My earliest Pace ancestors whom I've been able to trace were John & Abigail (?) Pace. Per the 1850 Marion County, MS federal population census they were both 66 and born in NC. This would place their births circa 1784 in NC. By 1804 they were apparently in GA since there oldest son, William M. Pace, was born in that state during that year. The earliest record I have found of them is John is listed in the 1810 federal population census for Washington County, Mississippi Territory with his family. Sammy Pace _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
Ah, yes, those mysterious Paces of SW Alabama! Or, the Clarke County, Alabama, Paces since Clarke County was derived from Washington County, Mississippi Territory. Sammy, I want to encourage you to contibute some DNA to the Pace Y-chromosome study which is confined to males of the surname Pace. This could help you to firm up your ancestry and also help the rest of us in our quest to resolve the Frederick Pace of Wales vs John Pace of Surry County, NC, controversy. I am descended from Elizabeth Pace, daughter of William Pace of Clarke County (apparently a different William than yours as mine was born in 1759 in NC or 1757 in Wales, or ? in ?), and I am very interested in seeing a resolution of this question. I'm under the impression that the John Pace who is listed in the Washington county census of 1810 died in Clarke County, AL, in about 1820. All the more reason that DNA results would be useful here. Many people who contribute to this list are much more knowlegeable than I am, and I will be very interested in the responses that you get from them. Good Luck, Joe Anderson ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sammy Pace" <pace_family@hotmail.com> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE-L] NC Paces Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:57:16 -0500 My earliest Pace ancestors whom I've been able to trace were John & Abigail (?) Pace. Per the 1850 Marion County, MS federal population census they were both 66 and born in NC. This would place their births circa 1784 in NC. By 1804 they were apparently in GA since there oldest son, William M. Pace, was born in that state during that year. The earliest record I have found of them is John is listed in the 1810 federal population census for Washington County, Mississippi Territory with his family. Sammy Pace _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ==== PACE Mailing List ==== Check out the new Pace Society of America web page at: www.pacesociety.org, and please join the Pace Society of America for only $25.00 per year.