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Subject: [MSWASHIN] Fw: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County, MS: BASS/BASS, BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON, GREEN/GREENE, HICKS/HIX, MOORE
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:48:45 -0800

Lavonda,

I hope that I'm being a bit 2 sensitive, or misunderstanding the contents,
but I am offended by your response 2 my post.

In response to your statement: "Light skin does not always equal white
relations"....Did I imply that it does from my post?
In addition, the Individuals and Families I am researching I have been told,
worked on the same plantations (plural) migrated 2gether, some stayed,
other's moved on. I am primarily motivated by finding when & where they were
(name of plantation), not necessarily whom the former SlaveOwner(s) were on
the plantation(s).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lavonda Staples" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:12 AM
Subject: RE: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON,
GREEN/GREENE, MOORE


>
> I am related to the Bass family on maternal side and to Hicks on paternal
> side. The Hicks married into the Diggs. The Bass family married into the
> Staples family. However, my grandmother's family the Irvings were in
> Boliver (Mound Bayou) long before the turn of the century. The Staples
> family cleared the land for what became Campbell College around 1920.
Hope
> these little bits of information give you something more to go on.
Another
> thing, most of these families in this area are cross related several times
> over. Many of them were slaves in this area and the families have been
> united in various different ways in this area for well over 200 years.
So,
> you may have to research almost every surname you find. I have found over
> a dozen families which were all linked by blood. Some of them are as
> follows: Staples, Irving, Hicks, Herron, Keys, Fuller and others. Will
> write more. Also, many of these people can claim pure African Ancestry as
> well as a very high level of Native American ancestry. It was always
> assumed that the Staples were blood relations to the people who called
> themselves their owners - this was later found out to be completely untrue
> - so many were intermarried with Native Americans that they had physical
> resemblance to Europeans - but this was found to be far from true. So, in
> our case, researching a slave owner - would be a dead end. Light skin
does
> not always equal white relations.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Date: 2/25/2002 12:51:22 AM
> > Subject: Please, 1900-1920 Bolivar County: BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON,
> GREEN/GREENE, MOORE
> >
> > Please if someone would B so kind 2 lookup &/or share any n4mation on
the
> following families, individuals, and their respective households from the
> 1900, 1910, & 1920 Bolivar County, Mississippi USA census' (Scott, Bolivar
> County, Mississippi &/or surrounding areas):
> >
> > * Any Bass/Basse Surnamed Individuals, Families, Households, &/or
> Plantations
> >
> > * Callie Brown/Browne - Mother of the following children:
> > * Hazel Brown/Browne
> > * John Brown/Browne
> > * Helen Charity Brown/Browne, (b, East Carroll Parish, LA circa Jan.
1905
> or 1906?)
> >
> > * Any Gibson/Gipson Surnamed Individuals, possibly an Edward or Eddie or
> Eddy (Cousin 2 the above named Brown/Browne's?)
> >
> > * Casper/Kasper Green/Greene (b. VA?) elder brother of:
> > * Holman/Holmon Green/Greene (b. VA?) younger brother of above named
> Green/Greene
> >
> > * William Moore - Male, possibly Laborer &/or Plantation Foreman?
> >
> > Thank U & GOD Bless U & Yours,
> >
> > Christopher Daniel Green(e),
> > Liberty Farms, Solano County, Northern California, USA
> >
> > aol messenger: c dawggg
> >
> > Researching Surnames: BASS/BASSE, BROWN/BROWNE, GIBSON/GIPSON,
> GREEN/GREENE, HICKS/HIX, MARCHANT/MERCHANT, MOORE, TAYLOR
> > >?VA>LA>MS>CA>? (With limited re$ources!)
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
> --- La Vonda R. Staples
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