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