Dear List.. I am sorry it has taken me so long to post my family.. I have been looking for all my records for a week, they are scattered all over my computer.. I have been researching this family since 1981. There has only been one tiny crack in this brick wall when Bob Keyes found an Addison listed as an heir to Adin Webb which is the Webb/Boone line... whether this is my Addison or not is still on the back burner simmering... but here goes.. this is what I have on my Webb's ... I only have additional information on Christopher Columbus Webb my gggrandfather... Any help would we of great help... Thanks, Louise Kay Horton 1. ADDISON R1 WEBB was born Abt. 1798 in Kentucky/Virginia, and died November 1873 in Aberdeen, Monroe Co. Miss. He married NANCY DILLON about 1827. While census reports reguarily recite that Addison R. and Nancy Dillon Webb were born in Kentucky, family tradition holds that both may have been born in Virginia, he about 1798 and she, at a place called Dillon's Run, about 1810. The family story relates that he, as a big boy, was apprenticed to a large firm of blacksmiths in New York City and, upon becoming a journeyman, returned to Virginia to be employed on the plantation of Nancy's father. Addison and Nancy fell in love but her family objected to the match, possibly because of her youth( she was only eighteen when her first child was born). They eloped, apparently coming immediately to Hunstville, Alab where their first child was born, and never had contact with either one's family again. We do not know the names of their parents. We know little of the Webb's life in Huntsville except that Addison was a Mason. The I have a picture of him shows what is said to be a Master's Apron. He was never Master of the Aberdeen lodge so it must have been in Huntsville lodge that he so served. An extant demit(which I have a copy of) was issued Addison by the Huntsville Lodge November 5th, 1842, establishing when the family moved to Aberdeen. Six children were born to the family in Alab. Jerome, Paloma, Obediana Jefferson, Ruth R., Christopher Columbus, and Mary Benton. Three more were born in Mississippi they were Alabama, Georgia, Robert, W.E., and Nancy. John E. Rodabough, in his thesis, A Guide to Trades, Crafts and Industry In Antebellum Aberdeen, speak of Addison as" the most prominent of Aberdeen blacksmiths". He also states that Addison served as a selectman in the 1845 and 1859. Thomas Brandon built a shop for him just north of the northwest corner of Washington and Chestnut Streets in 1850. A fire on June 17, 1853 destroyed this shop and adjacent building. The news report of the fire comments that "Mr. Webb is of modest circumstances and it is hoped that people will be generous in helping him rebuild." Until that year Addison had paid taxes on four slaves but after the fire, only on other personal property. His loss must have forced sale of the slaves to rebuild. The Webb home was on the south half of the block at the northeast corner of Meridian and Canal Streets. Addison began paying the taxes on this property about 1845. It burned about 1870, shortly before Addison's death in 1873. Little is known of Nancy Dillon Webb. Her obituary is indeed pitiful.. From the evening Tempest, May 20, 1856, "Mrs Nancy E. Webb. This long suffering lady died in our city yesterday morning. For more than two years she had been suffering form the chastenings of the fell-destroyer, Consumption, and found no relief until welcome death performed its work. 'After life's fitful fever, she sleeps well'. The eldest Webb child, Jerome is reported as being twenty-one years old in the 1850 census and was blacksmith. St. John's church records evidence his marriage to Nancy Hopkinson about 1852 and the baptism of their first child. A deed of property in the Strong neighborhood after the war, excerpts" the one Acer occupied by Jerome Webb's blacksmith shop." There are 2 Jerome Webb's listed in Mississippi Census Records. Paloma, the second child is shown by the same census as being eighteen.. We know Paloma married a Michael Holt March 13, 1851, and at some point moved to Ark... additional information will be added later... She was still living in Aberdeen in the 1890's, possibly with her younger sister, Georgia. Extant letters of that date speed of "Aunt P. " and her brother-in-law, Robert Brannin, uses the full name once. There were 6 children born to Palona Ann Webb and Michael Holt, Only one child survived, Robert Paine Holt born Jan 10, 1856 Aberdeen Miss. Mar. Maggie E Wakefield, Nov 5,1879, and moved to DeWitt Arkansas Co, Arkansas where he died in 1892. The 1850 census shows Obedian J.