People Helper Vol.5 No. 12 Sept. 1993
Civil War- C. C. Ward
Confederate Veteran
As told by Calvan Stewart with the Southern Army.
While waiting for the enemy to attack, he saw a union officer leading his men up the valley. Stewart put up his gun and aimed, and as he did so, his Captain said, "Don't fire that gun, you will need it later in the day." Despite his Captains orders, he aimed and fired. his aim was true and he hit this officer in the thigh. The enemy retreated and they did no battle that day.
Some years after the war the man Stewart had shot Advertised in the Picayune Newspaper, that if the person who had shot him was still alive, he would like to communicate with him. Mr. Stewart did so and he and the Yankee officer became good friends. Source Pearl River County History
Early in the War, a Union squad closed on a single ragged Confederate. He didn't own any slaves and obviously didn't have much interest in the Constitution or anything else. What are you fighting for they ask? He replied, "I am fighting because you are down here."
Pearl River Historical Group
We are a separate branch of the Hancock County Historical Society gathering information for this area. Contact Email Sweet Vickey Lang
Pearl River Historical Group
Vicky Lang, Our Tombstone Person gathering information on Graveyards in Pearl River County could use some help on private burial grounds. Send pertinent information to:
Vicky Lang, 134 Newman Rd., Poplarville Ms 39470 phone 601 795 4568 nights 601 772 9162
Genealogy
On the Wheats, Pittmans, Breazeale, Vaughns & Stevens
Marty Kelly Who's first book was "Wheat Sheaves Vol. 1" on William Griffen Wheat & Martha Patsy Wilkerson is working on a second book "Joseph Wheat and Elizabeth Bagley" Anyone with info. on above: contact Marty Kelly, 6511 Tamar Dr., Pasadena, TX 77503
Vicky Lang 7 years researching Pittmans, Breazeale and Vaughns. anyone
with info., contact: Vicky Lang, 134 Newman Rd., Poplarville Ms 39470 phone
601 795 4568 nights 601 772 9162
Email Sweet Vickey Lang
Query;
Looking for (William Mathew ?) Stephens\Stevens in GA Delilah Stephens daughter born abt 1801 married Giles Thomas Loftin.
Contact: Isom Stephens, 979 N. Amethyst St. Layton, UT 84041
Pearl River Historical Group
Pearl River Historical Group
Vicky Lang, Our Tombstone Person gathering information on Graveyards in Pearl River County could use some help on private burial grounds. Send pertinent information to:
Vicky Lang, 134 Newman Rd., Poplarville Ms 39470 phone 601 795 4568 nights 601 772 9162
Genealogy
On the Wheats, Pittmans, Breazeale, Vaughns & Stevens
Marty Kelly Who's first book was "Wheat Sheaves Vol. 1" on William Griffen Wheat & Martha Patsy Wilkerson is working on a second book "Joseph Wheat and Elizabeth Bagley" Anyone with info. on above: contact Marty Kelly, 6511 Tamar Dr., Pasadena, TX 77503
Vicky Lang 7 years researching Pittmans, Breazeale and Vaughns. anyone with info., contact: Vicky Lang, 134 Newman Rd., Poplarville Ms 39470 phone 601 795 4568 nights 601 772 9162
Query;
Looking for (William Mathew ?) Stephens\Stevens in GA Delilah Stephens daughter born abt 1801 married Giles Thomas Loftin.
Contact: Isom Stephens, 979 N. Amethyst St. Layton, UT 84041
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Civil War
"Courtship Between a Rebel Soldier and a Girl" (first verse forgotten)
To work, 1'm too lazy, to marry will do.
I'm going to California to seek a new home.
Go way from me stranger and let me along.
I am a poor Rebel Soldier and a long way from home.
Come along my dear Missy, sit down by my side,
And give me your attention while I tell you my mind.
Go'way from me stranger and let me alone,
I'm a poor Rebel Soldier and a long way from home.
Col. J. M. Shivers, who for 38 years was a leader in all of the affairs of the county died at his home Sunday afternoon at 4:00 O'cloœk. He had been in failing health for some time and had been confined to his home for ten months, but was fatally stricken only a few days before he passed away.
James McLauren Shivers, was born in Marengo County, Alabama, on February 10, 1834, son of Dr. 0. L. Shivers and Mrs. Catherine Woodfin Shivers. He was educated in the public schools of the home neighborhood and in Howard College, Alabama. Before his 18th birthday and just after he graduated from College, the war notes sounded, calling the sons of the South to arms and he entered the Confederate Army in April, 1861, as a private in the 4th Alabama Infantry. A Regiment which for its bravery and fighting qualities, earned the sobriquet of the "Glorious Fourth". The young patriot was severly wounded, and before he recovered, he was strocken with typhoid fever. Crippled and ill he was given an honorable discharge and returned to his home in Alabama.
He taught school for a few months, and also served with the State troops at Fort Gaines, On Mobile Bay. In 1862, an other company was organized and this young patriot re-entered the service for a period of 90 days, but before the time elapsed, he re-enlisted in the regular army, joining the First Alabama Light Infantry, attached to the Army of Tennessee, with which command he fought during the remaining years of the war and for his gallantry was promoted to a Lieutenant. He was with his command in the engagement at Shiloh, Farmington, Munfordville, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, Riggold, New Hope Church, Atlanta, and at Spanish Fort. After making a glorious record when the cause went down at Appomatox, he was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 14, 1865. Col. Shivers came from a fighting family. His Great Grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. His Grand father was an Indian fighter in Florida and his Father at the age of 21 raised a company for the aid of the Texas revolution in 1831. All of them noted for bravery and intrepidity in battle.
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After the cessation of holtilities Col. Shivers went back to Ala bama and lived in Perry for some time. In May, 1865, he was married to Miss Gornelia F. Cocke of Marion, Alabama, and filled the position as depot egent at Greensborough, Ala. He and his family came to Poplarville, Miss. in 1884 and he engaged in the lumber business. When the division of Marion County was made and Pearl River County organized, Col. Shivers was appointed the first Sheriff of the new county and served one full term. He studied law and was admitted to t e Bar and continued in active practice until a few weeks before his death. He held the office of Town Attorney for the town of Poplarville for a number of years. Col. Shivers was a member of the Baptist Church, a Mason and could be found on the right side of every issue. For a short while he was also Editor of the Free Press back in the early days of the paper's life. Source: FREE PRESS Nov.16,1922
Charles Calhoun, ninety years old now living in Pearl River County. He was First Corporal in Company II, First Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi Regiment - Bakers Brigade of Tennessee left Geneva, Alabama, he joined there but has lived in Pearl River County for the last thirty years.
Sept. 21, 1861, went to Memphis, Tenn. Our first battle was at Madred, Mc. There our Captain, Henry Laird, left us. I have not seen him since. Jeff Laird, his nephew, was made Captain and served until the war was ended. The whole regiment was taken prisoners at Island No. 10 and we were taken to Wisconsin - there several died and were buried in a cemetery called "Confederates' Rest". We stayed in Wisconsin about two months, then transferred to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill, and from there we were exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss. I was a prisoner six months this time. I was honorably discharged after the siege of Vicksburg, because I was so young.
I left and went to Dalton, Ga, where I joined Company A, 18th Ala. Regiment. I was in thirteen hard fought battles and was taken prisoner the second time in the second days fifht, December 16, at Nashville, Tenn. I was carried to Camp Chase, Ohio. The war ended and I took the oath of allegiance June 12, 1865. I was given a free transportation back to Dixie. The railroads were so badly destroyed until we had to walk most of the way.
On the 27th day of June, 1865, I got back home a 19 year old Confederate soldier.
I was in the following battles: (was never wounded) New Madred, No. March 13, 1862, Island No. 10 Tennessee, April 8, 1862; Rocky Fare, Ga., Feb. 23 to Feb 27, 1864; Atlanta Ga., July 22, 1864; Atlanta Ga. July 28, 1864; Jonesbora, Ga. August 31- Sept 1, 1864; New Hope Church, Ga. May 25 to June 4, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga. May 13 to 16, 1864; Lovejoy, Nashville, Tenn. Dec 15 and 16, 1864; Lost Mountain, Franklin, Tenn essee - hand to hand fight. Source: Charles Calhoun, Pearl River County - just as he gave it.
Calvin Stewart, enlisted when the war first started and served four years. Fighting in the battle of Chicamauga, while in this battle, he was struck with a missle ball knocking him down. The ball went through a little testament (which was in his pocket) when it reached the back of the book it stopped and lodged there. While in the war just before a battle, Calvin Stewart took a shot at a Yankee Officer.. After the war and years later, a stranger stopped at his home and talking over their war experiences, he discovered this man was the one he shot at, wounding him in the thigh. Source: Harvey T. Stewart, Poplarville, a nephew
Louis P. Varnado, my father, voluntered at the first call in the Civil War of the Mississippi boys. He was married and had four children (all boys) he enlisted as a private, was in a number of battles, was raised to the rank of First Lieutenant in Steed's Battalion. When the siege of Vicksburg came on, the Southern part of the. state was being ravaged and robbed by a gang called Jay Hawkers. He was chosed and given 100 men to rid the country of these men who were deserters - his orders were to capture and kill them - with his 100 men he lert Vicksburg in the spring before the surrender, he led his company through the town of Poplarville, along a trail near where main street now is. He contacted them for the first time near where Henleyfield church now is, there several of the gang was killed, but none of his men were wounded. Later he found them on Hickory Creek where others were killed and captured and those who made their escape fled to New Orleans by way of Gainesvile and joined the Yankees. When the war was over he received an honorable discharge, coming home to find two of his children and wife dead. Later he married Samantha Jones and there were four children by this marriage. He was a pioneer Baptist preacher. His wife is still living in Pearl River County.
Source:G. Varnado, Poplarville, a son. This was in the early 1930's Ed...
Joseph A. Smith served in the Civil War about two years, was about 27 years old when he enlisted - was in the siege of Vicksburg (was not shot). He threw torpedoes over in the Yankee Trenches while at Vicksburg. There were there 48 days and nights - fighting night and day. The Southern soldiers were starved out and the Northern men won the battle. He never attended but one Confederate Reunion. He lived in Poplarville after the war.
Andrew Smith, one of the pioneer settlers of Pear]. River County entered the Civil War when quite young and served to the end of the war. He also served one term as treasurer to this county. He died in his 69th year.
Mr. Smith was born in 1841, his education such as was afforded by common schools of those days. In 1861, at the age of 20, threatening clouds of the great Civil War was hovered over our Southland and when our beloved state, believing her rights threatened and her honor in jeopardy, called upon her sons to rally to her defense. Then it was that "Andy" Smith laid aside his school books and with that love for his state which ever characterized his life came to her defense, joining the first company that was organized in Marion County and attached tn the 7th Miss. Reg. He was more fortunate, however than 75% of his comrades, who never returned, being discharged by reason of disabilities from which he never recovered. He possessed many noble traits of character, one of which was liberal and generous spirit.
He gave to our county the beautiful square where the Court house site now is, and also that which was the old Baptist Church site together with the cemetery - all without money and without price.
In 1892, Mr. Smith was elected County Treasurer and served four years with credit to County and honor to himself. He died April 29, 1911 - A light gone out - a spark divine Whose gleam in life no more shall shine Now gone to sleep, life's journey o'er Now gone to rest forever more.
Source: Pearl River County history
Joseph Burks (from Free Press, February) Confederate Veteran Answers Last Call
Final rites for Joseph Burks, aged Confederate Veteran, were conducted in Henleyfield Baptist Church Tuesday with Rev. Jim Stewart from Louisiana officiating. He was assisted by Rev. W. I. Williams, Picayune. Rev. J C. Richardson, Poplarville, Miss. and Rev. 0. P. Ester of Bogalusa, La.
Reb. Burkes who would have been 95 years of age March 28, died at 1:30 A.M. February 19, at home of his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Woodward, in Henleyfield Community. Mr. Burks had been an invalid since Sept. 6, 1932 when he fell from the porch of his home near Poplarville and was the last surviving child of Daniel Burks and Jane Smith, pioneer settlers of this section of the State.
Mr. Daniel Burks having come from Kentucky to this section with Andrew Jackson's Army during war of 1812, remained in this section and became a Citizen of Henleyfield vicinity.
"Uncle" Joe Burks, as he was affectionately called by all who knew him, was a Confederate Veteran, having received all during the Civil War in Company C-G, 38th Mississippi Regiment. He was married on Jan 7, 1859 to Elizabeth Jane Wheat and had been married seventy-one years when she died, Sept. 26, 1929. He was an esteemed farm and stock man in the community in which he lived, and at the time that section was known as Pearl County. He served as a member of Board of Supervisors before it was thrown back into Marion County. Later becoming a part of the present Pearl River County. The deceased was a great influence and was a Charter member of Henleyfield Church. The surviving are: Mrs. J. A. Burks, W. H. Burks and Mrs. J A. Magehee, Mrs. E. J. Woodward, Mrs. W. P. Stockstill.
Augustus M. Beal, born in Winston County Miss., Feb. 14, 1845. When a child he moved with his family to the vicinity in which he died, now Pearl River County, where he lived his entire life with the exception of four years of eventful life spent in the army of the Confederacy as a brave and gallant soldier, a member of the 3rd (afterwards 23rd) Miss. Reg., participating in many battles - the Vicksburg Seige. Dalton to Atlanta, under Gen. J. s. Johnson and Tennessee Campaign under Gen. Hood. Having been wounded just before the bitter end, he was not paroled, returning home at the surrender. He married Miss Harriet A. Brill.
His record as a soldier was that of a brave and gallant Mississippian. He was Charter Comrade of Pearl River Camp U C. U. No. 540.
Source: Free Press, Friday, Sept. 12, 1919.
The "Jay Hawkers" stamped the toe nails off of Grandmother Monti's toes during the Civil War to make her tell where some gold was hid. She knew them all and when the war was over and the soldiers came home, every one of them were finally killed that took part in the assault. Mrs. Monti's son is now Sheriff of Hancock County.
Source: T. J. McArthur, R. L. Meador -PRCH
VIII. Home Conditions During War
Daniel Burks, soon after the war of 1812 married Jane Smith. The old settlers though living miles apart would get together and go to Biloxi to get their supplies. They did this for better protection against the Indians. They would kill deer, gather up the things they had to trade, and try and time their trip when they would meet a ship coming in with supplies. On one such trip the ship was delayed and the old settlers had to make camp and wait several weeks for it. Aunt Jane Smith, was left alone and became ill. She was too sick to keep her coals of fire banked, so one morning when she recovered enough to get up, she had to walk nine miles to her nearest neighbor to get fire to cook her meals.
Andy Smith (sometimes called Andrew) married in North Carolina, and he and his bride, with only a cart and pony and such supplies as they would need on the trip started west. They crossed Pearl River just below Jackson Mississippi, on a large raft made of cane that the Indians helped him to make. He then came on south and stopped near what is now Poplarville. He had five sons and one daughter - one son Jeptha, went to Texas, "Poplar" Jim the other son and daughter stayed in Pearl River County and have many descendants. One of these sons, Billy Smith, had twenty-six children by two wives. With the exception of one son who died in infancy the thers have all lived to ripe old ages - several living to be 80 or 90 years of age. They have always been law abiding citizens and attribute their unusual good health and long lives to the fact that they were taught to keep Cod's Commandments "Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long in the Land which Jehovah thy Cod giveth thee. " Source: As told to Dora Mitchell by numerous old settlers. 2.
Billy Smith, brother of "Poplar" Jim Smith and son of Andy Smith and father of Hiram Smith married Janie Rouse. She is a direct descendant of Zschary Taylor. Source: Zeno Smith, descendant of Billy Smith. PRCH
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The Third Mississippi consisted mostly of men from the Gulf Coast. Many felt it their primary duty to defend that vulnerable approach. Others however, were ready to fight the Yankees anywhere and anytime.
The third Mississippi was a mixture of contrasting men from the coastal region; they were Scotch-Irish and French, piney woods farmers and cotton planters, Fishermen and merchants. Their ages ran from 16-year old John Murphy to W.H. Tench, a 72 year old veteran of the War of 1812. They drew on the gray of the Confederacy and spent the first two years of the war drilling and traveling.
They were dispatched to Kentucky as reinforcements, then to Vicksburg in 1862, to Baker's Creek in 1863, usually standing picket duty and building fortifications. They guarded against surprise attack that never come, or even taking their place in the line of battle on the left only to have the battle break out on the right. Often they were detailed for duty such as at Jackson or Meridian, in the wake of Yankee destruction. Sometimes they literally saw action - but were too far away to be a part of it. Their letters home showed their frustration at their secondary role.
However, all changed drastically when the Third Mississippi crossed the Georgia line in mid 1864. Until then the had lost more men through sickness, desertion and execution than in battle.
But at the battle of Peachtree Creek, their pent-up frustrations were released. They were not content to just drive in the Yankee skirmishers, but charged the enemy lines. Losses were about a fourth of their men.
Source Mississippi Military Archives
People Helper II
People Helper 528 NATCHEZ IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
EIGHTY-THREE years have I spent in Natchez and its vicinity. Of the companions of my boyhood all have passed away and the hopes of my youth have turned to memories of the past. The evening shades of my life are lengthening towards the east and soon the sunset will come. I was born at Kaskaskie, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1787, and on Christmas day, 1786, my father landed with his family in Natchez. At that time there were but two or three houses on the hill, the whole town being under the hill, which was then quite an extensive tract. Below, where is now the ferry landing, there was quite an extensive and heavy battery, known as "the King's Works," and just above, there was a quarter race track extending from the bluff towards the river. There was a Spanish garrison in the fort, a little below the present residence of Stephen Rumble, and the house of the Governor was about where that of Dr. Harer now stands. When the town begun to be built on the hill, the Spaniards settled in this part, and other persons generally built east of the present Commerce street. These being mostly Irish, this part of the town was called Irish town, whilst the other part was known as Spanish town. The Governor was Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, an intelligent and liberal man, educated in England, at Westminster, and speaking English as fluently as a native. The mild, paternal rule of the good Governor makes an old man revert with pleasure to the scenes of his youth and even at times to regret the change of government.
The Catholic religion was the only one publicly tolerated in the country. The priests exercised much influence, and were very generally loved. They had great power, but used it very mildly. Irish priests were usually selected for Natchez, because there were so many English-speaking people. I well remember Father Brady, the best shot, the best rider and the best judge of horses in the district. And Father Malone, with a wink and a joke, and a blessing and an almo for every one - welcome at every wedding, every frolic and every dinner - most exemplary in the discharge of every duty, but with a slight weakness for his national beverage on St. Patrick's day, when his patriotism would prove stronger than his head. However, in those days, and for years after, the clergy of all denominations took their morning and their midday toddy, and were always considered the best judges of Madeira
Attempts were made by several Protestant ministers to preach, but were not encouraged. The only sermon I remember to have heard during the Spanish rule was preached by an Episcopalian named Cloud. Governor Gayoso was present and walked home with my father after the service. He expressed himself in their conversation as being individually in favor of religious toleration, "but," he added, "you know I have a master." The next day Cloud was notified that he must not preach again, but he, persisting in doing so, was shortly arrested and sent out of the country.
Notes: Recollections of Mr. George Willey, a venerable and much respected citizen, who died in 1874. 'His father was Maj. James Willey, of the Revolutionary army an early settler in Kentucky, who immigrated to Natchez, then under Spanish rule, in 1788. George Willey, when the Indian war of 1813 broke out, though exempt from military service, owing to a fractine of his shoulder, volunteered and served two campaigns, one on the Alabama, and the other at New Orleans. He narrowly escaped the massacre at Fort Mims, and was in the detachment under Maj. Kennedy, that buried the remains. A better man, and a truer patriot we have never had here. These recollections were his "table talk," taken down nearly in his own words. It was ratifying to find that this intelligent and truthful witness cherished a grateful remembrance of the kind and paternal rule of the Spanish provincial authorities.
NATCHEZ IN THE OLDEN TIMES My father's house was on the lot now occupied the store of Wm. Earhart, and all north of that was in woods. In these woods the Indians, who came in every year to receive their presents from the Spanish government, used to encamp. The Spaniards seemed to be afraid of them, and in their drunken orgies, which always followed the distribution of government presents, they were controlled entirely by their interpreter, an old Frenchman named Baptiste, who with his whip used to lash them into a abjection in their most disorderly and boisterous outbreaks. It is curious that the Indian, who seems to have no fear of a gun or knife or other deadly weapon, had a great dread of a whip. I remember once, many years later, an Indian riot, in Natchez which defied the strength of the civil authorities, and even rendered it necessary to call out the troops, which was instantly quelled by a burly overseer, who rode in amongst them with his whip and scattered them like chaff before the wind.
I once witnessed Indian execution. which took place about where the gas house now stands. The man was condemned, according to their retaliatory laws, to suffer death, and the day was fixed for his execution. He was not confined in the meantime, but suffered to go where he pleased, and he used the time in going from house to house and begging for whiskey, and inviting every one to come and see him die. On the appointed day he was promptly at the place; assisted in digging his own grave, which was done with knives and hatchets, and from time to time he would lay himself down in it, to see if it would fit him, and when it was completed to his satisfaction, he took a parting drink with all around, and then stood with the most stoical indifference at one end of the grave, and gave the word to the executioner, and in an instant fell back into the grave with the fatal bullet through his head, and was at once covered up.
120 Years Old It will seem almost incredible to some that the lives of two men should embrace a period, beginning with the great English revolution and commencement of the reign of the House of Orange, thus comprehending all the great events of modern history; yet such I can shew in my own Iife, and that of another. I have often seen a man named McCoy, who at that time was said to be a hundred and twenty years old. I do not know where he lived, but it was somewhere not far from town, for he used to come in to mass on occasional Sundays, walking and leading the horse, on which was mounted his son, who was from the infirmities of age unable to walk. After mass they would come to my father's house, and often have I listened to his wonderous recitals of his varied and active life. The campaigns of Marlborough, the defeat of Gen. Braddock, and the massacre of the French in Fort Rosalie by the Natchez Indians, were all told by him with the vivid accuracy of a participant. Now put this man's age and mine together, and it will carry you back to the days of the "Merry King Charles".
The houses built by the first settlers on the hill were mere shanties. There were no saw mills to furnish lumber, and the timber was split from the tree with the axe and fro. Probably the oldest house now existing in Natchez is the one occupied by Mrs. Postlethwaite, on Jefferson street, between Union and Rankin. It was at one time kept as a tavern by a man named King, and was the stopping place of western men on their return from New Orleans, after selling out their flatboats of produce.
To each settler, who would put up a house in the town, a lot was given by the authorities at a nominal price; but their title was not always a secure one. If the Governor wanted the lot for some favorite he generally managed to make the occupant give it up; most commonly, however, in exchange for a lot, or land, in some other place. Indeed, any opposition to the will of the Governor was generally very promptly got rid of, but the execution of justice was just as prompt.
For many crimes the privilege of sanctuary was allowed, and I have often passed the church early in the morning, and found a Spaniard with his finger in the key hole of the church. The commission of crime was not greater than in frontier settlements of our own countrymen, and indeed all of bad reputation which Natchez never acquired, was after it came into the hands of Americans.
A horrible tragedy made an indelible impression on my memory. On St., Catherine Creek there lived a man named Condy, who was of that wild and roving disposition so common among frontier people. This wife was a beautiful but frail woman, but they were bound together by a family of three lovely children. The suspected intimacy between his wife and a Spanish officer, had driven Condy to madness; and in his rage, he took a razor and cut his wife's throat. He then took his little ones, and one by one laid them by their mother's side and killed them all. Then laying himself down beside them, he blew out his own brains. I saw the five laying side by side in death.
The well known disposition of the Spaniard to use the knife in all their quarrels, induced the governor to issue an order, forbidding any one to carry a knife, or other weapon of iron or steel, but the Spaniards evaded it by making a kind of stiletto of hardened wood, with which they managed, on more than one occasion, to kill one another. The founders of many of our wealthy families were poor but adventurous, and energetic men, whose fortunes were built up not only by their own energies, but by fortunate circumstances. As an exemplification of the instability of fortune I have seen the first generation begin life in poverty, and build up wealth. The next generation, as a rule, have kept and improved the fortunes their fathers acquired, but in a large majority of instances the third have died as poor as their grandfathers commenced.
When the time at length arrived when the Spaniards were to be pushed out, although the great mass of American or rather English speaking inhabitants, were rejoiced, still that feeling was by no means unanimous. Quite a number of the citizens loved the Spanish rule, and not a few followed them in their exodus.
The first United States troops a that arrived was a detachment of two companies commanded by Lieutenant Pope, one of the companies under Lieutenant McCleary. A temporizing and evasive policy was as usual, pursued the Spanish authorities, and on the part of many military officers in the United States army there was an evident desire for hostile conflict between the countries, thus opening to their ambition the prospect of conquest of the Spanish provinces of Louisiana, Texas, and Mexico. Fortunately the arrival of Cap. Guion, a man as prudent as he was patriotic and honest, and on whom devoted
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Notes: In confirmation of this, I extract the following from the MS. journal, kept by the venerable Gov. Sevier of Tennessee, in 1815, when he was running the line between the Creeks and Cherokees, written only a few days before his death.
Source: Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State
"July 17th. About eight years ago the Creek Indians seized and took away a large lot of whiskey belonging to Parson Blackburn, which was laying at the Spring Frog's, a little below Turkeytown, which they said was within their territory. When the Cherokees were called on in behalf of Blackburn for compensation, they excused themselves on the ground that the Creeks owned the land, and could do as they pleased in their own country. The Parson referred to was one of the most eminent Presbyterian clergymen in the West, and was largely engaged in the whiskey business, and came near involving the country in war with the Indians on account of this seizure.
The best whiskey brought to Natchez thirty years ago was brought, twice a year, in a flatboat, by tlie Rev. Moses Trader, of Ohio, an eminent Methodist, who did a large business in this line for a series of years, and preached at Natchez and Washington with great fervor and unction. He was a most excellent man, thouh he enjoyed his bitters, his midday toddy and his nightcap , always saying that he was not afraid of his own whiskey, but "a little skeery about any other."
Rev. Adam Cloud, who subsequently lived and died in Jefferson county.
alone, with a wink and a joke, and a blessing and an almo for every one - welcome at every wedding, every frolic and every dinner - most exemplary in the discharge of every duty, but with a slight weakness for his national beverage on St. Patrick's day, when his patriotism would prove stronger than his head. However, in those days, and for years after, the
Notes: Recollections of Mr. George Willey, a venerable and much respected citizen, who died in 1874. 'His father was Maj. James Willey, of the Revolutionary army an early settler in Kentucky, who immigrated to Natchez, then under Spanish rule, in 1788. George Willey, when the Indian war of 1813 broke out, though exempt from military service, owing to a fractine of his shoulder, volunteered and served two campaigns, one on the Alabama, and the other at New Orleans. He narrowly escaped the massacre at Fort Mims, and was in the detachment under Maj. Kennedy, that buried the remains. A better man, and a truer patriot we have never had here. These recollections were his "table talk," taken down nearly in his own words. It was ratifying to find that this intelligent and truthful witness cherished a grateful remembrance of the kind and paternal rule of the Spanish provincial authorities.
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No Law.. Sexes Pair Off.. OLD ALABAMA and MISSISSIPPI in 1800
Upon the Tombigby and Lake Tensaw, the people still lived without laws, and without the rite of matrimony. For years, the sexes had been in the habit of pairing off, and living together, with the mutual promise of regular marriage, when ministers or magistrates should make their appearance in the country. An amusing incident will here be related, in which a young couple were united by a functionary not hitherto known as participating in such sacred rites. the house of Samuel Mims, a wealthy Indian
countryman, was the most spacious in the country, and hither the young and the gay flocked to parties, and danced to the music furnished by the Creoles of Mobile and others, for the country abounded in fiddlers, of high and low degree. Daniel Johnson and Miss. Elizabeth Linder had, for some time, loved each other. She was rich and he was poor, and, of course, the parents of the former objected to a pairing.
On Christmas night, a large party was assembled at "Old Sam Mims," and the very forests resounded with music and merry peals of laughter. In the midst of the enjoyment, the lovers, in company with several young people, of both sexes, secretly left the house, entered some canoes, paddled down Lake Tensaw, into the Alabama, aiid arrived at Fort Stoddart, an hour before daylight. Captain Shaumberg, who had risen early to make his egg-nog, was implored to join the lovers in the bonds of matrimony. the proposition astounded the good natured old German, who protested his ignorance of all such matters, and assured them that he was only a military commandant, having no authority whatever to make people man and wife.
They entreated, telling him with truth, that the Federal Government had placed him there as a general protector and regulator of affairs, and that the case before him demanded his sanction and adjustment. After the egg-nog had circulated pretty freely, the commandant placed the lovers before him, and, in a stentorian voice, pronounced the following marital speech: ''I. Captain Shaumberg, of the 2d regiment of the United States army, and commandant of Fort Stoddart, do hereby Pronounce you man and wife. Go home! behave yourselves, multiply and replenish the Tensaw country !'' The happy pair entered their canoes, rowed back to the Boat Yard, and were pronounced, by the whole settlement, "the best married people they had known in a long time."
Source: History of Alabama -Albert J. Pickel - first published 1801
The Federal Government displayed much wisdom in the established- 6 of a factory, or trading-house, at St. Stephens. It was well stored with such merchandise as suited the Choctaws, for whom it was particularly designed. It 1802 served to create a good feeling with those Indians, and to entice them from the control of Panton and the Spaniards, be- low the line. Joseph Chambers, a man of a well-cultivated mind, and of business capacity, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, was made superintendent of this factory, with an assistant, Thomas Ii. Williams, also from North Carolina, who afterwards was Secretary of the Territory, Collector of the port of New Orleans, and United States Senator from Mississippi.
The Yazoo act liad been repealed, the treaty of Madrid had been made, Fllicott 's line had been run, and the Spaniards had been removed; still great difficulties had arisen between Georgia and the Federal Government in relation to lands granted under the Yazoo act, which the companies and various purchasers under the u resolutely claimed and defended. Many plans were proposed for satisfactory adjustment, which produced debate and contention of an angry diaracter. Finally, Albert Gallatin, James Madison and Levi Lincoln, on the part of the government, and James Jackson, Abraham Baldwin and John Milledge, rep- resenting Georgia, made a final disposition of the matter. For the sum of one million two hundred and fifty 1802 thousand dollars Georgia ceded to tlie United States all Apr. 24 the territory within the following boundaries: Beginning upon the Mississippi, at the line of 310, thence continuiiig
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Alamo, The
The Alamo, site of a heroic battle of the TEXAS REVOLUTION, was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission during the original settlement of San Antonio, Tex. Secularized in 1792, it fell into decay and was used variously as a hospital and troop garrison.
When the Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de SANTA ANNA invaded Texas during the Texas Revolution, the Texans withdrew into the crumbling walls of the mission's inner courtyard. There about 185-190 defenders were besieged by an army of 5,000-6,000, sustaining almost continual cannonades for 12 days. On the 13th day--Mar. 6, 1836--the Mexicans broke through and massacred all the Texan men. A Mrs. Dickenson, her child, and possibly two servants were the only non-Mexican survivors. Although a convention had declared the independence of Texas 4 days earlier, this was unknown to the Alamo martyrs. Thus they died fighting under the Mexican flag and defending the Mexican constitution of 1824, which Santa Anna had abrogated.
Seymour V. Connor
Texas Tales by Tom Stevens
182 Dead at San Antonio March 6, 1836
Twelve Tennesseeans marched west with Davy Crockett, three dozen more came with Jim Bowie and Buck Travis, all warriors and frontier bred. None had planned to die, but their pride, their land, their loyalty held them fast to Travis, Bowie, Crockett and their glory.
The Alamo, site of a heroic battle of the Texas revolution, was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission during the original settlement of San Antonio. Secularized in 1792, it fell into decay and was used variously as a hospital and troop garrison.
When the Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army marched into Texas, the Americans withdrew into the crumbling walls of the mission's inner courtyard.
Crockett was allotted the most exposed part of the wall and accepted it as an honor.
James Butler Bonham, a lawyer was the courier and made many trips outside for help. No help came, except thirty-two Texans who rode from Gonzales, fought their way into the Alamo when they knew no other help would come. In the end, Bonham, a Carolinian and friend of Travis rode back to the Alamo. He was told it was useless to throw his life away. He answered, Buck Travis deserves to know the answer to his appeals.
On March 3, 1836, after days of siege, Travis wrote his last letter from the Alamo. He no longer expected help, but stir his countrymen to action and save the country, he wrote:
. . . I shall have to fight the enemy on his own terms. I will . . . do the best I can . . . the victory will cost the enemy so dear, that it will be worse for him than defeat. I hope your honorable body will hasten reinforcements. . . Our supply of ammunition is limited. . .God and Texas. Victory or Death.
There 182 defenders were besieged by an army of 5,000-6,000, sustaining almost continual cannonades for 12 days. After ten days of siege, the Mexican Army had worked its guns in close at a heavy cost as many gunners had been picked off by Kentucky rifles, but on March 5, a breach was blasted in east wall.
Santa Ana committed five battalions, 4,000 trained soldiers against the defenders at the Alamo. Those Mexican soldiers not well trained were held to the rear and confined to barracks. The brigades formed in the pre-dawn morning of March 6th on the open fields near the Alamo. The Mexican soldiers were armed with musket and bayonet and led by professional officers, some were Europeans from Nepoleonic wars. The assault would be made by infantry bearing bayonets and scaling ladders.
Neither Santa Anna nor his generals had ever assaulted American rifleman concealed behind high walls. The British army instructions at the time could have told them that American riflemen attacked from a frontal position would result in unimaginable casualties. British officers had seen battalions shot to pieces before the massed cotton bales at New Orleans in 1815. Andrew Jackson's men had began firing at a range of three hundred yards, where a British or Mexican musket was inaccurate at one hundred yards.
Buck Travis gave only one order to his awakened men , "The Mexicans are upon us, give' em Hell!"
Marksmanship was a western tradition and these frontier bred Americans seldom missed a shot. It was an American tradition to shoot at the officers. Fire, ram, put powder, patch, shot, ram, splash the flash pan, aim and fire, weapons handling the Mexican officers had never seen. The ladders wavered, fell and scattered corpses marked the Mexican retreat.
After several hours the Mexicans, reinforced and regrouped came again. Now, the assault came from all sides and the ladders stayed up. Mexican soldiers poured in.
Here for the first time, the legend of the "Diablos Tejanos", the Devil Texans, was spawned a frightful legend that would go into Mexican folklore. . .
On the 13th day--March 6, 1836--the Mexicans massacred all defenders. Some Mexicans claimed as many as 1500 had defended the Alamo, but Alcalde Ruiz, the Mexican who was in charge of burning the bodies of the Alamo defenders positively stated there was only 182 bodies.
The five Mexican Battalions had each lost 25 percent, or 1,600 Mexican dead and Santa Anna left 500 wounded when he was able to march again.
The mystic claim to the soil of Texas paid by Travis' stand proved Santa Anna had paid too high a price for his victory. . . Mrs. Dickenson, her child, and possibly two servants were the only non-Mexican survivors. Although a convention had declared the independence of Texas 4 days earlier, this was unknown to the Alamo martyrs. The chard remains of the Alamo dead were dumped in a common grave, location unrecorded and never found.
Texas Tales - cont. next publication
Source: Baugh, Virgil E., Rendezvous at the Alamo (1985); Chariton, W.O., Exploring the Alamo Legends (1989); Lord, Walter, A Time to Stand (1978); Schoelwer, S. P., and Glaser, T. W., Alamo Images (1985); Tinkle, Lon, Thirteen Days to Glory (1958); Warren, Robert Penn, Remember the Alamo! (1958),Lone Star -Fehrenbach,T. R.
The Red Rovers of Courtland, Alabama
by Mrs. Virginia Gray Simpson
In 1835 sixty men left Courtland, Alabama, to help the Texans fight for their independence. Of these sixty men, fifty-two were killed at the hands of the Mexicans. The deaths of these and other men who died with them did more than any other incident, including the Alamo, to arouse the sympathy of the United States for the Texas cause. It resulted in a rush of volunteers to Texas. To the little town of Courtland, it was a major tragedy.
It began in Courtland when a town meeting was called, to inform the citizens of the news from Texas and how the Texans were struggling to be free from Mexico. Dr. Jack Shackleford, a prominent physician, invited his fellow townsmen to go with him to Texas to fight the Mexicans. Dr. Shackleford made a rousing speech and when he finished, enough men to form a whole company volunteered to go with him to help free Texas. The men selected Dr. Shackleford as their captain and while he drilled them in the town park, the ladies of the community spun and sewed their uniforms. The material for their lindsey.woolsey hunting shirts was hand woven and then dyed red. Because of these shirts, the men called themselves the "Red Rovers". Their red shirts, trimmed with fringe across the shoulders and down the sleeves, along with jeans and coonskin caps, formed their service uniforms. The ladies also made for each man a dress uniform with a red cap and jacket of velvet, white trousers and a blue sash.
Another town meeting was called and money was raised to outfit and supply the group. After making a few inspiring remarks, John Hunter Harris, a local planter, laid a one hundred dollar bill on the table. It was immediately covered by eleven others. Then followed donations of lesser amounts until the expenses of the company were realized.
When trained and ready to fight, the Red Rovers marched in their service uniforms through the town and back to the depot where, amid the cheers of their family and friends gathered in the park, they boarded the train to begin their journey to Texas.
The train was a fairly new transportation media for the area, having been completed in 1834. It was the first railroad west of the Allegheny mountains and ran from Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Decatur, Alabama. The tracks consisted of wooden stringers five inches square, laid down on ties of red cedar and thin bar iron three inches wide laid on and spiked to the stringer. In the middle of the track was the graveled horse path. The first train over the Tuscumbia-Decatur railroad was pulled by a little engine with a copper fire box, but this engine was not satisfactory, so the engine was stored and horses constituted the motive power until a new steam engine arrived from England.
The Red Rovers boarded the train to Tuscumbia. From there they went by steamboat down the Tennessee to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi, and to New Orleans. From New Orleans they sailed by schooner to Copano, Texas. From Copano they marched to Goliad, Texas. They had left home on December 12 and arrived at Goliad in the middle of February.
On March 10, 1836, the Red Rovers were incorporated into a regiment commanded by Col. J. W Fannin of Georgia. The day before this Dr. Shackleford wrote from Goliad to his wife: end...
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Indians at Muscle Sholes by C. Wilder Watts - Historical Journal v.1-4
In the summer of 1807, a large congregation of Cherokee Indians gathered at the Hiwassee Garrison in what is now East Tennessee. The purpose of this gathering was to receive an annuity owed them by treaty with the United States government. A number of chiefs were present; and among them was. Doublehead, a grim fellow who had fought fiercely and tenaciously against the white people during the recent Indian wars, but who had since become very much their friend --perhaps too much so for his own good, as we shall see. On this occasion Doublehead was in a particularly jovial mood. Spying his. old friend Sam Dale he called out to him, "Sam, you are a mighty liar!" And when Dale asked why he had thus insulted him in public the chief replied smiling, "You have never kept your promise to come to see me. You know you have lied." After this friendly exchange, Doublehead produced a bottle of whiskey and invited Dale to drink with him. When they had finished the bottle, Dale offered to get another, but the chief objected saying, "When in white man's country, drink white man's whiskey; but here, you must drink with me." He produced another bottle, and the two of them set off for the ball play usually held on such occasions. While they were watching the game, they were approached by an Indian named Bone Polisher who began to reproach and denounce Doublehead for his part in a recent sale to a group of speculators of a large and valuable tract on the Tennessee River at the Muscle Shoals. When the chief showed no anger under attack, Bone Polisher became threatening. Finally, the chief said, "Go away. You have said enough. leave me or I will kill you." At this, Bone Polisher rushed at him with his tomahawk, but the chief was too quick for him and, taking out his pistol, shot him through the heart.
Later on that day, after dark, the chief entered Mc Intoch's Tavern, where he encountered an Indian named Ridge, later to become Major Ridge; a half-breed named Alex Saunders; and a white trader named John Rogers, an ancestor of Will Rogers. Rogers, like Polisher, began to revile the chief; and the chief, looking him calmly in the eye, and, "You live by sufferance among us. I have never seen you in council, nor on the war path. You have no pl ace among the chiefs. Be silent and interfere no more with me." When Rogers persisted in his attack, the chief tried to shoot him, but this time his gun was not charged. At this time, Ridge put out the light, and a gun was fired; and when the light was lit again, the chief lay on the floor with his lower jaw shattered and a bullet lodged in the nape of his neck. Ridge, Rogers, and Saunders had disappeared.
The chief's friends, fearing more trouble, attempted to remove him to a place of safety, but, suspecting they were being followed, deposited him in the attic of the local schoolmaster Gidwon Blackburn where, later on, he was found by two of Bone Polisher's friends designated to avenge his death. Ridge and Saunders also appeared on the scene again. The chief was lying on the floor, his jaw and arm terribly lacerated. When Ridge and Saunders attempted to shoot him and their guns missed fire, the chief sprang up and landed on Ridge. Saunders reloaded and fired, this time hitting the chief in the hip; but when he raised his tomahawk to finish the job, the chief wenched it from his hand and again attacked Ridge. Saunders regained his weapon and succeeded in bringing it down on the chief's head, piercing his skull. As the chief fell to the floor, another Indian crushed his head with a spade, and the chief died.
Thus died an Indian chief of whom it was said by a contemporary that he was "equal to the bravest of the Indian race, one of the last to agree to bury the hatchet, but when once buried, he became the true friend of the whites, so much so that his own people murdered him." hie was murdered in the manner in which we have stated on August 9, 1807, near Walker's Ferry. In a sense, he forfeited his life when he killed Bone Polisher because under the Indian maxim of blood for blood he was bound to die. But there is strong evidence that this was only the precipitating factor. Many believe he was marked for death when he sold Indian lands at the Muscle Shoals to speculators, and that he was really the victim of a conspiracy. Doublehead was a prominent chief of the Cherokee Indians but his interest for us lies in the fact that, with the possible exception of the Colberts, he was the most important Indian to have lived at' the' Muscle Shoals and, without exception, the most important Indian to have lived in Lauderdale County.
In 1807, the year he was murdered, a reservation bad been made for Doublehead and some of his friends in what is now Lauderdale County. This tract lay northward from the Tennessee River ten miles to a line between the Elk River and Cypress Creek. The most reliable evidence indicates Doublehead lived on Bluewater Creek in East Lauderdale and may be buried near the mouth of that creek. There is a grave in the vicinity which old-timers say is his. A cave and a spring in the neighborhood still bear his name and were so called as early as 1817. Furthermore, a number of settlements along the Tennessee River bore his name. One of these was on the south bank of the river at Mhoontown ranch a few miles above Colbert's Ferry. There is a legend that he lived at the Forks of Cypress for a while. According to Owen's history of Alabama, experts agree that the cabin at the rear of the mansion house site is of Indian construction and thus may have been built by Doublehead. If so, it cost him about two hundred and fifty dollars, a goodly sum in those days. Since the line of his reservation was run up the left fork of Cypress, the site would have been included. Mrs. Dora Holland of Florence has told the writer she once had a deed to The Forks of Cypress from Doublehead to James Jackson. There is another legend that a two-story frame dwelling, now gone, on the north side of the Highway 72 Just beyond Bluewater Creek was his home. One thing appears certain: in the latter part of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth, Double head was closely identified with the Muscle Shoals area.
We have said Doublehead was a Cherokee, but the Cherokees were not the first Indians to live at the Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River. This honor belongs to the Moundbuilders who were followed by the Euchees, a tribe having a unique language and no migration legend. They may have lived at the Shoals in prehistoric times. The Euchees were probably living at the Shoals when DeSoto came through Alabama and were definitely there in l7O0 when discovered by some traveling Canadians. The Euchees had interesting customs and practices. For exam- Pie, their women made no use of body paint except to show their single status and their willingness to get married. Their method of Cooking fish should allure those interested in the arts. As Soon as a fish was caught, it was cleaned by drawing the entrails out through the tail by means of a hook. end...
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John Quincy Adams, who can write
And Andrew Jackson, who can fight
Some Accounts of some of the
Bloody Deeds of General Jackson.
Political Mud Slinging 1828
Franklin Tenn. September 10, 1818.
A difference had been brewing between Gen. Jackson and myself, produced on Saturday, the 4th inst. in the town of Nashville, the most outrageous affray ever witnessed in a civilized country. In communicating the affair to my Friends and fellow citizens, I limit myself to the statement of a few leading facts, the truth of which I am ready to establish in by judicial proof.
1. That myself and my brother, Jessie Benton arriving in Nashville on the morning of the affray, and knowing of Gen. Jackson's threats went and took lodging in a different house from the one in which he staid, on purpose to avoid him.
2. That the General and some of his friends came to the house where we had put up, and commenced to attack by leveling a pistol at me, when I had no weapons drawn and advancing on me at a quick pace, without giving me time to draw one.
3. That seeing this, my brother fired on General Jackson, when he got within eight or ten feet of me.
4. That four pistols were fired in quick succession; one by General Jackson at me; two by me at the General; and one by Col. Coffee at me. In the course of this firing, General Jackson was brought to ground; but received no hurt. 5. That daggers were drawn. Col. Coffee and Mr. Alexander Donaldson made at me, and gave me five slight wounds. Captain Hammond and Mr. Steakley Hays engaged my brother, who being still weak from the effect of from a severe wound he had lately received in a duel, was not able to resist the two men. They got him down, and while Capt. Hammond beat him on the head to make him lie still, Mr. Hays attempted to stab him, and wounded him in both arms, as he lay on his back parrying the thrusts with his naked hands. From this situation a generous hearted citizen of Nashville, Mr. Summer, relieved him. Before he came to the ground , my brother clapped a pistol to the breast of Mr. Hays, to blow him through, but it missed fire.
6. My own and my brothers pistols carried two balls each, for it was our intention, if driven to arms, to have no child's play. The pistol fired at me was so near that the blaze of the muzzle of one of them burnt the sleeve of my coat, and the others aimed at my head at a little more than an arms length from it.
7. Capt. Carroll was to have taken part in the affray, but was absent by the permission of General Jackson, as he was proved by the General's certificate, a certificate which reflects I know not whether less honor upon the General or upon the Captain.
8. That this attack was made on me in the house where the Judge of the District, Mr. Searcy, had his lodgings! Now has civil authority yet taken cognizance of this horrible outrage.
The facts are sufficient to fix the public opinion. For my part, I think it scandalous that such things should take place at any time; but particularly so at the present moment, when the public service required the aid of all its citizens. - As for the name of courage, God forbid that I should ever attempt to gain it by becoming a bully. - Those who know me, know full well that I would give a thousand times more for the reputation of Crogban defending his post, than I would for the reputation of all duelists and gladiators that ever appeared upon the face of this earth.
Thomas Hart Benton Lieut.. Col. 39th Infantry and now a member of the Senate of the United States.
Yet the Jacksonian Democracy was triumphant in 1828. In an election marked by mudslinging and character assassination on both sides, Jackson defeated Adams's bid for a second term.
Source: Notorious Coffin Handbills use in the 1828 presidential Campaign against; Jackson James, Marquis, Andrew Jackson: Portrait of a President, 2 vols. (1937); Meyers, Marvin, The Jacksonian Persuasion (1957); Remini, Robert V., Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 (1977)
Texas Tales Most deadly band of irregular partisans on the side of law and order the west had ever seen.
Ranging companies dated from Austin's colony; they had been formed in 1823 and 1826. Ranger was an old America term and accredited to Indian fighters. From 1836 onward, Texas Ranger was the only reliable law enforcement in Texas, while the history of all west Texas was only a little more than History of the Ranger force.
The Rangers were unique, and companies guarding the frontier had more or less semi - permanent duty, because the danger never ceased. Yet, always low on funds to pay or equip them, at any period of the long frontier. They were never an established regular force, staying from year to year.
The government of Texas authorized Rangers as a paramilitary force and supported them as they could, recruitment left to the frontier communities. The ranging companies, without uniforms, badges. or even government supplied horses or arms, evolved slowly but in strikingly adaptive ways and Texas, accidentally but fortunately, let a brand of frontier leadership arise.
Source: Bibliography: Coolidge, Dane, Fighting Men of the West (1932; repr. 1968); Durham, George, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers (1962); Gillett, James B., Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 (1976); Webb, Walter P., Texas Rangers, rev. ed. (1965),Lone Star -Fehrenbach,T. R.
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People Helper 528 NATCHEZ IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
EIGHTY-THREE years have I spent in Natchez and its vicinity. Of the companions of my boyhood all have passed away and the hopes of my youth have turned to memories of the past. The evening shades of my life are lengthening towards the east and soon the sunset will come. I was born at Kaskaskie, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1787, and on Christmas day, 1786, my father landed with his family in Natchez. At that time there were but two or three houses on the hill, the whole town being under the hill, which was then quite an extensive tract. Below, where is now the ferry landing, there was quite an extensive and heavy battery, known as "the King's Works," and just above, there was a quarter race track extending from the bluff towards the river. There was a Spanish garrison in the fort, a little below the present residence of Stephen Rumble, and the house of the Governor was about where that of Dr. Harer now stands. When the town begun to be built on the hill, the Spaniards settled in this part, and other persons generally built east of the present Commerce street. These being mostly Irish, this part of the town was called Irish town, whilst the other part was known as Spanish town. The Governor was Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, an intelligent and liberal man, educated in England, at Westminster, and speaking English as fluently as a native. The mild, paternal rule of the good Governor makes an old man revert with pleasure to the scenes of his youth and even at times to regret the change of government.
The Catholic religion was the only one publicly tolerated in the country. The priests exercised much influence, and were very generally loved. They had great power, but used it very mildly. Irish priests were usually selected for Natchez, because there were so many English-speaking people. I well remember Father Brady, the best shot, the best rider and the best judge of horses in the district. And Father Malone, with a wink and a joke, and a blessing and an almo for every one - welcome at every wedding, every frolic and every dinner - most exemplary in the discharge of every duty, but with a slight weakness for his national beverage on St. Patrick's day, when his patriotism would prove stronger than his head. However, in those days, and for years after, the clergy of all denominations took their morning and their midday toddy, and were always considered the best judges of Madeira
Attempts were made by several Protestant ministers to preach, but were not encouraged. The only sermon I remember to have heard during the Spanish rule was preached by an Episcopalian named Cloud. Governor Gayoso was present and walked home with my father after the service. He expressed himself in their conversation as being individually in favor of religious toleration, "but," he added, "you know I have a master." The next day Cloud was notified that he must not preach again, but he, persisting in doing so, was shortly arrested and sent out of the country.
Notes: Recollections of Mr. George Willey, a venerable and much respected citizen, who died in 1874. 'His father was Maj. James Willey, of the Revolutionary army an early settler in Kentucky, who immigrated to Natchez, then under Spanish rule, in 1788. George Willey, when the Indian war of 1813 broke out, though exempt from military service, owing to a fractine of his shoulder, volunteered and served two campaigns, one on the Alabama, and the other at New Orleans. He narrowly escaped the massacre at Fort Mims, and was in the detachment under Maj. Kennedy, that buried the remains. A better man, and a truer patriot we have never had here. These recollections were his "table talk," taken down nearly in his own words. It was ratifying to find that this intelligent and truthful witness cherished a grateful remembrance of the kind and paternal rule of the Spanish provincial authorities.
NATCHEZ IN THE OLDEN TIMES My father's house was on the lot now occupied the store of Wm. Earhart, and all north of that was in woods. In these woods the Indians, who came in every year to receive their presents from the Spanish government, used to encamp. The Spaniards seemed to be afraid of them, and in their drunken orgies, which always followed the distribution of government presents, they were controlled entirely by their interpreter, an old Frenchman named Baptiste, who with his whip used to lash them into a abjection in their most disorderly and boisterous outbreaks. It is curious that the Indian, who seems to have no fear of a gun or knife or other deadly weapon, had a great dread of a whip. I remember once, many years later, an Indian riot, in Natchez which defied the strength of the civil authorities, and even rendered it necessary to call out the troops, which was instantly quelled by a burly overseer, who rode in amongst them with his whip and scattered them like chaff before the wind.
I once witnessed Indian execution. which took place about where the gas house now stands. The man was condemned, according to their retaliatory laws, to suffer death, and the day was fixed for his execution. He was not confined in the meantime, but suffered to go where he pleased, and he used the time in going from house to house and begging for whiskey, and inviting every one to come and see him die. On the appointed day he was promptly at the place; assisted in digging his own grave, which was done with knives and hatchets, and from time to time he would lay himself down in it, to see if it would fit him, and when it was completed to his satisfaction, he took a parting drink with all around, and then stood with the most stoical indifference at one end of the grave, and gave the word to the executioner, and in an instant fell back into the grave with the fatal bullet through his head, and was at once covered up.
120 Years Old It will seem almost incredible to some that the lives of two men should embrace a period, beginning with the great English revolution and commencement of the reign of the House of Orange, thus comprehending all the great events of modern history; yet such I can shew in my own Iife, and that of another. I have often seen a man named McCoy, who at that time was said to be a hundred and twenty years old. I do not know where he lived, but it was somewhere not far from town, for he used to come in to mass on occasional Sundays, walking and leading the horse, on which was mounted his son, who was from the infirmities of age unable to walk. After mass they would come to my father's house, and often have I listened to his wonderous recitals of his varied and active life. The campaigns of Marlborough, the defeat of Gen. Braddock, and the massacre of the French in Fort Rosalie by the Natchez Indians, were all told by him with the vivid accuracy of a participant. Now put this man's age and mine together, and it will carry you back to the days of the "Merry King Charles".
The houses built by the first settlers on the hill were mere shanties. There were no saw mills to furnish lumber, and the timber was split from the tree with the axe and fro. Probably the oldest house now existing in Natchez is the one occupied by Mrs. Postlethwaite, on Jefferson street, between Union and Rankin. It was at one time kept as a tavern by a man named King, and was the stopping place of western men on their return from New Orleans, after selling out their flatboats of produce.
To each settler, who would put up a house in the town, a lot was given by the authorities at a nominal price; but their title was not always a secure one. If the Governor wanted the lot for some favorite he generally managed to make the occupant give it up; most commonly, however, in exchange for a lot, or land, in some other place. Indeed, any opposition to the will of the Governor was generally very promptly got rid of, but the execution of justice was just as prompt.
For many crimes the privilege of sanctuary was allowed, and I have often passed the church early in the morning, and found a Spaniard with his finger in the key hole of the church. The commission of crime was not greater than in frontier settlements of our own countrymen, and indeed all of bad reputation which Natchez never acquired, was after it came into the hands of Americans.
A horrible tragedy made an indelible impression on my memory. On St., Catherine Creek there lived a man named Condy, who was of that wild and roving disposition so common among frontier people. This wife was a beautiful but frail woman, but they were bound together by a family of three lovely children. The suspected intimacy between his wife and a Spanish officer, had driven Condy to madness; and in his rage, he took a razor and cut his wife's throat. He then took his little ones, and one by one laid them by their mother's side and killed them all. Then laying himself down beside them, he blew out his own brains. I saw the five laying side by side in death.
The well known disposition of the Spaniard to use the knife in all their quarrels, induced the governor to issue an order, forbidding any one to carry a knife, or other weapon of iron or steel, but the Spaniards evaded it by making a kind of stiletto of hardened wood, with which they managed, on more than one occasion, to kill one another. The founders of many of our wealthy families were poor but adventurous, and energetic men, whose fortunes were built up not only by their own energies, but by fortunate circumstances. As an exemplification of the instability of fortune I have seen the first generation begin life in poverty, and build up wealth. The next generation, as a rule, have kept and improved the fortunes their fathers acquired, but in a large majority of instances the third have died as poor as their grandfathers commenced.
When the time at length arrived when the Spaniards were to be pushed out, although the great mass of American or rather English speaking inhabitants, were rejoiced, still that feeling was by no means unanimous. Quite a number of the citizens loved the Spanish rule, and not a few followed them in their exodus.
The first United States troops a that arrived was a detachment of two companies commanded by Lieutenant Pope, one of the companies under Lieutenant McCleary. A temporizing and evasive policy was as usual, pursued the Spanish authorities, and on the part of many military officers in the United States army there was an evident desire for hostile conflict between the countries, thus opening to their ambition the prospect of conquest of the Spanish provinces of Louisiana, Texas, and Mexico. Fortunately the arrival of Cap. Guion, a man as prudent as he was patriotic and honest, and on whom devoted
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Notes: In confirmation of this, I extract the following from the MS. journal, kept by the venerable Gov. Sevier of Tennessee, in 1815, when he was running the line between the Creeks and Cherokees, written only a few days before his death.
Source: Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State
"July 17th. About eight years ago the Creek Indians seized and took away a large lot of whiskey belonging to Parson Blackburn, which was laying at the Spring Frog's, a little below Turkeytown, which they said was within their territory. When the Cherokees were called on in behalf of Blackburn for compensation, they excused themselves on the ground that the Creeks owned the land, and could do as they pleased in their own country. The Parson referred to was one of the most eminent Presbyterian clergymen in the West, and was largely engaged in the whiskey business, and came near involving the country in war with the Indians on account of this seizure.
The best whiskey brought to Natchez thirty years ago was brought, twice a year, in a flatboat, by tlie Rev. Moses Trader, of Ohio, an eminent Methodist, who did a large business in this line for a series of years, and preached at Natchez and Washington with great fervor and unction. He was a most excellent man, thouh he enjoyed his bitters, his midday toddy and his nightcap , always saying that he was not afraid of his own whiskey, but "a little skeery about any other."
Rev. Adam Cloud, who subsequently lived and died in Jefferson county.
alone, with a wink and a joke, and a blessing and an almo for every one - welcome at every wedding, every frolic and every dinner - most exemplary in the discharge of every duty, but with a slight weakness for his national beverage on St. Patrick's day, when his patriotism would prove stronger than his head. However, in those days, and for years after, the
Notes: Recollections of Mr. George Willey, a venerable and much respected citizen, who died in 1874. 'His father was Maj. James Willey, of the Revolutionary army an early settler in Kentucky, who immigrated to Natchez, then under Spanish rule, in 1788. George Willey, when the Indian war of 1813 broke out, though exempt from military service, owing to a fractine of his shoulder, volunteered and served two campaigns, one on the Alabama, and the other at New Orleans. He narrowly escaped the massacre at Fort Mims, and was in the detachment under Maj. Kennedy, that buried the remains. A better man, and a truer patriot we have never had here. These recollections were his "table talk," taken down nearly in his own words. It was ratifying to find that this intelligent and truthful witness cherished a grateful remembrance of the kind and paternal rule of the Spanish provincial authorities.
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No Law.. Sexes Pair Off.. OLD ALABAMA and MISSISSIPPI in 1800
Upon the Tombigby and Lake Tensaw, the people still lived without laws, and without the rite of matrimony. For years, the sexes had been in the habit of pairing off, and living together, with the mutual promise of regular marriage, when ministers or magistrates should make their appearance in the country. An amusing incident will here be related, in which a young couple were united by a functionary not hitherto known as participating in such sacred rites. the house of Samuel Mims, a wealthy Indian
countryman, was the most spacious in the country, and hither the young and the gay flocked to parties, and danced to the music furnished by the Creoles of Mobile and others, for the country abounded in fiddlers, of high and low degree. Daniel Johnson and Miss. Elizabeth Linder had, for some time, loved each other. She was rich and he was poor, and, of course, the parents of the former objected to a pairing.
On Christmas night, a large party was assembled at "Old Sam Mims," and the very forests resounded with music and merry peals of laughter. In the midst of the enjoyment, the lovers, in company with several young people, of both sexes, secretly left the house, entered some canoes, paddled down Lake Tensaw, into the Alabama, aiid arrived at Fort Stoddart, an hour before daylight. Captain Shaumberg, who had risen early to make his egg-nog, was implored to join the lovers in the bonds of matrimony. the proposition astounded the good natured old German, who protested his ignorance of all such matters, and assured them that he was only a military commandant, having no authority whatever to make people man and wife.
They entreated, telling him with truth, that the Federal Government had placed him there as a general protector and regulator of affairs, and that the case before him demanded his sanction and adjustment. After the egg-nog had circulated pretty freely, the commandant placed the lovers before him, and, in a stentorian voice, pronounced the following marital speech: ''I. Captain Shaumberg, of the 2d regiment of the United States army, and commandant of Fort Stoddart, do hereby Pronounce you man and wife. Go home! behave yourselves, multiply and replenish the Tensaw country !'' The happy pair entered their canoes, rowed back to the Boat Yard, and were pronounced, by the whole settlement, "the best married people they had known in a long time."
Source: History of Alabama -Albert J. Pickel - first published 1801
The Federal Government displayed much wisdom in the established- 6 of a factory, or trading-house, at St. Stephens. It was well stored with such merchandise as suited the Choctaws, for whom it was particularly designed. It 1802 served to create a good feeling with those Indians, and to entice them from the control of Panton and the Spaniards, be- low the line. Joseph Chambers, a man of a well-cultivated mind, and of business capacity, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, was made superintendent of this factory, with an assistant, Thomas Ii. Williams, also from North Carolina, who afterwards was Secretary of the Territory, Collector of the port of New Orleans, and United States Senator from Mississippi.
The Yazoo act liad been repealed, the treaty of Madrid had been made, Fllicott 's line had been run, and the Spaniards had been removed; still great difficulties had arisen between Georgia and the Federal Government in relation to lands granted under the Yazoo act, which the companies and various purchasers under the u resolutely claimed and defended. Many plans were proposed for satisfactory adjustment, which produced debate and contention of an angry diaracter. Finally, Albert Gallatin, James Madison and Levi Lincoln, on the part of the government, and James Jackson, Abraham Baldwin and John Milledge, rep- resenting Georgia, made a final disposition of the matter. For the sum of one million two hundred and fifty 1802 thousand dollars Georgia ceded to tlie United States all Apr. 24 the territory within the following boundaries: Beginning upon the Mississippi, at the line of 310, thence continuiiig
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Alamo, The
The Alamo, site of a heroic battle of the TEXAS REVOLUTION, was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission during the original settlement of San Antonio, Tex. Secularized in 1792, it fell into decay and was used variously as a hospital and troop garrison.
When the Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de SANTA ANNA invaded Texas during the Texas Revolution, the Texans withdrew into the crumbling walls of the mission's inner courtyard. There about 185-190 defenders were besieged by an army of 5,000-6,000, sustaining almost continual cannonades for 12 days. On the 13th day--Mar. 6, 1836--the Mexicans broke through and massacred all the Texan men. A Mrs. Dickenson, her child, and possibly two servants were the only non-Mexican survivors. Although a convention had declared the independence of Texas 4 days earlier, this was unknown to the Alamo martyrs. Thus they died fighting under the Mexican flag and defending the Mexican constitution of 1824, which Santa Anna had abrogated.
Seymour V. Connor
Texas Tales by Tom Stevens
182 Dead at San Antonio March 6, 1836
Twelve Tennesseeans marched west with Davy Crockett, three dozen more came with Jim Bowie and Buck Travis, all warriors and frontier bred. None had planned to die, but their pride, their land, their loyalty held them fast to Travis, Bowie, Crockett and their glory.
The Alamo, site of a heroic battle of the Texas revolution, was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission during the original settlement of San Antonio. Secularized in 1792, it fell into decay and was used variously as a hospital and troop garrison.
When the Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army marched into Texas, the Americans withdrew into the crumbling walls of the mission's inner courtyard.
Crockett was allotted the most exposed part of the wall and accepted it as an honor.
James Butler Bonham, a lawyer was the courier and made many trips outside for help. No help came, except thirty-two Texans who rode from Gonzales, fought their way into the Alamo when they knew no other help would come. In the end, Bonham, a Carolinian and friend of Travis rode back to the Alamo. He was told it was useless to throw his life away. He answered, Buck Travis deserves to know the answer to his appeals.
On March 3, 1836, after days of siege, Travis wrote his last letter from the Alamo. He no longer expected help, but stir his countrymen to action and save the country, he wrote:
. . . I shall have to fight the enemy on his own terms. I will . . . do the best I can . . . the victory will cost the enemy so dear, that it will be worse for him than defeat. I hope your honorable body will hasten reinforcements. . . Our supply of ammunition is limited. . .God and Texas. Victory or Death.
There 182 defenders were besieged by an army of 5,000-6,000, sustaining almost continual cannonades for 12 days. After ten days of siege, the Mexican Army had worked its guns in close at a heavy cost as many gunners had been picked off by Kentucky rifles, but on March 5, a breach was blasted in east wall.
Santa Ana committed five battalions, 4,000 trained soldiers against the defenders at the Alamo. Those Mexican soldiers not well trained were held to the rear and confined to barracks. The brigades formed in the pre-dawn morning of March 6th on the open fields near the Alamo. The Mexican soldiers were armed with musket and bayonet and led by professional officers, some were Europeans from Nepoleonic wars. The assault would be made by infantry bearing bayonets and scaling ladders.
Neither Santa Anna nor his generals had ever assaulted American rifleman concealed behind high walls. The British army instructions at the time could have told them that American riflemen attacked from a frontal position would result in unimaginable casualties. British officers had seen battalions shot to pieces before the massed cotton bales at New Orleans in 1815. Andrew Jackson's men had began firing at a range of three hundred yards, where a British or Mexican musket was inaccurate at one hundred yards.
Buck Travis gave only one order to his awakened men , "The Mexicans are upon us, give' em Hell!"
Marksmanship was a western tradition and these frontier bred Americans seldom missed a shot. It was an American tradition to shoot at the officers. Fire, ram, put powder, patch, shot, ram, splash the flash pan, aim and fire, weapons handling the Mexican officers had never seen. The ladders wavered, fell and scattered corpses marked the Mexican retreat.
After several hours the Mexicans, reinforced and regrouped came again. Now, the assault came from all sides and the ladders stayed up. Mexican soldiers poured in.
Here for the first time, the legend of the "Diablos Tejanos", the Devil Texans, was spawned a frightful legend that would go into Mexican folklore. . .
On the 13th day--March 6, 1836--the Mexicans massacred all defenders. Some Mexicans claimed as many as 1500 had defended the Alamo, but Alcalde Ruiz, the Mexican who was in charge of burning the bodies of the Alamo defenders positively stated there was only 182 bodies.
The five Mexican Battalions had each lost 25 percent, or 1,600 Mexican dead and Santa Anna left 500 wounded when he was able to march again.
The mystic claim to the soil of Texas paid by Travis' stand proved Santa Anna had paid too high a price for his victory. . . Mrs. Dickenson, her child, and possibly two servants were the only non-Mexican survivors. Although a convention had declared the independence of Texas 4 days earlier, this was unknown to the Alamo martyrs. The chard remains of the Alamo dead were dumped in a common grave, location unrecorded and never found.
Texas Tales - cont. next publication
Source: Baugh, Virgil E., Rendezvous at the Alamo (1985); Chariton, W.O., Exploring the Alamo Legends (1989); Lord, Walter, A Time to Stand (1978); Schoelwer, S. P., and Glaser, T. W., Alamo Images (1985); Tinkle, Lon, Thirteen Days to Glory (1958); Warren, Robert Penn, Remember the Alamo! (1958),Lone Star -Fehrenbach,T. R.
The Red Rovers of Courtland, Alabama
by Mrs. Virginia Gray Simpson
In 1835 sixty men left Courtland, Alabama, to help the Texans fight for their independence. Of these sixty men, fifty-two were killed at the hands of the Mexicans. The deaths of these and other men who died with them did more than any other incident, including the Alamo, to arouse the sympathy of the United States for the Texas cause. It resulted in a rush of volunteers to Texas. To the little town of Courtland, it was a major tragedy.
It began in Courtland when a town meeting was called, to inform the citizens of the news from Texas and how the Texans were struggling to be free from Mexico. Dr. Jack Shackleford, a prominent physician, invited his fellow townsmen to go with him to Texas to fight the Mexicans. Dr. Shackleford made a rousing speech and when he finished, enough men to form a whole company volunteered to go with him to help free Texas. The men selected Dr. Shackleford as their captain and while he drilled them in the town park, the ladies of the community spun and sewed their uniforms. The material for their lindsey.woolsey hunting shirts was hand woven and then dyed red. Because of these shirts, the men called themselves the "Red Rovers". Their red shirts, trimmed with fringe across the shoulders and down the sleeves, along with jeans and coonskin caps, formed their service uniforms. The ladies also made for each man a dress uniform with a red cap and jacket of velvet, white trousers and a blue sash.
Another town meeting was called and money was raised to outfit and supply the group. After making a few inspiring remarks, John Hunter Harris, a local planter, laid a one hundred dollar bill on the table. It was immediately covered by eleven others. Then followed donations of lesser amounts until the expenses of the company were realized.
When trained and ready to fight, the Red Rovers marched in their service uniforms through the town and back to the depot where, amid the cheers of their family and friends gathered in the park, they boarded the train to begin their journey to Texas.
The train was a fairly new transportation media for the area, having been completed in 1834. It was the first railroad west of the Allegheny mountains and ran from Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Decatur, Alabama. The tracks consisted of wooden stringers five inches square, laid down on ties of red cedar and thin bar iron three inches wide laid on and spiked to the stringer. In the middle of the track was the graveled horse path. The first train over the Tuscumbia-Decatur railroad was pulled by a little engine with a copper fire box, but this engine was not satisfactory, so the engine was stored and horses constituted the motive power until a new steam engine arrived from England.
The Red Rovers boarded the train to Tuscumbia. From there they went by steamboat down the Tennessee to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi, and to New Orleans. From New Orleans they sailed by schooner to Copano, Texas. From Copano they marched to Goliad, Texas. They had left home on December 12 and arrived at Goliad in the middle of February.
On March 10, 1836, the Red Rovers were incorporated into a regiment commanded by Col. J. W Fannin of Georgia. The day before this Dr. Shackleford wrote from Goliad to his wife: end...
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Indians at Muscle Sholes by C. Wilder Watts - Historical Journal v.1-4
In the summer of 1807, a large congregation of Cherokee Indians gathered at the Hiwassee Garrison in what is now East Tennessee. The purpose of this gathering was to receive an annuity owed them by treaty with the United States government. A number of chiefs were present; and among them was. Doublehead, a grim fellow who had fought fiercely and tenaciously against the white people during the recent Indian wars, but who had since become very much their friend --perhaps too much so for his own good, as we shall see. On this occasion Doublehead was in a particularly jovial mood. Spying his. old friend Sam Dale he called out to him, "Sam, you are a mighty liar!" And when Dale asked why he had thus insulted him in public the chief replied smiling, "You have never kept your promise to come to see me. You know you have lied." After this friendly exchange, Doublehead produced a bottle of whiskey and invited Dale to drink with him. When they had finished the bottle, Dale offered to get another, but the chief objected saying, "When in white man's country, drink white man's whiskey; but here, you must drink with me." He produced another bottle, and the two of them set off for the ball play usually held on such occasions. While they were watching the game, they were approached by an Indian named Bone Polisher who began to reproach and denounce Doublehead for his part in a recent sale to a group of speculators of a large and valuable tract on the Tennessee River at the Muscle Shoals. When the chief showed no anger under attack, Bone Polisher became threatening. Finally, the chief said, "Go away. You have said enough. leave me or I will kill you." At this, Bone Polisher rushed at him with his tomahawk, but the chief was too quick for him and, taking out his pistol, shot him through the heart.
Later on that day, after dark, the chief entered Mc Intoch's Tavern, where he encountered an Indian named Ridge, later to become Major Ridge; a half-breed named Alex Saunders; and a white trader named John Rogers, an ancestor of Will Rogers. Rogers, like Polisher, began to revile the chief; and the chief, looking him calmly in the eye, and, "You live by sufferance among us. I have never seen you in council, nor on the war path. You have no pl ace among the chiefs. Be silent and interfere no more with me." When Rogers persisted in his attack, the chief tried to shoot him, but this time his gun was not charged. At this time, Ridge put out the light, and a gun was fired; and when the light was lit again, the chief lay on the floor with his lower jaw shattered and a bullet lodged in the nape of his neck. Ridge, Rogers, and Saunders had disappeared.
The chief's friends, fearing more trouble, attempted to remove him to a place of safety, but, suspecting they were being followed, deposited him in the attic of the local schoolmaster Gidwon Blackburn where, later on, he was found by two of Bone Polisher's friends designated to avenge his death. Ridge and Saunders also appeared on the scene again. The chief was lying on the floor, his jaw and arm terribly lacerated. When Ridge and Saunders attempted to shoot him and their guns missed fire, the chief sprang up and landed on Ridge. Saunders reloaded and fired, this time hitting the chief in the hip; but when he raised his tomahawk to finish the job, the chief wenched it from his hand and again attacked Ridge. Saunders regained his weapon and succeeded in bringing it down on the chief's head, piercing his skull. As the chief fell to the floor, another Indian crushed his head with a spade, and the chief died.
Thus died an Indian chief of whom it was said by a contemporary that he was "equal to the bravest of the Indian race, one of the last to agree to bury the hatchet, but when once buried, he became the true friend of the whites, so much so that his own people murdered him." hie was murdered in the manner in which we have stated on August 9, 1807, near Walker's Ferry. In a sense, he forfeited his life when he killed Bone Polisher because under the Indian maxim of blood for blood he was bound to die. But there is strong evidence that this was only the precipitating factor. Many believe he was marked for death when he sold Indian lands at the Muscle Shoals to speculators, and that he was really the victim of a conspiracy. Doublehead was a prominent chief of the Cherokee Indians but his interest for us lies in the fact that, with the possible exception of the Colberts, he was the most important Indian to have lived at' the' Muscle Shoals and, without exception, the most important Indian to have lived in Lauderdale County.
In 1807, the year he was murdered, a reservation bad been made for Doublehead and some of his friends in what is now Lauderdale County. This tract lay northward from the Tennessee River ten miles to a line between the Elk River and Cypress Creek. The most reliable evidence indicates Doublehead lived on Bluewater Creek in East Lauderdale and may be buried near the mouth of that creek. There is a grave in the vicinity which old-timers say is his. A cave and a spring in the neighborhood still bear his name and were so called as early as 1817. Furthermore, a number of settlements along the Tennessee River bore his name. One of these was on the south bank of the river at Mhoontown ranch a few miles above Colbert's Ferry. There is a legend that he lived at the Forks of Cypress for a while. According to Owen's history of Alabama, experts agree that the cabin at the rear of the mansion house site is of Indian construction and thus may have been built by Doublehead. If so, it cost him about two hundred and fifty dollars, a goodly sum in those days. Since the line of his reservation was run up the left fork of Cypress, the site would have been included. Mrs. Dora Holland of Florence has told the writer she once had a deed to The Forks of Cypress from Doublehead to James Jackson. There is another legend that a two-story frame dwelling, now gone, on the north side of the Highway 72 Just beyond Bluewater Creek was his home. One thing appears certain: in the latter part of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth, Double head was closely identified with the Muscle Shoals area.
We have said Doublehead was a Cherokee, but the Cherokees were not the first Indians to live at the Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River. This honor belongs to the Moundbuilders who were followed by the Euchees, a tribe having a unique language and no migration legend. They may have lived at the Shoals in prehistoric times. The Euchees were probably living at the Shoals when DeSoto came through Alabama and were definitely there in l7O0 when discovered by some traveling Canadians. The Euchees had interesting customs and practices. For exam- Pie, their women made no use of body paint except to show their single status and their willingness to get married. Their method of Cooking fish should allure those interested in the arts. As Soon as a fish was caught, it was cleaned by drawing the entrails out through the tail by means of a hook. end...
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John Quincy Adams, who can write
And Andrew Jackson, who can fight
Some Accounts of some of the
Bloody Deeds of General Jackson.
Political Mud Slinging 1828
Franklin Tenn. September 10, 1818.
A difference had been brewing between Gen. Jackson and myself, produced on Saturday, the 4th inst. in the town of Nashville, the most outrageous affray ever witnessed in a civilized country. In communicating the affair to my Friends and fellow citizens, I limit myself to the statement of a few leading facts, the truth of which I am ready to establish in by judicial proof.
1. That myself and my brother, Jessie Benton arriving in Nashville on the morning of the affray, and knowing of Gen. Jackson's threats went and took lodging in a different house from the one in which he staid, on purpose to avoid him.
2. That the General and some of his friends came to the house where we had put up, and commenced to attack by leveling a pistol at me, when I had no weapons drawn and advancing on me at a quick pace, without giving me time to draw one.
3. That seeing this, my brother fired on General Jackson, when he got within eight or ten feet of me.
4. That four pistols were fired in quick succession; one by General Jackson at me; two by me at the General; and one by Col. Coffee at me. In the course of this firing, General Jackson was brought to ground; but received no hurt. 5. That daggers were drawn. Col. Coffee and Mr. Alexander Donaldson made at me, and gave me five slight wounds. Captain Hammond and Mr. Steakley Hays engaged my brother, who being still weak from the effect of from a severe wound he had lately received in a duel, was not able to resist the two men. They got him down, and while Capt. Hammond beat him on the head to make him lie still, Mr. Hays attempted to stab him, and wounded him in both arms, as he lay on his back parrying the thrusts with his naked hands. From this situation a generous hearted citizen of Nashville, Mr. Summer, relieved him. Before he came to the ground , my brother clapped a pistol to the breast of Mr. Hays, to blow him through, but it missed fire.
6. My own and my brothers pistols carried two balls each, for it was our intention, if driven to arms, to have no child's play. The pistol fired at me was so near that the blaze of the muzzle of one of them burnt the sleeve of my coat, and the others aimed at my head at a little more than an arms length from it.
7. Capt. Carroll was to have taken part in the affray, but was absent by the permission of General Jackson, as he was proved by the General's certificate, a certificate which reflects I know not whether less honor upon the General or upon the Captain.
8. That this attack was made on me in the house where the Judge of the District, Mr. Searcy, had his lodgings! Now has civil authority yet taken cognizance of this horrible outrage.
The facts are sufficient to fix the public opinion. For my part, I think it scandalous that such things should take place at any time; but particularly so at the present moment, when the public service required the aid of all its citizens. - As for the name of courage, God forbid that I should ever attempt to gain it by becoming a bully. - Those who know me, know full well that I would give a thousand times more for the reputation of Crogban defending his post, than I would for the reputation of all duelists and gladiators that ever appeared upon the face of this earth.
Thomas Hart Benton Lieut.. Col. 39th Infantry and now a member of the Senate of the United States.
Yet the Jacksonian Democracy was triumphant in 1828. In an election marked by mudslinging and character assassination on both sides, Jackson defeated Adams's bid for a second term.
Source: Notorious Coffin Handbills use in the 1828 presidential Campaign against; Jackson James, Marquis, Andrew Jackson: Portrait of a President, 2 vols. (1937); Meyers, Marvin, The Jacksonian Persuasion (1957); Remini, Robert V., Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 (1977)
Texas Tales Most deadly band of irregular partisans on the side of law and order the west had ever seen.
Ranging companies dated from Austin's colony; they had been formed in 1823 and 1826. Ranger was an old America term and accredited to Indian fighters. From 1836 onward, Texas Ranger was the only reliable law enforcement in Texas, while the history of all west Texas was only a little more than History of the Ranger force.
The Rangers were unique, and companies guarding the frontier had more or less semi - permanent duty, because the danger never ceased. Yet, always low on funds to pay or equip them, at any period of the long frontier. They were never an established regular force, staying from year to year.
The government of Texas authorized Rangers as a paramilitary force and supported them as they could, recruitment left to the frontier communities. The ranging companies, without uniforms, badges. or even government supplied horses or arms, evolved slowly but in strikingly adaptive ways and Texas, accidentally but fortunately, let a brand of frontier leadership arise.
Source: Bibliography: Coolidge, Dane, Fighting Men of the West (1932; repr. 1968); Durham, George, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers (1962); Gillett, James B., Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 (1976); Webb, Walter P., Texas Rangers, rev. ed. (1965),Lone Star -Fehrenbach,T. R.
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People Helper Vol6 No 7
Interview with Jeff Raford 1930's
Source: PRCH. Theresa Jarrell, Canvasser.
Following is an account of his life in Pearl River County as he related it. "Life in Pearl River County Before 1890"
I was born right over here on Ball Hill by the road to Col. Byrd's old home. The old house has rotted down. The spot where the old red dirt chimney has fallen down is the only mark left. A pine tree grew up in the middle of the old fallen chimney, and was later cut down and carried to Columbia to Governor Hugh White's saw mill.
My mother was bought in Mobile as a slave and was owned here by a Mrs. Howard. My mother reared five children and it just so happened that Mrs. Howard had five childten. So each one of Mrs. Howard's children was given a negro child as a slave. It fell my lot to live with Mrs. Kennedy, where I remained until the slaves were freed.
(Here I interrupted him and asked him where his father came from He immediately replied that he didn't know who his father was or anything about him. Said the colored people lived like stock in those days - they never married.)
My master was good to me. When the war (Civil War) came on, it was bad times. I remember how the men would hide out to keep from going to war. I cooked and carried many a pan of food to these men in Pearl River swamp. This I did for one man regularly. All I had to do was to carry the food down after dark, and I was so scared I was trembling, and while walking along the path in the swamp, pretty soon he would step out from behind a tree and say, "Here Jeff" and then I would hand it to him and run back to the house.
One day soldiers passed with wagons for four days going through to Mobile. At that time the river road was the best road around.
We had no matches for fire, we used flint and steel. The first cotton gin I ever saw was operated by a horse. Some people separated the cotton from the seed by hand. The cloth was spun and woven. Some was bought in Gainesville, where they went over by cart and bought "nit" and "lice" cloth (salt and pepper I should think) for men's pants. Later gingham could be bought. This was considered very fine cloth then.
Sometimes we had biscuits on Sunday, but one reason I am living and am healthy is the food that I was raised on. We ate corn bread, meat, greens and peas. People eat too much flour now and they use self-rising flour, which is most unhealthful. The best way to make biscuit is with plain flour, soda and clabber, or put a little vinegar in your soda and it will foam up and cook quick.
I know a case where a negro slave sold for $100. Simon and Hezekiah Wheat sold him. Some of the men living around us at that time were: Joe Wheat, Billy Wheat, another Joe Wheat, Redden Byrd, and Peter Harvey's grandad.
I remember when a Mr. Cooper would take his cart and go out and gather herbs for medicine. Medicine now days is too weak. It has too much water or alcohol in it and not enough medicine. Costs lots too. We used Sampson's snake root, black snake root, fever grasses, tree barks and other medicines made from native trees and herbs.
We used parched meal for coffee. Our corn meal was ground by a water mill.,You see we even made what was used. Gall berries dyed black.
Two colors of thread were used to make pants and I mean this kind made good warm ones. Wool was sold at Gainesville.
I never went to school-colored folks had no schools long ago. I knew Poplar Jim Smith for whom Poplarville was named. I used to play with his boys. We played all day and when we went in to eat we knew to carry a load of wood. People used to cook on the fire places. That was the best cooking in the world. Food tasted better. They sometimes made dirt ovens and used them to cook bread and sweet potatoes in.
When the war was over the slaves couldn't do without their masters because they had nothing on which to live and the masters needed the slaves, so when they were freed, most of them stayed on and farmed for their masters on shares. This gave the negroes a chance to have something for themselves. end
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William "Jucker" Smith family that was present at the reunion on July 4, 1899.
top row left to right:
Mary Elizabeth Smith Stewart, Nanch Smith Wheat, Louisa Smith Stewart, Martha Smith Strahan, Azianda Smith Robert (Robard), Margaret Smith Davis, Edwina Smith Martin, Katherine Victoria "Katie" Smith Mitchell. 2nd row: Joel Smith, Russell Smith, Boyd Smith, Calvin Smith, Charles Smith, Albert Smith Hiram Obiff Smith Sr., William "Bill" Smith, 3rd row at center William "Jucker's" Smith and Casaline Angeline Henley Smith, 4th row: seated the ground, Carson Smith, Magnolia Smith Neal, Eugene Smith Sr., Martin Luther Smith. Those not present were: Fanklin Pierce Smith, Janie Smith Pigott, and Annie Smith Williams.
Some Local History Joseph A. Smith served in the Civil War about two years, was about 27 years old when he enlisted - was in the siege of Vicksburg (was not shot). He threw torpedoes over in the Yankee Trenches while at Vicksburg. There were there 48 days and nights - fighting night and day. The Southern soldiers were starved out and the Northern men won the battle. He never attended but one Confederate Reunion. He lived in Poplarville after the war.
Andrew Smith, one of the pioneer settlers of Pearl River County entered the Civil War when quite young and served to the end of the war. He also served one term as treasurer to this county. He died in his 69th year.
Mr. Smith was born in 1841, his education such as was afforded by common schools of those days. In 1861, at the age of 20, threatening clouds of the great Civil War was hovered over our Southland and when our beloved state, believing her rights threatened and her honor in jeopardy, called upon her sons to rally to her defense. Then it was that "Andy" Smith laid aside his school books and with that love for his state which ever characterized his life came to her defense, joining the first company that was organized in Marion County and attached tn the 7th Miss. Reg. He was more fortunate, however than 75% of his comrades, who never returned, being discharged by reason of disabilities from which he never recovered. He possessed many noble traits of character, one of which was liberal and generous spirit.
He gave to our county the beautiful square where the Court house site now is, and also that which was the old Baptist Church site together with the cemetery - all without money and without price.
In 1892, Mr. Smith was elected County Treasurer and served four years with credit to County and honor to himself. He died April 29, 1911 - A light gone out - a spark divine Whose gleam in life no more shall shine Now gone to sleep, life's journey o'er Now gone to rest forever more.
Source: Pearl River County History
Joseph Burks Source: Free Press, February Confederate Veteran Answers Last Call Final rites for Joseph Burks, aged Confederate Veteran, were conducted in Henleyfield Baptist Church Tuesday with Rev. Jim Stewart from Louisiana officiating. He was assisted by Rev. W. I. Williams, Picayune. Rev. J C. Richardson, Poplarville, Miss. and Rev. 0. P. Ester of Bogalusa, La.
Reb. Burkes who would have been 95 years of age March 28, died at 1:30 A.M. February 19, at home of his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Woodward, in Henleyfield Community. Mr. Burks had been an invalid since Sept. 6, 1932 when he fell from the porch of his home near Poplarville and was the last surviving child of Daniel Burks and Jane Smith, pioneer settlers of this section of the State.
Mr. Daniel Burks having come from Kentucky to this section with Andrew Jackson's Army during war of 1812, remained in this section and became a Citizen of Henleyfield vicinity.
