Comments on: Searching your ancestors’ Civil War records? You never know what you might find!

By: Shelby Harriel

Shelby Harriel — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:32:37 +0000

Hi Debi. I’m not sure if I’ve met you before or not. Please forgive me. I know one thing…..distant cousins have been coming out of the woodwork since Vikki has posted my research on my relatives. It’s been awesome!

What wonderful memories of Mr. Hollis and Ms. Allie! Brought a few tears to my eyes. I really miss both of them. I can’t imagine him being quiet. He was certainly soft spoken, but when you got him going about history, he’d talk your ears off! I specifically remember chatting with him for over five hours once. When I left, my head hurt from all the thinking I had done during. LOL

I need to go visit Jimmie Sue soon. She was supposed to be working on transcribing his stories and so forth. He was definitely a treasure, and his wisdom needs to be preserved and passed down. As for my tape, I’m going to have to find a tape player that works and try to make a copy. I’ll let you know if I’m successful. LOL

Mr. Hollis’ overalls were definitely a part of him. I don’t think I would like to own a pair though because it’d be too sad.

Shelby

By: Debi Calimlin

Debi Calimlin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:21:30 +0000

Hey there Shelby. You may have meet me before. Grandpa Hollis raised my Mom Lana Kay which was actually his sister Georgia’s child. We grew up knowing him as Grampa Hollis. We spent most sunday’s at their house after church at Steep Hollow. Grandma Allie would take me to the chicken coop with her to get chickens for Sunday dinner and then she would let us color with crayons and pictures she used in her sunday school class. Grandpa didn’t go to church much back then. I remember him as being quite the silent man. Can you imagine my surprise when I went to visit him for their 50th wedding aniversary and he talked up a storm? Anyway, I got to visit with him several more times before his death and even spoke with him on the phone two days before he died. What a wonderful man to be related to. If you get Jimmy Sue’s transcripts, I would LOVE to have a copy. She said she was going to send me some things of Grandpa’s but never did. I just wanted a pair of his overalls. LOL Also, even if the tape is not very good, I would love to hear his voice again.

Debi
debicalimlin@gmail.com

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:45:26 +0000

You’re quite welcome. The Nimrod from North Carolina was Pete’s grandfather. Unfortunately, I don’t know anything more about him other than what I posted previously showing up in a couple different counties in North Carolina and Greene County, Mississippi.

By: casmith0821

casmith0821 — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:05:02 +0000

Thank you Shelby for the information. I have the same picture of the Smith Brothers, but I thought it might be the Nimrod born in NC in 1768. You helped me clear that up, thank you. Do you happen to know anything about the Nimrod from North Carolina? I’ve been trying for awhile now to find out who his parents were, and where the Smith’s originated from.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:11:53 +0000

Hi Carol. “Pete’s” parents were John and Hannah Smith. John was born in Greene County, MS in 1818. He had a brother named Sherrod. Their father was Nimrod who shows up in Rutherford County, NC in 1800, Chatham County, NC in 1810, and Greene County, MS in 1820.

By: casmith0821

casmith0821 — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:32:28 +0000

Shelby,

My name is Carol Smith, and Nimrod “Pete” Smith is my 4th great grand father. Do you happen to know any information about his parents, i’m at a complete dead end. The information I have is that Nimrod was born in Rutherford North Carolina, in 1768.

By: Shelby Harriel

Shelby Harriel — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:07:28 +0000

Nice to meet you, Cindy! Perhaps we can finally learn the origins of our family some day. There certainly seem to be quite a few folks working on it! Together, maybe we can find something. And yes, his disappearance seems to be a common story shared by relatives.

By: Cindy H. Rhode

Cindy H. Rhode — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:28:53 +0000

I am the G G grandaughter of Reutilius Hariel and Martha Bounds. This was a fascinating read. I’m just getting back into genealogy since 2004. I spent the entire day researching the Bounds and Hariel (Harrell) line. There is quite a bit more available information on the web than in 2004. I hit a dead-end at Reutlius, Sr., just as everyone else seems to have. In fact, the only info I came across isn’t even documented-just an anecdote about disappearing on horseback.

By: Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd North Orleans Infantry « Renegade South

Thu, 26 May 2011 14:04:57 +0000

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By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:03:45 +0000

Larry,
That information, reprinted in the Knight history written by Earle Knight et al, is from an affidavit filed by John “Jackie” Knight in the courthouse located in Collins, in Covington County, MS. It was sworn before justice of the peace J. L. Hargroves. John Knight made the declaration regarding his service in the War of 1812 “for the purpose of obtaining bounty land for which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in military service of the United States passed September 28, 1850.”

Hope this helps you locate the original!

Vikki