In case researchers are near an LDS family history center, there are 29 reels of film held by the Family History Library of marriages in Wilkinson Co., MS--including some black marriages--quite a few films of those. The FHL catalog is online at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> The link to the catalog is on the lower right. Type in locality search - Wilkinson and then Mississippi (lower case OK) Then go all the way to the bottom of the topics to Vital Records. Click on that. You cannot borrow the books, unless they have been filmed. Look for a tab at the top right which says View Film Notes (or some such wording). You may borrow, for a small fee for a short time, most of the films held by the Family History Library. In case there is no LDS center near you, ask your public library whether they have an agreement with FHL in Salt Lake City. Some e-mail correspondents tell me that their local libraries have such an agreement. I have not confirmed that statement. But, if you don't ask, you will never know! E.W.Wallace While you are on the website, try the 1880 census which is online. The search engine doesn't always work well--the census-taker misspelled names, surname and given name, and then the transcribers also made some bad boo-boos! Try to outsmart it by misspelling names or giving an unusual first name and the county! EWW

It's been a while since I posted this request: Does anyone have any information on a John Robert Holliday who married a widow "Mrs. Davis" Thanks Linda [email protected]

No it does not. Thank you for sharing.

Does anyone have any information on the Turberville family in Wilkinson Co. Mississippi? I'm looking for information on Elizabeth Turberville that married Hartwell Stafford and any information on Hartwell Stafford. thank you all, Stacy McSwain

"Are any of your Bonds African Americans. I have been searching the Bonds/Barnes family in Wilkinson and Amite County. I have a lot of family information for both counties. I am will to share. Who were the parents of Amanda Bonds married to William Cobb." As far as I know, none of my BONDS were African American. I don't know the names of Arminda's parents - the 1850 US census, Amite Co, shows her birthplace as Amite Co, MS and her son John's death certificate shows his mother's birthplace as Gloster. She would have been born 1829-1830. Does this match anything in your BONDS files? Thanks, Kay

"It's so great to finally see some familiar names on the Wilkinson website. Your Minerva COBB is the younger sister of my great grandmother Amanda Tennessee COBB. Have you been able to research this branch of COBBS? I have some info on them, such as the father, Joshua COBB is buried at Mt. Carmel cemetery in Wilkinson County, but have been unable to find parents of Joshua. We believe that the mother of Minerva and Amanda was Louisa McFATE. Pat Verner" Pat, I don't have much information about this COBB line, but we've always believed that Minerva and Amanda's parents were named Joseph and Mary - this is based on family lore and the 1860 US census listing for Amite Co for: Cobb, Joseph age 35 " , Mary age 35 " , Thomas age 19 " , Louisa age 15 " , Margaret age 13 " , Amanda age 11 " , Minerva age 9 Do you know who Joseph and Mary are, if they're not the parents of this family? Also, another individual emailed me off list asking for any info about Amanda and Minerva's sister Louisa. I don't have any info, do you? (Sorry for the delay in this reply but I was ill for a couple days.) Thanks, Kay in PA

1st. I would liket to go on record --again--his list is for WILKINSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. It it does not concern this county, or at least the state, don't send it to this list. If you have something you think might be of interest to the list, send it to me. [email protected] If I think it is suitable, I will forward it to the list. 2nd. I would like to think Judy for the explaination of this bill. I don't know how many people on the list live in Texas but Judy and I do. I have known her for years and you can rely on anything she tells you.. Virginia