"Uncle" Joe Burks, as he was affectionately called by all who knew him, was a Confederate Veteran, having received all during the Civil War in Company C-G, 38th Mississippi Regiment. He was married on Jan 7, 1859 to Elizabeth Jane Wheat and had been married seventy-one years when she died, Sept. 26, 1929. He was an esteemed farm and stock man in the community in which he lived, and at the time that section was known as Pearl County. He served as a member of Board of Supervisors before it was thrown back into Marion County. Later becoming a part of the present Pearl River County. The deceased was a great influence and was a Charter member of Henleyfield Church. The surviving are: Mrs. J. A. Burks, W. H. Burks and Mrs. J A. Magehee, Mrs. E. J. Woodward, Mrs. W. P. Stockstill.
Augustus M. Beal, born in Winston County Miss., Feb. 14, 1845. When a child he moved with his family to the vicinity in which he died, now Pearl River County, where he lived his entire life with the exception of four years of eventful life spent in the army of the Confederacy as a brave and gallant soldier, a member of the 3rd (afterwards 23rd) Miss. Reg., participating in many battles - the Vicksburg Seige. Dalton to Atlanta, under Gen. J. s. Johnson and Tennessee Campaign under Gen. Hood. Having been wounded just before the bitter end, he was not paroled, returning home at the surrender. He married Miss Harriet A. Brill.
His record as a soldier was that of a brave and gallant Mississippian. He was Charter Comrade of Pearl River Camp U C. U. No. 540.
Source: Free Press, Friday, Sept. 12, 1919.
The "Jay Hawkers" stamped the toe nails off of Grandmother Monti's toes during the Civil War to make her tell where some gold was hid. She knew them all and when the war was over and the soldiers came home, every one of them were finally killed that took part in the assault. Mrs. Monti's son is now Sheriff of Hancock County.
Source: T. J. McArthur, R. L. Meador -PRCH
Hunting Wild Hogs
Pearl River Swamps
The hog hunting of Ray Beall and my father J.F Stevens, was done strictly with dogs. They had trail dogs that would run the hog down and then they would turn the bulldog loose to catch and hold the hog so his feet could be tied. They didn't use guns. Sound easy? The hard part was getting to the hog, getting your bulldog loose, hold the hog and get his legs tied all at the same time in a bad spot in a swamp or briar patch.
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An Interview with Ray Beall (Bell) Sunday June 13, 1993
Any one who knows anything about wild hogs knows they pick a very bad spot and make a stand. People think of little old shoats and pigs, that wasn't the way it was. There are hogs out there 400 to 500 pounds, they had big old tusks. We had a time getting some of them out. Your dad wasn't with me, but I caught one that weighed 600 pounds. Sometimes we have to go and get help because they would be more than Mr. Stevens and me could handle or carry out. We caught a lot of hogs and had a lot of fun.
Your dad loved hog hunting and I warned him about going
alone. I worried about him because he was getting on up in age, up in his mid 70s. Your dad would go by himself and there was hogs out there that was really bad, big hogs. He didn't take much to warnings. When he ran across that hog,
there was a pretty good scuffle for a while and Mr. Stevens was glad to get away when he did. (ha ha ha..).
When it was open range, no stock law, any one who had hogs let them run wild. When the law passed, it gave the people a year to get their hogs out of the swamps, but who's to say who's hogs were in those swamps. After a year they belonged to any one who could get them. of course there was no limit and no season.
We had all kinds of big shots come out and go hunting with us, Governor Cliff Fench, some of his staff and 5 or 6 game wardens. We caught some hogs and we cooked them up right there on the river. Also some of the officers from Air Force Base would sometime come hunting with us.
The reason Mr. Stevens and I stopped hunting was they got to selling land in small parcels. Now these dogs we used were good blooded dogs, well trained and knew their business when it came to hog hunting, but they were illiterate and couldn't read posted signs. They would ignore these signs. They would run into these posted areas and it became to worrisome thing with people wanting to slap a trespass charge against you.
When ask about some pictures Mr. Beall said, "Those things weren't important to us, I was the fun of the sport." Mrs. Beall said , " It was something that happened and won't happen any more." Yes, but now it is history.
Surrounded by Wild Hogs
There was a time my father told me of, when his trail dog brought up a whole herd of hogs. He saw them coming and backed into a big burnt out tree. He said a big hog came around one side of the tree looked in and my father hit him in the snout with his stick. Another big hog came around the other side of the tree and my father turned loose his bulldog. I said then how did you get away. He said, "Well, them hogs all ran away, they have a lot of respect for a bulldog."
By Tom Stevens end...
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"Bo" Luke
In the spring of 1940, Bo's Dad wouldn't sign for Bo to enlist in Marine Corps.
Bo and Buddy Epsen were both raised in Orlando Florida. Buddy was in Hollywood Making B pictures with Tom Mix, Tim Mannard, Hopalong Cassidy and Lash Larue.
Bo was running off to Hollywood headed West near Lake Charles on Hwy 90, when a big old Chrysler, one of the early models came by and gave him a ride.. They got to talking and Bo found out the mans name was Claire L. Chennault. He had been home on a visit to Louisiana and was on his way back to China.
Bo told him he was going to Hollywood, but it wasn't pressing and he would go to China with him. Bo 15 years old at the time weighed 220 pounds and looked older.
They journeyed to San Diego, then by plane to Shanghai and then on to the Base camp on the Burma Road.
The U.S. Government was sponsoring an American volunteer program which resulted in Chennault's Flying Tigers. They were fighting the Japanese before Pearl Harbor.
Bo's Job was given to drive a 1931 Ford Model A ton and a half with a750 gallon tank, to haul high test aircraft gasoline. They also gave him some pegs and wooden mallet. When his five truck convoy returned to base, they were attacked by three Jap Zeros. Bo jumped out and hid in a culvert. This was before the incendiary bullets and after the Japs left, Bo got out his mallet and pegs and plugged 40 bullet holes and drove on in to base. This turned out to be pretty routine, going South was just fine, but coming home the Japs tried their best to stop them....
In 1941 when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor Bo decided to go home. General Chennault said, "Bo what do you want to go home for." Bo said he wanted to go home and join the Marines. Chennault said, "you know Bo you can fight the Japs here just as well here as you can in the Marine Corps." Anyway Chennault put Bo on a plane headed for San Diego. He went on a Catalina Flying Boat with some awfully floppy wing (a big concern to Bo).
When he arrived in San Diego with $2300 in pay vouchers, no one would honor them and he had to hitch hike on home. It took him seven days to get back to Orlando. When he came in, Mama looked up and said, "Where have you been." Bo said , "I have been in China." Then Bo ask Daddy, "are you going to sign for me to go into the Marines." Daddy said, "Well Bo, I didn't sign for you to go to China did I?" Bo Said, "No Sir you didn't."
Bo never made it to the Marine Corps but went through the Maritime Academy. He caught a ship out of New York in the Merchant Marine and ended up in Astralia the only time the Japs bombed territorial Australia.
Lots more cont... another issue. By Elton "Bo" Luke
Excerpts from Biloxi Daily Herald
Bills to Raise Service Pay
February 14, 1943
by Roger D Green
Associated Press War Editor
Japanese Airplanes for the first time attacked the Australian mainland, bombing the Allied naval base at Darwin: and in the battle of Burma, Tokyo dispatches asserted that Japanese troops have advanced within 75 miles of Rangoon. British say foe hurled back.
Enemy ups Pressure in Bataan
Troop Movements Indicate Japs Resuming Offensive on General Douglas MacArthur's defense line on Bataan peninsula.
Meanwhile Japanese batteries on the south shores of Manila Bay poured shells on the Corregidor string of fortifications.
Bills to Raise Service Pay
Washing ton Feb.19--(A\P)-
Bills to raise soldier's and sailor's pay and provide living allowance for their families were pushed forward today by legislative sponsors to increase the base pay of enlisted men from $21 month to $42 a month.
As Bo was watching Jap bombers in Austrailia, Mac -Arthur was soon to be ordered to Australia.
I never realized the U.S. Government was financing Chennault in China before WWII. by Tom Stevens ed...
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Bufford or Bluford Burks since the War of 1812. Buford was too young, six years old, for the army. His father, John Randolph Burks of Kentucky left him with some people and they moved before he could return. John Burks rode off on a black horse and spent 6 months looking for Buford after the Battle of New Orleans as told by Daniel Burks of Picayune. Anyone with information on Buford Burks, Please contact me. Tom Stevens 601 795 6773
Daniel Burks was one of eight sons born to John Randolph Burks and Margaret McNeill and they formerly lived in Virginia. The other sons were John, Joseph, Berryman, Roland, Randolph, Samuel and Buford all born in South Carolina. In Bowling Green Kentucky in late 1811, they constructed a flatboat, loaded their possessions and floated doun the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. While coming down the Mississippi, the big earthquake of December 16, 1811 occurred and they lost most of their belongings. The big depression north of Memphis in Tennessee filled with water and caused the Mississippi River to run backwards four days and filled what is now Reelfoot Lake. The family floated on down the Mississippi to Natchez. In 1812, John, Roland, and Daniel enlisted on September 16th. in the United States Army at Washington Mississippi, just north of Natchez. Daniel was eight years old and a drummer boy in the 2nd. Infantry. The other brothers Samuel, Randolph and Joseph also served in the army. Military Archives show some of the Burks marched with Jackson from Mobile to the Battle of New Orleans. Two of the brothers were captured by the British, put aboard a ship, and died of Yellow Fever in Mobile Bay.
Daniel was also captured and put aboard a schooner in Mobile Bay to be shipped as a prisoner of war to England. There was an old woman who was aboard ship visiting. When the visitors were ask to take their under aged children off the ship, she said, "Come on son," took Daniel's hand and walked him down ships gangplank.. He couldn't have been over ten years old. Later, Bill Burks observed, "We came a gnats behind of becoming Limey (a british seaman)."
The three Burks boys John, Roland and Daniel came to the Henleyfield - Bogalusa area and applied for land bounties in 1817 for their brothers who died in the War of 1812.
In 1824, Daniel married Virginia Jane Smith and raised ten children.
Source Daniel Burks of Picayune / "Juckers" Smith Family History compiled by Velma Smith
25 June 1994 --- Dear Mr. Stevens, Would you please enter the following queries in your publication
Seeking parents of Elmina Jones, b. 1816 MS or NC, d. 1868 Perry Co., first wife of Gabriel Burkett. Possible parents--Brice and Margaret Jones, possible brother Moses Jones
Seeking heirs of Stephen Lee, Sr. b. c. 1775 Robeson Co. NC, d. 1834 Hinds Co. MS. Also, seeking heirs of Stephen Lee, Jr., d. Sept. 1834 Hinds Co. MS, wife Delaney Bond Lee.
Seeking parents of Catherine Byrd, b. 1830/32 MS, d. 1872 Smith Co. MS, m. Mark Sullivan. probable daughter of Henry Allen Byrd & first wife, Rebecca Godbold.
Seeking parents of Marion Uvie Padgett, b. 1848 MS, d.1902 Covington Co. MS, m. John Wiley Sullivan 1867, lived in Smith Co. MS. Possible parents: Hester 0. & Josiah Padgett?
Seeking parents of Benjamin (Franklin) Bennett, b. 1772/7 SC or NC, d. Feb 1864 Lawrence Co. MS, m. Delila. Was in Ga lottery of 1805 Franklin Co. GA. children: Cynthia, Elizabeth, Cassandra, Isaac, Mikager, Drury, Richmond & Langston. Contact: Mary Burkett Caruso, 5154 Loch Lomond Drive, Houston, TX 77096
As you see, I am "stumped" on several of my lines; can't get them out of MS. I was born and raised in Hattiesburg, and have many roots there. MBC
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Early Cattle
The early settlers chief occupation was stock raising in this part of Pearl River County. Some of the cattle men owned as many as 1500 head. There were no registered cattle, the cattle at the
time being native scrub stock. They were never fed in the winter. They were trained to graze on the hills in the spring and summer and put in the swamps in the winter where there was an abundance of cane. Once a year the cattlemen had a meeting place where they would drive their cattle to brand and mark them. They only milked enough milk for home use. The cattle were shipped and sold on the market. There was not any good blooded beef cattle as they could not survive on the open range. The males were marked the first year and and were raised on the open range till they were about two years old., then they were trained to work as teams, haul logs, pull wagon and plow. Some were trained to plow single and some double. The ox teams were the principle means of conveying logs to the mill and general hauling in those days. Just recently, a Mr. Loveless was trying to buy a team of oxen; he says he still finds them best for logging. A yoke of steers now sells for about $80 dollars.
Source PRC History about 1935- Rube Spiers, Josh smith, Milton Wheat, Jim Loveless, Otis Stewart, H.R. McIntosh and Wiley Stockstill
Mules
Mules are invaluable on the local farms. The old dependable mule does the plowing, hauling, logging, ctc. He is a tough hard working animal and will work any place he is trained to work. I have known of a pair of young mules selling for as much as $600. Tractors have mostly taken over road grading, but some contractors still use mules where tractors can't get.
Horses
There are very few horses in Pearl River County. The automobile and modern machinery have taken their place. The horse is very dependable and every year is being used a little more. It may well be he will yet have a "come back."
Source PRC History Jacob McGehee and Mrs. Rube Spiers
Man
Man is two sexes, male and female. Since the primitive days, it has been the custom or duty of the man or adult male of the human spices to make the living. The red man hunted and fished, brought in the game, led the way and carried a gun ready to go to war to protect his family and land. Woman
It was the Indian womens job in primitive days to rear the children, work in the fields, do the cooking, grind corn meal, make baskets, mats, follow the men and carry the loads. They carried the papoose in a basket on their back.
When the white settlers came, subtract papoose in basket and add house cleaning, spinning, weaving, knitting, teaching and keeping the home fires burning during the Civil War. ed...
You often hear great men as well as others say, "All that I am I owe to my mother."
Source PRC History
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Early Life of a True Pioneer
by Sandy Ladner (PRHG)
Daniel Davis, born 1772 died 1858
To truly understand the early history of the Mississippi Territory, we need to have a great appreciation of our ancestors. There are several records that prove a dramatic change from their way of life to the way we all live our lives today. The year is 1994, we now have means of transportation, better education and so many things that make our lives so much easier, things that our forefathers could have possibly dreamed about in the early 1800's.
In 1798, Congress created the Mississippi Territory, within its bounds was the present state of Alabama. The U.S. Census of 1800 shows a population of 8,850. This country that our ancestor, Daniel Davis, first came to (1804-1807) was without roads and had been under the rule of Indian Chieftains before the Choctaw Treaty of 1805. Treaties with the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw Nations permitted road openings through their lands.
Over the course of a few years this region had been claimed by England, Spain, Georgia and the United States, causing mixed feelings among our earliest settlers. In 1735, Georgia (one of the 13 original states) opposed this Territory falling into the hands of Spain, unsuccessfully. The first Mississippi Territory claimed by the United States in 1783 did not cover the north half of the State until 1804 nor the coast county section until 1812. This little bit of history shows us how unsettled the country was and the unsettled conditions our ancestors had to face in choosing locations to live. In 1763 the Territory of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans west of the Mississippi River belonged to Spain. In 1800 Napoleon forced Spain to give this region to France; then in 1803 he surprised the world by selling this vast area to the United States for $15,000,000. This purchase relieved the Mississippi River trade and transportation of cotton, tobacco, etc. and encouraged a greater number of settlers to the Louisiana and Mississippi Territories. In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase and in 1809, Congress extended the right of suffrage to this Mississippi Territory. This act encouraged more settlers to move into this area.
Our ancestor, Daniel Davis, was born in old Barnwell District in the state of North Carolina, in the year of 1772. He moved to the Mississippi Territory from the state of Georgia when he was about 33 or 35 years of age, and he first settled in the Pearl River Valley between 1804-1807.
Soon afterwards, Indian trouble flared up when the war with England began in 1812, the Indians were influenced to fight the settlers of the Mississippi Territory. Many small settlements in the eastern part were attacked by the Creek Indians. One hundred and five soldiers and several hundred people were gathered at Fort Mims for safety when the Creeks attacked and killed all men, women and children except for about 25 or 30 very lucky ones. The massacre angered the people in the western part of the territory along the Pearl and the Mississippi Rivers who quickly organized troops and with the aid of the Choctaws., destroyed their chief town, Escanachaha, the Holy City of the Creeks, which they believed could never be taken. The Mississippi troops were pay-less, ragged, shoeless and hungry but were soon aided by Tennesseans, organized and led by the great fighting General Andrew Jackson. The American troops defeated the Creeks and a treaty was made in 1814.
In those days the importance of rivers and streams to our forefathers was greatly realized, because of a way of transportation, mail and trade, and also as a source of food and many fur bearing animals. It was very good farm land and a good place to raise livestock. Old timers say that the hillsides and the valleys of this country abounded with evergreen cane for year round feeding for sheep and cattle, until the Indians and early settlers set fires to run out deer and other game for food, it seemed it was easier to shoot them that way. This part of the country was very appealing to the earlier livestock settlers who migrated here from different parts of the Territory in the early 1800's.
Spain still claimed the present coastal area until an uprising centered around Baton Rouge in 1810 added these areas to the United States. The Western part of Louisiana and the Eastern part to the Mississippi Territory, with the Pearl River as the dividing line. By this time the U.S. Census show a population of 40,352.
On a very interesting note, our ancestor, Daniel Davis, owned lands and lived on both sides of the Pearl River, he lived three times in Mississippi and twice in Louisiana. He first settled in Mississippi in 1805 until 1810. Then he moved to Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1811 he purchased by certificate, 441 acres of public l and situated on "Little Pretty Creek" four miles South of the Mississippi and Louisiana border line, this was about six and one-half miles from John G. Worthy's home in Amite County, Mississippi.
In 1816, Pike County's Eastern border reached to the Pearl River and Daniel Davis bought and moved on 160 acres in the extreme South East corner near the Pearl River and the Louisiana line. In the year of 1816, only three counties, Wilkerson, Amite and Pike had been formed between the Mississippi and the Pearl Rivers.
Over the years, records the revealed that Daniel Davis lived in a 10 mile radius on either side of the Pearl River, first in 1805 until 1810 in the old Washington Territory (now Marion County), second 1811 until 1815 across the Pearl River to the Louisiana side, third to Pike County (now Walthall County) and after 1820 he returned to his Louisiana home. In 1820 the population was 75,448. Daniel Davis bought 160 acres of land in Copiah County (formed in 1823) as early or earlier than 1825 moved to Copiah in 1828, again near the Pearl River. The 1830 Census reported that the population was 136,621.
John G. Worthy had previously moved from Southern Amite to Copiah County and h e and Daniel Davis were again neighbors and their daughters and sons were closely associated. John lived on Sec. 3 T 9 R 10 East and Daniel lived on Sec. 14 T 10 R 9 East.
It is worth noting here that the first counties were formed in the Southern part of the present State. Indians still possessed Central and North Mississippi lands in 1832 when the Choctaws ceded the balance of the Mississippi Territory to the United States and moved westwards.
In 1817, only seventeen or eighteen counties were formed in the Southern part of the Territory. Eight counties ran from the West Louisiana border to the Alabama line as listed below with the date of formation, Wilkerson (1802), Amite (1809), Pike (`815), Walthall (1910), Marion (1811), Lamar (1904), Forrest (1906), Perry (1820), Green (1811), Pearl River (1890), Stone (1916), George (1910), Hancock (1812), Harrison (1841), Jackson (1812).
So if any of you are looking for your ancestors land holdings, birth records, marriages or etc., they might be found in the former larger counties before they were made into the counties we have today.
Daniel Davis moved to Copiah in 1828, his oldest son James Davis was then 24 years of age. At age 25 James married Elizabeth Worthy and bought land from his father and mother, Daniel and Esther in 1838. They built a home and settled in on the land that was near both their parents, Davis and Worthy.
The family of Daniel Davis owned an entire section and were a very close knit family unit, for over 20 years. Another son, William Davis, married Elizabeth Worthy's sister, Nancy and in the year of 1840 they moved down the Pearl River to a community called Caesar in Hancock County. When they arrived in Caesar, William started to manage a trading post built by the French nobleman, DePriesst. William and Nancy were doing well, the French nobleman really liked them. So Mr. DePriest, a representative of the French Emperor Napoleon, made William the full time manager of the trading post, and he became widely known in the import and export business. William and Nancy began to talk James and Elizabeth into moving down the River to live by them.
In the early part of the year of 1844, James and Elizabeth sold their Copiah County back to his father, Daniel Davis, and began the move to be near William and Nancy at Caesar. Upon their arrival in Caesar, James Davis was made Justice of the Peace of Hancock County. Things were really looking up for the two couples. They had been instant celebrities upon their arrival into Hancock County. However, it was short lived, because in the summer of 1844, the Copeland Gang rode into Caesar to rob William's store. Of course, William resisted and was shot and killed. James formed a posse and went after the gang.
Old man Daniel Davis and John Worthy never completely recovered from this tragedy, they were obsessed with the thought of revenge. A year after William was killed, his young widow, Nancy married the French nobleman, DePriest. It was a big wedding, which made John Worthy very happy, he would brag about his royal connections. Rumors began to run wild about the Copeland Gang having buried a barrel of gold nearby and everyone was eager to search for the gold.
In 1844, before moving to Hancock County, James Davis sold his homestead to his father, Daniel Davis. Israel, another son of Daniel Davis and Esther moved on the old homestead and resided there with his wife, Mary C. Hamliton, until January in the year of 1851. About this time Esther died at the age of 68. After her funeral, Daniel sold their home to his son Israel and his wife Mary. Nearly 78 years of age, Daniel moved down the Pearl River to live with James and Elizabeth in Hancock County.
Daniel Davis remembered his war days with General Andrew Jackson's army. When he was with the army troops he had crossed Red Creek, and thought it was a beautiful place to build a home. Daniel Davis had never collected pay for his days in the army, so in lieu of cash, he asked and received the land where he had once crossed Red Creek. Old Daniel and several of his friends built a house. After the house was finished, Daniel hired a young widow woman, who had three small children, to be his housekeeper. Daniel died at the age of 85 and was buried in his front yard near Red Creek in old Harrison County, now Stone County. The population of Mississippi by the year of 1860 was 781,305. The state seceded in the year of 1861.
There were still no railroads or public roads, so the people from as far north as the Red and Black Creek area followed the Old Red Creek road into Pass Christian's Menge Avenue to do their trading and to receive their mail. Old man Daniel Davis made quite a difference in the world, not only for all his descendants he has left behind, but because he was present when it counted the most, at the time of the American Revolution, at the battles of Fort Mims and the Battle of New Orleans.
This information is from several different sources, two of them are the Davis Family History by Thomas Davis Davis, some information by Harold Larry Davis, and other information from my grandmother, Iva Seal, of the Gumpond Community. My name is Sandy (Pardue) Ladner, I am the eighth generation of our ancestor, Daniel Davis, who was born 1772 in old Barnwell District in the state of North Carolina
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GUN FIGHT ON RED CREEK
by Sandy Ladner - Pearl River Historical Group
In the year of 1847 there was very little law and order in this country. The Mississippi Territory was very scarcely populated, so the opportunity to rob and plunder was irresistible. There were a few law officers but people lived so far apart that it made their job almost impossible to do, so people were in the habit of solving their own problems. Charles McGrath and Gale H. Wages were two members of the James Copeland Gang, they were robbers, murderers and just plain no good people. The gang robbed and plundered The Southern States which we know today as Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. McGrath and Wages were both shot and killed in a gun fight on the East side of Red Creek, about eight miles East of Lumberton, Mississippi, by a man called James A. Harvey. This account of the gun battle was told by Gillum Bounds to Crawford Smith. "Wages and McGrath wanted money from James A. Harvey and said that they would kill him if hi did not give it to then. Harvey knocked the bottom board off his house so he could see to shoot out at the outlaws. At dark he lay down and waited for them to come back to his house. When they walked up to his house, Harvey shot and killed both McGrath and Wages from his place on the floor." Harvey buried the two bodies nearby, still today, some old timers might be able to show you just where they were buried.
James Copeland wanted revenge, and so did Wage's mother and father. Wage's parents offered James Copeland $1000 in cash to kill James A. Harvey. James Copeland traveled to Mobile, Alabama to meet with other members of his gang they decided to let James and John Copeland, Jackson Pool and Sam Staughton ambush and murder James A. Harvey.
It was Sunday, July 8, 1848 when Copeland and his men left Mobile and traveled to Harvey's place on Red Creek, near Lumberton, where the gun battle had taken place. It took a week to arrive at the house, it was empty but the fields had been plowed so they knew Harvey was still using the farm. They began to set up the ambush in Harvey's home and waited for him to arrive. Copeland himself tells of how they were well armed. "We prepared ourselves with the best of double-barrel guns and pistols and bowie knives, with plenty of ammunition and percussion caps of the best quality."
As the day wore on, the men grew hungry, so Staughton went into the field and got some corn, they built a fire in the fireplace and roasted the corn. Big mistake, this is how Harvey knew someone was there, he thought there might be some kind of trouble, so he went and asked his friends to help him investigate.
The next morning about 9:00 a.m. on July 15, 1848, John Copeland saw a group of men coming up to the house with Harvey leading them. The Copeland Gang took cover in the house, but at the first chance they got James, John Copeland and Sam Staughton slipped out the back door and ran for cover while bullets flew by their heads. James Copeland tells of what happened to Jackson Pool. "Pool was standing in the door with his gun at poise.
Harvey ran around the corner of the house on Pool's right and jumped into the gallery; Pool immediately fired his gun, the bullet struck Harvey in the left side. Harvey immediately squared himself and shot the contents of his whole load into Pool's side, and then fell to the floor. Pool stepped into the yard and another man shot him in the breast and he fell dead instantly." Ten days later Harvey died from the gunshot that he had received.
Later that very same day James and John Copeland and Sam Staughton finally got together and spent the night in the nearby woods. They all left the area the next day. James Copeland wanted to recover $30,000 in gold that Wages had buried in Catahoula Swamp in Hancock County near Gainesville, Mississippi but could not do this because the map showing where the gold was buried was lost in the gun battle on Red Creek. The map or the money was never found. James Copeland and his gang continued their many wrong deeds for some years, but James and most of his men were caught and James Copeland was hanged on October 30,1857 at Augusta, Mississippi for the murder of James A. Harvey.
Resources: Lumberton Heritage II, compiled by H. Mason Sistrunk and North Pearl River County, by L.M. Davis
Jayhawkers, Deserters
Deserters both Union and Confederate, and jayhawkers were a problem for our people then. They killed and robbed almost at will because this area, Pearl River Country, was really a no land beyond the control of either the Union or Confederate forces. In 1864 Confederate authorities determined to end the nuisance and sent Colonel Robert Lowry's 6th Mississippi
and other units to cordon off and sweep the lower Pearl area. More than 1,000 men were rounded up and returned to duty.
In the fall of 1864 a group of local "Regulators" fought a Jayhawker band at Big Spring near the present town of Picayune. Nine jayhawkers were killed during this battle.
Daniel Peyton Davis led the men from North Pearl River County who fought this battle. Source North Pearl River County by L M Davis
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CONTINUING MY DAVIS ANCESTORS, OUR DAVIS-WORTHY BEGINNING
James Davis married Elizabeth Worthy, he was the age of 25 and she was a young 17 years of age. Their marriage joined the families of two outstanding pioneer men, who had been neighbors and close friends for many years. James Davis was the second child of Daniel and Esther Davis, (Daniel Davis, Early Life of a True Pioneer, People Helper, May 1994.) Elizabeth Worthy was the daughter of John G. Worthy. These two old men, Daniel Davis and John G. Worthy, had very level heads with clear minds and this gave them the foresight to choose good riverside locations for their homes and they provided very well for their families. They helped to form the first counties of Mississippi. In this time there was not a road in the state and very few, if any, four wheel wagons and most certainly not a buggy. To get from place to place these pioneers traveled down small trails, made for horses or they could walk. One of these trails came form the Georgia Colony through the area known as the "Three Chopped Way" which led on up to the largest community in the Territory, called Natchez. Here at Natchez, the first printing press and weekly newspaper was established when James was only four years old. James was 34 years old and he and Elizabeth had been married for nine years with four children when the first Standard Gauge Railroad was built in the United States, from Woodville, Mississippi to St. Martinsville, Louisiana in 1838. That same year James purchased some land from his father, Daniel, in Copiah County where the Davis and Worthy families lived as neighbors for twenty some odd years. James was 35 years of age when the first Capitol was built in Jackson, Mississippi. The first five children of James and Elizabeth Davis were born in Copiah County. In 1844 he sold his land to his father and mother and moved to Hancock (now Pearl River County) near Caesar where their last two children were born. They settled down in this small community to raise their seven children. Our earliest settlers were surely brave, courageous and strong minded men and women to have survived this raw untamed Territory. They depended upon the food source of the woods (wild game, rabbit and deer) and their ability to catch fish from the streams and rivers to survive until their home site could be cleared. Their land was cleared with axes and they cultivated their fields with crude wooden tools, which required much stamina. After their homes were built and their crops of rice, corn, tobacco and indigo were harvested, their lives settled down to be a little more normal. As time went by cotton was planted in small amounts. And they began to raise cattle, sheep and hogs on the wide open ranges, this slowly became their main source of livelihood. The first trade center was built at Mobile and New Orleans. Later, other market places were established at Mississippi City, Shieldsboro, Pass Christian and at Woolmarket on the coast and at Gainsville on the Pearl River. Such luxuries as brown sugar, coffee, oils, candles, salt, quinine, calico, gingham and jeans could be purchased at these new trading posts. These trading post were the early markets for deer meat, turkey and furs and in later years for beef cattle and sheep wool. Today, many of you might remember your parents or grandparents telling you of their early life on these winding trails through virgin pine timbers and swamp bays. Our early ancestors used four wheeled ox teams and a driver with buck skin whips to go slowly down these trails to the market places, traveling only during the day time, they grazed their ox teams by night and tried to get a little rest, always keeping their trusted rifle on hand for protection and to supply them with a fresh meat supply. Elizabeth Davis was past middle age when the L.& N. Railroad was built along the coast from New Orleans. Later, when the New Orleans and the North Eastern railroads were built, she would be thrilled every time she heard a train whistle blow, this gave her great joy in her last years of life, she died at the age of 82. Many of her remaining days were spent with her daughters making cloth by using a pair of hand cards, readying the wool for the spinning wheel and the hand loom. In this time of living, there was little manufacturing, a tannery, the making of shoes with hand tools, a cabinet maker and the most valued blacksmith. Although times were hard, Elizabeth Davis did enjoy a few modern day home supplies, the sulphur match, iron pots and kettles, hand made pot hooks, a straw broom, and a washing block at the creek bank with battling paddles. Cooking and eating were done in the large log kitchen built separately from and in back of the main house. This was done because if the kitchen ever cought on fire and burned down, it would not catch the rest of the house on fire. A large open fire place served as a stove and home made iron stands were used to set pots of food on when cooking over the hot coals. Every kitchen had modern venting through the wire grass and clay chimney. The greatest contribution to life and Country that James and Elizabeth Davis made were their seven children, who were healthy, well trained children. They were well thought of people.
RESOURCE: Davis Family History, by Thomas David Davis
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CONTINUING MY DAVIS ANCESTORS,
By Sandy Ladner
DANIEL PEYTON DAVIS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER
Daniel Peyton Davis was born September 14, 1832 and died on July 13, 1914. Daniel Peyton was the second child of James Davis and Elizabeth Worthy Davis, grandson of Daniel and Esther Davis. Daniel Peyton was named after his grandfather Daniel Davis and his mother's brother Peyton Worthy. He was a sincere, sharp minded, strong in character, and quiet in manner with a gift of wit. He had a lovable personality and was well respected by everyone who knew him.
Daniel had exceptional business judgment and was a very successful at raising livestock. He knew how to make money, to use it wisely and save it. His cattle and sheep herds were large and grazed for miles around his old homestead where he lived for 56 years.
Daniel Peyton Davis was born in Copiah County where his grandfathers, Daniel Davis and John G. Worthy lived. He lived nearby until the age of 12, when his parents, James and Elizabeth Worthy Davis moved to Hancock County. Where they moved to was three miles south of the community of Caesar, he lived there until he married at the age of 19 and moved to his old homestead site. His land patent of May 20, 1862 was signed by then President Grover Cleveland and was filed in Pearl River County on October 9, 1907.
Daniel Peyton Davis married 18 year old Emmaline Lee. She was a devoted Christian mother praised by everyone for her fireside teachings of her nine children and the strong principles that she instilled into their personalities. Emmaline's mother was Cynthia Seal and her father was John Lee.
Confederate
Daniel Payton Davis was enlisted into the Confederate Army on August 2, 1862 in Harrison County, Mississippi by Captain J.M. Poitevent. Daniel is listed in Company E muster roll for the 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry from October 31,1862 until June 30, 1863.
During his time in service Daniel was captured by a Union Army Patrol around early May of 1863. They tied him up, put him up on his horse and rode a long hard days ride to the north. Later that day the commanding officer of the Patrol decided to make camp for the night. A guard was placed on Daniel, camp was made, the horses were taken care of, and the night's meal was prepared. When everyone had eaten, even Daniel, they went to sleep except for Daniel and his guard.
After Daniel was sure the men were fast asleep, he asked the guard to come over to him, he told the guard that he would give him $100 in gold coin if he would give him the chance to escape. The guard agreed and Daniel told him where to find the money he had hidden on his person. The money was exchanged and Daniel's hands and feet were untied. The guard walked away for a short period of time and Daniel ran for the nearest horse, and rode off into the night as fast as the horse could carry him. A shot was fired over his head but he was to far away for the patrol to stop him.
Grandfather Daniel Peyton's keen knowledge of money matters are well known by his ancestors living throughout the coastal counties, Pearl River and Stone included, he never lost money in the bank failures that were so possible in his day. He was a good judge of character, he made loans to many of his friends and family members and was always paid back. This is an example of how old Daniel Peyton was about his money, a cattleman once was loaned $1000 in gold coin, later when he returned to pay the loan back he had regular currency, it was refused with "you got it in gold and I want in back in gold."
When his wife, Emmaline died, he invited a son and his family to live with him. One day his grandson, was playing, he made a trench so rain water would run from the house eves to an old well opening, under the front porch. As the rain fell, old Daniel sat cross legged with his feet hanging over the porch banister, smoking on his pipe. He heard the water trickling and he leaned forward, took the pipe out of his mouth and said, "What's that?" When his grandson told him about the little water ditch to the old well, Grandpa Daniel moved promptly to lift a front porch board and retrieve a half gallon jar of $20 gold pieces. After the young boy found another dusty old jar full of gold coins, Grandpa Daniel decided to put his money in the bank. At the time of Daniel's death, a very old check in the amount of $6666.34 was found at his home, it was signed by Ran Batson, it was in return for a loan. He remarked that Daniel Peyton had more confidence in his signature than in the bank.
When Daniel Peyton and Emmaline started their young lives as husband and wife in that frontier day they had only but a few needed tools, a broadax, a drawing knife, grind stone, auger, and a mall (a hammer with a wedge to split rails for fence post and shingles for the roof.) With only a rifle, a dog, pony and a milk cow they were soon settled and ready for the birth of their first son, all with in the first year of their married life. Daniel was a good shot with his rifle and he enjoyed fishing. By hard work, sound thinking, thriftiness and good planning they soon accumulated what would be a fortune by today's standards, at the age of 78, he left an estate of cash assets of $38,000.00.
Indians followed animal paths to make trails that guided our first Daniel Davis and his young son, James, when they first came to the Mississippi Territory to settle. They helped other pioneers blaze new trails through virgin forests to trading posts many miles apart and usually located along river banks. Their grandson and son, Daniel Peyton traveled these roads with yoke ox teams to market his goods. With the passing of time these slow moving teams gave way to faster moving mules and horses. A progressive man with a good horse and buggy was recognized in grandfather Daniel Peyton's day.
ELI PEYTON DAVIS
GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER
The first child, (Eli Peyton), son of Daniel Peyton and Emmaline Lee Davis was the first of seventy-seven grandchildren of James and Elizabeth Worthy Davis. Eli Peyton, like his father, Daniel Peyton, was named for his grandmother's brother Peyton Worthy. Eli Peyton was born one year and five days after his parents were married and he was nine years old at the beginning of the Civil War
. In his later years, Eli Peyton and his wife Alzada were known affectionately as "Uncle Pate" and Aunt Zada" by all who knew and loved them.
Like his thrifty father before him, Peyton Davis preferred the soil, cattle and sheep for his livelihood and he provided well for his family of eleven children, their third child was Guy Fletcher Davis who was my great grandfather.
Eli Peyton and Alzada had very little educational advantages and learned most of their ways of life from their fine parents and were still able to make a good living, raise their children and become model citizens.
Like so many of the offspring of Daniel Peyton Davis they were successfully in giving their eleven children educational opportunity that they themselves did not have. Many finished college and followed the professions, though most of the Davis-Worthy bloodlines still prefer farming and cattle production as their livelihoods.
Someone once remarked, "I just can't see how they did it." This person was trying to vision how Alzada and Peyton, as a young couple of 1874, raising and educating such a large family. We would like it known that their lives were an inspiration to all of their decendants, that by hard work, lots of courage, thinking and thrifty management the main goal of life is a reachable one. May the generations of today learn by the success of our fore-fathers and mothers and use that as a foundation for their own lives.
Alzada's mother was Delphia Batson and her father was Benjamin Davis. Alzada's grandfather "Big Jim" and Peyton's grandfather (1804-1892) were both named James Davis and each raised large families in South Mississippi.
Alzada's Grandfather James "Big Jim" Davis married Saarah Swetman and they had eight children.
RESOURCES: Davis Family History, by Thomas David Davis
Ms. Department of Archives and History, in Jackson, MS North Pearl River County, by L.M. Davis
CONTINUING MY DAVIS ANCESTORS, ELI PEYTON DAVIS
GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER
The first child, (Eli Peyton), son of Daniel Peyton and Emmaline Lee Davis was the first of seventy-seven grandchildren of James and Elizabeth Worthy Davis. Eli Peyton, like his father, Daniel Peyton, was named for his grandmother's brother Peyton Worthy. Eli Peyton was born one year and five days after his parents were married and he was nine years old at the beginning of the Civil War
. In his later years, Eli Peyton and his wife Alzada were known affectionately as "Uncle Pate" and Aunt Zada" by all who knew and loved them.
Like his thrifty father before him, Peyton Davis preferred the soil, cattle and sheep for his livelihood and he provided well for his family of eleven children, their third child was Guy Fletcher Davis who was my great grandfather.
Eli Peyton and Alzada had very little educational advantages and learned most of their ways of life from their fine parents and were still able to make a good living, raise their children and become model citizens.
Like so many of the offspring of Daniel Peyton Davis they strived very successfully to give their eleven children every educational opportunity that they themselves did not have, and many of them finished college and followed the professions for a few years. It is here that I would like to take note that we will find several Davis-Worthy bloodlines standing out with a good percentage of well educated and very thrifty children-although most still prefer farming and cattle production as their livelihoods.
Someone once remarked, "I just can't see how they did it." This person was trying to vision how Alzada and Peyton, as a young couple of 1874, raising and educating such a large family. We would like it known that their lives were an inspiration to all of their decendants, that by hard work, lots of courage, thinking and thrifty management the main goal of life is a reachable one. May the generations of today learn by the success of our fore-fathers and mothers and use that as a foundation for their own lives.
Alzada's mother was Delphia Batson and her father was Benjamin Davis. Alzada's grandfather "Big Jim" and Peyton's grandfather (1804-1892) were both named James Davis and each raised large families in South Mississippi.
Alzada's Grandfather James "Big Jim" Davis married Saarah Swetman and they had eight children.
RESOURCE: Davis Family History, by Thomas David Davis il War.
CONTINUING MY DAVIS ANCESTORS, DANIEL PEYTON DAVIS GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER
Daniel Peyton Davis was born September 14, 1832 and died on July 13, 1914. Daniel Peyton was the second child of James Davis and Elizabeth Worthy Davis, grandson of Daniel and Esther Davis. Daniel Peyton was named after his grandfather Daniel Davis and his mother's brother Peyton Worthy. He was a sincere, sharp minded, strong in character, and quiet in manner with a gift of wit. He had a lovable personality and was well respected by everyone who knew him. Daniel had exceptional business judgment and was a very sucessful livestock grower. He knew how to make money, how to use it wisely and how to save money. His cattle and sheep herds were large and grazed for miles around his old homestead where he lived for 56 years.
Daniel Peyton was born in Copiah County where his grandfathers, Daniel Davis and John G. Worthy lived. He lived nearby until the age of 12, when his parents, James and Elizabeth Worthy Davis moved to Hancock County. Where they moved to was three miles south of the community of Caesar, he lived there until he married at the age of 19 and moved to his old homestead site.
His land patent of May 20, 1862 was signed by then President Grover Cleveland and was filed in Pearl River County on October 9, 1907.
Daniel Peyton Davis married 18 year old Emmaline Lee. She was a devoted Christian mother who was praised by everyone for her fireside teachings of her nine children and the strong principles that she instilled into their personalities. Emmaline's mother was Cynthia Seal and her father was John Lee.
When Daniel and Emmaline's fifth child was small, Daniel enlisted into the Confederate Army on August 2, 1862 in Harrison County, Mississippi. His enlisting offficer was Captain J.M. Poitevent of the 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry. Daniel's named is on the Company E muster roll for the 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry from October 31,1862 until June 30, 1863.
During this time in service Daniel was captured by a Union Army Patrol around early May of 1863. They tied him up, put him up on his horse and rode a long hard days ride to the north. Later that day the commanding officer of the Patrol decided to make camp for the night. A guard was placed on Daniel, camp was made, the horses were taken care of, and the night's meal was prepared. When everyone had eaten, even Daniel, they went to sleep except for Daniel and his guard.
After Daniel was sure the men were fast asleep, he asked the guard to come over to him, he told the guard that he would give him $100 in gold coin if he would give him the chance to escape. The guard agreed to do this deed. So, Daniel told him where to find the money, that he had hidden on his person. The money was exchanged and Daniel's hands and feet were untied. The guard walked away for a short period of time and Daniel ran for the nearest horse, and rode off into the night as fast as the horse could carry him. A shot was fired over his head but he was to far away for the patrol to stop him.
Grandfather Daniel Peyton's keen knowledge of money matters are well known by his ancestors living throughtout the coastal counties, Pearl River and Stone included, he never lost money in the bank failures that were so possible in his day. He was a good judge of character, he made loans to many of his friends and family members and was always paid back. This is an example of how old Daniel Peyton was about his money, a cattleman once was loaned $1000 in gold coin, later when he returned to pay the loan back he had regular currency, it was refused with "you got it in gold and I want in back in gold."
When his wife, Emmaline died, he invited a son and his family to live with him. One day his grandson, was playing, he made a trench so rain water would run from the house eves to an old well opening, under the front porch. As the rain fell, old Daniel sat cross legged with his feet hanging over the porch bannister, smoking on his pipe. He heard the water trickling and he leaned forward, took the pipe out of his mouth and said, "What's that?" When his grandson told him about the little water ditch to the old well, Grandpa Daniel moved promptly to lift a front porch board and retrive a half gallon jar of $20 gold pieces. After the young boy found another dusty old jar full of gold coins, Grandpa Daniel decided to put his money in the bank. At the time of Daniel's death, a very old check in the amount of $6666.34 was found at his home, it was signed by Ran Batson, it was in return for a loan. He remarked that Daniel Peyton had more confidence in his signature than in the bank.
When Daniel Peyton and Emmaline started their young lives as husband and wife in that frontier day they had only but a few needed tools, a broadaxe, a drawing knife, grind stone, auger, and a mall (a hammer with a wedge to split rails for fence post and shingles for the roof.) With only a rifle, a dog, pony and a milk cow they were soon settled and ready for the birth of their first son, all with in the first year of their married life. Daniel was a good shot with his rifle and he enjoyed fishing. By hard work, sound thinking, thriftiness and good planning they soon accumulated what would be a fortune by today's standards, at the age of 78, he left an estate of cash assets of $38,000.00.
Indians followed animal paths to make trails that guided our first Daniel Davis and his young son, James, when they first came to the Mississippi Territory to settle. They helped other pioneers blaze new trails through virgin forests to trading posts many miles apart and usually located along river banks. Their grandson and son, Daniel Peyton traveled these roads with yoke ox teams to market his goods. With the passing of time these slow moving teams gave way to faster moving mules and horses. A progressive man with a good horse and buggy was recongnized in grandfather Daniel Peyton's day.
RESOURCES: Davis Family History, by Thomas David Davis
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, in Jackson, MS
North Pearl River County, by L.M. Davis
ORIGINAL LADNER ARRIVED IN 1719 by Sandy Ladner
A young Swiss named Luis Christian de L'Adner arrived on what is now the Mississippi Coast in 1719, after being exiled from France for dealing in black market salt. This young man, who had black hair, blue eyes and stood only five feet and four inches tall, lived to be over 100 years old, and he left a mark on the Mid-Gulf area equaled possibly by no other man. He was the original Ladner (Ladnier). His descendants today number into the thousands and are concentrated in an area from New Orleans to Mobile and as far North as Lumberton. De L'Adner a native of Pisterene, Switzerland, was only one year old when the Biloxi Bay area was settled by the French in 1699. He came to the Coast, arriving on the ship La Marie. When he arrived at the age of 20, he was alone. He went to New Orleans with the colony for a time and then returned to work at the Chaumont Plantation on the Pascagoula River south of the old Biloxi Indian village. When a hurricane destroyed the plantation in 1723, de L'Adner left the Pascagoula River. By this time, he had a wife and two small sons whom he brought to Cat Island. There he continued to sire children. Records show that in 1798, on Deer Island, when he was 100 years old, de L'Adner was among a group which was confirmed by the Catholic Church. His first son, Christian, settled Pass Christian in the latter part of the 18th century, and another son, Nicholos, located at what is now Long Beach. The home of Nicholos at Long Beach was eventually destroyed by fire, and all that remained on that site for many years were two chimneys which were landmarks used as navigation aids by mariners. The area became known as "The Chimneys." The house was built on a small stream known as Bear Creek. Today the chimneys are gone and the creek is no more than a low spot of land. Gulf Park College now stands at that site. Folklore has it that Pass Christian was named for Christian Ladnier who was a doctor with the d'Iberville Fleet in 1699. He discovered Pass Christian while his brother, Marianne Ladnier, discovered the Pass Marianne shoal south of the city of Pass Christian. There is no question, however, that the city of Pass Christian as well as Pass Christian channel were named for Luis Christian L'Adner.
RESOURCE: Coastlore, by Dale Greenwell and Billy Ray Quave
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MOTHER OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
It is said that every middle-aged man and woman within a 300 square mile section of South Mississippi came into the world under the gentle ministrations of Aunt Prudie Ladner, unsung heroine of the backwoods, whose life of great service reads like classic pioneer fiction.
For over 60 years Aunt Prudie, a small and twinkling blonde, was a redoubtable buffer standing between pain and the farmers of the countryside around Lumberton.
She was more than a midwife, was Aunt Prudie; she was a doctor, as well versed in things medical as many qualified physician, although she placed her greatest trust in herbs and roots which, after all, were often the same medicinals as those handed out by the physician in a different form and disguised with a Latin name. As courageous a human as ever loved the red clay hills, Aunt Prudie often braved the night alone on horseback, swimming flood-swollen streams, slipping and sloshing through bottomless gumbo, to reach the bedside of an expectant mother or dangerously ill child.
In all, Aunt Prudie during her 65 years of practice, delivered 2,914 babies and nursed back to health unnumbered thousands in a territory which included parts of five counties Lamar, Pearl River, Forrest, Marion and Stone.
Prudence Smith Ladner was born in 1852 in Smith County, Mississippi, and was taken when a child to Mobile, Alabama. She returned to Mississippi as the 16 year old bride of P.A. Ladner, and settled with him near the town of Lumberton. Prudie, young as she was then, was an expert midwife and she entered into practice. As there was no "diploma" doctor within 50 miles, she soon was called upon to treat illness' such as malaria, boils, dysentery, tonsillitis, and the mysterious flues and brain fevers of the day.
Prudie--not yet "Aunt" Prudie-took to reading "doctor" books and experimenting with ancient folk remedies. As the years went by she tried and proved to her satisfaction many a crude but effective treatment, using the natural materials that grew in the woods and fields about her.
For a kidney she brewed a tea of "four corners of the earth," a grass. Boils were brought to a head with tar salve: malaria was attacked with a tea brewed from the black snake root. Fever grass root was an admirable, If violent, purgative. Tonsillitis called for a gargle of persimmon bark, red oak bark and salt. Dysentery disappeared after a dose of tea made from red oak bark and blackberry root.
Aunt Prudie regarded herself as a mere instrument of the Lord. She coveted no secrets, was willing to teach her skills to anyone who sought to learn. Her energy was unlimited. Besides ranging as doctor throughout the countryside, she had time to tend the farm and give birth to nine children of her own.
Mr. Ladner, her husband, is said to have looked upon his wife with awe, but he was not completely overshadowed by the strenuous woman he married. At his home he set up a school, the only one within miles. Among his pupils was young Theodore Bilbo, future senator, whose youthful aliments were soothed by the wife of his schoolmaster. When public education spread to the piney woods, Mr. Ladner for many years was supervisor of a Pearl River county district.
Legends were often spun around Aunt Prudie while she still was a young woman. Not legend but fact, however, is the story still told about the night her horse slipped in a storm and fell on Aunt Prudie, breaking her foot, instead of returning home for help she continued on to her destination, was carried from her horse into a house where she delivered a baby; then was carried back to her horse which she rode home.
"Aunt Prudie was sure the mother of this country," remarked one old timer, himself delivered by her. "She was a lot more'n jest a midwife. She give us a lot of advice on everythin' she made us believe in the power of prayer. If we couldn't pay her, she treated us anyways."
And Prudie was also the jolliest citizen of the hills, a lively, bubbling person whose laughter and capering were the making of many an otherwise routine shindig.
Mr. Ladner died in 1916, and Aunt Prudie took over the entire management of her bulging household. As the years passed and grandchildren came, she grew stout and was no longer able to make the tortuous trips across country astride a horse. But until she was 80 years old she was always eager to do battle with fear and pain. Aunt Prudie died in August, 1945, at the age of 93. She left seven surviving children and 35 grandchildren-her family can not agree on how many great-grandchildren. She left also a glowing memory in the hearts of the thousands she aided in her six decades of doctoring.
RESOURCE: The Times-Picayune New Orleans States Magazine Lumberton Heritage ll, compiled by H. Mason Sistrunk
William Wheat Legend
SOUTH CAROLINA
"William Wheat (Captain Billy) left home one day. When he returned, all the houses had been burned, four of his children had been scalped and were laying in the yard. His wife and two other children were gone.
A few months later, his wife escaped from the Indians and returned home. William followed the missing sons for three years and found them in the Indian camp one night near the lakes. While the Indians were asleep, the boys were retrieved and they traveled three days in the wrong direction to confuse the Indians.
From then on, William Wheat spent most of his time hunting and killing Indians and attained the title "Indian Fighter" or "The Killer".
Handed down through the years is an old razor that belonged to William. The handle was made from the ribs of an Indian he had killed.
"William fought in the Revolutionary War Under General Francis Marion "Swamp Fox". William was killed in South Carolina by a Tory (Pro British). William saw an Indian across the river, shot him and swam across to scalp him. While recrossing the river, he was shot. It was supposed an Indian had shot him, but a Tory, later bragged he had killed Captain Wheat. Williams son hunted the Tory down and killed him"...
Source Wheat Genealogy By Dan D. Wheat
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Picayune's First Jarrell
By Tom Stevens
It was understood from local sources that all historical information was lost on Stephen Jarrell and he was supposed to be a Scotsman or a Frenchman. I have found information that leads me to believe. Stephen Jarrell was Irishman and he came from Georgia. cont. page 8
Isaac Jarrell obtained a Georgia Passport in Columbia County Tuesday Nov. 13, 1810 to cross the Creek Indian Nation. (Map on Page 4)
That would put Jarrells in Mississippi by 1811 which is when Stephen Jarrell is supposed to have arrived. I think he was one of this group.
Legend, as told by George Fitzgerald to his grandson said, "There were two original Fitzgerald boys, ages fourteen and sixteen that came to Mississippi from Georgia and their parents were from Ireland. They settled in Louisiana near Covington and operated a sawmill for a short time. Then one of them returned to Mississippi and the other went to back to Georgia. John either died or left the area about 1840. The Fitzgeralds appear to have come to Mississippi with the McCains who came from Ireland."
Names in the early 1800's were spelled as they sounded and so was Fitzgerald. Some Dropped the Fitz and used Gerald, while others used Jerrold or Jarrell. This was a common occurrence with many names at this time.
George Fitzgerald who married Rebecca G. Hines , married as a Gerald. In 1850 he was Gerald, in 1860 he was a Jeral, and in the Confederate records he was a Fitzgerald. To add to the confusion the Washington Parish Court House burned down leaving the census as principle source of records for the researcher.
**William L. Gerald - born 1796 Ga. Married in Marion Co. Miss. 12-27-1817 Coley Carson - daughter of George Carson.
Source - Hines & Sumrall with Related Families. by E.H. Hines
Most people believe Stephen Jerrell was the first white man to live in the Picayune area.
In about 1798, a group of settlers came up the Pearl River and built a stockade on Cedar Gove Hill, one quarter mile southeast of Nicholson. They chose their site for two important reasons. Alligator Branch is fed by a spring and was on the east side of the settlement and Cedar Grove Hill was better protection against Indian attack because of the steep sides on approximately forty percent of its circumference. This protection failed them badly.
Within a year of settling there, Creek or Yamacraw Indians (from where the Crosby Plant was later located) came in and massacred all of the grown men. They were buried in the cemetery that is still there.
The women and children moved one and one half miles southeast to Indian Camp Branch and lived with the Choctaw Indians there. One of the survivors was eight years old Alvin McCall. When he was old enough he married the Choctaw Chief's daughter. Their daughter Polly married Solomon Johnson. Solomon's daughter Harriot married Reuben McCarty. Reuben's son John Wesley McCarty married Eliza Jane Frierson. John Wesly McCarty's son Curtis Wesly McCarty married Johnnie Priscilla Sandifer. Their son is me, John Curtis McCarty.
My father was born in 1902. He drives from his home in Bogalusa twice a week to tend his garden that is in sight of where his ancestors were killed. The place he was born and raised is the place the Choctaw village was located in 1798.
The story below has never been published before. I know it to be true because it is part of my genealogy. It is also part of the genealogy of two lines of Mitchell in this area.
By John C. McCarty end...
Southern Battle Cry
Report from Poplarville
The settlers in what is now Pearl River County, were young when the Civil War started. The people were engaged in stock raising. Some had large farms, while others only had small patches. The men answered the call to stand by the South in its desire to own its own slaves, though some of them sympathized with the slaves and refused to help the South.
When the men left their homes, the responsibility of keeping the home together was entirely with the women and children. Here-to-fore women did not enter public life. There was some boy too young to go to war and they helped take care of the farms and stock. The slaves had to be directed too. Many women had no children large enough to help and did not own slaves, either. One old lady tell us she had no slaves and had to care for two young children, provide their food and clothes and tend the small farm also. The sheep had to be sheared each year, and the wool carried to market. The women also spent a great deal of time spinning thread, weaving and knitting for the soldiers.
While the men were away from home, the county was infested with Jayhawkers. They entered home, carried away what they wished and wasted more. They destroyed houses by fire and tore down fences and let sock in on the crops. They often made the women cook chicken dinners for them. After they were gone the poor women and children were left with the distruction, to do the best they could toward rebuilding. The men who were not killed returned, some crippled, to find in many instances, their homes dilapidated and often a loved one dead. Wolves had devoured much of their stock . Many returned with broken health brought on by exposure. Now after these years of war they would start their life anew. They had an uneasy fear they would be mistreated by their Government.
source Pearl River County History, Mr. G. Varnado, Poplarville, Ms. ,
Old Rebel Soldier
When the Pearl River Research Project held their display of treasures in Picayune (in the 1930's), a blue ribbon was offered to be pinned on the oldest veteran of any war attending. The blue ribbon went to Mr. Ford who offered to sing us a Civil War song and did. "The Rebel Soldier"
source Pearl River County History
Source Lee's Lieutenants
New Tombstone in Bogalusa
Lawrence Penton, who has been teaching school in Bogalusa since 1956 recently received a new tombstone from the Veterans Administration for his Great Great Grandfather John Penton, a Veteran of the War of 1812. His great great grandfather born in 1806, was one of three brothers who came down from South Carolina and wound up in what they called Hancock County then and it also included part of Pearl River County. John was captured in the 1812 war, held prisoner in New Orleans and discharged in 1814. John Penton, a drummer boy, was approximately eight years old at the time of his discharge. John Penton had eight boys and they do not know how many girls, all joined Hancock County Rebels and fought in the Civil War. One son, Alfred was killed during the battle of Vicksburg. Calvin Penton another son has many descendants in the Louisiana area. Emmanuel Jordan Penton, another of John's sons was the Grandfather of Lawrence Penton.
Souece Lawrence Penton. by Tom Stevens
Penton Family Reunion July 11, National Guard Armory Picayune Ms.
PEARL RIVER COUNTY
CHAPTER #5
INDIANS
Tribes
It is hard to give an accurate account of the Indians as they were in Pearl River County before their life had been changed by contact with the white man. There are no written records kept of them or their work, and the Indians themselves when they could be questioned, no longer "remembered" They did very little farming lacking the beast of burden they could not reach the agricultural stage. For food they depended upon the killing of animals and wild fruit and berries.2 They-cultivated a few vegetables, grew a little tobacco and some rice and a patch of corn.3 Corn was their main crop and which played an important part in their life. It was easy to cultivate and did not require much work and was immediately harvested when matured. The Indians were very fond of hominy. They would boil large pots of corn and make hominy of it. Sometimes would gring up some of the corn for grits and meal. There were no grist mills here during the early life of the Indians so they would put the corn into a mortar and pound it with a pestle until it was meal. Randolph Prince was plowing among his tung trees in Pearl River County (1936) and plowed up an old Indian stone mortar which he still has in his possession. The little patches of vegetables and corn were always cultivated by the squaws with a wooden hoe or crooked stick. Mrs. Jacobs, has a hoe that was made by the Choctaw Indians. The hoe is of hammered iron and very small. The hoe was on exhibit at our county fair.
When the first white settlers came to what is now Pearl River County prior to the war of 1812, they found the Choctaw tribe roaming the country. They were living about in groups. There was an Indian village at Center, now called Caesar. This was where the Indians met to hold their cries, ball games and other big gatherings. Their main burial ground is just over the line of Pearl River County, in Hancock County. A number of families lived around what is now Poplarville when "Poplar Jim Smith" settled here, and the Indian to whom Poplar Jim paid ten bushels of corn for his claim lived where the Presbyterian Church now stands.2 A number of Indians lived between the John Starkey Dairy and the home of George Smith just south of Poplarville. These Choctaw Indians were friandly and helped Poplar Jim dig potatoes and do other farm work. The women were very helpful and tried to please Mrs. Smith in every way they could. They had their ball games just across the Railroad south of Poplarville on what we now call the Hiram Smith Place. They never touched the ball with their hands but picked it up and threw it with a cup-form on the end of a stick. They played this game in much the same way as we do basket ball, except that they all huddle together trying to get the ball.
1, 2. History of Mississippi, by Famt
3. Mrs. J. N. Bell, Pearl River County
People Helper Vol. ? No.?
John Spiers lived in times that produced heroes like Davy Crockett. The deeds of John Spiers are not so widely known but just as courageous. He was born in Georgia in 1799, where the most of the population was Indians. The method of making a living was hunting and trapping in those days and John became an expert. John Spears came to Pearl River country in his teens and settled in the area we now know as the Henleyfield Community. He is the forefather of the many Spiers now living in the general area.
According to stories John Spiers went across the Pearl River at Pool's Bluff and courted Louraney Perry just south of where Bogalusa now stands. He was a bold and courageous man in his courting as well as other ways.
After he had made a few trips across the Pearl River, he brought his bride home to Henelyfield. After the wedding, she rode the horse across the river. He swam across the wide stream and met her on the Mississippi side.
John Spiers was a hunter, woodsman and trapper and legendary in the Pearl River country. Most woodsmen in his day wore buckskins. He is said to have once killed a bear with his pocket knife as his only weapon.
He had picked up a bear cub and was carrying it, when mama bear burst through the underbrush. He realized his situation, dropped the cub and reached for his knife. With no room to run or dodge, he went straight for the bear and struck for her heart. He was wounded severely in the shoulder and bleeding from the throat, but he made it home where his family took care of his wounds.
John was kind, fun loving, well liked and noted for his hospitality. He killed a lot of bears and a lot of wolves.
Source Glory Land SG Thigpen Pearl River County History
LOGGING IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY
Source: PRCH, Lucy Beard, Canvasser, August 12, 1936
When the early settlers came into what is now Pearl River County, they found a wealth of timber in the long leaf pine. Vast acres were covered with this beautiful and valuable timber. They began to cut the trees and build their homes of the logs and to clear it away for their fields. So plentiful it seemed that these settlers thought nothing of caring for the trees at all. Log rollings were held and giant logs rolled together and burned. The owners did not dream they were destroying a gold mine.
The only people at that time who objected to this slaughter of trees were the Indians. How they grieved to see their loved pines cut and destroyed. Very soon the northern capitalists saw the opportunity to make a great sum of money by buying the timber from the settlers at ridiculously low prices and holding it until they should see fit to make it into lumber for the market. Much of this fine timber sold to the northern man for $1.25 per acre. Very few of the people kept their timber.
About the time that the timber was being bought so rapidly by the companies, the settlers were cutting giant logs and floating them down Pearl River to Gainesville and the coast where they were made into ship timber. Many of the older men tell stirring tales of the dangers and thrills of the river men as they rode their rafts of logs to market.
One citizen told me that he had cut down giant pines with an ax, the desired length ready to haul for ten cents a tree. The means of transporting this timber to the mill was by water. The first logging was done with a two-wheel cart, the wheels about six feet high pulled with three or four yoke of oxen. The cart had a long tongue and a windlass with a set of hooks that was used to pick up the logs about two feet high in order to clear any obstacle on the ground. With the high wheels they could drive over logs with the cart. In those days they had very crude tools compared to what they have now. 5 There were no cross-cut saws, files, etc. The trees were cut down with an ax the desired length thirty to fifty feet depending on the order they had The axes were sharpened on a grinding stone.
The carts picked the logs up and carried them to the landing. They were hauled two or three miles sometimes and only one log at a time - they only made two or three trips a day on long hauls. These landings were places where they put the logs in the water to float them down to market. Some of these locations still bear the names of those old landings. Some of the logging men floated their logs loose in the river. The only raft was the one they built the kitchen on, it was carried behind the logs. Boards were put over the cracks in the legs and dirt put over the boards (the boards were hewn). On this a fire was built and they cooked their meals in Dutch ovens.
Some wonderful times and some good meals were had on those trips, for it took several days to run the logs to market. They had venison and wild game in abundance. When it was too wet to stop over and sleep on the banks of the river, they slept on the kitchen. They had a tent to stretch over the kitchen when it rained to keep their groceries dry. The crew usually consisted of about six or seven men, two in the front, two in the center and two in the back and often an extra man who was a pretty good cook. The crew was paid from $1.25 to $1.75 per day and their board. The drive consisted of from 300 to 500 logs, sometimes more. Very often the logs would get jammed together in the bend of the river and it would take lots of hard work to get them loose. Some of our citizens logged as far up on Pearl River as twenty miles south of Jackson. The logs were carried to Pearlington and other points on the Coast. There a boom was stretched across the river to catch the logs. An inspector then came and inspected and scaled the logs. The logging men received $5 and $6 per thousand for the choicest heart yellow pine logs.
After the railroad came through the county the saw mills began to locate here. Of the 20,000 people in the county in l921, l0,000 were employed in the lumber industry. In 1929, there were fifteen saw mills operating in Pearl River County. The camps that grew up around these saw mills were small towns and furnished excellent markets for the farmers produce. Among the larger mills in the county were Edward Hines, Weston, Goodyear and Williams Yellow
Pine. There were numerous smaller ones.
Economic History of Pearl River County by G. J Everitt, a former school principal of Pearl River County.
5. Dan Thigpen.
"Aunt Viny" cont.
Viny's daughter, Aramantha Mitchell married William Wheat in 1856.
(As recorded by Hezakiah Wheat)
"The Civil War had not long been in progress when Yankee thieves, plunderers and rapists had made their way down as far as the Gulf waters, when they turned a battalion of the very dregs of humanity at Napoleons's Bluff. (located 3 mi. south of Gainesville - now NASA)
Our paw hastened to organize a company of (dead shots), took them down the river to Camp Clark at Shieldsboro (Bay of St. Louis) where they joined the Confederate Army as "the Gainesville Volunteers". When my Father left home he told Mama, " We will clean them all out in less than a month and I will be back home." After a month, Mama went down river to Camp Clark to make an inquiry. She was told they were all shipped out on more urgent duty. After months of silence, she received a letter telling that her husband had been seriously wounded and was in a Yankee Hospital Camp in North Mississippi. Then ____ we could find out nothing for many months.
One Day a flat boat anchored at Nepolean's Bluff with whistle blowing mournfully and never ceasing, Mama ran towards it. She saw Papa on crutches, being helped from the boat. A living skeleton fell in Mama's arms. He had walked halfway home from Grenada Mississippi. His shoes were padded with rags and both feet were covered with broken blisters. He had been wounded several times. Our courageous Father did not survive long."
Military Record Wm. G Wheat, Hancock Co., Mississippi Cavalry, CSA, Co. D, 17th Battalion.
( son of Joseph Wheat)
Bill and Amarantha had only seven years together before he died of wounds and exposure during his service. At age 27, Aramantha was left a widow with small children. When William Wheat died, Napoleon's Bluff was still a dangerous place to live, with Federal war traffic still on the river and Yankee scalawags roaming the woods. The Yankees had eaten all of Amarantha's cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, robbed her store, smokehouse, her potato banks, and they were all starving. They were invited "to come one, come all" to live with Mama and Papa (Viny and John Mitchell), so they moved to Nicholson, where they remained until Aramantha married James Martin. He built a home at Flat Top (now part of NASA).
Source Five Descending Generations from Linda and Robert M. Mitchell compiled by Vivian Davis Bornemann
People Helper VI
AUNT VINIELavina West Mitchell born in Washington Parish LA. Close family ties were important to Sarah Pittman. As her life drew to a close, she made her 10 children promise to hold a reunion on a day in August for the rest of their lives. That deathbed promise is still being honored to this day. Barry Pittman, at a reunion 2 years ago, told a story about his great, great, great Grandmother, Lavina West Mitchell, who lived in Nicholson, Miss. during the Civil War. He talked about the time the federal troops from Gainesville helped themselves to some of Vinie's best cows. Aunt Vinie was a small woman weighing hardly a hundred pounds, but when provoked was easily aroused. She gave the soldiers a tongue lashing and she told them she would make sure every last one of them died. They were all killed in a short time. Some of them are buried near her home which stood just north of where the Cedar Grove Church now is. So many of these troops were waylaid and killed that only larger groups were sent out to forage for supplies.
Aunt Vinie's maiden name was Lavina West. She was born on August 17, 1806 and married John M. Mitchell in 1825. Lavinia West Mitchell died at over 90 years of age and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. She literally has hundreds of descendants now living in the area.
Source Ila Mae Pittman Smith
Book by S.G. Thigpen
By Tom Stevens
Corrected by Tom Stevens
"Aunt Viny"
I think I did Aunt Viny an injustice in the last issue. The 2nd hand stories I took my story from were, I think, a little exaggerated. Try this version.
John M. Mitchell and Lavina West Mitchell owned and operated a store in Nicholson. They farmed, raised and sold cattle and bred fine horses.
Courthouse records show that Lavina "Aunt Viny" was involved in numerous real estate deals. She was apparently literate, well informed and devout in her belief in God.
In 1849, John Mitchell injured his back breaking a unruly filly. He suffered a great deal and spent a great deal of time at a popular "Healing Springs", up Pearl River, north of Joseph Wheat's Plantation and run by the Ott family. He was in such bad shape, he thought he was going to die and made his will. About 1855-56, he was miraculously cured. His back probably slipped back in place.
He made it home in time for Amarantha's wedding to Bill (William Green Wheat) Wheat in 1856. (story in following Issue)
Louisa Ann Mitchell, Viny's youngest daughter, told her last bit of history just before she died in Dec. 11, 1932.
"My sister, Amarantha's husband Bill Wheat, died shortly after he came home from wounds and exposure which he received in Service in the Civil War. My brother, Rutillious, came back limping using a cane so he could walk. He was captured twice in a Yankee prison camp. My brother, Cecellius and his son Rutillous, went off to war and made it home in good shape. My sister Peg's husband Dave Stockstill, also fought, but came home OK. They just riddled the body of my sister's, Mary Jane Bennett's Husband with Yankee bullets, but he made it home. I shall never forget My Mothers "Viny's" face during all those awesome years, and how she and papa rallied to help us all.
When them Yankee thieves, plunderers and rapists got down along Pearl River, and one tried to force his way through Mama's gate, she shot him dead and hung him over the gate. She came into the house where I was huddled in a corner, muttering, "That's for my son in one of your prison camps and that's for my son-in-law in one of your stinking hospitals. Mama blew her distress horn so Papa would come. Her little gray donkey came running when he heard her horn. Then Mama sat down and started rocking and singing hymns. Her face was white as a sheet. She ask me to get her pipe."
After the Civil War, when age was creeping up on Viny, she was seen often riding a small gray donkey named "Cusseta", gentle and easy for a petite lady to mount. She grew and cured her own tobacco and enjoyed her pipe, until she was too old and weak to hold it.
Lavinia West Mitchell died at over 90 years of age and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. She literally has hundreds of descendants now living in the area.
Source: Five Generations Mitchell
byVivan Davis Bornemann
Source: Ila Mae Pittman Smith
by Tom Stevens
End of People Helper Stories
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Pearl River County Cemeterys - by Vicky Lang
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY RECORDED: 10 DECEMBER 1994 LOCATION: PAGE 1 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== ALEXANDER,Laura Mittie MITCHELL [10 OCT 1932] [26 JAN 1979] W/O Robert D/O Dave W MITCHELL & LIllie Mae COOPER
ALEXANDER,Robert Jr [30 MAY 1925] [16 JAN 1978] H/O Laura
BAUGHMAN,Edward [15 SEP 1916] [01 OCT 1973] H/O Lenora S/O Enoch BAUGHMAN & Martha MITCHELL
BAUGHMAN,Lenora PHELPS [15 JUN 1924] [ ] W/O Edward
BAUGHMAN,Martin Paul [12 APR 1910] [19 JAN 1977] H/O Hester S/O Enoch BAUGHMAN & Martha MITCHELL
BAUGHMAN,Nelson "Nelcie" [14 JAN 1942] [13 AUG 1976] H/O Judy S/O Enoch BAUGHMAN & Martha MITCHELL
BAUGHMAN,Thomas Enoch [05 FEB 1908] [03 NOV 1989] S/O Enoch BAUGHMAN & Martha MITCHELL
DEDEAUX,J S [17 FEB 1932] [15 JAN 1984] SP/O m:19 APR 1958 Sydney
DEDEAUX,Sydney M [08 SEP 1934] [ ] SP/O J S
FAIRCHILD,Charles Alan [23 SEP 1948] [ ] H/O Peggy S/O Charles William FAIRCHLD & Eunice Marie MOORE
FAIRCHILD,Charles William [09 MAY 1929] [02 APR 1977] H/O Eunice S/O Hulon FAIRCHILD & ? Marie MOORE
FAIRCHILD,Darline [04 JUL 1974] [04 JUL 1974] D/O
FAIRCHILD,Eunice Marie MOORE [16 FEB 1929] [12 FEB 1972] H/O D/O Charles W
FAIRCHILD,Johnny Keith [30 AUG 1969] [27 JUN 1971] S/O Johnny FAIRCHILD &
FAIRCHILD,Peggy Lynn [14 DEC 1950] [ ] W/O D/O Charles A
GERALDSON,Vear Evelyn [04 APR 1935] [ ] W/O Wayne D/O
GERALDSON,Wayne E [04 AUG 1924] [25 FEB 1990] H/O Vear E S/O
HERNDON,Infant Son [30 JUN 1989] [30 JUN 1989] S/O Steve HERNDON & Lisa
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY RECORDED: 10 DECEMBER 1994 LOCATION: PAGE 2 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== McIVER,Amanda Elizabeth [ 1905] [ 1994] W/O Donald D/O
McIVER,Donald J [ 1880] [ 1972] H/O Amanda S/O
MITCHELL,Charles F [17 FEB 1931] [13 JAN 1981] S/O Dave W MITCHELL & Lillie Mae COOPER
MITCHELL,Dave W [23 SEP 1899] [09 JAN 1971] H/O Lillie S/O George W MITCHELL & Laura L FORNEA
MITCHELL,Douglas F [05 DEC 1957] [14 OCT 1969] S/O
MITCHELL,George Elis [14 MAR 1934] [ ] H/O Glenda S/O Joseph E MITCHELL & Viola P MITCHELL
MITCHELL,Glenda Jo GALLOWAY [09 FEB 1937] [12 APR 1994] W/O George D/O
MITCHELL,James Riley [05 DEC 1926] [26 MAY 1958] H/O Maggie S/O Dave W MITCHELL & Lillie Mae COOPER
MITCHELL,JOSEPH Edward "Joe" [16 MAR 1905] [03 JUN 1956] H/O Viola S/O George W MITCHELL & Laura L FORNEA
MITCHELL,Lillie May COOPER [23 AUG 1903] [17 MAY 1958] W/O Dave W D/O Lorenza Dow COOPER & Mattie S
MITCHELL,Ody Wayne [16 SEP 1987] [16 SEP 1987] S/O
MITCHELL,Ramona Lois [23 DEC 1960] [16 JAN 1961] D/O
MITCHELL,Viola P MITCHELL [04 APR 1910] [ ] H/O Joseph D/O Joseph William MITCHELL & Emaline Cordelia
MITCHELL,William C [06 JUN 1921] [04 JUL 1971] H/O Iva S/O Dave W MITCHELL & Lillie Mae COOPER Loy
MOORE,Eunice M [17 MAR 1910] [16 DEC 1991] H/O Howard D/O
MOORE,Howard T [09 SEP 1941] [09 SEP 1963] H/O Eunice S/O
PARKER,Adolph [10 APR 1892] [11 MAR 1954] H/O S/O MS WAGONER CO G 114 AMMO TN WWI Louella
PARKER,Jewell Adolph [04 APR 1937] [13 OCT 1979] H/O Shelby S/O Adolph PARKER & Louella MITCHELL
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY RECORDED: 10 DECEMBER 1994 LOCATION: PAGE 3 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== PARKER,Lee L [ 1931] [24 JAN 1950] S/O Adolph PARKER & Louella MITCHELL
PARKER,Louella MITCHELL [03 AUG 1902] [30 MAY 1965] W/O Adolph D/O George W MITCHELL & Laura L FORNEA
SHELTON,Norman R [10 NOV 1939] [24 MAY 1961]
SMITH,Anita MOORE [07 JUN 1931] [ ] W/O Horace
SMITH,Annie R [13 DEC 1898] [ ] W/O Horace
SMITH,Christine "Chris" [12 JAN 1942] [ ] W/O D/O M/O Alicia Garland
SMITH,Garland T [10 OCT 1935] [19 FEB 1992] H/O Chris S/O Horace SMITH Sr & Annie R
SMITH,Horace "June" Jr [26 SEP 1925] [12 JUN 1987] H/O Anita S/O Horace SMITH Sr & Annie R
SMITH,Horace Sr [09 JUL 1897] [05 MAR 1981] H/O Annie
STEWART,Lucious D [ 1902] [ 1964] H/O Vernis
STEWART,Vernis [ 1905] [ 1964] W/O Lucious
STINES,Ludie C [04 AUG 1912] [13 FEB 1962] MS TEC 5 236 AAA SLT BN CAC WWII
SWEEDEN,Arlee B [11 SEP 1935] [15 OCT 1955] S/O Leona C SWEEDEN
SWEEDEN,Leona C [10 JUN 1905] [11 SEP 1973]
WORMSER,Margaret Andrea [06 AUG 1974] [11 AUG 1974]
WREN,Stella Lavada [02 OCT 1900] [20 FEB 1987]
YOUNG,Alfred L [24 JUL 1954] [09 APR 1987]
#12-INFANT SIZE GRAVE, SURROUNDED BY BRICKS.
#1-A FLOWERS UP AGAINST BACK FENCE - COULD BE GRAVE?
HUMPHREY {FAMILY CEMETERY} RECORDED: 31 DECEMBER 1994 LOCATION: S 31, T 2 S, R 17 W; ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== DAVIS,Nora SIMS [ 1897] [ 1974] D/O
HUMPHREY,Cecil Ray [28 DEC 1916] [18 NOV 1972] H/O Rita M S/O James Robert "Jim" HUMPHREY & Ada Louise MALLEY MS PVT US ARMY WWII HUMPHREY,Grace Virginia [23 DEC 1907] [ ] W/O Joseph F D/O James T JARRELL & Julia HARVEY
HUMPHREY,John F Jr [07 NOV 1970] [06 NOV 1982] S/O
HUMPHREY,Joseph Franklin [26 AUG 1904] [06 JUN 1988] H/O Gracie J S/O James Robert "Jim" HUMPHREY & Ada Louise MALLEY
HUMPHREY,Rita MOULIN [ 1922] [ 1986] W/O Cecil Ray D/O
LOCKAMY,Jonathan M [21 OCT 1986] [21 OCT 1986] IS/O
OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 02 JAN 1995 LOCATION: S 5, T 1 S, R 15 W; PAGE 01 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BILBO,Ethel M STEWART [24 MAR 1903] [24 JUL 1988] W/O Joel J
BILBO,Joel J [27 JUN 1899] [08 JUL 1973] H/O Ethel M
BROOME,Joy Elaine [07 FEB 1935] [28 MAR 1976]
BROOME,Ruth Elaine [ JAN 1962] [ JAN 1962]
BROWN,Grady [08 JUL 1916] [06 APR 1978] H/O Ruth B
BRONW,Ruth BYRD [22 NOV 1916] [26 NOV 1979] W/O Grady
BURGE,Infant [25 NOV 1984] [06 DEC 1984] I/O M/M Larry BURGE
BUSTIN,Bobby Joe [02 MAR 1953] [23 DEC 1982]
BUSTIN,Michael Eddy [03 MAR 1955] [20 MAY 1994]
BYRD,Charles Eli [08 OCT 1890] [24 JAN 1962] H/O Ruby C
BYRD,D B (Delbert?) [09 OCT 1904] [02 DEC 1961]
BYRD,Delbert B [05 DEC 1932] [22 NOV 1933] S/O D B BYRD
BYRD,Douglas Raymond [22 APR 1961] [24 APR 1961] S/O M/M Joe BYRD
BYRD,Dunnan S [26 SEP 1850] [21 OCT 1933] H/O Harriett E S/O Elijah BYRD & Laura Ann HALL HARVEY
BYRD,Harriett E WHEAT [06 JUL 1855] [24 FEB 1931] W/O Dunnan S D/O James A WHEAT & Mary Magalene STOCKSTILL
BYRD,James E [07 MAR 1873] [12 OCT 1923] H/O Kate M S/O Dunnan S BYRD & Harriett E WHEAT
BYRD,Kate M [15 MAY 1884] [03 SEP 1962] W/O James E
BYRD,Leslie Ree [17 JAN 1911] [04 NOV 1975]
OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 02 JAN 1995 LOCATION: S 5, T 1 S, R 15 W; PAGE 02 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BYRD,Loye Edwin [19 AUG 1917] [27 SEP 1954]
BYRD,Maggie E [18 MAY 1883] [07 APR 1968] W/O Wilmer E
BYRD,Ruby C [26 NOV 1893] [21 MAY 1964] W/O Charles E
BYRD,Wilmer E [05 OCT 1881] [10 SEP 1967] H/O Maggie E
DALE,Hazel Marie PHILLIPS [05 JUN 1930] [25 FEB 1993]
DAVIS,George Otto [30 DEC 1930] [12 MAR 1993] H/O Patsy Ruth
DAVIS,Patsy Ruth [08 NOV 1932] [11 MAR 1993] W/O George O
DIGIOVANNI,Gertrude T [19 SEP 1923] [ ] W/O John L
DIGIOVANNI,John L [11 APR 1921] [ ] H/O Gertrude T
FAGGARD,A V Rev [20 FEB 1912] [07 JUL 1980] H/O Minnie NIX
FAGGARD,Minnie NIX [01 JAN 1922] [03 OCT 1983] W/O A V Rev
GARRETT,Earl Eld. [09 OCT 1908] [14 SEP 1985] H/O Mable B
GARRETT,Mable BYRD [07 JAN 1911] [03 JUL 1986] W/O Earl
LADNER,Addie BYRD [07 SEP 1902] [15 APR 1985] W/O Oscar
LADNER,Hattie TYNER [ 1880] [ 1964] W/O J J
LADNER,Herman E [22 JAN 1914] [ ] H/O Vivian A L
LADNER,J E [04 JUL 1913] [18 JAN 1923] S/O J J LADNER & Hattie TYNER
LADNER,J J [ 1876] [ 1957] H/O Hattie T
OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 02 JAN 1995 LOCATION: S 5, T 1 S, R 15 W; PAGE 03 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== LADNER,Nemirah W [11 OCT 1908] [31 MAY 1991]
LADNER,Oscar [05 AUG 1897] [10 APR 1965] H/O Addie B
LADNER,Vivian Alene L [01 OCT 1921] [ ] W/O Herman E
REYER,Edna D [02 MAR 1918] [ ] W/O Toxie
REYER,Toxie [18 SEP 1906] [09 MAR 1975] H/O Edna D
SPEED,Shelly Kay [20 MAY 1908] [18 JUN 1980]
STRAHAN,Boyd [ 1904] [ 1919]
STRAHAN,Douglas Dwight [25 SEP 1966] [21 FEB 1970]
STRAHAN,Marvin Claude [21 OCT 1914] [03 MAY 1988] H/O Mary L
STRAHAN,Mary LADNER [27 JUN 1915] [ ] W/O Marvin C
STRAHAN,Samuel E [ 1876] [ 1959] H/O Sarah B
STRAHAN,Sarah B [ 1878] [ 1963] W/O Samuel E
TYNER,Mary Jane BULLOCK [08 JUL 1854] [08 NOV 1928]
WILLIAMS,Gregory Allen [07 MAY 1965] [31 MAR 1987]
SPRINGHILL CEMETERY RECORDED: LOCATION: 2 24, T 1 S, R 16 W; ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BERRY,James D [24 NOV 1923] [05 JAN 1990] TEC 4 US ARMY 153 WWII
BILBO,Hiram G [03 APR 1882] [06 SEP 1901] 159 S/O Theodore BILBO & Malissia
BILBO,James L [06 OCT 1871] [15 MAR 1888] 160
BILBO,Joe M [17 OCT 1887] [30 JAN 1914] H/O Ethel 158
BILBO,Malissia [20 MAR 1853] [24 SEP 1929] W/O Theodore 156
BILBO,Theodore [27 DEC 1848] [25 DEC 1917] H/O Malissia 157
BILBO,William W [06 JAN 1869] [17 JUN 1886] 161
BRYANT,Donald K [22 DEC 1918] [04 OCT 1986] H/O Onnie L 21 PFC US ARMY WWII
BRYANT,Onnie Lee [19 AUG 1917] [ ] W/O Donald K20 M:14 NOV 1942
BURGE,Claude M [06 NOV 1904] [02 MAR 1981] H/O Josie T 96
BURGE,Josie T [01 SEP 1909] [ ] W/O Claude M 97
