Wanda, I don't have Calcote in my line. I've never worked on that family. MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Carlton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > Does anyone have CALCOTE in their research ? > > Wanda > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Mary Anna Riggan > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > 'Just a comment......the Alsup, Danner, and Morrow families are related. > Others connected are Ray, Irvin, and Smithson, to name a few. These > families were mostly in SE Monroe, with others up toward Splunge and Sipsey > Fork. > > MA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandra & Tom Stephens" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:53 PM > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > I believe the name in the census should have been "Lucinda". I found an > entry on WorldConnect for this Francis Morrow - he married Lucinda Alsop, > father Elisha Benton Alsop, mother Martha Rees. I couldn't see a connection > to the McKowns in this entry. > > Sandra > > --- On Sat, 10/3/09, William T. "Terry" Thornton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: William T. "Terry" Thornton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 6:35 PM > > > Jim, This is one of the older cemeteries I would like to photograph --- I do > hope you are willing to show it to me one of these days. > > The names you mention are included in the inventory of DANNER CEMETERY on > the Monroe County Mississippi Genealogy and History page --- inventory by > Nita Lindsey whose email address is given. She may have knowledge of this > family. > > Evans in May 1938 inventoried DANNER CEMETERY (page 137, Monroe County > Mississippi Cemetery Records) as having three marked graves: > > McKOWN, W.M > June 25, 1830 - January 28, 1862 > > McDOWN (sic), Lavina > November 27, 1836 - March 31, 1870 > > MORROW, Francis > Company A, 1st Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. > No dates > > I know nothing about the McKowns or of Morrow except what I've learned from > the census today. I find neither name in the Chancery Court Records Index; > in Mother Monroe a W.M. McKEOWN is mentioned as being a member of Company A, > Beckett's Battalion of the 1st Battalion Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. This > is the same unit that Francis Morrow was in. > > But on the Pikeville PO, Western Division, Marion County AL 1860 Census I > find > WILLIAM McKEOWN, 30 born SC > LEVINA McKEOWN, 19 born SC > GEORGE McKEOWN, 2, born AL > > and living next door: > FRANCIS MORROW, 26 born SC > LUCINA MORROW, 23 born MS > Martha MORROW, 7/12 born AL > > More research is needed to determine the relationship, if any, between > Morrow and McKeown --- they could be married to sisters but that is just > speculation. I wish someone else would transcribe the 1860 census image > page --- the spelling of LUCINA Morrow is tentative. The SC census reports > may also tell something of the Morrow/McKeown family relationships. > > Some good materials to consider: > 1. McKeown and Morrow are buried in the same cemetery > 2. McKeown and Morrow probably served in the same C.S.A. military unit. > 3. McKeown and Morrow were both born in SC > > When I have time I will try to track Martha Morrow and George McKeown in the > census/internet to determine if there is a record there to explain who these > folks are. I have not attempted to track Francis Morrow on the census > records yet --- but he may be listed on the Monroe County MS census after > 1860. > > Thanks, Jim, for pointing out this cemetery. > > Terry Thornton > Fulton, Mississippi > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > Terry, Mary Anna, > > > > While everyone is on cemeteries I would like some info. I have been shown > > a > > small cemetery at Gatman > > > > with at most five burials, three marked by proper tombstones and the > > others > > by sandstone. A man, W Mitchell > > > > Mckown dated June 25 1830/Jan 28 1862 with wife Lavina dated Nov 27 > > 1839?/Nov 31 1870. Also a confederate > > > > marker for Francis Morrow with no dates. I cannot find anything on the > > McKown, (Cowan)? but find in 1860 > > > > census of Marion Co A Francis Morrow of 26 yr from S C. With wife Lucina > > of > > 23 yr from Mississippi. > > > > > > Also a child Martha of 7 months old. Just curious as to who they were and > > what or where their families > > > > may be. > > > > Jim Boozer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > > Thornton > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:19 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > > Glenda, > > > > There is a problem with the Evans' 1938 transcription of Thompson/George > > Stanford Cemetery, pages 109 - 110 of MONORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY > > RECORDS. > > > > In May 1938, Dr. Evans, assisted by Horace Baker and Frank Crawford > > inventoried the George Stanford Cemetery. They must have also inventoried > > the Shiloh Cemetery which is located nearby beccause their list of > > Stanford > > Cemetery contains 9 names from Shiloh Cemetery and only 14 names from > > Stanford Cemetery. > > > > It is my opinion that the lists of two cemeteries which Dr. Evans and his > > crew inventoried in 1938 got mixed up and combined when the manuscript was > > being typed --- and that the mistake haunts us decades later. I cannot > > find > > Shiloh Cemetery in their index of cemeteries. > > > > If you have access to the Evans inventory as reprinted in 1980, the last > > two > > names listed as Stanford Cemetery at the bottom of page 109 is the > > beginning > > of the Shiloh Cemetery burials which continues on the top of page 110. > > The > > only reference on either page to BIRD is "Bird, John K. Born -- 26 Sept. > > 1831, Died -- 21 Sept. 1905" on page 110. No other notation or reference > > to > > Bird burials is made by Evans on either page. > > > > You may also wish to consult the inventory of Shiloh Cemetery done by > > Patricia Horne. She found both of your Byrds when she was there in 2006. > > Her inventory is at > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msmonro2/cems/shiloh.html > > > > I did an inventory based upon photographs of the grave markers at both > > Shiloh and Thompson/Stanford in 2009. No Bird/Byrd burials were found at > > Thompson/Stanford; two Byrd burials were noted at Shiloh. That inventory > > with links to the photographs is from March 20, 2009 and was published in > > article # 80 of Cemeteries of the Hill Country > > > http://cemeterieshillcountry.blogspot.com/2009/08/cemeteries-of-hill-country > > -cd-ordering.html). > > > > It is my opinon that both Mr and Mrs Byrd are buried at Shiloh > > Cemetery --- > > both their large markers are located there. > > > > But can't these old records confuse us completely? Hope this helps. And > > my > > offer still stands --- next time you are in Monroe County let me know in > > advance and I'll make arrangement to take you to Shiloh Cemetery where > > John > > K Byrd and his wife's grave markers are located. > > > > Terry Thornton > > Fulton, Mississippi > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Glenda Todd" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 AM > > Subject: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > >>I have a problem I am in hopes someone can help me with. When I first > >> started the quest for my heritage, I found a tombstone for my ancestor, > >> Elvira Caroline Moore Byrd, wife of John Kirk Byrd, in the > >> Thompson-Stanford Cemetery, which was on the property where she and > >> husband lived. Dr. Evans has the tombstone as John Kirk Byrd's marker in > >> his book but it says on the marker, "Elvira C. Byrd, Wife of John Kirk > >> Byrd", but is barely legible. > >> > >> A few months ago, Terry Thornton so graciously sent me pictures of > >> tombstones for Elvira C. Moore Byrd and John Kirk Byrd and they are in > >> the Shiloah Cemetery in Monroe Co., MS. > >> > >> John Kirk Byrd died in 1891 and Elvira died 1905, but I'm not sure if > >> she is buried in the Thompson-Stanford Cemetery or in the Shiloah > >> Cemetery. Does ANYONE know which grave is really hers or why she had two > >> different tombstones??? The marker at Shiloah looks newer than the other > >> one so I'm wondering if John Kirk Byrd was actually buried in Shiloah > >> and the descendant who erected them assumed Elvira was buried there > >> also, not knowing about the other marker, so they erected both of them. > >> > >> I'm hoping there is a descendant on this list who might know the answer > >> to this haunting question. > >> > >> Glenda McWhirter Todd > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.420 / Virus Database: 270.14.3/2411 - Release Date: 10/03/09 > 06:20:00 > > > ------------------------------- > 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