Greg Green, I'm the lister that started this particular subject regarding the Mormon Memorial there in Monroe County. I didnt realize it would cause such interest! Would be most interested in seeing that picture! Turns out you and I are 'cousins'. Your James Monroe Weeks is brother to my Jeptha Weeks. Jeptha's daughter, Temperance, is first wife of my 2nd greatgrandfather, Benjamim Franklin Mathews. I descend from Ben and his 2nd wife, Mahala Whiteman. Ben, Temperance, and his brother, William, were two of the Mormon families there in Mormon Springs during the 1830's and 1840's. They left Mormon Springs in April 1846 making the trek to the Salt Lake Valley. William and his family remained in Utah, while Ben and Temperance moved on to San Bernardino, California to help establish the Mormon Community there. By the time Brigham Young recalled the Mormons to SLC in 1858, Ben had become disillusioned with the faith and stayed behind in San Bernardino becoming the first Sheriff of San Bernardino. Temperance died the following year in 1859. r/Steven Mitchell -------------- Original message -------------- From: <[email protected]> > 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" > > Date: 2006/12/16 Sat AM 10:30:39 EST > > To: > > 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: > > To: > > 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