If there was a connection to the Moss family, I am not aware of it. One of our Perry lines did go to Louisiana and on to Texas, but I am not familiar with a Captain Robert Perry. There were lots of Perry families around. The governor here in Texas is a Perry and I don't think he connects to my Perry line, either. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Grimes" <kcks@gorge.net> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 1:14 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] RE: PERRY Family > > Is this PERRY family is connected to the Captain Robert PERRY line of > South > Central LA > ..................Perry, Vermilion Parish LA ??? > > I'm asking because the above PERRY line inter-wove into my MOSS > lines...several times > and I have several other lines [including CAMPBELL] that also made this > GA > > LA trek. > > Many thanks, > > Lisa

Hi all, The latest discussion...has been centering around a PERRY family line. When my MOSS line, enroute from Wilkes/Oglethorpe Co's GA, in 1810, to LA...they had the two eldest adult kids, George MOSS Sr and Mary "Polly" [Moss] BOOTH, choose to stay in Wilkinson Co. MS. .with their spouses, Lucretia [Glass] Moss and Reuben BOOTH. The rest of the family for Nathaniel MOSS-Joanna JOHNSON [parents-siblings] group went on to Lafayette Parish LA....and most stayed in LA for several generations. With the above precedent in mind...my question: Is this PERRY family is connected to the Captain Robert PERRY line of South Central LA ..................Perry, Vermilion Parish LA ??? I'm asking because the above PERRY line inter-wove into my MOSS lines...several times and I have several other lines [including CAMPBELL] that also made this GA > LA trek. Many thanks, Lisa ============================================================ -----Original Message----- From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:vewing65@ctesc.net] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:49 PM To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Martin Perry Today I received a copy of notes made about 1854 by a George Perry,Jr. descendant. He states that John Perry was the uncle of his grandfather, George Perry Jr. That would make the older John Perry; husband of Eleanor Murphy; the brother of George Perry Sr and the son of Job Perry and Jemima Perry. The note also states that Henry Perry was the oldest son of John and Eleanor. I was pretty sure that was the case but it is always nice to have a little back up. I am trying to sort this family. Martin has me stumped. According to the census he aged only a few years between census. Starting in 1850 he was 24, 1860 he was 27, in 1870 he was 30 living with Caroline who was 25. Martin Perry md Catharine Sturdivant 14 Dec 1872, two years after this census. Martin is not in the 1880 census but Carolina Perry is there, age 32. I am including the census for this family. My question: Is this the same man in each census or was there another Martin Perry I am missing? Also is Caroline/Carolina the Catharine Sturdivant in the marriage records 1850 Wilkinson county census house 552 family 556 m PERRY Jared 25 planter MS m Martin 24 m Lemon 16 m Harvey 15 m John 13 f Ellen 6 f Eleanor 50 S.C. 1860 Wilkinson county census Sept house 154 family 154 m PERRY Martin 27 planter 500 200 MS m Jarrot 30 300 m John 21 f Ellen 55 SC 1870 Wilkinson county census page 307 district 5 name age born m PERRY Jarrot N 45 farming MS 1870 Wilkinson county census page 299 district 5 name age born m PERRY Martin 30 farmer $100 real-estate, $150 personal MS f Caroline 25 MS Martin Perry md Catharine Sturdivant, 14 Dec 1872 1880 Wilkinson county 164-167 born father born mother born PERRY Carolina 32 MS MS MS Minnie 12 daughter MS MS MS John M. 9 son MS MS MS Sophronia 6 daughter MS MS MS Henry V. S. 5 son MS MS MS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.6/378 - Release Date: 6/28/2006

Virginia, According to information I had been given years ago, the John E. Perry who married Catherine F. Miller on 9 Feb. 1860 was the son of my ancestor John Oliver Perry (b. 1802 Harford County, MD, d. 1878 in East Feliciana) and Elinor H. Brown (b. 07 June 1803 in New Feliciana , d.April 1872 in East Feliciana ) Sandra Gilbreath ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Ewing" <vewing65@ctesc.net> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:28 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] john perry > Can anyone help me sort this John Perry? He is the brother of Martin > Perry, son of Jon Perry and Eleanor Murphy. > > I am not sure the probate papers belong to him, and I am wondering if he > is the same man whose death was recorded in the book compiled by Mrs. > Honey Gross for the Woodville Civic Club. > > John C. Perry died 20 June 1862 and I copied the death date in the John > Perry's death date as 22 June 1866. > > I was copying by hand and sometimes make a mistake. Brenda, if you make > it back to the court house anytime soon, would you check the date for me? > > Also, he received a land grant 21 April 1856. for military service. If > this was the John Perry below, he would have been 20 years old at the > time. Where would he have served to receive the grant? I don't recall > any wars going on at the time, unless it was Indian wars. > > What makes it so difficult is, this family seemed really unsure of their > ages, more than usual. If you check the census I sent in the previous > message you will see that none of them aged a true 10 years between > census. > > Any help in this family would be appreciated. I do have a lot of probate > and other records on microfilm at the local FHC, including Will books one > and two. Will Book 2 would have have included his will, had he left one. > > P6-4F. JOHN PERRY > b. abt 1837 age 14 in 1850 Wilkinson co. MS census, he is 21 > in the 1860 census. > > He was not in the 1870 Wilkinson county census. He seems to be > the John Perry mentioned > > In Loose probate papers as having died 22 June 1866. There was > no mention of a wife. It is possible > > She also died before 1870. > > > > John E. Perry md. Catharine f. Miller 9 Feb 1860 not sure > this is his marriage. > > > > > > From: The confederacy and Wilkinson county by Honey Gross and Miss Jeanne > Gross, published by the Woodville Civic Club. Inc. > > J. C. PERRY Pvt. Mil. Roll April 29-June 30 1862. Died in > hospital at Okolona June 20, 1862. > > [I am not sure if this is the same man. I could have copied the death > date incorrectly from the probate papers. VE]. > > > > Loose Probate papers, Wilkinson county, MS filed under Perry > > [extracted: not word for word] > > JOHN PERRY late of said county departed this life 22 June 1866, having no > will. left no estate except a land warrant of the US government for 160 > acres issued him for military service, 21 April 1856. > > > > There never having been any administration on the estate of deceased----- > > There are so many heirs that it is very difficult for them legally to sell > & request permission to sell the land--- > > Publisher asks to be appointed special administrator. 20 Dec 1877. Wm. > D. O'Kelly. > > Loose probate papers, Woodville courthouse, Wilkinson, MS > > It would seem likely the papers above are for the John age 13 in the > census b > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

Can anyone help me sort this John Perry? He is the brother of Martin Perry, son of Jon Perry and Eleanor Murphy. I am not sure the probate papers belong to him, and I am wondering if he is the same man whose death was recorded in the book compiled by Mrs. Honey Gross for the Woodville Civic Club. John C. Perry died 20 June 1862 and I copied the death date in the John Perry's death date as 22 June 1866. I was copying by hand and sometimes make a mistake. Brenda, if you make it back to the court house anytime soon, would you check the date for me? Also, he received a land grant 21 April 1856. for military service. If this was the John Perry below, he would have been 20 years old at the time. Where would he have served to receive the grant? I don't recall any wars going on at the time, unless it was Indian wars. What makes it so difficult is, this family seemed really unsure of their ages, more than usual. If you check the census I sent in the previous message you will see that none of them aged a true 10 years between census. Any help in this family would be appreciated. I do have a lot of probate and other records on microfilm at the local FHC, including Will books one and two. Will Book 2 would have have included his will, had he left one. P6-4F. JOHN PERRY b. abt 1837 age 14 in 1850 Wilkinson co. MS census, he is 21 in the 1860 census. He was not in the 1870 Wilkinson county census. He seems to be the John Perry mentioned In Loose probate papers as having died 22 June 1866. There was no mention of a wife. It is possible She also died before 1870. John E. Perry md. Catharine f. Miller 9 Feb 1860 not sure this is his marriage. From: The confederacy and Wilkinson county by Honey Gross and Miss Jeanne Gross, published by the Woodville Civic Club. Inc. J. C. PERRY Pvt. Mil. Roll April 29-June 30 1862. Died in hospital at Okolona June 20, 1862. [I am not sure if this is the same man. I could have copied the death date incorrectly from the probate papers. VE]. Loose Probate papers, Wilkinson county, MS filed under Perry [extracted: not word for word] JOHN PERRY late of said county departed this life 22 June 1866, having no will. left no estate except a land warrant of the US government for 160 acres issued him for military service, 21 April 1856. There never having been any administration on the estate of deceased----- There are so many heirs that it is very difficult for them legally to sell & request permission to sell the land--- Publisher asks to be appointed special administrator. 20 Dec 1877. Wm. D. O'Kelly. Loose probate papers, Woodville courthouse, Wilkinson, MS It would seem likely the papers above are for the John age 13 in the census b

Today I received a copy of notes made about 1854 by a George Perry,Jr. descendant. He states that John Perry was the uncle of his grandfather, George Perry Jr. That would make the older John Perry; husband of Eleanor Murphy; the brother of George Perry Sr and the son of Job Perry and Jemima Perry. The note also states that Henry Perry was the oldest son of John and Eleanor. I was pretty sure that was the case but it is always nice to have a little back up. I am trying to sort this family. Martin has me stumped. According to the census he aged only a few years between census. Starting in 1850 he was 24, 1860 he was 27, in 1870 he was 30 living with Caroline who was 25. Martin Perry md Catharine Sturdivant 14 Dec 1872, two years after this census. Martin is not in the 1880 census but Carolina Perry is there, age 32. I am including the census for this family. My question: Is this the same man in each census or was there another Martin Perry I am missing? Also is Caroline/Carolina the Catharine Sturdivant in the marriage records 1850 Wilkinson county census house 552 family 556 m PERRY Jared 25 planter MS m Martin 24 m Lemon 16 m Harvey 15 m John 13 f Ellen 6 f Eleanor 50 S.C. 1860 Wilkinson county census Sept house 154 family 154 m PERRY Martin 27 planter 500 200 MS m Jarrot 30 300 m John 21 f Ellen 55 SC 1870 Wilkinson county census page 307 district 5 name age born m PERRY Jarrot N 45 farming MS 1870 Wilkinson county census page 299 district 5 name age born m PERRY Martin 30 farmer $100 real-estate, $150 personal MS f Caroline 25 MS Martin Perry md Catharine Sturdivant, 14 Dec 1872 1880 Wilkinson county 164-167 born father born mother born PERRY Carolina 32 MS MS MS Minnie 12 daughter MS MS MS John M. 9 son MS MS MS Sophronia 6 daughter MS MS MS Henry V. S. 5 son MS MS MS

I have some limited VENTRESS information. My earliest entry is Lovick Ventress who married Mary Elizabeth Bryan (no dates available). Their daughter Mary Ventress Married Pulaski Cage (1787-1866) and Pulaske Cage is shown buried at the Cage cemetery, Jessamine Hill (I believe this was or is a plantation name) in Wilkinson County. They had at least ten children and one son, William Lyall Cage married Josephine Proctor Posey (1829-1913), who was my gggrandmother, in 1846, probably in or near Wilkinson County. My guess is that a starting point for your Ventress search might be at the Cage family cemetery in Wilkinson County. Let know if you dig up any more information about my family connections. I have been to Wilkinson County but at that time I didn't know about the Cage/Ventress/Wall relationships. Happy hunting. Frank Russell Wall

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ventress, Feltus, Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACI/367 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information regarding the two women above. Eliza married Abram Morrell Feltus and I believe is buried with him somewhere in Woodville. Elizabeth Stewart I believe was her mother - married to Loveick Ventress and also buried somewhere around Woodville. Looking for cemetery information, birth information, etc. Thanks!

You were wise to verify your slave narrative information with documentation. Alas, too often the information is not verified. Certainly the interviews in the Slave Narrative Collection present problems beyond the general issue of the reliability and accuracy of recollections of the past. Not only had more than seventy years elapsed between Emancipation and the time of the interviews, but most informants had experienced slavery only as children or adolescents. Those interviewed were extremely old and most were living in conditions of abject poverty during the Depression years of the 1930s. These factors often combined to make them look upon the past through rose-colored glasses; they fondly described events and situations that had not been, in reality, so positive as they recalled them. Moreover, it is apparent that some informants, mistaking the interviewer for a government representative who might somehow assist them in their economic plight, replied to questions with flattery and calculated exaggeration in an effort to curry the interviewer's favor. Exaggeration may often have been the consequence of the interview itself, which gave informants an opportunity to be the center of attention. It is uncertain, then, whether the former slaves reported their experience under slavery accurately and truthfully. Two other major questions surrounding the use of the slave narratives concern, first, whether the interviewers were able to elicit candid responses from their informants and, second, whether what the informants said was accurately recorded. It is axiomatic that the quality of an interview depends on the skill of the individual who obtains it. The quality of typewritten accounts contained in the Collection is grossly uneven, reflecting the varied talents of the Federal Writers. Most of the interviewers were amateurs, inexperienced and unsophisticated in the use of interview techniques. Most expressed little concern about the problems of distortion inherent in the interview process and were insensitive to the nuances of interview procedure. A questionnaire devised by Lomax suggesting possible categories of discussion was often partially or totally ignored, frequently resulting in rambling and trivial comments. When the questionnaire was too closely followed, the result was stylized and superficial responses, devoid of spontaneity. Moreover, it is problematic how accurately interviewers wrote down exactly what the informant had said, especially when, as in many narratives, there was great attention given to dialect. In addition, as Rawick's searches of state Writers' Project records indicate, some of the writers and editors themselves undertook to revise, alter, or censor the accounts.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The same critique could be applied to today's interviewers on national news interviews such as Meet the Press, etal. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JohnR25442@aol.com> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: [MSWILKIN] Re: MSWILKIN-D Digest V06 #76 > > You were wise to verify your slave narrative information with > documentation. > Alas, too often the information is not verified. > Certainly the interviews in the Slave Narrative Collection present > problems > beyond the general issue of the reliability and accuracy of recollections > of > the past. Not only had more than seventy years elapsed between > Emancipation > and the time of the interviews, but most informants had experienced > slavery > only as children or adolescents. Those interviewed were extremely old and > most > were living in conditions of abject poverty during the Depression years > of the > 1930s. These factors often combined to make them look upon the past > through > rose-colored glasses; they fondly described events and situations that had > not been, in reality, so positive as they recalled them. Moreover, it is > apparent that some informants, mistaking the interviewer for a government > representative who might somehow assist them in their economic plight, > replied to > questions with flattery and calculated exaggeration in an effort to curry > the > interviewer's favor. Exaggeration may often have been the consequence of > the > interview itself, which gave informants an opportunity to be the center of > attention. > It is uncertain, then, whether the former slaves reported their experience > under slavery accurately and truthfully. Two other major questions > surrounding > the use of the slave narratives concern, first, whether the interviewers > were > able to elicit candid responses from their informants and, second, whether > what the informants said was accurately recorded. > It is axiomatic that the quality of an interview depends on the skill of > the > individual who obtains it. The quality of typewritten accounts contained > in > the Collection is grossly uneven, reflecting the varied talents of the > Federal > Writers. Most of the interviewers were amateurs, inexperienced and > unsophisticated in the use of interview techniques. Most expressed little > concern > about the problems of distortion inherent in the interview process and > were > insensitive to the nuances of interview procedure. A questionnaire devised > by > Lomax suggesting possible categories of discussion was often partially or > totally ignored, frequently resulting in rambling and trivial comments. > When the > questionnaire was too closely followed, the result was stylized and > superficial > responses, devoid of spontaneity. Moreover, it is problematic how > accurately > interviewers wrote down exactly what the informant had said, especially > when, as in many narratives, there was great attention given to dialect. > In > addition, as Rawick's searches of state Writers' Project records indicate, > some of > the writers and editors themselves undertook to revise, alter, or censor > the > accounts. > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

In a message dated 6/27/2006 9:01:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSWILKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Always try to validate what you find as facts in these. HI: The man who raised my great-grandmother was interviewed for the slave narratives. He was 93 and living with his last surviving son in Springfield, OH. Someone sent me a link to the Ohio Historical Society Web site, which has the narratives from Ohio residents. I had re-read his narrative for years before I realized that the narrative confirmed information about his wife (my great-great aunt, who raised my great-grandmother after her mother died) and their life together. I had only a few details about my great-grandmother, through the U.S. Census before then. The narrative filled in a lot of holes. I've found his narrative to be extremely interesting and informative. My experience has been positive and very valuable considering that there's so little info out there about the slave experience. The way I confirmed the info I found in the narrative was not difficult. He said he was in the U.S. Colored Troops -- that's easily confrimed through military and pension records. Also, the U.S. Census backed up his location in two cities in Brown and Clark counties, OH. I see the narratives like oral history, which you have to document just like everything else. Kberry

Unfortunately, my Duncans were not from Mississippi at all. I've not figured that one out yet. Chandra Duncan-Scott Academic Assistant Strayer University, Morrow Campus 3000 Corporate Center Drive Morrow, GA 30260 (678) 422-4111 / chandra.scott@strayer.edu (678) 422-4130 / fax We Fit Your Life -----Original Message----- From: Marry Lou [mailto:Merilou@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 12:27 AM To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] The Woodville Republican My family (whom I never met) lived in Woodville. They were neighbors to a family with the last name of "Duncan." That last name is also shown as a witness on a marriage license. Did your DUNCAN family lived in Woodville? merilou@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chandra Duncan-Scott" <chandra.scott@strayer.edu> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [MSWILKIN] The Woodville Republican > Would this include information on African-Americans from Woodville? > > Chandra Duncan-Scott > Academic Assistant > Strayer University, Morrow Campus > 3000 Corporate Center Drive > Morrow, GA 30260 > (678) 422-4111 / chandra.scott@strayer.edu > (678) 422-4130 / fax > > We Fit Your Life > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hdanw@aol.com [mailto:Hdanw@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:22 PM > To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MSWILKIN] The Woodville Republican > > Good news, for those who missed out purchasing the books which were > abstracts [selected] from the newspaper The Woodville Republican. > > These were published by Heritage Books, now located in Westminster, MD. > > Do a google.com search for heritage books > > Then your search terms - woodville republican > > I see that the first five volumes are on CD-ROM. I did not get the > price. > > Vol. 6 seems to be a new addition, and again, I did not check the price. > > My Wilkinson Co. folks had either 1) died and the probates need to be > researched or 2) relocated to Copiah Co., MS and later to TX or 3) appear > in the > records which are on microfilm at the Family History Library--and perhaps > at > the Mississippi Dept of History and Archives (or whatever its name is > now--politicians always change names if they can). > > The Woodville Republican snippets frequently give dates of death, marriage > dates and persons officiating and at whose home the marriage occurred, > etc. > > Lots of info about epidemics, etc. These are essential for those > searching > > for people in Wilkinson Co. and perhaps adjoining counties (or parishes). > > E.W.Wallace > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Tina Halls webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

A bit of a warning: As a historian, I have been told numerous times to read and accept the slave narratives with some caution. Many of the former slaves had axes to grind (Shouldn't they?) and/or concocted stories to please the interviewer. Always try to validate what you find as facts in these.

Thank you for your time and effort...... It was very much appreciated. Linda Holliday -----Original Message----- From: kdberr1@aol.com To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:34:06 -0400 Subject: [MSWILKIN] Re: Wayne Holliday slave narrative HI: I found full transcriptions of Wayne Holliday's slave narrative on 3 Web sites besides the rootsweb page. I went to www.google.com and used the keywords "wayne holliday" "slave narrative" and "mississippi." Kberry The sites are In the First Person, at: http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/firp.detail.documents.aspx?documentcode=OHI0030005-.inthefirstperson.com/firp/firp.detail.documents.aspx?documentcode=OHI0030005- Excerpts from: The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography Vol 7 by Jan Hillegas, Ken Lawrence, George P. Rawick. 802 pgs. Wayne Holliday's narrative is #1029. http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-american-slave-a-composite-autobiography-vol-7-by-jan-hillegas-ken-lawrence-george-p-rawick.jsp Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves by Work Projects Administration http://www.fullbooks.com/Slave-Narratives-A-Folk-History-of-Slaveryx14332.html ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Tina Halls webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.

HI: I found full transcriptions of Wayne Holliday's slave narrative on 3 Web sites besides the rootsweb page. I went to www.google.com and used the keywords "wayne holliday" "slave narrative" and "mississippi." Kberry The sites are In the First Person, at: http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/firp.detail.documents.aspx?documentcode=OHI0030005-.inthefirstperson.com/firp/firp.detail.documents.aspx?documentcode=OHI0030005- Excerpts from: The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography Vol 7 by Jan Hillegas, Ken Lawrence, George P. Rawick. 802 pgs. Wayne Holliday's narrative is #1029. http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-american-slave-a-composite-autobiography-vol-7-by-jan-hillegas-ken-lawrence-george-p-rawick.jsp Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves by Work Projects Administration http://www.fullbooks.com/Slave-Narratives-A-Folk-History-of-Slaveryx14332.html ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.

In a message dated 6/24/2006 3:44:58 PM Central Standard Time, Hdanw@aol.com writes: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/xslaves/xslave-index.htm Please let me know when Wayne Holliday is transcribed....Thanks.... Linda Holliday

I checked the FHL catalog and they do not seem to have the microfilm of the 1879 issues. However, they are available at the archives in Jackson. Several years back I stopped at the Woodville Republican Offices and Mr. Lewis gave me a list of all the issues available on microfilm at the MS department of Archive and History in Jackson. Not all issues were filmed but film * 00002069 includes 1879, Jan 4 through Aug 23. Virginia > Judging from the replies on this list, I'm going to order the microfilm > of > the Republican in 1879 from the Family History Center in my area and > look at the > articles. Excerpts don't seem sufficient. > Kberry

The paragraph labeled Mississippi is from the current US Gen Web Archives newsletter (only one of several pieces of information for various states). Please share this information to other Mississippi rootsweb lists. I subscribe to only two: Wilkinson and Copiah. Incidentally, when Copiah Co. opened up for settlement by Anglos [I believe it was called at one time Choctaw cession], a good many residents of Wilkinson Co. and of the adjoining Louisiana Parishes (i.e., Feliciana and perhaps East Baton Rouge) migrated there. That County has some excellent abstracts (census transcriptions, etc.) on the gen forum. _http://msgen.net/co/copiah/_ (http://msgen.net/co/copiah/) This is from the newsletter cited previously. MISSISSIPPI MSGenWeb Project has transcribed all the Slave narratives done by the WPA for Mississippi residents. I, along with several other Mississippi CC's and one of my best African-American Researchers, Linda Durr Rudd, did the transcriptions and they are located on the main MSGenWeb Site. The Slave Narratives Project has its own search engine and is receiving about 100 hits a week since we began working on it. We have already received many great comments about it. Check it out! http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/xslaves/xslave-index.htm Ann Allen Geoghegan Sent to two MS rootsweb lists by E.W.Wallace

Ella, what a great idea! Thank you for passing this along.. Will do. Judy Searching SHELBYs in Wilkinson Co, pre 1850 At 10:09 AM 6/24/2006, you wrote: >I have subscribed to the Republican for many years, as did my parents >before me, for we had ancestors and relatives living there. > >For a lot of years there was a weekly column in the Woodville Republican >called From the Files of the Republican. It had news in 25 year >increments covering the past 175 years, but when Mr. John Lewis health >failed, and he later died, the column stopped. > >Now his son Andy is the editor. Recently I wrote him, asking him to >reinstate the column telling him it is interesting to many people and a >big aid to genealogist. > >For those of you doing research in Wilkinson County I would like to >suggest you write Mr. Andy Lewis, P. O. Box 696, Woodville MS 39669 and >ask him to reinstate this column. > >Maybe if enough people show an interest in bringing the column back he >will reinstate it. > >Ella McCaleb Young

In a message dated 6/24/2006 3:04:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, MSWILKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I will gladly look him up in these books, although he could have been eliminated and may be on film if he is there at all. HI: The Woodville Republican had an article about my ancestor's death in Sept. 1879. It was reprinted in my ancestor's hometown paper in LA a week after his death. I have already made copies of it. Judging from the replies on this list, I'm going to order the microfilm of the Republican in 1879 from the Family History Center in my area and look at the articles. Excerpts don't seem sufficient. Kberry

I have subscribed to the Republican for many years, as did my parents before me, for we had ancestors and relatives living there. For a lot of years there was a weekly column in the Woodville Republican called From the Files of the Republican. It had news in 25 year increments covering the past 175 years, but when Mr. John Lewis health failed, and he later died, the column stopped. Now his son Andy is the editor. Recently I wrote him, asking him to reinstate the column telling him it is interesting to many people and a big aid to genealogist. For those of you doing research in Wilkinson County I would like to suggest you write Mr. Andy Lewis, P. O. Box 696, Woodville MS 39669 and ask him to reinstate this column. Maybe if enough people show an interest in bringing the column back he will reinstate it. Ella McCaleb Young