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| WAILES,
Benj. Leonard Covington |
b 8/1/1797, GA;
d 11/16/1862, MS |
Moved to Washington, MS
with parents, L. Wailes and
Eleanor Davies W., passport through Creek nation dated 1809. |
Rebecca Susannah Magruder Covington | Levin A.;
Rebecca; Ellen (m. Winston); Susan; Leonard; Eliza Lloyd; Felicianna (m. Green); Dr. Leonard Alexander; 2 unnamed infants; |
| 1816 worked in Land Office
for Southwestern District of Louisiana.
In 1818 he as appointed by Thomas Freeman, Surveyor Gerneral of the Lands South of TN to office of Principal Deputy Surveyor. Elected to General Assembly of MS, representing Adams Co. in 1825. Much later authored "Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi in 1854. |
Compilations of family notes
from Katherine C.
Riddell, Jackson, MS Historical Activities in Mississippi in the Nineteenth Century, by Charles S. Sydnor, Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History, Vol. III, No. 2, May, 1937. |
William A. Gordon | - | |
| WAILES,
Levin |
b Mar. 9, 1768, MD
d May 24, 1847 |
Washington, MS, pursuant
to passport through Creek
Nation dated Oct. 29th, 1806. Wife and 3 children arrived as per passport of Aug. 28th 1809. Buried Washington, MS |
Eleanor Davis,
B: Pr. George's Co. MD |
Benj. Leonard Covington
b. 8/1/1797;
Edmund Howard b. 1799; Eliza Biggs (m John H. Magruder); Sarah Howard (m. Rose); Eleanor Davies (m. Curtis); Elizabeth Covington (m. John H. Magruder); Edward Lloyd ; Edward L.; Levin M.; |
| Surveyor of MS Terr., Land Registor, Southwest Dist. lands south of TN; | Family notes from Nell Wailes
Brandon, dec.,Mr.
Edward Magruder Socola, of New Orleans, La. and Katherine C. Riddell of Jackson, MS. Abstracts of passports through indian territory obtained in County Courthouse, Adams Co., MS |
William A. Gordon | - | |
| WALKER,
John |
b 26 Dec 1785-21
d Aug 1849 |
Franklin County (on Topisaw
Creek) in
June, 1814 |
Sarrah Gates | John Elishia;
Rhoda; Jeremiah; William; Sarah; Elizabeth; Mary; Zibiah; Martha; David C.; Augustus S.; Elisha; |
| Was a farmer, grew corn,
was a Baptist (associated with Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in Pike County) |
Marriage records, census,
land patents |
Mrs. Ron White | - | |
| WHITE,
Robert "Robin" |
b. England;
d. 1829, Wilkinson Co. |
Emigrated from SC to
Wilkinson Co. in 1810; Settled on Buffalo Creek just north of Woodville; |
(1) Mary Hux, SC
(2) Lydia Cassels, Oct 12, 1818 |
By Mary Hux:
John b. d. July 1831; William; Robert b. d. 1832; Margaret b. 1783 SC, d. Dec 1868; Sarah (Sally); Elsie (Hilsey Alcy) b. SC d. 1850; Martha (Patsy) b. SC d. ca 1850; Nancy Anne b. 1803 SC, d. ca 1850; Thomas b. SC d. Jan 1840; Elizabeth b. 1810 SC; Eliza (Louisa) b. SC; Benjamin d. May 1853 By Lydia Cassels:
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| Farmer | The Woodville Republican;
The Journal of Wilkinson Co.; Volume I, Cemetaries; Volume II, Marriages; Martin Luther White Diary; |
C. Wayne Coon | - | |
| WHITE,
Thomas |
1724-1804 | Mississippi Terr 1800 | - | Thomas, Jr.;
Lucy; Joseph; Rachel; Agnes; Rubin; Benjamin; Mildred; |
| Presbyterian | - | Joanne Harris | - | |
| WILKINSON,
Micajah |
1766/1806 | Wilkinson County | Mary Kennedy | Stephen A.;
Elizabeth; Asa; Rowland; Eason; Tyson; Martha; Rhoda; |
| Plantation
Owner |
Amite Co. 1850 Census pg
92,
Amite Co.MS Vol III R976.2 C338A pg 496; Marriage 8-8-1791 Richmond Co. VA; Charles Wilkinson, Sr. Will dated 2-4-1788, probated 1792 from State Archives in Raleigh, NC deeded 100 acres in Great Buffalo Swamp which Micajah sold to Nathan; Richmond County Deeds |
Bren Cloud | - | |
| WILLIAMS,
Nehemiah |
ca 1750-1819 | Evidence of presence in
1810 Amite Co census. Owned land in Pike Co; buried near the old Friendship Baptist Church, Pike Co. |
Margaret
(or Peggy) Ukn |
Susannah (1787-ca1850)
Reuben (1790-1821) Floyd (ca1792-1847) Margaret (ca1805-1847) |
| He was a farmer, a
Baptist, served in Capt. Jacob Turner's company in the American Revolution in North Carolina. There is a "second" Nehemiah from this area also, but this is the earliest one. Son, Floyd, served as a constable in Pike Co in 1819. |
Census, tax rolls,
land patents |
Mrs. Ron White | - | |
| WILSON,
William |
b. ca 1768-1772 | Natchez, Buffalo Creek, Bayou Sara | Mary Richeson | Abner;
Levi; Sophia; Elizabeth; ? |
| May have been a horse trainer/overseer | Spanish Records of Natches
District:'
Conveyance 1788 Feb 9 MS Natchez Dist. William Wilson pg. 50 Records of Book B pg 62 9 Feb 1788, William Wilson was witness to an estate sale of William Poutney Conveyance 1790 MS Natchez Dist. William Wilson Wilson, William to Thomas Wilkins & Co. 1790 Vol D Pg 78 Probate 1793 Oct 31 MS Natchez Dist. William Wilson pg 152 Record Book D, pg 126 Inventory of William Wilson's propert on the Plantation of Mr. Christian Bingaman. S Baptism 1794 May 1 MS Natchez Dist. William Wilson Records of St. Josephs of Baton Rouge show the following children of Guillermo Wilson and Maria Richeson baptised: 1 Mar 1794 Levi, 1 May 1794 Sophia, 1 May 1794 Abner, 1 May 1794 Elisabeth |
Gerald W. Mead | - |
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