This is Memorial Day weekend. Lest we forget... To YOU our Ancestors we are Thankful..... My fourth Great-Grandfather Aaron, Wm. (1752-10-01-184, Franklin County,GA)---Revolutionary A Col. Edward Stevens James Franklin 10th VA Reg't. Pvt. Capt. Clough Shelton's 3-28-1777 Virginia 6-10-1783 My Great Granduncle Barefield, Andrew Jackson, Born 10-13-1846 GA. Served In the Civil War in Company D under Col. Baskin with Captain Howell Rayborne. He enlisted In 1863 In Pontotoc County, Ms. the Company Surrendered At Macon, Ms in 1865. The Honorary Rank Of Major Was Conferred By Appointment To The Staff Of The State U.C.V.) He Drew Pension Off His Enlistment and Died 10-12-1934 And Is Buried In The Sarepta Cemetery, InCalhoun County Ms. His Wife Was Manerva Vickers. My Great Grandfather Barefield, James Polk ------- Born 10-13-1846 GA. Polk Served In The Civil War In Company "D", Hudson Battalion Enlisting In 12-1864 Until The Surrender At Grenada, Ms. He Was Only Fourteen Years Of Age. At The Time Of Enlistment And Was Said To Have The Job Of "Stable Boy" , Serving Only 3 Months. He Served Under Bat. Com. H.C. Houston & Captain Spence. He Died 2-4-1919. He married Eliza Anne Vickers Barefield in Scott County MS on 10-22-1871.They are both Buried In the Sarepta Cemetery, In Calhoun County Ms. They Both Drew Pensions off His Service. My fourth Great Grandfather Barfield, Soloman--- Revolutionary 2nd Regiment Sergeant 11-4-1775 Washington County, GA Discharged 3-12-1777 My Second Great Granduncle Barefield, John C. Born 1845-died March 17, 1925 Waco TX, A Confederate Veteran, born in Mississippi, served in Co. B, Second Tennessee Calvary. My Third Great Grandfather Bearfield, Johnnie ----- War of 1812 Bustin's Military District won lots in the 1830 Cherokee Land Lottery for land in Pike County, Ga Carpenter, J. W. (James Wyatt) Born Near Raleigh, NC 10-22-1839. He Served 4 Years in the Confederate Army with Only One Thirty-Day Furlough; He Enlisted March 1862 In Company E, 1st Ms Calvary, Under Captain George Wheeler, Col. R.A. Pension and General N.B. Forest. On May 4,1865, His Company Commanded By Col. Pension, Surrendered At Citronelle,Alabama And Was Held Prisoners Until May 18, When They Were Paroled At Columbus, Ms. Mr. Carpenter Died 9-15-1927. He is buried In the Quinn Cemetery in Pontotoc County Ms. My Great Grandfather Overby, Jefferson, Born Forsyth County GA 10-16-1833. At Age 19 Jefferson Enlisted In The Confederate Army In Oxford Or Grenada Ms, On 4-29-1862. He Served Under Lt. Col. M. D.L. Stephens in Co. F, 42nd Infantry Vol. Under Capt. Hugh R. Miller/ Thomas G. Clark. Roll Of Prisoners Of War Record Show Him as Wounded on 7-3-1863, & and was In the Hospital around Gettysburg, As Prisoner Of War. He Was Transferred To U.S.A. General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland on 7-28-1863. His Wounds are listed as "Vol Sclop Right Leg". He was paroled here & sent To the Episcopal Church Hospital in Williamburg, VA on 8-22. From Here He Was Transferred To C.S.A. General Hospital in Farmville, VA. On 8-29, Records Show He was furloughed until 9-15. He Was Honorably Discharged On Disability for Wounds Received in the Battle of Gettysburg. The Last 2 Months Of Service, He Had Been Unfit For Duty Because Of Gunshot Wound Through The Right Thigh, Received In The Battle Of Gettysburg. He Died 5-5-1919 And Is Buried In Collums Cemetery In Calhoun County, Ms. He Has A Inscription On His Marker Stating This Information As A Civil War Soldier. He Drew Pension Off His Enlistment. He was married To the Former Margurette Rebecca (Becky) Bland. My second Great Grandfather Vickers, (Vickery) Jefferson Creek Indian Wars Julius C. Alford Robert Sledge Pvt. 5-1836 Lagrange, Troop, GA 8-1836 Columbus, GA My fifth Great Grandfather Vickers, (Vickery), Marmaduke- -Union Services Civil War..(need more information) My husbands Great Grandfather Young, S. W. Born 1830 Lawrence County Al. He Served In Company D Under General West G.W. Parrish In The 4th Ms Infantry As Pvt./Sgt. He Enlisted 8-24-1861 In Grenada Ms. He Was Wounded Ft. Henry. KY And Vicksburg Ms, (I Have Hand Written Letters From Him To His Cousin And His Wife During His Enlistment) Paroled 1-2-1864 Vicksburg, Ms And Was Sent To Miller Springhill Hospital (Do Not Know And Cannot Find Record Of This Hospital). He Would Have Died After the Year Of 1872. He Was Married To Mary Katherine Walls (B.12-25-1838, D. 3-29-1915 in Kerr County TX) in Itawamba County, MS 12-22

Peggy, have you looked around Mobile,AL for your Miller Springhill Hospital? I lived near Mobile at one time and remember a lot of things in Mobile named Springhill and sometimes the plantation homes were used as hospital. Hope it might help. Virgie in Houston Researching RANEY, RUCKER & HOOKER in MS

Thank you, I haven't but I surely will......do you perchance know a good web site there? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virgie Buschmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [MSLAFAYE] Memorial Day > Peggy, have you looked around Mobile,AL for your Miller Springhill > Hospital? I lived near Mobile at one time and remember a lot of things > in Mobile named Springhill and sometimes the plantation homes were used > as hospital. Hope it might help. > Virgie in Houston > Researching RANEY, RUCKER & HOOKER in MS > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >