Your welcome! I am originally from Rolling Fork,Ms. which is about 30 min. south of Hollandale on Hwy 61. I knew I had never heard of the towns you were looking for,but then there are a lot I've never heard of.ha Hope you find Westbug. Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Lindsey" <linda1@zebra.net> To: <MSWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:05 PM Subject: Re: The towns > thanks, my Evans family owned a plantation there, in HOllendale > > it is still there today, the land, but no house > > but they were on the page in the census in 1880 that had these names at the > to[ > > also said > > Ed district 96 > Beat 5 > Supervisor district 3 > and 269 at the top of the census page in dark letters > > but this helps me place them, at that period, my great aunt also lived in > Hollendale, Will and Lizzie Magruder, and owned a small store there > > again thanks, this has been a good history lesson for me > > > At 09:55 PM 4/25/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Lynda, > > > > Burtonia, Humphreys County, Mississippi was an old steamboat landing > >located on the north bank of the Yazoo River from which the town of Belzoni > >sprang up. The land was owned by John Burton, and the landing was named for > >him. The settlemant gradually drifted to Belzoni, and after the death of > >Burton, the property passed into the possession of Florence and Edna > Burton. In > >1900, the property was sold to R. J. McCoy, and Burtonia became a > plantation. > > This information is taken from pg 285 of "Hometown, Mississippi" by James > >Brieger. > > There is no listing for Westbug in this book. > > > > > >Dan McCaskill > > > >Lynda Lindsey wrote: > > > >> of Westbug and Burtonia on the 1880 census of Washington county they are in > >> Beat 5 District 3 and the ED 96 > >> > >> any idea if they are extint, I cant find them on the town, but it doesnt > >> list them at all > >> > >> they had to be close to Hollendale, > >> > >> John Evans and his family show up on the 1880 census in this area > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> God Bless > >> Lynda > >> > >> ============================== > >> Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >> Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > >============================== > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > God Bless > Lynda > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >