Woodville Republican published ????? 1907 [sorry, didn't copy day and month] "From the Files of the Republican" 25 years ago----1972 Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Sanders Nettles, age 78, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday from Pioneer Baptist Church

When I was in Woodville a few months ago, I spoke with Mr. Lewis, editor of the Woodville Republican. He said that he often received letters asking for data published in back issues of his newspaper but none of the papers are indexed and he does not have the time to search for the requested information. The older issues are on microfilm in Jackson, but not available at the newspaper. Several years ago I found the microfilms of the paper at the Woodville library but their reader was not working. I don't think they had all of the issues. There are two sets of books published on this Paper. "The Woodville Republican" by O'Levia Neil Wilson Wiese Vols 1 through 5 are available on CD through www.heritagebooks.com for a very reasonable price. "From the Files of the Republican" I can not remember the name of the author, or where these books are for sale, but I am sure someone on this list will know. I have a lot of obits I collected in the 1990s and some more recent. I will be sending edited obits with the name of the deceased in the subject line. I will include the birth and death dates and places and name of the parents but not the complete obit. There will be a lot of small messages but having a clear subject line will allow you to delete those that do not interest you. Virginia

Woodville Republican published 14 Nov 1996 "From the Files of the Republican" 25 years ago----1971 Funeral services for Lucius "Luke" Longmire, 59, where held ----at Hopewell Methodist Church

Woodville Republican published 14 Nov 1996 "From the Files of the Republican" 25 years ago----1971 Residents of this area were shocked and saddened---at the news of the sudden and untimely passing of Davis H. Brannan, 54 year old Woodville native.

Woodville Republican published 14 Nov 1996 "From the Files of the Republican" 100 years ago---1896 born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gunst on Thursday, --a son.

published 14 Nov 1996 "From the Files of the Republican" 150 years ago 1846 Three of the volunteers who left here in Capt. Cooper''s company have found their graves in Mexico, to wit: chance, who was shot in the head in Monterey; Jackson, who was shot in the leg at the same time, so as to require amputation; and Westly Stewart, of diarrhea.

Woodville Republican published Sept. 12, 2002 "From the Files of the Republican" 50 years ago---1952 Marshall Raymond Burleson, 22 year old teacher at Crosby High School, was killed instantly last Saturday night when the car he was driving struck a large pine tree about two mile north of Woodville on the Fords Creek Road.

Mr. Andrew J. Lewis, Publisher/Editor, gave his permission to send anything in his paper to this list. I thought you might enjoy this bit of history. THE WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN Published September 12, 2002 "From the Files of the Republican" 150 years ago--1852 A good and substantial stage has been procured to run from Natchez via Woodville, to Bayou Sara, which will make regular trips during the year. Passengers may rely on regular trips, gentle horses, and experienced drivers. Apply to Frederick Oswals, the driver, or to C. Henry, Agent for B. Fugate.

Barbara, The following are the only Brown's that are listed as buried in Brown 3 Cemetery. Elizabeth Shropshire Brown, w/o N. W. W. Brown, b. 12/3/1835, d. 3/5/1899 N. W. W. Brown, b. 1826, d. 6/24/1882 Sorry I could not give you more information. Shawn Martin

Barbara, Brown 3 is listed in Sec. 35, T3N, R1W, Hwy. 563. The graves in this book are listed in alphabetical order and not by graveyard. Whose grave are you looking for? I will look in the book to see if they are listed. Shawn Martin

thanks, thats what I needed. barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Brown 3 Cemetery > Barbara, > The following are the only Brown's that are listed as buried in Brown > 3 Cemetery. > > Elizabeth Shropshire Brown, w/o N. W. W. Brown, b. 12/3/1835, d. 3/5/1899 > N. W. W. Brown, b. 1826, d. 6/24/1882 > > Sorry I could not give you more information. > > Shawn Martin > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To: [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Message: unsubcribe >

That is my family and I was just wondering if they are listed. I was there this summer and recorded all that we could find. I wrote down: Charles Brown(no marker, family knowledge; Alice Brown McGregory, Carrie Duty, NWW Brown, Infant Son Brown(no marker, family knowledge; Albert McGregory. That is all I can remember right now. Thanks, Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Brown 3 Cemetery > Barbara, > Brown 3 is listed in Sec. 35, T3N, R1W, Hwy. 563. The graves in this > book are listed in alphabetical order and not by graveyard. Whose grave are > you looking for? I will look in the book to see if they are listed. > > > Shawn Martin > > > ==== 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/ >

Shawn, Does your book show Brown #3 Cemetery and who is buried there? Thanks, Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] Shropshire Grave Site > Barbara, > I have a copy of "The Journal of Wilkinson Co. History: Wilkinson > County Cemeteries". Although Walther and Tabitha Day Shropshire are not > listed, I did find the following listing: > > Shropshire, John (Jack), s/o John - Mary Day Shropshire, b. 9/24/1835, d. > 9/19/1928, buried in Shropshire Cemetery > > Shropshire, Wiley, s/o Walter - Tabitha Day Shropshire, no dates, buried in > Shropshire Cemetery > > It gives the location of Shropshire Cemetery as County Sec. 38, T3N, R1W, L. > Leake Road. On looking at the map, from Rt. 563 go south on Ry Fork Creek > Road to L. Leake Road. > > Hope this helps. > > Shawn Martin > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" > ~ George Bernard Shaw > ============================== >

A John Williams Hutcheson(3-8-1835 to 4-17-1927) is buried in the Scudder cemetery. Several other graves indicate they were children of JW and CV Hutcheson. I have cleaned that cemetery a couple of times. It is on private property, but accessible with owners permission if you can get to Wilkinson County. My ancestors, Thomas Pike Scudder, and his Mary Ann Elizabeth Coon Allen Scudder are buried there also. A record of Mary Ann and Thomas' children in the Robin White/Lewis Coon Sr family history gives this acct of some Hutcheson descendants of May Ann and Thomas................." Jennie, Mary Ann's last child, married John Hutcheson(she is a first cousin of Margaret McDavid and a first cousin of Starling Rawls, and the only of that generation living). Seven children were born to them-May, Rosa, Scudder, James, Nathaniel, Sam and Lucy." My mother, a McGraw and gggrandaughter of Thomas And Mary Ann, always talked about her cousin, Scudder Hutcheson. Hope this gives you some direction to go in. Good luck. Kathy White Casey ----- Original Message ----- From: "STACY MCSWAIN" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:51 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] New to the List > Hello All, > I would like to introduce myself, I'm Stacy McSwain and I'm new to the list. I have just recently located my GGGGrandfather in Wilkinson Co. and I believe my GGGrandfather was born in Centerville, Wilkinson Co. MS. > My GGGGrandfather was John William Hutcheson and he was married to Elizabeth Stafford. I believe he may have married a second time, because he is buried with a Virginia Hutcheson. My GGGrandfather was Charles Hartwell Hutcheson, in one record I found his name as John Charles Hartwell Hutcheson. > I'd love to find out more about these families. > Thank you, > Stacy > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > To: [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Message: unsubcribe

Hello All, I would like to introduce myself, I'm Stacy McSwain and I'm new to the list. I have just recently located my GGGGrandfather in Wilkinson Co. and I believe my GGGrandfather was born in Centerville, Wilkinson Co. MS. My GGGGrandfather was John William Hutcheson and he was married to Elizabeth Stafford. I believe he may have married a second time, because he is buried with a Virginia Hutcheson. My GGGrandfather was Charles Hartwell Hutcheson, in one record I found his name as John Charles Hartwell Hutcheson. I'd love to find out more about these families. Thank you, Stacy

The subject line is the only way you have to let us know what your message is about. Busy people tend to delete message without a subject, or with a subject line that does not interest them. If you send a message with a blank or incorrect subject line your message may be deleted, unopened, by someone who could have helped you. List messages in the Treaded Archives are grouped by subject line. If you are replying to a message and your subject has nothing to do with the original message, please change the subject line. Thanks Virginia

