Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Genealogy and History
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STONE, ROBERTS, STATEN
LOOKING FOR INFO ON JOHN MADISON STONE MARRIED TO LUCY ROBERTS,THEIR SON LEONARD MILTON WAS MY GGRANDFATHER.LEONARD THEIR SON, WAS MARRIED TO GENEVA ISABELL STATEN.I HAVE FOUND WHERE JOHN AND LUCY ARE BURIED,THEY WERE ON THE 1900 CENSUS IN PONTOTOC CO. ANYONE HAVING ANY INFO ON THE PARENTS OF JOHN AND LUCY WOULD BE GREAT. IT STATES ON THE CENSUS THAT JOHNS PARENTS WERE FROM S.C.I HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL ON THIS. SINCERLY SHIRLEY STONE ADAMS
TALLIBENELA
The 1860 Pontotoc County Census lists a place named "Tallibenela." I have also see this placed in Civil War records spelled "Talabeneela." I have not been able to determine where in Pontotoc County this place was located. Any help would be appreciated.
Bill Furr, Montgomery, Alabama
McVey, Moore, Purdon
My great,great-grandfather, Alexander McVey, is buried in Hopewell Cem in Pontotoc Co. He was married to Mary Moore and had I believe 4 offspring.
His oldest daughter was Elizabeth Jane McVey Purdon , who was also buried at Hopewell in 1929. I believe that one of his sons Silis Anderson McVey was buried there in 1875. I have not been able to make it to the cem to check this out. I can not trace Alexander back any further than when his first daughter was born in 1848. Anyone with these surnames, help, I will be happy to help in this line.
Thanks
Linda Haines thaines@finestplanet.com
McPherson, Adams
Hi. My name is Pamela McPherson Stanlick and I live in SE Kansas for quite some time I have been trying to locate info on my Great Grandfather and my Graet Uncle. We have access to an old family Bible that states they both married in Pontotoc County Mississippi on Dec 12 1866. Their names were L.A. McPherson and L.E. McPherson brothers they apparently married at the same time. I do know their mothers name was Hannah and she died in Pontotoc County June 27th 1881. We do have another refernce that indicate L.E. mothers name was Sarah Adams nad she died in Pontotoc County Feb 4th 1879 So we are confused. If you have any point of reference I might check please let me know. I am very new to geneology and I am finding it facinating, My parents live in Okla and are nearly 80 so I am trying to gather as much from them as I can
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you. Pam Stanlick
Jim and Pam Stanlick jstanlick@earthlink.net
Chanute, Kansas
Duncan, Cole, Temple
John F. Duncan was my ggg-grandfather. He was born in SC about 1808. He was in Hardeman co. TN for a while and in AL for a short time, ending up in Pontotoc Co. MS possibly as early as 1840. He died in Pontotoc CO in 1880. He had three wives and about 23 children. My ggg-grandmother was Sarah Francis Cole. Their daughter E.M. Duncan was my gg-grandmother. I think her name was Elizabeth and was called Bettie. If anyone has any information or pictures of this family, please let me know. E.M. Duncan married my gg-grandfather Charles Temple in Pontotoc county in 1865. They had two girls in 1867 - Ella and in 1869 - Bettie. I cannot locate E.M. Duncan Temple in the 1870 census. I believe she may have died, but have no evidence. Charles and the girls are in TN in 1870.
I would appreciate any help you can give me with this family.
Yuvonne Loggins
Bacon, Parks, Dickson, Harper
My ggrandfather was Waddy A. Bacon, born 1826 in Alabama. His father, Edmund Parks Bacon, died in Alabama in 1832. His mother, Harriet Taylor Bacon died in 1859 in Pontotoc County. I found Waddy on the 1850 and 1860 census in Pontotoc County married to Harriet Theresa Ann Harper and their children listed. Harriet Theresa Ann's sister, Samantha Harper was also living with them in the 1860 census. Waddy's older brother, William Henry, married Pauline Skinner and lived with his 8 children in one of the counties formed from Pontotoc. Their youngest son was named Waddy A. Bacon also. Waddy's sister Harriet Parks Bacon married Joseph Rainey Dickson. One of their daughters, Lela, was responsible for the information that started me on my genealogical quest. I do not have an address for her or here nieces. Waddy and his family left Mississippi when my grandmother was three months old to homestead in Florida and I have a lot of information from that time on. Waddy was a merchant in Tupelo, I believe, along with his older brother William Henry. I've also heard of a plantation on the Tombigbee River. Mary Laurinda Bacon Flint, the oldest of Waddy's children remained behind with her husband, a Dr. Flint, and their children. After Dr. Flint's death, Mary and the children joined the family in Florida. I have traced the Bacons back to their beginnings in Virginia in 1641 with Captain Edmund Bacon and tried this past summer to connect them in England. Unfortunately, in England, records are kept in the counties and the genealogy course I was taking with Elderhostel didn't allow for research except in a general way in London. If you had ancestors in Canterbury or Kent, you were in luck because we were there also. This Spring, I hope to come to Tupelo myself and see what I can find. I'd appreciate any hints or help anyone might have to help me. I didn't mean to be so long but I did flesh it out a bit in case something might ring a bell. I've had conflicting info on Waddy and I'd love to know the facts.
William A. Bailey
He married Elizabeth Jane Neal in Tippah in January 1859. They had five children by 1875 then I can't find them anymore the children were living with her father, Jeremiah Jefferson Neal in the 1880 census in Union County. What happened to this couple? Also who was his father? I have a copy of marriage license, the death certificate on one of the children( William James"Jim" Bailey). Jim and a sister( Nanny) never married. I know this is Pontotoc County but Union County was Pontotoc County at the time this couple disappeared.
RACHEL BELL
Need any information regarding Rachel Bell that was listed on the 1850 Pontotoc County Census. She was 57 years of age at the time and was born in South Carolina. I believe she was the mother of James William Bell who was my great, great grandfather. They lived near the town of New Albany.Larry Bell
Bland Overby
My brick wall is.........Margurette Rebecca Bland(Becky) Overby born 09-27-1845, died 06-26-1912 on the Calhoun/Pontotoc County line (Mathews community). She married Jefferson Overby 11-14-1860. Where I don't know?...They were listed in the Pontotoc County 1860 census living next door to a Charles Bland and family??, they were "also" listed in 1860 Calhoun County Census Sarepta Post Office. This I can understand because of the county lines in that area, I'm sure census just overstepped the boundaries.......Can anyone help?? PeggyRansom H. Brown and wife, Mariah/Maria (Lamar) Brown
>How can I prove they were ever in Pontotoc Co., MS? I believe that the problem may be that they were there after the 1850 census and were not there for the 1860 census. I do know that Mariah's brother, Thomas Lamar and family were there, so it makes sense to me that she and her family went there also - from DeKalb Co., Alabama. If not, I don't know how or why my great grandmother, Mary Undine Brown (the oldest child of Ransom and Mariah), would have been there to meet her husband - my great grandfather, Joab Johnson. Mary and Joab married in Pontotoc Co. in July of 1858. By 1860, they were in Neshoba Co. with one child - my grandfather, John R. Johnson. Living right next door, was Ransom H. Brown - Mary's father, and his new wife, Jane, and the rest of his children. Apparently, Mariah had either died while in the Pontotoc area - between 1850 and 1860, or she died in route to Neshoba Co. I can't prove any of this except for Mary and Joab's marriage certificate, which I have a copy of. Any suggestions from anybody? I contacted Hazle Neet and she did a little research, but only came up with a Ransom Brown with wife, Mary and children on the 1860 Attala Co., MS census - P. O. Rocky Point, and the ages were all wrong. Ransom was born, supposedly in Virginia, in about 1815 as he appears on the 1850 DeKalb Co., Alabama census as being 35 years old, and Mariah/Maria was born in South Carolina in about 1817, appearing as being 33 years old in 1850. I know absolutely nothing else about Ransom's background, but Mariah might have been part Indian. She also was related to the Russells who were in Pontotoc Co. Anybody out there with any suggestions?
