Hello, 1800s-1900s/Mississippi/Counties of Scott, Rankin, Copiah, Jones, Simpson BRIGHT, HALL, REDMAN, HARRELL, LEWIS, COLEMAN, ELLZEY, COLLINS?, COPELAND, TUCKER, PARKER, (JENNINGS, EARLE, (LEA & LEE,) (many of which married MYRICK-HERRINGTON-PRINE-GRANTHAM-BARLOW-AINSWORTH-STUCKEY-DICKENS-GRAVES) Recently, it has come to my attention that J./John? Wesley BRIGHT, born: abt. 1854/1855 in Mississippi, who married as the 1st/2nd husband of my paternal great grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Moranda "Randa/Randy" LEWIS COLEMAN? BRIGHT PARKER, born: 1851/abt. 1851 in Jones County, Mississippi, (daughter of John LEWIS, born: abt. 1820 in Jones County, Mississippi, (s/o Howell LEWIS and Nancy COPELAND,) and John LEWIS' wife, Harriett ELLZEY, (d/o Evan ELLZEY and Mary COLLINS?) was, most likely, but not yet totally proven, the son of George W./Wesley? BRIGHT, born: abt. 1799/1800 in South Carolina, and wife, Margaret "Peggy" HALL REDMAN, (apparently HALL by birth and stepfather was REDMAN,) and they lived in Rankin County, Mississippi and Scott County, Mississippi. Still looking to confirm this information....but having looked at the names of the children of this J. W. BRIGHT and wife, Rachael BRIGHT, as listed on the 1880 Rankin County, Mississippi Census it would be highly unlikely that it is anyone but my paternal 1st great grandmother and her 1st/2nd husband. I have been told by several family researchers that my great grandmother married both of her known husbands, J./John? Wesley BRIGHT and my great grandfather, Spencer B. PARKER, under the name of Moranda COLEMAN...some people show her 1st name with the spelling of Rachel but it actually appears to have been with the "a" spelling of Rachael which, apparently...but not totally sure comes from her great grandmother, Rachael TUCKER, wife of Ripley COPELAND, Sr., and the spelling of her middle name appears to have been Moranda....however, it is spelled by various people as Miranda, Maranda, etc., but have no idea, as of yet, where the name of COLEMAN came in from. And the spelling of LEWIS is sometimes shown as LOUIS but is correct with the Welsh/English spelling of LEWIS as opposed to the French spelling of LOUIS. I have no record of other marriages for Rachael Moranda LEWIS's parents, Harriett ELLZEY and John LEWIS. But my earliest of information from my immediate family actually showed her mother with the name of Carrie/Kerrie KNIGHT. This could have been confusion with Harriet's name and the BRIGHT name but not sure. And there were COLEMAN and KNIGHT families that were related to this family group....so.....confusion again. J./John? Wesley BRIGHT and Mrs. Rachael Moranda "Randa/Randy" LEWIS COLEMAN? BRIGHT (later PARKER) were the parents of several children including a son Henry BRIGHT who married Henrietta JONES whom is descended from JONES-BUSH-PRESCOTT-WALKER family group which I am also researching for WALKER - McCARTY connections out of Edgefield District, South Carolina. It would appear that J./John? Wesley BRIGHT's family group with parents, assuming that this is correct connection, G. W. (aka George W./Wesley?) BRIGHT, and Margaret "Peggy" HALL REDMAN, are listed in the 1860 Scott County, Mississippi Census and then later it appears that it is correct that this is the same J. W. BRIGHT, (aka J./John? Wesley BRIGHT,) with wife, Rachael BRIGHT, whom are listed in the 1880 Rankin County, Mississippi census where my great grandfather, Spencer B. PARKER, born: abt. 1859 in either Smith County or Rankin County, MS, is also listed with his siblings as his mother, Mrs. Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS PARKER, listed Sarah PARKER/or Sally PARKER, as the head of the household in the 1870 Rankin County, Mississippi Census. Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS was the widow of Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER, born: abt. 1795 in Maryland, who may have married as a 1st/2nd wife, Sarah "Sally?" BAZAR/BAZOR/BAZER, in or abt. 1818 in Jackson County, Mississippi, and she may have been the mother of his 1st and possibly 2nd set of children with Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER being found in the 1830 Copiah County, Mississippi Census with his 1st set of children born abt./aft. 1820 and then in again with them in the 1840 Copiah County, Mississippi Census......then in the 1850 Smith County, Mississippi Census, Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER is found with his 2nd/3rd wife, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, born: 1821/abt. 1821 in Alabama probably or Mississippi, (daughter of Bailey JENNINGS and his 1st wife, Kitty EARLE,) with Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS the stepmother of the 2nd set of children listed in the census and then by the 1870 Rankin County, Mississippi; Looking to connect more of the dots. At the moment, I am working off a laptop without my files in my main computer due to a recent move from North Texas to far South Texas but will shortly have all of my files at my disposal.....and I do believe that I have pieced together some or all of the names of the 1st set of children of Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER and his possible/probable 1st/2nd wife, Sarah BAZAR/BAZOR/BAZER....and I have the names of the 3 children from the 2nd set of children who may have also been the children of his 1st wife or may have been from a 2nd wife and I have the names of the children from the 2nd/3rd marriage to Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS as well as the names of the children of the marriage of J./John? Wesley BRIGHT and Mrs. Rachael Moranda LEWIS COLEMAN? BRIGHT PARKER and also those of her 2nd marriage to Spencer B. PARKER as well as some of the descendants of the BRIGHT and PARKER descendants....including marriage of the PARKER family into the HARRELL family which I have understood recently is also connected more deeply to the BRIGHT family. Looking forward to piecing together more of the puzzle. Thanks. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick-Barnett