In Memory of
Mary C. Dowd
Daughter of W. C. & M. A. Dowd
Born July 20, 1858
Died November 6, 1862
Mary C. Dowd was a daughter of William Cornelius Dowd and his
wife Martha Ann McMillan.
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Burton W. Dowd
Born September 24, 1850
Died February 14, 1872
Burton W. Dowd was a child of William Cornelius Dowd and his
wife Martha Ann McMillan.
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Dec. 15, 1812 - Sept. 29, 1880
James Kennedy Winfield was the son of John B.
Winfield and his first wife. He married Sarah Sherard October 4,
1835 in Anderson Co, SC. Any information concerning the inscription on his
original tombstone, destroyed by the 1966 tornado, would be greatly appreciated.
1835 Anderson District, SC Tax Return 0.60
1836 Anderson District SC Tax Return 0.10
1836-1837 Anderson Co, SC, Purchased from the estate of Samuel
Porter.
1837 Anderson District, SC Tax Return
1838 or 1839 Anderson District, SC Tax Return
December 5, 1839 Anderson Co, SC. Purchased from the estate of
Freeman Wiles.
1841 Anderson Co, SC Tax Return 0.15
1850 Perry Co, AL Census, Brush Creek Beat, #84-86, Farmer, p 324B
1860 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Dixon, T10 R10, p. 138
1870 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Beat 4 #971-971
1880 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Beat 4, ED 59, Supv. Dist. 2, Dist. 6,
#49-49
Traveling from North Carolina and Georgia, by way of Alabama, in 1853, fifteen families moved west. They set out with their families on ox-drawn "Bow frame covered sheet" wagons. They landed in Neshoba County, after looking over the surrounding country. They moved twenty miles farther west, into Leake County, to enter public lands which were open for them to choose. They settled in Madden. W.W. Thomas was their leader. His father was John Thomas. (History of Leake County, MS)
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Wife of J. K. Winfield
Jan. 9, 1816 - Oct. 3, 1898
Sarah Sherard, daughter of Alexander Sherard
Jr. & Jane Dickey, married James Kennedy Winfield October 4, 1835 in
Anderson Co, SC. The family left South Carolina about 1842 for Perry Co,
AL. They made the move to Neshoba Co, MS in 1853.
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 Alma Winfield
Wife of
R. E. Majure
December 29, 1858 - January 31, 1923
Lorranna Alma Winfield was the daughter of James Kennedy
Winfield and his wife Sarah Sherard. She married Robert Eugene Majure on
December 18, 1878 in Neshoba Co, MS. Although the tombstone appears to
read December 23rd, her birth date is listed as December 29th in her father's
family Bible.
1910 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Beat 4, p. 213, #255-255, General Farm
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R. E. Majure
August 9, 1854 - August 10, 1905
Robert Eugene Majure was a son of William K. Majure and his wife
Frances A. McKee. He married Lorranna Alma Winfield on December 18, 1878
in Neshoba Co, MS.
1900 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Beat 4, p. 101, Supv Dist 5, ED 45, Sheet 1a #5-5, Farmer
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  In Memory of
Henrietta A.
Wife of D. W. Pettigrew
Born Feb 7, 1853
Died May 10, 1905
Henrietta Augusta Winfield was a daughter of James Kennedy
Winfield and his wife Sarah Sherard. She was born in Perry Co, AL and
married David W. Pettigrew on November 24, 1870 in Neshoba Co, MS.
1900 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Beat 4, p. 110, Supv Dist 5, ED 45, Sheet 10A, #175-180
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James
Son of
J. R. & M. A. Winfield
Born October 3, 1900
Died December 1, 1900
James Winfield was a son of James Raymond Winfield and his wife
Mary Annabelle McMillan.
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September 12, 1869 - July 12, 1928
Marion Duncan Whetstone was a son of Daniel M. Whetstone and his
wife Sarah. He was born in Kellyton, Coosa Co, AL and married Sallie
Katherine Winfield January 3, 1901.
1900 Leake Co, MS Census - Enumerated as Boarder in household of
W. J. Brantley, Beat 1, p 206
1910 Leake Co, MS Census, Beat 5, p. 211, Supv Dist 5, ED 73, #63-63
1920 Leake Co, MS Census, Beat 5, p. 222, Supv 5, ED 75, #329-334
The path of discovery to the origins of Duncan Whetstone was
quite a rocky one. All of my life I have heard that Aunt Kate had married
Duncan Whetstone. But since he died long before I was born I had no
personal knowledge of the man. During the past year I set out to learn of
the history of the spouses of my grandmother's siblings. By far Duncan
Whetstone was the hardest. He was absolutely nowhere to be found until I
happened upon the tombstone of Marion M. Whetstone in the midst of Aunt Kate's
deceased children. But what could explain the fact that the name didn't
fit? I had heard the name Duncan Whetstone for my entire life. So I
set out on a search for Marion M. Whetstone, thinking that Duncan might just be
a nickname. Absolutely nowhere in Alabama could I find a Marion M. (or
Duncan) Whetstone with a birth date of 1876. I decided to search for
Duncan & Marion Whetstone for any year of birth and had an instant hit with
a Duncan Whetstone born about 1869. Was it the same person? I was
then able to track this man, and his brother on a migration path straight to
Leake Co, MS. It was one and the same. His name is listed in various
census records as Duncan or Marion D. But nowhere is there a listing for
Marion M. And there is absolutely no doubt that his birth year was not
1876. Can someone explain this puzzle?
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Cecil
Son of M. M. & S. K. Whetstone
Born May 9, 1903
Died March 12, 1904
Cecil Whetstone was a son of Duncan Whetstone and his wife Kate
Winfield.
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Infant Son of
Mr. & Mrs. Marion M. Whetstone
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John
McDonald
From Argleshire, Scotland, Father of Neil,
Jane, John, Mary & Hugh
Feb 1773 - Mar. 14, 1865
Margaret McDougald
Daughter of Arch & Mary McDougald from
Robinson (should be Robeson) County, NC
Aug. 20, 1780 - Dec. 9, 1857
1850 Neshoba Co, MS Census #441-461
1860 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Laurel Hill PO, Township 10 Range 10 #861-890
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In Memory of
James McDonald
Youngest Son Of
John & Margaret McDonald
Born February 21, 1818
Died September 4, 1852
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John M. Parker
Born May 23, 1803
Died October 20, 1885
John M. Parker was the husband of Jane McDonald, daughter of
John and Margaret (McDougald) McDonald.
Photo Courtesy of Vince
Hatten.
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 M.
C.
Wife of
Roberson Barham
Born 1836
Died January 1876
Aged 40 Years
Photo, Family & Census Information Courtesy of Vince
Hatten
Martha Carolina Parker was the daughter of John
M. Parker and Jane McDonald. She moved to Mississippi from Pickens Co, AL
after the Civil War. It is not known where her husband died. He
served in the 42nd Alabama Infantry.
1850 Pickens Co, AL Census, p 113b
1860 Pickens Co, AL Census, Southern Division, Post Office Pleasant Grove, House
Number 623
1870 Neshoba Co, MS Census, p 149
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Margaret
Mrs. William A. McKay
Daughter of John & Margaret McDonald
Born September 15, 1820
Died June 7, 1855
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Marietta
Daughter of Rev. J. F. & S. E. McDonald
November 12, 1889 - November 30, 1904
"ANGELS"
They have come for me.
John 11: 25 - 26
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Duncan I. McDonald
Died October 8, 1868
Aged 37 ys, 2 ms, 9 ds
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Robert B. McDonald
May 1, 1857 - June 10, 1910
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Uncle
Daniel E. McDonald
September 9, 1860 - January 30, 1946
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Alexander McKay
1792 - 1874
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Nancy McKay
August 25, 1794 - April 26, 1876
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Mrs. C. Brantley
Born August 22, 1822
Died August 10, 1878
Is this Charity Cody, wife of Harris Brantley?
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Jones Brantley
Born December 4, 1810
Died August 28, 1865
Jones Brantley married Catharine Cody. He was a brother of
Harris Brantley, who married Charity Cody. Both were sons of Phillip
Brantley Jr. and his wife Rebecca Harbuck (of Warren County, GA) Family
information courtesy of Mary F. Thomas
1850 Marion Co, GA Census, 57th District, p. 267, #568-568
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Mrs. Catharine Brantley
Died
Feb. 1859
Aged
About 44 Years
No pompous marble to thy name we raise.
This humble stone bespeaks thy praise.......
Catherine Cody was the wife of Jones Brantley.
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 Andrew P. Henry
Born October 22, 1811
Died April 2, 1870
Aged 58 ys 5 ms 11 ds
The Story of Neshoba by R. L. Breland - The Neshoba Democrat
March 19, 1937
Henry-Thomas Families
"These two families are linked together in that they intermarried. The
Henry family is one of the earliest among the settlers of Neshoba County. Andrew
Henry came to the county before the county was organized in 1833 and settled on
Beasha creek not far from Laurel Hill in the western part of the county. From
this man and his wife have come the large family of Henrys in the western part
of our county. The first we hear of this Henry family begins with John Henry who
lived back in one of the Carolinas where he married Jane Pickens. So far as we
know John and Jane Henry did not come to Mississippi. Thed had a number of
children but we have no information on any of them but Andy Pickens Henry. He
married Huldah Ray. They reared a large family. Among their children were Joe A.
Henry, Mary C. Henry, John Henry and George Henry. There were doubtless others.
Joe Alexander Henry, son of Andrew and Huldah Henry, was born in 1839. He
married Elizabeth Phillips in 1861. He was a prosperous farmer of Leake county,
living near Zion, Miss. Several children were born to this union. This wife died
and he married again and located at Edgewood, Texas, where he resided the latter
years of his life. John Henry, son of Andrew was a prominent Methodist preacher
who lived in the western part of the county for many years. He reared a large
family of children among them were Mrs. Hillman, Mrs. Cleveland, William, John
and Joe Henry. The Henry family left an impress on our country's history, made
good citizens and useful. George Henry lived in the western part of the county
for several years. he reared several children, among them Mrs. Hembree, Mrs.
Cole and Andy Henry. Some of these have already been mentioned in this column. I
do not have as full information on this pioneer family as I would like. Will
some one furnish me with more. ...James A. Thomas (after the death of his first
wife) married Mary Catherine Henry, daughter of Andrew and Huldah Henry. They
lived happily together for more than fifty years. The following children came to
them: Mittie, Billie, James, Anna, Allie and Fannie - all living except Allie at
last report. Mary C. Thomas died January 11, 1929. The bodies of both James A.
Thomas and Mary C. Thomas lie buried in the cemetery connected with Neshoba
Baptist church of which they were useful and consistent members."
1860 Neshoba Co, MS Census, Township 10, Range 10, PO: Laurel Hill, #863-892
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G. W. Henry
April 1, 1849 - December 7, 1913
George Washington Henry was a son of Andrew Pickens Henry and
his wife Huldah Ray.
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Mrs. N. J. Ray
Mother of H. H. Henry
Born 1794
Died 1872
Aged 78 Years
Nancy J. Ray, maiden name unknown, was the mother of Huldah Ray
who married Andrew Pickens Henry. The Neshoba County Cemetery book has her
listed incorrectly as a Henry.
1870 Neshoba Co, MS Census - enumerated in the household of her daughter Hulda Henry
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J. M. Thomas Sr.
November 10, 1850 - May 20, 1931
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Sarah Jane Thomas
December 7, 1855 - December 24, 1925
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Father
John A. Thomas
Born February 22, 1852
Died April 7, 1922
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S. C.
Wife of J. A. Thomas
Born May 8, 1858
Died February 20, 1907
Aged 48 ys ? ms 12 ds
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John Hammons
January 23, 1863 - March 21, 1941
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Sacred to the Memory of
Rev. John Nicholson G P
Beloved by the Fraternity
and all Christians
Died November 7, 1856
Aged 49 yrs
A Native of Chesterfield District S. C.
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 S. A. Hays
wife of H. C. Hays
Born January 12, 1831
Died August 10, 1893
Sarah Ann Whatley was the wife of Harrison C. Hays. The
family came to Neshoba County from Butler, Taylor Co, GA with the family of H.
C. Hays' sister Elizabeth Ann Hays, wife of William Henry
Williamson.
Photo, family and census information courtesy of Vince
Hatten. Please contact Vince if you are researching this family.
1870 NESHOBA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FEDERAL CENSUS
116 17 H200 Hays
Harrison C, 43, M, W, Farmer, GA
116 18 H200 Hays
Sarah A, 35, F, W, Keeping House, GA
116 19 H200 Hays
George F, 13, M, W, , MS
116 20 H200 Hays
James L, 11, M, W, , MS
116 21 H200 Hays
Louisa L, 9, F, W, , MS
116 22 H200 Hays
Catherine, 7, F, W, , MS
116 23 H200 Hays
Luther, 5, M, W, , MS
116 24 H200 Hays
Buddie, 4/12, M, W, , MS
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James L. Hays
Born September 29, 1858
Died March 18, 1892
James L. Hays was a son of Harrison C. Hays and his wife Sarah
Ann Whatley. He came to Neshoba County from Georgia with his parents.
Photo courtesy of Vince
Hatten.
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Old Carolina Presbyterian Church is located in the Dowdville
Community of Neshoba County, MS, very near the Leake County line. The
church was organized Nov. 20, 1841 by a group of Highland Scots who migrated
from North Carolina. They named their community for 
