tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8172974649865279222024-02-20T05:58:04.519-08:00What's Your Story? Let's Talk GenealogyWhen is the last time you have dug up the dirt on your ancestors.
Next to writing and reading a good novel, take me back to the census where I can uncover my roots.
I'm always searching for...are you ready?
Wades(Va then TN then Ark)
Browns(Ark)
Palmers (Ark)
Lamberts (Ark)
Jamieson (SC then MS)
Brownlee (MS)
Carter (MS)Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-29425004510834457302011-10-31T16:10:00.000-07:002011-10-31T16:17:00.939-07:00The Jemison Mansion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eAdSfF91PRbMrHb9urMTEG_9nQMAb8xDJ2_XA9zQuvzLa7gTC6crPhccCPl1qf9R-N_bvINASQlxcovvjo0PgvMIOL3jXF62Rk108_DPCAttq3ECG8-Q11r-xgGCE_uwIgNa8qb2odw/s1600/mansion_engraving.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eAdSfF91PRbMrHb9urMTEG_9nQMAb8xDJ2_XA9zQuvzLa7gTC6crPhccCPl1qf9R-N_bvINASQlxcovvjo0PgvMIOL3jXF62Rk108_DPCAttq3ECG8-Q11r-xgGCE_uwIgNa8qb2odw/s200/mansion_engraving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669799274105629938" border="0" /></a><br />Check out the history of this <a href="http://www.jemisonmansion.com/index.php?page=5">mansion.</a> It's possible that the Robert Jamison who was the slaveholder over my 2nd great-grandmother Charlotte Jamison was the nephew of Robert Jemison. Robert Jemison was considered the largest slaveholder in Alabama with 300 slaves.Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-55154308579033499092011-10-01T09:35:00.000-07:002011-10-01T09:45:37.797-07:00John Wilkerson/Wilkinson for Rootsweb Message Boards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaom7Ha9lIAtTwU46pg3rMVVJ1Lu9AajfE2yrK6Fj6KSCz7_s67HHvcozfVI5GK3W3tZdYR0PjcWVz5K-VqqYFhAaHnOR0F4tNxyo7GGNIsQf4lJe7w1vzfwW3ukuFV2TXpwUqmELCd4/s1600/william+wilkinson+genealogy+003.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaom7Ha9lIAtTwU46pg3rMVVJ1Lu9AajfE2yrK6Fj6KSCz7_s67HHvcozfVI5GK3W3tZdYR0PjcWVz5K-VqqYFhAaHnOR0F4tNxyo7GGNIsQf4lJe7w1vzfwW3ukuFV2TXpwUqmELCd4/s200/william+wilkinson+genealogy+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658564418892773154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Some of the below information I already knew about my great-great grandfather John Wilkinson, but it appears a lot it George gathered on his own. See below:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Courier New"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">George Simmons (no direct relationship to Simmons that I know about)</span><tt> <span style="font-size:100%;">found his g-g-grandparents of Sparta, Chickasaw Co., MS. Per George, the info came the courtesy of Patsy, a lookup volunteer, and the Chickasaw Co Historical/Genealogical Society. Volume one, The History of Chickasaw Co.,MS.</span> </tt><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><tt><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON WILKINSON (my ggggranfather):</b><br />Thomas J. Wilkinson was a resident of Union,Greene Co.,Alabama. He was </tt><tt>visiting his children, J.A. Wilkinson, Mrs. Joseph Alexander White, Mrs. Leonidas Hall and Mrs. William Henry Jemison, all of Sparta, when he became ill. He died at the home of J.A. Wilkinson and was buried in Amity Cemetery.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Children of THOMAS WILKINSON and SARAH DOUTHET are:</tt><br /><tt>4. i.JOHN ADAMS4 WILKINSON, b. January 21, 1837, Union, Greene Co.,</tt><br /><tt>Alabama</tt><tt>; d. 1892, Sparta, Chickasaw Co., MS.</tt><br /><tt>ii. JAMES HENRY WILKINSON, b. 1838; m. LOUISA A THORNTON.</tt><br /><tt>iii. SARAH JANE WILKINSON, b. 1840; m. JOSEPH ALEXANDER WHITE.</tt><br /><tt>iv. SAMUEL SNODDY WILKINSON, b. 1841.</tt><br /><tt>v. ANNE ELIZABETH WILKINSON, b. 1843; m. ARTHUR F THORNTON.</tt><br /><tt>vi. MARY FRANCES WILKINSON, b. 1845; m. LEONIDAS HALL.</tt><br /><tt>vii. LOUISA MARIE WILKINSON, b. 1846; m. JOHN E JORDAN.</tt><br /><tt>viii.ANDREW JACKSON WILKINSON, b. 1848; m. ALICE T JORDAN.</tt><br /><tt>ix. LUCY MERCILLA WILKINSON, b. 1850; m. LEWIS A LAVENDER.</tt><br /><tt>x. MARTHA ISABELLA WILKINSON, b. 1851; m. WILLIAM HENRY JEMISON.</tt><br /><tt>xi. ? WILKINSON, b. 1854; d. 1854.</tt><br /><tt>xii. CORNELIA ALICE WILKINSON, b.1855-d.1908; m.CHARLES ACKRON SPENCER.</tt><br /><tt>xiii.HARRIET AMANDA WILKINSON, b. 1857; m. LEONIDUS MARION LAMB.</tt></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><tt>-------------------------</tt></span><span style="Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /><tt>Descendants of John Wilkinson</tt><br /><tt>Generation No. 1</tt><br /><tt>1. JOHN1 WILKINSON. He married LUCY PENICK.</tt><br /><tt>Child of JOHN WILKINSON and LUCY PENICK is:</tt><br /><tt>2. i. THOMAS JEFFERSON2 WILKINSON.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Generation No. 2</tt><br /><tt>2. THOMAS JEFFERSON2 WILKINSON (JOHN1). He married SARAH RICHARDSON</tt><br /><tt>DOUTHET, daughter of JAMES DOUTHET and SUSANNAH HOWARD.</tt><br /><tt>Child of THOMAS WILKINSON and SARAH DOUTHET is:</tt><br /><tt>3. i. JOHN ADAMS3 WILKINSON, b. January 21, 1837, Union, Greene Co.,</tt><br /><tt>Alabama</tt><tt>; d. 1892, Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Generation No. 3</tt><br /><tt>3. JOHN ADAMS3 WILKINSON (THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born January 21, 1837 in Union, Greene Co., Alabama, and died 1892 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co.,Mississippi. He married ARTEMISIA FRANCIS JEMISON October 24, 1861 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi, daughter of ROBERT JEMISON and MARTHA PITTS.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Notes for </tt></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><tt><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">JOHN ADAMS WILKINSON</b></tt><tt>:(This is my gggrandfather)</tt></span><span style="Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /><tt>John Adams Wilkinson was a teacher and farmer. He received a BA from the University of Alabama in 1859. He moved to Sparta, Mississippi, where he taught at the Oak Grove Institute. John served as a Lieutenant in the CSA.He was a State Representative in the Mississippi General Assembly in 1875-1876. He was a merchant in Sparta 1879-1882.He served as Superintendent of Education, Chickasaw Co., from 1889 until his death in 1892. (Source: Chickasaw Co. Historical/Genealogical Society, Vol 1:History of Chickasaw Co.)</tt><br /><br /><tt>Children of JOHN WILKINSON and ARTEMISIA JEMISON are:</tt><br /><tt>4. i. ELLA ROSS4 WILKINSON, b. 1863, Sparta, Chickasaw Co.,MS d.1920.</tt><br /><tt>5. ii.<span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua">ROBERT ENNIS WILKINSON,SR.,b.August 14,1866, Sparta,MS </span>d. April 06, 1946, Heidelberg, Mississippi. (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">My great-grandfather William Wilkerson/Wilkinson was born the same year by Charlotte, enslaved by Robert Jamieson/Jemison.)</b></tt></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Courier New"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><tt>iii.WALTER A. WILKINSON,b.1868-d. 1944(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">John had another son with Charlotte and named him Sam, which means John had two sons with the same name)</b> m. ANNIE BROWN.</tt><br /><tt>iv. SAMUEL S. WILKINSON, b. <span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight: aqua">1871; d. 1884</span>.</tt><br /><tt>v. JOHN L. WILKINSON, b. 1875; m. PAULINE DRUMWRIGHT.</tt><br /><tt>vi. THOMAS WILKINSON, b. <span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua">1879; d. 1884.</span></tt><br /><br /><tt>Generation No. 4</tt><br /><tt>4. ELLA ROSS4 WILKINSON (JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born 1863 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi, and died 1920. She married THOMAS ALEXANDER MOORE c. 1879.