Regarding the 1845 census for Wilkinson Co., MS, which has been transcribed for us thirsty Wilkinson Co. researchers. (Thank you) No 239 on the 1845 census is Eleanor McDonald, widow. Eleanor nee Waddell had been twice widowed. She was married first to G. W. Keller and second to James McDonald. Here is a brief bio of Eleanor, who had children by G. W. Keller. Are there Keller descendants who are subscribers to the Wilkinson Co. rootsweb? Submitted by E.W.Wallace (female) ELEANOR WADDELL. Although the forename is given as Eleanor in the George Keller Bible Record, a transcription of Wilkinson Co., MS marriage record volume 4, page 52, gives the forename as Elizabeth. There probably was an error in transcription as will be seen below from the newspaper notice of Elender [sic] Keller's remarriage after Keller's death and the note attached thereto by the editor. Also probate records of George Keller give her name as Eleanor, not Elizabeth. The Keller Bible record referred to is "George Keller Bible Record," (Mississippi Genealogical Society Publication, CEMETERY AND BIBLE RECORDS, V. II, "The George Keller Bible.") shows that George Keller, Jr., born 5 Feb 1795, married Eleanor Waddell 11 Mar 1819. Page 52. Geo. Keller to Elizabeth Waddell applied 9 Mar 1819. No return. Bondsman: Geo. Keller and Abel Waddell. (Note: This George Keller was son of George Keller the elder, whose Bible record is cited previously. The younger George Keller was more generally known as George W. Keller or G. W. Keller.) Before he died, Eleanor's father, Noel Waddell recorded a document in Wilkinson Co. making G. W. Keller and ... McElwee trustees for his, Waddell's, daughter, Mary Waddell. In this trust document, he gave Mary four slaves ?, a feather bed, some furniture... It is unclear the relationship of McElwee to Waddell or to Keller, but it is of interest that later, after the younger George Keller's death and before 1844, Mary Jane Keller, his daughter, married W. G. McElwee. In 1827, Abel Waddill and G. W. Keller were administrators of the Noel Waddill estate, according to a notice in the WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN, 13 Oct 1827. (O'Levia Neil Wilson Wiese, THE WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN, Dec 18, 1823-Dec 17, 1839, V 1, p. 33, p. 38, p. 86-87, p. 148) In Mar 1828, these two administrators held an estate sale. The final settlement of the Waddill estate was in 1831. Noel Waddell/Waddill was the father of Eleanor; he had been a Methodist minister, it seems. Abel Waddell is brother of Eleanor. On 25 Jun 1832, in Wilkinson Co., MS Eleanor Keller and Robert Blount (both signing) made administrator's bond in the amount of $20,000 for George W. Keller, deceased. (FHL Film 877,086. Robert C. Blount's wife was Keller's sister Malinda, according to the Bible record and other county records, both in Wilkinson Co. and in Copiah Co., MS.) Later there was a change of securities, Feb term 1833, to William Lipscomb and Jesse Saunders, bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. R. C. Blount had failed, according to court record, to give counter security as the statute required. (In Copiah Co., MS, Blount or Blunt was found guilty of malfeasance as a county official. It is unknown whether he had to serve a sentence. At any rate, a deed indicates that Blount's property was sold by the Sheriff of Copiah Co. to settle debts.) At the same term of Wilkinson Co. court, 1833, letters of guardianship were granted to Eleanor Keller on the person and property of Wesley S. Keller, George W. Keller, Abel T. Keller, Mary Jane Keller, and Martha E. Keller. By 1835, Eleanor remarried: 23 May 1835. "Married on the 19th by the Rev. T. C. Brown, Mr. James McDonal, formerly of Macon, Georgia, to Mrs. Elender Keller, daughter of the Rev. Noel Waddill of this county. (Wilkinson County Marriage Book states that Eleanor Waddell m. Geo. Keller, 3-12-1819)" In 1836, 15 December, James McDonald and his wife Eleanor McDonald filed a petition with the Probate Court of Wilkinson Co. to sell the land of the heirs of G. W. Keller. The petition and a subsequent petition the following month give some genealogical or history information about the family. "To the Honorable Nathaniel Scudder Esqr. Judge of Probate of the County of Wilkinson & State of Mississippi the Petition of Eleanor McDonald formerly Eleanor Keller Administratrix of George W. Keller deceased and James McDonald Administrator of said George W. Keller in Right of his wife Eleanor Respectfully Shew unto your Honor that there belongs to said Estate two tracts of Land containing in all about 595 acres more or Less Lying in said County and one of said tracts containing about 436 acres Generally Known and the Archibald McGehee Tract and bounded North by Noland Stewart, East by Judge McGehee & Wade H. Gaulden & G. B. Foster [?] South by the Line of Demarcation of Louisiana and West by Polaskie [?] Cage and the other tract containing about 150 acres Bounded North by Nolan Stewart East by M. G. Gaulden North by Wade H. Gaulden & west by Edward McGehee Land -- that said Land is nearly worn out and nearly all the timber is cut off from said Land so as not leave enough to fence the premises that there are four Heirs of Said Estate to wit the said Eleanor & three minor Children, to wit, George W., Mary Jane, & Abel T. Keller of which said minor Heirs there [sic] petitioners are the Guardians, that and equal division cannot conveniently be made of said Land among said Heirs and their petitioners believe it to be to the interest of Said Estate to have said Land Sold Wherefore your Petitions pray an order of sale for said Land on a Credit of Twelve months & ..... December 15th 1836 "James McDonald "Eleanor McDonald "The within Petition Granted Complying in all Respects with the Law January Term 1837 "N. Scuttder, Judge of Probates Apparently two of the Keller children had died prior to the 1837 petition, in which only three minor heirs are named. The deceased ones were Wesley and Martha Keller. A subsequent notice from 15 April 1837 edition of the WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN indicates that Eleanor and her second husband were removing to West Feliciana Par., LA. (In 1842, a Waddill family was still in Wilkinson Co. as there was a newspaper notice of the application to divide inherited property by Charles D. Waddill and his wife, Matilda Waddill. This was the land of the heirs of Peter McGraw to be divided into five equal parts.) A West Feliciana succession (probate) document (abstracted) - 20th day of Mar AD 1841: A. L. Simmons petitioned court to allow him to resign his undertutorship of minors George W. Keller, Abel T. Keller, and Mary Jane Keller - reason being a minister of the Gospel, he finds it inconvenient to attend to the duties devolving on him in his capacity of Under Tutor. Also included in the succession papers, personally examined by this writer in May 1998, is an undated petition of James McDonald. (Abstracted) The Succession of George W. Keller opened in the State of Mississippi where he died, leaving property in the Parish of West Feliciana. Also included in the probate is an undated petition of James McDonald. (Abstracted) The Succession of George W. Keller opened in the State of Mississippi where he died, leaving property in the Parish of West Feliciana. McDonald petitioned to have letters of curatorship. W. Feliciana Parish Conveyance Book I-13 gives some genealogical information in that Mary Jane Keller has now married--to W. G. McElwee. On 20 Nov 1844 Mary [the name Jane did not photograph] Keller, aided and authorized by her husband W. G. McElwee & George W. and Able T. Keller "for and in consideration of the Love and affection we [have for] our mother Eleanor McDonald, have assigned, transfered and delivered.... our undivided interest in the following described property, to [wit] a Negro boy Ned (?) aged 42 years, negro boy Ben aged 15 years, negro boy .... aged 13 years, negro boy Isaac aged 10 years, negro girl Caroline aged... years, negro girl Laida aged 32 years--negro girl Rose aged 20 years, negro girl Mariah aged 17 years, negro girl Hannah aged 9 years. Also two horses, one Team of oxen, and one waggon..../s/ W. G. McElwee, Mary J. McElwee, G. W. Keller, Abel Keller Witnesses: Randolph Check, Toliver Smart, Anthony Toadvine, Charles Richards. Rec. 21 Dec 1844 In Jan 1854, in Wilkinson Co., DB Q-333, we learn the names of three of the children of George W. Keller, Sr. The sons, heirs, were selling 537 A in Wilkinson Co., seemingly to the husband of their sister, Edward McElwee (of the second part). The sons were Abel T. Keller and G. W. Keller and their wives were Mary and Florida, respectively. Abel T. Keller & Mary A. Keller, wife of Able [sic] T. Keller, and George W. Keller & his wife Florida are selling to Edward McElwee for $2,000, 537 07/100 acres "being the same tract of land inherited by the said Geroge W. Keller, Abel T. Keller and their sister Mrs. McElwee from their father George Keller decd." A legal description of the land is given. Would like to exchange information about any of the persons mentioned above. E.W.Wallace

Frank, I also descend from the Lovelaces. Sarah's brother Richard is my ancestor. I have Alexander Edward Wall in my file, but no more on him. According to my records, John and Sarah had ten children. Is that what you have? I will be glad to share my Lovelace info with you. And would love to have wife,children, etc. of Alex Ed Wall. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:34 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] (no subject) > Hello Kathy, > > I just replied to another member about my ancestors in Wilkinson County. I > said that the earliest information that I have indicates that John Wall > (1752-1813) came to Wilkinson County from Barbados, BWI. He married Sarah > Lovelace in 1795 in Natchez. She was from Virginia. > > His son was Alexander Edward Wall (1806-1866). His son, Francis Lovelace > Wall (1842-?) was my ggrandfather. Alexander Edward had several children. > Among them were at least two doctors. Dr. AE Wall (1839-1912) served in the > army and is buried in Beauvoir, MS. > > Thanks for any additional information you can furnish. > > Frank Wall > > > > ==== 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/ > >

Frank, You may have all of this but, just want to make sure we are talking about the right folks. Natchez District, 1789, John Wall, Oath Allegiance Natchez District, 1792, John Wall, Census, Bayou Sara 1805-Wilkinson County, MS Census John Wall 2-4-3-0-0-13-22 1813 Tax Records Wilkinson Co MS John Walls? Wells? estate of 607 Buffaloe Spanish 0P 23S 328 Buffaloe Spanish 0P 480 Buffaloe Spanish 0P 429 Bayou Sara Spanish 0P Early Settlers of MS Territory, LDS Fiche # 6051448 When MS became a state, the settlers were required to prove their right to the land claims in the county, either by British, Spanish or USA grant, proven by occupancy. The person had to prove, by witnesses, that he was 21 or the head of the household, living on the land, with some improvements and raising a crop there on 27th Oct 1795. Most of the grants were located on waterways and I have sorted them by area. Comite, Bayou Sara and Buffalo Creek are all located in Wilkinson County. John Wall, David Lejeune, 200f Buffalo Creek Spanish 8 Apr 1789 John Wall, John Lovelace, 440f Buffalo Creek Spanish 22 Jan 1788 1820 State Census Wall, Sarah, 2 white taxable inhabitants, 5 white males, 2 white females. 1825 Census, Wilkinson County, MS Wall, Sarah, & heirs of Wall --- 6 white taxable inhabitants, 32 slaves, 4 white males, 2 white females Will of Sarah Wall, July 26, 1833, Names sons William W. Wall, Alexander E. Wall and Henry H. Wall. Daughter Jene C. Williams, daughter Eliza Ann Ginn, son John L. Wall, son Francis P. Wall. Executor named as William W. Wall and Alexander E. Wall. Wit: J. C. Patrick, Jno L. Wall and Eliza Ann Ginn. Land of Jno Wall deceased mentioned. This is who I am researching,,,,,,Christopher Wall 1830 Wilkinson County, Administration Bonds Page 132: Fielding Davis, Thomas S. Herbert, Geo H. Gordon, bond for seven hundred dollars, 25 Jan, 1830, for Fielding Davis, administrator of the estate of Christopher Wall, decd. Do you have any connection with your family to this man? Thanks Kathy At 06:23 AM 9/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >The earliest information that I have indicates that John Wall (1752-1813) >came to Wilkinson County from Barbados, BWI. He married Sarah Lovelace in >1795 in Natchez. She was from Virginia. > >There could be relatives who lived in other counties but I don't have any >information on them. > >Frank Wall > > >==== 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/ Kathy Casagranda P.O. Box 2195 Palmer, Alaska 99645

Hi, the earliest dated Wall I have is Clifford Lowery Wall 1895........I have his father's name Ben "Shug" Wall but no spouse or dates, Clifford was born and died in Amite county, he married Gertrude Smith...........just a thought..........happy hunting, yvette