| Update Type | Notes | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname Registry Addition | The Coggin surname has been registered by Lindsey Coggin. | 1/6/2010 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The Kilgo/Kilgore and Hicks surnames have been registered by Bonnie Kilgo Hay. | 1/6/2010 | |
| Photos Addition | Braden Family Photos have been contributed by Douglas Allen Braden. | 1/6/2010 | |
| Cemetery Update | An updated transcription of the Bethany Cemetery has been contributed by Milton Copeland. | 1/6/2010 | |
| Cemetery Update | Corrected directions to Shipley Cemetery were provided by Susie Dent. | 1/6/2010 | |
| Cemetery Link Addition | Added a new offsite link to Marjorie Norris' website with information on the Union Methodist Cemetery. | 10/26/2008 | |
| Cemetery Addition | Added Centerhill Cemetery inventory provided by Jonell Powell. | 10/20/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The Butler surname has been registered by Janet Brown. | 5/2/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Additions | The Dozier, Petty, Gillespie, Hall and Mitchell surnames have been registered by Michael Dozier. | 3/28/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The McPherson surname has been registered by Pam Stanlick. | 3/1/2008 | |
| Photo Addition | A picture of a Civil War soldier's tombstone has been contributed by Glenda Todd. | 2/18/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The Jones surname has been registered by Judy Holley. | 2/8/2008 | |
| Marriage Certificate Addition | The marriage certificate of Grace Kelly and John Dewey has been contributed by George Kelly. | 1/17/2008 | |
| Event Addition | The Sherman School Reunion event has been added. | 1/11/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The Satterwhite surname has been registered by Temique Yancey. | 1/10/2008 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | The Eatmon surname has been registered by Pam Smith. | 11/30/2007 | |
| Photo Addition | Photo of the John F. Sanders family contributed by Cindy Carson McClure. | 10/3/2007 | |
| Event Addition | The Cummings/Ratliff reunion is planned for September 29, 2007. Descendants of Tamsie Mitchell Cummings and Walter C. Cummings (and allied lines). Bring your old pictures! The get together is at the Ratliff Community center, Ratliff, Mississippi. Come before lunch and bring your favorite dish. There's always lots of food and lots of good company. Our cousin, Walt Grayson, of Mississippi Roads television program will be there, and he is a barrel of laughs. For further information, see the Itawamba Reunion page. | 9/3/2007 | |
| Event Update | Updated Sherman School Reunion email address below! | 8/25/2007 | |
| Photos Addition | Gillentine Family Photos - submitted by Julia Wilson | 8/24/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Additions | Surname Registry additions: Bruce, Clayton, Gorey, Gory, Long, McNutt, Parks, Rowan, Sims, Williams | 7/30/2007 | |
| Photo Addition | Sherman Baseball Team ca. 1939-1940 photo - submitted by Faye Turnbaugh | 7/30/2007 | |
| Event Addition | Sherman School Reunion Info. Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 20, 2007. The Sherman School Reunion is being held in the Sherman Library conference room and the day's events will begin at 10:30 AM . Many will remember the small grammar school building which is now the Sherman Library. Lunch is "pot luck" so please bring your favorite dish. Drink and paper products are furnished. Help us make this the best reunion ever by passing the word to anyone you are in contact with that attended Sherman School......former teachers and friends included. For further information please contact Faye Gory Turnbaugh at 931-320-2441 or email her at mrtsix3@bellsouth.net. We look forward to seeing you on October 20th, 2007. | 7/30/2007 | |
| Record Addition | Nettleton School Alumni Roster - submitted by Susie Marshall | 7/30/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | Surname Registry additions: Cochran, Jenkins, Johnson, King, Kirkpatrick, Lackey | 6/4/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | Surname Registry addition: Bell | 5/22/07 | |
| Surname Registry Addition | Surname Registry additions: Burress, Chunn | 5/5/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Additions | Surname Registry addition: Vandiver | 4/21/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Additions | Surname Registry additions: Smith, Whiteside, Whitley | 4/20/2007 | |
| Cemetery Addition | Saltillo City Cemetery - submitted by Milton Copeland | 4/20/2007 | |
| Surname Registry Additions | Surname Registry additions: Farrar, Garmon | 2/7/2007 | |
| Photo Addition | Photo of Confederate Monument being moved by Columbus Marble Works in 1931 - donated by Nedra Mitchell | 12/18/2006 | |
| Last Updated: December 15, 2009 | |||
Update to St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
posted - includes 1970s burials - submitted by Milton H. Copeland
Shipley Cemetery - submitted by
Nancy Parker Fruge' and Mary Armstrong O'Neal
Beech Springs Cemetery - submitted
by Nancy Parker Fruge' and Mary Armstrong O'Neal
Surname Registry additions: Dykes, Holmes,
Pannell, Quinn, Weatherington
8/21/06
Surname Registry additions: Brandon, Forbes, Fulton
8/19/06
Old
Union Baptist Church Cemetery Photographs - submitted by Jonell Powell
Mayfield Cemetery (1980-2006) -
surveyed & submitted by Milton H. Copeland
Off site link to Centerhill
Cemetery - thanks to Marjorie Norris for her hard work on this African
American cemetery and for sharing it with us.
6/23/06
Baldwin Family
Cemetery - Thanks to John Thompson
Surname Registry update: Mallory
Surname Registry addition: Walker
5/28/06
Surname Registry addition: Palmer
5/8/06
Payne Cemetery - Thanks to John & Jerry Thompson
4/1/06
Gregory
Family Cemetery - Thanks to John & Jerry Thompson
Westly Chapel Cemetery photos
- by John Thompson
Samuel Scott Bible images - contributed
by Nancy S. Bell
Center Hill Church & Cemetery
Photos - submitted by Jonell Powell
3/24/06
St. Thomas
Aquinas Cemetery - Thanks to Milton H. Copeland
Surname Registry addition: Isaacs
Westly Chapel Cemetery - Thanks
to John & Jerry Thompson
2/19/06
Updates posted to Euclatubba Cemetery - Thanks to Milton H. Copeland.
2/11/06
Unity Baptist
Cemetery - Thanks to Milton H. Copeland
Shiloh Cemetery photo - Thanks to
John Thompson
1/21/06
John James Gandy - Mattie Maud Tatum Marriage Certificate and Consent - Thanks to Robin & Robert Heard
12/11/05
Additional
Euclatubba Cemetery graves and photos - Thanks to Georgia Hornbuckle
Wade Family Bible - Thanks to Georgia Hornbuckle
Surname Registry addition: Taylor
11/20/05
Lowry and McCardle's History of Lee County (1891) - Thanks to Denise Wells for submitting this.
11/17/05
Link to History
of Tupelo Community Theatre
Link to First United Methodist
(Tupelo)
Link to Cornerstone United Methodist
Church (Tupelo)
Link to Southbear's
Virtual Tour of First United Methodist, Tupelo
Link to the Orchard (United Methodist
Church - Tupelo)
Link to East
Heights Baptist (Tupelo)
Link to Wildwood Baptist
(Tupelo)
Link to Southbear's
Virtual Tour of First Baptist, Tupelo
Link to Harrisburg Baptist
(Tupelo)
Link to St. James Catholic (Tupelo)
Link to All Saints Episcopal
(Tupelo)
Link to Southbear's
Virtual Tour of All Saints Episcopal Church, Tupelo
11/8/05
Link to First Evangelical Church, Tupelo
10/31/05
Surname Registry additions: Cypert, Dickson, Dixon, Helms, McNeil
10/23/05
Surname Registry additions: Carothers, Caruthers
9/11/05
Surname Registry addition: Livingston
8/16/05
Link to: Witt
Families - by Marguerite Witter
Surname Registry addition: Patterson
6/7/05
Index to Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Obituaries for January and February 2004 - Thanks to Larry Stephens
5/1/05
Cemetery photo submission form added to cemetery page.
4/10/05
Additional Old Bethany Cemetery Photographs - Thanks to Nancy Scott Bell
4/2/05
Old Bethany Cemetery Photographs - Thanks to Nancy Scott Bell
3/30/05
Shiloh Church Cemetery - Thanks to Jerry D. Thompson for the contribution.
3/15/05
Index to Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
obituaries for January 2005 - Thanks
to L. Stephens for contributing this!
Surname Registry addition: Daniel
3/14/05
Link added to First Baptist Church, Baldwyn - Thanks to Scott Chase for notifying me of their new Web site.
3/13/05
Photo found in trunk
of Walter Robert West - Thanks to Nancy Bell
Friendship Baptist Church Membership List
- Thanks to Milton H. Copeland
2/22/05
Link to 1885 Mississippi Atlas (at Bob Franks' site)
2/20/05
John S. Ratliff biography - contributed by Gary Peacock
2/15/05
Mary Susan Ratliff Ledbetter Letter - contributed by Gary Peacock
2/8/05
Surname Registry Additions: Harris, Howerton
2/6/05
Tupelo Flag Day
1917 poster - Thanks to Bob Franks
Samuel Feemster Riley baby photo - Thanks to
Bob Franks
2/4/05
Providence Cemetery is complete!
1/29/05
More of Providence Cemetery Transcription by Jonell Powell is posted. It is still in the process of being entered. The search engine will be updated when entire cemetery is posted.
1/28/05
Additional photograph of Providence
Cemetery - Thanks to Jonell Powell.
I have also begun entering the Providence
Cemetery transcription done by Jonell. It is partial at this point.
1/21/05
Surname Registry additions: Cruse, Green, Greene, Grisham, Parham, Rutherford, Smith
1/8/05
Surname Registry additions: Witt
12/18/04
Providence Cemetery photographs - Thanks to Jonell Powell for these.
12/14/04
Surname Registry
additions: Coker, Francis
New Lookups Page - Thanks to Marjorie Norris
for volunteering to do these. We welcome other volunteers!
New on the Family Page - Marjorie
Norris' Web site with information on the Stovall family and many,
many other Lee County families
12/7/04
Established in 1913 by George W. Chapman and a group of local Tupelo citizens, Tupelo Military Institute (popularly known as "TMI") provided a classical education for young men. It closed in 1937 following the terrible tornado of April, 1936 and the ravages of the economic depression of the 1930s.
This book, entitled Tupelo Military Institute: A Forgotten Chapter In Our History, recounts the story of the development of TMI, its glory years, and the struggle to keep it alive. It tells the story of an outstanding educator who left the familiar surroundings of eastern Kentucky to establish a school for boys in unfamiliar northeast Mississippi. Dr. Chapman soon became a recognized leader in educational circles across the MidSouth. TMI was known for its outstanding athletic teams, sending athletes to colleges and to the professional baseball leagues.
The book is more than two hundred pages in length. It contains more than one hundred pictures of the Chapman family, cadets in dress uniform, athletic teams, and extra-curricula activities. It contains the names of many of the cadets, faculty members, and trustees. One of the interesting stories in the book tells about TMI's attempt to create a junior college in Tupelo.
The cost of the book is thirty five dollars ($35.00). It is available at the Gum Tree Book Store, the Gift Shop at the Lee County Library, and by mail from the Society (Mailing address: NEMH&GS, Box 434, Tupelo, MS 38802). Shipping and handling costs for mailing is an additional $5.00.
12/6/04
Taylor Family Cemetery (or Hamilton Cemetery) - Photographed by Terry Carpenter; Comments and Research by Terry Carpenter and Bob Franks - Thanks to both of them for helping us dig up a bit of the story on this cemetery!
11/26/04
The 2005 Northeast Mississippi Heritage Gathering will be held in Aberdeen on January 14 and 15. For a registration form and schedule, please visit http://www.aberdeenms.org/heritage.htm.
11/13/04
Surname Registry additions: Campbell, Dunaway, Putt, Terry
10/11/04
Surname Registry
additions: Boals, Linton, Long
McNeil Cemetery - Thanks to Milton
Copeland for this!
9/13/04
Surname Registry addition: Boren
8/15/04
Richard S. Barnum (& family) murder - Thanks to Peggy Horton for allowing the use of this!
8/10/04
Link to First Presbyterian Church - The church's web site contains a brief history of the church. The link can be found on the history and church pages.
8/9/04
Lee County Land Patents from Mississippi Land Patents Database: A-L
Lee County Land Patents from Mississippi Land Patents Database: M-Z
The above were contributed to the USGenWeb Project Archives by Joy Fisher and Tina Vickery.
8/5/04
Additional obituary for Samuel
Augustus Scott - Thanks to Nancy Bell for the additional info
Excerpts from “Historical Sketch of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bethany; Lee County, Miss.”
By the Pastor, Rev. Samuel A. Agnew - Thanks to Nancy Bell for her
contribution
7/16/04
Joe M. Bartoush - Isabella Baldwyn Marriage Certificate - Thanks to Jean Bartoush for the document.
7/11/04
Surname Registry additions: Inghram, Markham
7/10/04
I've added a brand new resource to the index page of this site. It's called Mississippi History & Genealogy Notes Blog and it will contain information of interest to historians and genealogists researching in the state of Mississippi. For those of you with RSS readers, it is enabled for the site. It will be updated regularly so be sure to bookmark it and visit it often (or get the feed if you have an RSS reader).
7/6/04
Surname registry addition: Mitchell
7/5/04
Surname registry addition: Braden
6/26/04
Life of Zachariah Butler on Biographies page - Thanks to Jerry L. Butler for the contribution!
6/2/04
General Genealogical Information Sites
on the Index Page
Tombstone photos for W. L Beauchamp at Stonewall
Cemetery - Thanks to Gary Hawley for these photos
Listing of Historic Newspapers
6/1/04
Marker at Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA commemorating Mississippi Dead Buried There - Thanks to Gary Hawley for submitting this
5/31/04
Photo of D.
H. Thomas Grocery, C. P. McWhorter Hardware, Old Opera House - thanks
to Nancy Bell for the submission
Notice to Contractors - Court House Walks
- thanks to Nancy Bell for the contribution
Article about Fortnightly Matinee Meeting,
April 7, 1905 - thanks to Nancy Bell for the contribution
Article about Lee County Preachers Association
Metting, April 6, 1905 - thanks to Nancy Bell for submitting this
Dr. Jas. H. Green - Cora Lee Hinds
Wedding Announcement - thanks to Nancy Bell for the submission
Article describing Dr. G. H. Hill's Crops
- thanks to Nancy Bell for this item
Notice to William Scott's Creditors - thanks
to Nancy Bell for this
Verona Local News, April 14, 1905 - thanks
to Nancy Bell for contributing this
5/29/04
Photo of Log Cabin - thanks to Nancy S. Bell
Photos of Elvis Presley Birthplace and Brices Crossroads
Link to George Family website - by Sharon Long
Surname Registry Additions: Millwood
5/6/04
Roger Scott, Sr. house photo
4/26/04
1890 Veterans Schedule for Lee County - Thanks to Marjorie Hill Norris for this!
4/19/04
Search engine for the site has been added to the bottom of the index page.
4/18/04
Back up - Members of Masonic Lodges in 1879 on our new Organizations page. Thanks to Peggy Horton for spotting that this was missing.
4/13/04
Samuel Augustus Scott Newsclipping - Thanks to Nancy Bell for the Contribution
4/5/04
Photos of Lee
County Courthouses (at MSGenWeb Courthouse Project Page)
Brice's Cross Roads Confederate
Burials - Thanks to Milton H. Copeland for the Submission
3/22/04
Samuel
A. Scott-Belle West Wedding Announcement - Thanks to Nancy Bell for
the submission.
William Scott Obituary - Thanks to Nancy
Bell for this item.
Revision (including updates and corrections) of Friendship
Cemetery - Thanks to Milton Copeland
3/21/04
Euclatubba
Cemetery - Thanks to Milton Copeland for another cemetery transcription
and photo.
Expanded version of 1857: The Flux Year - Thanks
again to Nancy Bell for this.
Lee County Schools in 1886 - Thanks to
Nancy Bell for this!
2/28/04
Samuel &
Ruth Scott Bible - Thanks to Nancy Scott Bell for this contribution.
Biography of James Little Young - Thanks
to Nancy S. Bell for this biography of the first pastor of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bethany
1857: The Flux Year - Thanks to Nancy S. Bell
for this account which documents this outbreak and lists deaths related
to it in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bethany
2/16/04
Letter of Mary
B. (Mrs. Nathan) Beauchamp to Mrs. Mary A. Monroe - Thanks to Gary
Hawley for providing the transcription and images of this.
L. C. Prather General Merchandise Receipt -
Thanks to Bob Franks for providing this.
2/9/04
Union Cemetery - Thanks to Milton H. Copeland for providing the transcription and photos.
2/7/04
MEMORANDA CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RULING ELDERS OF BETHANY CHURCH - Thanks to Nancy S. Bell for submitting this.
2/1/04
W. D. Turner Obituary
1/24/04
John Clark
Biography
J. R. Dabbs Biography
Robert Gambrell Biography
L. D. Hines Biography
James S. Jackson, M. D. Biography
1/10/04
Back up - 1877 Tax
List
Back up - Archived Queries - 1997
Back up - Archived Queries - 2000
Back up - Archived Queries - 2001
1/6/04
Roger Q. Scott, Sr. and Jr. Photograph - Thanks to Nancy S. Bell for the submission!
1/4/04
Surnames have continued to be added as submitted; however, we have lots of new stuff thanks to your submissions. My apologies to some of you who submitted stuff right before Christmas and through the holidays for not getting it online sooner. I'm sure you know what it is to be swamped with the holidays!
George W.
and Jane Harris Family Bible - Thanks to Marjorie Norris for submitted
this surviving page of the family record!
James H. Daniel Family Bible and James
Henry Daniel and Ola Myrtle Enis Family Bible - Thanks to Dan Goodin
for contributing these.