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BALDRIDGE Will of William Baldridge, Lancaster, PA, 1767 John Baldridge's Bible, Ireland, PA, NC Old Town Clock of Hillsborough, NC Petition on Behalf of Orange County Regulators Little River, Orange County, NC Landowners Map Baldridge & Turrentine Photos Francis Baldridge Land Claim, MS, 1806 Info from John Baldridge's Bible Francis & Elizabeth Turrentine Baldridge's Power of Attorney, MS, 1816 John Stampley's Heirs: Deed, 1823, Coles Creek, MS Certificate of Transfer to Francis Baldridge, 1819 Miscellaneous Baldridge Records
CAIN Miscellaneous Records Census Images: Gwinnett Co., GA & Denton Co., TX History of 42nd GA Inf Reg Story & Pictures: Civil War Prison: Camp Chase, OH
CARMICHAEL Miscellaneous Carmichael Records: NC & MS Carmichael Passengers on the Jupiter of Larne Carmichaels of Karnes County, Texas Gillett Cemetery, Karnes County, Texas 1870 Census Page, Union Church, Jefferson Co, MS 1880 Census Page, Karnes County, TX Davis Tombstones, Jefferson County, MS
COURTNEY / CURTIS Will of William Cook, Baltimore, MD, 1739 A History of Protestantism in Early Mississippi Miscellaneous Records
FAIRLEY Fairley Family Photos, Karnes County, TX
DAWKINS Old Garrett/Dawkins Family Letters Survey Union Church Cemetery, Mississippi Photos: Dawkins Tombstones, Union Church, MS Miscellaneous Records: VA, NC, MS Gladys Dawkins Magearl Obituary
Edward DOTY, My Mayflower Ancestor Pilgrims and Strangers Pilgrim Town: Marshfield, MA Pilgrim English Ancestral Homes Old Winslow Burying Ground Miscellaneous Records: MA, NC, MS Illustrations from "The Story of the Pilgrims" The Mayflower & the Plimoth Plantation
GARMON / YANCEY Miscellaneous Records "Richmond Blues," 46th VA Inf Regiment
GARRETT Probate/Guardianship Records of Isaac Garrett Roster of Co. A 12th Miss Inf Regiment Civil War Experiences of Josiah Garrett Old Garrett/Dawkins Family Letters Miscellaneous Records: SC & MS Jacob Garrett Family Photos, West Virginia Survey Union Church Cemetery, Mississippi History of the Old Scotch Settlement, Mississippi David & Martha Garrett: Beauvoir Cemetery Isaac Garrett: Scotland P.O., Jefferson Co, MS Snippets from Grandpa Garrett's Journal
HANON Miscellaneous Records: Illinois
JACKSON Old Jackson Family Photos Photos of Samuel & Susan Jackson; IL, MO, TX Taney County, Missouri Jackson: Veterans Memorial, Pearl River Co., MS Miscellaneous Records: Missouri & Texas
McCORMICK Miscellaneous McCormick Records: NC & MS Union Church Records, Mississippi Survey: Union Church Cemetery, Mississippi McCormick Family Photos, North Carolina Isle of Lismore, Argyll, Scotland Views of Lismore, Argyll, Scotland
MATTHEWS Photos of Samuel & Susan Matthews Jackson Photo of Amanda Matthews Franklin's Family Roster of Co. L., 10th IL Cav Regiment Taney County, Missouri Miscellaneous Records: IL, MO, TX
OSBORNE Miscellaneous Records
SHARP
STAMPLEY Sale of Plantation, John Stampley, MS, 1784 Image: Promissory Note, John Stampley, MS, 1787 A History of Protestantism in Early Mississippi Transcription of Jacob Stampley's Will, MS, 1826 Documentrom Estate Papers of John Stampley, MS Petition of Jacob Stampley re: John Cole, 1829 John Stampley's Heirs: Deed, 1823, Coles Creek, MS Miscellaneous Records
STRINGER Miscellaneous Records: GA & MS
TURRENTINE Turrentine Family History Little River, Orange County, NC Land Owners Map Elizabeth Turrentine Baldridge's Power of Attorney Baldridge & Turrentine Photos Miscellaneous Records
WARREN Marriage Bond: Josiah Warren & Nancy Doty, Onslow Co, NC, 1780 Probate/Guardianship Records of Benajah Warren Warren Family Photos Daniel Warren: 1870 Census Page, Jefferson Co., MS Josiah Warren's Will & 2 Quit Claims to Josiah Warren Miscellaneous Records: VA, NC, GA, MS
BRISTER-WHITTINGTON Brister-Whittington Families of SW MS
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GEORGIA: Vintage Photos of Schools in Gwinnett County
