Lavonda, I hope that I'm being a bit 2 sensitive, or misunderstanding the contents, but I am offended by your response 2 my post. In response to your statement: "Light skin does not always equal white relations"....Did I imply that it does from my post? In addition, the Individuals and Families I am researching I have been told, worked on the same plantations (plural) migrated 2gether, some stayed, other's moved on. I am primarily motivated by finding when & where they were (name of plantation), not necessarily whom the former SlaveOwner(s) were on the plantation(s). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavonda Staples" <lrstaples@earthlink.net> To: <cdgreens@prodigy.net> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:12 AM Subject: RE: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, GREEN/GREENE, MOORE > > I am related to the Bass family on maternal side and to Hicks on paternal > side. The Hicks married into the Diggs. The Bass family married into the > Staples family. However, my grandmother's family the Irvings were in > Boliver (Mound Bayou) long before the turn of the century. The Staples > family cleared the land for what became Campbell College around 1920. Hope > these little bits of information give you something more to go on. Another > thing, most of these families in this area are cross related several times > over. Many of them were slaves in this area and the families have been > united in various different ways in this area for well over 200 years. So, > you may have to research almost every surname you find. I have found over > a dozen families which were all linked by blood. Some of them are as > follows: Staples, Irving, Hicks, Herron, Keys, Fuller and others. Will > write more. Also, many of these people can claim pure African Ancestry as > well as a very high level of Native American ancestry. It was always > assumed that the Staples were blood relations to the people who called > themselves their owners - this was later found out to be completely untrue > - so many were intermarried with Native Americans that they had physical > resemblance to Europeans - but this was found to be far from true. So, in > our case, researching a slave owner - would be a dead end. Light skin does > not always equal white relations. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <cdgreens@prodigy.net> > > To: <MS-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 2/25/2002 12:51:22 AM > > Subject: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, > GREEN/GREENE, MOORE > > > > Please if someone would B so kind 2 lookup &/or share any n4mation on the > following families, individuals, and their respective households from the > 1900, 1910, & 1920 Bolivar County, Mississippi USA census' (Scott, Bolivar > County, Mississippi &/or surrounding areas): > > > > * Any Bass/Basse Surnamed Individuals, Families, Households, &/or > Plantations > > > > * Callie Brown/Browne - Mother of the following children: > > * Hazel Brown/Browne > > * John Brown/Browne > > * Helen Charity Brown/Browne, (b, East Carroll Parish, LA circa Jan. 1905 > or 1906?) > > > > * Any Gibson/Gipson Surnamed Individuals, possibly an Edward or Eddie or > Eddy (Cousin 2 the above named Brown/Browne's?) > > > > * Casper/Kasper Green/Greene (b. VA?) elder brother of: > > * Holman/Holmon Green/Greene (b. VA?) younger brother of above named > Green/Greene > > > > * William Moore - Male, possibly Laborer &/or Plantation Foreman? > > > > Thank U & GOD Bless U & Yours, > > > > Christopher Daniel Green(e), > > Liberty Farms, Solano County, Northern California, USA > > cdgreens@prodigy.net > > aol messenger: c dawggg > > > > Researching Surnames: BASS/BASSE, BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, > GREEN/GREENE, HICKS/HIX, MARCHANT/MERCHANT, MOORE, TAYLOR > > >?VA>LA>MS>CA>? (With limited re$ources!) > > > > > > > > ==== MS-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > Homepage located at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pdyess/mscensus.htm > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > --- La Vonda R. Staples > --- lrstaples@earthlink.net > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > >

Hi, I couldn't tell from this string which of you are related to the Bass family. I am very interested in this line, especially as it relates to Council R. Bass who died 1854 in Washington Co. MS, and was born in North Carolina. He was partners on a plantation "the Bass-Murphey Place" with my gggreat uncle. Please contact me. -Mark Murphy cdgreens@prodigy.net wrote: > Lavonda, > > I hope that I'm being a bit 2 sensitive, or misunderstanding the contents, > but I am offended by your response 2 my post. > > In response to your statement: "Light skin does not always equal white > relations"....Did I imply that it does from my post? > In addition, the Individuals and Families I am researching I have been told, > worked on the same plantations (plural) migrated 2gether, some stayed, > other's moved on. I am primarily motivated by finding when & where they were > (name of plantation), not necessarily whom the former SlaveOwner(s) were on > the plantation(s). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lavonda Staples" <lrstaples@earthlink.net> > To: <cdgreens@prodigy.net> > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:12 AM > Subject: RE: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, > GREEN/GREENE, MOORE > > > > > I am related to the Bass family on maternal side and to Hicks on paternal > > side. The Hicks married into the Diggs. The Bass family married into the > > Staples family. However, my grandmother's family the Irvings were in > > Boliver (Mound Bayou) long before the turn of the century. The Staples > > family cleared the land for what became Campbell College around 1920. > Hope > > these little bits of information give you something more to go on. > Another > > thing, most of these families in this area are cross related several times > > over. Many of them were slaves in this area and the families have been > > united in various different ways in this area for well over 200 years. > So, > > you may have to research almost every surname you find. I have found over > > a dozen families which were all linked by blood. Some of them are as > > follows: Staples, Irving, Hicks, Herron, Keys, Fuller and others. Will > > write more. Also, many of these people can claim pure African Ancestry as > > well as a very high level of Native American ancestry. It was always > > assumed that the Staples were blood relations to the people who called > > themselves their owners - this was later found out to be completely untrue > > - so many were intermarried with Native Americans that they had physical > > resemblance to Europeans - but this was found to be far from true. So, in > > our case, researching a slave owner - would be a dead end. Light skin > does > > not always equal white relations. > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: <cdgreens@prodigy.net> > > > To: <MS-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: 2/25/2002 12:51:22 AM > > > Subject: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, > > GREEN/GREENE, MOORE > > > > > > Please if someone would B so kind 2 lookup &/or share any n4mation on > the > > following families, individuals, and their respective households from the > > 1900, 1910, & 1920 Bolivar County, Mississippi USA census' (Scott, Bolivar > > County, Mississippi &/or surrounding areas): > > > > > > * Any Bass/Basse Surnamed Individuals, Families, Households, &/or > > Plantations > > > > > > * Callie Brown/Browne - Mother of the following children: > > > * Hazel Brown/Browne > > > * John Brown/Browne > > > * Helen Charity Brown/Browne, (b, East Carroll Parish, LA circa Jan. > 1905 > > or 1906?) > > > > > > * Any Gibson/Gipson Surnamed Individuals, possibly an Edward or Eddie or > > Eddy (Cousin 2 the above named Brown/Browne's?) > > > > > > * Casper/Kasper Green/Greene (b. VA?) elder brother of: > > > * Holman/Holmon Green/Greene (b. VA?) younger brother of above named > > Green/Greene > > > > > > * William Moore - Male, possibly Laborer &/or Plantation Foreman? > > > > > > Thank U & GOD Bless U & Yours, > > > > > > Christopher Daniel Green(e), > > > Liberty Farms, Solano County, Northern California, USA > > > cdgreens@prodigy.net > > > aol messenger: c dawggg > > > > > > Researching Surnames: BASS/BASSE, BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, > > GREEN/GREENE, HICKS/HIX, MARCHANT/MERCHANT, MOORE, TAYLOR > > > >?VA>LA>MS>CA>? (With limited re$ources!) > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MS-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > > Homepage located at: > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pdyess/mscensus.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > --- La Vonda R. Staples > > --- lrstaples@earthlink.net > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > > > > > > ==== MSWASHIN Mailing List ==== > This Is A FLAME Free Zone > > ============================== > 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 -- Mark A. Murphy