Descendants of Ezekial Buffington 1 Ezekial Buffington .. +Mary Emery ........ 2 Thomas Buffington ............ +Mary Daniel ................... 3 Joshua Buffington ....................... +Saber Lynch ............................. 4 Mary Jane Buffington ................................. +Robert Fletcher Wyly 1827 - ........................................ 5 Percy Wyly ........................................ 5 Robert Lee Wyly ........................................ 5 Julia Wyly ........................................ 5 Albert Sidney Wyly ........................................ 5 William Buffington Wyly 1875 - ............................................ +Cora McNair .................................................. 6 Lucien Wyly .................................................. 6 Robert Fletcher Wyly .................................................. 6 Sidney Mcnair (Sid) Wyly ...................................................... +Glenna Revard ............................................................. 7 III Robert Fletcher Wyly ............................................................. 7 Dr. Michael Wyly ............................................................. 7 Mark Wyly ............................................................. 7 Robert Wyly ............................................................. 7 James Clark Wyly ........................................ 5 Marmaduke H. Wyly ........................................ 5 Zoe Augusta Wyly On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:55:28 EDT SylviaSA@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 04/27/01 11:04:40 PM Central Daylight Time, > wyly1@juno.com > writes: > > > > > > Mary Jane Buffington probably descends from Ezekiel Buffington whose > 2nd and > 3rd wife was the granddaughter of Nan'yehi (aka Nancy Ward) a > Beloved Woman > of the Cherokee tribe. Ezekiel is my 5th g.grandfather and was an > Indian > trader much trusted by the Cherokee. Nancy Ward, along with several > other > Cherokee women rescued Ezekiel and three other Indian traders from > certain > death and torture when they were captured by the Indian Chief The > Raven. > Ezekiel and the traders is mentioned in a letter to Thomas Jefferson > that > describes the events leading up to his capture and rescue. Many of > Ezekiel's > grandchildren were on the Trail of Tears and settled in Oklahoma. > I've heard > that a lot of them were red heads, but can't say. I do know that > many of his > Georgia and Mississippi descendants have red hair. > > The Gilmore's were probably connected in some way. Mine are > originally from > Maryland, settling in Hall County Georgia sometime in the early > 1800's and > coming to Marshall County Mississippi in a caravan of covered wagons > with > about 20 other familes after the civil war. The spelling in my line > changed > from Gilmore to Gilmer with John Harlan Gilmer, great grandson of > Ezekiel > Buffington. Several of John Harlan's brothers used the spelling of > Gilmore. > > My Stone was John Stone and Malinda from SC, moving to Jefferson > County > Arkansas where they purchased 800 acres between April 1837 and June > 1838. > John died in 1841 and Malinda moved with her 7 young children to > Marshall > County Mississippi buying land there in January of 1842. I do not > know > Malinda's maiden name, nor why she moved to Marshall county > Mississippi. > Probably because she had relatives there. There are many legal > documents > concerning John and Malinda's estate but none mention her maiden > name. Any > links out there? > > Sylvia Akin > > > > > ==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== > This Southern-Trails list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptrequest.html > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >