Thanks again for the info. I'm also looking at the known names of Viola's children so see if perhaps she named them after a relative of hers. The known names were: William Allen Loyd Porter Mary Ola I did find a Loyd Richardson in Houston County in 1860: TX/HOUSTON/CROCKETT/PAGE 210A/LINE 23 RICHARDSON LOYD AGE 25 BORN MS OCC=WAGON MAKER M A [FEMALE] AGE 16 BORN TX I haven't been able to link this Loyd with any of the Jasper County Richardsons yet... >From: "ColORRed" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXJASPER] Richardson Family: MS to TX >Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:34:06 -0500 > >This is Richard A. Richardson's parents and siblings. Perhaps one of his >siblings could be the key to your Viola. > >1 John Richardson b: March 1767 Tyrrell County, North Carolina > d: March 1850 Buna, Jasper County, Texas > m: ca 1796 Bulloch County, Georgia >. + Nancy Albritton b: Bulloch County, Georgia > d: Simpson County, Mississippi > 2 William B. Richardson b: ca 1801 Bulloch County, Georgia > 2 Frances "Fannie" Richardson b: ca 1802 Bulloch County, Georgia > 2 Amos Richardson b: 1804 > 2 James Richardson b: July 02, 1806 Bulloch County, Georgia > d: October 31, 1866 Jasper County, Texas > m: 1829 Cairo Springs, Simpson County, Mississippi >... + Mary Morse [Morris] b: January 02, 1815 Mississippi > d: September 19, 1887 Jasper County, Texas > 2 Penelope "Pennie" Richardson b: October 11, 1810 St.Tammany Par., >Louisiana > d: June 28, 1865 Jasper County, Texas >... + Joseph Conn > *2nd Hus of Penelope "Pennie" Richardson: >... + Benjamin Williams, Sr b: July 02, 1815 Louisiana > d: February 07, 1888 m: ca 1832 Mississippi > 2 Frances Richardson b: October 27, 1813 Washington Parish, Loisiana > d: June 19, 1875 Simpson County, Mississippi >... + James Drummonds b: October 25, 1806 Barnwell County, South >Carolina > d: Simpson County, Mississippi > 2 Amos Richardson, Sr b: October 15, 1815 St.Tammany Parish, Louisiana > d: July 24, 1896 Tyler County, Texas > m: September 24, 1835 Laurence County, Mississippi >... + Anna Peters b: December 15, 1817 South Carolina > d: February 12, 1898 Tyler County, Texas > 2 Richard Albritton Richardson b: 1818 St.Tammany Parish, Louisiana > d: August 09, 1866 Lavaca County, Texas > m: September 01, 1836 Rankin County, Mississippi >... + Eliza Williams b: November 20, 1820 Mississippi > d: March 31, 1883 Cairo Springs, Jasper County, Texas > >*2nd Wife of John Richardson: >. + Mary Mahaffey m: Aft. 1830 Simpson County, Mississippi > > >----- >Thanks so much for the info. This eliminates my Viola as a possible >daughter >of Richard A. Richardson, but not giving up hope she could be related to >that clan. >-------- > >Richard Albritton Richardson is married September 01, 1836 in > > Rankin County, Mississippi. > >He appears on the 1850 Jasper County, Texas census. > >His oldest son Hardy whom is 12 is listed as being born in MS (July 20, > >1837). > >His next son Amos whom is 10 is listed as born in TX (June 20, 1839). > >All the other children are born in TX. > > Tabitha, Nancy, John, Benjamin Franklin, William Richard, Margaret, > > Francis Marion,Sergent Jasper, Irene Elizabeth. > > > >Amos Richardson & Martha Ann Gandy daughter, > > Belle (b: March 31, 1871 Jasper Co., TX) married > > John Thomas Martin ( Feb 21, 1866) > >----- > >Any idea when Richard came to TX and were there other children besides > >William? It is possible that my Viola is a daughter of Richard and was >born > >in MS before the family emigrated to TX. In this case, Benton could have > >named his own daughter after "Aunt Viola". > >----- > > >I have the following Viola Richardson. Although she is to young to be > >whom > > >you are looking for, > > >it may be a clue to you finding yours. > > > > > >Benton Albritton Richardson b: March 30, 1882 Jasper County, Texas > > > m: Vicy Marks > > > ch: Margaret Richardson > > > Elsie Richardson > > > Artie Richardson > > > Viola Richardson > > > > > | s/o: William Richard Richardson b: Nov 4, 1853 Jasper Co., >TX > > >& Artemisia Cochran > > > | s/o: Richard Albritton Richardson b: 1818 St Tammany > >Par., > > >LA & Eliza Williams b: MS > > > | (Richard & Elza were married in Rankin > >County, > > >Mississippi) > > > > > >----- > > > > > >I have a Viola E. Richardson [b. 1850 in MS] who married a George D. > >Martin > > >[b. 1845 in AL] in 1873 in Lee County. I was unable to find any > > >Mississippi-born Richardsons related to Viola in Lee/Burleson counties >in > > >1870, but I seem to have struck gold in Jasper County in the 1870 >census. > >I > > >think there is a good possiblility my Viola is related to these > > >Mississippi-born Richardsons in Jasper. Anyone with any knowledge of >the > > >Richardson family in Jasper, please contact me! > > > > > >Patrick Martin > > >Fort Worth, TX > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. 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