</tt><br /><tt>Child of ELLA WILKINSON and THOMAS MOORE is:</tt><br /><tt>i. EMMA C.5 MOORE, b. 1879, m. William Edwards</tt><br /><br /><tt>5. ROBERT ENNIS4 WILKINSON, SR. (JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born August 14, 1866 in Sparta, Mississippi, and died April 06, 1946 in Heidelberg, Mississippi. He married SARAH JANE HEIDELBERG December 24, 1891 in Mississippi, daughter of WILLIAM HEIDELBERG and MARY THORNTON.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Children of ROBERT WILKINSON and SARAH HEIDELBERG are:</tt><br /><tt>i. ROBERT ENNIS5 WILKINSON,JR., b. October 29, 1892.</tt><br /><tt>6. ii. ELMA WILKINSON, b. January 15, 1895, Heidelberg, Mississippi; d. May 22, 1946, Indianapolis, Indiana.</tt><br /><tt>iii. LILLIAN BELLE WILKINSON, b. May 26, 1898.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Generation No. 5</tt><br /><br /><tt>6. ELMA5 WILKINSON (ROBERT ENNIS4, JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born January 15, 1895 in Heidelberg, Mississippi, and died May 22, 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She married FOREST LELAND FIERS August 10, 1918 in Meridan, MS, son of JAMES FIERS and MARY MCKINTY.</tt><br /><br /><tt>Children of ELMA WILKINSON and FOREST FIERS are:</tt><br /><tt>7. i. MARY JANE6 FIERS, b. May 30, 1919, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; d.February 28, 1953, Walter Reed Hospital,Washington D.C..</tt><br /><tt>8. ii. JAMES HENRY FIERS, b. April 22, 1921, Indianapolis, Indiana; d.</tt><tt>August 26, 1998, Indianapolis, Indiana.</tt></span><tt>---------------------------------------</tt></span></p>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-31365510133943099652010-08-01T17:45:00.000-07:002010-08-01T17:53:35.263-07:00Martha Leopard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWgQD5Q6YZ4z5oArWpaEUFlsakPzx_q3Eq7pxpipPlP33dgTRv5WUncJRcAWM4C5CCT_Ya8UlRuOB9SGdSvKfsvT0T1DVg1Hb4ll1ng81aj4Aonbtknguoqi87cpUDJQesfwPb3x23xo/s1600/marthajane.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWgQD5Q6YZ4z5oArWpaEUFlsakPzx_q3Eq7pxpipPlP33dgTRv5WUncJRcAWM4C5CCT_Ya8UlRuOB9SGdSvKfsvT0T1DVg1Hb4ll1ng81aj4Aonbtknguoqi87cpUDJQesfwPb3x23xo/s200/marthajane.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500608167441992322" /></a><br />I had the opportunity to exchange emails with a descendant of Martha Leopard, Heather Leopard.<br />In 1880, Clay County, Beat #4, MS, Charlott Wilkinson, 40, a mulatto, was a widow with 2 sons, William, 14, and Samuel, 12. Charlott was living with another widow, Martha Leopard, 39, white, and her son also named Samuel, 19.Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-73344706038421849382010-03-08T12:39:00.000-08:002010-03-08T12:48:49.196-08:00Oh my, I've got a live one!Nothing is more frustrating than to dig, dig, and dig, then come up with nothing.<br />But there is a lot to be said for persistence. <br />I'm related to Ephraim and Winnie Scaife from Arkansas. Winnie's maiden name was Jordan.<br />She is important because she holds the key to my 3rd ggrandmother's father side of the family. Winnie's father was possibly 75-80 years old when she was born---I don't even want to think about it---ugh. Anyway, when Winnie was six years old, she left NC and went to live with her sister (half-sister)Manurva in Arkansas.<br />Believe it or not, I went through three Scaifes before my trail led me to BE Scaife. I learned we are related. Winnie Jordan Scaife is his grandmother. I hope he calls me back with more information. A picture would be wonderful.Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-85641527345652988162010-02-28T14:52:00.000-08:002010-02-28T15:25:06.754-08:00The 1st African-American History & Genealogy Society Conference.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkXuMNPvqMyo7ve5XEUYEWwr7DVaTQ_XuPULibGD6iiROOE5WJ8Eb1d17c17Qx6ZS_0hWhJbFp8z7-aw5jCvYhLQO_F9okYjqZ1el-6u-oTYDcssCEK2s0RqYTTTu_0oFnkD9G07-HoE/s1600-h/AA+Genealogy+President+Charles.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkXuMNPvqMyo7ve5XEUYEWwr7DVaTQ_XuPULibGD6iiROOE5WJ8Eb1d17c17Qx6ZS_0hWhJbFp8z7-aw5jCvYhLQO_F9okYjqZ1el-6u-oTYDcssCEK2s0RqYTTTu_0oFnkD9G07-HoE/s200/AA+Genealogy+President+Charles.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443439392604353810" /></a><br />Wow is the only thing I can say to describe the first conference. I'm not certified, but as an amateur genealogist, I learned there are more ways to get around a brick wall when researching our family tree. The seminars were enlightening. The research some presenters had done were amazing.<br />Please visit their website at <a href="http://www.stl-aahgs.com">www.stl-aahgs.com.</a> <br /><br />I know most of us depend on the census to help tell the story about our ancestors, but there is more. Did you know, in addition to the federal census, there are state censuses? I learned that Mississippi had a 1866 State Census Index! Yahoo.<br />In addition to Ancestry, most county libraries have free access to HeritageQuest, City Directories, and Footnote for genealogists.<br /><br />Author Tim Pinnick says a person must not overlook utilizing old community newspapers online. You can visit his website for more tips at <a href="http://blackcoalminerheritage.net">wwww.blackcoalminerheritage.net.</a><br /><br />I'm glad I didn't miss Keynote Speaker Shamele Jordon's workshop on Freedmen Strategies: the Bank vs. the Bureau.<br />Her first advice was to organize and backup online. Okay, I hit OfficeMax last night and got new binders. She also spoke about using old documents to raise $$ to fund family reunions.<br />I can go on and on, but I would like to hear from you.Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-76159448054628143732009-07-31T17:01:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:09:05.668-07:00Willie Cole Jr and Roscoe Cole Sr.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDfg6YvT7qnr_oIGYIKrh84Vr2A4L2-6UbIZhEfmbpFWi53WlDneg7BwwRPXJT6srmmgxlWxThJ743gf9dW-HxTcMk7wTwQmLyUdKmqlPvjUgPTY248KVXVrCv9E8BRl6LhHM8pqHNZU/s1600-h/Uncle+Willie+Cole+Jr.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364780568326739666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDfg6YvT7qnr_oIGYIKrh84Vr2A4L2-6UbIZhEfmbpFWi53WlDneg7BwwRPXJT6srmmgxlWxThJ743gf9dW-HxTcMk7wTwQmLyUdKmqlPvjUgPTY248KVXVrCv9E8BRl6LhHM8pqHNZU/s200/Uncle+Willie+Cole+Jr.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMqoWfZzWCOyVzvof24LnJ4D9E0rzQ0Lh2cXMx7CTB_gabH8vA7gXlRteI_XZHaBrINXtTtBmmkD8zmKz0Xw81_xg0nqP5ZOAMPUs2p4K9aGK3Ox1PBOBr0eNzzYRkVeQuYuIg_xOPuI/s1600-h/Willie+Jr+and+Papa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364780223610155746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMqoWfZzWCOyVzvof24LnJ4D9E0rzQ0Lh2cXMx7CTB_gabH8vA7gXlRteI_XZHaBrINXtTtBmmkD8zmKz0Xw81_xg0nqP5ZOAMPUs2p4K9aGK3Ox1PBOBr0eNzzYRkVeQuYuIg_xOPuI/s200/Willie+Jr+and+Papa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I have two picture of my great-great Uncle Willie. When he was young (about 53 yrs) and when he was more than 100 years old. He was 104 years old when he died in 2007. Roscoe Cole Sr., or Papa is my grandfather.</div></div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-66706417909839982692009-07-31T16:50:00.000-07:002009-07-31T16:58:56.686-07:00The Coles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84bFyQWFF1OpfwEp01_dtzrFoZpyj16SBMfP03lpr8T1dwjjqxca7XUlsAlnjbnvZ9PFXpop9IskXTMlRfrI1AB_Om8u5rrNP06IU5o37668wBvVjktkKPXGC665XtRmjCYwBZvgOyMk/s1600-h/Willie+Sr+and+Daddy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364777907646742354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84bFyQWFF1OpfwEp01_dtzrFoZpyj16SBMfP03lpr8T1dwjjqxca7XUlsAlnjbnvZ9PFXpop9IskXTMlRfrI1AB_Om8u5rrNP06IU5o37668wBvVjktkKPXGC665XtRmjCYwBZvgOyMk/s200/Willie+Sr+and+Daddy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My great-great grandfather Willie Cole Sr. and my father, Roscoe Cole Jr.