I found a will for Wiley Abney in Neshoba County, it was listed in a book in the Union Ms Library; Wiley bought some of his land from Wesley Boler. I have a copy of that, it was sent to me by Carol Schrader quite some time ago. Carolyn

Thank you Bess for letting me know that I can find the early Newton County Wills indexed at www.nchgs.org. Lee Anne

Hello, Newton County was organized in 1836 from Neshoba County. However, Neshoba County was not organized until 1833. You may need to check with southwest Mississippi for records earlier than that. Many in Neshoba and Newton Counties came from southwest Mississippi. You can find the early Newton County wills indexed at www.nchgs.org Bess

I'm wondering if anyone has a will and probate index and knows if there was a will/probate for Wesley Boler (d. 1821) and what book and page number it is on, so I can order a copy. Thanks. Lee Anne

Thanks, I have the Cemetery all that is indeintified, but when you have time, and if you find it, I will give you his address and you can send it to him. I am sure he would like that. Carolyn

It seems to me that a couple of years ago we visited a burial site on the sideof the road in Newton MS which was donated by the Doolittle family to the fallen unknown soldiers. Not sure why/if if is anything relative to your searches but thot. i'd pass this along. There were a few family and others w/names but most were for persons but w/no names. I may have some images taken esp. of sign for the cemestery but on floppy diskette Sony camera and maybe some w/print film. I'll have to dig out the old boxes and sift thru if it's something you think you'd want/need. good luck, teg -----Original Message----- From: Cjdixie830@aol.com [mailto:Cjdixie830@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:05 AM To: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSNEWTON] John C McElroy - Newtons Hornets The only date on it is nd onbirth, death on 1912, he is buried in the Newton Cemetery, Newton Ms Newton County I am in the process of sending the Confederate Soldiers in Newton County to a man in Leland Ms who hopes to put all of this on a web site. I think there a lot of unknown graves that might be some of them. If anyone has any inf on a CSA in Newton or elshwere in Ms, please send me the inf. Carolyn

No, all I had was in the Newton County Cemetery Book,and I knew some of my ancesters were not buried with a CSA stone. if you know some more, I will be glad to give him the information. Thanks Carolyn

I have some CSA ancestors without CSA stones/markers. Does it matter which county they're buried in? Debi

In a message dated 8/8/2003 10:45:11 PM Central Standard Time, Cjdixie830@aol.com writes: > Fran > Great, do you have any Ms CSA's that are not buried with a Confederate > stone? No, I do not. Fran

Carolyn, I sure will when I can get down there. I live in Asheville, NC now but come to visiit my mother in Meridian serveral times a year. Thanks Debra

Debra, I did find it in the Connehatta in the Cemetery Book, it does give the Co and Regt, birth and death date. That is what I need on any Confederates if anyone has any more. I had three buried in Beulah, my ancestors, that do not have a CSA marker. I suspect this is true of some of the other people. I just happened to know the information on these I had done research of . if you can think of any, like that, let me know, Carolyn

Carolyn, Are you talking about the regt. , co., and date from Thomas Alexander McDill's marker or in general? Debra

Debra, Thank you, the pointed stone is always on a Confederate Grave.I did have someone give me the date and Co and Regt from it. Carolyn

I am sorry I do not have any information on any Thames. The only thing I remember about the slaves being in that area, was that some were quite old and taken care of and did attend Beulah Baptist Church. At one time there was a Shady Grove Church, that was a black church and the children attended school there. I do not think it no longer stands and I do not know if there was a cemetery there or not. My suggestion might be to try the Decatur Courthouse, otherwise I am sorry I cannot help you. Carolyn

I am interested in thames. as well as anything about slaves from that area.

Hello, I have been reading with interest about DNJ Greenlee buried at Hickory. Since I live near the cemetery, I went to the location described by Dortha McElroy Greenlee in the email below and found the grave site. The marker reads: DJN Greenlee, Co K,13 Ms Inf, CSA. "Dortha F. Greenlee" wrote: > Carolyn, > > The information I have is from a booklet that my brother-in-law has put > together for the family. We have visited David Jasper Newton Greenlee's > grave twice and know it is there, although hard to find. It is on the very > back row, next to the fence, in the far left-hand side of the cemetery. > > DJN Greenlee served in Miss. Militia 30 days in 1862 (Miss. State Troops, > 2nd Reg., Inf. Co B, policing deserters, etc.) and served as Pvt. in Capt. > Brown's Co K, of the Confederate Army from Dec., 1864 to Feb 21, 1865, 13th > Miss.Inf., under General Kershaw, at Richmond, VA. I hope this will be > helpful. > > Dortha McElroy Greenlee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cjdixie830@aol.com> > To: <MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:48 PM > Subject: Re: [MSNEWTON] Re: Mississippi SCV History Site URL > > > Thank you, yes I am, and there is no listing in the Hickory of him in the > > copy of the Newton County Cemetery, 1995 that I have. Do you have anymore > inf > > on his Regt or CO? Do you have dates , if not so many have nd on them. > Dan > > McCaskell in Leland is working on all the Conferate graves in Ms. I had > > volunteered to send what I had in the book I have. I have found a lot of > information on > > the www board in Newton Co, so I felt that that would help serve some > > purpose.I had them locate and give the inf I had requested. > > > > Carolyn > > > >

Carolyn, Do you have any more info on the confederate stone. Thomas A. and Sarah McDill's tombstone does have a point at the top if I remember correctly. Debra

Oh yes, I would love to find it. I know what you mean, it too makes me want to find it more. Next time I'm down that way I will have to look. Let me know if you ever find it. Thanks for the info. Debra

Thanks.

The Connehatta Confederate is, according to the directions in the Newton County Book,on State hiway492 0.8 west of the State Hiway 15, which is down a dim country road and was fenced and inaccesible. I find that only makes me want to see it even more, but if the authors of the book did not find it, and they lived on Hiway 15, I doubt if anyone could see inside the fence. Thank you for the name, I wll add it to the names I have. If you find any more let me know, I will wait a week or so before I send him the names I have. Carolyn