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HI:
I am posting some slave births from Mason Co. for 1852-1860. I'm trying to find my great-grandfather ARTHUR BERRY, born in 1855, his older brother ALEXANDER BERRY, born in 1853 (I think) and younger sister BELLE BERRY, born in 1856. The mother is Mariah (PRYOR) BERRY. Father is MOSES BERRY. Moses' military pension?records from the Civil War say they got married in 1854 in Mason Co.
?I'm also looking for the slave owners ROBERT H. BALDWIN,?JOANNA?(CLIFT)?BERRY (wife of THOMAS)?and MILTON DAUGHTERTY.
I'm not having a lot of luck -- I haven't found Arthur or Alex but I may have found other children of Mariah.?I decided to post the names I took down for my notes, which consist of slave owners connected to my ancestors (owner or employer).
The record lists name of father or owner of child,?maiden name of mother, color of child, residents of parents, remarks. The women without surnames were slaves. Incidentally, some free people of color lived in Mason Co. during these years.
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Owner's name is first, then child's name, birth date, color and mother's name:
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN; Dick, born Dec. 12, 1852, mulatto, Francis
BENJAMIN WOOD; Daniel, born Aug. 15, 1852, black, Maria
VACHEL WORTHINGTON; Henry, born April 10, 1852, mulatto, Maria
GEORGE RILEY; no name, born June 1, 1852, Sarah
WILLIAM ? (Illegible); John Robert, born Feb. 11, 1852, black, Moriah; "registered at expense of parents."
NEWTON CLIFT; Albert, born Sept. 14(?), 1852, black, Hannah
PHEBE TRUE; Charlotte, born April 1, 1853, mulatto, Mariah
WILLIAM SMOOT; no name, male born Dec. 28, 1853, mulatto, Mariah
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN; Malvina (sp?), born June 9, 1855, black, Fanny
NANCY LASHBROOKE; William, born Mach 14, 1853, black, Saran
GEORGE RILEY;?male, no name, born Jan. 11, 1855, mulatto, Emily
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN; Annie, born dead, Sept. 15, 1857, black, no mother listed
MARGARET CLIFT; Lessa, born June 15, 1857, black,?no mother listed
WILLIAM BERRY;?male not named, born Nov. 26, 1858, mulatto, no mother listed
LUCIEN LUTRELL; John, born April ? 1860, black, Mariah
GEORGE RILEY; male no name,?born Feb. 1861, mother not named
ALEXANDER SHACKLEFORD, Belle, born Aug. 1, 1861, mother not named??
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Author: cleome53
Surnames: SMITH,ELLIS, JARRETT
Classification: queries
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I have a great deal of information on this family and will be glad to share it with you. Elizabeth Ellis and Stephen Clift Smith are gg grandparents of mine. I have their wedding picture as well as a small pioture of Jimmy DeVane Smith and letters written upon his wife Dannie's death. Please contact me at orthe2(a)comcast.net.
Cynthia Orth
(gr grandaughter of Frances Clift Smith and Wm W. Jarrett)
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Author: JoyceParkR
Surnames: Ellis, Park, Douthit, Pigg, Clift
Classification: queries
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My great grandfather was James Carroll Ellis of Lincoln/Marshall County Tennessee. He has a sister, Elizabeth Ellis, who may have been your relative. Could you please send me the picture to my e-mail address? It is markbruce(a)aol.com
I am Joyce Park Riggs. Thanks.
Joyce Riggs
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Author: Virginia0426
Surnames: SMITH, ELLIS, CLIFT, CRAWFORD
Classification: queries
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I am researching the family of my great grandfather, JAMES DeVANE SMITH. Specifically, I am seeking information regarding ELIZABETH ELLIS, his mother. She was b. about 1833 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married a man named SMITH in Lincoln Co., TN about 1850. They had a son named JAMES DeVANE SMITH b. 16 Aug 1853 in Lincoln Co., TN and d. 15 Jul 1910 in Fairview, Grayson Co.,TX. ELIZABETH ELLIS is named as his mother on his death certificate. In his obituary, it says that" he came to Texas with his mother when a boy".
I have found an ELIZABETH ELLIS who married STEPHEN CLIFT SMITH 24 Oct 1849, in Lincoln Co., TN according to the Tennessee State Marriage Index. This family traveled to Ellis Co., TX abt 1856 with Stephen's parents, LEE SMITH and ELIZABETH CLIFT SMITH. Elizabeth Clift Smith d. there about 1857. Lee Smith d. there in Mar of 1860 according to the Ellis Co. Mortality Schedule of 1860. I found information that STEPHEN CLIFT SMITH d. in Ellis Co., TX in 1863. I also have found information that ELIZABETH ELLIS SMITH returned to Lincoln Co., TN by 1867. I found information that she married EZEKIEL NORRIS CRAWFORD 17 Dec 1867, in Lincoln Co., TN. They can be found in 1880 and 1900 US census. By 1900, they had moved from Lincoln Co. TN to Green Hazel, Madison Co., AL. EZEKIEL NORRIS CRAWFORD d. in Green Hazel, Madison Co., AL in 1906 and is buried in Concord Cemetery there. Elizabeth d. there in 1908 and is also buried in Concord Cemetery.
I have a picture of ELIZABETH ELLIS taken in Denison, Grayson Co., TX. She appears to be abt 35-40 years old in the picture. I know that JAMES DeVANE SMITH lived in Grayson Co., TX from about 1882 until his death in 1910.
Any information regarding this family and these individuals would be greatly appreciated.
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