( Jefferson) Third child as being fourteen. He married , 26 May 1853 WEBB, Obedience Jefferson Anderson M DAVENPORT MONROE Co,MS... Ruth R. as 13, Alabama 7, and Robert 2,. Mary Benton (5th) child married Robert Burwell Brannin. Christopher Columbus Webb married Highley Eugenia Smith ca. 1859-60 and served in the Confederate Army Company C. More's Regiment Mississippi volunteers, which became the 43rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. About 1870 there is recorded a deed where Robert Brannin buys the west half to the block at the northeast corner of Hickory and High Streets from John Hilliday. It was at this corner that the new house for the Brannin Family was built after the fire. It still stands today(1998). Addison R. Webb died in 1873 and is buried in the old Aberdeen Cemetery Aberdeen, Monroe Co. Miss. Children of ADDISON WEBB and NANCY DILLON are: I. JEROME2 WEBB, b. 1829.Alab ii. PALOMA ANN WEBB, F b. January 28, 1831, Alabama; d. DeWitt Co. Ark; m. MICHAEL HOLT, Mississippi. iii. OBEDIANA JEFFERSON WEBB M b. 1836.Alab iv. RUTH J WEBB, F b. 1837. v. MARY BENTON WEBB, F b. 1839.Alab _2._ (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/Louise-K-Horton/GENE19-0002.html#CHILD2) vi. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WEBB,M b. August 11, 1840, Alabama; d. September 15, 1878, South Sulpher,Hunt County, Texas. vii. ALABAMA WEBB, F b. 1843.Alab viii. GEORGE W WEBB, F b. 1845. Alab ix. ROBERT FRANK WEBB,M b. 1848. Miss x. William Edward WEBB, M b. 1853. Miss xi. NANCY WEBB, F b. 1855. Miss I have this information on Jerome Webb or it could be 2 Jerome Webb's.. I am not sure since the census records are a bit confusing... Jerome Webb B: 1829-30 Huntsville Alab Married (1)Charlotte Hopkins Oct 21, 1851 (2)Margaret??? (3)Drucilla Thrneat June 13,1875 Census Rec. 1870 Richmond, Lee Co. Miss Sept,1870 Jerome Webb 40 M W Blacksmith Tenn Margaret 30 F W Keeps House Alab Wm S.(E?) 15 M W Miss Nannie 13 F W " John B 11 M W " Eliza A 9 F W " Hanna 7 F W " Horace 5 M W " Anna 1 F W " 1870 Mooresville, Lee Co. Miss Sept,1870 Jerome Webb 40 M W Farm Labor Alab Margaret 25 F W Keeps House Alab William 15 M W Miss Nannie 12 F W Miss John 7 M W Miss Francis 5 F W Miss Martha 4 F W Miss Anna 2 F W Miss This next census, for sure , is the son of Addison R. Webb... his brother Frank is living with this family... 1880 Lee Co. Miss NTP June 9, 1880 Jerome Webb 50 M W Blksmith Alab Ky Tenn Drucilla 44 F W Keeps House Alab Tenn Tenn Nancy 22 F W Miss Alab Alab John 14 M W Farm Labor Miss " " Eugenia 13 F W " " " Martha 12 F W " " " Ann 11 F W " " " Rebecca 9 F W " " " Frank 32 M W Brother Miss Ky Tenn Below are some of the marriage records from Lee Co. Miss that may or may not be the girls of Jerome Webb. I have never been able to find even one of them after 1880. 13Jun1875 WEBB, J B Drucilla THRNEAT LEE Co,MS 18Sep1881 WEBB, H L Pokie ROBBINS LEE Co,MS 17May1883 WEBB, Eugenia N W HUGHES LEE Co,MS 20Nov1883 WEBB, Nannie Andrew HIPPS LEE Co,MS 08Aug1886 WEBB, Mattie W E BRAZEAL LEE Co,MS 24Jan1888 WEBB, Anna L J H HELMS LEE Co,MS 21Jun1888 WEBB, Fannie G W PUCKETT LEE Co,MS I would love to fine anyone who might have any information on any of these Webb's. Louise

For Louise: Have you seen anything on this person during your research? Ruffin Webb, b. abt 1817 in NC iaw 1880 Monroe Co., MS., census. The 1860 Lowndes Co., MS., census list his age as 38 which would have made his birth in 1822. He married Harriet E. Robinson, dau of Elam Robinson, in abt 1850. She must have died. He then married Martha Ussery, 2 Jul 1856 in Lowndes Co., MS. The 1860 Lowndes Co., Caledonia, MS., census list him age 38, farmer; Martha, age 25 b. MS; Jasper, age 10, b. MS (probably child from first marriage); May, age 3 b. MS; John Webb, age 30, b. TN., teacher Co. school; The 1880 Monroe Co., MS., census list him as age 63; Martha, age 42, b. MS; Crad, age 20, b. MS; Zoe, age 14, b. MS (She is my line. She married Nathaniel M. "Bud" Stockton, 3 Jan 1884 in Monroe Co., MS.); Clondesly, son, age 9, b. MS, and Thomas Weaver, age 24, b. MS, hired person. If you have seen any of these names, I would appreciate a reply. Anne Stockton O'Neal, [email protected] Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:43 PM Subject: [WEBB] My Webb Line Addison R. Webb b:1797/99 Ky > > > > Dear List.. I am sorry it has taken me so long to post my family.. I have > been looking for all my records for a week, they are scattered all over > my > computer.. > I have been researching this family since 1981. There has only been one > tiny crack in this brick wall when Bob Keyes found an Addison listed as > an heir > to Adin Webb which is the Webb/Boone line... whether this is my Addison > or > not is still on the back burner simmering... but here goes.. this is what > I > have on my Webb's ... I only have additional information on Christopher > Columbus > Webb my gggrandfather... > Any help would we of great help... Thanks, > Louise Kay Horton > > > > > 1. ADDISON R1 WEBB was born Abt. 1798 in Kentucky/Virginia, and died > November 1873 in Aberdeen, Monroe Co. Miss. He married NANCY DILLON > about 1827. > While census reports reguarily recite that Addison R. and Nancy Dillon > Webb > were born in Kentucky, family tradition holds that both may have been > born in > Virginia, he about 1798 and she, at a place called Dillon's Run, about > 1810. > The family story relates that he, as a big boy, was apprenticed to a > large > firm of blacksmiths in New York City and, upon becoming a journeyman, > returned > to Virginia to be employed on the plantation of Nancy's father. Addison > and > Nancy fell in love but her family objected to the match, possibly because > of > her youth( she was only eighteen when her first child was born). They > eloped, > apparently coming immediately to Hunstville, Alab where their first child > was born, and never had contact with either one's family again. We do not > know > the names of their parents. > We know little of the Webb's life in Huntsville except that Addison was a > Mason. The I have a picture of him shows what is said to be a Master's > Apron. > He was never Master of the Aberdeen lodge so it must have been in > Huntsville > lodge that he so served. An extant demit(which I have a copy of) was > issued > Addison by the Huntsville Lodge November 5th, 1842, establishing when the > family moved to Aberdeen. Six children were born to the family in Alab. > Jerome, > Paloma, Obediana Jefferson, Ruth R., Christopher Columbus, and Mary > Benton. > Three more were born in Mississippi they were Alabama, Georgia, Robert, > W.E., > and Nancy. > John E. Rodabough, in his thesis, A Guide to Trades, Crafts and Industry > In > Antebellum Aberdeen, speak of Addison as" the most prominent of Aberdeen > blacksmiths". He also states that Addison served as a selectman in the > 1845 and > 1859. Thomas Brandon built a shop for him just north of the northwest > corner > of Washington and Chestnut Streets in 1850. A fire on June 17, 1853 > destroyed > this shop and adjacent building. The news report of the fire comments > that > "Mr. Webb is of modest circumstances and it is hoped that people will be > generous in helping him rebuild." Until that year Addison had paid taxes > on four > slaves but after the fire, only on other personal property. His loss must > have > forced sale of the slaves to rebuild. > The Webb home was on the south half of the block at the northeast corner > of > Meridian and Canal Streets. Addison began paying the taxes on this > property > about 1845. It burned about 1870, shortly before Addison's death in 1873. > Little is known of Nancy Dillon Webb. Her obituary is indeed pitiful.. > From > the evening Tempest, May 20, 1856, "Mrs Nancy E. Webb. This long > suffering > lady died in our city yesterday morning. For more than two years she had > been > suffering form the chastenings of the fell-destroyer, Consumption, and > found > no relief until welcome death performed its work. 'After life's fitful > fever, > she sleeps well'. The eldest Webb child, Jerome is reported as being > twenty-one years old in the 1850 census and was blacksmith. St. John's > church records > evidence his marriage to Nancy Hopkinson about 1852 and the baptism of > their first child. A deed of property in the Strong neighborhood after the > war, > excerpts" the one Acer occupied by Jerome Webb's blacksmith shop." There > are 2 > Jerome Webb's listed in Mississippi Census Records. > Paloma, the second child is shown by the same census as being eighteen.. > We > know Paloma married a Michael Holt March 13, 1851, and at some point > moved to > Ark... additional information will be added later... She was still living > in > Aberdeen in the 1890's, possibly with her younger sister, Georgia. Extant > letters of that date speed of "Aunt P. " and her brother-in-law, Robert > Brannin, uses the full name once. There were 6 children born to Palona > Ann Webb and > Michael Holt, Only one child survived, Robert Paine Holt born Jan 10, > 1856 > Aberdeen Miss. Mar. Maggie E Wakefield, Nov 5,1879, and moved to DeWitt > Arkansas Co, Arkansas where he died in 1892. > The 1850 census shows Obedian J.( Jefferson) Third child as being > fourteen. > He married , 26 May 1853 WEBB, Obedience Jefferson Anderson M DAVENPORT > MONROE Co,MS... Ruth R. as 13, Alabama 7, and Robert 2,. > Mary Benton (5th) child married Robert Burwell Brannin. Christopher > Columbus > Webb married Highley Eugenia Smith ca. 1859-60 and served in the > Confederate > Army Company C. More's Regiment Mississippi volunteers, which became the > 43rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. > About 1870 there is recorded a deed where Robert Brannin buys the west > half > to the block at the northeast corner of Hickory and High Streets from > John > Hilliday. It was at this corner that the new house for the Brannin Family > was > built after the fire. It still stands today(1998). > Addison R. Webb died in 1873 and is buried in the old Aberdeen Cemetery > Aberdeen, Monroe Co. Miss. > > Children of ADDISON WEBB and NANCY DILLON are: > > > > I. JEROME2 WEBB, b. 1829.Alab ii. PALOMA ANN WEBB, F b. January > 28, > 1831, Alabama; d. DeWitt Co. Ark; m. MICHAEL HOLT, Mississippi. iii. > OBEDIANA JEFFERSON WEBB M b. 1836.Alab iv. RUTH J WEBB, F b. 1837. > v. MARY > BENTON WEBB, F b. 1839.Alab _2._ > (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/Louise-K-Horton/GENE19-0002.html#CHILD2) > vi. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS > WEBB,M b. August 11, 1840, Alabama; d. September 15, 1878, South > Sulpher,Hunt > County, Texas. vii. ALABAMA WEBB, F b. 1843.Alab viii. GEORGE W > WEBB, F b. 1845. Alab ix. ROBERT FRANK WEBB,M b. 1848. Miss x. > William > Edward WEBB, M b. 1853. Miss xi. NANCY WEBB, F b. 1855. Miss > > I have this information on Jerome Webb or it could be 2 Jerome Webb's.. I > am > not sure since the census records are a bit confusing... > Jerome Webb B: 1829-30 Huntsville Alab > Married (1)Charlotte Hopkins Oct 21, 1851 > (2)Margaret??? > (3)Drucilla Thrneat June 13,1875 > Census Rec. > 1870 Richmond, Lee Co. Miss Sept,1870 > Jerome Webb 40 M W Blacksmith Tenn > Margaret 30 F W Keeps House Alab > Wm S.(E?) 15 M W Miss > Nannie 13 F W " > John B 11 M W " > Eliza A 9 F W " > Hanna 7 F W " > Horace 5 M W " > Anna 1 F W " > > 1870 Mooresville, Lee Co. Miss Sept,1870 > Jerome Webb 40 M W Farm Labor Alab > Margaret 25 F W Keeps House Alab > William 15 M W Miss > Nannie 12 F W Miss > John 7 M W Miss > Francis 5 F W Miss > Martha 4 F W Miss > Anna 2 F W Miss > This next census, for sure , is the son of Addison R. Webb... his brother > Frank is living with this family... > 1880 Lee Co. Miss NTP June 9, 1880 > Jerome Webb 50 M W Blksmith Alab Ky Tenn > Drucilla 44 F W Keeps House Alab Tenn Tenn > Nancy 22 F W Miss Alab Alab > John 14 M W Farm Labor Miss " " > Eugenia 13 F W " " " > Martha 12 F W " " " > Ann 11 F W " " " > Rebecca 9 F W " " " > Frank 32 M W Brother Miss Ky Tenn > > Below are some of the marriage records from Lee Co. Miss that may or may > not > be the girls of Jerome Webb. I have never been able to find even one of > them > after 1880. > 13Jun1875 WEBB, J B Drucilla THRNEAT LEE Co,MS > 18Sep1881 WEBB, H L Pokie ROBBINS LEE Co,MS > 17May1883 WEBB, Eugenia N W HUGHES LEE Co,MS > 20Nov1883 WEBB, Nannie Andrew HIPPS LEE Co,MS > 08Aug1886 WEBB, Mattie W E BRAZEAL LEE Co,MS > 24Jan1888 WEBB, Anna L J H HELMS LEE Co,MS > 21Jun1888 WEBB, Fannie G W PUCKETT LEE Co,MS > > I would love to fine anyone who might have any information on any of > these > Webb's. > Louise > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> > To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > > To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages > To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >