This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AKB.2ACI/1225.1 Message Board Post: According to the 1860 census, there was one MORELAND family in Lafayette Co., MS, which appears on the census as follows: Family #205 Jas Moreland 32 M Farmer 2000 / 700 SC Sarah 19 F AL Viama 2 F MS Willie 1 M MS Gamaliel 16 M Farmer AL I suspect that Gamaliel was a brother or nephew of Jas (James "Doc") HARWELL. Marriage bond book 1, page 214 shows that J. W. MORELAND married Sarah Ann HARWELL on February 6, 1856 in Lafayette Co. They are the only MORELANDs I could find and could be the parents of Wylie Bryant MORELAND. The HARWELL family was on the 1860 census as follows: Family #208 Henry Harwell 52 M Farmer 2000 / 1800 NC Elizabeth 42 F GA John 16 M AL Benjn 14 M AL Thomas 12 M MS Amanda 10 F MS Absalom 7 M MS Melissa 5 F MS Larkin Swim 23 M Laborer NC According to a family article in the Lafayette County Heritage book, this is a basic pedigree chart on the family of Sarah HARWELL (info submitted by Juanita HARWELL, descendant). 1. Lemuel HARWELL (1737 - 1805) and Lucretia BULL 2. Absolom HARWELL (Nov 27, 1779, Iredell Co., NC - July 20, 1855, Dallas, Lafayette Co., MS) and Sarah ?___? 3. Henry HARWELL, b. ?, d. Feb 28, 1873, Lafayette Co. MS and Elizabeth L. ?___? 4. Benjamin F. HARWELL, 1 Dec 1845 - 29 Nov 1925. 4 Callie BROWN b: 7 Nov 1895 d: 5 Feb 1977 + Lewis F. HALL b: 28 Oct 1893 d: 10 Nov 1974 5 Curtis HALL (twin) b: 19 Jun 1928 d: 21 Jun 1928 3 Maude BROWN b: 27 Dec 1900 d: 14 Jul 1960 + Ralph Owens WHITE b: 4 Aug 1915 d: 27 Oct 1974 3 Oscar Floyd BROWN b: 24 Jan 1904 d: 17 Jan 1946 3 Loyd BROWN b: 24 Jan 1904 d: 1967 4. Thomas V. HARWELL, b. ?, d. ? 4. Melissa HARWELL, b. ?, d. ? 4. Sarah HARWELL, b. ?, d. ? and J. W. (Doc) MORELAND, b. 1859 Lafayette Co. MS. 5. Two unnamed children. 4. Amanda HARWELL, b. ?, d. ? 4. Absalom Edward HARWELL, 14 Aug 1853 - 2 Mar 1925. 4. Three other children who did not live to maturity. On the 1870 census, the MORELAND family appears thusly: Family #43, Dallas, MS J. W. Moreland 41 M W Farmer 525 / 1000 SC S. A. 30 F W H. K. AL Bryant 11 M W MS Edmond 9 M MS Bettie 6 F MS Patsy 3 F MS T. R. 3/12 M born January MS An entry on the GAINES family on Ancestry,com has the following for the descendants of James. W. MORELAND, but does not identify who his parents were: James W. MORELAND b: 1828 + Sarah Ann HARWELL b: 1841 2 Viama MORELAND b: 1858 2 Wiley Bryant MORELAND b: 1859 d: 31 May 1931 + Miley Elizabeth KELLY b: 1867 3 Selmer MORELAND + Albert BLAND 3 Stanley MORELAND 3 Onie MORELAND + John Willis (Bud) HIPP 3 Jack MORELAND + Johnnie SHEPPARD 3 Octavia MORELAND + Bryant TRAMMEL 3 Cecil MORELAND + (??) BURLAND 3 Art MORELAND + (??) WEEKS 3 Joyce MORELAND 3 Loyce MORELAND + Della GLENN 3 Dow MORELAND 2 James Edmond MORELAND b: 24 Dec 1861 d: 2 Oct 1919 + Annie BROWN b: 5 Mar 1861 d: 28 May 1950 3 Willie Floyd MORELAND b: 20 Jun 1884 d: 28 Aug 1902 2 Francis Elizabeth MORELAND b: 1864 2 Alice Blanche MORELAND b: 28 Feb 1866 d: 20 Apr 1920 + Joseph Royal YORK b: 13 Nov 1838 d: 14 Apr 1911 3 Telatha Donna YORK b: 1897 3 Jonnie L YORK b: 1899 + ?? BUSHER 3 Mattie YORK b: 1903 + John MANOS 2 Thomas R MORELAND b: 1870 + Lillie May MULLINS 2 Virginia Lee MORELAND b: 1873 d: 1947 + Sidney Oscar BROWN 3 Charlie D BROWN b: 12 Dec 1893 d: 20 Oct 1977 + Eula Mae MCCHAREN b: 12 Nov 1893 d: 26 Sep 1975 4 Oscar Lawrence BROWN b: 23 Jan 1920 d: 15 Jan 1952 4 M. Stratton BROWN b: 1922 d: 1943 4 Warner Dean BROWN 4 Callie BROWN b: 7 Nov 1895 d: 5 Feb 1977 + Lewis F. HALL b: 28 Oct 1893 d: 10 Nov 1974 5 Curtis HALL (twin) b: 19 Jun 1928 d: 21 Jun 1928 3 Maude BROWN b: 27 Dec 1900 d: 14 Jul 1960 + Ralph Owens WHITE b: 4 Aug 1915 d: 27 Oct 1974 3 Oscar Floyd BROWN b: 24 Jan 1904 d: 17 Jan 1946 3 Loyd BROWN b: 24 Jan 1904 d: 1967