Hello, My grandmother, Martha Ann Haygood, and her brother, were born in Wilkinson County. She was born about 1846. I do not know if where she lived close to Liberty later became a part Amite County or if the family moved to Amite County before the other children were born. Anyway, her parents were Elisha Alexander Haygood and Elizabeth Jane Harrell. I have communicated with some of my Haygood kin and Harrell kin, but I would like to know if there are others around. Martha Henagan Luby

Yesterday, while browsing through some old court dockets, I ran into an interesting puzzle. Well, interesting to me, and I hope to some of you. in 1846-1848 [that was as far as I got] John Duncan Ashley and Sarah Jane Adams had a ward who name was Seaborn P. Phipps. In the 1850 census, there was a Sebern Prewick, male, age 12, in their household. Since the children from her previous marriages had their surnames included, [Elliott and Phipps] I thought Prewick was Sebern's surname and had been search according. Seems he may have been a Phipps. Does anyone know anything about a Seaborn/Sebern Prewick Phipps? Also, does anyone know if Richard Phipps, father of Frank Phipps, died, or was there a divorce? Virginia

ADAMS: My really, really, bad brick wall, is Sarah Jane ADAMS, wife of Robert Elliott, Richard Phipps and John Duncan 'Dunk' Ashley. She was my 3 great grand mother, b. abt. 1825, at Fort Adams. She married very young and had one daughter by Robert Elliott, Eliza who md. Isaac O. Rea. Sarah Jane's second husband was Richard Phipps. From that marriage she had two children, Frank and a daughter, Priscilla. Uncle Frank md. Mary Jane McCearley and raised a family in Wilkinson county. I do not know what became of Priscilla. Any information would be appreciated. ASHLEY John D. and Elizabeth, formally from SC but I am not sure that was their birth place. Thomas Ashley b. SC, md. Sally Day from GA, their son, John Duncan Ashley & Sarah Jane Adams, their son, Willis McCagle Ashley & Louisa Elizabeth Bass, their son, George Neal Ashley and Rebecca Jane Cavin, their son, Lonnie Nathan Ashley & Janie A. Gober. their daughter, my mother is living. I have compiled a book on most of the Ashley descendants of Wilkinson county, and some that have moved away. If this is your line, I would be glad to share. BASS: Louisa Elizabeth Bass, b. 1846 d/o Lucretia Bass. Louisa was the wife of Willis M. Ashley, my 2 great grandparents. After Willis died Louisa md. David Perry, who was her daughter in law's uncle. I have done very little research on the line but think Lucretia is the daughter of Jeremiah Bass. CAVIN John Cavin md. Hulda Perry, their son,John Melvin Cavin md. Sarah Jane Perry, their daughter, Rebecca Jane Cavin md. George Neal Ashley. I have a good bit on the Cavins in Wilkinson county, can't get them back any further. John was b. in SC and William T. and Moses where b. in Tenn. A letter written by an older relative states that they where brother and had a 4th brother that left the area. I have not been able to prove that connection nor have I found them in TN or SC. I have found a Moses and John Cavin in SC but it skips several generations if they are my line. DAY: Sarah 'Sally' Day md. Thomas Ashley. See Ashley line above. Sally was the d/o Jonathan Day b. abt 1770 GA and d. 1838 Wilkinson county. Sally's mother was the daughter of John Trice who left a will in Jones County GA. We do not have a given name for her. At one time I was told her name was Eliza Ann but that proved to be incorrect. Eliza Ann [surname unknown] was the wife of the younger Jonathan Day of Amite co. This is another family that I have researched extensively. Should you be on this line I can probably put your family together for you. Descendants of the Jonathan Day family also includes Randall, Shropshire, McCearley and others. I did a book on this line and it has 27 pages of index so can't possibly name all the connections here. FLOYD: Sarah Floyd was the wife of James Truax, their Daughter md. George Perry Jr. I have not done a lot to trace the Floyds. I seem to be related to all those in Wilkinson county and will sort them out someday. PERRY: My Wilkinson county line starts with George Perry SR and Nancy Rogers. They came in from SC but where probably b. in NC. Their son, George Perry Jr md. Matilda Truax, their daughter, Sarah Jane Perry md John Melvin Cavin, their daughter, Rebecca Jane Cavin md. George Neal Ashley. George Perry Sr and Nancy Rogers daughter, Hulda, md. John Cavin, their son, John Melvin Cavin, md. his 1st cousin, Sarah Jane Perry. I have this line back in to SC and NC if any one is interested. I proved this line for the DAR. PHIPPS: This is a half line, so to speak. Franklin Phipps was the son of my 3 great grandmother, Sarah Jane Adams, but not the son of my 3 great grandfather, Willis M. Ashley. Never the less, they are blood relatives and, although I haven't gotten a lot on them yet, I am very interested in this family. Does anyone know the parents of Richard Phipps, father of Frank Phipps? TRUAX Matilda Truax md. George Perry, Jr. They where my grandparents of my great grand mother and raised her and her brother, George Melvin 'Bud' Cavin, after their parents died. While I have not researched the Truax family I have received a lot of material from folks who have. Virginia

