I have also had trouble getting a marriage record from the Marshall County Courthouse. I am happy to report now, due to a very kind friend I now have that document in my possession. I had sent twice for that marriage record and was told twice it did not exist. The second time I even had the date of the marriage. sterrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: [MSMARSHA-L] Probate Records > Leroy, you asked for address to Marshall County MS courthouse where the > probate records are contained. There are two books in circulation which > contain the probate records for Marshall County MS. If you do an Internet > search, you'll find the titles for both; however, one is titled something > like "missing probate records for Marshall County ..." (I am looking for > that book myself through inter-library loan). I've written to the Marshall > County courthouse for copies of probate records and was unsuccessful in > obtaining anything -- I don't know if they just don't have access to the > records, or if they don't have the staff to fulfill genealogical research > requests (even if you have the precise page number and locator information > for each will/probate document). If I find the exact title of the books, > I'll post them to this message board. Good luck to you ... > > Deborah > > > ==== MSMARSHA Mailing List ==== > If you have any of these records to share, please send them to [email protected]: birth, marriage, death, obits, civil war, wills, church, cemetery listings, newspaper articles, photos, and/or historical info. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOODFIN WASHINGTON Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1618 Message Board Post: This information is transcribed from page 88 of the Woodruff County, Arkansas, Loose Probate Records, 1862-1900; obtained from the McClung Collection of the East Tennessee Historical Center (Knoxville, Tennessee): * WOODFIN, Jno. F. Drawer 7, Folio 76. Roll 39 John F. WOODFIN died in St. Francis Co. [AR] prior to 20 January 1862. Thomas D. CHUNN appointed administrator in St. Francis Co., then in Woodruff Co. [AR] on 3 December 1867. On 9 May 1854, Sarah DINKINS of Marshall Co., Mississippi, gave a bunch of black slaves to her granddaughter, Mary G. WOODFIN, formerly Mary G. SCOTT, of the same county and state. Witness to this deed of gift was John F. WOODFIN. In July 1867, Thomas D. CHUNN was appointed guardian of the minor children of John F. WOODFIN, deceased: Lilly, Anne, C.G., and Minnie WOODFIN. * Hope this helps someone as much as it helps my own research. Deborah

LeRoy, You need to write to the Chancery Clerk's Office. The address is 128 E. Van Dorn Av., Holly Springs, MS, 38635.

try this web address. this should include all the addy's http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/records/address.html sterrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "LeRoy Hamilton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: [MSMARSHA-L] Probate Records > Could someone post the address for the courthouse that would have Marshall County probate records for the period 1840-1870. > > Thanks, > > LeRoy Hamilton > Longview, Texas > > > ==== MSMARSHA Mailing List ==== > If you have any of these records to share, please send them to [email protected]: birth, marriage, death, obits, civil war, wills, church, cemetery listings, newspaper articles, photos, and/or historical info. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Could someone post the address for the courthouse that would have Marshall County probate records for the period 1840-1870. Thanks, LeRoy Hamilton Longview, Texas

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/HKB.2ACI/1617.1.1 Message Board Post: Martha, Thank you for this information. I do not know if Robert is a member of the family I am researching. Siblings Washington, William, Susan M., Thomas, and Anna Eliza Hudspeth were living in Mississippi ca. 1850-1860. Anna Eliza married John Erickson on Dec. 13, 1866 in Marshall Co. The parents of these children were George and Polly Ann Simmons Hudspeth of Franklin Co., TN. According to Polly's father's estate records, Polly's children lived in Mississippi and the daughter Anna Eliza was listed with married name Erickson and the daughter Susan M. was listed with married name Osien. I am trying to find them in Mississippi in a census. Joy

I am looking for a S.M. Crum that lived in Mt Pleasant ,mississippi in the year 1880.My ggrand Father James M Smith, i think lived with them according to the 1880 census.Can You Help Me find James M Smith Family .If any one has a 1870 census, "please" see if you can find the Family of James M Smith 1857. He would be 13 years old. Peggy Memphis,Tenn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hudspeth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1617.1 Message Board Post: Marshall County, MS 1850 census Page 255B Robert Hudspeth----age 27 - male - b. Tenn. (farmer) Melinda Hudspeth---age 24 - female - b. Tenn. Nancy J. Hudspeth---age 3 - female - b. Miss. Thos. Hudspeth------age 1-----male - b. Miss. Martha Fant, Secretary Marshall County Genealogical Society

The Hatchie bottoms are located in Tippah County, to the best of my knowledge. Ron Hughes

I have that urge once again try to make a connection someone who might have my Rebecca Denton b. abt 1830 in possibly in TN in their database. Rebecca was in Marshall Co., MS in 1845 because it was there she married John Calvin Pettus. By 1850 she is in Dodcaw Twp. Hempstead Co., AR - age 20 and then by 1880 she was in Red Colony Twp., Sevier Co., AR age 50. I do not know who her parents were, or of any siblings. This has truly been a brick wall for me for over 38 years now. I have pictures of Rebecca and know her children: William Lee, Allison Woodville, Milford, Obediah Budd, James H.. Rebecca died somewhere between Arkansas and Texas in abt 1884 while returning home from a visit with her children in Texas. She was thrown from the buckboard she was riding in when the horses pulling it were spooked by a herd of wild horses. It is unknown if she was buried there or taken back to Arkansas. Kathleen Burnett

Hi, Listers, I wonder if any of you have ever heard of Hatchie Bottoms? My father-in-law, a Maness, believes his parents, Lee Maness and Ruby Lancaster Maness, lived in that area of MS in the early 1900's. When we looked at a map, it was hard to decide which county it could've been in at that time. Is this area in Marshall County? Tippah County? Tishomingo County? Alcorn County? Benton County? I hope someone has heard of this area! This will help to center my search for them for that time period! Thank you so much, Lisa

1850 Census p. 255 B. Robt. Hudspeth 27 Tenn Melinda Hudspeth 24 Tenn Nancy J. Hudspeth 3 Miss Thomas Hudspeth 1 Miss Pat Treadwell >Would very much appreciate the household data for the Hudspeth family listed on page 255B of the 1850 Marshall Co., MS census. > > Jim & Pat Treadwell Dunlap, Tennessee Researching: Charles, Johnston, Julian, Kyle, McClure, Miller, Phipps - TN Briggs, Roach, Rook, Treadwell, Vaughan - MS Sears, Stewart - KY

Am seeking info on the achord/Acord and Hailey/Haley families from the Holly Springs area. Anyone having any information on either family, please contact me. I am a granddaughter of these lines. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 6:11 AM Subject: MSMARSHA-D Digest V02 #11

Benjamin Ruff Family of Cornersville, Marshall County, MS. (My GGG Grandfather) lived in Marshall County . Cornersville Cornersville was the site of an ancient CHICKASAW village and mound culture. it's first white settler was BENJAMIN RUFF of HOLLOW ROCK, TENNESSEE. RUFF was a trader and came to the Chickasaw village before the Ponotoc Creek treaty of 1830-32. Ruff stated that when he came to this part of the Chickasaw Nation, the only other white was a trapper who worked along the Tallahatchie River. RUFF was perhaps the first permenant white settler in what is now Marshall Co., Mississippi. NOTES: Marshall County in the Mid 1800's was larger than today. Cornersville was in Tippah County in 1860. Cornersville was so named because it was situated at the junction of 4 counties, MARSHALL, TIPPAH, PONOTOC, and LAFFYETTE, later reduced to3, UNION, MARSHALL, BENTON. BENJAMIN may have owned a store in Holly Springs,Marshall Co., MS in1840& 1850 census in Marshall Co., Mississippi p53 family Store in Holly Springs, Benjamin F. 1836 Tax list Carroll Co., Tennessee, District 11. 1 white poll Ansearching News, vol 39, No 2 Summer 1992, page 70 1840 MARSHALL CO, MISSISSIPPI CENSUS, Southern Division B F Ruff Males; 1 under 5 and 1 20-30 years: females 1 20-30 FHL 014,842, page 53 Potts Camp MuseumINFO 1850 MARSHALL CO CENSUS, MISSISSIPPI, Southern Division 14 Nov 1850 age 37 Merchant, born North Carolina real estate $2400, 8 slaves FHL 443,589 page 262 1860 CENSUS CORNERSVILLE, TIPPAH CO, MISSISSIPPI, Southern Division, 23 August 1860 age 48 born North Carolina, Farmer, real Estate $6980, personal $26,060 18 Slaves FHL 803,592, page 163 PROBATE MARSHALL CO, MISSISSIPPI. EXECUTOR'S BOND Benjamin R Long, Executor of last will and testament, 15 April 1861 FHL 895,811, page 270, probate records refer to a Julia Ruff Rogers( could this be Sis) RUFF, B. F. (dec. PR 1870) Petitioners: Thomas L. Ruff, John F. Ruff, Julia Ruff, William and Martha Ruff (all of Marshall County, Miss. and Lehman Ruff of Tippah. RUFF, BENJAMIN F. dec. (PR 380) 1. Citation Aug. 24, 1869 for John Ruff and B.R. Long, executors of the estate of B.F. Ruff dec., adults, and William Ruff and Martha Ruff, minors, all of Marshall Co., Miss. 2. Citation to Lemon Ruff of Tippah, Aug. 24, 1869. 3. Citation to B.R. Long, Alex Cook (assignee of Newton Ruff, Thomas Ruff, John Ruff, James R. Ruff), Julia Roger and husband John Rogers, Lemuel Ruff (minor), William Ruff (minor), Benella Ruff (minor), and Martha Kirk (widow of B.F. Ruff and now wife of Henry Kirk), all of Marshall Co., May 3, 1868. His oldest son, Newton Ruff (GG grandfather)served in the 17th Mississippi Infantry. Newton was30 years old at the time of the 1870 DECATUR COUNTY TENNESSEE He was living at Britts Landing with his family# 34, Joseph M Rice was listed near by as family #37 He had a military record Company D, 17th Mississippi Infantry Enlisted age 22 at Cornith, Mississippi on June 4,1861. Wounded at battle of Gettysburg, PA on July 2,1863. He was moved to hospital at Baltimore, MD and then to Richmond, VA. Retired at Pontotoc Co.,Mississippi on August 2,1864 Military service Civil War Confederacy 17th Mississippi Infantry Company D. Index FHL 821,872. Record FHL 1,488,284. 1870 DECATUR CO TENNESSEE CENSUS 20 June 1870 Nuton Ruff age 30, Farm laborer,born Mississippi Bitt's Landing, 9th District page6, line 23 FHL 553,023 (FHL 024,571) Moved to Decatur County, TN before 1869, because Elbert was born in Tennessee. 1860 TIPPAH CO., MISSISSIPPI NOT LIVING WITH FAMILY (Cornersville, Southern Division, FHL 803,592,page 163) 1850 MARSHALL CO, MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION Nov 14, 1850 Newton age 10, born Mississippi Student FHL 443,589, page262 1840 MARSHALL CO MISSISSIPPI I Male child under 5, B F Ruff head of family FHL 014,842,page 53 I would very much like to learn more about this family. What happened to them after the Civil War?? Any cousins left? Newton and his wife died between 1870 and 1880 Decatur County, TN census. Family history states that both died of an illnes in a very short time. They were living near Joseph Rice and asked that family to raise their 2 sons. Their Son Oscar Allen Ruff married Joseph Rice's daughter, Lucy Eter Rice. I would appreciate any help with these families. Thanks, Marie Barnes Morris Turner wrote: > What was the main attraction to Marshall County in the mid 1840's. > Could it have been the land grants or maybe the beautiful contryside? > Just wondering. MWT > > ==== MSMARSHA Mailing List ==== > If you have any of these records to share, please send them to [email protected]: birth, marriage, death, obits, civil war, wills, church, cemetery listings, newspaper articles, photos, and/or historical info. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

What was the main attraction to Marshall County in the mid 1840's. Could it have been the land grants or maybe the beautiful contryside? Just wondering. MWT

National Archives roll #377, Southern Division, November 6, 1850, Marshall Ci, MS Dwelling 658, family 658 Robt Hudspeth, 27, M, farmer, b. TN Melinda, 24, F, b. TN Nancy J., 3, F. b. MS Thos, 1, M. b. MS Dorothy French-Green

Thank you for sending the Cox information on the 1870 and 1880 censuses. I wish I had something to give to you. I have another question. Are there censuses for 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860? If I could find Joseph Stanford Earles Cox in earlier censuses, he might be with his parents. It looks possible to me that he might be the son of one of Edward Coxe's sons, or the son of Edward Coxe. According to the Marshall County site, "Edward Coxe, a wealthy gentleman of Scotch descent, came to North Mississippi before the formation of Marshall County and bought large tracts of land for his five sons. To William Henry Coxe fell the land in which Galena was built. This was in 1832. It is located 12 miles west of Holly Springs on the old Chulahoma Road. William Henry Coxe migrated to this section from South Carolina having spent a short time in Georgia on the way." My great grandfather, Joseph Stanford Earles Coxe (it's spelled that way on the 1870 census), was born in Georgia in 1828, and his father was born in South Carolina. So, if there are any censuses, or anything similar, from further back, they might show Joseph Stanford Earles Cox(Coxe) living with his parents. Thanks for any help, Richard Ferguson [email protected]

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/HKB.2ACI/1617 Message Board Post: Would very much appreciate the household data for the Hudspeth family listed on page 255B of the 1850 Marshall Co., MS census.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kizer-Haney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HKB.2ACI/1596.3 Message Board Post: I descend from Nancy Kizer-Hataway Haney from Marshall Co. MS. They are in the 1850 Marshall Co. census. Any info. on the couple appreciated..Coque

I have a copy of a family call Leroy Smith that was sent to me IN MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE YEAR 1880.THEY CAME TO MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE YEAR 1857. PLEASE REPLY Peggy Memphis,Tenn