ILLINOIS: CW 10th IL Cavalry, Roster of Company L Histories of Illinois Civil War Regiments & Units
LOUISIANA: "Old New Orleans" -- 600 Pages and Counting! New Orleans, WWII: Story of 73rd Bombardment Wing When Time Stood Still: My Katrina Retrospective
MARYLAND William Cook's Will, Baltimore County,1739
MISSISSIPPI
ADAMS COUNTY, MS: Old Images of Natchez Historic King's Tavern, Natchez Historic Jefferson College, Washington ~&~ Historic Jefferson College, Page 2 Historic Assembly Hall, Washington The Old Methodist Church, Washington Concordia, Home: Gov. Manuel Gayoso de Lima Brandon Hall, near Washington Cowles-Mead House, Washington James Foster House, near Washington William Foster House, near Washington Propinquity, near Washington Selma, near Washington Antebellum Homes, Natchez
JEFFERSON COUNTY, MS: Union Church Presbyterian: C.W. Grafton: "43 Year Pastorate in a Country Church" Scotland Post Office Ghosts of Old Rodney Last Inn on the Natchez Trace: Mt. Locust Vintage Views of Fayette Union Church Presbyterian Church Records Photos: Union Church Cemetery Survey: Union Church Cemetery History of the Old Scotch Settlement "The Old Store," Jefferson County Reminiscences of Jefferson County Warren Family Cemetery Photos Goodwin Family Graveyard Photo Davis Family Tombstones Photo of Old Barn in Jefferson County Extinct Towns of Jefferson County Jefferson Co. Records Description, 1902 1843 Yellow Fever Epidemic, Rodney Early Days of Rodney
LINCOLN COUNTY, MS: Vintage Photos of Lincoln County Residences of Old Brookhaven Vintage Views of Brookhaven Whitworth College, Brookhaven Caseyville Cemetery
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MS: Vintage Photos Pearl River County Old Thigpen Cemetery Historic Byrd's Chapel House of Ruth Cemetery Turtleskin Cemetery Palestine Cemetery Veterans Memorial, Picayune Vintage Photo Poplarville High School "Granny" Bounds Cabin Logging in Pearl River County Old Images of MS & LA Turpentine Stills
VARIOUS COUNTIES in MS: Vintage Photos of Camp Shelby, Forrest County Vintage Photos of Wesson, Copiah County History of Protestantism in MS, pub. 1865 The Road Gen. Jackson Built The House Where Gen. Jackson Stopped A Buggy Ride, Franklin County Riddle Log House, Tishimongo County Vintage Photo of Tylertown, Walthall County Vintage VIews of Port Gibson, Claiborne County Vintage Images of Crystal Springs
MISSOURI: Taney County The Hills Sing: Taney County Images from Taney County Bradleyville Cemetery, Taney County Bradleyville Cemetery, Taney County, Set 2
NORTH CAROLINA: 18 Pages of Research for Orange County, NC John Baldridge's Bible, Lincoln/Orange Co. Petition on Behalf of Orange County Regulators "Old Town Clock" of Hillsborough Little River, Orange County Landowners Map Stewartsville Cemetery, Scotland Co. McCormick Family Photos, Richmond Co. "Highland Scots & Scotch-Irish" 1939 Book: North Carolina: Old State & New" Map: Early Settlement in NC Richmond County History and Images Vintage Photos: Richmond / Scotland Counties
PENNSYLVANIA: Lancaster County Will Index Little Britain & Marctic Township Histories, 1883 Turrentine Family History, Mifflin County John Baldridge's Bible, Lancaster County William Baldridge's Will, Lancaster County, 1767 History of Lancaster County; Histories of Little Britain & Marctic Townships; Index to Will Books Old Pennsylvania Postcards
TEXAS Dallas Vintage Postcards Gillett Cemetery, Karnes County
VIRGINIA: Richmond Blues, 46th VA Inf Regiment "Old Virginia and her Neighbors," pub. 1897
WEST VIRGINIA Jacob Garrett's Family Photos
LISMORE, APPIN, ARGYLL, SCOTLAND: Tribute to the Isle of Lismore Lismore: "A Fine Light" Brief History of the Lismore Lighthouse Across the Sound to Jura
OTHER Genealogy Poems The Story of Flanders Fields The Story of the 73rd Bomdbardment Wing, WWII Oradour-sur-Glane, The Silent Village
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Pages are cross-indexed under names and locations below. Click on the name for the main page concerning that line.
