Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: ALBIBB-l@rootsweb.com Subject: James Lewis Latham's ancestry! Reply-to: jdflex@teclink.net Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 20:37:04 Howdy fellow rooters! Pardon me for not calling any names; but this "generic" message is going out to 11 mailing lists all over the southeast! I am searching for the ancestry of James Lewis, (Louis), Latham b Oct 10, 1805. he married Nancy Jane Eustace b Jan 9, 1812, in 1828 somewhere! Here are the children of unknown birthplaces; Henry Jan 28, 1830, (killed returning home from Civil War); Adolphus Sept 22, 1831; Martha Nov 21, 1835; Catherine May 4, 1838; Mary Oct 30, 1841. These children are recorded in the old family bible but no places of birth are given! Now for the kids with birthplace listed as being all born in Alabama: James Louis Jr. May 28, 1843; Alfred May 21, 1846; Wyatt Dec 2, 1848; Nancy Jane Oct 14, 1852. All these AL relatives are documented and traced to MS in and around Webster County. Now comes the fun part! For years this man has been hidden as to his where-a-bouts before he came to MS. But I have found him. If you will notice; those kids born in AL were between the years 1843--1853. Aha! He must be on the AL Census of 1850. Aha! He is! He is listed as James Latham in Madison County AL! It has to be him cause he's the only James in AL on that census. Howbout the 1860 census? Yep! He's there too! This time listed as James LathEm in Marshall County township of Cottonville. We know that he moved to MS either just before or right after the Civil War. To be blunt: IT'S HIM!!! It has to be! There ain't no other James Latham's in AL durring that time period. And the birthplace of those kids comes from the old family bible! Both Madison and Marshall Counties are up in the northern most part of AL. So I'm thinking that he may have migrated out of VA, or TN. But I still think that he originally came fron NC. So there you have the great Latham puzzle. James Lewis Latham is NOT one of the Latham's in Bibb County AL, though he did pass through there on his way to Webster County MS. Here's another clue: He came over with Lawrence Latham married to Polly Smitherman who was a sister to Elizabeth Smitherman who was married to William Latham of Bibb County AL son of Cornelius Latham. He's easy to look up! Somehow they're related. Terri informed me that there is a deed up in Prince William County VA where a Cornelius and James Latham deeded land to a Chandler Spinks. Cornelius's wife, Mary Spinks signed the deed. So all you faithful rooters; I ask and implore all of you to go over the archives that you have so diligently colected through the years for the where-abouts and ancestry of James Lewis Lathem Sr. Bear in mind that the surname Latham has also been spelled Lathem, Lathen, and Lathan. I have even seen a Lathom! Eliteracy was rampant way back then! And check on that surname Eustace. I can't find any reference to it. You NC folks please look closely. As I stated at the beginning; I am posting this to all the lists that I am on. So if you get multiple copies; now you know why. Seriously folks; I don't have access to any of the really old records. Especially those from VA TN SC and NC. So I really would appreciate your help. Also; if you find that you may have relatines way down here in Webster County MS; Slip me a note and I'll surly see what I can dig up! I feel confident that somewhere in either VA, TN, GA, SC, or NC that someone has that little tidbit of info that will open the door that will allow me to find the parentage of this "lost Latham." Most Truly Yours, Don Latham, Houston MS ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm