In a message dated 10/6/00 1:24:49 PM Central Daylight Time, EleanorCol@aol.com writes: > Wow Lon! Thanks for all of this. It's going to take me awhile to decipher > it all. Which John Ozment is this from? Is this the one that no one has > been able to find? Would he let me include information in the Ozment file > online? > > I have never heard of Martha being a Madison before! And I don't think I > have heard about New Orleans being a possible port of entry before. I sure > would like to have some discussion on the list about this because I am > confused to say the least. > > Thanks so much, > Eleanor Colson Hi, Eleanor!! This is the John Ozment from California. I know that he knows Dwight and Evelyn. He has sent me some more things that are just as interesting but I did not want to give too much at one time. I thought it would be best to let all this "digest" before giving the rest. The part about James coming to New Orleans was in an article written by Jimmie Fox. I have it. I will have to type into the computer for you. It was an interview by Arthur Jolley again. Jolley does contradict himself. I have also the history of Billy Eddins re his service in the Revolutionary War. He was born in this country. He never came over from France with Lafayette. Of course, most people have already admitted to knowing this. Also, Billy was not educated so I don't see how he could have taught in an Indian school? His papers are signed by an x so he could not read or write. I am afraid that Jolley had an imagination and never would have dreamt that people nowadays can find information very easily over the internet. I do know that he contributed a lot to the family and he was the man at the time that knew the most (and I think he took advantage of this), although several things were erroneous. At least he got us thinking about our families and us wanting to know the "truth" about them. I am writing John back about his latest email to me. He has to write to me from work and he has told me he doesn't have a lot of time now for research or anything else. He has two boys and is taking care of his mother who had a stroke. I will ask him if you may publish it online. I am pretty sure he will let you do that. I don't really want to give his email address becasue he is so busy. You can understand that. I will be back in touch with you soon and he has already given me permission to share everything he writes to me, so you will know everything he sends me. John has certainly got me kickstarted back into genealogy. Especially in this cold weather it is nice to be able to do something interesting in the house and start "researching" again. As you can see he has done tremendous research and I am certain he can get us on track again without us making too many more errors. I have not forgotten how much you shared freely with me and I still appreciate more as the years go by. Thank you again. Keep up the good work and we all do appreciate the Ozment list and your website. You have made things a lot easier for us to keep in touch. Take care, Lon