Posted on: OZMENT Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/o/z/OZMENT/queries/12 Surname: Ozment ------------------------- Searching for parents of Robert Henry Ozment b.12Nov.1852 Cooke County, Texas
Interesting that one is Ozment and the other Osment. This is from Ancestry.com: Database: Full Context of Tennessee Marriage and Bible Records Description: This database contains over 25,000 records for the state of Tennessee for the years approximately 1720-1890. The information in this database, which includes marriages, births, deaths, and wills, etc., has been obtained from family bibles, church, court, and county records. Extended Description: Source Information: Acklen, Robert, Tennessee Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Nashville, TN: Cullom & Ghertner Co., 1933. page 440 NAME: July 16–James Ozment SURETY: James Osment NAME: Elizabeth Eddings SURETY: Wm. M. Swain
I thought this was interesting. One fought for the South and one for the North. Search Terms: OZMENT (12), JAMES (165375) Database: American Civil War Soldiers Combined Matches: 2 Name State Served Enlist Date Enlist Rank Enlist Age Enlist Place Army James M Ozment Illinois 28 November 1861 Priv Union James S Ozment North Carolina 17 June 1861 Priv Guilford County, NC Confederacy
I keep seeing John Osment. I'm looking for the ancestors of a John Lucious OSMENT (OZment) born in Black Fox, TN in 1885. I think that is in Wilson County. That makes me believe that he might be related to all of these other Ozments. Does anyone know of a John Lucious? His father was John L. Sr. and he had a brother named Oscar and a sister named Betty. Connie
Bear in mind that on an old county map in MD, the land owned by Martin W. Ozman was shown as being owned by Osborn. I don't recommend discarding the info. Frank Frank and Chris Courtney Moncks Corner, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: <EleanorCol@aol.com> To: <OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 9:00 PM Subject: [OZMENT] 1790 Guilford Co, NC census > After seeing one of John Alan Ozment's emails concerning the 1790 census, I > was lucky to find it on the Guilford Co, NC website. There are indeed > several OSBURNS very close to John OSMENT and living next to a couple of > Sullavens. By looking at the numbers, they could very possibly be our > OZMENTS. My question is this? Are we sure these are OZMENTS and not > OSBURNS? There were other OSBURNS further down the list, two that I can > remember were Daniel and Peter. Is the James OSBURN below one of our > OZMENTS? How can a name such as OZMENT be mistaken as OSBURN? > > Osburn, Sam'l.........................1-4-5-0-0 Next door to.... > > Sullaven, Flurance...................3-2-2-0-0 Next door to .... > > Osburn, Rich'd sr....................1-1-2-0-0 Next door to..... > > Sullaven, Joel..........................1-0-1-0-0 Two doors from...... > > Osment, John.........................1-1-4-0-0 11 doors from...... > > Osburn, James........................1-1-1-0-0 > > Eleanor Colson > > > > ==== OZMENT Mailing List ==== > Remember - no flaming or harrassment of posters on this list. Abusers will be unsubscribed. > OZMENT FAMILY GENEALOGY - http://members.aol.com/eleanorcol/OzmentFamily.html >
In a message dated 10/08/2000 10:12:39 PM Central Daylight Time, eeth23@tcainternet.com writes: << I have just received volumes 48 through 52 with no information other than how to unsubscribe and subscribe. >> Hi Evelyn, Lon was trying to send info that John Alan Ozment had sent him. It was actually repeats of what he sent yesterday. Anyway, everything was messed up and either his computer, or AOL, or rootsweb caused the problem. My copies of the digests did have the information in them, so I don't know why yours didn't. This whole thing has been very strange. You didn't miss anything though because it was all repeats of yesterday. Actually this pertains to digests 50-52. I can send you 48-49 myself now. If it keeps happening I will ask the listowners list if they know what is going on. Sometimes the way you have your email system set up is a problem. I apologize everyone for all the weird stuff this evening. I have no idea what happened. Eleanor
In a message dated 10/08/2000 8:39:17 PM Central Daylight Time, LonRMartin@aol.com writes: << Apropos of my e-mail yesterday, if 1767 James had at least 6 boys, then perhaps James (1801-09; m. 1820) was his son, and thus a junior. (John’s son and Alfred’s brother, James H., who married Elizabeth Eddings in 1817, went to AR in 1829.) If 1767 James was a senior, and if his first wife was a Martha (if I’m remembering Evelyn’s land document correctly), then perhaps therein lies the basis for the family folklore. But, even if so, 1767 James was a son of Richard, etc., not of Mr. Jolley’s putative lineage. Moreover, an ancestor could not have fought under Lafayette in SC beginning in 1778 (the war lasted until 1781), have taught in an Indian mission in NC, have married, and have sired Robert Lafayette Ozment in 1779 or 1780 in the alloted time, methinks. >> Lonnie, when you have time, would you ask John for his reasons why he thinks James Henry, Alfred, et al are sons of John Ozment and not James Henry, Sr. and Martha Ardent? I have never seen that written down in a clear manner with some sort of documentation. I think if I could see something like that it would really help my confusion and others. It is hard to accept something else when the family lore points in a different direction. Thanks, Eleanor Colson
In a message dated 10/08/2000 8:33:42 PM Central Daylight Time, LonRMartin@aol.com writes: << --part1_87.133cc59.27127a41_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 10/3/00 8:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time, John Ozment.=20 writes > In Sept. 1749, Richard Bennett bequeathed a land tract called =E2=80=9CNeg= lect=E2=80=9D to=20 > two of the sons of John Osment, deceased, who were Thomas Osment (ca.=20 > 1725-1758) and John Osment (1728-1822). It would transfer to John, if=20 Thomas=20 >=20 > had no issue. > =20 >> Lon, What's happening? The list has just received the info you sent yesterday twice today also. The very long letter from John Ozment. Are you having some problems with your computer? Eleanor
--part1_23.1e4b8da.27127b88_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/5/00 7:39:11 AM Central Daylight Time, John Ozment writes: > I neglected to mention previously that John Osment (1783-1749) was first > mentioned in Maryland records in 1713. He provided witness to a Talbot > County land transaction involving a Mr. Walker, etc., which had occurred a > few years beforehand. > > John served in Barbados from Feb. 1701 to Feb. 1708, but was not on the 1713 > > Barbados census. [There was in 1713 a (black) slave with a first name of > Osman in Barbados.] Peter Wilson Coldham mentioned that it was common for > persons to relocate to Maryland from Barbados. > --part1_23.1e4b8da.27127b88_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <johnozment@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Oct 2000 08:39:11 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com (f108.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.108]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Oct 2000 08:38:54 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 05:38:53 -0700 Received: from 198.93.154.20 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 05 Oct 2000 12:38:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.93.154.20] From: "John Ozment" <johnozment@hotmail.com> To: LonRMartin@aol.com Subject: More Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 05:38:53 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F108lbQIKKbJ994niPD000088c2@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2000 12:38:53.0311 (UTC) FILETIME=[383BA0F0:01C02EC9] X-Mailer: Unknown 5 Oct. 2000 Dear Lon, In a book called, To Maryland from Overseas, published by GPC, a Jacobite Scotsman named James Nithery was listed as having been transported to Maryland in 1716. In the book of marriage bonds of Guilford Co., NC, published by the historical society, three Neatherey girls, including your Salley, were listed. Salley and Jonathans bondsman was Jo. Davis. Apropos of my e-mail yesterday, if 1767 James had at least 6 boys, then perhaps James (1801-09; m. 1820) was his son, and thus a junior. (Johns son and Alfreds brother, James H., who married Elizabeth Eddings in 1817, went to AR in 1829.) If 1767 James was a senior, and if his first wife was a Martha (if Im remembering Evelyns land document correctly), then perhaps therein lies the basis for the family folklore. But, even if so, 1767 James was a son of Richard, etc., not of Mr. Jolleys putative lineage. Moreover, an ancestor could not have fought under Lafayette in SC beginning in 1778 (the war lasted until 1781), have taught in an Indian mission in NC, have married, and have sired Robert Lafayette Ozment in 1779 or 1780 in the alloted time, methinks. Alfred Ozment bought land near John in 1836. John (1763-1842+) appears in TN land records for 1811, 1820, 1837 (sons Eli and Richard), etc., and is referenced in 1842 as being alive, but he is seemingly not in the censuses (1820 TN, etc.). However, it would seem that 1767 James WAS in the 1820 TN census. Nonetheless, when did he actually arrive in TN? And, if he had a son James, Jr., then obviously that James, Jr., was different from James H. Are any of 1767 James sons known for sure? If so, who are they? Perhaps Greenberry (1805, NC) was James son, too. In 1810 NC, 1767 James had 3 boys under 10. I dont remember Cameron specifically being mentioned in connection with Jonathans estate, as were many of Jonathans heirs. I neglected to mention previously that John Osment (1783-1749) was first mentioned in Maryland records in 1713. He provided witness to a Talbot County land transaction involving a Mr. Walker, etc., which had occurred a few years beforehand. John served in Barbados from Feb. 1701 to Feb. 1708, but was not on the 1713 Barbados census. [There was in 1713 a (black) slave with a first name of Osman in Barbados.] Peter Wilson Coldham mentioned that it was common for persons to relocate to Maryland from Barbados. George Gibson married Frances Dehorty in Talbot Co. in 1750 and was a next of kin to his grandfather, John Osment, in 1751. George and his sister, Lydia, were assured personalty by their widowed mother, Elinor Gibson, in 1734 Talbot Co. land records. IF George were 21 in 1751 (kin), then he wouldve been born in 1730. (Perhaps Lydia was born in 1732.) IF George were 18 in 1750 (marriage), then he wouldve been born in 1732. (Perhaps Lydia was born in 1730.) In either case, Elinor wouldve been married in about 1829. IF she were 18 at the time, she wouldve been born in 1711 (She wouldve had to have been born no earlier than 1709.) IF she were born in 1711, then her parents, John and Cornelia, wouldve wed 1708 to 1710. Thus, assuming an age of 18, Cornelia wouldve been born 1690 to 1692. (Cornelia had one sister, too.) So, too, Cornelia couldve been born as early as 1688, because Robert Morton finished his apprenticeship in VA in 1687 (per P.W. Coldham). Thank you for your prayers for my mother. How is your mother doing lately? Take care. Sincerely, John A. Ozment johnozment@hotmail.com 2096 Sarasota Lane, Hayward, CA 94545-4216; (510) 783-9370 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. --part1_23.1e4b8da.27127b88_boundary--
--part1_5e.1a41ada.27127b0e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 10/3/00 8:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time, John Ozment=20 writes: > John Osman / Osment (ca. 1683-by 9/1649) had been born in Portsmouth,=20 > Hampshire, England in 1683 (christened in 1684). > =20 > Cornelia (ca. 1690-by 1740) had been born in Virginia in about 1690. Her=20 > father, Robert Morton, first bought land in Talbot Co., MD, in 1700, with= =20 a=20 > wife of a different name than was in his 1721 will and inventory. He was=20 30=20 > in 1683, when he was apprenticed for 4 years in Virginia. He was born in=20 > Caddington, Bedford (1653). > =20 > As regards the 1790 NC census that you mentioned, look again on the same=20 > page as my John Osment (1763, MD - 1842+, TN) of Guilford County. You wil= l=20 > find our Richard, Sr. and his sons Richard, Jr., and our Samuel, but the=20 > surname was spelled differently, something like Ogburn ... sort of like=20 when=20 >=20 > the later census had it as Orsment (written with a drawl perhaps).=20 Florence=20 > Sullivan, Jr., and Joel Sullivan, etc., were right there, too. > =20 > I think I remember Richard, Jr., was listed in the 1830 TN census. It may= =20 > have been there that a birth year of 1760 was inferred. But, I would take= =20 it=20 >=20 > to be late 1759. For, the 1778 Caroline Co., MD, census has Samuel and=20 > Richard, Jr., as at least 18 years old by February of 1760, the time of=20 that=20 > enumeration. > =20 > So, in the birth order of the May 1817, Guilford Co., NC, will of Richard= =20 > Ozment, Sr., we would have: Samuel, 1757, Richard, Jr., 1759, daughter,=20 > 1761, John, 1763, daughter, 1765, James, 1767 (83-1850, TN), daughter,=20 > 1768/69, and Thomas, 1770 (79-10/1849). > =20 > John was not on the 1815 NC state census, for he had bought land in Feb.=20 > 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. James H. Ozment served in the War of 1812,=20 beginning=20 >=20 > in 1812, from Tennessee, and was a bondsman for his sister=E2=80=99s wedd= ing.=20 > Jonathan, his nephew (son of Samuel), had no son named James H. John's=20 > brother, James (1767), arrived with (prob.) Cameron (1811) by 1830.=20 Perhaps=20 > he was the same James who (re)married in 1820 Wilson Co., TN. --part1_5e.1a41ada.27127b0e_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <johnozment@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:43:03 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com (f58.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.58]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:42:45 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:42:44 -0700 Received: from 198.93.154.20 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.93.154.20] From: "John Ozment" <johnozment@hotmail.com> To: LonRMartin@aol.com Subject: James H., etc. Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:42:44 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F584d5htAyD7TfSr0fV0000bd71@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44.0954 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF3E73A0:01C02D3F] X-Mailer: Unknown 3 October 2000 Dear Lon, I have the following four items from Sheila Branham. branham90@yahoo.com ____________________ Item One: My line from Robert Ozment, Sr., is: Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr., married 2nd wife Susan Stewart. Robert S. Ozment, Jr. 3/29/1888 - 8/20/1974, married 1st wife Lucy T. Wolfe 1/31/1887 - 8/24/1908 (died in childbirth with a son); married second wife Emma Orella Glennon and had 6 children, one of which is my grandmother, Bernice Oleta Ozment 4/7/1919 - 10/29/1997. She married Wm Burl Brown. My father is Johnny Brown, married Edna Kay McMurry. I am Sheila Brown Branham 6/11/1971, married Michael Sean Branham. I have a brother named David, and I have 2 children. ____________________ Item Two: Among the notes left at her (Drew County) historical society by Rebecca (DeArmond) was a hand written page on a blank piece of paper from the Bible of Mrs. Eula Mae Harris. Ill start from the bottom. William Perice Harris b. 1866 in AR Eula Mae Simpson b. 1901 in AR Father Samuel Simpson b 1865 in LA Mother Lucindy Ozment b 1863 in AR Grandfather James G Ozment b 1823 in TN Grandmother Rachel Ozment b 1835 in TN G-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Jr . b 1793 in NC G-Grandmother Elizabeth Eddings b 1795 in SC GG-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Sr. b 1755 in England GG-Grandmother Martha Arden (Madison) b 1757 in NC GGG-Grandfather John Ozment b 1733 in England GGG-Grandmother Rachel Eaton b 1734 in England GGGG-Grandfather Robert Ozment b 1710 in England GGGG-Grandmother Norma Jean Wilson b 1712 in England Rebecca DeArmond wrote a book entitled, Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County. Have you heard of it? Her gggg-grandfather was also Alfred Ozment. She did lots of interviews and family group sheets and donated them to the Drew County Historical Society. They have her book there for sale, and I highly recommend it. The address is: Drew County Historical Society, 404 S Main St., Monticello, AR 71655, 870-367-7446. ____________________ Item Three: R.S., Jrs son Alfred has a daughter named Cindy who is supposed to be in possession of a Bible. I cant seem to get a copy of the pages. YET! I did find in my grandmothers box (Oleta) a copy of a Births page that I can only assume went in that Bible. It begins with ... Robert Ozment was born the 12 of October 1820 Susan Stuard was born the 25 of March 1849 Alpherd (Alfred) Riley Ozment was born July the 18 1881 Jimmie Ozment was bornd March the 29 1883 Elmira Ozment was bornd the 5 of November the 1886 Robert Ozment was born the 29? of March 1888 Therefore, I dont know for sure if this was Sr. or Jr. Bible. R.S. Sr. headstone does read 1828. The 1820 date is what it states in the Bible record though. Who knows? Cindy, the one with the Bible, lives in TX I think. ____________________ Item Four: Another great article that can be obtained from the historical society is titled Did You Know That? (11/23/1960) The article is by Jimmie Fox, but the narrative is mostly from Arthur Jolley. One little piece says, There were three of the Ozments brothers who came to New Orleans from England. One remained in New Orleans while Alfred and James H. made their way to South Carolina, where James H. Ozment married Elizabeth Eddings. Soon after all moved to Wilson County, Tenn., which is about the center of the state, and here Alfred Ozment married Nancy Lane and the two brothers reared their children Interesting? Who knows? ____________________ May I say that the Eula Mae Harris Bible, although I have not yet sought to procure a copy, is probably all in one handwriting, given the fact that there are so many generations given, and all without months and years. The Bibles that I have seen usually have only two or three generations and are in one to three different handwritings. It would seem likely that she obtained information from Mr. Arthur Jolley at one point. The late Lamar White of Midvale, Utah, conducted a taped interview with Arthur Jolley in 1966. It was Lamars impression that, while Mr. Jolley did the best he could, nonetheless much of what he said was not true, although he interspersed bits here and there which were largely correct. The same basic outline of E.M. Harris Bible was extracted by Lamar from his interview with Mr. Jolley. Dwight Ozment of Richmond, Virginia, has interviewed Winifred Johnson of Mesa, Arizona. Her grandfather began relating his family history to her some 70 years ago in Texas. She had contact with Mr. Jolley, too. As a result, her recollections are tainted by the Jolley narrative to the point where Dwight had to concede that Winifred, at times, could not separate those facts obtained by her grandfather from those stories related to her by Mr. Jolley. There is much of value in her knowledge of the Texas Ozments, which trace back to John Jasper Ozment (b. ca. 1798-99, NC) and his father Robert Lafayette of MS (b. ca. 1779). She grew up with Gene Autry and his mother, Elnora Ozment. Their line has female Morgans and Fraziers, which contain Indian blood. She told me that her grandfather had told her that Robert L. Ozment was also a brother of my Alfred Ozment (b. late 1804-1877), and that Alfred had a diary of family descendancy information, which sadly had never been rediscovered. Arthur Jolleys narrative is filled with improbabilities. One time it states that James H. Ozment, Sr., and Billy Eddings landed in Charleston, SC, with Lafayette, and apparently in another version states that they landed in New Orleans. James H. Ozment (1793-1861) was in New Orleans, Louisiana, for a couple of years, around 1844. The book in the Santa Clara, CA, Library on the army of Gen. Lafayette has a Jean Osmond of Caen, France, among his men. At one time, the narrative has Billy Eddings marrying White Fawn or Elizabeth, the daughter of Chief Keoto. (I think I remember that he married Rebecca Chandler of Laurens Co., SC.) It has James H., Sr., marrying Martha Arden, the daughter of Chief Keotos brother. After leaving SC, James H., Sr., and Billy taught at an Indian mission school in Robeson County, NC (which was still part of Bladen County until 1787), where they married their princesses. The Harris Bible has her as Martha Arden (Madison). There was a (James) Madison Ozment, a son of Jonathan Ozment. There was, also, a Martha A. Ozment, the firstborn child / daughter of Robert S. and Caroline Ozment. According to Lamar Whites tape, Mr. Jolleys son supposedly obtained information from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which said BIA related to me that they dont have records more that 40 years old. All older documents are forwarded to the National Archives, which said NARA related to me that they had no such documents as Mr. Jolleys son purported, in that they have no records for dissipated and unamalgamated tribes, especially of that vintage and in that area. So where did this information originate? There were a few dissipating reservations in Dorchester Co., MD, in the 1780s, when my John Ozment (1763-1842+) would've married, ca. 1785. They were Nanticoke, Choptank, etc. of the Delaware (Algonquin stock). The Indians of Robeson Co., NC, would likely have been Catawba. I have never seen a James H. Ozment, Sr., from Robeson Co., NC. The paper trail clearly shows that the Ozments came from Talbot Co., MD, to Caroline Co., MD, to Guilford Co., NC, and from thence to Wilson Co., TN. Robert L. (ca. 1779) was probably born in MD, and he was probably a son of Thomas Ozment, Jr., (1749, MD - ) who married Rachel (Mrs. Bradbury Sylvester) in 1778. Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) probably had twin boys in 1780, Manlove and Howard (both 70 in 1850, NC). Robert L. was probably too old to have been a brother of my Alfred (late 1804, NC - 1877, AR), who had brothers Eli (1786, NC - 1850+, TN), James H. (1793, NC - 1861, AR), and Richard S. (1800, NC - 1866, IL). Greenbury Ozment (1805, NC - 1850+, TN) was probably not Alfreds brother, even though they both married in Nashville a year apart. Let us just retire this Jolley narrative to family folklore, until such time as some hard evidence to the contrary surfaces. Apropos of my previous e-mail to you, I thought to append my thoughts on Richard Osment (1718, MD - 1751+, MD) and his unknown wife. Richard Ozment, Sr., (1737, MD - 1817, NC) had a Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) Could the initial stand for Davis, and represent the surname of Richard Osments wife? (E.g.: Ozment acquaintances of Hannah Oldham Davis Edge ... Elizabeth Davis Wise ... etc.) The 1733 Talbot Co., MD, tax list had one Osment male of 16 years or older paying the tax. Therefore, 1733 - 15 = 1718, the birth year of Richard Osment, who wouldve married at 18, in 1736. His son, Richard Ozment, was born in 1737. He was probably 21 by January 1759 (will witness of Hannah Edge). Therefore, 1758 - 21 = 1737, also. Richard wouldve married Rachel at age 18 or 19, in 1755 or 1756. Alternately spelled, Richard Osmond, Jr., appeared on three inventory debt lists in 1757 (along with his uncle Thomas Osmond), including that of the late William Alexander. Richard Osment (1718-1751+) appeared as next of kin, along with his brother, Thomas Osment, and his nephew, George Gibson (son of Elinor Osment Gibson), on the 1751 inventory of his father, John Osment. In Sept. 1749, Richard Bennett bequeathed a land tract called Neglect to two of the sons of John Osment, deceased, who were Thomas Osment (ca. 1725-1758) and John Osment (1728-1822). It would transfer to John, if Thomas had no issue. But, Thomas had issue: Thomas, Jr., Priscilla (Jr.), and Jonathan. In 1793, John Osman (54) gave a deposition to the Land Commissioners. Thus, he was born in 1739, and most likely was a brother of Richard (1737). Thus, the 1790 MD census had Thomas (Jr.), Jonathan, old John, and John (son of 1718 Richard). Old Johns son, John Osman (1756, MD - 1822, NY), moved to Montgomery Co., NY, after the Rev. War (per his pension application), where he died in 1822, leaving a son, John Osman. Old John died in 1822 at the age of 94 (will) or 96 (newspaper). John and Cornelia (Morton) Osment had: Elinor Osment Gibson (ca. 1712-1734+), Richard Osment (1718-1751+), Edward Osmond (ca. 1721-1750s+), Thomas (ca. 1725-1758), and John (1728-1822). John Osman / Osment (ca. 1683-by 9/1749) had been born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1783 (christened in 1784). Cornelia (ca. 1690-by 1740) had been born in Virginia in about 1690. Her father, Robert Morton, first bought land in Talbot Co., MD, in 1700, with a wife of a different name than was in his 1721 will and inventory. He was 30 in 1683, when he was apprenticed for 4 years in Virginia. He was born in Caddington, Bedford (1653). As regards the 1790 NC census that you mentioned, look again on the same page as my John Osment (1763, MD - 1842+, TN) of Guilford County. You will find our Richard, Sr. and his sons Richard, Jr., and our Samuel, but the surname was spelled differently, something like Ogburn ... sort of like when the later census had it as Orsment (written with a drawl perhaps). Florence Sullivan, Jr., and Joel Sullivan, etc., were right there, too. I think I remember Richard, Jr., was listed in the 1830 TN census. It may have been there that a birth year of 1760 was inferred. But, I would take it to be late 1759. For, the 1778 Caroline Co., MD, census has Samuel and Richard, Jr., as at least 18 years old by February of 1760, the time of that enumeration. So, in the birth order of the May 1817, Guilford Co., NC, will of Richard Ozment, Sr., we would have: Samuel, 1757, Richard, Jr., 1759, daughter, 1761, John, 1763, daughter, 1765, James, 1767 (83-1850, TN), daughter, 1768/69, and Thomas, 1770 (79-10/1849). John was not on the 1815 NC state census, for he had bought land in Feb. 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. James H. Ozment served in the War of 1812, beginning in 1812, from Tennessee, and was a bondsman for his sisters wedding. Jonathan, his nephew (son of Samuel), had no son named James H. John's brother, James (1767), arrived with (prob.) Cameron (1811) by 1830. Perhaps he was the same James who (re)married in 1820 Wilson Co., TN. Im running out of time here at work, so Ill have to break it off for now. You may share what I have shared with you, if you wish. Well talk again. Take care. Sincerely, John Alan Ozment johnozment@hotmail.com 2096 Sarasota Lane, Hayward, CA 94545-4216; (510) 783-9370 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. --part1_5e.1a41ada.27127b0e_boundary--
--part1_87.133cc59.27127a41_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 10/3/00 8:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time, John Ozment.=20 writes > In Sept. 1749, Richard Bennett bequeathed a land tract called =E2=80=9CNeg= lect=E2=80=9D to=20 > two of the sons of John Osment, deceased, who were Thomas Osment (ca.=20 > 1725-1758) and John Osment (1728-1822). It would transfer to John, if=20 Thomas=20 >=20 > had no issue. > =20 > But, Thomas had issue: Thomas, Jr., Priscilla (Jr.), and Jonathan. > =20 > In 1793, John Osman (54) gave a deposition to the Land Commissioners.=20 Thus,=20 > he was born in 1739, and most likely was a brother of Richard (1737). > =20 > Thus, the 1790 MD census had Thomas (Jr.), Jonathan, =E2=80=9Cold=E2=80= =9D John, and John=20 > (son of 1718 Richard). > =20 > Old John=E2=80=99s son, John Osman (1756, MD - 1822, NY), moved to Montgo= mery Co.,=20 > NY, after the Rev. War (per his pension application), where he died in=20 1822,=20 >=20 > leaving a son, John Osman. Old John died in 1822 at the age of 94 (will)=20 or=20 > 96 (newspaper). > =20 > John and Cornelia (Morton) Osment had: Elinor Osment Gibson (ca.=20 > 1712-1734+), Richard Osment (1718-1751+), Edward Osmond (ca. 1721-1750s+)= ,=20 > Thomas (ca. 1725-1758), and John (1728-1822). --part1_87.133cc59.27127a41_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <johnozment@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:43:03 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com (f58.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.58]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:42:45 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:42:44 -0700 Received: from 198.93.154.20 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.93.154.20] From: "John Ozment" <johnozment@hotmail.com> To: LonRMartin@aol.com Subject: James H., etc. Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:42:44 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F584d5htAyD7TfSr0fV0000bd71@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44.0954 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF3E73A0:01C02D3F] X-Mailer: Unknown 3 October 2000 Dear Lon, I have the following four items from Sheila Branham. branham90@yahoo.com ____________________ Item One: My line from Robert Ozment, Sr., is: Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr., married 2nd wife Susan Stewart. Robert S. Ozment, Jr. 3/29/1888 - 8/20/1974, married 1st wife Lucy T. Wolfe 1/31/1887 - 8/24/1908 (died in childbirth with a son); married second wife Emma Orella Glennon and had 6 children, one of which is my grandmother, Bernice Oleta Ozment 4/7/1919 - 10/29/1997. She married Wm Burl Brown. My father is Johnny Brown, married Edna Kay McMurry. I am Sheila Brown Branham 6/11/1971, married Michael Sean Branham. I have a brother named David, and I have 2 children. ____________________ Item Two: Among the notes left at her (Drew County) historical society by Rebecca (DeArmond) was a hand written page on a blank piece of paper from the Bible of Mrs. Eula Mae Harris. Ill start from the bottom. William Perice Harris b. 1866 in AR Eula Mae Simpson b. 1901 in AR Father Samuel Simpson b 1865 in LA Mother Lucindy Ozment b 1863 in AR Grandfather James G Ozment b 1823 in TN Grandmother Rachel Ozment b 1835 in TN G-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Jr . b 1793 in NC G-Grandmother Elizabeth Eddings b 1795 in SC GG-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Sr. b 1755 in England GG-Grandmother Martha Arden (Madison) b 1757 in NC GGG-Grandfather John Ozment b 1733 in England GGG-Grandmother Rachel Eaton b 1734 in England GGGG-Grandfather Robert Ozment b 1710 in England GGGG-Grandmother Norma Jean Wilson b 1712 in England Rebecca DeArmond wrote a book entitled, Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County. Have you heard of it? Her gggg-grandfather was also Alfred Ozment. She did lots of interviews and family group sheets and donated them to the Drew County Historical Society. They have her book there for sale, and I highly recommend it. The address is: Drew County Historical Society, 404 S Main St., Monticello, AR 71655, 870-367-7446. ____________________ Item Three: R.S., Jrs son Alfred has a daughter named Cindy who is supposed to be in possession of a Bible. I cant seem to get a copy of the pages. YET! I did find in my grandmothers box (Oleta) a copy of a Births page that I can only assume went in that Bible. It begins with ... Robert Ozment was born the 12 of October 1820 Susan Stuard was born the 25 of March 1849 Alpherd (Alfred) Riley Ozment was born July the 18 1881 Jimmie Ozment was bornd March the 29 1883 Elmira Ozment was bornd the 5 of November the 1886 Robert Ozment was born the 29? of March 1888 Therefore, I dont know for sure if this was Sr. or Jr. Bible. R.S. Sr. headstone does read 1828. The 1820 date is what it states in the Bible record though. Who knows? Cindy, the one with the Bible, lives in TX I think. ____________________ Item Four: Another great article that can be obtained from the historical society is titled Did You Know That? (11/23/1960) The article is by Jimmie Fox, but the narrative is mostly from Arthur Jolley. One little piece says, There were three of the Ozments brothers who came to New Orleans from England. One remained in New Orleans while Alfred and James H. made their way to South Carolina, where James H. Ozment married Elizabeth Eddings. Soon after all moved to Wilson County, Tenn., which is about the center of the state, and here Alfred Ozment married Nancy Lane and the two brothers reared their children Interesting? Who knows? ____________________ May I say that the Eula Mae Harris Bible, although I have not yet sought to procure a copy, is probably all in one handwriting, given the fact that there are so many generations given, and all without months and years. The Bibles that I have seen usually have only two or three generations and are in one to three different handwritings. It would seem likely that she obtained information from Mr. Arthur Jolley at one point. The late Lamar White of Midvale, Utah, conducted a taped interview with Arthur Jolley in 1966. It was Lamars impression that, while Mr. Jolley did the best he could, nonetheless much of what he said was not true, although he interspersed bits here and there which were largely correct. The same basic outline of E.M. Harris Bible was extracted by Lamar from his interview with Mr. Jolley. Dwight Ozment of Richmond, Virginia, has interviewed Winifred Johnson of Mesa, Arizona. Her grandfather began relating his family history to her some 70 years ago in Texas. She had contact with Mr. Jolley, too. As a result, her recollections are tainted by the Jolley narrative to the point where Dwight had to concede that Winifred, at times, could not separate those facts obtained by her grandfather from those stories related to her by Mr. Jolley. There is much of value in her knowledge of the Texas Ozments, which trace back to John Jasper Ozment (b. ca. 1798-99, NC) and his father Robert Lafayette of MS (b. ca. 1779). She grew up with Gene Autry and his mother, Elnora Ozment. Their line has female Morgans and Fraziers, which contain Indian blood. She told me that her grandfather had told her that Robert L. Ozment was also a brother of my Alfred Ozment (b. late 1804-1877), and that Alfred had a diary of family descendancy information, which sadly had never been rediscovered. Arthur Jolleys narrative is filled with improbabilities. One time it states that James H. Ozment, Sr., and Billy Eddings landed in Charleston, SC, with Lafayette, and apparently in another version states that they landed in New Orleans. James H. Ozment (1793-1861) was in New Orleans, Louisiana, for a couple of years, around 1844. The book in the Santa Clara, CA, Library on the army of Gen. Lafayette has a Jean Osmond of Caen, France, among his men. At one time, the narrative has Billy Eddings marrying White Fawn or Elizabeth, the daughter of Chief Keoto. (I think I remember that he married Rebecca Chandler of Laurens Co., SC.) It has James H., Sr., marrying Martha Arden, the daughter of Chief Keotos brother. After leaving SC, James H., Sr., and Billy taught at an Indian mission school in Robeson County, NC (which was still part of Bladen County until 1787), where they married their princesses. The Harris Bible has her as Martha Arden (Madison). There was a (James) Madison Ozment, a son of Jonathan Ozment. There was, also, a Martha A. Ozment, the firstborn child / daughter of Robert S. and Caroline Ozment. According to Lamar Whites tape, Mr. Jolleys son supposedly obtained information from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which said BIA related to me that they dont have records more that 40 years old. All older documents are forwarded to the National Archives, which said NARA related to me that they had no such documents as Mr. Jolleys son purported, in that they have no records for dissipated and unamalgamated tribes, especially of that vintage and in that area. So where did this information originate? There were a few dissipating reservations in Dorchester Co., MD, in the 1780s, when my John Ozment (1763-1842+) would've married, ca. 1785. They were Nanticoke, Choptank, etc. of the Delaware (Algonquin stock). The Indians of Robeson Co., NC, would likely have been Catawba. I have never seen a James H. Ozment, Sr., from Robeson Co., NC. The paper trail clearly shows that the Ozments came from Talbot Co., MD, to Caroline Co., MD, to Guilford Co., NC, and from thence to Wilson Co., TN. Robert L. (ca. 1779) was probably born in MD, and he was probably a son of Thomas Ozment, Jr., (1749, MD - ) who married Rachel (Mrs. Bradbury Sylvester) in 1778. Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) probably had twin boys in 1780, Manlove and Howard (both 70 in 1850, NC). Robert L. was probably too old to have been a brother of my Alfred (late 1804, NC - 1877, AR), who had brothers Eli (1786, NC - 1850+, TN), James H. (1793, NC - 1861, AR), and Richard S. (1800, NC - 1866, IL). Greenbury Ozment (1805, NC - 1850+, TN) was probably not Alfreds brother, even though they both married in Nashville a year apart. Let us just retire this Jolley narrative to family folklore, until such time as some hard evidence to the contrary surfaces. Apropos of my previous e-mail to you, I thought to append my thoughts on Richard Osment (1718, MD - 1751+, MD) and his unknown wife. Richard Ozment, Sr., (1737, MD - 1817, NC) had a Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) Could the initial stand for Davis, and represent the surname of Richard Osments wife? (E.g.: Ozment acquaintances of Hannah Oldham Davis Edge ... Elizabeth Davis Wise ... etc.) The 1733 Talbot Co., MD, tax list had one Osment male of 16 years or older paying the tax. Therefore, 1733 - 15 = 1718, the birth year of Richard Osment, who wouldve married at 18, in 1736. His son, Richard Ozment, was born in 1737. He was probably 21 by January 1759 (will witness of Hannah Edge). Therefore, 1758 - 21 = 1737, also. Richard wouldve married Rachel at age 18 or 19, in 1755 or 1756. Alternately spelled, Richard Osmond, Jr., appeared on three inventory debt lists in 1757 (along with his uncle Thomas Osmond), including that of the late William Alexander. Richard Osment (1718-1751+) appeared as next of kin, along with his brother, Thomas Osment, and his nephew, George Gibson (son of Elinor Osment Gibson), on the 1751 inventory of his father, John Osment. In Sept. 1749, Richard Bennett bequeathed a land tract called Neglect to two of the sons of John Osment, deceased, who were Thomas Osment (ca. 1725-1758) and John Osment (1728-1822). It would transfer to John, if Thomas had no issue. But, Thomas had issue: Thomas, Jr., Priscilla (Jr.), and Jonathan. In 1793, John Osman (54) gave a deposition to the Land Commissioners. Thus, he was born in 1739, and most likely was a brother of Richard (1737). Thus, the 1790 MD census had Thomas (Jr.), Jonathan, old John, and John (son of 1718 Richard). Old Johns son, John Osman (1756, MD - 1822, NY), moved to Montgomery Co., NY, after the Rev. War (per his pension application), where he died in 1822, leaving a son, John Osman. Old John died in 1822 at the age of 94 (will) or 96 (newspaper). John and Cornelia (Morton) Osment had: Elinor Osment Gibson (ca. 1712-1734+), Richard Osment (1718-1751+), Edward Osmond (ca. 1721-1750s+), Thomas (ca. 1725-1758), and John (1728-1822). John Osman / Osment (ca. 1683-by 9/1749) had been born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1783 (christened in 1784). Cornelia (ca. 1690-by 1740) had been born in Virginia in about 1690. Her father, Robert Morton, first bought land in Talbot Co., MD, in 1700, with a wife of a different name than was in his 1721 will and inventory. He was 30 in 1683, when he was apprenticed for 4 years in Virginia. He was born in Caddington, Bedford (1653). As regards the 1790 NC census that you mentioned, look again on the same page as my John Osment (1763, MD - 1842+, TN) of Guilford County. You will find our Richard, Sr. and his sons Richard, Jr., and our Samuel, but the surname was spelled differently, something like Ogburn ... sort of like when the later census had it as Orsment (written with a drawl perhaps). Florence Sullivan, Jr., and Joel Sullivan, etc., were right there, too. I think I remember Richard, Jr., was listed in the 1830 TN census. It may have been there that a birth year of 1760 was inferred. But, I would take it to be late 1759. For, the 1778 Caroline Co., MD, census has Samuel and Richard, Jr., as at least 18 years old by February of 1760, the time of that enumeration. So, in the birth order of the May 1817, Guilford Co., NC, will of Richard Ozment, Sr., we would have: Samuel, 1757, Richard, Jr., 1759, daughter, 1761, John, 1763, daughter, 1765, James, 1767 (83-1850, TN), daughter, 1768/69, and Thomas, 1770 (79-10/1849). John was not on the 1815 NC state census, for he had bought land in Feb. 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. James H. Ozment served in the War of 1812, beginning in 1812, from Tennessee, and was a bondsman for his sisters wedding. Jonathan, his nephew (son of Samuel), had no son named James H. John's brother, James (1767), arrived with (prob.) Cameron (1811) by 1830. Perhaps he was the same James who (re)married in 1820 Wilson Co., TN. Im running out of time here at work, so Ill have to break it off for now. You may share what I have shared with you, if you wish. Well talk again. Take care. Sincerely, John Alan Ozment johnozment@hotmail.com 2096 Sarasota Lane, Hayward, CA 94545-4216; (510) 783-9370 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. --part1_87.133cc59.27127a41_boundary--
--part1_35.b343758.27127981_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 10/3/00 8:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 from John Ozment of California: > Apropos of my previous e-mail to you, I thought to append my thoughts on=20 > Richard Osment (1718, MD - 1751+, MD) and his unknown wife. > =20 > Richard Ozment, Sr., (1737, MD - 1817, NC) had a Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr.= ,=20 > (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) Could the initial stand for Davis, and represent=20 the=20 > surname of Richard Osment=E2=80=99s wife? (E.g.: Ozment acquaintances of=20= Hannah=20 > Oldham Davis Edge ... Elizabeth Davis Wise ... etc.) > =20 > The 1733 Talbot Co., MD, tax list had one Osment male of 16 years or olde= r=20 > paying the tax. Therefore, 1733 - 15 =3D 1718, the birth year of Richard=20 > Osment, who would=E2=80=99ve married at 18, in 1736. > =20 > His son, Richard Ozment, was born in 1737. He was probably 21 by January=20 > 1759 (will witness of Hannah Edge). Therefore, 1758 - 21 =3D 1737, also.=20 > Richard would=E2=80=99ve married Rachel at age 18 or 19, in 1755 or 1756.= =20 > Alternately spelled, Richard Osmond, Jr., appeared on three inventory deb= t=20 > lists in 1757 (along with his uncle Thomas Osmond), including that of the= =20 > late William Alexander. Richard Osment (1718-1751+) appeared as next of=20 kin,=20 >=20 > along with his brother, Thomas Osment, and his nephew, George Gibson (son= =20 of=20 >=20 > Elinor Osment Gibson), on the 1751 inventory of his father, John Osment. > =20 --part1_35.b343758.27127981_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <johnozment@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:43:03 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com (f58.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.58]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:42:45 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:42:44 -0700 Received: from 198.93.154.20 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.93.154.20] From: "John Ozment" <johnozment@hotmail.com> To: LonRMartin@aol.com Subject: James H., etc. Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:42:44 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F584d5htAyD7TfSr0fV0000bd71@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2000 13:42:44.0954 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF3E73A0:01C02D3F] X-Mailer: Unknown 3 October 2000 Dear Lon, I have the following four items from Sheila Branham. branham90@yahoo.com ____________________ Item One: My line from Robert Ozment, Sr., is: Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr., married 2nd wife Susan Stewart. Robert S. Ozment, Jr. 3/29/1888 - 8/20/1974, married 1st wife Lucy T. Wolfe 1/31/1887 - 8/24/1908 (died in childbirth with a son); married second wife Emma Orella Glennon and had 6 children, one of which is my grandmother, Bernice Oleta Ozment 4/7/1919 - 10/29/1997. She married Wm Burl Brown. My father is Johnny Brown, married Edna Kay McMurry. I am Sheila Brown Branham 6/11/1971, married Michael Sean Branham. I have a brother named David, and I have 2 children. ____________________ Item Two: Among the notes left at her (Drew County) historical society by Rebecca (DeArmond) was a hand written page on a blank piece of paper from the Bible of Mrs. Eula Mae Harris. Ill start from the bottom. William Perice Harris b. 1866 in AR Eula Mae Simpson b. 1901 in AR Father Samuel Simpson b 1865 in LA Mother Lucindy Ozment b 1863 in AR Grandfather James G Ozment b 1823 in TN Grandmother Rachel Ozment b 1835 in TN G-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Jr . b 1793 in NC G-Grandmother Elizabeth Eddings b 1795 in SC GG-Grandfather James Henry Ozment, Sr. b 1755 in England GG-Grandmother Martha Arden (Madison) b 1757 in NC GGG-Grandfather John Ozment b 1733 in England GGG-Grandmother Rachel Eaton b 1734 in England GGGG-Grandfather Robert Ozment b 1710 in England GGGG-Grandmother Norma Jean Wilson b 1712 in England Rebecca DeArmond wrote a book entitled, Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County. Have you heard of it? Her gggg-grandfather was also Alfred Ozment. She did lots of interviews and family group sheets and donated them to the Drew County Historical Society. They have her book there for sale, and I highly recommend it. The address is: Drew County Historical Society, 404 S Main St., Monticello, AR 71655, 870-367-7446. ____________________ Item Three: R.S., Jrs son Alfred has a daughter named Cindy who is supposed to be in possession of a Bible. I cant seem to get a copy of the pages. YET! I did find in my grandmothers box (Oleta) a copy of a Births page that I can only assume went in that Bible. It begins with ... Robert Ozment was born the 12 of October 1820 Susan Stuard was born the 25 of March 1849 Alpherd (Alfred) Riley Ozment was born July the 18 1881 Jimmie Ozment was bornd March the 29 1883 Elmira Ozment was bornd the 5 of November the 1886 Robert Ozment was born the 29? of March 1888 Therefore, I dont know for sure if this was Sr. or Jr. Bible. R.S. Sr. headstone does read 1828. The 1820 date is what it states in the Bible record though. Who knows? Cindy, the one with the Bible, lives in TX I think. ____________________ Item Four: Another great article that can be obtained from the historical society is titled Did You Know That? (11/23/1960) The article is by Jimmie Fox, but the narrative is mostly from Arthur Jolley. One little piece says, There were three of the Ozments brothers who came to New Orleans from England. One remained in New Orleans while Alfred and James H. made their way to South Carolina, where James H. Ozment married Elizabeth Eddings. Soon after all moved to Wilson County, Tenn., which is about the center of the state, and here Alfred Ozment married Nancy Lane and the two brothers reared their children Interesting? Who knows? ____________________ May I say that the Eula Mae Harris Bible, although I have not yet sought to procure a copy, is probably all in one handwriting, given the fact that there are so many generations given, and all without months and years. The Bibles that I have seen usually have only two or three generations and are in one to three different handwritings. It would seem likely that she obtained information from Mr. Arthur Jolley at one point. The late Lamar White of Midvale, Utah, conducted a taped interview with Arthur Jolley in 1966. It was Lamars impression that, while Mr. Jolley did the best he could, nonetheless much of what he said was not true, although he interspersed bits here and there which were largely correct. The same basic outline of E.M. Harris Bible was extracted by Lamar from his interview with Mr. Jolley. Dwight Ozment of Richmond, Virginia, has interviewed Winifred Johnson of Mesa, Arizona. Her grandfather began relating his family history to her some 70 years ago in Texas. She had contact with Mr. Jolley, too. As a result, her recollections are tainted by the Jolley narrative to the point where Dwight had to concede that Winifred, at times, could not separate those facts obtained by her grandfather from those stories related to her by Mr. Jolley. There is much of value in her knowledge of the Texas Ozments, which trace back to John Jasper Ozment (b. ca. 1798-99, NC) and his father Robert Lafayette of MS (b. ca. 1779). She grew up with Gene Autry and his mother, Elnora Ozment. Their line has female Morgans and Fraziers, which contain Indian blood. She told me that her grandfather had told her that Robert L. Ozment was also a brother of my Alfred Ozment (b. late 1804-1877), and that Alfred had a diary of family descendancy information, which sadly had never been rediscovered. Arthur Jolleys narrative is filled with improbabilities. One time it states that James H. Ozment, Sr., and Billy Eddings landed in Charleston, SC, with Lafayette, and apparently in another version states that they landed in New Orleans. James H. Ozment (1793-1861) was in New Orleans, Louisiana, for a couple of years, around 1844. The book in the Santa Clara, CA, Library on the army of Gen. Lafayette has a Jean Osmond of Caen, France, among his men. At one time, the narrative has Billy Eddings marrying White Fawn or Elizabeth, the daughter of Chief Keoto. (I think I remember that he married Rebecca Chandler of Laurens Co., SC.) It has James H., Sr., marrying Martha Arden, the daughter of Chief Keotos brother. After leaving SC, James H., Sr., and Billy taught at an Indian mission school in Robeson County, NC (which was still part of Bladen County until 1787), where they married their princesses. The Harris Bible has her as Martha Arden (Madison). There was a (James) Madison Ozment, a son of Jonathan Ozment. There was, also, a Martha A. Ozment, the firstborn child / daughter of Robert S. and Caroline Ozment. According to Lamar Whites tape, Mr. Jolleys son supposedly obtained information from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which said BIA related to me that they dont have records more that 40 years old. All older documents are forwarded to the National Archives, which said NARA related to me that they had no such documents as Mr. Jolleys son purported, in that they have no records for dissipated and unamalgamated tribes, especially of that vintage and in that area. So where did this information originate? There were a few dissipating reservations in Dorchester Co., MD, in the 1780s, when my John Ozment (1763-1842+) would've married, ca. 1785. They were Nanticoke, Choptank, etc. of the Delaware (Algonquin stock). The Indians of Robeson Co., NC, would likely have been Catawba. I have never seen a James H. Ozment, Sr., from Robeson Co., NC. The paper trail clearly shows that the Ozments came from Talbot Co., MD, to Caroline Co., MD, to Guilford Co., NC, and from thence to Wilson Co., TN. Robert L. (ca. 1779) was probably born in MD, and he was probably a son of Thomas Ozment, Jr., (1749, MD - ) who married Rachel (Mrs. Bradbury Sylvester) in 1778. Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) probably had twin boys in 1780, Manlove and Howard (both 70 in 1850, NC). Robert L. was probably too old to have been a brother of my Alfred (late 1804, NC - 1877, AR), who had brothers Eli (1786, NC - 1850+, TN), James H. (1793, NC - 1861, AR), and Richard S. (1800, NC - 1866, IL). Greenbury Ozment (1805, NC - 1850+, TN) was probably not Alfreds brother, even though they both married in Nashville a year apart. Let us just retire this Jolley narrative to family folklore, until such time as some hard evidence to the contrary surfaces. Apropos of my previous e-mail to you, I thought to append my thoughts on Richard Osment (1718, MD - 1751+, MD) and his unknown wife. Richard Ozment, Sr., (1737, MD - 1817, NC) had a Richard (D.) Ozment, Jr., (1759, MD - 1830+, TN) Could the initial stand for Davis, and represent the surname of Richard Osments wife? (E.g.: Ozment acquaintances of Hannah Oldham Davis Edge ... Elizabeth Davis Wise ... etc.) The 1733 Talbot Co., MD, tax list had one Osment male of 16 years or older paying the tax. Therefore, 1733 - 15 = 1718, the birth year of Richard Osment, who wouldve married at 18, in 1736. His son, Richard Ozment, was born in 1737. He was probably 21 by January 1759 (will witness of Hannah Edge). Therefore, 1758 - 21 = 1737, also. Richard wouldve married Rachel at age 18 or 19, in 1755 or 1756. Alternately spelled, Richard Osmond, Jr., appeared on three inventory debt lists in 1757 (along with his uncle Thomas Osmond), including that of the late William Alexander. Richard Osment (1718-1751+) appeared as next of kin, along with his brother, Thomas Osment, and his nephew, George Gibson (son of Elinor Osment Gibson), on the 1751 inventory of his father, John Osment. In Sept. 1749, Richard Bennett bequeathed a land tract called Neglect to two of the sons of John Osment, deceased, who were Thomas Osment (ca. 1725-1758) and John Osment (1728-1822). It would transfer to John, if Thomas had no issue. But, Thomas had issue: Thomas, Jr., Priscilla (Jr.), and Jonathan. In 1793, John Osman (54) gave a deposition to the Land Commissioners. Thus, he was born in 1739, and most likely was a brother of Richard (1737). Thus, the 1790 MD census had Thomas (Jr.), Jonathan, old John, and John (son of 1718 Richard). Old Johns son, John Osman (1756, MD - 1822, NY), moved to Montgomery Co., NY, after the Rev. War (per his pension application), where he died in 1822, leaving a son, John Osman. Old John died in 1822 at the age of 94 (will) or 96 (newspaper). John and Cornelia (Morton) Osment had: Elinor Osment Gibson (ca. 1712-1734+), Richard Osment (1718-1751+), Edward Osmond (ca. 1721-1750s+), Thomas (ca. 1725-1758), and John (1728-1822). John Osman / Osment (ca. 1683-by 9/1749) had been born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1783 (christened in 1784). Cornelia (ca. 1690-by 1740) had been born in Virginia in about 1690. Her father, Robert Morton, first bought land in Talbot Co., MD, in 1700, with a wife of a different name than was in his 1721 will and inventory. He was 30 in 1683, when he was apprenticed for 4 years in Virginia. He was born in Caddington, Bedford (1653). As regards the 1790 NC census that you mentioned, look again on the same page as my John Osment (1763, MD - 1842+, TN) of Guilford County. You will find our Richard, Sr. and his sons Richard, Jr., and our Samuel, but the surname was spelled differently, something like Ogburn ... sort of like when the later census had it as Orsment (written with a drawl perhaps). Florence Sullivan, Jr., and Joel Sullivan, etc., were right there, too. I think I remember Richard, Jr., was listed in the 1830 TN census. It may have been there that a birth year of 1760 was inferred. But, I would take it to be late 1759. For, the 1778 Caroline Co., MD, census has Samuel and Richard, Jr., as at least 18 years old by February of 1760, the time of that enumeration. So, in the birth order of the May 1817, Guilford Co., NC, will of Richard Ozment, Sr., we would have: Samuel, 1757, Richard, Jr., 1759, daughter, 1761, John, 1763, daughter, 1765, James, 1767 (83-1850, TN), daughter, 1768/69, and Thomas, 1770 (79-10/1849). John was not on the 1815 NC state census, for he had bought land in Feb. 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. James H. Ozment served in the War of 1812, beginning in 1812, from Tennessee, and was a bondsman for his sisters wedding. Jonathan, his nephew (son of Samuel), had no son named James H. John's brother, James (1767), arrived with (prob.) Cameron (1811) by 1830. Perhaps he was the same James who (re)married in 1820 Wilson Co., TN. Im running out of time here at work, so Ill have to break it off for now. You may share what I have shared with you, if you wish. Well talk again. Take care. Sincerely, John Alan Ozment johnozment@hotmail.com 2096 Sarasota Lane, Hayward, CA 94545-4216; (510) 783-9370 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. --part1_35.b343758.27127981_boundary--
In a message dated 10/8/00 7:40:45 PM Central Daylight Time, eeth23@tcainternet.com writes: > As the Mary Ozment who is listed with James OZMENT (1767-aft 1850) in > the 1850 census is much younger (born 1785) she could be a daughter or > daughter-in-law as well as a wife. There is a court record in Wilson > Co. that states A Mary Ozment died as a pauper in 1857. No way to know > if it was the same Mary. > > Evelyn Thoes > Hi Evelyn!!! Nice to hear from you. Yes, I agree with you. Also, this Mary that was with James of 1867 is found later in a census living with Cameron and Catherine when I believe she was listed in her seventies. I think the pauper you mentioned must be someone else. I will have to find my census records on this Mary. KEEP IN Touch, please!!!! Lonnie
After seeing one of John Alan Ozment's emails concerning the 1790 census, I was lucky to find it on the Guilford Co, NC website. There are indeed several OSBURNS very close to John OSMENT and living next to a couple of Sullavens. By looking at the numbers, they could very possibly be our OZMENTS. My question is this? Are we sure these are OZMENTS and not OSBURNS? There were other OSBURNS further down the list, two that I can remember were Daniel and Peter. Is the James OSBURN below one of our OZMENTS? How can a name such as OZMENT be mistaken as OSBURN? Osburn, Sam'l.........................1-4-5-0-0 Next door to.... Sullaven, Flurance...................3-2-2-0-0 Next door to .... Osburn, Rich'd sr....................1-1-2-0-0 Next door to..... Sullaven, Joel..........................1-0-1-0-0 Two doors from...... Osment, John.........................1-1-4-0-0 11 doors from...... Osburn, James........................1-1-1-0-0 Eleanor Colson
Regarding the correction about the death year of John OSMAN in 1824, there was a John OSMENT whose will was probated in Talbot Co., MD in 1822. The probate records state he was 96 years old. Book __, pages 95-96. Dwight, can you supply the book number? There is a record of James and Elizabeth Ozment selling land in Guilford Co., NC in 1801, Book H. page 208. I have not found a record of their marriage. I can't guess which James married Levina in 1820 in Wilson Co. I base my GUESS of James OZMENT (1767-aft 1850) being the father of Cameron, my gggrandfather Thomas (married Mary/Polly Bland in 1817 in Guilford Co. NC), and James H. (married Martha HOLLOWAY in 1825 in Wilson Co., TN) Ozment on the basis 1767 James lived 2 houses from Cameron in the 1850 Wilson Co., TN census. We THINK we know who the sons of Samuel, John and Thomas were. This leaves only Richard and James. James SEEMS to be the only logical one (location and age). If anyone has information to the contrary it would be welcome. This is only guess work. Cameron also had a son, James Harrison Ozment. Cameron (1811 NC-1890 TN) married a daughter, Sofronia Catherine, of Jonathan and Sarah OZMENT 1841 in Wilson Co., TN. Cameron had been married two times before this marriage. Sarah died after 1850 and "all" her children are named in her estate records. Cameron's name is not listed. He is the administrator. Sofronia Catherine is listed as a minor heir in the estate records of her father, Jonathan, who died ca 1825 in Wilson Co., TN. As the Mary Ozment who is listed with James OZMENT (1767-aft 1850) in the 1850 census is much younger (born 1785) she could be a daughter or daughter-in-law as well as a wife. There is a court record in Wilson Co. that states A Mary Ozment died as a pauper in 1857. No way to know if it was the same Mary. Evelyn Thoes
--part1_26.bb70836.27124142_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/07/2000 4:40:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, EleanorCol@aol.com writes: << Subj: [OZMENT] Can anyone help with census records? Date: 10/07/2000 4:40:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: EleanorCol@aol.com Reply-to: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com To: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com Before I go look these up at the library, does anyone already have any of these census records and can share with me so that I may add them to the Ozment census page? Also, if you have any others I don't have I would be happy to add them to the page. Thanks so much, Eleanor Colson NORTH CAROLINA >> hi eleanor i would anything that you find out. jackie carroll ozment --part1_26.bb70836.27124142_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <OZMENT-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (rly-zc05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.5]) by air-zc02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Oct 2000 19:40:23 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Oct 2000 19:39:45 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e97NdXK14063; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 16:39:33 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 16:39:33 -0700 X-Original-Sender: EleanorCol@aol.com Sat Oct 7 16:39:32 2000 From: EleanorCol@aol.com Message-ID: <99.b1a039f.27110e2f@aol.com> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 19:39:27 EDT Old-To: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 Subject: [OZMENT] Can anyone help with census records? Resent-Message-ID: <-TdVuC.A.jbD.1Q735@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/86 X-Loop: OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OZMENT-L-request@rootsweb.com Before I go look these up at the library, does anyone already have any of these census records and can share with me so that I may add them to the Ozment census page? Also, if you have any others I don't have I would be happy to add them to the page. Thanks so much, Eleanor Colson NORTH CAROLINA 1850 OZMENT, Alfred, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 286 OZMENT, Andrew, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 355 OSMENT, Calvin, Guilford County, Northern Div, page 427 OZMENT, Charles, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 322 OZMENT, Dorcas, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 309 OZMENT, Edna, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 309 OSMENT, Elizabeth, Guilford County, Northern Div, page 390 OZMENT, Huldah, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 323 OZMENT, Martin, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 310 OSMENT, Mary, Davidson County, Southern Div, page 323 OZMENT, Price, Guilford County, Southern Div, page 323 OSMENT, Walter, Guilford County, Northern Div, page 380 1860 OZMENT, Calvin, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 118 OSMENT, Eli, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 120 OZMENT, Howard, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 274 OSMENT, Hulda, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 121 OSMENT, Jonathan, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 123 OSMENT, Jonathan, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 216 OSMENT, Price, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 123 OZMENT, Rachel, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 150 OSMENT, William, Guilford County, Greensboro, page 109 1870 OSMENT, Calvin, Guilford County, Morehead Township, page 233 OZMENT, Eli, Guilford County, Summer Township, page 271 OZMENT, John, Mecklenburg County, 2 W. Charlotte, page 070 OSMENT, Nathan, Guilford County, Morehead Township, page 233 OZMENT, Robert, Guilford County, Summer Township, page 271 TENNESSEE: 1850 OZMENT, Cameron, Wilson County, 21st Civil Dist, page 486 OZMENT, David A., Bedford County, 11th Civil Dist, page 178 OZMENT, Emily V., Fayette County, 8th Civil Dist, page 298 OSMENT, Green B., Davidson County, 3rd Civil Dist, page 216 OZMENT, J. M., Bedford County, 11th Civil Dist, page 180 OZMENT, James, Wilson County, 21st Civil Dist, page 486 OZMENT, John, Bedford County, 11th Civil Dist, page 179 OSMENT, John, McNairy County, 8th Dist, page 084 OSMENT, John, McNairy County, 7th Dist, page 004 OSMENT, John, Rutherford County, Millersburgh Dist, page 324 OZMENT, Joseph, Wilson County, 22nd Civil Dist, page 470 OZMENT, Joseph, Wilson County, 21st Civil Dist, page 486 OSMENT, Leanden, Bradley County, 26th Sub Div, page 266 OZMENT, Mary, McNairy County, 6th Dist, page 019 OSMENT, Nathan, Bradley County, 26th Sub Div, page 193 OSMENT, Nehamiah, Bradley County, 26th Sub Div, page 231 OSMENT, Samuel, Hardeman County, page 185 OZMENT, Sarah, Wilson County, 21st Civil Dist, page 479 OSMENT, Thomas C., Davidson County, 3rd Civil Dist, page 215 OZMENT, Thomas J., Wilson County, 25th Civil Dist, page 440 OZMENT, Watson W., Wilson County, 22nd Civil Dist, page 476 OZMENT, William L., Wilson County, 22nd Civil Dist, page 467 1860 OSMENT, Alice, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, Elizabeth, Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Elizabeth, Davidson County, Dist 6, page 148 OSMENT, Franklin, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, Hall, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, Henry, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OZMENT, James L., Davidson County, Nashville Ward 7, page 452 OSMENT, John, Davidson County, Dist 6, page 148 OSMENT, John, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, John A., Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, John W., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Joseph, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, Joseph H., Davidson County, Dist 6, page 148 OSMENT, Joseph S., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OZMENT, Julia A., Davidson County, Nashville Ward 7, page 452 OSMENT, Les, Davidson County, Dist 6, page 148 OSMENT, Lucinda C., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Lucius, Bradley County, Cleveland, Page 199 OSMENT, Martha J., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Mary, Bradley County, Dist 5, page 192 OSMENT, Mary E., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Milmoth, Dist 5, page 192 OZMENT, R. G., Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, page 449 OSMENT, Rebecca A., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, Thomas A., Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 OSMENT, William, Bradley County, Dist 13, page 168 TEXAS: 1850 OZMENT, V., Cherokee County, Rusk, page 867 1860 OSMENT, Savanah, Lampasas County, Lampasas PO, page 176 1870 OZMENT, Anderson, Cherokee County, Rusk, page 193 OZMENT, Andrew C., Cooke County, Gainesville Prec. 3, page 238 OZMENT, David B., Cooke County, Gainesville Prec. 3, page 238 OZMENT, J. W., Anderson County, Palestine PO, page 001 OZMENT, James J., Cooke County, Gainesville Prec. 3, page 238 OZMENT, John L., Kaufman County, Kaufman, page 068 OZMENT, Mack, Cooke County, Gainesville Prec. 3, page 238 OSMENT, Savana, Lampasas County, Lampasas 1 Prec, page 393 OZMENT, William D., Cooke County, Gainesville Prec. 3, page 244 1880 OSMENT, Anderson, Newton County, ED 56, page 459 OZMENT, Andrew, Cooke County, ED 114, page 286 OZMENT, Daniel, Cooke County, ED 114, page 286 OZMENT, J. R., Anderson County, Palestine, page 025 OZMENT, J. W., Anderson County, Palestine, page 038 OZMENT, James, Cooke County, ED 114, page 285 OZMENT, Leonard, Cooke County, ED 114, page 270 OSMENT, M. M., Cooke County, 2 W. Gainesville, page 200 OZMENT, Samuel, Tarrant County, ED 205, page 269 OSMENT, Tom, Caldwell County, ED 28, page 225 OZMENT, William, Cooke County, ED 114, page 293 ==== OZMENT Mailing List ==== Your gracious donations to Rootsweb make all of this possible. 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In a message dated 10/07/2000 11:53:19 PM Central Daylight Time, LonRMartin@aol.com writes: << This from John to me in a previous email which would help clarify a lot of misunderstanding about dates maybe if we did have a census to go to: Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr. was born the 12 of Oct 1820 R.S. Ozment, Sr. headstone does read 1828. The 1820 date is what it states in the Bible record though. Who knows? >> Oh I forgot. This is what I have from the census for Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr: 1850 Drew Co, AR: Robert OSMENT 22 TN Farmer BORN CA 1828 Caroline 22 TN Martha A. 3/12 AR 1860 Drew Co, AR: Robert S. OZMENT 31 TN Farmer 1000 637 BORN CA 1829 Caroline 30 TN Martha A. 10 AR Elizabeth F. 8 AR Anderson 6 AR William 4 AR Marian M. 4/12 AR Census taken 19 July 1860 1870 Drew Co, AR: Robert S. OZMENT 42 TN Farmer 300 100 BORN CA 1828 Caroline 40 TN Martha 20 AR Elizabeth 18 AR Anderson 16 AR William 13 AR Henry 2 AR So it looks like the 1828 date is correct to me. Eleanor
In a message dated 10/07/2000 11:53:19 PM Central Daylight Time, LonRMartin@aol.com writes: << Why don't you wait for us to have some time to do this with you? Some of us do have census records at home. Also, I think it would be better if we listed all the information in each census, wives and children ages, etc, and wife's names and children beginning with the 1850 census or at least be able to edit and add to them. I know you are a tireless worker but let us help you when we have the time. What does everyone think? >> Lon, This is exactly why I made the request. I know a lot of you have these records. I am not in a big hurry. I'm sorry if you go that impression. I have no idea when I can even make it to the library but I knew that some of you probably already had the information, so I thought I would ask. I have asked for things before and not much has been sent but by a few people. This site is for everyone and I want it to have as much info as possible. And I do want all of the information on the census. If you will notice the few that I have done myself, I have included all of that information. Thanks for all that you have been doing Lon. Eleanor
In a message dated 10/7/00 6:40:23 PM Central Daylight Time, EleanorCol@aol.com writes: > Before I go look these up at the library, does anyone already have any of > these census records and can share with me so that I may add them to the > Ozment census page? Also, if you have any others I don't have I would be > happy to add them to the page. > > Thanks so much, > Eleanor Colson Hi, Eleanor Why don't you wait for us to have some time to do this with you? Some of us do have census records at home. Also, I think it would be better if we listed all the information in each census, wives and children ages, etc, and wife's names and children beginning with the 1850 census or at least be able to edit and add to them. I know you are a tireless worker but let us help you when we have the time. What does everyone think? This from John to me in a previous email which would help clarify a lot of misunderstanding about dates maybe if we did have a census to go to: Robert Shelby Ozment, Sr. was born the 12 of Oct 1820 R.S. Ozment, Sr. headstone does read 1828. The 1820 date is what it states in the Bible record though. Who knows? John, Lamar White's group sheet lists Robert as being born on 28 Nov 1828. He also has the wife and children and their dates on this group sheet. He lists his sources as the Ark. census records of 1850, 1860, 1870,1880 and from Mrs. Geradine Lewis, Showlow, Arizona. Sincerely, Lon
Interested in these deeds also if anyone has any of them. Eleanor Colson OZMENTS found in Guilford County, NC Deed Books GRANTOR GRANTEE DEED BOOK PAGE James Ryan Richard OSMENT D 239 & wife George Pope Richard OSMENT D 523 William Webane Richard OSMENT D 535 Grant Richard OSMENT E 271 John McAdoo John OSMENT E 407 Benj. Trotter Richard OSMENT F 494 Grant Richard OSMENT G 183 Alexander Hison Richard OSMENT, Jr. G 480 Anson Biysom James OZMENT H 354 Richard OSMENT Thomas OSMENT J 310 Sean Griffin Samuel OSMENT J 425 Richard OZMENT Samuel OZMENT J 503 Commissioners Jonathan OSMENT L 78 John Ryon Thomas OZMENT L 171 Richard OZMENT Thomas OZMENT M 67 (Bill of Sale) John Dew? Samuel OZMENT P 10 (Agreement) John Forester? James OZMENT P 126 Charles Bland Thomas OZMENT P 526 James Jenkins William OZMENT Q 298 John OZMENT Jonathan Short P 135 James OZMENT Humphrey Geren P 135 Richard OZMENT Pleasant Campbell P 515 Jonathan OZMENT Andrew Russell L 85 Richard OZMENT Phillip Tooly M 13 Thomas OZMENT David Melane K 182