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These pages are dedicated to the many family researchers whose kindness and generosity have helped me knock down so many brick walls.
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My mother and father, Nancy Florelle Garrett Jackson and Archie Lee Jackson. My mom departed this life in 2003, my dad in 1991. They are still missed and always will be.
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My great-aunts, Lola and Flora, passed away years ago, but when I see the
land now, I can almost smell the biscuits baking and the coffee brewing. I
could swear I hear Aunt Lola calling out a greeting from the front porch,
"Come on in and put your feet up for a spell, the dumplings are cooking and
Flora's about to make a blackberry pie." It's my imagination, of course. Or
maybe, it's the soft breeze, carrying long-ago voices through the tall pines
and over the tops of the magnolia trees...through the open doors of a house
that's no longer there.
But I can go back. And I do. Time after time. In my mind and in my heart...in
my memories of those lovely family get-togethers and those magical
afternoons spent in my g-grandfather's attic. -- Nancy Brister
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My cousin, Ruth Hancock, who was, also, my Godmother, passed away July 8, 2010. She is dearly missed.
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When I was a child, there was no place more magical to me than the treasure-filled attic of my g-grandfather,
Josiah Garrett. The house was located between the villages of Perth and Union Church, in Jefferson County,
MS, about three hours north of New Orleans, Louisiana, where I grew up. Josiah was no longer living by then,
but his two daughters, Lola Gibson and Flora Dawkins, were in residence. Even as a child, I wouldn't have
traded a day in that wonderful old house for a week at Disney World.
It was built in 1847 by my 2-g-grandparents, Isaac and Abba Ann Warren Garrett, who raised their family and
lived out their lives there, as did Josiah and Flora Carmichael Garrett. The house had once been used as
a post office and stopping point for mail riders, who sometimes stayed overnight in the attic. It was called
Scotland Post Office, in honor of the many citizens of Scottish ancestry who'd settled in the area in the early
1800's.
The attic was still filled with remnants of the exciting days when the early Mississippi Territory was just
opening up. Trunks overflowed with 100-year-old clothing. My cousins and I would go through the trunks, try
on the clothes, look through the old books and newspapers. When we were finally persuaded to join the
family downstairs, everyone would gather and listen to Aunt Lola talk about times long past. She would show
us the small holes in the exterior walls, left open so that rifles could be inserted in case of attack. She would
tell us stories about her childhood, the all-day camp meetings and how young people courted by going on a
buggy ride, chaperoned by one of their parents. Her stories were as magical as the attic. Sadly, the old
home is no longer there, the treasures in the attic either scattered or discarded. The walls that reverberated
with the laughter of five generations of Garrett children have been torn down. The old floorboards, where
Abba Ann paced and prayed---for the children when they were ill, for strength when Isaac died and for a way
to feed her family when times grew hard---the floorboards are gone, they no longer echo with the long-ago
sounds of Abba Ann's steps.