I'm with your Dad..lived there 32 of 38 years and know nothing of it either... spoke with my Dad who has lived there 65 out of 73 years and he knows nothing of it either... Wolfe road was his old stomping grounds.... He mentioned Kolola Springs (which I was aware of cause I have a late uncle that lived there) and another Springs...but not Mormon springs and he doesn't know anything..or has never seen a monument there either.... Greg..just how recent is this monument? Talk soon Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co.,MS - perhaps a now-extinct Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? > Wayne -- if my memory serves me correct you go past the road going off to the Blair Cemetery. I remember seeing a monument as I went around a curve in the road. I went past and had to come back to it. I mentioned it to my father-in-law (he has lived in the area his whole life) and he knew nothing of it. I will try to get a picture this Sat when we go home for the holidays. > > Greg Green > http://www.geocities.com/greenweeks/ > > > > From: "Wayne Easter" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2006/12/16 Sat AM 10:30:39 EST > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co., > > MS - perhaps a now-extinct Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? > > > > Anne, > > > > Take Wolfe Road South from Hwy 278. After a few miles you will see the > > Blair Cemetery Road branching off the left-it's well marked. Take the Blair > > Cemetery Road and watch for the cemetery on your left. (You can see a map on > > my website at http://www.easterfamily.net/Cemetery%20Map%20Page.htm ) I > > have been in that area many times and I have never seen or heard of the > > monument spoken of in this thread. If you find it, I'd appreciate it if > > you'd drop me an e-mail letting me know where to look. This thread also > > alters an assumption I have always made concerning the name of a creek > > further South from the Blair Cemetery - "Mormon Spring Branch". I have > > always assumed that "Mormon" was a family name. > > > > Wayne E. Easter > > Researching Easter, Gordon, Ballard, and Related Families > > Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi > > http://www.easterfamily.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Anne S. O'Neal > > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:56 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co., MS - perhaps a now-extinct > > Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? > > > > Greg, > > > > I was born in Gattman, a long time ago... I never heard my grandparents > > mention this monument. Of course, I didn't always pay attention. Which > > direction is the Blair Cemetery from Hwy 278? > > > > Anne Stockton O'Neal > > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co.,MS - perhaps a now-extinct > > Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? > > > > > > > There is a monument to Mississippi Mormon down the road from the Blair > > > cemetery just outside of Gattman. I think the name of the road is Wolfe > > > Road -- not sure. > > > > > > Greg > > >> > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> Date: 2006/12/15 Fri PM 01:57:46 EST > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co., > > >> MS - perhaps a now-extinct Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? > > >> > > >> Is there/was there a town called Sanford in Monroe County? It was > > >> probably a Mormon community, now since extinct. > > >> > > >> Family records show that our William Mathews & Elizabeth Henderson > > >> Mathews had 9 of their 11 children born in Sanford between 7/1830 and > > >> 4/1846. > > >> > > >> We know there is a Sanford in Covington Co., but cannot find one in > > >> Monroe Co. > > >> > > >> We also know that William's brother, Benjamin Franklin Mathews was > > >> licensed on 03 Mar 1845 as an LDS preacher in Monroe Co. to "preach and > > >> solemize marriages". > > >> > > >> Thank you. > > >> r/Steven Mitchell - Naperville, IL > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message