Source: [email protected] Subject: [LEDFORD-L] Re: Richard C. Ledford m. to Ann Sisson-from Georgia This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UGw.2ACIB/708.1.1 Message Board Post: Richard C. Ledford was not married to Ann Sisson, she was his mother and his father was James Ledford and they had 4 sons together before James was murdered in Gilmer Co. Ga. Hope this helps -- Jeffery Scism, http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists Links to my Homepages: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/ Genealogy is the art of the living haunting the dead.... Heritage is the anchor in the sea of life, holding us steady, giving us a standard to live up to or beyond, a compass for our course, and a place to call home.

WOOHOO...this is part of my line Thank you! Terri in Ohio whose SISSON line runs: William, Maude, Myrtle, Mae, Marian, Me :o)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Please respond to James Wolfe at [email protected] Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFIBAIB/300 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the following following including a connection to any descendants. Clara Anna Friend, first child of Frank and Anna (Wolf) Friend, was born April 25 (or 26), 1883 in Ohio, exact location unknown. She married James William Sisson in 1901, exact date and location unknown. James, parents unknown, was born April 16, 1873 in Ohio, exact location unknown. They had two children. In 1935, James was living in Ashland, Ohio. Clara died on January 27, 1915, location unknown. She was buried, location unknown. No further information.

There are two Sissons listed on the Monumental Inscriptions page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukhfhs/miindex.html?o_xid=0022468880&o_lid=0022468880&sourceid=00224688807380549560&key=Uhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erootsweb%2Ecom%2F%7Eukhfhs%2Fmiindex%2Ehtml Cathy

Dear Cousins and Friends, I have tried searching for the Sisson name (among others) with this special genealogy search engine. Too many "hits" appear. You might enjoy finding *many* results of your searches. No guarantees as to accuracy! <g> David Arne Sisson /The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2004 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at / /http://www.eogn.com/ <http://www.eogn.com/>/./ * New Genealogy Search Site Appears * It does seem unique that two announcements regarding genealogy search sites are received in the same week, almost the same day. The day after I received notice about GENDEX, I also received an announcement about a brand-new free genealogy Web site that uses Google as the search engine. The new Web site proclaims: This free site will help you use Google™ to research your genealogy. It will create different Google searches using tips or "tricks" that will likely improve your search results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google to find ancestry information on the Internet. Just provide what you know about an ancestor and the site will set up the best searches for you, based on what you enter. The Genealogy Search Help site offers fill-in fields for the desired ancestor's first and last name, father's name, mother's name and spouse's name. Other fields include place of birth and place of death. Obviously, you fill in only the information you have and leave the remaining fields empty. I decided to try the site and compare it side-by-side with a regular search for the same names on Google. I first entered one of my "end of line" ancestors' names, a person whose parents are unknown to me. I only know his full name and place of death. The Genealogy Search Help site found several references to this person, but unfortunately, all those references were written by me, either in this newsletter or in online queries. I must say that I was not too surprised. I then picked a different ancestor, Samuel Harmon, born in 1709. This time I did have full information about his parents, spouse, and children. I simply used him as a test case. I entered his full name, spouse's name, and his place of death, but did not enter his parent's names. I wanted to see if the Genealogy Search Help site would find him. Indeed, it did. Several references to this person were identified, and most of them listed his parents' names. I attempted to conduct essentially the same search manually on Google. For those who are not familiar with Google's inner workings, this could be a challenge. Simply searching for Samuel Harmon resulted in 365,000 hits! For example, I found a present-day photographer in Ohio and a realtor in Virginia, both named Samuel Harmon. There were many others as well. I narrowed the search by typing "Samuel Harmon genealogy." This time I "only" received 22,000 hits. I next went to Google's advanced search page at http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en and experimented for a while with other terms, such as his wife's name and the town where he died. Indeed, I did eventually narrow the search to the point where almost all the "hits" were related to my ancestor, Samuel Harmon. So what does the Genealogy Search Help site offer that Google does not? The answer is one word: convenience. The Genealogy Search Help site does not find any data that you cannot find by yourself on Google. However, it does help you quickly narrow your focus in what would otherwise be an ocean of data. This service is especially good for Google novices who have not yet learned to use Google's more advanced features. I will caution you that you still will want to conduct searches the old-fashioned way, both on Google and elsewhere. The new Genealogy Search Help site is a convenience, but not a definitive tool. If you do not find your ancestor using the new search tool, try again and again elsewhere. Webmasters will note that there is a capability to build ancestor search pages into your own Web site by cutting and pasting a few lines of HTML code. The Genealogy Search Help site is supported by advertising, and there seem to plenty of ads to go around. You can experiment with this new service at: http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/

The Canadian County Atlas Project at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/search.htm is a searchable database that also has maps for most entries, once you've located your ancestor. There were 19 Sissons listed. Cathy

Forwarded: please respond to George at [email protected] My grandmother, Anne Sisson, came to America from Nottingham, England in approximately 1898 at the age of 19. She came through Ellis Island with her family. They settled in South Bend, Indiana. George Simpson

Sissoms, Richard Gholson, Nancy 12/05/1806 Wilkes County, GA Sisson, John Dodd, Sarah 12/19/1805 Franklin County, GA Source: Colonial Georgia Marriage Records from 1760 to 1810, By Francis T. Ingmire

There are several Sissons in a variety of databases at The Lawrence Register, "Lawrence County, Ohio's Genealogical and Historical Website." Go to: http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/search/search.htm Cathy

I found this listing for Richard Sissons in a list of people that were vacinated in New Zealand, 1842-1886. Hope this helps someone.CathyRichard SISSONS 1842 ... .. Mem. R. Coll. Surg. Eng.; Lic. Soc. Apoth. Lond. (2) 1868 Jun 27 Registered as a Medical Practitioner (2) 1869 ... .. Resident at Whangarei (2) 1870 Jan 01 Registered as a Medical Practitioner (3) 1873 Dec 11 Appointed vaccination place at Whangarei (1) 1882 ... .. Resident at Whangarei (3) 1885 Sep 29 Appointed Public Vaccinator at Whangarei (1) 1886 Jan 01 Vaccination place at Kamo (1) (1) NZ Gazette (2) NZ Gazette 1869 Register of Medical Practitioners (3) NZ Gazette 1882 Register of Medical Practitioners

There are 18 Sisson/Sissons listed in the Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates database. Go to: http://genealogy.az.gov/ Cathy

Sisson Gathering Richmond, Virginia June 23-26, 2004 The Sixth Bi-annual Sisson Gathering will be held June 23-26, 2004 at the Best Western Airport Inn in Richmond, Virginia. Whether you know your ancestors or are interested in finding them, you are cordially invited. We will share our known genealogical data, and offer the opportunity for research. The Sisson Archives containing digital copies of wills, photographs, maps, and other material will available and will gladly receive copies of anything you'd like to add to the collection. Our group rate at the Best Western Airport Inn is $45 per night (single) or $50 per night (double), which includes a Continental Breakfast. The deadline for room reservations is May 23, after which, the room deposit is not refundable. The phone number for reservations is 1-804-222-2780. For information about the hotel, go to: http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=47066 The $35 registration fee includes dinner on Saturday evening. Transportation, lodging and other meals are not covered. Please return the registration form and fee to Annie Sisson by May 1. The registration form is on our website at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/registrationform2004.html Wednesday, June 23 will be an early arrival day. Thursday, June 24 will be a day for informal meeting and socializing. We will have space available to set up displays of family records, photos or treasures that you'd like to share, and the archives and searching resources will be available. Friday, June 25, we will meet in the morning, with presentations about the resources available, things to see and do in Richmond, and, since we'll be in the Confederate Capitol, we'll have "first hand" information about life during the Civil War. We will leave time in the afternoon for those who'd like to take advantage of the Virginia State Library and Archives or other resources in the area, or do a short sightseeing trip. The meeting room will still be open for those who'd rather just socialize, and the archives and searching resources will be available as well. We'll reconvene Thursday evening, for a special "visit" with our founding fathers, Robert of Virginia and Richard of New England. On Saturday, June 26, we'll have an update on the search in England for information about Richard and Robert. We will discuss the results of our on-going DNA project, and we'll learn about becoming a professional genealogist. Does your family have interesting tales and legends? Have they interacted with famous/infamous historical characters? If you have a good story to tell or an idea for a 10 to 15 minute presentation you'd like to do, please let us know. We'd like you to help us make the event fun and educational for everyone. Saturday evening we will share dinner, and then Dr. Dorothy Boyd-Rush, Professor of History at James Madison University, will talk about the transport system and indentured servants who populated the early colony of Virginia. We'll end the Gathering with a brief business meeting, including selecting a location and a committee for the next Gathering in 2006. We will have doorprizes to award, as well. We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you there. Sisson Gathering 2004 Committee Sharon Sisson Miller

Forwarded: please reply to Barbara at [email protected] Sarah Sisson was born in Savannah on Mar 13, 1820 and by age 16 she was married to Asaph Langley in Middlesex Co, Mass...... Anybody out there claim her - I have a theory about her parentage but no facts. Barbara - Uprooting family trees in Sacramento

There is a photo attached to the article below. It can be seen at http://www.ponceinlet.org./history-keeper-sisson.html Keeper Charles Leslie Sisson (1871-1950) Served July 1, 1924 - August 16, 1926 Charles Leslie Sisson was born in Black Hill, South Carolina, on November 25, 1871. After a stint in the army, at 20 Sisson joined the Light House Establishment as an assistant at the Venus Point Light in the Savannah River. In his early career, Sisson served as Keeper of many stations in South Carolina, but when he came to the Fort Clinch Range Lights and Tiger Island Range Lights in Cumberland Sound on the Florida-Georgia border, he met his future wife, Ruth Ellen Sharpe, and married her. Sisson served at the Morris Island Light Station, Hilton Head Light Station, Parris Island Range Lights, and the Haig Point and Daufuskie Island Range Light Station. When the last was discontinued in 1924, Sisson was appointed Keeper at the Mosquito Inlet Light Station. During Sisson's short tenure at Mosquito Inlet the Great Florida Land Boom occurred, and electricity came to the Light Station. After 1926, Sisson served at the St. Johns River Light Station at Mayport, FL, and the Lower Flats Range Lights in the Savannah River. In 1932, his wife died in a fire, and the next year, Sisson retired from the Lighthouse Service to raise his children. Charles Leslie Sisson died at the age of 79 in the U. S. Marine Hospital in Savannah on April 4, 1950. He was buried in the Bon-adventure Cemetery in Savannah.

I recently had the good fortune to come upon papers that verified the pensioner to be none other than my ggrandfather's older brother, William Terrell Sisson born in Union County, SC, died in 1909 in Houston County, TX. Apparently, he remarried sometime in 1874 after leaving MS after the Civil War and lived out his life in the said TX. He had also become a prisoner of war. What is remarkable for me are the affidavits testifying to his person; one is done by another brother, one James Lane Sisson. This along with information on his second wife Elizabeth. If you recognize this William Terrell Sisson or are descended from this group of Sisson's--Zachariah Sisson of Union County, SC, , I would really love to hear from you and will gladly share the findings and said papers. Kathleen

All: A number of years ago my sister-in-law, who lives in Hudsons Falls (right next door to Glens Falls) gave us as a Xmas present a replica of the Sisson House that once stood in the center of Glens Falls. As I remember the story, the house was removed to make room for an insurance building, and was located within a stones' throw of the library. I still have the replica and will bring it with me to the gathering in June. John

Over the weekend I saw a framed photo of a picture of a house belonging to a JAMES SISSON in GLENS FALLS New York. (Was once known as Wings Falls). The house had been located next to the Church of the Messiah. Picture dates to 1880's. Please contact the owner of the picture at <<[email protected]>> for any info. I believe it was priced around $15.00. The item was displayed at a sale in Lake George and was being packed up to go home so it is a good bet that he still has it. Good luck and let me know if anyone is connected to this place! Judith from NY

Friday, February 27, 2004 The Fresno Bee SISSON, RALPH HOBART Graveside services for Ralph Hobart Sisson, 97, of Tulare (CA) will be at 1:30 pm today at Tulare District Cemetery. Mr. Sisson who was employed in street maintenance for the city of Tulare, died Thursday ( 2/26/04). Arrangements are under the direction of Peers Lorentzen Funeral Service. I didn't know this family although I think Mr. Sisson is the father to two women whose maiden names were Sisson, working at Clovis Convalescent Hospital, Fresno, CA in the 1970's. Elizabeth Sisson Mcghee

I inadvertently sent this to JD Sisson, thought I was replying to the list, so here it is A news clipping  from an article in the Cranston [RI] Herald of Thursday 17 October 1996 says "Major Barton and his American volunteers landed the Middletown shore, about a mile from the Overing house where General Wm. Prescott was staying as a guest of Mrs. Overing.  Barton divided his group into five units, ordering 3 units to attack the doors on the east, south and west, one to guard the road and one to be ready for any emergencies.  As they approached the house, a lone sentry advanced and demanded, "Who comes there?"  As Barton's men came closer, Barton replied,  "Friends."  The sentry demanded, "Advance and give the countersign."  Barton's reply was, "We have none, but have you seen any deserters tonight?"  The sentry had no chance to reply for, according to E. Field's account, John Hunt, one of Barton's men, "sprang upon him, pinioned his arms, took away his gun, and told him to preserve silence under the penalty of instant death. Very quickly following this action, one of Barton's men, presumably TACK SISSON, "burst in" the door.  Prescott was seized, allowed to put on but a few clothes and with his aide, Major Barrington, and his sentinel, Graham, was rushed to the boats. Once again the Rhode Islanders rowed past the British vessels lying at anchor and by midnight Barton's men and their prisoners were back at Warwick Neck.  The amazing episode, according to S.A. Greene, took but six and one-half hours.  Prescott was taken to David Arnold's Tavern on West Shore Road.  A bewildered Prescott is said to have remarked, "Sir, I did not think it possible you could escape the vigilance of the water guards."  The news spread quickly, not only throughout the colonies but back to England as well.  Perhaps the most glaring criticism of Prescott's being in a position to be captured can be found in the London Chronicle, Sept. 27, 1777, which made the following observation: On General Prescott. Being carried off naked, unannointed, unanealed. What various lures there are to ruin men; Woman the first and foremost all bewitches. A nymph thus spoiled a General's mighty plan And gave him to the foe without his breeches.  " Barb

David and Steve: I have a complete file at home of the story of Jack Sisson, and I think Carol has it in her files also. Unfortunately I am in Nashville and will not be home for another month so I cannot give you the details you are looking for. But in essence you are correct: he was an emancipated slave, he did participate in the raid in Narragansett Bay and (according to the story) used his head to butt in the door of that British General's sleeping chamber and helped capture him. John