> Subject: Fwd: Legislation to close records This was sent to me by a > > fellow genealogist....doesn't sound like a good idea for us that are > > researching....thought you may be interested....Geraldine > The reason for wanting to make this DD form- discharge record- off limits is because they contain the servicemembers Social Security number. Many of these military vets are still living. At the time my husband registered his at the courthouse, nothing was said about them being made available to the general public-or we wouldn't have done it! The Department of Defense [DOD] didn't come into being until 1948...in 1970 the military switched from their Serial # to the SS#. Personally I think what needs to be changed, is to stop the use of SS# by everyone and their puppy! My original card states in capital letters "not for identification". For SS use only. Things that can be done - NEVER carry your SS in purse or wallet-refuse to write your SS# on checks-If people complain enough, if can have an effect ...Contact your credit card companies or businesses that use the mother's maiden name for identification, and have it changed to something else..We had no problem doing this.. ID theft is a booming business, and really putting a serious dent in our genealogy research! But to the best of my knowledge this closure will not affect the obtaining of the earlier military records-Just the DD form. Since this is the Wilkinson Co MS mail list: I am researching the DOANE, DUNBAR, DUNLOP, SHELBYs, that were in this county back in the late 1790s, early 1800s. Judy Trolinger > >The mailing list is designed as a forum for us genealogists to >communicate quickly and be able to coordinate activities in quick mode >should we have to do so. And we already have to do so. There is a >hearing at 1:30 or whenever the committee earlier in the day adjourns- >for the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee discussing SB81 and SB 85 >which both want to close DD214-Military Discharge records in the county >clerk's offices. The hearing will be held in the Betty King Committee >Room in Austin. Anyone who attend is asked to do so >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C2EDAE.C21D7CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Subject: Fwd: Legislation to close records This was sent to me by a > fellow genealogist....doesn't sound like a good idea for us that are > researching....thought you may be interested....Geraldine > > > > > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > Sharla Linex-Johnson ------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C2EDAE.C21D7CC0 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Legislation to close records.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Legislation to close records.eml" X-Apparently-To: [email protected] via 216.136.232.79; 17 Mar 2003 19:20:17 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from 24.93.36.229 (EHLO ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com) (24.93.36.229) by mta174.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Mar 2003 19:20:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from austin.rr.com (cs6669196-98.austin.rr.com [66.69.196.98]) by ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2I3Ai3M022301; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:10:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:18:23 -0600 From: James Hollas <[email protected]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Legislation to close records Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2151 Dear Genealogist, Below is a message from Mic Barnett of Houston about the bills before the Texas Legislature that affect us as genealogists. Most of these bills would close or reduce access to records we use. Mic is the owner of Barnett Books and is a regular vendor at our Seminar. Last year his large area was in the middle of the vendor room. He also writes a Saturday column for the Houston Chronicle. Please read the message and get on the mail list and write letters to let your representatives know how you feel. Otherwise, we may lose even more access to the records. Thanks, James Hollas AGS President ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Everyone: As the Texas Liaison for the Joint (National Genealogical Society/Federation of Genealogical Societies) NGS-FGS Records Preservation and Access Committee I have set up both a website and email mailing list to aid us in lobbying the Texas Legislature. The Legislature currently has several bills pending which seek to close records to the public. Information about these bills is on the website. This website is a place where we can post information about particular bills and how to locate legislators to contact. The mailing list is designed as a forum for us genealogists to communicate quickly and be able to coordinate activities in quick mode should we have to do so. And we already have to do so. There is a hearing at 1:30 or whenever the committee earlier in the day adjourns- for the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee discussing SB81 and SB 85 which both want to close DD214-Military Discharge records in the county clerk's offices. The hearing will be held in the Betty King Committee Room in Austin. Anyone who attend is asked to do so I have included others from states outside the Republic of Texas in this email so they can see what we are doing here. They might wish to monitor what we do or just follow our lead and do something similar in their own state. The website is located at http://micbarnette.bravepages.com There is a page on the website where one may go to subscribe to the mailing list, however you may do so by following the attached directions The mailing list may be subscribed to by sending an email to [email protected] in the message area of the email type subscribe. There is a digest mode at [email protected] but it may be held up 12 hours before being sent. For speedier mail, at least during the legislative season when it might count, I would recommend subscribing to the L mode rather than the D mode. After the legislative season there may not be anything to say on this list. It will already have been said and voted upon. The basic things to be concerned with at his point is about 8 bills pending in the House and the Senate which aim to close DD214/Military Discharges in Texas. Plus two new bills, one in the House and one in the Senate wanting to extend the time birth records are closed in Texas from 50 years to 75 years. Plus a bill wanting to close marriage applications to the public. Plus TEXSHARE/TIFF funding for schools and libraries and electronic database access. Plus HIPPA which I don't know much about but which is expected to go into effect April 14 and will probably close records which have medical records or information in them. This bill effects insurance and medical companies and offices. I remember hearing some people talking about this last week they were not into genealogy. Now I have had someone in a county clerk's office ask me about the same thing and said it may affect their records. So, we may have to address this problem, too. The whole crux of closing public records is all about Identity Theft and the fear of it. People feel that if a record is available for use someone must be stealing their identity. So, Identity theft and how to protect public records from thieves and convince public officials not to pass laws closing them is going to be our goal at least as I envision it. Please pass this email to everyone in every society. We will need some some numbers to show the legislature we care. We are starting late in the legislative season and are therefore already behind. Thanks, MIC -- James Hollas 7704 Evaline Ln Austin, Tx 78745 (512) 280-1415 ------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C2EDAE.C21D7CC0--

