ??? Thanks for any help - Robin Amerson

I know that there are some connected with Westmorelands and Hipps that I am in hopes can tie my Rileys and Workes in, or provide a hint/hypothesis as to what the connection is: My line goes from Benjamin F. Harwell and Sally Riley Harwell. Sally Riley was the youngest of 11 children.(So far, I know only of those descended from Sally.) Sally's parents were Jesse Riley (b ca 1805 in NCarolina) and Sarah Worke (b ca 1814 in NCarolina). They were married in Mecklenberg County, NCarolina, on 25th June 1835. John M Riley, I believe is Jesse's father: He is on the 1820 Lincoln County, NCarolina Census, then disappears. I don't know who Sarah Worke Riley's parents were. Sarah and Jesse's children are: 1. Margaret, born 2 July 1829(? year) in NCarolina 2.Jane, born 8 August 1831 in North Carolina, marrried J.C. Ray (Roy?) 3.John, born 27 March 1833 in South Carolina, married Mollie Idaho/ Elizabeth Williams(?) 4. Marth Adeline, born 10 March 1835 in South Carolina 5. Jessey J., born 17 January 1839 in Mississippi In 1860, he is living with Shackelfords in Chickasaw County, as an overseer He fought with Co.E, 14th Mississippi, in the War Between the States 6. William, born 17 August 1842 in Mississippi 7. Lucy Anne (or Manerva?) born November 1843 in Mississippi 8. James, b ca 1845 in Alabama, married Lillie __ 9. George D., born 1848 in Alabama 10. William Arnold, born ca 1849 in Mississippi 11. Sarah Narcissus, b. September 1850 in Chickasaw County, Mississsippi m. 7 December 1866 in Lafayette County, Mississippi to Benjamin F. Harwell d. June 1933 in Lafayette County, Mississippi In September 1850, the family -Margaret is in Okalona by 1860, Sarah must be dead, as Jesse is found in Van Buren (Itawamba County), Miss with Ann, 16 yr old, born Miss. George, 12 yr old, born Ala. Sarah, 10 yr old, born Miss In 1860, in Richmond, Miss. (Itawamba County), John, 26 yr old, born SCarolina and Jane, 28 yr old, born SCarolina are living with Robert and Dorcus Westmoreland. These 2 people were married in Mecklenberg Co., NCarolina on 19 August 1828, with Alexander C. Worke as their bondsman. Other Mecklenberg marriages which seem to indicate a connections are Rhodee(?) Westmoreland married Anne Hipp, 1 September 1808, with John Hipp listed as bondsman. Robert Lenier married Anne Worke, 4 September 1830, with Robert Westmoreland, bondsman. Were the Westmorelands and Workes, Rileys just good friends; or was there a family connection? Who did the children marry? Are there any descendents tracing on these Riley children? Who were Sarah Worke's parents? Family lore says that they were well-to-do and opposed the marriage. A researcher suggested that one Alexander Worke might've been Sarah's father. If this is true, it seems that maybe one of the children would be named Alexander. Was the "A" in William A.'s name "Alexander"? There is a Margaret Criswell who married a Worke, but the dates aren't right. I'm going to try to go to NCarolina and see if clues can be found; but I sure would appreciate any clues/directions/ hints before the trip. Where did Sarah Worke Riley die? Thanks in advance. Jo

I need to correct these two addresses http://www.segenealogy.com/mississippi/ms_censusmap.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/mississippi/ms_map.htm

These are really good sites for Census avalibility maps http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03_ms.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ms_censusmap.htm And County Formation Maps http://www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ms_map.htm

calin or carolina Banes,marries a Luther then a Robinson then a Anderson.Dovie or Dovea may be her Child .Around Oxford Mississippi peggy billings

There is a community named Thaxton located in Pontotoc County, MS. Thaxton is adjacent to the Pontotoc/Lafayette County line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Ward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] Thaxton Cemetery > 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 > >

Thanks William! Thaxton Cemetery is in Pontotoc County, MS. Located about 10 miles east of the Lafayette County Line. Pontotoc County Ms List has a link that shows the cemeteries of Pontotoc County. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mspontot/cemeteries/cemindex.htm scroll all the way to the bottom of this page... Sorry, I guess I didn't make myself clear enough?? I knew where it was...just that I needed more information on Mamie Aaron? I sure do thank you and think your do a great job as Lafayette County and Yalobusha County Coordinator!! Peggy in Pontotoc ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Ward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] Thaxton Cemetery > 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 > >

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