James Meek + Elizabeth Scudder Julena Meek (1819 MS - ?) + William E. Faust (1817 MS - ?) I am looking for further info on these families, too. I don't know much at all on James and wife Elizabeth. Tina Hall [email protected] List Admin.: Byrd (Rootsweb), Shelton (Rootsweb), Diabetes (yahoogroups) Rootsweb County Coordinator: Henderson co., KY Tina's Family Genealogy Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" ~ George Bernard Shaw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Christian Miller (1816 France/Germ.? - ?) (shows up in Wilkinson county about 1850) + Elizabeth Tabor (1821 LA - ?) Kate Miller (1859 - 1941) + Moffett Johnson (1859 - 1936) Christian Deloan Johnson (1879 - 1940) + Margaret Elizabeth Humphreys (1878 - ?) Monroe Johnson (? - ?) + Edwina King (1906 - 1969) Edwin T. King (my father - 1923? LA - 1973 IN) Any help on these lines would be great. I have lots to share, too. I would really love to talk to folks who share these lines with me. I love meeting new cousins. Tina Hall [email protected] List Admin.: Byrd (Rootsweb), Shelton (Rootsweb), Diabetes (yahoogroups) Rootsweb County Coordinator: Henderson co., KY Tina's Family Genealogy Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" ~ George Bernard Shaw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

William Faust (1817 - ?) +Julena Meek (1819) Nathan Monroe Humphreys (1851 - 1923 Wilkinson co.) + Frances Louise Faust (1848 - 1913) Margaret Elizabeth Humphreys (1878 - ?) + Christian Deloan Johnson (1879 - 1940) See other e-mail for the lines down from Margaret and Christian to my father. I would like to share info with cousins on these lines, too. If you have data on these folks but do not relate to them, I'd still like to hear from you. Tina Hall [email protected] List Admin.: Byrd (Rootsweb), Shelton (Rootsweb), Diabetes (yahoogroups) Rootsweb County Coordinator: Henderson co., KY Tina's Family Genealogy Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" ~ George Bernard Shaw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This list is very quite to have so many people subscribed. I as sure many of you are related and probably don't know it. How about sending a message to the list, including the surname of your Wilkinson county ancestors in the subject line, and the FULL name and time period in which they lived, in the body of the message. Maybe you will meet a cousin. Maybe you will find your missing links. Even if you don't need information on your line there may be someone on the list who does. PLEASE do not reply to this message or only I will see it. Do send your message to [email protected] Virginia

Tina and I have decided not to connect the list to the message boards as it opens the possibility of some very bad spam that would not only be insulting to our subscribers, but would stay on the list archives forever. Spam can be edited off the message boards but not off the list archives. I am on one list that received spam by way of a forwarded post from their message board. Made me reconsider my original decision. Virginia

Hi folks. Virginia has asked me to post her 1879 marriages compilation to my web site and I have done so. You may view it there, or take a copy to keep on your PC, but please remember to give Virginia Ewing credit for her hard work on this file. I have placed her copyright at the bottom. She owns the presentation copyright, but not the data. That belongs to us all. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi/wilkinson/187 9_marriages.html If you can't get this to work because the URL wraps, then go here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi/ and navigate to the Wilkinson county page then to the marriages. Enjoy! Tina Hall [email protected] List Admin.: Byrd (Rootsweb), Shelton (Rootsweb), Diabetes (yahoogroups) Rootsweb County Coordinator: Henderson co., KY Tina's Family Genealogy Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" ~ George Bernard Shaw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I am going to remove the 'reply to list only' feature. If you hit 'reply' your message will go to the sender of the message and not back to the list. If you want to post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] DO NOT send it to the digest or request address. I am changing the setting to allow messages that are posted on the message boards to sent to the list. I am not sure how this is going to work. It is a trial. Virginia

. > John Williams Hutchenson b. 8-Mar-1835 d. 17 Apr 1927 typo: should be Hutcheson Virginia

>. She was married to John Williams Hutcheson/Hutchinson and >he married Charlotte Virginia Scudder a year later. I would love >to find something to help me with her death and marriage, but I >am having a great deal of difficulty. sorry I couldn't help with her but the cemetery book has Charlotte Virginia Hutcheson b 25-Apr-1838 d. 2 May 1929 John Williams Hutchenson b. 8-Mar-1835 d. 17 Apr 1927 This cemetery book is produced by the Woodville Civic Club and sold by the Musuem and also, several of the stores in Woodville. When I was over last year I made several trips to Woodville during the times they had posted as being open. It was always closed and I ended by buying the books I wanted from the drug store across the street. The cemetery book is 'The Journal of Wilkinson County History" Vol. 1. It was edited by Mrs. James V. 'Honey' Gross and "Miss Marion Miles. Voluteers went out to copy the headstones but Mrs. Gross said that she personally did a lot of them. There are mistakes in the book. I think it is impossible to work with so many numbers and not make a few mistakes. I know I have a few typos and reversed dates in my books, regardless of how hard I try to get it all corrected. >Do you know if the historical society or another organization in >MS that might have record of this death or marriage? Sorry, no. I have found a few death records recorded at the court house and am currently copying them from microfilm. They and few and I think mostly of black families. I checked with the funeral home in Gloster, and found they had bought the business in the 1950s and had no records past that point in time. I was told the records where 'misplaced'. I had hoped to check with the Woodville funeral home but haven't gotten around to it as yet. I do not live in MS. I live in Texas and am not getting to MS as often as I had in the past. I do have the cemetery book, marriage book, civil war book and settlers of Wilkinson county, all put out by the Woodville Civic Club. I have the first 5 of Mrs. Wiese's books on CD. Much cheaper than buying them as books, and easier to search. Be aware, not everything in the newspapers where included in these books. You can rent Microfilm of some of the older newspapers through the LDS Family History Centers. Virginia

Hello Stacey, I mishandled two previous emails to you. Sorry. The Wilkinson County Museum in Woodville is an excellent source for local cemetery information. I found three of my Wall ancestor cemeteries there last year but the sites are now difficult to access because they are on land used to grow new trees by a forestry company. The museum also has the books written by O'Levia Neil Wilson Wiese. These are vast copies of issues of The Woodville Republican newspaper in the 1800s. They may be interesting as they sketch life in the area at that time. The museum manager, Mable Clark, gave me the name of a local historian, Mrs. James V. Gross @ 601-888-4337 whom I have written but have not heard back from her. Good luck. Frank Russell Wall

Virginia, Thank you so much for checking on this. I am looking for any information on this GGGGrandmother. She was born on Dec. 11, 1840 in Centerville and died there on Sep. 7, 1866. According to the information I have she died after the birth of Ansell born Aug. 1866 and died Sep. 10, 1866. I'm guessing her death was attributed to childbirth. She was married to John Williams Hutcheson/Hutchinson and he married Charlotte Virginia Scudder a year later. I would love to find something to help me with her death and marriage, but I am having a great deal of difficulty. Do you know if the historical society or another organization in MS that might have record of this death or marriage? Thank you again, Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: Virginia Ewing To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Stafford Cemetery The Wilkinson County Cemetery Book from the Civic Club shows the Stafford cemetery to be on old Hospital Road, Section 2, township 1 north, range 1 east. I checked the book for the names you mentioned but they where not there. Sometimes headstones where missed when the cemetery was recorded, but, the sad fact is, many of the graves in the old cemeteries do not have head stones. Many of the early markers where made of wood and have rotted away. Some never had headstones at all. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "STACY MCSWAIN" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] Stafford Cemetery > I just found out that my GGGGrandmother is supposed to be buried in the Stafford Cemetery in Wilkinson Co. > Her name was Elizabeth Jane Stafford Hutcheson and she died in 1866. I am guessing that 2 of her children who died as infants are probably buried with her, Sorance and Ansell Hutcheson. > If anyone knows of the whereabouts of this cemetery or these graves, I sure would appreciate the help. This is one of my brick walls. > Thank you, > Stacy McSwain > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To contact the list admin: [email protected] > county Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the list admin: [email protected] county Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/

The Wilkinson County Cemetery Book from the Civic Club shows the Stafford cemetery to be on old Hospital Road, Section 2, township 1 north, range 1 east. I checked the book for the names you mentioned but they where not there. Sometimes headstones where missed when the cemetery was recorded, but, the sad fact is, many of the graves in the old cemeteries do not have head stones. Many of the early markers where made of wood and have rotted away. Some never had headstones at all. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "STACY MCSWAIN" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] Stafford Cemetery > I just found out that my GGGGrandmother is supposed to be buried in the Stafford Cemetery in Wilkinson Co. > Her name was Elizabeth Jane Stafford Hutcheson and she died in 1866. I am guessing that 2 of her children who died as infants are probably buried with her, Sorance and Ansell Hutcheson. > If anyone knows of the whereabouts of this cemetery or these graves, I sure would appreciate the help. This is one of my brick walls. > Thank you, > Stacy McSwain > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To contact the list admin: [email protected] > county Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi Stac

I just found out that my GGGGrandmother is supposed to be buried in the Stafford Cemetery in Wilkinson Co. Her name was Elizabeth Jane Stafford Hutcheson and she died in 1866. I am guessing that 2 of her children who died as infants are probably buried with her, Sorance and Ansell Hutcheson. If anyone knows of the whereabouts of this cemetery or these graves, I sure would appreciate the help. This is one of my brick walls. Thank you, Stacy McSwain

You will find the census on Tina's webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ and also the Census pages ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ms/wilkinson/1860/ Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Joyce Bozeman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: [MSWILKIN] How do we get the 1860 census > I have been having problems with my old server and have just subscribed on with a new server. My old server lost all my address, favorite places and old mail. I would like to know how to get the 1860 census for Wilkinson Co.? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Joyce [email protected] > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To contact the list admin: [email protected] > county Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > >

I have been having problems with my old server and have just subscribed on with a new server. My old server lost all my address, favorite places and old mail. I would like to know how to get the 1860 census for Wilkinson Co.? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Joyce [email protected]