I feel we're so close to breaking through to the wooten/Morris connection. Lorenzo Dow Wooten, Izard County, Arkansas, born @ 1850, had at least two daughters, one of whom was sarah jane wooten who married Wm Riley Morris, My Grandfather. Lorenzo Dow Wooten is buried, along with his wife, Martha(?) in the Bigflat cemetery , Bigflat arkansas. I have pictures of this man with his daughter, Sarah jane, for whom I'm named. He also had another daughter Elizabeth, who died the same day as her sister, October 16, 1953, however, was buried in Oklahoma. (Last name unknown, however, nowhere can I find she ever married). William Riley Morris and Sarah Jane Wooten Morris had five children: Addie, born 1892, buried also in the bigflat cemetery. She was married at least three times that I know of. Covey, was the name I knew her by. Then there was Lillie Morris Wallace, born in 1894, who's husband was always called "general" I remember seeing a commendation/land grant from the spanish-american war on Aunt Lillie's wall. Then there was William Roscoe Morris, who later changed his name to fred mason. He was born in 1896, married three times, to Amanda Curtis, Jewel Page(her sister) then to Anna Lily Page Barnett. There was Riley Hobson Morris, born in 1898(the only person in the Baxter County Bigflat, Arkansas to be buried there in 1976 with a Jewish star on his tombstone(long story and very amusing person) then Miller Morris, who came along in 1906. Can anyone help me with the wooten/morris connection, especially lorenzo dow wooten. Thank you, Jerry R. Cooper [email protected] From: WOOTEN-D-request Date: 1/16/98 6:25:45AM To: WOOTEN-D Subject: WOOTEN-D Digest V98 #8 ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain WOOTEN-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: #1 Re: WOOTEN-D Digest V98 #7 [Bebenjohn <[email protected]>] #2 Re: WOOTEN-D Digest V98 #7 [Al Wootten <[email protected]>] #3 Re: J.H. Wooten [Steve Pearson <[email protected]>] #4 My Wooten Line [F HALE <[email protected]>] #5 The "Bold & Beautiful" ca 1797 [F HALE <[email protected]>] #6 obituaries [BAyersfine <[email protected]>] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WOOTEN-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 07:46:41 EST From: Bebenjohn <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WOOTEN-D Digest V98 #7 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thanks for the Wooten study regarding those in Surry Cty., NC, as descendants of Richard of Orange Cty., Va. I am of the Tidewater Va. to eastern NC Wooten line and have been perplexed by the the possible connection of the two families. There does not appear to be one. I now live in Forsyth Cty., NC, which adjoins Surry Cty. so run into Wootens fairly often. Glad to get clarification. Bebe Fox Winston-Salem, NC ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:30:35 -0500 (EST) From: Al Wootten <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WOOTEN-D Digest V98 #7 [email protected] writes: > Thomas Wooton Esquire (Edward Wooton (Sir Knight)was born in 1521 in Of > Boughton,Malherbe,Kent England and died January 11,1588 or 89.He married > Elizabeth Rudston Abt.1544,daughter of John Rudston and Ursuis Dymoke. > Children of Thomas9Esquire and Elizabeth Rudston are; > 1-Thomas Wooten,b.1585,Northhamptonshire,England;d.1669,Isle o Wight Co. > Virginia. Well, I think we have a record for the oldest Wooten ever, or at least the oldest one before 1700! 114 is pretty good for today, even. Could this have been a mistype, or is it an LDS record? Clear skies, Al +---------------------------------------------------------+ |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock| |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | |genealogy homepage http://members.tripod.com/~astral | |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 | +---------------------------------------------------------+ ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:25:39 -0500 From: Steve Pearson <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Wooten List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: J.H. Wooten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Thomas, Thanks for your response to my query. I have to say this adventure on the Wooten side of my family tree is at the very beginning. As you can see I don't have alot, much less any documentation ( first hand ) for proof. My source of info comes from a book "An Alverson Family History" compiled by Barbara Alverson Morris and published by James Gibson Alverson of San Gabriel, Ca. dated 1980. Barbara and her husband, Prof. Wesley Morris lived in Houston TX at the time of publishing. I have done a search on the internet for them and have not been able to locate them at this time. Also I have as a source my great aunt and grandmother on my mother's side who told me about "Maggie" Wooten being the wife of Charles A. Alverson. Barbara sites as her sources for the info on Maggie (Margeret) and Charles as Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Mrs Jon Stubbs, and Mrs. Robert Reid, 1978. Us Census Records, Death Certificates for Gus and Maggie Alverson, and Tombstones in Pelzer SC, Pelzer Cemetery. Considering your statment about being a "generation off" with our similar people, it looks to me that we aren't that far off. Margeret was born in 1875 which would make her the right age to be a sibling to the rest of your John Henry Wooten's children. However you do not have her listed. The only other possible clue I have been able to come up with is from David Wooten's web site http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/davidwooten/default/index.htm That lists a Margaret E Wooten born abt. 1875. daughter of, see below: James David Wooten and Mary Ann Brown had the following children: 472 vi. Eli Bryant Wooten was born about 1865. MARRIED 1ST COUSIN MOLLY PINSON 473 vii. Catherine Wooten was born about 1867. MARRIED SEABORN HARRELL 474 viii. Molly Wooten was born about 1872. MARRIED PRESTON PARKER 475 ix. Margaret E. Wooten was born about 1875. Hope to keep pecking away with this and get to the bottom of who her parents and grandparents are. I feel that all I would need is a generation or two and I will be able to plug into one of these well established lines. Please keep in touch! Steve Pearson Thomas Wootten wrote: > > Thomas Wootten wrote: > > > > Thomas Wootten wrote: > > > > > > Steve: Your query regarding J. H. Wooten is very interesting. I am > > > researching my great grandfather, John Henry Wootten, who married > > > Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell in 1865. We are, however, at least a > > > generation off in our dates. Here is what I have about my great > > > grandfather: > > > > > > John Henry Wootten, born Wayne County, NC June 23, 1833. > > > married Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell, b. Prince George's County, MD > > > November 23, 1840. > > > > > > Year of marriage: 1865 in Baltimore City MD. > > > > > > Children: > > > 1. Alice M. Wootten, b. 2/8/1866 in Prince George's County , MD > > > 2. John T. Wootten, b. 2/13/1868 > > > 3. George Washington Wootten (my grandfather), b. 10/16/1870 > > > 4. Lewis Wootten, b. 3/9/1873 > > > 5. William Muncy Wootten, b. 11/16/1875 > > > 6. Franklin P. Wootten, b. 5/21/1878 > > > 7. Uriah M. Wootten, b. 7/23/1880 > > > 8. Henry E. Wootten, b. 4/13/1833 > > > > > > >From the information you provided there is at least one, perhaps two > > > generations separating my names from yours, however the fact that my > > > great grandfather was John Henry (J. H. ) Wootten and my great > > > grandmother was Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell (Wootten) really is > > > interesting and almost too much to be a pure chance. > > > > > > Can you (or anyone else on this net) find a link here? *********************** Steve Pearson [email protected] *********************** Nobility isn't a birthright, it's defined by ones actions. *********************** ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:54:24 EST From: F HALE <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: My Wooten Line Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII My Wooten lineage is as follows: Bonnie L. Wooten, b. 15 Dec 1911, GA ,d. 23 Dec 1993, GA m. Forest F. Hale, b. 17 Oct 1904, GA, d.3 Oct 1985, GA Augustus Anderson Wooten, b. 20 Jul ,1882, GA, d. 5 Apr 1959, GA m. Nannie Victoria Woods, b. 3 May 1890, GA, d. 14 Apr 1965, GA. John Anderson Wooten, b. 19 May 1859, GA. d. 25 Aug 1928, GA m. Lillie Delph, b. 4 Jan 1857, d. 5 Feb 1904, GA James Madison Wooten, b. 1836, GA. d. 14 June 1865, Camp Douglas, Ill. m. Mary Fitts, b. 1834, GA. d. 30 Nov 1913, GA Henry A. Wooten, b. 1804, SC. d. bef 1870, GA m. Martha Anderson, b. 1814, SC, d. bef 1870 John M. Wooten, b. ca 1775 m. Betsy Anderson 30 Aug 1796, Oglethorpe Co., GA. I would be very happy to share information on any of the above Wootens and allied families. I have been "stuck" on Henry Wooten for several years and I am not sure John M. Wooten was Henry's father. Any help would be appreciated. Forrest Hale ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:54:25 EST From: F HALE <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: The "Bold & Beautiful" ca 1797 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Last week, while researching SC records, I found the following in a deed book which may help someone. Of course, I don't know exactly who John Wooten was, but of all the John Wooten's on my data base, the John Wooten, b. ca 1777 in SC, the son of Aaron Wooten fits the profile best. If so, John & Rosannah Wooten could be two of my ancestors. Laurens Co., SC Deed Book F, pg 396. "On July 14, 1797, personally appeared Manah Barker and on oath sayeth that she was married to Lauren Barker and that several years thereafter a certain Rosannah Wooten proffessing to be a widow was marrying to Lauren Barker. Said Manah and Lauren Barker were married and it was then reported that said Rosannah's husband, John Wooten, was yet alive, which said Rosannah denied but after some time she confessed that her husband was yet alive and that she would leave the said Lauren Barker and would not live any longer with him, for if she lived and died, so she should go to Heal(sic), accordingly she went away acknowledging she was no lawful wife to said Lauren