Hi all! Things have really been moving on the mailing list, eh? :-) I can't tell you how glad I am to see that! Especially on the SHIVERS lines. I know that it can be a challenge tracing a similar name and separate line that seems to mimic another. Frustrating... And a big thank you again to Anna Mitchell for all the great information on the Cool Springs Cemetery and to John Arden Shiver for the misc. Shiver information from those books of his! I have been a bit out of touch lately, as I've had a million and one things going on. I'm seriously considering giving up my two USGenWeb pages (or asking for someone to help me run them--Monroe and Dougherty Cos. in GA; anyone interested? Contact me!), as I am just spread too thin. I haven't done any web page updates (my own or those) in ages and am feeling the guilt of not having manned them very well lately. I have gone now from someone who used to check her e-mail several times a day to someone who checks it about once a week! :-) I'm leaving on Monday to go to Utah for two weeks, and am still ambivalent about taking the laptop. Will have to see on that one. If you don't hear from me for a while, assume that I didn't take it! ;-) Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know what was going on and why I have been so silent lately... On to more interesting research information... Just thought I'd send you all interested in that John SHIVERS line in MS the following that I remembered I had in my research folder: >From (what appears to be, I only have the photocopied page I got from my uncle's ex-wife years ago) a county history (not even sure which county, maybe Simpson?), page 30. Please note that I'm typing it exactly as it appeared, typos and all, and also the BERRY surname that pops up: "SHIVERS SETTLED IN 1802 John Shivers with his wife moved to Mississippi Leauge, now the State of Mississippi, and settled in the Southern Part, now known as Simpson County. Evan Shivers (Born in 1802), son of John Shivers, married Pheriba Beasley (daughter of Daniel Beasley) and lived about one and one-half miles south of the now village plat of Shivers, Miss. Evans C. Shivers (born 1840), son of Evan and Pheriba Shivers, married Sarah Victoria Berry, and remained on the Shivers Plantation. Evan C. Shivers operated a farm, gin, and store and received mail for the community (then known as Salem) in his store. The Church at the time was known as Salem Church. When the U.S. Post Office Department wanted to establish a Post Office there, Evan C. Shivers sent in three names to name the Post Office, one of which was Shivers. Since there was a Post Office in the State of Mississippi already named for the other two names submitted, the Post Office Department asked Evan C. Shivers if it would be satisfactory to name the Post Office with the unique name of Shivers. The Post Office was named Shivers with Evan C. Shivers as Postmaster. Later Postmasters have been Sarah Victoria Shivers (widow of Evan C.), V. P. (Will) Shivers (son of Evan C.), Kate Patterson Shivers (Widow of V.P.), and Mrs. Annie Will Smith (daughter of V. P. Shivers). On June 6, 1903, the Plat of Shivers, Miss., was filed with the Chancery Clerk of Simpson County. The Church, formerly Salem, was named Shivers Baptist Church. Shivers was a thriving community with a number of stores, gins, sawmills, Post Office, Church, school, and with G&SI Railroad until the late 1920's when the Great Southern Lumber Company had completed cutting most of the pine timber and moved out. In the early 1930's Shivers settled down to two general stores, Post Office, Church, school and with the Railroad operating on a limited basis. At present Shivers still has the Church, Post Office, and one store." It appears that this article was written in the 40's or 50's. It contains a picture of the post office (at that time) and of the beautiful Shivers home built in 1907 in that area. There is also a picture of Pheriba Shivers with her daughter Emma Shivers Walker, her son-in-law Will Walker and two children, Lewis Myers and Belle Myers (relationship unknown). I have a very bad photocopy, so there is little hope that it would scan very well (at least the photo of the people). The post office and home might fair better. Also, you may be able just to find the older Simpson Co., MS county history and get a better copy of it yourself. Hope this information is helpful to someone! Take care all! Mary Kathryn SHIVER-L listowner -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@ibm.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe South King Co. Genealogical Society web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs