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Home February 9, 2010 Bolivar County Updated - Debbie Leftwich County Coordinator Blanchard family information http://msgw.org/bolivar/FAMILIES_files/Blanchards.htm November 1866 Tax List http://msgw.org/bolivar/censusrecords_files/November1866.htm Photo Gallery - Page 2 http://msgw.org/bolivar/photogallery2.htm 1896 Map of Cleveland http://msgw.org/bolivar/maps/Cleveland1896.jpg Formation of county information http://msgw.org/bolivar/Formation.htm Field/Clay court claim http://msgw.org/bolivar/thisandthat_files/FieldClay.jpg "Early Delta Farm Life" http://msgw.org/bolivar/KnowltonSlideShow_files/frame.htm    booklet (slide show) January 18, 2010 Bolivar County Updated - Debbie Leftwich County Coordinator Military http://msgw.org/bolivar/WWIISummary.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/KoreanWarCasualties.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/KoreanWarCasualties2.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/VietnamCasualties.htm   Photo Gallery Brand new photo page with many new photos added   Special Projects http://msgw.org/bolivar/MerigoldAuxiliary.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/Fidelis1937.pdf   http://msgw.org/bolivar/Fidelis1938.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/Fidelis1940.htm   http://msgw.org/bolivar/Fidelis1941.htm   Resources   http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/index.html   http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/100/index.htm   http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/ms/HistoryofAdathIsraelClevelandMS.htm   http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/ms/cleveland.htm   http://www.etv.state.ms.us/television/Series/Roads/2008/2807.htm   http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/honeyboy.htm   http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/crowe Maps added:   http://theusgenweb.org/ms/bolivar/maps/Symonds.pdf - Undated map of Symonds, MS   http://theusgenweb.org/ms/bolivar/maps/Malvina.pdf - 1904 map of Malvina, MS   http://theusgenweb.org/ms/bolivar/maps/Cleveland1896.pdf - 1896 map of Cleveland, MS downtown 1840 US Census transcription 1841 US Census transcription 1845 US Census transcription 1866 US Census transcription July 20, 2009 Tippah County Confederate Graves http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivilw/confederate-graves.html Photos added Bolivar County: http://theusgenweb.org/ms/bolivar/photogallery/Gunnison60s.jpg January 1, 2009 Jones Co. MS Updates Cemeteries County Line Cemetery Photo - New! Ellisville City Cem. African American (New Section) - Updated! Ellisville City Cem. African American (Old Section) Transcription - New! Hickory Grove Cemetery Photo - New! Mt. Vernon Cemetery Photo - New! M.T.P. & S.D.A. Cemetery Photo - New! Old Antioch Cemetery Photo - New! Our Home Cemetery Transcription - New! Union Line Cemetery Photo - New! Census 1860 Census - (Families 1 - 100) New! Court Records Project Will Transcriptions Evans, Monroe - New! Taylor, William S. - New! Turner, Martin G. - New! Woods, Willis - New! Deed and Land Records Booth, Matilda (formerly Matilda Harring) - New! Fairchild, Littleton A. - New! Grayson, Alexander - New! Knight, Sarah - New! Rush, John - New! Shelby, Polly - New! Valentine, Allen - New! Valentine, Daniel N. - New! Valentine, Drayton V. - New! Family Album Families Graham, Thomas & Emma Pruitt (African American)- New! McGilberry Family (African American) - New! Pruitt Family (African American)- New! Welch, Joel & Alice Valentine - New! Photos - People & Places Anchor Saw Mill - New! Eastman Gardiner Lumber Mills - New! Ellisville (birds eye view) - New! Ellisville Graded School - New! Ellisville Lumber Company - New! Gilcrist Fordney Mill - New! M. E. Church - New! Mason Fibre Company - New! Parker, Mulford (Residence of) - New! Pinehurst Hotel - New! Timber Camp (near Laurel) - New! Wausau Southern Lumber Company - New! Jones County & Mississippi Online Resources Family Pages Online Cooper Family Page - New Link! Drennan Family Page - New Link! Myrick (William "Billy") Family Group Sheet - New Link! Rush Family Page - New Link! Welborn (James Lawrence) Family Page - New Link! Welch Family Page - New Link! Jones County, Texas Board Military Information WWI Draft Registration Dennis, Robert Lee - New! Graham, Alfred B. - New! Graham, Collins - New! Graham, Cooper John - New! Graham, Dan - New! Graham, Eugene Irvin - New! Knight, Admiral Dewey - New! Knight, Aron Vester - New! Knight, Ben Williamson - New! Knight, Benjamin Franklin - New! Knight, Bobbie Lanzy - New! Valentine, Allen Baxter - New! Valentine, Archie Allison - New! Valentine, Archie Murry - New! Valentine, Bura - New! Valentine, Columbus Derrell - New! Valentine, Sidney - New! New Coordinator Jasper County MS January 23, 2009 Diane Payne February 7, 2009 - Jasper Co. MS Updates Hi Jasper County Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Jasper Co. MSGenWeb site. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msjasper/ Books & Other Publications - New! Cemeteries - New! Census Records & Mortality Schedules 1840 Jasper Co. MS Census - New Link! 1850 Jasper Co. MS Census - New Link! 1850 Jasper Co. MS Mortality Schedule - New! 1880 Jasper Co. MS Census - New Link! 1900 Jasper Co. MS Census - New Link! 1930 Jasper Co. MS Census Lookups - New! Church Histories - New! Communities & Other Places in Jasper County Places Names in Jasper County - New! Death Records Jasper County Death Index 1935 B, G & N - New! 1936 A & C - New! 1942 A, B, G, M, & N - New! 1943 C & E - New! Maps of Jasper County, Iowa Board Jasper County, Mississippi Board Jasper County, Missouri Board Jasper County, South Carolina Board Jasper County, Texas Board Mississippi State Board Mississippi Territory) - New! 1813 Map (Mississippi Counties) - New! 1833 Map (Mississippi Counties) - New! 1860 Map (Mississippi Counties) - New! 1878 Map (Jasper County Railroad & Townships) - New! 1882 Map (Jasper County) - New! 1888 Map (Jasper County Railroad & Townships)- New! Photos - People & Places Bay Springs Mineral Springs - New! Holders Methodist Church - New! Montrose Presbyterian Church - New! Montrose Presbyterian Church (Historical Marker) - New! Pisgah Presbyterian Church - New! Smith, James B. - New! Stafford, Captain (Home of) - New! Stafford Springs (Hotel & Grounds) - New! I also added a search engine to the site. Diane Payne March 1, 2009 - Jasper Co. MS Updates Hi Jasper County Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Jasper Co. MSGenWeb site. Cemeteries Jeffery E. Knight Cemetery with Photos - New! Knight Cemetery with Photos - New! Old Ebenezer Cemetery - Updated! Churches Bay Springs UMC (History) - New off-site link! Bethany Baptist Church (Photo) - New! Mt. Pisgah Church (Photo) - New! Providence Primitive Baptist Church (Photo) - New! Family Album Families of Jones County Boyd Family - New! Graham Family (African American) - New! Graham, Thomas & Emma Pruitt (African American) - New! Marsh Family (African American) - New! McNeil Family - New! Pugh Family - New! Pugh, James S. & Mary S. Graham - New! Pruitt Family (African American) - New! Photos - People & Places Boyd, Martha Elizabeth - New! McNeil, Martha Jane Ainsworth - New! Pugh, James S. & Mary S. Graham - New! Pugh Sisters (Lucy & Virgie) - New! Stafford Coffee House - New! Stafford Inn - New! Stafford Spring House - New! Valentine, Martin E. & Mary Jane (Kervin) - New! Jasper County Online Resources - New Category! Surrounding Counties - New! Thank you for the kind e-mails of support. Diane Payne Your new Jasper County Coordinator Jasper Co. MSGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msjasper/ March 15, 2009 Jones Co. MS Updates HI Jones County Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb project. Bible Records Project Jethro Simmons Family Bible - New! Cemeteries Ellzey Cemetery (Entrance Photo) - New! Fairchild Cemetery - New Link! Fairfield Cemetery - New Link! John "Jackie" Knight Cemetery (Photo) - New! Rushton Cemetery (Photo) - New! Shelton Cemetery - New Link! Welch-Graham Cemetery (Photo) - New! Also added more cemetery names to the index Church Histories & Photos Black Church in Laurel (Photo) - New! First M. E. Church (Photo) - New! Palestine Primitive Baptist Church (Photo) - New! Pineview Congregational Methodist Church (Photo) - New! Presbyterian Church in Laurel (Photo) - New! Court Records Project Will Transcriptions Dement, William - New! Duckworth, Narcissa - New! Death Index and Transcription Records 1935 Death Index G- New! 1935 Death Index N - New! 1936 Death Index G - New! 1936 Death Index P - New! Family Album Families Knight, John "Jackie" - Family of - New! Loper Family - New! Myrick Family - New! Myrick,William Henry - New! Family Album Photos - People & Places Agricultural High School - New! Ellisville High School - New! Graded School (Ellisville) - New! Ivy Street - New! Laurel High School - New! Lindsey, John (residence of) - New! N. O. & N. E. Depot (Laurel) - New! Military History & Records WWI Draft Registrations Graham, Willie (born 1896) - New! Graham, Willie (born 1897) - New! Lee, William George - New! Overstreet, Charles A. - New! Overstreet, James H. - New! Overstreet, Jim - New! Overstreet, Lee - New! Pruitt. Lansow - New! Pruitt, Mathew - New! Pruitt, Richard - New!   