----- Original Message ----- From: "od mcelroy" <odmcelroy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Bridges > Ken and Gang, > Ken it seems that you and I are always on the same page as I have been > working on the family of Moses and have the same info, but I don't know > why > I didn't put Rufus and the Robert that I had as the same person??? All I > know now is that I found in one of the family trees for Moses that they > had both names listed with the same year of birth and I just got on the > wrong path. I can now > see that it is Rufus L. and I'll bet that the L in his name is Lee as > there are so many of them named Lee in his decendants... > Moses is listed as being buried in the Salem Cemetery near Chester. All > of the Bridges there are marked with a brick that has a number on it that > is very hard to read... 1/Moses[258], 2/Mrs[148], 3/Mr. 2nd Wife[100], > 4/John[134]... > Next to them are: 1/Mr. Bromhall151], 2/W/O Mr. Bromhall[113]... > Adaline, wife of Ruphus was a Bromhall/Broomhall... > I think that the wife of William M. Bridges was Sara Frances Dobbs, or > that > is what my daughter inlaw said that her mother told her... > In my file I had already connected Moses to Robert L.[1834], but now I > am > changingto Rufus L. Bridges/1834/AL. That is what got me on the wrong path > in the 1860 census as it had R.L. born in NC... > Thank's so much Ken for your input. as alway's you are right on line... > > O.D. > > > > ====================================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> > To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [PTREE] Bridges > > >> O.D. and all: >> >> I did some research tonight and think I found who you are looking for: >> >> >> 1850 Choctaw Co., MS Federal Census >> Subdivision 23 >> 19 Oct 1850 >> Dwelling/Family # 599/599 >> line 36 >> >> >> Moses Bridges, m, 50, farmer, b/ NC >> Elizabeth, f, 50, b/ NC >> Albert, m, 19, farmer, b/ GA >> Elizabeth, f, 17, b/ AL >> Rufus, m, 16, farmer, b/ AL >> James, m, 14, b/ AL >> Clifton, m, 12, b/ AL >> >> >> 1860 Choctaw Co., MS Federal Census >> Township 17 >> Snowsville >> 17 Jul 1860 >> Dwelling/Family # 327/314 >> line 25 >> >> >> Moses Bridges, m, 50, farmer, b/ NC >> Martha, f, 31, household mistress, b/ TN >> Lucien M., m, 1, b/ MS >> Lorne (?) C. m, 1, b/ MS >> Robert Jester, m, 13, b/ MS >> Mary A. Jester, f, 11, b/MS >> Thomas Miller, m, 20, farm laborer, b/ AL >> >> >> 1870 Choctaw Co., MS Federal Census >> Township 18, Range 10 >> Aden >> 9 Jul 1870 >> Dwelling/Family # 90/90 >> >> >> Moses Bridges, m, 69, farmer, b/ NC >> Martha, f, 43, keeping house, b/ AL >> Lucien, m, 11, b/ MS >> Luine (?) C., m/ 11, b/ MS >> Doley A, f, 8, b/ MS >> John, m, 6, b/ MS >> Isabella Jester, f, 21, b/ MS >> Isaac Miller, m, 18, farmer, b/ MS >> >> >> Moses Bridges received a land patent for land in Simpson Co., MS at the >> Mt. >> Salus Land Office, dated 1 Apr 1829. No other land patent in his name >> appears. None appear in Alabama Land Records at all. >> >> Rufus L. Bridges received two land patents for land in Choctaw Co., MS at >> the Columbus Land Office, both dated 1 Oct 1859. >> >> Moses Bridges married Elizabeth Yarbrough 13 Nov 1826 in Lincoln Co., NC. >> Their children were: >> >> Roxana >> Lucinda >> Louisa >> Albert Lee >> Elizabeth >> Rufus L. >> James Estel >> Clifton >> >> Ken >

O.D., Glad to have helped. You keep me straightened out, too, you know. It would be interesting to find C.S.A. records for Rufus L. Bridges, for I'm sure he served and probably was killed in battle. His wife, Adeline Broomhall, had a brother, William H. Broomhall who was killed in the Battle of Franklin. They might have served in the same unit, and died there together? Franklin, TN is only about 30 miles from here. I could go there sometime and see what I can find out, if you'd like. ----------------------------------------------------------- Franklin: The Valley of Death According to Sam Watkins, 1st Tennessee Infantry: "(Franklin) is the blackest page in the history of the War of the Lost Cause. It was the bloodiest battle of modern times in any war. It was the finishing stroke to the Independence of the Southern Confederacy. I was there. I saw it." Called "The Gettysburg of the West," Franklin saw one of the few night battles in the Civil War. It was also one of the smallest battlefields of the war (only 2 miles long and 1 1/2 miles wide). The main battle began around 4:00 pm and wound down around 9:00 pm. When the battle was over, 2500 Federal troops lay dead, and 7000 Confederate troops. There is a Confederate Cemetery there where 1481 soldiers are laid to rest. ------------------------------------------------------ Ken

There is a Rufus L. Bridges listed as a member of the 31st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. According to the info I saw, they did take part in the battle of Franklin. Jeannine Jeannine Kirkpatrick Smith On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Ken Jackson wrote: > O.D., > > Glad to have helped. You keep me straightened out, too, you know. > > It would be interesting to find C.S.A. records for Rufus L. Bridges, for I'm > sure he served and probably was killed in battle. His wife, Adeline > Broomhall, had a brother, William H. Broomhall who was killed in the Battle > of Franklin. They might have served in the same unit, and died there > together? > > Franklin, TN is only about 30 miles from here. I could go there sometime and > see what I can find out, if you'd like. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Franklin: The Valley of Death > According to Sam Watkins, 1st Tennessee Infantry: > > "(Franklin) is the blackest page in the history of the War of the Lost > Cause. It was the bloodiest battle of modern times in any war. It was the > finishing stroke to the Independence of the Southern Confederacy. I was > there. I saw it." > > Called "The Gettysburg of the West," Franklin saw one of the few night > battles in the Civil War. It was also one of the smallest battlefields of > the war (only 2 miles long and 1 1/2 miles wide). The main battle began > around 4:00 pm and wound down around 9:00 pm. When the battle was over, 2500 > Federal troops lay dead, and 7000 Confederate troops. There is a Confederate > Cemetery there where 1481 soldiers are laid to rest. > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Ken > > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >