Isn't there ANYBODY out there who knows ANYTHING about the Civil War unit that was raised in Neshoba Co. - better known as the "Neshoba Tigers" a unit of the 40th Mississippi Infantry Div.? I finally had my brother write to the MS Dept. of Archives & History (or whatever the correct name is) and they did say they had the Compiled Service Record for my great grandfather, Joseph Abner Johnson/Johnston, but did not know where he died or where he was buried. This is the info I'm really looking for. I truly believe that he did die in the Civil War because his widow - my great grandmother, Mary Undine Brown, remarried much too soon. I'm sure that she was probably nearly destitute and had two small children, so she married Judge Samuel McNeil in 1865, I believe, and he was much, much older and was himself a widower and a neighbor. Any help appreciated. Thank you. Sue (Johnson) Howard SueHoward@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lenrein@aol.com> To: <MSNESHOB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: [MSNESHOB] Re: MSNESHOB-D Digest V02 #23 > In a message dated 9/12/2002 11:01:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > MSNESHOB-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << email tbcncemt@aol.com >> > > Re: Barrets in Neshoba Mississppi. > > There were Barrets in Neshoba County at least thru 1850s thru 1870s. They > lived in NE part of the County... Check the census records for those years to > see names. > > I am not related but know that some attended the same Baptist Church that my > family attended. -- Len > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Sue, You might try some of these: MS units by county of origin: http://humphreys1625.homestead.com/UnitIndex.html MS Sons of Confederate Veterans: www.mississippiscv.org MS Civil War Information: http://www.misscivilwar.org/resources/unitbat3.html Info on Civil War prisons: http://www.censusdiggins.com/civil_war_prisons.html Or try posting a query here: http://www.misscivilwar.org/wwwboard/general/index.html Nancy Brister, researching: DOTY of London, England; Plymouth, MA; Union Co., NJ; Onslow Co., NC; Burke & Montgomery Co., GA WARREN/STRINGER of Surry Co., VA; Northampton Co., NC; Burke, Laurens & Montgomery Co., GA; Jefferson Co., MS McCORMICK/CARMICHAEL of Isle of Lismore, Scotland; Richmond Co., NC; Marion Co., SC; Autagua Co., AL; Jefferson Co., MS; Neshoba Co., MS DAWKINS of England; Northumberland Co., VA; Richmond Co., NC; Jefferson Co., MS GARRETT of Sumter District, SC/Jefferson Co., MS MATTHEWS/JACKSON of Christian Co., IL; AL; Greene & Taney Co., MO; Denton Co., TX; New Orleans, LA CAIN/GARMON/YANCEY of Forsyth & Gwinnett Co., GA; Denton Co., TX > Isn't there ANYBODY out there who knows ANYTHING about the Civil War unit > that was raised in Neshoba Co. - better known as the "Neshoba Tigers" a unit > of the 40th Mississippi Infantry Div.? I finally had my brother write to > the MS Dept. of Archives & History (or whatever the correct name is) and > they did say they had the Compiled Service Record for my great grandfather, > Joseph Abner Johnson/Johnston, but did not know where he died or where he > was buried. This is the info I'm really looking for. I truly believe that > he did die in the Civil War because his widow - my great grandmother, Mary > Undine Brown, remarried much too soon. I'm sure that she was probably > nearly destitute and had two small children, so she married Judge Samuel > McNeil in 1865, I believe, and he was much, much older and was himself a > widower and a neighbor. Any help appreciated. Thank you. > > Sue (Johnson) Howard >

You might want to check out Duty Honor Valor by Steven Stubbs available from Dancing Rabbit Press in Philadelphia MS. It is a very well researched book (nearly 1,000 pages!) about the Mississippi troops in the Civil War, particularly Neshoba County. Julie Russell yukpa1@outdrs.net suehoward wrote: > Isn't there ANYBODY out there who knows ANYTHING about the Civil War unit > that was raised in Neshoba Co. - better known as the "Neshoba Tigers" a unit > of the 40th Mississippi Infantry Div.? I finally had my brother write to > the MS Dept. of Archives & History (or whatever the correct name is) and > they did say they had the Compiled Service Record for my great grandfather, > Joseph Abner Johnson/Johnston, but did not know where he died or where he > was buried. This is the info I'm really looking for. I truly believe that > he did die in the Civil War because his widow - my great grandmother, Mary > Undine Brown, remarried much too soon. I'm sure that she was probably > nearly destitute and had two small children, so she married Judge Samuel > McNeil in 1865, I believe, and he was much, much older and was himself a > widower and a neighbor. Any help appreciated. Thank you. > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > SueHoward@prodigy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Lenrein@aol.com> > To: <MSNESHOB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:53 AM > Subject: [MSNESHOB] Re: MSNESHOB-D Digest V02 #23 > > > In a message dated 9/12/2002 11:01:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > MSNESHOB-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > << email tbcncemt@aol.com >> > > > > Re: Barrets in Neshoba Mississppi. > > > > There were Barrets in Neshoba County at least thru 1850s thru 1870s. They > > lived in NE part of the County... Check the census records for those years > to > > see names. > > > > I am not related but know that some attended the same Baptist Church that > my > > family attended. -- Len > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237