October 14, 2008 A new cemetery has been posted at Bolivar County. You can find the new cemetery transcription by clicking on the link shown below: Unnamed Cemetery on McKnight Road, Cleveland, MS Debbie Leftwich Bolivar County October 13, 2008 The Obituary for Martha Glenn Stephens Cofield has been posted to Lafayette County. You can find the Obituary by clicking on the link shown below: Martha Glenn Stephens Cofield Obit Evelyn Crocker Lafayette County October 10, 2008 New postings have been added at Bolivar County. You can find the new postings by clicking on the link shown below: Gunnison Birthday Invitation Merigold American Legion Auxiliary Booklet Leslie Cemetery, Duncan, MS Magnolia Hill Road Cemetery, Duncan, MS Blanchard-Scruggs Cemetery, Gunnison, MS Unnamed Cemetery (Findley/Harris Place) Debbie Leftwich Bolivar County October 9, 2008 New cemeteries have been posted at Bolivar County. You can find the new cemetery transcriptions by clicking on the link shown below: Unnamed Cemetery 63 Hi-Lite (Gunnison Attendance Center) Debbie Leftwich Bolivar County October 7, 2008 New cemeteries have been posted at Bolivar County. You can find the new cemetery transcriptions by clicking on the link shown below: Beevers Cemetery Switzer Cemetery Bishop Cemetery Debbie Leftwich Bolivar County September 30, 2008 BolivarCounty Researchers, Additions to Plantations - http://bolivar.msgenweb.org/thisandthat.htm Addition to Photo Gallery - http://bolivar.msgenweb.org/photogallery.htm Addition to Cities, Towns and Villages - http://bolivar.msgenweb.org/thisandthat.htm Burrus Cemetery listing: http://bolivar.msgenweb.org/cemeteries_files/burrus.pdf Debbie, Bolivar County, MS September 29, 2008 Chickasaw County Researchers, Two new marriage files added to Chickasaw CO. http://theusgenweb.org/ms/chickasaw/1881marriages.html http://theusgenweb.org/ms/chickasaw/1882marriages.html September 28, 2008 Chickasaw County Researchers, Another year of marriage records have been added for Chickasaw County. You can view the new records by clicking on the link. http://theusgenweb.org/ms/chickasaw/1880marriages.html September 9, 2008 Hi Jones County Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb project. Books & Other Publications More books added! Cemeteries Several more cemetery names added Burruss Memorial Cemetery, - Off-site link added! Eastabutchie Cemetery - Off-site link added! Edmondson Cemetery - Off-site link added! Fairchild Cemetery - Off-site link added! Fairfield Cemetery - Off-site link added! Hopewell Cemetery - Off-site link added! Shelton - Off-site link added! Communities of Jones County Place Names - Added more information! Court Records Project Will Index 1860 - 1954 - Over 80 new names added to the index! Death Records 1942 Death Records Index A - L - New! Family Album Families of Jones County           Powell, Hiram W. - New!           Quimby Family - New!           Sumrall, Harmon & Bethany Shotts - New!           Valentine Family Bible - New! Valentine, Sidney & Bertha Quimby - New!        Photos - People & Places           Lamar School - New!           Quimby, Green-Berry, wife Lydia Ann Brunetta & daughter Bertha - New!           Soso Post Office - Mail Carriers (Black, Duckworth, Shows & Valentine)           Valentine Sons (Warren, Morgan, Millard, Bryant, John, Hampton & George) - New!           Valentine, William Bryant - 84th birthday, 1916 - New! Marriage Records        1917-1920 (White) Marriage Index - New! Surrounding Counties        Added a nice map thanks to Kimberlie Groth! Vital & Other Records - Ordering Information - New! Best regards to all, Diane Payne Jones Co. MSGenWeb Project http://jones.msgenweb.org/   June 22, 2008 Jones MSGenWeb Hi Jones Co. MS Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb site. Cemeteries of Jones Co. MS Beech Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New! Brown Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New! Brown Cemetery - Photo - New! Ellisville City Cem. #2 - Photo - New! Woodlawn Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New! Church Histories Old Hickory Grove Baptist Church - Off-site link added! Court Records Project Court Records - New Category Added! Citizens of Jones County & Board of Police vs Joel D. Welborn - New! Fall, A. B. et al vs. Amos Deason (Swamp Land Commissioner) - New! Miller, Mary - Petition to Sell Land - New! Miller, Mary & William - Letters of Guardianship (Christopher, Hosea & James Holly) - New! Shirley, John W. - Petition for Dower - New! Court Records Project Will Index Volume 1 - New Category Added! Several Names added to the index Court Records Project Will Transcriptions - New Category Added! Albertson, W. C. - New! Blacklidge, James G. - New! Feazell, J. R. - New! Knight, James - New! Sharp, E. B. - New! Sherman, Rebecca - New! Shows, W. W. - New! Simpson, John F. - New! Wahrendorff, Henry - New! Walters, Annis - New! Watson, Amasa (abstract) - New! Family Album Families of Jones Co. MS Prince Family - New! Valentine, Allen & Sinthia Welch -New! Family Album Photos - People & Places Collins, Warren & Tolitha Valentine - New! Corncrib - Home of Mot Tucker - New! Cotton Mill - Girls, 1911 - New! Cotton Mill, Workers, 1911 - New! Dog Trot - Cabin of Ed Bagget - New! Fiddlin' Contest, 1920's - New! Group Photo, about 1918 - New! Housing - "Negro" (near Laurel) - New! Laurel Building - New! Logging Camp Workers - New! Sawmill Workers abt. 1927-1929 - New! Sawmill Workers (Group Photo #1) - New! Valentine, Allen & Sinthia Welch - New! Valentine, George Andrew - New! Yelverton Children - New! History of Jones County Act to divide Jones Co. into Two Districts - New! Provost Marshal - John H. Powell letter, 1863 - New! Marriage Records 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" M - Q - Corrections made to some names 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" R - Y - New! 1908 - 1924 Index "Colored" A - C - New! Military Information - New Category Added! Spanish War Company M, 1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment - New off-site link added! Military Information Civil War - War Between The States 7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry (Terral's) - New off-site link added! 27th Mississippi Infantry - New off-site link added! Military Information World War I Draft Registration Cards Abbey, Mark Culver - New! Abney, Henry - New! Abney, Mack - New! Evans, Reece - New! Evans, Sam - New! Graham, Tom - New! Knight, Admiral Dewey - New! Knight, Amos - New! Pruitt, Roscoe William - New! Military Information World War II Casualties Army & Air Force - New off-site link added! Jones County Enlistees - New off-site link added! Best regards, Diane Payne (dianepay@aol.com) Jones Co. MSGenWeb Project http://jones.msgenweb.org/ May 23, 2008 Jones MSGenWeb Cemeteries Coats Cemetery - New! Ellisville City Cemetery (African American, New Section) - New! McCullum Cemetery (African American) - New! Old Antioch Missionary Baptist Cemetery - New! Sims Cemetery (African American) - New! Welch Cemetery - New! Census Records 1837 Jones Co. MS Territorial Census - New! 1860 Jones Co. MS Slave Schedule - New! 1900 Jones Co. MS Census - off site link - New! 1930 Jones Co. MS - Poor House Census - New! Communities & Other Places in Jones County Community Histories Industrialization & the Founding of the City of Laurel - New! Death Records Death Record Transcriptions - New Category Added! Evans, Reese - New! Graham, Albert - New! Graham, Annie - New! Graham, Beatrice - New! Graham, Billie - New! Graham, Edmond - New! Graham, Tom - New! Graham, Orange - New! Tolson, Nancy - New! Deed & Land Records Gieger, Abram M., 1859 - New! Gieger, James S. - New! Family Album Photos - People & Places Confederate Soldier Monument - New! Confederate War Memorial - New! Deason Home - New! History of Jones County Antebellum Jones County - New! Civil War & the Free State of Jones - New! Marriage Records 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" G - L - New! 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" M - Q - New! May 3, 2008 I am the new County Coordinator for the Jones Co. MS site. Please stop by for a visit. Your contributions are welcome and needed! Here are the latest updates to the site. Enjoy! Cemeteries in Jones County - Lots of new information added to this category! Census Records 1853 Jones County MS Territorial Census - New! 1860 Jones County MS Mortality Schedule - New off-site link! 1890 Jones County MS Census (Veterans) - New! 1920 Jones County MS Census (Poor House) - New! 1930 Jones County MS Census (Lookups ) New! Communities & Other Places in Jones County Place Names in Jones County - New category and new information! Families of Jones County Evans Family - New! Marsh Family -- New! Overstreet Family - New! Marriage Records 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" A - F - New! Surrounding Counties - Category updated! I have also added a Search Engine to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb site. Diane Payne Jones Co. MSGenWeb Project - http://jones.msgenweb.org/