Hi All, I don't have much to add - as I have only visited Monroe County twice - but I wanted to mention that John Wise Riley spoke of Mormon Springs twice in the interview about early settlers of Monroe County that he did for Dr. Evans. I don't have a date for the interview, but it was early in the last century - I am guessing it was in the twenties? In the interview he is talking about very early Monroe settlers - 1817 up. Mr. Riley places some families as living in the vicinity of Mormon Springs. " ... The old man, Andrew Crosby, married a Porter. Her mother was a Harmon; her son was Stephen Harmon Crosby. Dillingham lived below Mormon Springs. He had a grey horse named Dan who was an excellent horse. He killed Dillingham's son; he ran over a cow and broke the boy's neck. Neely was a horseman and he had a mare named Moll. His Moll beat Dillingham's Dan. Dan could run 1/2 mile and Moll, 1/4. Neely started a fight because he beat Dan." "... The Marchbanks were rich. They lived by the Sullivans. They owned all the land from the Sullivans to Mormon Springs. The Wests came from South Carolina. One lives near Mormon Springs now. He came from Beeks place, and is still living. He was raised below me." ABOUT THE RITTERS: I am researching brothers Minor, Jonathan and Nathan Edge who came to Monroe about the time Hiram and Thomas Edge arrived. They lived in the Quincy and Smithville area. In the 1860 census, there was a William Ritter, age 19, living in the household of Nathan Edge. There were Ritters in Chatham County, where Minor's wife was from (and possibly Nathan's wife too) and I was curious about who this boy might be. He may have been kin or just helping with the farming as Nathan's brother Jonathan had recently died. Did your Ritter family start from Chatham, Co. NC? I don't have Nathan's wife's last name and wondered if she might be a Ritter. Delila __ Edge was born about 1815 in NC. Thanks Robin

I have scanned a page from the Monroe County History book on Bartahatchie written by Mrs. Leonard Ross and put on the "Just Across the Line website. Click on the link below. In this article Morman Springs is mentioned. This book is under copy right, so just for your own information. Mrs. Ross lives near the Morman Springs site. Also at the bottom of the page, I typed a few lines from Mother Monroe By Dr. W. A. Evans that mentions Morman Springs. I thought I had an article here on "Morman Springs" but can not lay my hands on it right now. I hope this helps. This is an interesting subject to me. If anyone comes up with new information, be sure and let us know. When you click on the site below, give the page time to load if you do have a fast connection. http://www.fayette.net/carruth/Bartahatchie.htm Barb -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robin Linn Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co.,MS - perhaps a now-extinct Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? Hi All, I don't have much to add - as I have only visited Monroe County twice - but I wanted to mention that John Wise Riley spoke of Mormon Springs twice in the interview about early settlers of Monroe County that he did for Dr. Evans. I don't have a date for the interview, but it was early in the last century - I am guessing it was in the twenties? In the interview he is talking about very early Monroe settlers - 1817 up. Mr. Riley places some families as living in the vicinity of Mormon Springs. " ... The old man, Andrew Crosby, married a Porter. Her mother was a Harmon; her son was Stephen Harmon Crosby. Dillingham lived below Mormon Springs. He had a grey horse named Dan who was an excellent horse. He killed Dillingham's son; he ran over a cow and broke the boy's neck. Neely was a horseman and he had a mare named Moll. His Moll beat Dillingham's Dan. Dan could run 1/2 mile and Moll, 1/4. Neely started a fight because he beat Dan." "... The Marchbanks were rich. They lived by the Sullivans. They owned all the land from the Sullivans to Mormon Springs. The Wests came from South Carolina. One lives near Mormon Springs now. He came from Beeks place, and is still living. He was raised below me." ABOUT THE RITTERS: I am researching brothers Minor, Jonathan and Nathan Edge who came to Monroe about the time Hiram and Thomas Edge arrived. They lived in the Quincy and Smithville area. In the 1860 census, there was a William Ritter, age 19, living in the household of Nathan Edge. There were Ritters in Chatham County, where Minor's wife was from (and possibly Nathan's wife too) and I was curious about who this boy might be. He may have been kin or just helping with the farming as Nathan's brother Jonathan had recently died. Did your Ritter family start from Chatham, Co. NC? I don't have Nathan's wife's last name and wondered if she might be a Ritter. Delila __ Edge was born about 1815 in NC. Thanks Robin ------------------------------- 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

If anyone would like to read the entire interview with John Wise Riley you can do so on my site at http://www.easterfamily.net/Site%20Documents/John%20Riley%20Interview.htm You might also want to look over the other documents on the site including one that names about 1200-1500 deceased Monroe County citizens and the cemetery in which they are buried. If you'd like to go in the front door to the site, the URL is in my signature block below. I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions on the site. 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 Robin Linn Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Sanford, Monroe Co., MS - perhaps a now-extinct Mormon community, 1830-1846 ??? Hi All, I don't have much to add - as I have only visited Monroe County twice - but I wanted to mention that John Wise Riley spoke of Mormon Springs twice in the interview about early settlers of Monroe County that he did for Dr. Evans. I don't have a date for the interview, but it was early in the last century - I am guessing it was in the twenties? In the interview he is talking about very early Monroe settlers - 1817 up. Mr. Riley places some families as living in the vicinity of Mormon Springs. " ... The old man, Andrew Crosby, married a Porter. Her mother was a Harmon; her son was Stephen Harmon Crosby. Dillingham lived below Mormon Springs. He had a grey horse named Dan who was an excellent horse. He killed Dillingham's son; he ran over a cow and broke the boy's neck. Neely was a horseman and he had a mare named Moll. His Moll beat Dillingham's Dan. Dan could run 1/2 mile and Moll, 1/4. Neely started a fight because he beat Dan." "... The Marchbanks were rich. They lived by the Sullivans. They owned all the land from the Sullivans to Mormon Springs. The Wests came from South Carolina. One lives near Mormon Springs now. He came from Beeks place, and is still living. He was raised below me." ABOUT THE RITTERS: I am researching brothers Minor, Jonathan and Nathan Edge who came to Monroe about the time Hiram and Thomas Edge arrived. They lived in the Quincy and Smithville area. In the 1860 census, there was a William Ritter, age 19, living in the household of Nathan Edge. There were Ritters in Chatham County, where Minor's wife was from (and possibly Nathan's wife too) and I was curious about who this boy might be. He may have been kin or just helping with the farming as Nathan's brother Jonathan had recently died. Did your Ritter family start from Chatham, Co. NC? I don't have Nathan's wife's last name and wondered if she might be a Ritter. Delila __ Edge was born about 1815 in NC. Thanks Robin ------------------------------- 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