Early Pioneer My 4th Great Grandparents George Forman and Sarah Erwin were in the Natchez District in 1790 and settled on Coles Creek. George Forman was one of the early settlers of the Mississippi Territory. The Spanish Census for The District of Natchez in the year of 1792 lists “Jorge … Read more
Pioneer Farmer Thomas Lee, Sr., born in KY circa 1788, first appears in the Norman E. Gillis list of “Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District in 1810.” Research has found a Thomas Lee living in the household of Major John Lee in Woodford Co., KY in 1802, as is documented … Read more
First Baptist Minister in Mississippi Richard Curtis, Jr. was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, on May 20, 1756; son of Richard Curtis, Sr. and Phoebe, widow of William Jones. Richard Curtis, Sr., and family (there was a stepson, John Jones, who married Anna, daughter of William Brown on 28 Jun … Read more
Early Pioneer Solomon Cole, son of James Cole and Mary Rentfroe was born about 1760 in Ashpole Swamp, Bladen County, North Carolina. The family moved to “Natchez Country,” Mississippi in 1772. They located at “Coles Creek,” named for our Cole ancestors. Here, Solomon married Elizabeth Davis, widow of Charles Simmons. … Read more
Pioneer French Seaman Jacques Luois Beaube (Beaubet), who first appears in the Norman E. Gillis list of “Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District in 1810,” was born in Cherbourg, France on Oct. 31, 1749. He was the first son of Gilleaume (William) Beaubet (s/o Jacques Beaubet and Jeanne Henry) and … Read more
Presbyterian Pioneer Minister The Rev. Joseph Bullen, pioneer Mississippi and Jefferson County settler, was born on 8 July 1750, in Brimfield Massachusetts. He was a member of an old colonial family, being the fourth generation in America. From an interview recorded many years later, Joseph said as a younger son, … Read more
From the Wilkinson Family Bible in possession of Catherine Wilkinson Harrington. Births Neil Ray Wilkinson was born Nov. 23, 1809Hulda Trevillion was born May 20, 1816Elizbeth E. Wilkinson was born July 10, 1838Mary M. Wilkinson was born Oct. 23, 1840John M. Wilkinson was born March 26, 1848Phillip D. Wilkinson was … Read more
From a photocopy of the Bible pages in possesion of Linda Sykes, a descendant of the McCanlies family, copied by Sue Burns Moore, a descendant of the family through Harriet M. Griffing who married George W. Jones, Jr. in Jefferson Co. MS on Oct. 11, 1835. The first pages of … Read more