CHARLIE, thank you for sharing SELLERS/PRIDGEN documents. I don't quite see these families in 1850/60 JONES CO, MS. DO YOU have any info/census/marriages on same? What does = March term of Court 1866 Davis County MS doesn't have a Davis Co? Need this info, if you can help. PERTAIN TO = a diff state? SEND what you can/have and will try and find more info on same. OUR original SELLERS/PRIDGENS are from the 1750 Duplin/NewHanover/Sampson Co, NC to 1790 GA SELLERS/PRIDGENS. Hard families to follow in 1790 with documents, etc WE kinda know WHERE they came from and WHERE they went, but, kids in between are hard to Prove! THANK YOU very much for sharing. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: Charlie [mailto:CPURVIS1@triad.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:31 AM To: PRIDGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PRIDGEN-L] D. M. Pridgen Sheriff in Mississippi This extract came from a book on Jones County, Mississippi Pages 67-91 March term of Court 1866 Davis County D. M. Pridgen, Sheriff Permellia Ann Sellers vs John J. Sellers, divorce They were married on June 5, 1859 and she left him on his request to return to her parents in Bogue Chitto. When she married she was the widow of John Easterling and 2 Easterling children. He had children by his first marriage. When they married he had 15 slaves, much land, large stock of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. Worth about $25,000. He promised to give her land and 1 slave when they married. V. A. Mason, Solicitor for complainant. Steel and Welborn solicitors for defendant. Further motion inserts judgement in case of Ann Kelly and Abner Kelly vs John Sellars and P. A. Sellars vs John Sellars and P. A Sellars & John Sellars and Executors of Pool's Estate. Sellars is bankrupt. Depositions will be taken at the house of John M. Baylis from Josiah M. McLemore known as Saab McLemore, Joseph M. McLemore, Martha Sellers, Elizabeth Easterling, Noel Gandy, Hugh Gillander, [Source: Miscellaneous Records of Jones County, MS; Final Records of the Chancery Couty, Jones County, MS 1857-1890, Jean Strickland & Patricia N. Edwards. 1992. Page 58.] Charlie