</div><br /><div>Willie Cole was born about 1885 and died about 1962. Willie was of Irish descent and had several children. This picture was taken in June 1958. Eight months before I was born.</div><br /><p> </p><p> </p>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-65869791457114766422009-06-30T21:10:00.000-07:002009-06-30T22:23:09.860-07:00Robert Ennis WilkinsonI'm hoping to find my lineage through Robert Ennis Wilkinson. Robert died in Jasper, MS 1892.<br />I know with genealogy, there will always be conflicting information. That is why I requested military records, so I could begin a paper trail.<br />I'll keep you posted.Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-22723468900128492332009-03-06T20:47:00.000-08:002009-03-06T22:06:12.207-08:00More with the Wilkerson/Wilkinson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YgAoMYcRPHJFd7o0dWCdBibURhHIj9K7rHGx6aF6mv2-707E2MGMjSnn9Cj1IPqkVILmFJhPe5Nm2GpypE4wRRUU2iXneUft3LEWpIdbf-2JlRgHnyTwD1Hpg_-TQt7MNaKcEC30IhE/s1600-h/06-30-2008+09%3B58%3B42AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310323148486086370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YgAoMYcRPHJFd7o0dWCdBibURhHIj9K7rHGx6aF6mv2-707E2MGMjSnn9Cj1IPqkVILmFJhPe5Nm2GpypE4wRRUU2iXneUft3LEWpIdbf-2JlRgHnyTwD1Hpg_-TQt7MNaKcEC30IhE/s200/06-30-2008+09%3B58%3B42AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is the newest information dug up from a Lookup researcher Wendy:</div><br /><div>She found according to the Greenville, S C Marriage and Death Notices, 1826-1863,</div><br /><div>December 6, 1834, on the 20th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Potter, Mr. Thomas J. Wilkinson of Greenville, to Miss Sarah R., daughter of the Hon. J. Douthett of the Anderson District.<br />She checked further on the Douthett line and found several people posted a lot of information both the Wilkinson and Douthett line with detailed info on Thomas and Sarah's children, including John A(dams) Wilkinson. The information they posted shows that he died in 1892 in Chickasaw County, MS.</div><br /><div>This sounds 95 % like my family. Unfortunately, I can't find that family tree on line yet, but I hope too.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As a reminder, John Wilkinson/Wilkerson, I thought was married to my gggrandmother. But from Wendy's research, I would that was not the case. John actually married a woman Artie Jamison whose family (Robert Jamison) probably owned my gggrandmother, Charlotte, at one time.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There's more thanks to Wendy.</div><br /><div><strong>Greene County, AL 1850December 31, 1850</strong></div><br /><div><strong>1574/1574</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Thomas J. Wilkinson, 35, farmer, 800, b SC</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Sarah, 35, b SC</strong></div><br /><div><strong>John, 14, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Sarah J., 13, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>James, 11, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Anna, 9, b Al</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Mary, 8, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Louisa, 6, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Andrew, 4, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong>Lucy, 1, b AL</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>Chickasaw County, MS 1860, September 1, 1860<br /></strong>921/941<br />Robert Jamison, 41, farmer, b AL<br />Mary, 35, wife, b Al<br />Henry, 16, b Al<br />Artie, 15, f, b AL...she later became John's wife<br />Sarah, 13, b Al<br />William, 11, b AL<br />John Wilkinson, 23, teacher in academy, b AL<br /><strong>In 1866, Charlotte and John's first child, William, was born. His brother, Samuel was born 3 years later. </strong></div><strong><br /><div><br />Chickasaw County, MS 1870<br /></strong></div>54/58<br />John A. Wilkinson, 33, farmer, 2000/1500, b AL<br />Arta T., 24, keeping house, b AL<br />Ella R., 6, b AL <strong>****If Ella is six, then Arta and John had to be married in 1864. It looks like John had an affair with my gggrandmother. Also on the 1870 census, Charlotte Wilkerson list herself as a widow, so all this time I thought John was dead.<br /></strong>Robert, 3, b MS<br />Walter, 1, b MS<br />Andrew J., 22, Law Student, b AL (Possibly John's younger brother)<br /><br /><strong>Chicasaw County, MS 1880<br /></strong>John A., Wilkinson, 42, teacher farmer, b AL, parents b SC (Remember Thomas and Sarah)<br />Artie M., 34, wife, keeping house, b AL, parents b GA<br /><strong>I NOTICE ELLA IS MISSING...POSS DEAD BASED ON 1900 CENSUS</strong><br /><div>Robert E., 13, son, b MS </div><br /><div>Walter A., 11, son, b MS<br />Samuel, 9, son, at school, b MS<br />John, 5, son, at school, b MS<br />Thomas J., 1, son, b MS</div><br /><div>There are 2 servants living in the John Wilkinson household:<br />E. D. 35, sheet 24D<br />Page 360D<br />Finis H. Linn, 21, white, servant, single, works on farm, b MS, father b AL, mother b SC<br />Smith Jimerson?, 25, black, servant, widower, works on farm, b AL, parents b blank</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So John died in 1892.</div><br /><div>Poplarville Town, Pearl River County, MS 1900<br />E. D. 83, sheet 3B, page 3B<br />June 2, 1900<br />48/49<br /><strong>John Wilkinson</strong> (which is John Jr.), head, b June 1874, age 26, married 1 year, b MS, parents b AL, salesman<br />Pauline, wife, b Sept 1880, age 19, 0 children, b TN, parents b TN<br /><strong>Artie F.,</strong> mother, b May 1846, age 54, <strong>widow, 4 of 6 children living (who died? Ella, Thomas or Samuel)</strong>, b AL, parents b AL<br />49/50<br /><strong>Walter Wilkinson</strong>, head, b oct 1868, age 31, married 10 years, b MS, parents b AL, cant read occup<br />Annie, wife, b Feb 1872, age 28, 4 of 4 children living, b MS, parents b MS<br />Bonnie, dau, b March 1891, age 9, b MS<br />John A., son, b Feb 1893, age 7, b MS<br />Artie B., dau, b Sept 1895, age 4, b MS<br />Gladys, dau, b Sept 1898, age 1, b MS<br />51/52<br /><strong>Robt E. Wilkinson</strong>, head, b Aug 1866, age 33, married 8 years, b MS, parents b AL, merchant, owns non-mortgaged farm<br />Sallie J., wife, b Feb 1875, age 25, 3 of 3 children living, b MS, father b MS, mother b SC<br />Ennis, son, b Oct 1892, age 7, b MS<br />Elma, dau, b June? 1895, age 5, b MS<br />?, dau, b May 1898, age 2, b</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>On the 1910 census, Ennis is in Birmingham , AL and signs up for WWI as Robert E. Wilkinson Jr. Afterward, he returns to AL and the family moves to Houston, TX</strong></div><br /><div>So, I find the tree in SC then AL then MS then TX.</div><br /><div>Oh, boy, a lot of puzzles on this to research. </div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-36220269467525416892008-08-14T12:24:00.000-07:002008-08-14T12:38:34.752-07:00John Wilkeson's son, Sam Wilkerson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEN2gpV5Sh9sp97p_ud5FDGIZjzrppUzDEFa3JSV8H4U3QVCVDNqPQvG312UAcVbfLJoX78qGekB97X7-J1AB9MYFm8RR9bbhsoK1PTJpL9ZBoj3AWMJlzyGWQJ-HJAXiwJaTW_3u248/s1600-h/06-30-2008+07%3B46%3B50AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234460042718173730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEN2gpV5Sh9sp97p_ud5FDGIZjzrppUzDEFa3JSV8H4U3QVCVDNqPQvG312UAcVbfLJoX78qGekB97X7-J1AB9MYFm8RR9bbhsoK1PTJpL9ZBoj3AWMJlzyGWQJ-HJAXiwJaTW_3u248/s200/06-30-2008+07%3B46%3B50AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I had the opportunity this week to dig into the lives of some more ancestors. Eliza Palmer is causing me a headache so I temporarily jumped backed to my great-grandfather, William Wilkerson. I already knew Sam moved to Cincinnati and opened a hotel. I found out a few days ago that it was bought out by Holiday Inn.</div><br /><div>Two new facts: He stayed in Mississippi until 1900. Sam Wilkerson's father's family--don't know if mother or father's side, which was white, helped him escape. I called the Cincy Museum Center (513-287-7043). A staffer checked and is sending me two pages of hotels on the 1910, 1915 City Directories.</div><br /><div>The search continues...</div><br /><div>Until the next tip.</div><br /><div>Pat</div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-44853999447985542232008-07-23T06:28:00.000-07:002008-12-11T00:51:25.886-08:00Wyatt Palmer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkxq9ner1yHBIU1NSEAPWuVOO1V33YUxcU0lLdr_rYDZrTJlRSktVCK5lsmEF6idyfA6lRKRn_8UUKUAxeMjMv0VDrI8N4V4xZW35eylsJldaM7xvpV2NX0l9hzZ_StmcxZrf7TdJj7E/s1600-h/06-30-2008+09%3B52%3B16AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226205232187127218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkxq9ner1yHBIU1NSEAPWuVOO1V33YUxcU0lLdr_rYDZrTJlRSktVCK5lsmEF6idyfA6lRKRn_8UUKUAxeMjMv0VDrI8N4V4xZW35eylsJldaM7xvpV2NX0l9hzZ_StmcxZrf7TdJj7E/s200/06-30-2008+09%3B52%3B16AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Okay, I'm back to working on the Palmers again.</div><br /><div>The only reason why I'm so determined with these wonderful ancestors of mine is I feature them in my 2009 release of <em>Not Guilty of Love</em>. Wouldn't it be great if I can go back one more generation before I write the last chapter?</div><br /><div>On the 1870 census, Minerva Palmer (who seemed to live close to the Lamberts---possibly the last slaveholders) had 3 children before she married Spence(r) Lambert sometime before 1880: Charles,4, Wyat(t),3, and Sam, almost a year.</div><br /><div>Wyatt Palmer was born October 1868. On the 1900 Cleburne Township, Monroe County, AR census, he was in his second marriage to Ollie. They had a daughter, Mary, 3, born in 1897. She did have a step-brother and step-sister.</div><br /><div>In 1910, Wyatt was 42, Mary was 13, and my great-grandmother Minvera Brown, 17, and her younger brother who was a twin to Ellis, 14, Louis Brown, 14, lived with their uncle. That's Minerva and Louis.</div><br /><div>I have not found Wyatt on the 1920 and 1930 censuses, but I'm checking. If he had held off dying until after 1912, I can request his birth certificate. Keep your fingers crossed.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-2723447202822786852008-06-30T07:03:00.000-07:002008-12-11T00:51:26.058-08:00African-American Workshop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodf_dfYQGYZStiwdHsUP1RZRJyVl7sp7qPK3auKDsfpTLyWxS0Poks1qvWFWsTWueBjnQURso8gHWkkBOMxqGWQiztnfh4wtVWHgoJnJCrfyJm9ZSIknL9IgVLS4MlhFzd60TZ3yHphw/s1600-h/06-30-2008+07%3B46%3B00AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217679778862316482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodf_dfYQGYZStiwdHsUP1RZRJyVl7sp7qPK3auKDsfpTLyWxS0Poks1qvWFWsTWueBjnQURso8gHWkkBOMxqGWQiztnfh4wtVWHgoJnJCrfyJm9ZSIknL9IgVLS4MlhFzd60TZ3yHphw/s200/06-30-2008+07%3B46%3B00AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>One of the most exciting events I had the opportunity to attend recently was an African-American genealogy workshop. It was held at our Missouri Historical Society in Forest Park.<br />Whew! I watched a presentation on the debate surrounding the Cherokee Indian nation disenfranchise the Cherokee Freedman that were once their slaves.<br />They peaked my interest to re-examine the Dawes roll.<br />I would type more, but got to go...</div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-46578241608752692802008-06-24T19:20:00.000-07:002008-12-11T00:51:26.238-08:00Eliza Palmer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohuipv8-duaCDXNZn0Ew7LCslin_uBRuAJnTvTbR7TjRH5QllP-BAk1z4tfvj68ygmhxVmYEjenL7p09Ix29VdY2tWxnqOUIJE9M87AL9Bl5NBn95oZMqiUatfsVP5PzGra9MMfjKjLQ/s1600-h/06-30-2008+07%3B35%3B02AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217674748867421314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohuipv8-duaCDXNZn0Ew7LCslin_uBRuAJnTvTbR7TjRH5QllP-BAk1z4tfvj68ygmhxVmYEjenL7p09Ix29VdY2tWxnqOUIJE9M87AL9Bl5NBn95oZMqiUatfsVP5PzGra9MMfjKjLQ/s200/06-30-2008+07%3B35%3B02AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ncO8TVfxM-hlcHbqmuXS5t6sPUh3JYp8k_WuVN5bis7IB1M68hL6hZBssk4Jy_z8hK5OU9jETiJDw9A-V1GHwcaUqW6_i5EhCDo8A-v6INp28N23GqtkCL3xK84arQcuxQWQ0UKxKco/s1600-h/Not+Just+A+Bookstore+1.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div>Well, the county clerk from Arkansas never called me back. There's always plan A,B,C and all the way to Z.</div><br /><br /><div>Evidence already shows Eliza in NC in 1851. Something or someone sent her to NC between 1851 and 1860. </div><br /><br /><div>It appears she inherited the slaves. So the big dig for me is to find a marriage certificate with Eliza about 20 years old and marrying a Palmer.</div><br /><br /><div>It's that Palmer I believe holds the key to who owned my people.</div></div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-16342724126386583632008-06-17T20:00:00.000-07:002008-12-11T00:51:26.396-08:00Who's a Genealogist?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipofh3dQiEZUhMSTCZUYcEMsWWuEowb-kbFsezw4t6jdTFbewNKUew4J3VIBP9z6DJhNVsNbG0IoQI78ThChA-GDxtuApYwLAiY4wXDYzUyUnJW4Ngs6y6kIclxxfg4vqrZp6WgfPyzAY/s1600-h/03-31-2008+07%3B56%3B22AM.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213825877720896978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipofh3dQiEZUhMSTCZUYcEMsWWuEowb-kbFsezw4t6jdTFbewNKUew4J3VIBP9z6DJhNVsNbG0IoQI78ThChA-GDxtuApYwLAiY4wXDYzUyUnJW4Ngs6y6kIclxxfg4vqrZp6WgfPyzAY/s200/03-31-2008+07%3B56%3B22AM.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>What makes a bonafide genealogist...<br />#1. When you meet someone who shares the same last name of your ancestor, say 100 years ago, you want to ask, "Where are your people from?"<br />Of course, if you're talking to a guy, he'll probably think you're flirting. If it's a woman, she's probably praying that she isn't related to you!<br /><br />..okay I need to stay on course. I'm continuing my Palmer search at the Library next week.</div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817297464986527922.post-37595874705622148602008-06-09T18:03:00.000-07:002008-12-11T00:51:26.533-08:00Minerva Palmer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqAqtDSxOWehRAqf66VU2nXQYTQYPcYmXVMMzAg7CSfHuV3fW9OM9asTweB9qNqINyVUUUhFNtQTqOmaSp7HtjrbvgUNfNHb2PUcjc8R2cC-DmugJKTLOZbwV18-yDFHBX17MFhWbRDY/s1600-h/Pat+Simmons+Sophomore.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210055685799134162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqAqtDSxOWehRAqf66VU2nXQYTQYPcYmXVMMzAg7CSfHuV3fW9OM9asTweB9qNqINyVUUUhFNtQTqOmaSp7HtjrbvgUNfNHb2PUcjc8R2cC-DmugJKTLOZbwV18-yDFHBX17MFhWbRDY/s200/Pat+Simmons+Sophomore.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div></div><div>Okay, this is where my investigation begins.</div><div>Minerva Palmer was my 3 great-grandma.</div><div>On the 1870 Arkansas census, she was 22 years old and had three children: </div><div>George Lambert, 4</div><div>Wyatt Lambert, 3</div><div>Sam Lambert, almost 1 year.</div><div>She lived between two Lambert families, G.W. Lambert and Mary Lambert. My 3 great-grandma went on to married Spencer Lambert.</div><div>So, who was her slaveholder on the 1860 census? At first, I thought it was the Atty. Jno Palmer because he owned slaves, but there wasn't any female slaves between 10-12 years old.</div><div>With the help of some of my Arkansas genealogy friends, we thought it could be 37-year old Eliza Palmer from SC. She wasn't in Arkansas in 1850, so.......who sent for her to take over the slaves?</div><div></div><div>Let's see if I can find out (hmmm)</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>There's no way I can know if you visited unless you leave a comment, please</strong></div></div>Christian Author Pat Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780265389934161430noreply@blogger.com0