COCHRAN,Carrie S [12 JUN 1875] [26 DEC 1971] 114
COPELAND,Infant [18 JUL 1899] [28 JAN 1900] 133 S/O C C COPELAND & Fannie
COPLING,Annie H [25 SEP 1888] [ ] W/O John W 59
COPLING,J W Jr [14 APR 1930] [08 FEB 1981] FHM 57 S/O John W COPLING & Annie H
COPLING,John W [15 SEP 1877] [ DEC 1958] H/O Annie H 60
CRANE,Lorena M [ 1882] [ 1960] W/O Walter C 51
CRANE,Murton De "Snooks" [ 1915] [ 1960] 25
CRANE,Walter C [ 1886] [ 1965] H/O Lorena M 52
CREEL,Esther E [ 1950] 29 Infant
CREEL,Fay Nell S [07 AUG 1917] [05 DEC 1981] W/O Virgil 27
CREEL,James E [25 AUG 1937] [22 FEB 1954] OUR SON 28 S/O Virgil CREEL & Fay Nell S
CREEL,Joseph B [27 MAY 1885] [17 AUG 1965] H/O Sarah S 19
CREEL,Lucille R [03 DEC 1908] [01 JAN 1984] W/O Vanaford16
CREEL,Sarah S [19 MAY 1881] [30 JAN 1963] W/O Joseph B18
CREEL,Vanaford [14 MAY 1914] [21 MAR 1984] H/O Lucille 17
CREEL,Virgil [23 NOV 1912] [19 MAR 1988] H/O Fay Nell26
CRUTHIRD,J R [22 JUL 1874] [15 SEP 1902] 129
CRUTHIRD,Whit [07 JAN 1904] [19 JUL 1905] Infant 66 S/O E J CRUTHIRD & J D A
CRUTHIRD,William [09 OCT 1900] [09 NOV 1901] 130 S/O James CRUTHIRD & Rosey
DAVIS,Elizabeth M [12 FEB 1872] [26 MAR 1937] 85
DAVIS,Georgia M [15 MAY 1894] [05 SEP 1896] 83 D/O L D Davis & Joe
DAVIS,Infant [25 DEC 1918] [25 DEC 1918] 84 D/O Oscar DAVIS & Nora
DAVIS,Joe Mrs [11 JUN 1853] [06 AUG 1935] 81
DAVIS,Joseph E S [03 APR 1840] [15 SEP 1926] 82
DAVIS,Mary Jane [19 MAY 1859] [27 OCT 1885] 162
DAVIS,Oscar A [03 NOV 1893] [17 FEB 1952] 87
DAVIS,William J [03 MAR 1872] [11 JUN 1950] 86
FAULK,Claude William [ 1910] [ 1985] FHM 109
FAULK,Stella G [28 FEB 1919] [18 SEP 1981] 108
FEWELL,R G [13 JAN 1821] [15 OCT 1898] 80 Erected by his son, J G FEWELL
GEIGER,Daryl Reid [26 JAN 1969] [01 DEC 1988] 3
HARRIS,A W [14 MAY 1870] [27 JUL 1943] 12
HARVEY,Augustus B [ 1885] [ 1919] 112
HARVEY,Rachel S [ 1885] [ 1956] 113
HERRINGTON,Olivia R [23 NOV 1923] [07 OCT 1990] 13
HOLSTON,Hilda L [01 FEB 1915] [05 OCT 1924] 124
HOWARD,Armendia Ann [21 MAY 1921] [13 JUN 1944] 32
HOWARD,Boyd [27 NOV 1927] [ ] H/O Inez 6
HOWARD,Clinton D [ ] [09 APR 1936] MS PVT 162 35 DEPOT BRIG
HOWARD,Deloris [18 MAR 1917] [08 NOV 1992] FHM
HOWARD,Emoline S [08 JAN 1859] [03 AUG 1962] W/O HastinG P 33
HOWARD,Ernest G [07 MAY 1912] [24 JUN 1992] H/O Earnestine 31
HOWARD,Eura Mae [28 FEB 1887] [29 NOV 1966] W/O Ira R 64
HOWARD,Hasting P [10 FEB 1858] [11 OCT 1938] H/O Emeline S 34
HOWARD,Hattie [07 JUN 1899] [19 JUN 1899] 105 D/O H P HOWARD & Emoline
HOWARD,Hilda E [06 MAY 1923] [02 FEB 1936] 63
HOWARD,Inez [17 NOV 1947] [10 DEC 1987] W/O Boyd 5 m:16 JUL 1964
HOWARD,Infant - COULD NOT READ NAME OR DATES 107 I/O H P HOWARD & Emoline
HOWARD,Ira R [19 OCT 1879] [17 APR 1931] H/O Eura Mae65
HOWARD,Lemuel [ 1930] [ 1955] 36
HOWARD,Nancy [18 OCT 1890] [07 SEP 1893] 104 D/O H P HOWARD & Emoline
HOWARD,Nolie [15 JAN 1884] [26 OCT 1898] 106 D/O H P HOWARD & Emoline
JOHNSON,Samantha Inez [16 APR 1992] 4 ID/O Odis JOHNSON & Rhonda
LADNER,Albert N [28 OCT 1886] [03 DEC 1963] 163 MS PFC CO E 47 INFANTRY WWI
LADNER,Alleyne [04 JUL 1902] [14 NOV 1904] 166
LADNER,Cordelia A [22 APR 1899] [04 JAN 1991] W/O Homer C 168
LADNER,Hallie STEWART [26 OCT 1866] [15 OCT 1955] W/O Lenard L 164
LADNER,Homer C [15 MAY 1897] [10 AUG 1952] H/O Cordelia A 167 MS PVT 5 MG BN 2 DIV WWI
LADNER,John Lenard [20 JUN 1971] [19 OCT 1971] 170
LADNER,Laura Prudence SMITH [31 DEC 1853] [07 AUG 1944] W/O Paris 115
LADNER,Lenard L [28 JUL 1857] [03 MAY 1940] H/O Hallie S 165
LADNER,P A (Paris) [03 OCT 1854] [09 SEP 1916] H/O Laura P 116
LEDINGHAM,David Andrew [29 AUG 1932] [14 OCT 1981] 7
LEE,James [17 AUG 1930] [11 SEP 1990] H/O Juanita 9
LEE,Juanita A [14 SEP 1935] [01 APR 1987] W/O James 8 m:29 JUN 1950
LEONARD,Gladys [27 MAY 1910] [10 APR 1915] 89 D/O Eanous LEONARD & Myra
LEONARD,Reuben [NO DATES ] [ ] 90 CO G 14 MISS INFANTRY CSA
LEONARD,Richard Green [ 1891] [ 1944] 102
LOE,Arthur H [06 NOV 1911] [09 JUN 1988] H/O Rosemary 147
LOE,Rosemary S [21 APR 1928] [ ] W/O Arthur H 146
LOGAN,Tommy G [ 1928] [ 1986] FHM 1
LOGAN,Mildred A [ 1934] [ 1989] FHM 2
MALLEY,Alcee [28 NOV 1876] [02 SEP 1958] H/O Maggie L40
MALLEY,Maggie L [21 JAN 1874] [24 FEB 1960] W/O Alcee 39
MALLEY,Myrtle [09 SEP 1907] [20 OCT 1979] W/O William 41
MALLEY,William [13 MAR 1905] [17 FEB 1980] H/O Myrtle 42
McRAE,Samuel A [28 JUN 1866] [21 JAN 1894] 119
MERRITT,? CANNOT READ [ 15
MERRITT,Dolly RYALS [ 14
MERRITT,J N [06 JAN 1884] [09 OCT 1961] 11
MILLER,Cynthia D [07 DEC 1957] [02 MAY 1958] 143 D/O Donnie Ray MILLER & Joyce Elaine
MILLER,Donnie Ray [18 OCT 1935] [02 MAR 1982] H/O Joyce E 144
MILLER,Joyce Elaine [23 FEB 1934] [ ] W/O Donnie R 145
MOODY,Lessie Floyd [11 DEC 1905] [28 MAR 1991] H/O Willie V62
MOODY,Willie Vay [17 OCT 1919] [ ] W/O Lessee F61 m:23 FEB 1935
MORAN,Joseph [09 JUN 1877] [22 NOV 1900] 103
MURPHY,Archie O [04 NOV 1893] [21 OCT 1921] 72
MURPHY,Elizabeth [23 NOV 1850] [14 JAN 1929] W/O William 73
MURPHY,Thomas D MD [ 1878] [ 1920] 78
MURPHY,William [23 JUN 1849] [03 FEB 1930] H/O Elizabeth 74
MURPHY,Wright L Mrs [24 MAY 1884] [10 AUG 1958] 77
PULLIAM,Georgia M [16 OCT 1917] 37
REDMOND,Rosella [ 1874] [31 APR 1897] 67
ROBERTS,Candie Ann [ ] [08 AUG 1898] AGE 23 YRS 88 S/O John W ROBERTS
RODGERS,Velma MALLEY [13 MAR 1903] [28 JUN 1969] 38
SHEDD,Mikecal [09 NOV 1964] 10 Infant
SMITH,Chevis [25 JUL 1899] [20 MAR 1978] H/O Vida 155
SMITH,Claude [17 FEB ] [01 JUL 1905] TWIN 70 S/O Ellis SMITH & Mary
SMITH,Clide [17 FEB ] [25 JAN 1905] TWIN 69 S/O Ellis SMITH & Mary
SMITH,Infant [21 NOV 1933] 120
SMITH,James A 2ND Lieut [ 1812] [ 1894] H/O Sally 118 CO F 39 MISS INFANTRY CSA
SMITH,Jesse M [ 1849] [ 1935] H/O Matilda E 121
SMITH,Jewell Browder [26 JAN 1905] [12 FEB 1925] 111 D/O Jessie M SMITH & Viola BROWDER
SMITH,Mary [22 MAY 1883] [24 AUG 1887] 124 D/O Jesse M SMITH & Matilda E
SMITH,Matilda E [ 1854] [ 1922] W/O Jesse M 122
SMITH,Sally [15 JUN 1822] [28 APR 1899] W/O James A117
SMITH,Thomas [ 1825] [12 DEC 1899]
SMITH,Vida [27 JAN 1901] [26 DEC 1985] W/O Chevis 154
SMITH,Viola BROWDER [10 MAY 1864] [22 MAR 1930] 2W/O Jessie M 110
STANFORD,? BLANK [BETWEEN Terry Ann STANFORD & J C STANFORD 100
STANFORD,Augusta BUSH [09 MAR 1909] [11 MAY 1991] W/O Herbert 22
STANFORD,Cadmar [26 MAY 1965] [27 JUN 1965] 43
STANFORD,Herbert M [24 APR 1899] [04 AUG 1975] H/O Augusta 23
STANFORD,Herbert M Jr [10 AUG 1924] [19 OCT 1990]
STANFORD,Infant [16 MAR 1963] 44 I/O Lenard STANFORD & Regina
STANFORD,J C [05 DEC 1920] [03 NOV 1959] 101
STANFORD,Julius C [20 DEC 1896] [13 OCT 1960] 98
STANFORD,Terry Ann [10 JUL 1967] [10 JUL 1967]
STEGNER,Durland "Joe" [01 FEB 1914] [ ] H/O Frankie 142
STEGNER,Frankie S "WIFE" [10 NOV 1924] [ ] W/O Durland 141 m:10 NOV 1946
STEWART,Camp B [10 AUG 1926] [ ] H/O Zona F 54 S/O Claude M STEWART & Ester L m:29 AUG 1949
STEWART,Claude M [22 FEB 1878] [30 APR 1957] H/O Ester L 56 m:20 DEC 1919
STEWART,Ester L [14 APR 1894] [29 JUN 1981] W/O Claude M 55 c:ETHEL; CLAUDE; CAMP; ANNETTE;
STEWART,Infant [03 SEP 1948] 170 D/O M/M Claude STEWART Jr
STEWART,J D [ 1909] [ 1910] 79 S/O Daniel STEWART & Beulah
STEWART,Zona G [31 MAY 1924] [ ] W/O Camp B 53
STRAHAN, (BROKEN MARKER) [12 MAR 1895] [02 MAY 1897] 127
STRAHAN,Audrey [ 1921] [ 1925] Daughter 138
STRAHAN,Avery [NO DATES ] 126 S/O James STRAHAN & Louisa
STRAHAN,Berneditt [08 NOV 1884] [18 JAN 1890] 125 D/O James STRAHAN & Louisa
STRAHAN,Caroline [27 FEB 1860] [23 OCT 1939] W/O Charles 135
STRAHAN,Charles [15 OCT 1857] [02 MAY 1906] H/O Caraoline 134
STRAHAN,Cora [18 AUG 1899] [21 SEP 1899] 71 D/O Joseph STRAHAN & Mary J
STRAHAN,Dorothy M [09 FEB 1912] [12 JUN 1971] W/O Ottis B 76
STRAHAN,Esther CLUBB {MOTHER} [ 1894] [ 1980] W/O Rufus 140
STRAHAN,George Dewey [ 1898] [ 1965] H/O Grace 152
STRAHAN,Grace [ 1911] [ 1953] W/O George D 151
STRAHAN,Hollie M [ 1919] [ 1920] Daughter 137
STRAHAN,Infant [28 JUL 1903] [24 JUN 1904] MTL & STONE 132 D/O MARKER-COULD NOT READ
STRAHAN,Lillie R [07 JAN 1890] [04 JAN 1979] W/O Ollie R 149
STRAHAN,Mary L [19 JUN 1878] [11 AUG 1899] 131 D/O James STRAHAN & Louisa
STRAHAN,Ollie R [24 FEB 1889] [19 FEB 1978] H/O Lillie R 150
STRAHAN,Ottis Bernard [08 JUL 1913] [10 APR 1945] H/O Dorothy M 75
STRAHAN,Ralph [07 FEB 1919] [ ] 148
STRAHAN,Rufus {FATHER} [ 1892] [ 1953] H/O Esther C 139
STRAHAN,Warren Wife of [27 APR ] [ 1898] NOT READABLE 128
STRAHAN,Willie [NO DATES ] 136
WILLIAMS,? NO NAME/DATES
WILLIAMS,Curtis [17 JAN 1917] [22 APR 1991] 49
WILLIAMS,Curtis S [ 1895] [ 1964] 48
WILLIAMS,Daniel Travis [ 1923] [ 1958] 46
WILLIAMS,Edith [14 OCT 1917] [29 JAN 1993] 50
WILLIAMS,Izetta M [ 1899] [ 1976] 47
#58 STONE - NO MARKINGS/BETWEEN J W COPLING Jr & Annie H COPLING
BROKEN STONE BETWEEN William MURPHY & Ottis Bernard STRAHAN
#91 STONE - C M B
#92 STONE - B M G
#93 STONE - C M B
#94 STONE - W H B
#95 STONE - C M B
#171 STEWART SPACE
#172 STEWART SPACE
BAUGHMAN CEMETERY I RECORDED: 31 DEC 1994 LOCATION: S 20, T 2 S, R 17 W; PAGE 01 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BAUGHMAN,Margaret Pharzinah [03 MAR 1844] [14 DEC 1934] W/O William A D/O James Albert AMACKER & Lydia TATE
BAUGHMAN,William Allen [09 MAR 1833] [08 NOV 1921] H/O Margaret P .N BAUGHMAN CEMETERY II RECORDED: 23 AUG 1994 LOCATION: S 40, T 2 S, R 17 W; PAGE 01 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== AMACKER,Betty R POUNDS [21 JAN 1929] [
EAST PEARL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 12-23-94 LOCATION: OLD WIGGINS HWY; S 28, T 2 S, R 16 W; PAGE 01 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== ANDERSON,Joe B [18 SEP 1953] [25 DEC 1980]
ARMSTRONG,Marsha Faith [16 MAY 1959] [03 JUN 1959]
AWREY,Cleo [26 APR 1943] [ ] W/O Michael F
AWREY,Michael F [05 JUN 1936] [06 FEB 1977] H/O Cleo MSG US ARMY VIETNAM
BEECH,Artimus [07 SEP 1881] [18 OCT 1962]
BEECH,Charles Edward [ 1919] [31 JAN 1993]
BEECH,Cressie Ladner [17 JUN 1906] [13 APR 1970] W/O Dan C Sr
BEECH,Dan C Sr [13 NOV 1899] [30 NOV 1973] H/O Cressie L
BEECH,John Albert [17 MAR 1959] [15 SEP 1976]
BEECH,Mary PORTER [09 NOV 1879] [09 MAR 1974]
BENNETT,Emma Lee [21 JUN 1917] [ ] W/O Jessie
BENNETT,Jessie [21 MAR 1909] [02 JUN 1987] H/O Emma L F1 US NAVY WWII
BOONE,Benjamin Phillip [27 JAN 1930] [16 MAR 1989] H/O Doris H
BOONE,Doris HADEN [25 MAY 1929] [ ] W/O Benjamin P
BOONE,Sarah Louvenia [14 MAR 1892] [08 MAR 1966] W/O William I
BOONE,William Iria [09 APR 1888] [07 MAY 1968] H/O Sarah L
BRINKMAN,Joseph Martin [16 APR 1933] [ ] H/O Willa J m:26 APR 1957
BRINKMAN,Willa Jean STANFORD[03 OCT 1927] [05 JUN 1988] W/O Joseph M D/O Toxie W STANFORD & Hezie Mae TYNES
EAST PEARL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 12-23-94 LOCATION: OLD WIGGINS HWY; S 28, T 2 S, R 16 W; PAGE 02 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BURGE,Erma C [30 DEC 1922] [ ] W/O Roy L
BURGE,James E [14 OCT 1911] [17 JUL 1974] H/O Mable J
BURGE,Mable J [10 JAN 1912] [ ] W/O James E
BURGE,Roy L [13 APR 1915] [16 FEB 1987] H/O Erma C
COOPER,Helen Elizabeth [28 OCT 1941] [28 SEP 1988] W/O Hershel L D/O James Allen Johnson & Elizabeth CRAWLEY
CRAWLEY,Alma S [13 SEP 1916] [ ] W/O Thomas F
CRAWLEY,Thomas F [19 AUG 1918] [15 SEP 1983] H/O Alma S
DAVIS,O T [17 JUL 1912] [ ] H/O Rowena D
DAVIS,Rowena D [20 JUN 1914] [ ] W/O O T
HARTFIELD,Acy A [25 SEP 1905] [30 NOV 1979] H/O Ella A
HARTFIELD,Ella A [11 MAY 1911] [06 JAN 1981] W/O Acy A
HENNES,Don Carlos [22 MAR 1962] [23 MAR 1962] S/O Royce Gordon HENNES & Nelda Jean HOWARD
HENNES,Gordon Ray [07 JUN 1963] [08 JUN 1963] S/O Royce Gordon HENNES & Nelda Jean HOWARD
HOWARD,J M [ 1882] [ 1959]
JOHNSON,Elizabeth CRAWLEY [03 AUG 1920] [ ] W/O James A
JOHNSON,James Alfred"Worm" [30 APR 1952] [28 NOV 1975] PVT US ARMY S/O James Allen JOHNSON & Elizabeth CRAWLEY VIETNAM
JOHNSON,James Allen [26 SEP 1904] [22 MAR 1985] H/O Elizabeth
JOHNSON,James Allen Jr [14 DEC 1937] [12 MAR 1994] H/O Marion H "COWBOY" S/O James Allen JOHNSON & Elizabeth CRAWLEY
EAST PEARL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 12-23-94 LOCATION: OLD WIGGINS HWY; S 28, T 2 S, R 16 W; PAGE 03 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== KIRKLAND,Tully R [08 SEP 1899] [05 JUN 1980]
LOWE,Harvey [01 JUN 1905] [07 NOV 1914] H/O Maudie A
LOWE,Maudie A [08 JUN 1912] [ ] W/O Harvey
McBETH,Cynthia "Dodie" [01 OCT 1951] [23 MAR 1991] W/O Gene E D/O William H REYNOLDS Jr
MILLER,Claude L [16 OCT 1912] [ ] H/O Elsie I
MILLER,Elsie Irene [08 FEB 1912] [16 NOV 1978] W/O Claude L
MILLER,William D "Billy" [21 AUG 1957] [29 APR 1994] S/O M/M William MILLER GS/O Claude L MILLER
PULLEN,Ted [01 JAN 1906] [11 OCT 1981]
RESTER,Hiram Sollie [24 JAN 1909] [01 JAN 1977]
RESTER,Hiram Sollie Jr [15 NOV 1943] [06 AUG 1962] MS PFC 1065 S/O Hiram Sollie RESTER & TRANS CO TC
RYALS,George Washington [29 MAY 1931] [ ] H/O Minnie J m:20 JUL 1978
RYALS,Minnie June BURGE [29 MAY 1935] [02 JUN 1990] W/O George W
SAUCIER,Audrey B [25 AUG 1878] [07 NOV 1965]
SAUCIER,Bertha [09 FEB 1901] [30 APR 1977] W/O Elmer
SAUCIER,Elmer [29 APR 1909] [02 JUN 1984] H/O Bertha
SIMPSON,Jesse Allen [25 DEC 1938] [10 NOV 1983] SFC US ARMY VIETNAM
SIMPSON,Jesse Allen Jr [08 MAY 1963] [28 DEC 1977] S/O Jesse Allen SIMPSON Sr &
SIMPSON,Juanita Wise [04 SEP 1926] [25 FEB 1994] W/O Winston
EAST PEARL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 12-23-94 LOCATION: OLD WIGGINS HWY; S 28, T 2 S, R 16 W; PAGE 04 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== SIMPSON,Winston [24 MAY 1919] [ ] H/O Juanita W
SMITH,Daisy B [18 OCT 1921] [ ] W/O Walter R m:02 JUN 1979
SMITH,Walter Billy [04 SEP 1942] [18 APR 1992] H/O Frances B S/O Walter R "Smokey" SMITH & Bertha Mae SPIERS H/O Anvia
SMITH,Walter R "Smokey' [27 MAY 1905] [21 OCT 1984] H/O Bertha M H/O Daisy B
STANFORD,Angela Melissa [11 SEP 1962] [12 JAN 1967]
STANFORD,Hezie Mae TYNES [02 MAY 1905] [13 SEP 1990] W/O Toxie W D/O Joel Andrew TYNES & Susie Clarenda AMACKER
STANFORD,Toxie W [01 JAN 1903] [01 DEC 1967] H/O Hezie M T
WAGGONER,Cindy L [11 APR 1960] [06 MAY 1988]
WALDROP,Bertha M [30 SEP 1911] [05 MAR 1989] W/O Mack M
WALDROP,Mack M [28 APR 1897] [23 SEP 1976] H/O Bertha M
WELLS,Joe Bob [04 DEC 1945] [05 DEC 1985] H/O Jerely M S/O Archie WELLS & Mary Jo CAMERON H/O Lena P
WELLS,Lena P [20 MAR 1946] ] W/O Joe Bob m:05 MAR 1976
#43 FHM - HOLDER WELLS FH, 4007 MAIN ST, MOSS POINT, MS 39563
#63 BLANK STONE - W/O Hiram Sollie RESTER
ALEXANDER {FAMILY CEMETERY} RECORDED: LOCATION: ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== ALEXANDER,James W [ ] [23 JAN 1991] S/O
BAZOR,Freddie Ray [ ] [04 JUL 1992] H/O Jo Marie W S/O WILLIAMS,Lena Elizabeth
KING,Johnny E [ ] [05 DEC 1993] H/O Connie S/O H/O Sally Jo C HENLEYFIELD FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDED: 29 JANUARY 1995 LOCATION: S 14, T 4 S, R 18 W; PAGE 01 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== AINSWORTH,Elaine W [23 NOV 1927] [10 SEP 1984]
ARCHER,Helen S [18 JUN 1922] [ ] W/O William W
ARCHER,William W Sr [15 OCT 1918] [23 MAY 1989] H/O Helen S S SGT US ARMY WWII
ASHE,Infant [13 SEP 1960] [13 SEP 1960]
ASHE,M P (Marion Pickett?] [22 FEB 1856] [23 NOV 1913]
ASHE,Walter M [08 SEP 1901] [14 NOV 1904] S/O Marion Pickett ASHE & Mittie
BANTA,Mary Lou [15 DEC 1939] [ ] W/O Paul D
BANTA,Paul D [24 JUL 1931] [03 JAN 1993] H/O Mary Lou US NAVY
BEARD,Lucie WATSON [04 DEC 1889] [05 NOV 1947] W/O Thomas C
BEARD,Thomas Carroll [27 OCT 1896] [16 AUG 1959] H/O Lucie W B
BERGER,Lorraine E Oubre Cheramie [09 APR 1920] [24 DEC 1988]
BLACK,Brenda M [04 OCT 1948] [ ]
BLACK,Sarah Anna J [21 JAN 1921] [14 NOV 1991]
BOONE,Arcola GREENE [21 OCT 1903] [25 AUG 1985]
BOONE,Audie Mae [19 FEB 1925] [ ] W/O J D
BOONE,Billy AKA FLYNN,Billy James [05 JAN 1946] [26 MAY 1964]
BOONE,Blanche H [24 NOV 1926] [26 DEC 1981]
BOONE,Cenith [ 1860] [ 1953] W/O E R Rev
PAGE 02 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BOONE,Davis [ 1878] [ 1938] H/O Leana P
BOONE,Dolphus [ 1898] [ ]
BOONE,E R Rev [ 1850] [ 1929] H/O Cenith
BOONE,Ellen Rosetta [29 NOV 1926] [ ] W/O Virgil P
BOONE,Hester D [09 SEP 1893] [03 OCT 1932] W/O Wm Riley
BOONE,J D [24 MAY 1913] [14 FEB 1969] H/O Audie Mae
BOONE,John Walker [24 AUG 1949] [04 MAR 1965]
BOONE,Leana P [ 1876] [ 1929] W/O Davis
BOONE,Nancy [13 MAR 1851] [09 JAN 1918]
BOONE,Roy L [ 1924] [ 1946]
BOONE,Troy L [06 JAN 1915] [03 OCT 1982] H/O Blanche H
BOONE,Virgil Prentise [01 MAR 1919] [09 NOV 1992] H/O Ellen R CSF US NAVY WWII
BOONE,Wm A "Jack" [13 AUG 1921] [19 JUN 1959] MS MOMM 2 USNR WWII
BOONE,Wm Riley [09 MAY 1885] [08 JUL 1956] H/O Hester D
BOONE,William Riley [07 JAN 1981] [24 NOV 1981] FHM AGE 11 MTHS
BOOTH,Infant [03 AUG 1919] [03 AUG 1919] I/O Willie BOOTH & Alma
BOUTWELL,Infant [10 AUG 1921] D/O Joe BOUTWELL & Lizzie
BOWEN,Baby [15 NOV 1928] [15 NOV 1928
BOWEN,Dora S [18 AUG 1901] [16 MAY 1988] W/O William H
PAGE 03 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BOWEN,William Harry [13 SEP 1900] [05 DEC 1955] H/O Dora S MS WAGGONER 114 AMMO TN 39 DIV WWI
BRAZDA,Charles R [07 JUL 1912] [ ] H/O Velma R
BRAZDA,Velma RIALS [13 DEC 1906] [12 MAR 1977] W/O Charles R
BROADHEAD,Jessie P [29 JAN 1934] [ ] H/O Nellie S
BROADHEAD,Nellie S [18 JUL 1934] [ ] W/O Jessie P
BURGE,Baby [NO DATES ]
BURGE,Baby [06 APR 1935]
BURGE,Beulah B [09 FEB 1893] [03 FEB 1983] W/O Edgar N
BURGE,Bobby Terrill [22 AUG 1931] [17 JUL 1932] S/O Edgar N BURGE & Beulah B
BURGE,Carl Virgil [22 JUL 1931] [12 JAN 1965]
BURGE,Clayton A [09 SEP 1908] [28 NOV 1957]
BURGE,Dorothy M [16 JUL 1922] [ ] W/O Wilmon E
BURGE,Earl [23 FEB 1924]
BURGE,Edgar N [28 JUL 1898] [09 JUL 1969] H/O Beulah B
BURGE,Edmonia W [03 JUL 1897] [12 APR 1981] W/O Luther D m:25 OCT 1912
BURGE,Emma J [03 NOV 1891] [11 APR 1969] W/O Randolph
BURGE,Ervin Monroe [12 DEC 1909] [03 DEC 1925]
BURGE,Francis Marion [15 JUN 1893] [07 DEC 1955] H/O Verdie V
BURGE,Houston L [19 MAR 1918] [10 FEB 1974] H/O Lettie m:10 DEC 1937 PAGE 04 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BURGE,Hubert Edward [25 DEC 1916] [08 FEB 1961] H/O Odessa T US MARINE CORPS WWII
BURGE,Infant [30 JAN 1935] [30 JAN 1935] S/O Randolph BURGE & Emma
BURGE,Johnnie [14 NOV 1938] [ ] H/O Mary S
BURGE,Johnnie Everett [29 JUL 1900] [10 MAR 1990] H/O Susan E
BURGE,Joseph Allen [30 OCT 1924] [27 DEC 1924] IS/O Randolph BURGE & Emma
BURGE,Julius Warner [11 JUL 1895] [10 MAR 1983] H/O Mable S PVT US ARMY WWI
BURGE,Lettie [09 FEB 1923] [ ] W/O Houston L
BURGE,Luther D [17 JUN 1891] [22 JAN 1976] H/O Edmonia W
BURGE,Mable S [ 1902] [ 1966] W/O Julius W
BURGE,Mary STUART [26 APR 1943] [06 APR 1964] W/O Johnnie
BURGE,Odessa TAYLOR [31 MAR 1920] [ ] W/O Hubert E
BURGE,Randolph [08 SEP 1886] [07 MAR 1958] H/O Emma J
BURGE,Susan Elizabeth [31 DEC 1901] [17 NOV 1989] W/O Johnnie E
BURGE,Verdie Virginia DARE [03 DEC 1896] [08 MAR 1980] W/O Francis M
BURGE,Wayne [04 APR 1927] [06 APR 1927]
BURGE,Wilmon Earl [29 JUL 1921] [08 JUL 1986] H/O Dorothy M PVT US ARMY WWII
BURKE,Daniel C [23 AUG 1906] [07 DEC 1991] H/O Jane m:27 SEP 1952 SGT US ARMY WWII
BURKS,Alice M [11 SEP 1880] [26 MAR 1970] W/O William H
BURKS,Charles Evan [02 FEB 1923] [09 MAY 1945] MS TEC US ARMY WWII PH PAGE 05 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BURKS,Charles H [05 DEC 1895] [08 FEB 1955] H/O Nellie W GA PFC US ARMY WWI
BURKS,Clara Nell [28 JAN 1905] [19 NOV 1926]
BURKS,Daniel [TOMBSTONE BROKEN - UNREADABLE]
BURKS,Donley E [13 FEB 1911] [ ] H/O Ruby R
BURKS,Dustin Prentiss [16 FEB 1977] [24 FEB 1977]
BURKS,Elizabeth J [09 DEC 1841] [26 SEP 1929] W/O Joseph
BURKS,Frank [22 FEB 1894] [02 FEB 1910] S/O J R BURKS & Maggie FARR
BURKS,Henry Edward [28 FEB 1873] [27 FEB 1967] H/O Sarah J
BURKS,Infant [01 APR 1867] [15 APR 1867] S/O Joseph BURKS & Elizabeth J
BURKS,Infant [21 JUL 1989] D/O Jack BURKS & Ja
BURKS,Infant [19 JAN 1895] [19 JAN 1895] S/O J A BURKS & M M
BURKS,Infant [25 JUL 1900] [25 JUL 1900] S/O J A BURKS & M M
BURKS,J Randolph [18 DEC 1864] [23 SEP 1933] H/O Maggie F
BURKS,J Sol [29 NOV 1899] [09 JAN 1983] H/O Velma
BURKS,Jane [11 FEB 1809] [20 JAN 1898] W/O Daniel
BURKS,Joseph [28 MAR 1839] [18 FEB 1934] H/O Elizabeth CO C 38 MS CSA
BURKS,Joseph Alfred [06 JUN 1892] [03 DEC 1893] S/O J R BURKS & M A
BURKS,Josia A [20 JAN 1873] [19 JUL 1958] W/O Nolia S m:08 MAR 1894
BURKS,Leca S [16 MAY 1905] [ ] W/O Waldo E
PAGE 06 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== BURKS,Maggie FARR [10 SEP 1873] [03 OCT 1945] W/O J Randolph
BURKS,Mary Bell [NO DATE ] [31 DEC 1912] AGE 36 S/O Jas Andrew BURKS
BURKS,Maude Eloise [07 APR 1911] [01 JAN 1929]
BURKS,Nellie WISE [11 DEC 1894] [07 JAN 1976] W/O Charles H
BURKS,Nolia S [26 FEB 1875] [27 JUN 1967] H/O Josia A
BURKS,Robert Andrew Jr [26 SEP 1946] [07 DEC 1963]
BURKS,Ruby RUSHING [23 AUG 1923] [03 JUN 1992] W/O Donley E
BURKS,Sarah Jane [17 APR 1883] [02 JAN 1979] W/O Henry E
BURKS,Velma [30 AUG 1903] [06 JUN 1973] W/O J Sol
BURKS,Waldo E [04 MAR 1903] [22 MAR 1958] H/O Leca S
BURKS,Walton C [04 MAR 1903] [17 MAR 1981] H/O Wilma H
BURKS,Willa Carolyn [16 FEB 1938] [21 DEC 1955]
BURKS,William C [30 MAR 1870] [08 MAR 1900]
BURKS,William Farr [09 JAN 1916] [04 OCT 1917] S/O J R BURKS & Maggie FARR
BURKS,William Harvey [04 MAR 1879] [23 MAR 1963] H/O Alice M
BURKS,Wilma H [10 DEC 1902] [24 SEP 1967] W/O Walton C
BUSH,Patricia DAVIS [22 JAN 1953] [24 DEC 1988]
BUZBEE,Berton Earl [09 JUL 1912] [29 SEP 1912] S/O L BUZBEE & Minnie
COOPER,Elton O [10 AUG 1901] [22 DEC 1969]
PAGE 07 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== COOPER,Walter R [29 JAN 1872] [10 SEP 1926] H/O Virginia L
DAUGHDRILL,Charles A [29 NOV 1901] [11 JUN 1989] H/O Olah E
DAUGHDRILL,Eliza B [30 APR 1885] [09 JUL 1966]
DAUGHDRILL,Olah E [25 MAY 1902] [18 DEC 1991] W/O Charles A
DAVIS,Doyle D [23 MAY 1919] [11 MAY 1982] H/O Lelia S S SGT US ARMY WWII
DAVIS,Lelia S [30 SEP 1919] [ ] W/O Doyle D
DAY,Elouise [20 JUN 1927] [16 OCT 1993]
DeBROW,Gladys Cheryl [23 APR 1948] [13 MAR 1966]
DILLARD,Dan [ 1881] [ 1944] H/O Rosa P
DILLARD,Rosa P [ 1891] [ 1992] W/O Dan
DILLARD,Sarah E [04 NOV 1876] [03 OCT 1938] W/O William B
DILLARD,William B [05 SEP 1866] [02 APR 1933] H/O Sarah E
DIXON,Bruce J [11 OCT 1944] [30 JAN 1982] H/O Mary W m:02 JUN 1970
DIXON,Mary W [12 SEP 1951] [ ] W/O Bruce J
DYKES,Lora W [07 MAR 1898] [23 JUL 1990]
EUBANKS,Vera CORK [03 FEB 1902] [02 JUN 1987]
FERGUSON,Ralph F [20 MAR 1896] [09 AUG 1967] MS PFC US ARMY WWII
FLYNN,Billy James AKA BOONE,Billy [05 JAN 1946] [26 MAY 1964]
PAGE 08 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== FORTENBERRY,Ben F [22 MAR 1929] [07 JAN 1978] H/O Mary J
FORTENBERRY,Mary J [15 NOV 1928] [ ] W/O Ben F
FRANK,Eva DIXON [13 JAN 1913] [05 AUG 1991]
GREEN,Bannie [13 AUG 1874] [17 MAY 1935] W/O E B
GREEN,E B [10 JUN 1876] [14 SEP 1951] H/O Bannie
HALL,John A [17 MAY 1882] [18 DEC 1938] BORN IN DAWSON ALA
HALL,Lucille B [20 DEC 1916] [21 JUN 1987] W/O Otis W
HALL,Otis W [28 SEP 1911] [ ] H/O Lucille B
HANNA,Daisy May [22 JUL 1883] [24 JAN 1964]
HARDEE,Bessie STOCKSTILL [16 SEP 1898] [14 SEP 1970]
HERRON,Rosie HOGAN [13 JAN 1894] [28 DEC 1942]
HOLLIMAN,Effie Irine [31 AUG 1893] [26 SEP 1895] D/O L N & A S HOLLIMAN
HOLLIMAN,Infant [06 MAR 1903] I/O L N & A S HOLLIMAN
HURST,Amanda BRELAND [12 AUG 1892] [14 DEC 1914]
JARRELL,Albert N [09 OCT 1887] [07 MAR 1960] H/O Ora V
JARRELL,Baby [NO DATES ]
JARRELL,Bertha PRINCE [ 1885] [ 1966] W/O S L Jr
JARRELL,Fred H [17 SEP 1906] [15 JAN 1941] H/O Mildred H
JARRELL,Fredric Denson [12 JUN 1963] [03 AUG 1963]
PAGE 09 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== JARELL,Jethrow Jack [08 JAN 1895] [24 FEB 1956]
JARRELL,Martha J MITCHELL [27 OCT 1882] [14 FEB 1904] AGE 21 YRS 3 MOS & 18 DS
JARRELL,Mildred H [02 OCT 1911] [ ] W/O Fred H
JARRELL,Minnard A [NO DATE ] [26 AUG 1942] MS PVT 334 FIELD ARTY 87 DIV.
JARRELL,Ora V [03 JAN 1891] [13 FEB 1979] W/O Albert N
JARRELL,Ronnie [19 FEB 1955] [06 DEC 1957]
JARRELL,S L Jr [ 1881] [ 1948] H/O Bertha P S/O Samuel L JARRELL & Susie E
JARRELL,Scherril Dianne [18 NOV 1961] [19 FEB 1963]
JARRELL,Samuel L [25 APR 1858] [17 NOV 1936] H/O Susie E
JARRELL,Susie E [21 DEC 1860] [24 DEC 1948] W/O Samuel L
JARRELL,Van E [ 1884] [ 1961]
JARRELL,Wilburn Wesley [13 DEC 1918] [06 DEC 1922] S/O Albert N WESLEY & Ora V
JOHNSON,Ethel Leola S [26 SEP 1921] [ ] W/O George S m:24 MAY 1969
JOHNSON,George Stanley [19 AUG 1918] [14 NOV 1982] H/O Ethel L S
JOHNSON,James [05 OCT 1843] [14 SEP 1914]
JONES,George W Rev [28 OCT 1905] [28 JUN 1991] H/O Kellie S m:22 AUG 1925
JONES,Kellie SPIERS [29 FEB 1908] [ ] W/O George W
KENNEDY,Baby [13 MAY 1939] [13 MAY 1939] S/O M/M Carl T KENNEDY
KENNEDY,Carl T [24 SEP 1910] [20 AUG 1976]
PAGE 10 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== KING,Tommy Kyle [13 OCT 1942] [13 OCT 1942] IS/O Herbert KING & Bonnie
LADNER,Evaughn [27 APR 1926] [25 SEP 1926]
LEE,Bobbie LANDRUM [18 DEC 1926] [ ] W/O Douglas V
LEE,Carolyn Elizabeth [06 JUL 1936] [11 MAR 1955] D/O Leslie Price LEE
LEE,Cecil M "Mama Cecil" [20 JAN 1928] [ ] W/O Otis B Sr
LEE,Denna BROWN [31 OCT 1892] [19 MAR 1942]
LEE,Douglas Vernon [16 JUN 1925] [07 AUG 1994] H/O Bobbie L
LEE,Flora WISE [07 JUN 1905] [17 NOV 1993] W/O Walter W
LEE,Henry Rudie [26 AUG 1910] [24 MAR 1974]
LEE,J A [08 JUN 1875] [16 MAR 1941]
LEE,J A Mrs [29 OCT 1879] [01 JAN 1949] W/O J A
LEE,James C [12 OCT 1899] [16 MAR 1953] MS PVT CO L 154 INFANTRY WWII
LEE,James Cornelius [28 DEC 1919] [09 MAR 1926]
LEE,James F [12 JAN 1848] [08 FEB 1912]
LEE,Leslie Price [22 SEP 1905] [04 DEC 1952]
LEE,Otis B Sr "Pop Ode" [28 JUL 1918] [01 JUL 1984] H/O Cecil M
LEE,Walter W [06 SEP 1902] [03 FEB 1950] H/O Flora W
LINDSEY,David H Jr [13 AUG 1957] [16 NOV 1957]
LINDSEY,Lloyd L [22 SEP 1944] [26 OCT 1978] H/O Mary L
PAGE 11 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== LINDSEY,Mary L [05 JAN 1947] [ ] W/O Lloyd L
LINDSEY,Stanford James [06 MAY 1909] [07 FEB 1939] FHM
LOTT,J B Jr [31 JUL 1930] [10 APR 1932]
LOUGE,Abbie JONES [15 JUL 1895] [31 OCT 1948] BORN ANNISTON,AL
LOVELESS,Infant [ 1907] I/O James LOVELESS & Eddie
MacLEOD,Mildred R [10 JAN 1899] [27 JUN 1969] W/O Ressie Q
MacLEOD,Ressie Q [26 MAY 1894] [20 DEC 1969] H/O Mildred R MS PVT 2 CO ORD REP SHOP WWI
MAXWELL,Louis Benson [26 JAN 1894] [24 JUN 1975] H/O Lovie C
MAXWELL,Lovie CONERLY [20 OCT 1901] [27 JUN 1975] W/O Louis B
McPHERSON,Infant [07 OCT 1900] S/O Jeffery J McPHERSON
McSWEEN,Rod [25 DEC 1896] [11 JUL 1978] H/O Vera B
McSWEEN,Vera B [27 OCT 1903] [ ] W/O Rod
MEGEHEE,Daniel Clyde [03 NOV 1906] [10 SEP 1974]
MEGEHEE,Hazel STEWART [25 SEP 1914] [13 SEP 1972] W/O Daniel C
MEGEHEE,J A [25 DEC 1865] [05 JUL 1943] H/O Mary Jane
MEGEHEE,Joseph Ellis [21 AUG 1895] [27 MAR 1972] H/O Louie M MS PVT CO K 47 INFANTRY WWI
MEGEHEE,Louie Marie [06 FEB 1902] [ ] W/O Joseph E
MEGEHEE,Mary Jane [09 AUG 1868] [04 JAN 1952] W/O J A
MITCHELL,Albert N [18 JUN 1872] [16 JUL 1951] H/O Elizabeth
PAGE 12 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== MITCHELL,Dewitt [ ] [03 APR 1939] MS PVT MED DEPT
MITCHELL,Effie E [20 NOV 1910] [ ] W/O Wellon W
MITCHELL,Eliza E [27 FEB 1847] [07 SEP 1901] W/O George W
MITCHELL,Elizabeth [24 OCT 1874] [24 AUG 1956] W/O Albert N
MITCHELL,Elvin [04 OCT 1896] [08 JUN 1915] W.O.W.
MITCHELL,George W [12 DEC 1847] [09 NOV 1929] H/O Eliza E
MITCHELL,Joseph [ABOUT 1824] [27 MAR 1884]
MITCHELL,Roy Elvin [ 1933] [ 1935] S/O Wellon W MITCHELL & Effie E
MITCHELL,Wellon W [08 MAY 1902] [05 JAN 1986] H/O Effie E c: BETTY; ROY; JAMES; WAYNE; RON;
MOODY,Eddie [02 FEB 1875] [03 DEC 1955]
MOODY,Jimmy Rogers [11 AUG 1942] [25 JUL 1943] S/O Homer MOODY & Doris K
MOODY,Rhonda Leigh [27 FEB 1962] [27 FEB 1962]
MOODY,Ruby LEE [16 JAN 1922] [27 AUG 1942]
NEWELL,George Washington [10 NOV 1886] [15 DEC 1957]
NEWELL,John T [06 APR 1900] [02 NOV 1984]
NEWELL,John W [ 1870] [ 1952] H/O Patsey
NEWELL,Patsey [ 1864] [ 1953] W/O John W
NEWELL,Zachariah Taylor [06 SEP 1878] [05 JAN 1950]
NICHOLS,Viola [31 MAR 1896] [13 MAR 1914] W/O J B PAGE 13 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== NOBLES,Minnie BOONE [15 JUN 1879] [23 MAR 1947] In memory of mother
OVERBY,Lucille M [15 AUG 1940] [ ]
OVERBY,Thomas Gray Sr [15 SEP 1916] [07 MAY 1994]
PAINTER,Linda [28 JAN 1947] [07 FEB 1966]
PARKS,Hilton J [04 SEP 1916] [27 SEP 1993] S1 US NAVY WWII
PATTERSON,Clifton K [20 NOV 1919] [ ] H/O Lillian S
PATTERSON,Lillian S [29 JUL 1917] [ ] W/O Clifton K
PERRIER,Sallie WOODWARD [05 OCT 1901] [02 DEC 1932] "SISTER"
PERRY,Christine A [09 APR 1884] [29 MAR 1937] W/O William E
PERRY,Guy Homer [30 JAN 1912] [22 JAN 1988] H/O Mable R
PERRY,Mable Rheba [03 SEP 1912] [ ] W/O Guy Homer
PERRY,Ruth Neal [10 DEC 1940] [02 MAY 1941] D/O M/M Quitman PERRY
PERRY,Versie SMITH Mrs [10 SEP 1915] [11 SEP 1948]
PERRY,William Brent [03 FEB 1969] [23 AUG 1987]
PERRY,William E [20 SEP 1881] [16 MAY 1976] H/O Christine
PITTMAN,Donald Ray [14 AUG 1930] [24 OCT 1930] I/O
PORTER,George W [27 FEB 1879] [29 AUG 1919]
POWELL,Infant [13 NOV 1957] [13 NOV 1957]
PRINCE,Hattie L [05 AUG 1900] [03 DEC 1977] W/O Albert J
PAGE 14 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== PRINCE,Albert J [26 DEC 1896] [17 MAY 1973] H/O Hattie L
PULLENS,Bertha [06 JUN 1931] [19 DEC 1981]
RANKIN,Baby [30 MAY 1956] [30 MAY 1956]
RANKIN,Susan Elizabeth [19 SEP 1958] [04 MAR 1960]
SEAL,Leon G [09 FEB 1896] [28 FEB 1919]
SMITH,Amber Myrtle [18 MAR 1897] [10 AUG 1965] H/O Nannie C MS PVT US ARMY WWI
SMITH,Annie Elizabeth MITCHELL[13 MAY 1890] [25 JUL 1960] W/O H Albert
SMITH,Arthur Lee [18 NOV 1924] [06 JAN 1991] S2 US NAVY WWII
SMITH,Asa B [19 FEB 1849] [07 APR 1905] H/O Mary W
SMITH,Cereida [ 18??] [ 18??] D/O W Pink & Eliza Jane SMITH
SMITH,Eliza Jane [25 DEC 1871] [23 DEC 1936] W/O W Pink
SMITH,Elizabeth [06 DEC 1844] [31 DEC 1928] H/O James
SMITH,Georgia B [26 AUG 1912] [16 MAY 1989] W/O Norvell P
SMITH,H Albert (Hiram) [22 APR 1878] [18 JAN 1968] H/O Annie E S/O William Henry SMITH & Annie AMACKER
SMITH,Hiram Jake [15 APR 1883] [09 JUN 1963] H/O Jessie A
SMITH,I J Sr [17 AUG 1878] [24 OCT 1954] H/O Viola J
SMITH,Inez [01 NOV 1898] [16 DEC 1898] ID/O
SMITH,Infant [13 MAR 1901] [07 APR 1901] D/O W Pink & Eliza Jane SMITH
SMITH,Jackie D [05 DEC 1923] [23 MAR 1984] W/O Steve
PAGE 15 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ======================================================================
SMITH,Jacob E [11 MAY 1878] [09 MAR 1946]
SMITH,James [25 AUG 1845] [19 FEB 1925] H/O Elizabeth "Lizzie"
SMITH,James Turner [07 FEB 1886] [19 MAR 1944]
SMITH,Jessie Annalula [25 NOV 1880] [04 JUL 1973] W/O Hiram J
SMITH,Julia [25 MAY 1918] [22 NOV 1977] W/O Sollie I
SMITH,K Vardaman [22 JUN 1907] [ ] H/O Nettie M S
SMITH,Lenora Miss [11 DEC 1881] [12 JAN 1943]
SMITH,Marcus [22 APR 1915] [12 MAY 1980] S/O H Albert SMITH & Annie Elizabeth MITCHELL
SMITH,Mary W [NO DATES ON TOMBSTONE] AGED ABOUT 31 YRS
SMITH,Nannie CORK [16 MAR 1894] [11 APR 1985] W/O Amber M
SMITH,Nettie M S [16 OCT 1906] [15 OCT 1993] W/O K Vardaman
SMITH,Norvell P [05 FEB 1906] [08 DEC 1949] H/O Georgia B
SMITH,Sardon L [21 JUL 1898] [23 OCT 1898] D/O W Pink & Eliza Jane SMITH
SMITH,Sollie I Rev [27 JAN 1913] [ ] H/O Julia
SMITH,Steve [11 JUL 1922] [ ] H/O Jackie D
SMITH,Vaudie "Short" [09 JUL 1909]
SMITH,Viola JARRELL [23 NOV 1878] [29 FEB 1952] W/O I J Sr
SMITH,W Pink [10 APR 1868] [07 SEP 1951] H/O Eliza Jane
SONES,Jessica Nicole [05 FEB 1993] [18 JUN 1994] PAGE 16 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== SPIERS,Ameal [07 FEB 1911] [22 FEB 1984] H/O Marie B
SPIERS,Arvel [14 JAN 1879] [11 OCT 1952] H/O Oda Irene
SPIERS,Carl D [22 JUN 1907] [14 JUN 1908] S/O Arvel SPIERS & Oda Irene
SPIERS,Curgie [14 MAY 1907] [07 NOV 1967] H/O Nellie J
SPIERS,Edward Earl [13 MAY 1930] [20 FEB 1931]
SPIERS,Infant [17 AUG 1899] [17 AUG 1899] S/O Henry T SPIERS & Nora
SPIERS,Jeanett [15 JUN 1947] [15 JUN 1957]
SPIERS,Lamathell [22 JUL 1928] [18 MAR 1986]
SPIERS,Marie BURGE [23 OCT 1911] [24 MAR 1973] W/O Ameal
SPIERS,Nellie J [06 DEC 1911] [21 DEC 1934] W/O Curgie
SPIERS,Oda Irene [25 FEB 1890] [15 JAN 1963] W/O Arvel
SPIERS,Rubie E [23 APR 1909] [30 AUG 1918]
STANFORD,David C Sr [04 OCT 1920] [ 1994] H/O Edna M S S/O Guy Curtis STANFORD & Eva Cordilia AMACKER
STANFORD,Earnest E (Eugene) [07 JUL 1947] [03 JUL 1970] S/O David Camp STANFORD Sr & Edna Mae SMITH
STEAVEN,Alemadia B [ 1896] [ 1918]
STEGALL,Dixie Lee [ 1935] [ 1939]
STEGALL,Gene [ 1932] [ 1941]
STEGALL,Guy V Capt. [14 DEC 1919] [29 MAR 1962] US ARMY RET.
STEGALL,Ouida [06 MAY 1900] [24 JUL 1973] H/O Wallace PAGE 17 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== STEGALL,Wallace [26 SEP 1897] [07 MAR 1986]
STEWART,Baby [NO DATES-NEXT TO George W & Lucy W
STEWART,George W [15 DEC 1899] [12 FEB 1976] H/O Lucy W
STEWART,Infant [12 JUL 1899] [12 JUL 1899] D/O A J STEWART & Burnety
STEWART,Jane [12 MAY 1848] [15 MAR 1932] W/O S J
STEWART,Julius Elwood [03 JAN 1922] [24 SEP 1987] MM 1 US NAVY WWII
STEWART,Lucy W [28 MAY 1904] [28 NOV 1988] W/O George W
STEWART,Mildred Helen [ W/O Paul W
STEWART,Nancy J [13 OCT 1874] [ 1888] D/O A J STEWART & Nancy M
STEWART,Nancy M [18 MAY 1850] [10 MAR 1896] W/O A J
STEWART,Paul Weston [08 AUG 1922] [11 MAR 1963] H/O Mildred H
STEWART,S J [26 SEP 1847] [10 JAN 1906] H/O Jane
STOCKSTILL,Glennis Osbourne [ 1907] [ 1990]
STOCKSTILL,Joseph J [26 SEP 1904] [07 AUG 1986] H/O Victoria B m:28 DEC 1936
STOCKSTILL,Joseph M [31 MAR 1942] [19 DEC 1945]
STOCKSTILL,Linda R [ 1943] [ 1944]
STOCKSTILL,Lowell [ 1936] [ 1976]
STOCKSTILL,Prentice G Sr [29 AUG 1910] [14 MAY 1992] T SGT US ARMY WWII
STOCKSTILL,Samantha (Twin) [18 JAN 1985] [19 JAN 1985]
PAGE 18 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== STOCKSTILL,Samuel (Twin) [18 JAN 1985] [19 JAN 1985]
STOCKSTILL,Sarah B [30 NOV 1870] [19 MAR 1960] W/O William T
STOCKSTILL,Victoria B [29 SEP 1917] [ ] W/O Joseph J
STOCKSTILL,William T [10 SEP 1871] [10 NOV 1956] H/O Sarah B
SULLIVAN,Ida M [08 MAY 1897] [ ] W/O Riley E
SULLIVAN,Riley E Rev [12 MAR 1899] [21 JUL 1966] H/O Ida M
TAYLOR,Evelyn Joyce [27 MAR 1934] [06 SEP 1983]
THOMPSON,Alberta J [06 JUN 1915]
TRETBAR,Baby Girl [13 DEC 1986] [13 DEC 1986]
WALKER,Charlie [14 NOV 1905] [14 DEC 1964]
WALKER,Genette S [03 MAR 1924] [ ] W/O Richard D
WALKER,Hobart [19 MAR 1897] [21 OCT 1957]
WALKER,Jack P [10 OCT 1928] [03 APR 1968] MS SFC US ARMY WWII
WALKER,Richard D [16 APR 1922] [25 JAN 1981] H/O Genette S F1 US NAVY WWII
WALTERS,Thomas Alexander [01 APR 1872] [20 APR 1961]
WATSON,Albert [ 1842] [ 1924] H/O Sallie
WATSON,Bonnie B [08 APR 1928] [ ] W/O Valtie Jr
WATSON,Sallie [ 1849] [ 1931] W/O Albert
WATSON,Vaultie Jr [12 JUL 1930] [01 APR 1984] H/O Bonnie B
PAGE 19 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== WEATHERFORD,Wayne Hall [28 SEP 1912] [30 MAY 1911] S/O J M WEATHERFORD & Lou
WELLS,William Durward [02 FEB 1913] [12 MAY 1920] S/O Lawrence WELLS & Leta
WHEAT,Earl Herman [02 MAY 1912] [26 AUG 1981]
WHEAT,Edna S [08 JAN 1892] [27 APR 1970] W/O Joseph H
WHEAT,Edna S [02 SEP 1919] [ ] W/O Virgil
WHEAT,Ellen S [07 JUN 1920] [ ]
WHEAT,Gary Earl [27 MAR 1940] [13 MAR 1966]
WHEAT,Hershel [21 MAY 1916] [09 OCT 1986]
WHEAT,John [24 DEC 1810] [03 DEC 1881] H/O Polly
WHEAT,Joseph H [31 JUL 1890] [31 MAY 1930] H/O Edna S
WHEAT,Julius W "Billy" [18 JUL 1942] [13 MAR 1966]
WHEAT,Loyd Lee [04 JAN 1922] [25 APR 1923] S/O Joseph H WHEAT & Edna S
WHEAT,Polly [17 MAR 1817] [08 MAR 1915] W/O John AGE 98 YRS
WHEAT,Virgil [01 JUN 1917] [04 FEB 1991] H/O Edna S
WHITE,Charles Elwood [28 APR 1922] [10 SEP 1984] S SGT US ARMY WWII
WHITE,Clara M [ 1891] [ 1987] W/O N Oscar
WHITE,N Oscar [ 1881] [ 1952] H/O Clara M
WILLIAMS,Shelbi Marie [ 1993] [ 1993] FHM
WILSON,Mary Wessie [08 AUG 1907] [26 FEB 1980] W/O Wiley C
PAGE 20 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== WILSON,Stanley [09 OCT 1926] [23 FEB 1971] H/O Verna E
WILSON,Verna E [07 SEP 1925] [ ] W/O Stanley
WILSON,Wiley Carl [29 APR 1892] [26 FEB 1962] H/O Mary W MS PVT MG CO 151 INFANTRY WWI
WISE,Annie [21 JUN 1904] [23 JUN 1973] W/O Ernest
WISE,Carlie (Baby) [25 SEP 1909] [26 SEP 1912] D/O George WISE & Edith S
WISE,Cornelius Neil [09 DEC 1916] [16 JAN 1994] H/O Dauline M
WISE,Dauline M [15 MAR 1923] [25 SEP 1964] W/O Cornelius
WISE,Dorothy J [26 SEP 1919] [01 MAY 1960] H/O Toxie
WISE,Dumas [31 AUG 1892] [21 MAR 1976] H/O Ira W m:29 MAY 1917
WISE,Edith S [18 SEP 1891] [04 JUN 1964] W/O George
WISE,Elizabeth S [17 FEB 1900] [22 MAY 1979] H/O Tildon
WISE,Ellis Herman [02 JAN 1893] [31 OCT 1972] PVT US ARMY WWI
WISE,Ernest [02 DEC 1898] [23 JAN 1983] H/O Annie
WISE,Ethel [22 APR 1938] [17 OCT 1957]
WISE,Eugene H [04 NOV 1899] [19 SEP 1979] H/O Martha J
WISE,Forrest [14 FEB 1900] [12 FEB 1933]
WISE,George [18 SEP 1883] [12 MAY 1965] H/O Edith S
WISE,Infant [ 1921] [ 1921] S/O Tildon WISE & Elizabeth S
WISE,Infant [23 DEC 1923] [23 DEC 1923] S/O George WISE & Edith S PAGE 21 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== WISE,Ira W [21 JUL 1897] [03 AUG 1984] W/O Dumas
WISE,John M [23 JUN 1867] [11 MAY 1950] H/O Rebecca
WISE,Kelly Dumas [11 FEB 1948] [20 AUG 1966]
WISE,Lloyd D [09 MAY 1903] [02 JAN 1990] H/O Rusie J
WISE,Luther Earl [14 APR 1918] [13 SEP 1989] H/O Wilma S m:01 OCT 1938
WISE,Martha J [15 NOV 1892] [27 SEP 1977] W/O Eugene H
WISE,Milton [11 JUN 1957] [09 NOV 1964]
WISE,Phyliss M [21 DEC 1931] [ ] W/O Shirley E
WISE,Rebecca [06 FEB 1875] [18 JUN 1959] W/O John M
WISE,Rusie J [29 SEP 1909] [04 APR 1987] W/O Lloyd D
WISE,Shirley E [09 JAN 1924] [06 JUN 1989] H/O Phyliss M S SGT US ARMY WWII
WISE,Tildon [31 MAY 1889] [06 AUG 1968] H/O Elizabeth
WISE,Toxie [22 NOV 1915] [28 OCT 1965] H/O Dorothy J
WISE,Wilma SMITH [05 JAN 1921] [ ] W/O Luther E
WOODWARD,Earl G [07 SEP 1869] [16 OCT 1920] H/O Viola B
WOODWARD,Eva Lee [18 MAR 1900] [05 APR 1900] D/O Earl G WOODWARD & Viola B
WOODWARD,Viola B [17 FEB 1875] [30 MAR 1963] W/O Earl G
WRAY,Nettie JARRELL [ 1898] [ 1985] W/O Roy S
WRAY,Roy Solomon [ 1880] [ 1948] H/O Nettie J
PAGE 22 ====================================================================== NAME [ BIRTH ] [ DEATH ] NOTES ====================================================================== ___?___,Arzo [ 1897] [ 1915] could not read stone
___?___,Adolph [ 1897] [ 1945] could not read stone
#175 CONCRETE STONE - NO MARKINGS
#177 STONE - MARKINGS: W B W
#180 FHM - MO MARKINGS
#404 FHM - NO MARKINGS
#484 STONE SLAB COVERED WITH GRASS - COULD FIND NO MARKINGS. THIS GRAVE IS NEXT TO Rosie Hogan HERRON
#505 STONE - NO MARKINGS