If you have Vick family who left Ms for Tx, this info could be of interest to you. Doris ---------- > From: Vickie Everhart <vpeverhart@aol.com> > To: djmoore@nb.net > Subject: Vickie Everhart invites you to the Us Mississippians family Web site! > Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 10:11 AM > > Dear Doris Moore, > > Just a note to welcome some new "Us > Mississippians" (y'all keep spreading the word!), > and to remind some of the "regulars" of what we're > trying to do with this site at MyFamily.com (MFC). > > This is a place where Us Mississippians (UM) can > "circle the wagons" and piece together our > scattered bits and pieces of info to draw a more > complete portrait of the group that left Oktibbeha > County in 1869 to start a new life in Texas. > > So if any of y'all have info to add, PLEASE let me > know! > > In 1974, Thomas Underwood wrote that, "By 1869 a > group of people from this Mississippi area (i.e., > Oktibbeha County) started to Texas, led by Johnson > Perry who was a brother to Cecelia Perry Parker > Sikes. . . . Most of the families who came with > this group settled around String Prairie, > Lexington and Tanglewood." > > The following surnames are believed to be those of > SOME of the families who " . . . made the long > trek from northern Mississippi. . . . " to Texas, > whether it was with the 1869 wagon train, or > even shortly before or after that date. > > ~ Beard > ~ Beasley > ~ Bexley > ~ Boyd > ~ Marquis > ~ Monroe > ~ Parker > ~ Perry > ~ Rife > ~ Sikes and/or Sykes > ~ Thomas > ~ Valentine > ~ Vick > ~ West > > Following is the information received so far as > y'all have responded to the request for a brief > explanation of your connection back to the above > names and OCM (i.e., Oktibbeha County, > Mississippi). Hopefully this summary will help > ALL of us create a more complete picture of this > jigsaw puzzle that still has a lot of missing > pieces. > > If your connection is not listed below, or is not > complete, or if you see an error and/or an > omission, please send your info to > > vpeverhart@aol.com < so she can update this "map." > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > BOSWELL > Valentine > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > BRYAN nee Pounders > Pounders nee Muston > Muston > nee Nettles > Nettles nee West > West & Carter > > ~ Pamela Jean Bryan nee Pounders born 1957 in > Milam Co. TX . . . (sister of EVERHART nee > Pounders) > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > COOLEY > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > DIXON nee Adams > Adams nee Valentine > Valentine > & West > > ~ LaVerne Dixon nee Adams born 1933 in Teague TX > daughter of > > ~ Alver Adams (1890-1972) born in Volga, Houston > Co. TX, son of > > ~ Francis Elizabeth Adams nee Valentine > (1859-1945) born in Starkville OCM, daughter of > > ~ John William Valentine (c.1839-1864) born in > Starkville, son of > > Britton Valentine (1811-1884) & Matilda Valentine > nee West (1808-1884) who was a daughter of Richard > West & sister of Richard C. West, Jr. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > EVERHART nee Pounders > Pounders nee Muston > > Muston nee Nettles > Nettles nee West > West & > Carter > > ~ Vickie Lynne Everhart nee Pounders born 1951 in > Milam Co. TX, daughter of > > ~ Forrest Lee Pounders (1927-1996) born in Cameron > Co. TX, but grew up in Lee Co. TX & died in > Rockdale, Milam Co., son of > > ~ Ima Lois Pounders nee Muston (1906-1999) born in > Lee Co. & died in Rockdale, daughter of > > ~ Emma Patience Muston nee Nettles (1882-1964) > born in Lee Co. & died in Rockdale, daughter of > > ~ Mary Annie "Mollie" Nettles nee West (1852-1939) > born near Starkville OCM, lived in Lee Co. almost > six decades, & died in Lott, TX, daughter of > Richard C. West, Jr. & Sarah Mildred "Sally" West > nee Carter > > [Note -- Mollie is the "rememberer" of life in > Oktibbeha County during the Civil War, and of the > wagon train trek to Texas in 1869, as detailed in > the NEWS items dated 6 July 1999.] > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > GREEN > Pounders nee Muston > Muston nee Nettles > > Nettles nee West > West & Carter > > ~ William Roy Green, Jr. born 1953 in Rockdale, > Milam Co. TX, son of > ~ Dovie Louise Green nee Pounders (1929-1999) born > in Tanglewood, Lee Co. TX, sister of Forrest Lee > Pounders & daughter of > ~ Ima Lois Pounders nee Muston...(see EVERHART nee > Pounders) > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > HALES nee Smith > Smith nee Burroughs > Burroughs > nee Beard > Beard & Christopher > > ~ Ardath Elaine Hales nee Smith born 1952 in > Houston, Harris Co. TX, daughter of > > ~ Chester R. Smith, Jr. (1928-1999) born in > Houston, son of > > ~ Ida Almira Smith nee Burroughs (1905-1990), > daughter of > > ~ Ida Mae Burroughs nee Beard (1879-1905) born in > Starkville OCM, > daughter of James Riley Beard & Amanda T. Beard > nee Christopher > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > HARPER > Vick & Marquis > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > HENDRICKS > Perry > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > JORDAN > Miller > McDowell & Bell > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > KELLY > > > Mike's grandfather's younger sister, Ann Kelly > (born c. 1904 in Lee Co., TX), married Alvernon > SIKES. Do any of y'all have any info on this Mr. > Sikes? Is he a member of the OCM Sikes family? > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > KIRK > Valentine > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > LAMPKIN > > > Mike Lampkin is the Volunteer Host/ County > Coordinator for the Oktibbeha County, Mississippi > Genealogical History Page. His ancestors first > arrived in OCM in 1833. Don't know if any of his > kin came on the 1869 wagon train, but there are a > few similar surnames in the surname list at > Lampkin.Net. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > MCCANDLESS > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > MCKEOWN > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > MCMAINS nee Peebles > Sikes & West > > ~ Martha Lou McMains nee Peebles born > 1947 . . . (sister of PEEBLES) > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > MONROE > Parker & Perry > > ~ Gerald Andrew Monroe born 1947 in Waco TX, son > of > > ~ Gordon Harold Monroe born 1921 in Waco, son of > > ~ Benjamin Franklin Monroe (1874-1950), born in > Lexington, Lee Co. TX & died in Waco, son of > > ~ Sanders Alexander Monroe (died 1887 in Milam Co. > TX) & Sarah Anne Beard Monroe nee Parker > (1845-1945), born in NC & died in Temple TX, > daughter of Cecelia Sikes Parker nee Perry (born > 1818 in NC) & Isaac William Parker (1813-1857), > born in NC & died in OCM > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > MOORE > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > NORTHERN nee Pounders > Pounders nee Muston > > Muston nee Nettles > Nettles nee West > West & > Carter > > ~ Monty Dwayne Northern & Jaime Lyn Northern & > Emily Rebecca Northern (all born in Rockdale) are > three of the five children of Rebecca Mae Northern > Nink nee Pounders born 1953 in Milam Co. > TX. . . . (sister of EVERHART nee Pounders) > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > PEEBLES > Peebles nee Sikes > Sikes & West > > ~ Kenneth Fred Peebles born 1950, son of > > ~ Alton Brooks Peebles (1913-1991), son of > > ~ Robert Lee Peebles (1878-1965), born in Lee Co. > TX, son of > > ~ Margaret Ann Nalley Peebles Harrell nee Sikes > (1853-1904) born in Mississippi, daughter of > > ~ Sarah Sikes nee West (1823-1854) daughter of > Richard West, & sister of Richard C. West, Jr. & > Matilda Valentine nee West > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > PERRY > Peebles > Sikes & West > > Nancy Perry nee Hardy was married 23 August 1955 > in Lexington, Lee Co. TX to > > ~ Alph Earl Perry (1935-1998) born & died in > Lexington, son of > > ~ Isaac Alpheous Perry (1909-1986) born & died in > Lexington, son of > > ~ Hattie Elizabeth Perry nee Peebles (1887-1928) > born in Lee Co., daughter of > > ~ Margaret Ann Nalley Peebles Harrell nee Sikes > (1853-1904) born in Mississippi, daughter of > > ~ Sarah Sikes nee West (1823-1854) daughter of > Richard West, & sister of Richard C. West, Jr. & > Matilda Valentine nee West > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > PRYOR nee Rife > Rife > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > RYAN > Vick > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > TARIN > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > THOMAS nee Mooney > Beard & Christopher > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > TREADWELL > Marquis > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > TURNER > McDowell & Dasnby (also some info on > Vicks & Boyds) > > ~ Robert W. (Bob) Turner born 1937 in Phillips Co. > Ark., son of > > ~ Wallace Berry Turner (1900-1967) born in > Phillips Co., son of > > ~ John L. Turner (1870-1949) born in Phillips Co., > son of > > ~ Eleanor Ann Turner nee McDowell (1848-1900) born > in OCM, > daughter of John Yongue McDowell & Ellen McDowell > nee Dasnby > > [FYI ~ John Y. McDowell was the son of John > McDowell (1770-1861), who was born in Ireland & > died in OCM, & his wife, Jean Yongue (1775-1825), > also born in Ireland & died in SC or AL. John > McDowell & his family moved to OCM c. 1835 in > search of cheap land. John & Jean also had a > daughter, Mary McDowell (1800-1947) born in SC & > died in OCM) who married Andrew Boyd (1778-1839) > died in OCM. Mary & Andrew had seven children, & > three of the daughters married Vicks. They were: > > ~ Emeline Jane Boyd (1827-1853) born in SC & died > in OCM, who married William Henry Vick > ~ Mary Caroline Boyd (1829-1873) born in SC & died > in Lee Co. TX, who married Littleberry Fletcher > Vick > ~ Louise Catherine Boyd (1836-1860) born & died in > OCM, who married Hartwell D. Vick > > Another daughter of Andrew & Mary Boyd was Amanda > Boyd, the Aunt that all the Vick's were writing to > back in OCM. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > UNDERWOOD > Peebles > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > VANCE > Nettles > West & Carter > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > WOOD > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > WRIGHT nee Mooney > Beard & Christopher > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > To login to our MyFamily Web site, go to http://www.myfamily.com and enter > your temporary Username and Password: > > Username: Doris_Moore > Password: Moore17 > > You may also use this easy login link to go directly to your family web > site: > http://www.myfamily.com/security/new.asp?ID=C6F891A608B6143 > > After you log into your site, you can change your Username and Password at > any time. > > If you need any help you can contact your site administrator(s): > Vickie Everhart (vpeverhart@aol.com) > > Or, contact the MyFamily.com support team at: > Support@MyFamily.com > > P.S. 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