Mam-ma's Southern Family

In order to help the descendants of the enslaved, I try to transcribe and post the names of the enslaved when I find them. This division was posted to the inventories and appraisements in Rankin County by the assigned commissioners.  To John B. Thomas: Susan, William & Sam                          $950.00 To Isaiah Halcomb & Elizabeth his wife: Edmund & Silva      $1000.00 To Redwine Pierce & Mary his wife: Dangerfield                $300.00 To Stephen Thomas: Sally, Chimy, & Alfred                          $1175.00 To Eliza Cook, wife of Alvin Cook: Stepen, Polly & child Nancy      $950.00 To William Thomas: Dave                          ...

This is the start of a new series on this blog. I have so many records of my grandparent’s southern ancestors and will highlight them as I answer genealogical research questions. Even though some of these records are not of people in my grandmother’s line (thus they are not all her southern ancestors), placing these small proofs or research reports here keeps them together in one place. Question: When did John Thomas, husband of Mary Ann Haley, of Rankin Co, Mississippi, die? Background. Mary Ann Haley married John B. Thomas on 23 October 1834 in Rankin County, Mississippi.[1]  She is the daughter of Thomas Haley and his wife, Elizabeth, though this has not yet been proven here. Thomas & Elizabeth Haley are my 4x-great-grandparents, my maternal grandfather’s 2x-great-grandparents.  John Thomas did not appear in the Simpson County household headed by Mary Ann Thomas in 1850. The children living with her were: Craft H, age 14,  Elizabeth A, age 11,  John B, age 8,...