Gang, I am finally out of the Deer hunting woods and am ready to do some serious genealogy research. First I plan on finding who the ancestors of R.L. Bridges. I have only found him in this 1860 census--- 1860 Census Yalobusha County, Mississippi. South East Beat. Post Office-Oakland. Page-164. 5 September 1860. Image-16 of Ancestry.Com. 1069/1160 BRIDGES, R.L.[26]NC. [M]. [Slave Manager]. Adaliner[26]AL. [F]. R.C.[04]MS. [M]. Wm. M.[01]MS. [M]. As you can see he was born about 1834 in North Carolina and is living in Yalobusha Count with his wife and two son's. William is very will known to many of us with many of his relatives still living in this area. He and his wife are buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery. Although his brother R.C. [Rasselas Cicero] is not as well known, his family lived in the Chapel Hill area and are buried In the Bethsaida Cemetery. His son Estel had an old school bus that came by our house each Saturday and provided a ride into Kosciusko for any of us that could afford going into town. 1870 Census Choctaw, Mississippi. Township-17 Range-10 Post Office-Black Wells. Page-409B. 20 July 1870. Image-10 Of Ancestry.Com. 64/64 BROOMHALL, E.[58]GA. [F]. [Keeping House]. Paroda S.[17]MS. [F]. BRIDGES, A.E.[36]MS. [F]. [Keeping House]. Rozelus[13]MS. [M]. [Farmer]. Wm. M.[11]MS. [M]. [Farmer]. Rozelus and Wm. are listed as unable to read and write... ============================================================== 1880 Census Choctaw County, Mississippi. District-37. Beat-1. Page-398B 28 June 1880. Image-42 of Ancestry.Com. 380/380 BROOMHALL, E.[68]GA. [Self]. [Widow]. BRIDGES, A.A.[45]MS. [Daughter]. [Widow]. R.C.[24]MS. [Son]. [Farmer]. W.M.[22]MS. [Son]. F.A.[22]MS. [Wife]. M.[02]MS. [Daughter]. This is William and Francis with their 1st child Minnie... Now in 1870 and 1880 the brother's were still living with their mother with William being married with their 1st child... I think that their father must have been killed in the cival war but haven't any proof of that at this time... Why did the family relocate from Yalobusha County in 1860 to Choctaw County after the war??? HELP - HELP - HELP... O.D.

OD Wrote: haven't any proof of that at this time... Why did the family relocate from Yalobusha County in 1860 to Choctaw County after the war??? Interesting question OD, one I've been pondering with my Evans family. They were in GA in 1850, AL in 1860 and Calhoun County MS in 1870 (which is next door to Yalobusha) and in 1880 Montgomery County. In my research they are the only family that moved from a "northern" county to Poplar Creek. I wonder was there still free land available in Choctaw/Montgomery county? I know there was at least some as I have land Patents from the 1870's, 80's and even 90's. Or some other economic reason? Jeannine Jeannine Kirkpatrick Smith

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

I meant to say that it appears that Rufus and Adaline went TO Yalobusha County from Choctaw County, instead of the other way around. Evidently Adaline returned to Choctaw County after the War and his death, perhaps? Maybe he ruffed someone up pretty bad and had to exit to county..... Ken