----- Original Message ----- From: <hcorey1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry FAX 601-446-8532 > Contact me directly so I can fax you some info On my family. > > hcorey1@aol.com > > Howard > > -----Original Message----- > From: vewing65@ctesc.net > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry > > > Family History Centers are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter > Day Saints, known to most as LDS or Mormon. Their webpage is > www.familysearch.org. They have a listing of all the Family History > centers and their hours. Some of them change there hours and fail to > change it on the page so it is better to call first. > All of the LDS organizations are run by volunteers, either members or non > members, and the hours depend on how many volunteers they can get, and > the hours they can work. > I would suggest you also do a search on the website to see if anyone has > submitted the marriage. There are a lot of people doing genealogy > research and you ancestor does not have to be a member of the church to > turn up on these pages. > Virginia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <HCOREY1@aol.com> > To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:28 AM > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry > > >> Thank you. >> >> How do I contact the Family History Center? >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> __________ NOD32 2181 (20070411) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Contact me directly so I can fax you some info On my family. hcorey1@aol.com Howard -----Original Message----- From: vewing65@ctesc.net To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry Family History Centers are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known to most as LDS or Mormon. Their webpage is www.familysearch.org. They have a listing of all the Family History centers and their hours. Some of them change there hours and fail to change it on the page so it is better to call first. All of the LDS organizations are run by volunteers, either members or non members, and the hours depend on how many volunteers they can get, and the hours they can work. I would suggest you also do a search on the website to see if anyone has submitted the marriage. There are a lot of people doing genealogy research and you ancestor does not have to be a member of the church to turn up on these pages. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <HCOREY1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry > Thank you. > > How do I contact the Family History Center? > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ NOD32 2181 (20070411) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

The 1880 US census (at least a transcription of same) is FREE on the Family History Library website at _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) If a person is age 48 in 1920, it seems he/she should appear as a child in the 1880 US census, assuming that child was born in 1872 or thereabouts. The trick is--is the name spelled right? The census-taker wrote it wrong lots of time, and then the indexer couldn't read the writing, at times. Be creative in your misspelling!! The URL is _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Look on the right side of the screen and find the word Census There is a drop-down menu--choose the US census The website is relatively friendly. Those are members of a public library which subscribes to HeritageQuest [an online genealogical database] should be able to get actual images [in most cases, not always] of various US censuses. The pity is the 1850 census is not fully indexed, and one has to browse various counties. Might as well read the microfilm. If your library does not have HeritageQuest on its computers, ask the public librarian [the reference person with a degree in Library Science] to help you find a nearby county which DOES have such a subscription. Some persons on rootsweb sites have told me that for a fee of, say $30, they have been able to get a library card from a nearby county. Also, check with your State Librarian. (Your State does have a State library, I hope.) E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Family History Centers are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known to most as LDS or Mormon. Their webpage is www.familysearch.org. They have a listing of all the Family History centers and their hours. Some of them change there hours and fail to change it on the page so it is better to call first. All of the LDS organizations are run by volunteers, either members or non members, and the hours depend on how many volunteers they can get, and the hours they can work. I would suggest you also do a search on the website to see if anyone has submitted the marriage. There are a lot of people doing genealogy research and you ancestor does not have to be a member of the church to turn up on these pages. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <HCOREY1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry > Thank you. > > How do I contact the Family History Center? > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ NOD32 2181 (20070411) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >

Thanks Nan. This evening I will send you a few other names that might help. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Thank You. On different census records I have found him as Gancy, Dancy and Yancy Cor(e)y. However, on one of his son's death certificates he is listed as William Yancy Corey. This was his oldest child and the certificate does list him as being born in 1886 in Adams County. However, in the 1900 census the family was living in Wilkinson County. Once again Thank you. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

----- Original Message ----- From: <HCOREY1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry I have Cory ancestry. They were in the Kingston area (Jersey Settlers). I will check what records I have for them as well, as you know the slaves often took the last names of their owners, particularly if they were good, compassionate owners. Nan > Thank You. On different census records I have found him as Gancy, Dancy > and > Yancy Cor(e)y. However, on one of his son's death certificates he is > listed as > William Yancy Corey. This was his oldest child and the certificate does > list > him as being born in 1886 in Adams County. However, in the 1900 census > the > family was living in Wilkinson County. > > Once again Thank you. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "B.Silva" <bsilva1@verizon.net> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:22 AM Subject: [MSWILKIN] Mattie Foster Barbara, the name does not ring a bell, but I will check Ralph Cowgill's book and get Jackie to check her data base and let you know. Nan >I am trying to see if Mattie Foster and her husband Osker Foster are >descendents of the Foster family. Mattie's father was Edward J Brann, and >he was my grandmother (Annie Laurie Brann's)father. The appear in the 1920 >Texas Hill co census. Mattie is listed as 48 years old. > > Thanks, Barbara Silva > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am trying to see if Mattie Foster and her husband Osker Foster are descendents of the Foster family. Mattie's father was Edward J Brann, and he was my grandmother (Annie Laurie Brann's)father. The appear in the 1920 Texas Hill co census. Mattie is listed as 48 years old. Thanks, Barbara Silva

----- Original Message ----- From: <hcorey1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry Any chance they could have been married in Adams Co.? we have a number of Black marriage books. If i get a chance to go by the Circuit Clerk's office I will look for you. Nan > Virginia, > > Are there any Black marriage books for Wilkinson County? If yes, do they > exist for the years 1882-1887? I am trying to find any records I can for a > William Yancy Cor(e)y and a Mariah Feltus. > > -----Original Message----- > From: vewing65@ctesc.net > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 9:57 PM > Subject: [MSWILKIN] sorry > > > Thought I was writing a private e-mail. I should pay more attention to > the address in the 'to' box. > However, I will be in Mississippi next week and hope to do a litte > research at the court house. If I promised to look up anything for > anyone, let me know as I have probably forgotten. > > Virginia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes, there are black marriage books. You can rent them on microfilm at the Family History Centers. However, I will see if I can locate the marriage when I am there. The last trip over I could not find the marriage book I needed. It is on microfilm but the book seemed to have disappeared. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <hcorey1@aol.com> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] sorry > Virginia, > > Are there any Black marriage books for Wilkinson County? If yes, do > they exist for the years 1882-1887? I am trying to find any records I > can for a William Yancy Cor(e)y and a Mariah Feltus. > > -----Original Message----- > From: vewing65@ctesc.net > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 9:57 PM > Subject: [MSWILKIN] sorry > > > Thought I was writing a private e-mail. I should pay more attention to > the address in the 'to' box. > However, I will be in Mississippi next week and hope to do a litte > research at the court house. If I promised to look up anything for > anyone, let me know as I have probably forgotten. > > Virginia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ NOD32 2178 (20070410) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >

Virginia, Are there any Black marriage books for Wilkinson County? If yes, do they exist for the years 1882-1887? I am trying to find any records I can for a William Yancy Cor(e)y and a Mariah Feltus. -----Original Message----- From: vewing65@ctesc.net To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 9:57 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] sorry Thought I was writing a private e-mail. I should pay more attention to the address in the 'to' box. However, I will be in Mississippi next week and hope to do a litte research at the court house. If I promised to look up anything for anyone, let me know as I have probably forgotten. Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Thought I was writing a private e-mail. I should pay more attention to the address in the 'to' box. However, I will be in Mississippi next week and hope to do a litte research at the court house. If I promised to look up anything for anyone, let me know as I have probably forgotten. Virginia

Guess what I got for Easter? An ice storm, but it is melting now. Hope you are doing fine. I will be over some times next week. Will let you know when I leave home. Virginia

Hi Mary I am always excited to see a Peter Smith Descendant show up on this list. Do you know who the first wife and family of Peter Smith Jr. were? I have not been able to get a line on them. I know that there is a marriage record of Peter Smith marrying Salley Finley on 8 September 1818 Wilkinson County Marriage Book A pg. 35. Peter Smith and James Caraaway put up the $200 bond on 8 September 1818.The book states the marriage license was not returned. Salley was the daughter of Elijah Findley and Margaret __. There are conveyance records between Peter and Riley Findley and Peter and Jasper M. Anderson for shares in Elijah and Margaret's estate as late as 1850 but I do not know if this is the same Peter that married Annanias Jones. Also who were Annanias Jones parents? Thanks! Sherry -----Original Message----- From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Judice Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:45 AM To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah and Frances Prestwood Smith Zachariah and Frences Smith were my 4th gr grandparents. I would love to hear from you. The Smith's left many descendants, many of whom frequently post messages on this board. Mary My descent is: Zachariah Smith & Frances Prestwood Peter Smith & Johanna Goodby Peter Smith, Jr. & Annanias Jones Theodosia Elvira Smith & Moses Cavin Florence Leola Cavin & Thomas Wesley Brown My Mother Myself -----Original Message----- From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:36 AM To: MSWILKIN@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah and Frances Prestwood Smith We have considerable information on many of the descendants of the above, but always welcome new connections/questions/ or input. Nan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am interested in Mary Foster who married David McElwee in 1823 and then married Elijah slocum in 1842. I am a descendent of Mary and Elijah's daughter Mary Slocum Laird. Barbara Silva >From: Hdanw@aol.com >Date: 2007/04/04 Wed PM 03:36:30 CDT >To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MSWILKIN] McElwee Family of Later Date >Someone recently posted a remark about a McElwee family. I have gathered a >few notes on a later McElwee family, which may provide some clues for a >diligent researcher, who picks up on small (this may be useful later) clues. > >This McElwee male married the daughter of a former Wilkinson Co., MS >resident. There may be a connection to the unknown McElwee family > >Rev Feb 2006 > > WESLEY MCELWEE Husband of Mary Ann Keller, daughter of George W. >Keller [deceased, married to Eleanor Waddell] of Wilkinson Co., MS and >granddaughter of early settler George Keller, formerly of Sumter Co., SC and later of >Wilkinson Co., MS. > >McElwee and his wife, the former Mary Jane Keller, daughter of G. W. Keller >and Eleanor Waddell, are found in the 1860 census of Amite Co., MS. > >Dwelling 424, Family 424 [handwritten page 80] >Wesley G. McElwee, age 42?, planter, $8,000 R.E., 30,000 personal property, >b. LA >Mary Jane, age 30, F, b Miss >Catherine, age 12, F, b. Miss attended school within year >McKliff, age 9, M, ditto >Robin, age 4 or 6?, M ditto >John, age 5, M >Albert, age 15, M, b. Miss >Margaret, age 2, F, b. Miss >....? Rogers, 21, M overseer, b. SC > > >Wesley may have been the son of James McElwee, whose name appears in the >1830 census of East Feliciana Par., LA, the same parish where the bride's >stepfather had lived--James McDonald [James McDonald was the second husband of >Eleanor Waddell]. > >This is the enumeration of West Feliciana Parish, 1850 census, listing >Wesley E. McElwee and family: > >Dwelling 309, family 314 >Wesley E. McElwee, 28, W, Planter, 1400-b. Miss >Mary [A or J]. McElwee, 20, F, Miss >Catherine E. McElwee, 3, F, b. LA >Robert W. McElwee, 3/12?, b. LA >Cornelia McDonald, 14, F, b. MS > >We believe Cornelia McDonald is either a step-sister or a half-sister of >Mary A. (Keller) McElwee. Her widowed mother, the former Eleanor Waddell who >married 1) George W. Keller, later married 2) James McDonald of Feliciana >Parish, LA. > >A couple of male white McElwees are in the 1870 census index for Amite Co. >We have to remember this was after the Civil War. Persons may have died, or >else moved elsewhere. > >A published census index for 1870 Mississippi census lists one W. G. >McElwee, age 52, male, white, b. LA in Amite Co., MS. Is this the same person? > >M McElwee - 48 - m - w - b. MS - Liberty PO - Reel 721 pg. 485 > >T. A. McElwee - 16 - m - w - b MS - Liberty PO - reel 721 pg. 476 > >W. G. McElwee - 52 - m - w - b. LA - Liberty PO reel 721 pg. 474 > >There is a child McElwee, Robert, age 7, b. KY. p. 487 > >In Copiah Co., MS: > >John McElwee - 60 - m - w - b. Ms - Hazlehurst PO reel 727 - pg 293 > >In Marshall co., there is an adult male S. J. McElwee, age 51, b. TN > >Comment: I do not study the McElwee family, but as deaths of males, in >particular, were rather frequent in this area of Wilkinson Co.-the Feliciana >Parishes, I try to study some of the children and pick up more clues about some >of their ancestors--particularly their widowed grandmothers, whose records are >few and far between. Some genealogists call this studying clusters of >families. Probate and guardianship records have been very helpful. > >E.W.Wallace > > > > > > >************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The accepted opinion is that the parents of Zachariah are Ambrose Joshua and Judith Ann Spann. If you search the web today there is an equal amount of entries that say Ambrose Joshua Smiths wife was Judith Anderson. I can find many things that point to Judith Spann including the fact that the Spanns showed up in the Natches District as Spains. I have yet to be convinced about Judith Anderson. However though Ambrose Joshuas list of children is long the only proven child of his is Christopher Kit Smith all of the others are there by association only. I am afraid that without some DNA testing on those lines we will never know for sure. Sherry -----Original Message----- From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:00 PM To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah Smiths continued ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry W. Manuel" <swman@centurytel.net> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah Smiths continued Linda, some of the information Jackie has gathered from various sources including internet, published works, correspondence with individuals, cite Joshua Ambrose II and Judith A. Spann as Zachariah's parents, and Christopher Smith III and Catherine Snelson as gr. parents. Jackie is sporadically looking for proofs of these statements, though they do seem feasible. Also, one published record: Ancestors and Descendants of Smiths" compiled and indexed by Linda G. Cheek, Easley S.C., cites the Zachariah Smith Bible, in Louisiana, as a source. I presume this would be the Cupit in Rosepine, LA. Do you have this information? The tree referred to Barbara, is the one you had copied for us all in BR. > Hi Barbara > Please never hesitate to question anything I do. That is the only way I > can get fresh perspective to find the right answers to our puzzles. > This Smith family has had much work done on it but there remain many > puzzles. > Oh how I wish some of the direct male descendants of Zachariah and your > William M. (Did John Lovelace Smith have any sons?) would do a cheek > rubbing and give us a DNA Sample. We could then have a basis for further > research. I keep close tabs on the Smith project waiting for these > smiths to show up on the list but to no avail as yet. I have gotten a > Smith cousin to provide a sample for Peter Smith. I just need some > Zacahriah and Christopher Kit Smith samples to compare it with. > Your William M's close association with the Lovelace, Wall and Lightner > families was my first clue he might be a part of Zachariah's family. > The family Tree that Nan has is probably the source of all the old lists > that show William M. (Son of Zachariah and Francis) children as > Zachariah, Frances Augusta, William, Betty, Barbara, Elizabeth, Augusta > Matilda, William Henry and Adolphus Frederick. I have been able to find > no records of the first five in any of the records I have abstracted > until I ran into the possibility that your William M. of Sicily Island > might be his son William. > I do not believe that William and Prudence came to Natches district with > their families. I know he was in the Bahamas in1791 from his daughter > Elizabeth's birth record recorded in the St. Martville Catholic Church > records at the time of her marriage to Robert Armstrong.(he may be a > Natches native also) My William M does not show up in Wilkinson records > until 1794 when James' two oldest sons are apprenticed to him. He is > granted land in the Feliciannas in 1797 and buys the property in New > Iberia from Nicholas Hebert in 1798. From there is trail is clearer > until his death in 1811 in what was then St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. > (The family owned the property where Shadows on the Tech now sits in New > Iberia.) > William M son of Zachariah was born 16 September 1757 according to the > dates from the Zachariah Smith bible record. So he would have been > married and having children when your William M. was born. > Other than that until I find more records it is just my theory. There > are too many William Smiths in Natches district. > Will be glad to help any way I can to sort the puzzle out. > Thanks! > Sherry > > -----Original Message----- > From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Haigh > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:16 PM > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah Smiths continued > > Sherry, am very interested in the theory that Wm M.Smith is son of > Wm.Smith and Prudence Bonner-or at least that my Wm.M.Smith was this > son. If WMS isn't named in W.Smith's will, where is it stated that he > was a son? > Please don't misunderstand...I'm not questioning, just want to be > sure. > WMS was very wealthy over in Catahoula Parish before his death in > 1821. Both he and Patience died young, leaving 5 daughters. Patience was > a double-first cousin of Martha Kirkland, wife of Thomas Marsden Green > of Springfield Pltn. in Jefferson Co. Patience and Martha each named a > daughter Laminda. Laminda Green became wife of Thomas Hinds. Laminda > Smith became my gt-gt-grandmother. > Thanks for any info you can give me. > Barbara > > "Sherry W. Manuel" <swman@centurytel.net> wrote: > John Smith did not come with them. Or at least I have not been able to > find any indication in the Natches or Wilkinson County Records that he > did. Nor have I been able to find him in North or South Carolina where > the family came from. > I am not sure William came with the extended family to Natches. He may > have arrived later. There are so many Williams in Natches records it is > impossible to place many of them. He appears to have had a merchant ship > and traveled extensively. He was in the Feliciana's but there are few > records existing for him there. The only definite records I get are in > St. Martin, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes of Louisiana from about 1797 > until his death in 1811. > All of the rest of the family appear to have arrived with Zachariah or > shortly thereafter. Most came with their in laws in tow. > The only one of Zachariah's children who I have not been able to get a > handle on their spouse's family is Peter. I know nothing about Joanna > Goodby's parents or history though I would love to. > Sherry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:05 AM > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MSWILKIN] Zachariah Smiths continued > > It just occurred to me that I have gone on the premise that all of the > 1st and 2nd generation offspring of Z & F traveled with them from N.C.- > Adams Co.-Wilkinson Co. Perhaps some were born and remained in Anson > County or elsewere. > > Sherry, as to the first 5 children of William, have you checked Adams > Co. records. Moses Bonner had a tract of land bordering our Widow Mary > Foster here on St. Catherine Creek which was also very near the tract > Zachariah purchased from Wm Penrice in 1783 and later sold to James > Foster before removing to Wilkinson Co. You might also wonder, was > there an epidemic in between the dates of birth of these children. So > many children died in these epidemics. At least Barbara can account for > Wm Martin Smith. > > > I have a copy of some research done by Carolyn Brendt of Birmingham, AL > She is a descendant of Capt Peter Smith through his daughter Frances > Matilda. 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Walter Lowrie, an early politician in Washington, DC, is the compiler of a goodly number of land records of early date for Mississippi Territory. His books have recently been reprinted by Southern Historical Press. That genealogical book publisher has a website, but I don't have it at my finger tips. Here are the names of some of his books as taken from the Family History Library catalog [www.familysearch.org] _Early settlers of Louisiana as taken from land claims in the eastern district of the Orleans Territory_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=515032&disp=Early+settle rs+of+Louisiana+as+taken+fro) _Early settlers of Mississippi as taken from land claims in the Mississippi Territory_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=515035&disp=Early+settlers+of+Mississippi+a s+taken+f) _Early settlers of Missouri as taken from land claims in the Missouri Territory_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=515039&disp=Early+settlers+of+Missouri+as+taken+f rom) I believe several of these records have been filmed, and the film can be ordered through a local Family History Center. However, I don't know whether the filmed records have indexes. Another resource is the Bureau of Land Management website: _http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/_ (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) Sometimes I type in the surname and the State, but since Wilkinson Co. adjoins Louisiana, also do a search of Louisiana land patents on the above URL. These early families, many who came from South Carolina, intermarried, I find. Many of the record of early Wilkinson Co. MS are held by the Family History Library and can be borrowed from the FHL for a fee. E.W.Wallace with Wilkinson Co. relatives who came from SC [Sumter Co.] ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Someone recently posted a remark about a McElwee family. I have gathered a few notes on a later McElwee family, which may provide some clues for a diligent researcher, who picks up on small (this may be useful later) clues. This McElwee male married the daughter of a former Wilkinson Co., MS resident. There may be a connection to the unknown McElwee family Rev Feb 2006 WESLEY MCELWEE Husband of Mary Ann Keller, daughter of George W. Keller [deceased, married to Eleanor Waddell] of Wilkinson Co., MS and granddaughter of early settler George Keller, formerly of Sumter Co., SC and later of Wilkinson Co., MS. McElwee and his wife, the former Mary Jane Keller, daughter of G. W. Keller and Eleanor Waddell, are found in the 1860 census of Amite Co., MS. Dwelling 424, Family 424 [handwritten page 80] Wesley G. McElwee, age 42?, planter, $8,000 R.E., 30,000 personal property, b. LA Mary Jane, age 30, F, b Miss Catherine, age 12, F, b. Miss attended school within year McKliff, age 9, M, ditto Robin, age 4 or 6?, M ditto John, age 5, M Albert, age 15, M, b. Miss Margaret, age 2, F, b. Miss ....? Rogers, 21, M overseer, b. SC Wesley may have been the son of James McElwee, whose name appears in the 1830 census of East Feliciana Par., LA, the same parish where the bride's stepfather had lived--James McDonald [James McDonald was the second husband of Eleanor Waddell]. This is the enumeration of West Feliciana Parish, 1850 census, listing Wesley E. McElwee and family: Dwelling 309, family 314 Wesley E. McElwee, 28, W, Planter, 1400-b. Miss Mary [A or J]. McElwee, 20, F, Miss Catherine E. McElwee, 3, F, b. LA Robert W. McElwee, 3/12?, b. LA Cornelia McDonald, 14, F, b. MS We believe Cornelia McDonald is either a step-sister or a half-sister of Mary A. (Keller) McElwee. Her widowed mother, the former Eleanor Waddell who married 1) George W. Keller, later married 2) James McDonald of Feliciana Parish, LA. A couple of male white McElwees are in the 1870 census index for Amite Co. We have to remember this was after the Civil War. Persons may have died, or else moved elsewhere. A published census index for 1870 Mississippi census lists one W. G. McElwee, age 52, male, white, b. LA in Amite Co., MS. Is this the same person? M McElwee - 48 - m - w - b. MS - Liberty PO - Reel 721 pg. 485 T. A. McElwee - 16 - m - w - b MS - Liberty PO - reel 721 pg. 476 W. G. McElwee - 52 - m - w - b. LA - Liberty PO reel 721 pg. 474 There is a child McElwee, Robert, age 7, b. KY. p. 487 In Copiah Co., MS: John McElwee - 60 - m - w - b. Ms - Hazlehurst PO reel 727 - pg 293 In Marshall co., there is an adult male S. J. McElwee, age 51, b. TN Comment: I do not study the McElwee family, but as deaths of males, in particular, were rather frequent in this area of Wilkinson Co.-the Feliciana Parishes, I try to study some of the children and pick up more clues about some of their ancestors--particularly their widowed grandmothers, whose records are few and far between. Some genealogists call this studying clusters of families. Probate and guardianship records have been very helpful. E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.