My Sojourner begins with Gabriel Sojourner and his brother Readick Sojourner. My line is: Gabriel (1770), Bridges (1803), Robert Norwood (1830), and Roberta Norwood Sojourner (1858). 1. GABRIEL SOJOURNER was born Abt. 1770 in SC ?, and died Aft. 1820 in MS. He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1790. Notes for GABRIEL SOJOURNER: 1790 Census Orangeburg Dist., SC 1796 Orangeburg Dist, SC 1802-1810 in MS 1819 Franklin Co., MS 1820 Wilknson Co., MS Children of GABRIEL SOJOURNER and ELIZABETH are: i. JOHN2 SOJOURNER, b. 1 September 1791, South Carolina1; m. SALLIE. ii. MARY SOJOURNER, b. 27 March 1793. iii. WILLIAM SOJOURNER, b. 22 January 1795; d. 11 July 1823. iv. SARAH SOJOURNER, b. 1796; d. 8 May 1864. 2. v. SAMUEL SOJOURNER, b. 6 January 1801, SC; d. 26 September 1856. 3. vi. BRIDGES SOJOURNER, b. 23 January 1803, Orangeburg Co., SC ?; d. 1 August 1833, St. Mary Parish, LA. vii. NANCY SOJOURNER, b. Abt. 1804; m. DAVID THOMPSON, 8 February 1821, Wilkinson Co., MS. viii. ELIZABETH SOJOURNER, b. 24 February 1805, South Carolina; d. 6 July 18581; m. HENRY H. BELL, 9 April 1826, Wilkinson Co., MS. ix. LEVICE/LEVISA SOJOURNER, b. 20 March 1809; m. ROBERT NORWOOD, 12 October 1826, Wilkinson Co., MS. Generation No. 2 2. SAMUEL2 SOJOURNER (GABRIEL1) was born 6 January 1801 in SC3, and died 26 September 18563. He married LACY E. (SARAH) NORTON 6 November 1824 in Franklin Co., MS3. Children of SAMUEL SOJOURNER and LACY NORTON are: i. WILLIAM HENRY LEVISA3 SOJOURNER, b. 23 November 1824. ii. BRIDGES SOJOURNER, b. 15 September 1827 iii. SARAH F. SOJOURNER, b. 2 December 1830 iv. JOHN SOJOURNER, b. 18 October 1832 v. THOMAS P. SOJOURNER, b. 26 May 1834 4. vi. DOUGLAS MCGRAW SOJOURNER, b. 9 June 1836, Alabama; d. 12 July 1878, near Mansfield, LA. vii. MICAGAH D. SOJOURNER, b. 17 October 1838 3. BRIDGES SOJOURNER (GABRIEL) was born 23 January 1803 in Orangeburg Co., SC ?3, and died 1 August 1833 in St. Mary Parish, LA. He married (1) MARY BELL 12 March 1825 in Wilkinson Co., MS5, daughter of SAMUEL BELL and MARY PAGIT. Children of BRIDGES SOJOURNER and MARY BELL are: i. CHARLES BRIDGES SOJOURNER, b. Abt. 1826, MS; m. MARTHA L. CAMPBELL, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, LA. ii. CAROLINE AMANDA SOJOURNER, b. Abt. 1828; m. WILLIAM ROCHEL, JR.. 5. iii. ROBERT NORWOOD SOJOURNER, b. 1830, St. Mary Parish, LA; d. 11 August 1858, Patterson, St. Mary Parish, LA. iv. LENORA JANE SOJOURNER, b. Abt. 1832. Generation No. 3 4. DOUGLAS MCGRAW3 SOJOURNER (SAMUEL2, GABRIEL1) was born 9 June 1836 in Alabama6,7,8, and died 12 July 1878 in near Mansfield, LA9. He married AMANDA A. SOLOMAN10. Child of DOUGLAS SOJOURNER and AMANDA SOLOMAN is: 6. i. ELLA GERTRUDE4 SOJOURNER, b. 16 April 1872, LA. 5. ROBERT NORWOOD3 SOJOURNER (BRIDGES2, GABRIEL1) was born 1830 in St. Mary Parish, LA, and died 11 August 1858 in Patterson, St. Mary Parish, LA. He married MARY VICTORIA MCMURTRY 1856 in St. Mary Parish, LA, daughter of JAMES MCMURTRY and MARIE CHERET. Child of ROBERT SOJOURNER and MARY MCMURTRY is: 7. i. ROBERTA NORWOOD4 SOJOURNER, b. 26 September 1858, Patterson, St. Mary Parish, LA; d. 28 August 1940, Liberty, Liberty Co., TX. Generation No. 4 6. ELLA GERTRUDE4 SOJOURNER (DOUGLAS MCGRAW3, SAMUEL2, GABRIEL1) was born 16 April 1872 in LA10. She married RICHARD JEREMIAH BRYANT, son of JEREMIAH BRYANT. Melaney Moore-Dodson Programmer Analyst Texas Center for Adult Literacy Department of Educational Human Resource Development College of Education Texas A&M University 409-862-6518 FAX 409-845-0952 WEB SITES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Center for Adult Literacy <http://www.cdlr.tamu.edu/tcall> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Moore Milestones" <http://www.cdlr.tamu.edu/mmdhome> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Risinger Reunion" <http://www.cdlr.tamu.edu/mmdhome/rising.htm> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Tree Maker site: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/o/Melaney--MooreDodson/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geo Cities Site: "Mel's Music Pages" <http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/6421/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~