PARENTS OF JOHN P. BURKS
This is my brick wall: I've been searching for the parents of John P. Burks, my great-grandfather. This is what I know: He was in the 27th MS Infantry, which was raised in Fredonia, Pontotoc Co.; he was wounded in the Battle of Resaca (GA); he and Frances Maria Richardson were married 25 December 1865. I have found information about Frances Richardson's family but have not been able to find anything about his.
Sharon Gaskin
Rhoda Knight CONAWAY COMBSI am searching for a Combs family. Rhoda A.J. Knight Conaway married J.B. Combs 23 February 1865 in Pontotoc county, MS and I have never been able to find them since that time. Rhoda lived with her mother Parmelia while her 1st hisband John Conaway served in the Confederacy and was probably killed. She had seven Knight brothers who served also and five were killed. Most of her family moved to Arkansas after the war to Van Buren County.
Susan LaneThe Parents of Martha Ann CONNELLY
Born 15 Mar 1833, in Davidson CO., TN, but in Pontotoc CO., MS, by 14 Oct.1849, when she married John Milton AYCOCK. On the Pontotoc CO., MS, 1850 census there was listed an Owen CONNELLY as head of the household, with a wife named Martha, a baby, and a 12 year old, William Connelly, who, I think, must have been Owen's younger brother since Owen was 27 at the time. I found a marriage for Owen and Martha in Davidson CO., TN, in 1847, and feel sure he is my Martha's brother, and probably their parents had died by 1850, but still don't know who they were, or where they died, whether in TN, or in Pontotoc CO. There were various CONNELLYS in Davidson CO., TN, as early as 1803, including a William, but I can't find any records there listing Owen or Martha Ann. Any help or ideas on what I should do next would be greatly appreciated.
ROBERT HUGH GAINES CONNECTION
Trying to connect Robert (Hugh) Gaines b. 1797in SC. to Robert Gaines in 1850 and 1860 census Ponotoc Co. Great grandfather Richard W. probably son of Thomas C. Son of Robert .
HIRAM GILLASPIE
I am H.L. Lawrence, Jr. and my brick wall is my GGGGrandfather Hiram Gillaspie, who died in Pontotoc County, Mississippi on March 14th, 1884. I have searched , I thought, almost every source.
Could some one please TELL ME WHERE TO OBTAIN a death certificate or other information?
HESTER
Here is my brick wall: the father of Manerva( m. John Burns), Mariat(m. Reuben C. Johnson), Ross(m. Nancy ?), Joseph(m 5 times), and Smith Hester( never married). I THINK he moved to Pontotoc Co. from St. Clair Co., AL in 1843 and died in 1849. He might be Joseph Hester who married Elizabeth Holloway who later married C. C. Malone.
WILL HINTON AND JOSEPHINE SHEMPERT HINTON
I am searching for information for Will Hinton and Josephine Shempert- Hinton. They lived in Pontotoc County in the late 1800's early 1900's. Children were Birdie Hinton-Bass-Hallman, Born December 17, 1897,(Married to James Bass and George Hallman), Bodie Hinton, Josephine Hinton-Clark, Born August 4, 1903. (Married to William Luke Clark), and Johnny Hinton. Any information on anyone in this family would be appreciated.P. A. HOLT AND LODUSKY PITTS
Pontotoc County Marriage Records: Holt P. A. md. Loduskey Pitts 25 December 1866. I find them in 1880 Faulkner County AR Census: Albert P. Holt 34 AL SC SC, Loduskie 32 MS SC SC, T 9 MS AL MS, Elizabeth 7 MS AL MS.
Pinkney was born in SC I feel sure, was in AL in 1850 and in Pontotoc County by 1854 when his
father Thomas Holt md. 2nd wife Sarah Elizabeth Shropshire Easterwood. He is son of Thomas Holt and Thomas Holt's 1st wife [unknown]. I have no information on Loduskey Pitts.
Any information on P. A. Holt [Pinkney or Albert P.] and Loduskey Pitts would be appreciated.
HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH
I would like to find out as much as possible on the Hopewell Baptist Church. I know it is located near Buckhorn Community.
EDWARD D. JOHNSON and MARY ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY
My brick wall is my ggrandfather, Ed (Edward D.) Johnson, who married Mary Elizabeth Montgomery in Pontotoc Co. Jan.1887. Nothing known about him prior to this other than he was born 1858. He and Mary are in Calhoun Co. near Bruce in 1910, 1920, and 1930.
CHARLEY ANDERSON KEITH
I'm looking for any information on my Grandfather Charley Anderson Keith. I found him on the 1930 census in Pontotoc County with his 2nd wife and their family. In 1930 he was 44 born in Ala. white a farmer. Wife - Maggie A. Brock Keith age 35 white house keeper born. MS. daughter:Anna B. Keith age 1 year 3 monthsstep-daughter Brock, ? age 12step-daughter Brock,Fay B. age 10step-daughter Brock, Cora age 9I have been told this family had a total of eight children. We don't know anything about this side of the family for sure.Would love to learn about him I do know he died in Pontotoc, MS in 1944. He also had a brother in Pontotoc County.Walter Denmore Keith he was married to Victoria Patterson 1st ( she died in child birth) Lydia Seymore 2nd. He died in 1948 in Pontotoc County.I have found some on Charley's family,but this census is all I have found on him. His parents were Lemuel Hamilton Keith and Martha Unknown she died in child birth. I would love to know her name if anyone knows it. Also any info on a twin sister the name I found was Uriah. Said to be Walter's twin ,but I can't verify it. I will share anything I have.I appreciate any help you can give me.
JOHN LOLLOR or LOLLAR
I'm still searching for information on John Lollor ( or John Lollar). He lived in Pontotoc County in 1840. He shows up on the 1840 census - and several listings down his son is listed. Please help.
DEATH OF NANCY MCELVANY
My brick wall is the death date of Nancy McElvany. According to a note I found her death was in 1883 and she was buried in Liberty Cemetery. I would like to find a Mortality schedule for 1880 to see if she is listed. The McElvany's came to Pontotoc from Winston Co. Ms. after 1850 and left in 1890 to Texas.
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OLD CHERRY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS
I would love to get access to the old Cherry Creek Baptist Church records, does anyone know how I should go about this?
Margurette Rebecca Bland(Becky) Overby
Born 09-27-1845, died 06-26-1912 on the Calhoun/Pontotoc County line (Mathews community). She married Jefferson Overby 11-14-1860. Where I don't know?...They were listed in the Pontotoc County 1860 census living next door to a Charles Bland and family??, they were "also" listed in 1860 Calhoun County Census Sarepta Post Office. This I can understand because of the county lines in that area, I'm sure census just overstepped the boundaries.......Can anyone help??
P. A. HOLT AND LODUSKY PITTS
Pontotoc County Marriage Records: Holt P. A. md. Loduskey Pitts 25 December 1866. I find them in 1880 Faulkner County AR Census: Albert P. Holt 34 AL SC SC, Loduskie 32 MS SC SC, T 9 MS AL MS, Elizabeth 7 MS AL MS.
Pinkney was born in SC I feel sure, was in AL in 1850 and in Pontotoc County by 1854 when his
father Thomas Holt md. 2nd wife Sarah Elizabeth Shropshire Easterwood. He is son of Thomas Holt and Thomas Holt's 1st wife [unknown]. I have no information on Loduskey Pitts.
Any information on P. A. Holt [Pinkney or Albert P.] and Loduskey Pitts would be appreciated.
Drury J Pitts & wife Maria Molton Dickson Pitts
They were married in Pontotoc in November 1843 and had 12 children. Drury died between 1870 & 1880. He was also a clerk in the Probate Court. He never served in the Civil War because he was deaf so there are no military records. I have not been able to find any church records for them; marriage record; or death record for Drury. Maria died in Texas. I cannot find Maria's parents - I have no clue who they might have been. Surely they owned land in 1843 or 1850 but I cannot find any deeds; wills; probate records etc. ANY - ANY help or suggestions would be appreciated. These are my great grand parents and I feel as though they are lost to me forever.
J. R. M. RANEY
My great grandparents were, J. R. M. Raney and Nancy Elizabeth Hooker of Pontotoc County, Ms. (1880 census) He died 1885 and she in 1888. My grandfather Columbus Washington Raney and sisters raised by the Hooker family. We know nothing about the Raney family. Does anyone know who the parents of J. R. .M. Raney (called Russell) were??
PARENTS OF ELIZA KEY ROBB
I am looking for the names of Eliza Key Robb's parents. Eliza died in 1848 in Robbs, Pontotoc County, Mississippi and is also buried there. If there is a death certificate for her, it may list her parents. If it would be of help, she had a sister named Nancy Key who was living with Eliza at the time of her death. Her husband's name was John High Robb.
ROBBINS
My name is Mary Meiser. I was born Mary Lou Belote, Jan 14,1945 in Pontotoc. My mother was Thelma Lou (Belote) Robbins. Her brother Roy Robbins was a pilot shot down in WWII. Their parent Mary Otice Warren and Elbert James Robbins.
The Warrens have traced their roots. E.M. Warren (Rack) is my mother's cousin. The family burial plot is in Sand Springs.I am trying to begin again to get reconnected with my lost roots. I also own the Robbins place in Pontotoc and would like to restore it.I'm sending this email, which may not have relevance to anyone or anything, but you never know. I appreciate your time in reading it. You need not respond if there is no relevance or connection.Sincerely,
Mary Meiser
EDD LAFAYETTE RUSSELL
My brick wall is EDD LAFAYETTE RUSSELL b. 1829 d.1884-1Nov.Was married to MARTHA ANN STEELE (1839-1884). They lived in Toxish community,Pontotoc.They are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetary, Pontotoc. Supposedly they came from Alabama but I haven't been able to prove that as I can't find them on any Alabama census, but I'm relatively green at this so I'll keep looking. Anyone else out there researching this line?
JOYCE RUSSELL
SAGE and SAPPINGTON
Hi! I'm looking for information on a Sage family. The parents died probably during the early to mid 1870's leaving two sons, William (b. 1867) and Steven (b. 1873). All the information I have is "William was orphaned before the age of ten, and then lived with his uncle named Sappington". I have found a "Jefferson Sage" who married "Susan Harrison" in 1866, which due to the date, are a possibility for parents for William and Steven, but can not find any other information. As the "Great Wall of Sage" continues to grow, any help would be appreciated!MICMICHAEL CARTER
WHO WERE LUCY SANDERS' PARENTS?
My brick wall is still for the parents of Lucy Sanders who married Wesley Rodgers in 1892 in Pontotoc County. I also need the parents of Emily Sanders who married William J. Rodgers, date and location unknown. He married an Adaline Harrison second. William J. Rodgers was the father of Wesley Rodgers born in Pontotoc County.I need dates if anyone has the dates.
Ludean Rodgers Kidd
SANDERS
My BRICK WALLS are LUCY SANDERS, EMILY SANDERS OR SAUNDERS, ELIZABETH SANDERS. These three women are my grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. I DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF ANY OF THEIR PARENTS.
Elizabeth married John W. Rodgers 10-10-1824 in unknown
location. Elizabeth born in Tennessee, according to 1850 Lowndes County, Mississippi census and 1870 Pontotoc County, Mississippi census.
Emily married William J. Rodgers before 1862 as their oldest child was born in 1862, unknown location. Emily was born in Mississippi, according to the 1870 Pontotoc County, Mississippi census.
Lucy married Wesley Rodgers July 15, Pontotoc County, MS. Lucy was born in Mississippi about 1878 according to the 1910 Pontotoc County, Mississippi census and the 1920 Poinsett County, Arkansas census. Lucy had a half sister named Lillie, who married James Trammel and a niece named Della, who
married Robert Trammel, brother to James. I don't know if Lillie's maiden name was Sanders or not.
If you can answer any of these unknowns in my brick walls, I would sure
like to hear from you. Ludean Rodgers Kidd in White County, Arkansas.
Ludean Rodgers Kidd
ANGELINE NULL SHANNON
I am searching for a person by the name of Angeline Null Shannon wife of a Dr. Alexander Shannon. They moved to Mississippi after the civil war with Dr. Shannon's brother. The shannon relatives that are ours have lived in Rockpen, Oklahoma and in the Texas areas.
My husband's grandmother was Byrdie Shannon Woody and her father was James Shannon. We have been searching for some of the relatives in Mississippi and wish anyone who has any information on this lady to contact us. James's wife was Lula Bonine Shannon. I have some more information if anyone has any thing on Angeline Please let me know. Thanks !!!
Carolyn Stewart
MAGGIE SHEMPERT
I am trying to determine the parents of Maggie Shempert (Shemper), my grandmother. She was born in Pontotoc County 1878 and died in 1914. She married David Oliver (Watt) Hester 1896. Sibling were Peter Lewis ( twin ) Obine, Jimmy and Buster.
Bobie Delane Hester
EVA MILLER SMITH
Eva Miller Smith was born Oct. 03, 1876 in Pontatoc, Mississippi. She was the daughter of William James Smith, born April 15, 1848 and Sarah Matilda Teeter, born Dec. 08, 1845 in North Carolina. At some point she and her family left Mississippi, moved to Alabama, and then migrated to Alley Community just outside of Kemp, Texas. She married William Andrew Thornton on March 28, 1894. They remained happily married until Dec. 10, 1963 when William Thornton passed away in Dallas, Texas. Eva Miller Smith had the following brothers and sisters (most birth and death dates unknown to me) Mary Smith, Buck Smith, Willie Smith, Maggie Smith (born July 08. 1886) and Lucy Smith.
Eva Miller Smith (Thornton) was known by her great-grandchildren was "Mama Thornton". She enjoyed rocking in a cane-back rocking chair. She and William Andrew Thornton (Papa Thornton) told stories of coming to Texas by wagon train and being involved/or coming across the remains of Indian fights. Unfortunately, these stories are now lost. She had a sister named Lucy. She also had a sister named Willie who married William Andrew Thornton's brother, Jim Thornton.
Donna House
William Stewart/Steward Jr.
(b. 1819, married to Selina Tedford) moved from Monroe County, MS to Pontotoc Co. sometime after 1850. Does anyone know exactly when they moved & why? Was this when his name was changed to Steward? I don't know that this is a "brick wall", but I have wondered about it, and thought someone out there might have some insight:)
William Stewart/Steward Jr.
(b. 1819, married to Selina Tedford) moved from Monroe County, MS to Pontotoc Co. sometime after 1850. Does anyone know exactly when they moved & why? Was this when his name was changed to Steward? I don't know that this is a "brick wall", but I have wondered about it, and thought someone out there might have some insight:)
WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF WILLIAM C. VAUGHN?
William C Vaughn married Sarah Smith on June 04, 1854 in Pontotoc. According to the 1870 and 1880 censuses, he was born in Kentucky around 1832. I have been unable to find him on the 1850 or 1860 Pontotoc censuses. The 1850 census could have been very helpful, because he most likely would
have been living with his parents, but I have had no luck. William and Sarah's children were; Joseph, Nancy Ann (married Josephus Dillard),Sarah Francis (Fannie) (married Alexander Montgomery), Andrew (married Mary A. Montgomery), Rose, James Luis (married Rebecca Long), and Harriet. Apparently, William remarried between 1870 and 1880 to Martha Ann Mauldin and their children were; Richard B (married Alice ?), and Lucy (married Logan Montgomery). William probably died between 1880 and 1900. If anyone has information on this line or may know where William was buried, please contact me.
David Bolton
JAMES RAY WOOD IN CAMPGROUND CEMETERY
Here's one. My gggg/grandfather James Ray Wood lived about a mile from and his family attended Campground Church. We have been through the cemetery several times and can't locate his grave or
marker. Since James Ray died in Jan 1856 it has probably been demolished by time and weather. Also he is not listed on the Pontotoc or Campground cemetery listings.
Now, here's the rub. James Ray's daughter Mary Ann Wood married Stephen Callaway and had a son named Richard who had a daughter, Rozelle Callaway, who married a Wax in Pontotoc. In a "Wood" publication I saw a note written by Rozelle Wax which related the information from James Ray's marker. Rozelle either saw the marker or information recorded from the marker.
One more item: James Ray's estate papers lists cost for drayage to the cemetery plus costs for stones so he is not buried on his farm. My question is: Somewhere, is there written information about WHO was buried in Campground Cemetery other than the official cemetery listing? This is long and drawn out. I hope someone on the list can help.
Doris June (Wood) Fulghum
DISAPPEARANCE OF 8 WORTHY CHILDREN
My brick wall in Pontotoc Co has been the disappearance of 8 Worthy children.
They were the children of Greenbury Worthy and Elizabeth Perry Worthy. After both parents had died by 1856, the children went to live with Elizabeth's parents', Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Frances) Perry, who lived in Cherry Creek, Pontotoc Co, MS . But only the two youngest children appear on the 1860 census with Jeremiah and Elizabeth (several online transcriptions show the last name as Peny rather than Perry). The others were still there - somewhere - because John Fleming Worthy and Asa Worthy both signed up for the CSA from Pontotoc Co. What happened to the other 2 brothers who'd have also been old enough to join the CSA? Where did his sisters go? Who'd they marry? By 1870 only the youngest child, James, is living with Jeremiah and Elizabeth.
Sarah A -b 1839
Fleming John -b 28Nov1839
Jackson -b 1841
Levi A -b 1842
Asa A -b 1845
May P -b 1847
Melem (or Milens-fem) M -b 1849
Elizabeth -b 1853
James M -b 1857
John was in the 2nd Regt Miss Inf Co I -Enlisted 30Apr1861 from Cherry Creek, Pontotoc MS -capt 3Jul1863 Gettysburg - capt on furlough
16Feb1864 Pontotoc MS. Signed Oath of Allegiance in 1865. Family lore
from several different sources says that he killed a drunk Yankee soldier who was threatening his grandmother while on horseback either in
the house or on the porch (that would make more sense). To avoid
Yankee retribution, John fled to Texas and never returned to MS. He married in Texas in 1868.
Asa was in the 27th MS Co C and/or 41st MS INF,. Co F, The " Pontotoc Grays". Asa wrote John a letter saying he'd join John in Texas as soon as he was discharged - but never arrived and never sent another letter.
The names Asa, Jackson, Levi and John Flemming also appear in Georgia and Alabama, but would be in the children's grandparents' generation. They appear to be very early settlers in that area - and were there long before Greenberry married in South Carolina and began his family.
Sharon Worthey
HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH
I would like to find out as much as possible on the Hopewell Baptist Church. I know it is located near Buckhorn Community.
Robbie Tutor