Hi Virginia, Do you have information: John Hampden Randolph born in Lunenburg Co., Virginia to Peter Randolph and Sallye Cooke. Married Emily Jane Liddell 1837 in Woodville Seeking information regarding his life in VA and Woodville (1819) before moving to Iberville Parish, LA 1841, and building Nottoway Plantation 1855. Thanks

Virginia, Have you seen the will of John or Hugh Connell? John Connell died around 1842. I have recently found out that my African ancestors were on the Connell plantation. The same plantation was part of the Charles Percy estate. Some of my ancestors names are included in the Charles Percy will, and also were part of the Connell plantation when it was inherited by Dr. J C Patrick. Does anyone have information on the Tilsey/Edgefield plantation that was part of the Charles Percy land, later owned by John Connell and passed on to Dr. J C Patrick? Regards, Alvin Blakes

Are any of your Bonds African Americans. I have been searcing the Bonds/Barnes family in Wilkinson and Amite County. I have a lot of family information for both counties. I am will to share. Who were the parents of Amanda Bonds married to William Cobb.

Barbara , I guess Rawlins C. Smith could be related to Ben Rawlins .I don't have him listed in my Family tree though. Robbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Stevenson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] early wills and inventories > Robbie, > Rawlins C Smith married my great aunt Charlotte Matthews in Adams County, > MS, Dec 19, 1901. She died in 1905 leaving a son Alton BP Smith. > Could this be the same Rawlins family? Barbara [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robbie Griggs Landry" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 6:45 PM > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] early wills and inventories > > > > Virginia Thank you so much! > > Is there any information about OLD BENJAMIN RAWLINS (Rawlings) he died > > before March 4,1804 in Wilkinson County, Ms. He was married to Margreet > > Overstreet she may have died before Ben. > > Robbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] early wills and inventories > > > > > > > I have ancestors who were in Wilkinson County at the time you are > > > researching. If possible, please include: > > > > > > Alexander Edward Wall (1806-1866) > > > His father: John Wall (1752-1813) > > > His mother: Sarah Lovelace (1776-1833) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Frank Wall > > > > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > > > How to Unsubscribe from the digest: > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > Message: unsubcribe > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > > How to Unsubscribe: > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: unsubscribe > > Message: unsubcribe > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > How to Unsubscribe: > To: [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Message: unsubcribe >

Robbie, Rawlins C Smith married my great aunt Charlotte Matthews in Adams County, MS, Dec 19, 1901. She died in 1905 leaving a son Alton BP Smith. Could this be the same Rawlins family? Barbara [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robbie Griggs Landry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] early wills and inventories > Virginia Thank you so much! > Is there any information about OLD BENJAMIN RAWLINS (Rawlings) he died > before March 4,1804 in Wilkinson County, Ms. He was married to Margreet > Overstreet she may have died before Ben. > Robbie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] early wills and inventories > > > > I have ancestors who were in Wilkinson County at the time you are > > researching. If possible, please include: > > > > Alexander Edward Wall (1806-1866) > > His father: John Wall (1752-1813) > > His mother: Sarah Lovelace (1776-1833) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Frank Wall > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > > How to Unsubscribe from the digest: > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: unsubscribe > > Message: unsubcribe > > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > How to Unsubscribe: > To: [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Message: unsubcribe >

> John PERRY b 12 Nov 1802, SC > d 24 Mar 1883, Wilkinson Co, MS > Mary Last Name Unknown b abt 1817, MS > d unknown P1-A JOHN PERRY Born: 12 Nov 1802 (47 in 1850) born North Carolina Died: 24 March 1883 His will was written in 1881, submitted for probate, 2 April 1883. Buried: Perry 3 Wilkinson co. MS Father: GEORGE PERRY, SR. Mother: NANCY ROGERS Married 1st: 5 Feb 1832 Wilkinson Co., MS CATHERINE ADAMS Married 2nd: 17 June 1835 NANCY JOHNSON Married 3rd. 14 Nov 1839 MARY SCOTT. Married 4th: 23 Oct 1864 NANCY ANDERS This John Perry was a brother of my George Perry, Jr. They where the sons of George Perry, Sr, s/o Job Perry and Jemima Denson. Job was the son of John Perry & Sarah Walton. I will send you my research on John Perry to your private address. Virginia

It's so great to finally see some familiar names on the Wilkinson website. Your Minerva COBB is the younger sister of my great grandmother Amanda Tennessee COBB. Have you been able to research this branch of COBBS? I have some info on them, such as the father, Joshua COBB is buried at Mt. Carmel cemetery in Wilkinson County, but have been unable to find parents of Joshua. We believe that the mother of Minerva and Amanda was Louisa McFATE. Pat Verner ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:54 AM Subject: [MSWILKIN] COBB, McCURLEY, PERRY, BONDS in Mississippi > Hello to all. I am posting this message to two Mississippi county lists and > to several surname lists so I apologize in advance if you receive this more > than once. > > My mother and I are planning to travel to southwestern Mississippi in the > summer or early fall of 2003 to explore family history resources and sites in > Wilkinson and Amite counties. My primary request is: does anyone know of any > family reunions planned for the McCURLEY/McCEARLEY, COBB, PERRY, or BONDS > families? Any other information or tips on getting the most out of our trip > to this area would also be welcome. > > My connections to these families are: > Grandmother: > Ida Lenora McCURLEY b 26 Nov 1899, Rosetta, Wilkinson Co, MS > d 11 Dec 1979, PA > > Great-grandparents: > Thomas Aaron McCEARLEY b 28 Feb 1874, Wilkinson Co, MS > d 4 Mar 1907, LA > Amanda Minerva COBB b 12 Mar 1874, Wilkinson Co, MS > d 5 Feb 1942, Rosetta, Wilkinson Co, MS > married 17 May 1894, Wilkinson Co, MS > > G-G-grandparents: > Leroy McCURLEY (McKERLY) b Nov 1821, TN > d 26 Jan 1906, Wilkinson Co, MS > Eliza PERRY b 30 Dec 1839, MS; > d 12 June 1890, MS > married 6 Jun 1865 , Wilkinson Co, MS > > John Silas COBB b 20 Jan 1851, Gloster, Amite Co, MS > d 20 May 1937, Wilkinson Co, MS > Minerva COBB b abt 1851, Wilkinson Co, MS > (yes, her maiden name was Cobb) d 15 May 1874, MS > married 28 Jan 1873, Wilkinson Co, MS > > G-G-G-grandparents: > Joseph McCURLEY b abt 1800 TN > d 1846-1850 Wilkinson Co, MS > Jane Last Name Unknown b abt 1804, TN > d unknown > > John PERRY b 12 Nov 1802, SC > d 24 Mar 1883, Wilkinson Co, MS > Mary Last Name Unknown b abt 1817, MS > d unknown > > William L COBB b 1828-1829, Summit, Franklin Co, MS > d 29 Dec 1863, POW in IL, buried Gloster, Amite Co, MS > Arminda A BONDS b 1829-1830, Gloster, Amite Co, MS > d unknown > married 17 Dec 1849, Amite Co, MS > > Joseph COBB b abt 1825, MS > d unknown > Mary Last Name Unknown b abt 1825, MS > d unknown > > The siblings and children of these folks married into many local families > such as: DAY, ASHLEY, CAVIN and LONGMIRE. > > We'll appreciate any thoughts or assistance. > > Thanks, > Kay Ball (in snowy Pennsylvania) > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To: [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Message: unsubcribe > >

Hello to all. I am posting this message to two Mississippi county lists and to several surname lists so I apologize in advance if you receive this more than once. My mother and I are planning to travel to southwestern Mississippi in the summer or early fall of 2003 to explore family history resources and sites in Wilkinson and Amite counties. My primary request is: does anyone know of any family reunions planned for the McCURLEY/McCEARLEY, COBB, PERRY, or BONDS families? Any other information or tips on getting the most out of our trip to this area would also be welcome. My connections to these families are: Grandmother: Ida Lenora McCURLEY b 26 Nov 1899, Rosetta, Wilkinson Co, MS d 11 Dec 1979, PA Great-grandparents: Thomas Aaron McCEARLEY b 28 Feb 1874, Wilkinson Co, MS d 4 Mar 1907, LA Amanda Minerva COBB b 12 Mar 1874, Wilkinson Co, MS d 5 Feb 1942, Rosetta, Wilkinson Co, MS married 17 May 1894, Wilkinson Co, MS G-G-grandparents: Leroy McCURLEY (McKERLY) b Nov 1821, TN d 26 Jan 1906, Wilkinson Co, MS Eliza PERRY b 30 Dec 1839, MS; d 12 June 1890, MS married 6 Jun 1865 , Wilkinson Co, MS John Silas COBB b 20 Jan 1851, Gloster, Amite Co, MS d 20 May 1937, Wilkinson Co, MS Minerva COBB b abt 1851, Wilkinson Co, MS (yes, her maiden name was Cobb) d 15 May 1874, MS married 28 Jan 1873, Wilkinson Co, MS G-G-G-grandparents: Joseph McCURLEY b abt 1800 TN d 1846-1850 Wilkinson Co, MS Jane Last Name Unknown b abt 1804, TN d unknown John PERRY b 12 Nov 1802, SC d 24 Mar 1883, Wilkinson Co, MS Mary Last Name Unknown b abt 1817, MS d unknown William L COBB b 1828-1829, Summit, Franklin Co, MS d 29 Dec 1863, POW in IL, buried Gloster, Amite Co, MS Arminda A BONDS b 1829-1830, Gloster, Amite Co, MS d unknown married 17 Dec 1849, Amite Co, MS Joseph COBB b abt 1825, MS d unknown Mary Last Name Unknown b abt 1825, MS d unknown The siblings and children of these folks married into many local families such as: DAY, ASHLEY, CAVIN and LONGMIRE. We'll appreciate any thoughts or assistance. Thanks, Kay Ball (in snowy Pennsylvania)

Does anyone have, or know where I can get a copy, or view a copy on microfilm, of Magnolia Herald newspaper in Pike County, Mississippi, of June 2, 1876. Thank You. Johnie

for anyone who got the date of Douglas Day's marriages from me, or my book on the Day family-- Douglas Day 2nd md. should be: 12 Jan 1881 Amite co. MS AMANDA L. CRUM I had 12 Dec 1881 Virginia

Thank you very much. I appreciate knowing aboutthis. Floreda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MSWILKIN] 1880 Census online Are the subscribers of this newletter aware that the 1880 census of the US is online (free) at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> Each person should check all ancestors who were alive in 1880 (and the neighbors too, who probably were uncles, cousins, in-laws, etc.) It is tricky to use. The census-taker as well as the transcribers of the index were careless in their spelling, not only of forenames but also of surnames. Do not give the search engine too much information, or it will get thoroughly confused. You can do this: use the first three letters of the surname and then add an asterisk (a wild card) And misspell the first three letters. Change the vowel if necessary, and sometimes P and B are mixed up. If you give the search engine too much information, it gets stubborn. Also, check out the neighbors. Some people tell me they search the community itself rather than a particular family. I must try that. E.W.Wallace ==== 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/