Mary Forman

Mary married David Robertson about 1831. David was born about 1811; died after 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 25 Feb 1845, Amite Co, Mississippi

Notes:

From Family History of Stephen D. Forman:

Old Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Amite Co.,MS, Section 13, Twsp 4, Range 2, on old road to New Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Homochitto,: Edward Forman 7-1-1787/1-28-1845 (Credited with found Mt. Vernon Methodist Church; original burial site in Old Mt. Vernon, moved to New Hope Methodist Church; husband of (1) Phoebe Stampley & (2) Sarah "Sally" Baldrige) Source: Amite County, Mississippi GenWeb....electronic

Township 4, Range 2, Section 17, Momochitto. Organized in 1835 by Edward J. Forman, who pastored the church until he was succeeded by his son, Ephraim Foreman, in 1853. In 1890, the church was moved to the Homochitto school site. Only two markers remain at the old Mt. Vernon Church site. Source: Miss. GenWeb, Amite County.

Also See Notes on Ismael concerning - 1803 Rev. Moses Flloyd and early families-History of Methodism

SPRING HILL CHURCH, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MS 1803:
Then there were the brothers, George and Ismy Forman, from the Western Florida are, which at the time of the writing of the book, was in the eastern parishes of Louisiana. They became the leaders of the newly formed congregation, the Society headed by Thomas Owens, Sr., in the early years of Spring Hill, "an eligible lot near a good spring", where the meeting house was built. Thomas Owens,EDWARD FORMAN (15-16 years old), John J. Robertson and his "ever-faithful and goldly colored servant Caesar, Theophilus Marble, GEORGE AND ISMY FORMAN built the church using axes to cut the timbers, hew the logs, built pulpits and other appendages. This church became the headquarters of the Natchez territory.
The church at Spring Hill in Jefferson County, under the labors of John C. Johnson was being developed at this time with the assistance of the families of Baldrige, FORMAN, and Marble. John J. Robertson and Thomas Owens, Jr. had joined th echurch in 1808, and both were called on by their elder brethren to "do their duty" and use their skills for the Church.

1807-FORMAN, EDWARD, Sgt. 2nd (Fitzpatrick's) Regiment, Mississippi Territory Militia(Index to Volunteer Soldiers 1784-1811 by Virgil D. White)

1813 APPOINTMENTS (The British fleet was on the Gulf, and the Creek War was raging) The Nov. 1, 1813 Conference was held in Newt Vick's home with the families of Baldridges, Marbles and FORMANS helping with the preachers' horses and supplies. It was attended by Samuel Sellers, John Phipps, Miles Harper, William Winans, Lewis Hobbs, Thomas Griffin and John S. Ford(John Salmon "Rip" Ford?) A letter from the Bishops who could not attend appointed Samuel Sellers president. Rules for the conference were adopted.

1822-1835 - Minutes of the County Court - Office of the Chancery Clerk - Appointment of Overseers of Roads Jefferson Co. Courthouse: "Fayette District-Malcold Gilchrist, overseer, from the county line to crops roads with his own hands, Dugal Tory, George Tory, Jr., Gillford Tory, Mrs. S. Tory, Gabriel Osteen, EDWARD FORMAN, Capt John Montgomery and George Tory, Sr. assigned to said road.

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In 1835 Edward James Forman had acquired a home near the Homochitto River in Amite county. During the same year, he gathered alittle band of Christians about him and organized a church and called it "Mt. Vernon." Edward was a preacher and pastored the church until 1853, when his son, Ephriam Forman came on the scene and became pastor. The church was sponsored by Ephriam Forman, Newton Huff, David Robertson and Fleming Poole. Ephriam Forman, Newton Huff, and Fleming Poole were all preachers and served this church in a ministorial way until about 1880. After the Civil War there were some great revivals held there.

In 1890, the members decided to move the church nearer the center of the community. This was done and deeded to the Woodville District in 1891. This building was located on the site of the Homochitto school, but still retained the name of Mt. Vernon. The Anders, Browns, Pooles, Scales, Robertson, Butlers, and many others have sponsored this church all through the years.

A few years ago, the old church was torn away and a modern new church replaced it. The Rev. Edward James Forman was buried at the Old Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Most people think that he was moved to the New hope Methodist Church, but only his marker was moved:
findagrave

Will:
EDWARD JAMES FORMAN WAS BORN 01 OR 07 JUL 1787 IN LOUISIANA OR JEFFERSON CO. MS. AND DIED 28 JAN 1845 IN AMITE CO., MS. HE MARRIED (1) PHOEBE STAMPLEY 06 AUG 1808 IN JEFFERSON CO. MS. DAUGHTER OF JOHN STAMPLEY AND MARTHA CURTIS. SHE WAS BORN 26 JAN 1789 IN NATCHEZ DISTRICT, MS. AND DIED 1826 IN AMITE CO. MS.. HE MARRIED (2) SARAH BALDRIDGE 18 DEC. 1828:.

NOTES FOR EDWARD JAMES FORMAN: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EDWARD FORMAN, DECEASED.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN..

I EDWARD FORMAN OF THE COUNTY OF AMITE AND STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BEING OF A SOUND MIND AND DISPOSING MEMORY DO MAKE, PUBLISH, AND DECLARE THIS INSTRUMENT IN WRITING TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT;.

(1st.) I CONSIGN MY BODY TO THE DUST AND COMMEND MY SPIRIT TO GOD WHO GAVE IT. (2nd.) I NOMINATE AND APPOINT NEWTON L. HUFF AND G.P. CLOUGHTON EXECUTORS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (3nd.) I DESIGN MY EXECUTORS AS SOON AS THEY CAN CONVENTIENTLY, AFTER MY DECEASE, TO PAY ALL MY JUST DEBTS. (4th.) IT IS MY WILL AND DESIGN THAT AFTER THE PAYMENT OF MY DEBTS THAT ALL MY PROPERTY BE KEPT TOGETHER UNTIL MY YOUNGEST CHILD BE OF AGE FOR THE USE AND BENIFIT OF MY WIDOW, SUBJECT HOWEVER, TO THE CONTROL OF SAID EXECUTORS. (5th.) IT IS ALSO MY WILL AND DESIGN THAT IF MY WIDOW SHALL MARRY THAT MY EXECUTORS KEEP MY CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM A MODERATE EDUCATION AND THE PROBATE APPOINT THREE PERSONS TO APPRAISE ALL MY PERSONAL ESTATE EXCEPT TWO NEGRO GIRLS, SARAH AND FANNY, AND THAT MY WIDOW BE ALLOWED A CHILDS PART OUT OF THE SAME. .

(6th.) TO MY SON, GEORGE ANDREW JACKSON FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS I BEQUEATH ONE NEGRO GIRL, SARAH, AND IF THE SAID GIRL SHALL LIVE AND DO WELL UNTIL THE DIVISION OF MY ESTATE, THEN THE SAID GEORGE SHALL PAY OUT OF HIS PART OF MY ESTATES TO MY DAUGHTER, SARAH ANN FORMAN, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. (7th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, BERTHENY FORMAN, AND HER HEIRS, I BEQUESTH ONE NEGRO GIRL, FANNY, AND IF THE SAID GIRL SHALL LIVE AND DO WELL UNTIL THE DIVISION OF MY ESTATE, THEN THE SAID BERTHENY SHALL PAY OUT OF HER PART OF MY ESTATE TO MY DAUGHTER, SARAH ANN FORMAN, SEVENTY DOLLARS. (8th.) TO MY SON DAVID FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF ALL MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. .

(9th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, MARY FORMAN ROBERTSON, WIFE OF DAVID ROBERTSON AND THE HEIRS OF HER BODY I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, ALLOTING TO HER THE LOT NO. 3 OF THE FRACTIONAL SECTION FOURTEEN IN TOWNSHIP 4, RANGE 2 EAST, CONTAINING FIFTY-EIGHT ACRES, TO BE TAKEN OUT OF HER PART OF MY ESTATE ON AN EQUAL DIVISION OF THE SAME..

(10th.) TO MY SON, ISMY FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (11th.) TO MY SON, ABRAHAM FORMAN AND HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF ALL MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (12th.) TO MY SON, EPHRIAM FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE - THIRTEENTH PART OF ALL MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (13th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH FORMAN ROBERTS, WIFE OF JAMES D. ROBERTS, AND THE HEIRS OF HER BODY I BEQUEATH ONE- THIRTEENTH PART OF ALL MY ESTATE REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT..

(14th.) TO MY SON, GEORGE ANDREW JACKSON FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (15th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, LOUISE FORMAN, AND HER HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (16th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, MINERVA JANE FORMAN, AND HER HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. (17th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, BETHANY FORMAN AND HER HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT..

(18th.) TO MY DAUGHTER, SARAH ANN FORMAN AND HER HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT..

(19th.) TO MY SON, MADISON J. FORMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, I BEQUEATH ONE-THIRTEENTH PART OF MY ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL THAT SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH ITEMS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT..

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR 1844..

SIGNED AND PUBLISHED AND DECLARED BY THE ABOVE NAMED EDWARD FORMAN TO BE HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF US WHO AT HIS REQUEST AND IN HIS PRESENCE HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED OUR NAMES AS WITNESSES OF THE SAME..

DAVID LUSK.

MADISON WHITTINGTON.

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON.

THIS PROVED IN OPEN COURT ON FEB. 25, 1845.

EXECUTORS: NEWTON L. HUFF AND G. P. CLAUGHTON.

AMITE COUNTY WILLS, VOL. 1, FROM 1819 - 1848. PP 290-2.


Buried:
Original burial was in Old Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
He was moved to New Hope Methodist Church.

Edward married Phoebe Stampley on 08 Jun 1808 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi. Phoebe (daughter of John Stampley, (immigrant) and Martha Curtis) was born on 26 Jan 1789 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died in 1826 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1803, Natchez, Mississippi; built first church

Notes:

Ismael Forman, b. Abt. 1752 (Source: Our Pevoto Family, Vol. III of Genealogies for Grandchildren by Laura Dingle Ewingpp 171-2): m. Elizabeth________ abt. 1785.
1785-Chart prepared by Winston DeVille, at June 1963 meeting of Louisiana Genealogical Society in St. Landry Parish Court Room in Opelousas, Louisiana. Now in Jim Bowie Museum, Opelousas, La. "Under Commandant De Cloucet 30 July 1785
Thomas Huffpower
George Forman
Ismael Forman"
Source-The Hoffpauirs of Louisiana... Rosemary Wright Hoffpauir.
1790-Edward Forman (Sr) then went to Plaqumine Brulee in Spanish La. (now Acadia Parish, La.). His sons: George & Ismael went to Jefferson County, Mississippi Census, with George F. returning to La. for the 1810 census, then back to Jefferson.
Source: Ed Roberts, Monroe, La.

1792-Natchez was Spanish and Catholic

1797-Claim number 564
Isma Forman, 12 March, 1804 (wit. Wm. Thomas) Mississippi Territory, Jefferson County. Isma Forman claims a donation right of a tract in aforesaid county on both sides of a branch of Morgan's Fork of the Homochitto, beginning at Alexander Montgomery's corner, being the only claim of land the said Isma Forman holds or has held within the territory which was improved in 1797 and cultivated ever since, Forman being of age at the time of settling and head of a family of ten. (Natchez Court Records)
1800, Dec. 6
Isma Forman, section 5, signed the memorial to the United States House and Senate in an attempt to have the Mississippi Territory restored to it's former status "first grade of government". A previous petition signed by only a handfull of settlers advanced MS to the "second stage of government" which involves a legislature. The election was a mess. This second memorial signed by most of the residents was read in both houses of Congress and ignored.
History of Mississippi, Vol. 1, Rowland.

Feb. 13, 1807-Isma Forman-Land claim of 320 acres on Cole's Creek, from "Early Settlers of Mississippi as taken from Land Claims in Mississippi Territory", Lowrie.

1807-FORMAN, Isma, Pvt. 2nd (Fitzpatrick's) Regiment, Mississippi Territory Militia (index to Volunteer Soldiers 1784-1811 by Virgil D. White)

(from Steve Forman - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0002.html#CHILD2 )

Religion:
Natchez, Mississippi Territory with Ismy Forman, his brother. This was in 1803, according to the Reverend Moses Floyd. Edward Forman,Theophilus Marble, and John J. Robertson, and Thomas Owens also helped build the church.

http://jeffersoncountyms.org/bios.htm#george

Ismael married Elizabeth Freeman in 1785. Elizabeth was born in 1756 in South Carolina; died in 1840 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 01 Jul 1763, Switzerland; to Virginia
• Residence: Jul 1780, Mississippi; from Illinois with Richard Curtis

Notes:

Served in the military in Illinois with General Clark during Revolutionary War.

John Stampley was with a party of settlers who moved to Coles Creek in the early 1780's.John and Richard Curtis,Sr led this party.Other families included John Courtney,John Jones,Daniel and William Ogden.Richard Curtis,Jr was one of the original founders in 1791 of the first Baptist Church in the territory,later called the Salem Baptist Church.Later he helped form the second Baptist Church near Beaver Creek,Ebenezer Baptist Church.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2043829&id=I165

John married Martha Curtis in 1775 in St. David's Parish, Craven Co, North Carolina. Martha (daughter of Richard Curtis, Sr. and Phoebe Courtney) was born in 1757 in Half Moon Swamp, Onslow Co, North Carolina; died after 1837 in Amite Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Presbyterian
• Occupation: 18 Aug 1758, South Carolina; master of frigot "Pretty Peggy"
• Residence: 1762, Halifax Co, North Carolina
• Other-Begin: 25 Feb 1762, Halifax Co, North Carolina; mentioned in Everitt will
• Residence: 1772, British West Florida
• Residence: 10 Dec 1776, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana; 500 ac land grant
• Residence: 16 Oct 1779, Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana; signed pledge
• Residence: 1785, Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: 1785, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: 1790, Plaquemine Brulee, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1792, Natchez District, Mississippi
• Possessions: 1794, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; sold land
• Residence: 1794, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
• Death: Abt 1795; ?

Notes:

By Henry Chandlee Forman, Ph.D.
The Formans of England-
For more than six hundred years, from the earliest records of the family in Lincolnshire, England, to the present day, the spelling of the name Forman has been unchanged. In 1316 land in Lincolnshire was granted to one Ralph Forman; in 1373 Thomas Forman, and 1375 Robertus Forman, a juror, were inhabitants of this county. In the Lincolnshire Rebellion of 1536 Robert Forman gave five marks to the rebels.[Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, vol. 11, p. 249; vol. 18, p. 58; Linc. Rec. Soc. vol. 30, pp. 77, 87, 227]. All through the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries there were Formans living in England, chiefly in Lincolnshire, according to the records.
The most distinguished member of the family seems to have been Sir William Forman, Knight, Lord Mayor of London, a native of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William Forman, a yeoman of Gainsborough. His sister, Elizabeth Forman, married Morice Morgan.
Sir William Forman was Knighted on October 18, 1537, and was an Alderman in Parliament form Cripplegate Ward in the City of London from 1529 to 1545. He was High Sheriff of London in 1533 and Lord Mayor from 1538 to 1539. During a Muster of Citizens in 1539 he rode in a procession and carried a coat of black velvet embroidered with a cross; on his head was a black velvet cap with a rich jewel; and about him rode four footmen apparelled in satin hose and fine white silk.
By trade Sir William Forman was a haberdasher. In 1544 he, with others, leased from King Henry VIII the Manor of Tullesworth in Surrey. In the same year, on August 30, he married Blanche Palmer, a widow, of London. He died on January 13, 1547, and was buried in the Church of Saint George, Botolph Lane, in East Cheapside, London. A monument was erected there to his memory.
His great grandson, Robert Forman went to Amersterdam and received the Charter for Flushing, New Amersterdam, which is now Queens, New York. The Forman family flurished and soon spread to New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Virginia, and Kentucky. They followed the migration patterns to North and South Carolina and on down to Louisiana and Mississippi Territories.
In the Natchez area, they formed the Forman Colony, and brought the first four-wheeled cart to the Mississippi Territory.
The Spanish Census of 1790 shows George "Jorge" Forman and family next to William "Guillermo" Irwin. They were settled on the Sara Bayou and Coles Creek area.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/index.html
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Forman, Edouard m Rebecca Raveo (Opel Ch)
Forman, Edouard m Marie Bournet (Opel Ch)

Presbyterian.
1762, Halifax County, NC (will of William Everit)

1776: granted 500 acres of land on 10 December 1776 on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. It is believed Edward Forman entered the Province of British West Florida in 1772.

1785, Bayou Chicot, LA, granted land (Evangeline Par)
1785, Living with wife in Bayou Chicot
1794, sold land to Victor Richard
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In about 1758 Edward Forman was supposed to be master of the ship "Pretty Peggy." This is in the South Carolina Gazette dated Aug 18, 1758.

From: winston@asbank.com (winston)
Source: Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives, "List of Anglo-American Settlers in The Spanish colonies of America, A Finding Aid".
By: Lawrence H. Feldman, 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
10001 N. Calvert, Baltimore, Md., pp. 85,108 20

Census of Louisiana District
Item No. 347 - Forman, Ed. at Opelousas in 1785
Item No. 350 - Fourman, Edouard at Opelousas in 1794.

Census, Mississippi, Natchez District
Item No. 261 - Forman, Ezekiel, 1792, Santa Catalina area.
Item No. 262 - Forman, Ismay, 1792, Villa Gayoso area.
Item No. 263 - Forman, Jorge, 1792, Villa Gayoso area.
(my note: I have no idea where Santa Catalina and Villa Gayoso are)

Source: Acadia Parish History to 1900, by: Mary Alice Fontenot,
Chapter II, Colonial landowners, pg. 42, 51.

Item: Victor Richard bought his land from Edward Foreman in 1794. Thomas Hoffpauir age 76 testified in the land claim in 1812. Hoffpauir said the land had been occupied by Foreman "more than 30 years ago, for several years;" that after the sale to Richard, "Primo occupied same on Richard's account for 2 or 3 years., after which Foreman was employed to tend Richard's cattle, where he resided and cultivated for 5 successive years."
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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0001.html

1. EDWARD1 FORMAN was born Abt. 1720 in Va., and died 1805 in St. Landry Parish, La.. He married MARIE BURNET Bet. 1750 - 1752 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Notes for EDWARD FORMAN:
On Oct. 16, 1779 after raids by so-called patriot, John Willing, into the British West Florida settlements of Natchez, Baton Rouge and Manchac, Edward Forman and 18 others signed oaths of allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America" in the presence of Capt. Pickles who had captured the British armed vessel on Lake Ponchartrain.
"We whose names or marks are here unto set and subscribed, being settlers and inhabitants on Lake Ponchartrain between the Bayou La Combe and the River Tanchipaho, do herby acknowlege ourselves to be natives as well as true and faithful subjects to the United Independent States of North America.
An whereas on the tenth day of last month, William Pickles, captain of the navy of the said States, did arrive in this lake and made prize of the English armed sloop, West Florida, wh had kept possession of the lake for near two years before, and the said William Pickles, Esquire, did on the twenty first of the same month, land some of his people, and take possession of this settlement and gave us all the protection against indians and others that his force would admit of, and suffered us to remain on our possessions till further orders; we, therefore, consider ourselves belonging to the said States, and are willing to remain here and enjoy our property and priviledges under them, the said United States. October 16, 1779."
"Gerard Brandon, Alex McCollough, James Mosely, Mary Smith, Samuel Smith, James Farro, Abel Goffegon, Edward Foreman, Wm. Dakimore, Jacob Ambrose, Frederic Spell, Benj. Curtis, Wm. Fisher, Paul Pigg, Daniel Tuttle, Matt McCollough, Francis Fisher, John Spell, Wm. Steel" --Source, Mississippi as a Providence, Territory, and State, Claiborne, 1880.

More About EDWARD FORMAN:
Fact 1: August 18, 1758, Noted in South Carolina Gasette as "master of the Brig "Pretty Peggy"
Fact 2: 1762, Edward is noted in Halifax County, NC Will of Wm. Everitt
Fact 3: 1772, Edward entered British West Florida with McCollugh Spell
Fact 4: 1776, Edward Forman granted 500 acres on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Fact 5: October 16, 1779, Signed Oath of Allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America"

1785-Chart prepared by Winston DeVille, at June 1963 meeting of Louisiana Genealogical Society in St. Landry Parish Court Room in Opelousas, Louisiana. Now in Jim Bowie Museum, Opelousas, La. "UNder Commandant De Cloucet 30 July 1785
Thomas Huffpower
George Forman
Ismael Forman"
Source-The Hoffpauirs of Louisiana... Rosemary Wright Hoffpauir.
1790-Edward Forman (Sr) then went to Plaqumine Brulee in Spanish La. (now Acadia Parish, La.). His sons: George & Ismael went to Jefferson County, Mississippi Census, with George F. returning to La. for the 1810 census, then back to Jefferson.
Source: Ed Roberts, Monroe, La.



Children of EDWARD FORMAN and MARIE BURNET are:
i. MARGARET2 FORMAN, b. 1748.
2. ii. EDWARD FORMAN II, b. Abt. 1749, Va.; d. 1818, St. Landry Parish, La..
3. iii. ISMAEL FORMAN, b. Abt. 1752, Va.; d. 1832, Louisiana.
4. iv. MARY FORMAN, b. 1762, North Carolina.; d. 1812, St. Landry Parish, La..
5. v. GEORGE FORMAN, b. May 01, 1764, Virginia; d. February 25, 1823, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
6. vi. EPHRAIM (EPHREM) JOSEPH FORMAN, b. 1766, Va.; d. 1835, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
7. vii. SARA ELIZABETH FORMAN, b. 1768.
viii. CATHERINE FORMAN, b. Abt. 1769; m. THOMAS LAUGHLIN JR., June 11, 1793, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
8. ix. JANE FORMAN, b. Abt. 1773, Va.; d. Abt. 1850.
9. x. JAMES FORMAN, b. 1779, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; d. 1833, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.







Occupation:
August 18 1758, Noted in South Caroline Gazette as 'master of the Brig Pretty Peggy'(From further research- which was found on a Google search and one for the "Clark Family"(clark@ems.psu.edu), I found this Edward Foreman, born 1717 at Margate Kent, England. Died on Ship "Pretty Peggy 1759 at the age of 42. - Another entry, his father: John Foreman b. 1616 Margate Kent, England; d. January 1760(84 yrs) buried 25 January 1760). Perhaps this is the same John Foreman who brought prisoners, bonded people, etc from Ipswich England to the Colonies-as noted in many entries of the Ship Henry & Francis-Including Scots who had been convicted mainly because of their religious beliefs.)
In 1685 there is a posting of the Ship Henry and Francis of NewCastle bringing in Passengers to Perth Amboy, NJ mid December 1685-Included on the list is a John Foreman who was banished.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bthornton3026&id=I1625

Residence:
1762, Edward is noted in Halifax County, NC Will of Wm. Everitt

Other-Begin:
abstract of William Everit/Everitt's will:

Will# 54 pg.74 WILLIAM EVERIT/EVERITT 25 Feb.1762 June Ct.1762
3 brothers JAMES EVERITT, JOHN EVERITT, and SAMUEL EVERITT all my land and money to be divided equally between them PEGGY FOREMAN daughter of EDWARD FOREMAN cow, calf, etc. Rest of movable estate to be equally divided between my brothers and sisters (names not given)
Wit.: MATTHEW BURNET x his mark, FLORENINIA CARTY, JOHN HEADY
Extrs.: my 3 brothers JAMES, JOHN, and SAMUEL EVERIT

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.halifax/1221.1/mb.ashx

Residence:
1772, Edward entered British West Florida with McCollugh Spell

Residence:
1776, Edward Forman granted 500 acres on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain

Residence:
While Gálvez was at work reducing the works at Baton Rouge, Captain Pickles sailed to Bayou La Combe and the Tauchipaho River on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, claiming the area for the United States and demanding an oath of allegiance from its citizens.
http://www.usskidd.com/battles-revolution.html

On Oct. 16, 1779 after raids by so-called patriot, John Willing, into the British West Florida settlements of Natchez, Baton Rouge and Manchac, Edward Forman and 18 others signed oaths of allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America" in the presence of Capt. Pickles who had captured the British armed vessel on Lake Ponchartrain.
"We whose names or marks are here unto set and subscribed, being settlers and inhabitants on Lake Ponchartrain between the Bayou La Combe and the River Tanchipaho, do herby acknowlege ourselves to be natives as well as true and faithful subjects to the United Independent States of North America.
An whereas on the tenth day of last month, William Pickles, captain of the navy of the said States, did arrive in this lake and made prize of the English armed sloop, West Florida, wh had kept possession of the lake for near two years before, and the said William Pickles, Esquire, did on the twenty first of the same month, land some of his people, and take possession of this settlement and gave us all the protection against indians and others that his force would admit of, and suffered us to remain on our possessions till further orders; we, therefore, consider ourselves belonging to the said States, and are willing to remain here and enjoy our property and priviledges under them, the said United States.October 16, 1779."
"Gerard Brandon, Alex McCollough, James Mosely, Mary Smith, Samuel Smith, James Farro, Abel Goffegon, Edward Foreman, Wm. Dakimore, Jacob Ambrose, Frederic Spell, Benj. Curtis, Wm. Fisher, Paul Pigg, Daniel Tuttle, Matt McCollough, Francis Fisher, John Spell, Wm. Steel" --Source, Mississippi as a Providence, Territory, and State, Claiborne, 1880.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0001.html

Residence:
1790-Edward Forman (Sr) then went to Plaqumine Brulee in Spanish La. (now Acadia Parish, La.). His sons: George & Ismael went to Jefferson County, Mississippi Census, with George F. returning to La. for the 1810 census, then back to Jefferson.
Source: Ed Roberts, Monroe, La

Died:
some records say 1795 Bayou Chicot

Stephen D. Forman, researcher, has 1805 St. Landry Parish and from other records, seems more logical.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0001.html

Edward* married Rebecca Rascoe (or Ravcoe) about 1745. Rebecca (daughter of Ship Captain Peter Rascoe (or Ravcoe) and Elizabeth Freshwater) was born about 1725 in Virginia; died about 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Presbyterian

Jacob married Mrs. Isabel (..) Stampley about 1720 in Zurich, Switzerland. Isabel was born about 1700 in Zurich, Switzerland; died after 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1775, Great PeeDee River, mouth of Black River, South Carolina
• Residence: 1780, Natchez, Mississippi

Notes:

Richard Curtis, Jr.
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 1768, and five sons and three daughters) resided in 1775 on the Great Pee Dee River, near the mouth of Black River, South Carolina, but came to the Natchez Country in 1780, where Richard Curtis, Sr. died near Cole's Creek on November 10, 1784.
Accompanying Richard Curtis, Sr. to the Natchez Country were 3 sons, a stepson (John Jones) and 2 sons-in-law, three of whom later became pioneer citizens of Amite County: (1) son Richard, Jr. and his wife Pattie; (2) Son William Curtis and his wife; (3) and daughter Hannah Curtis, wife of John Courtney.
Richard Curtis, Jr., who had been licensed as a Baptist Minister in South Carolina in 1778, began to preach throughout the Natchez Country but especially in the Salem Community near Cole's Creek. In 1795 he ran afoul of the Spanish authorities for preaching and officiating at the marriage of his niece, Phoebe Jones to David Greenleaf, and he was forced to return to South Carolina, where he was ordained in 1796. He returned to the Mississippi Territory in 1798, and as Moderator helped to organize in due and ancient form Salem Baptist Church on Cole's Creek in Jefferson County as a regular Baptist Church, the first in Mississippi.
On May 9, 1806, Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr., assisted by Rev. Thomas Mercer, Rev. James Courtney from South Carolina, Rev. Isaac Jackson from New Providence Baptist Church and Rev. Jonathan Curtis from Salem Baptist Church, constituted the Ebenezer Baptist Church on Beaver Creek in Amite County and was the first Pastor.
Among the charter members were Mary Curtis, and his brother-in-law, John Courtney, both with letters from Salem Baptist Church on Cole's Creek.
Mary Curtis (wife or daughter?) dismissed by letter on October 1, 1808.
Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr., was Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Adams County, Mississippi (organized in 1800 and was the second Baptist Church in Mississippi), and a messenger to the Mississippi Baptist Association in 1808-1811.
Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr., was disallowed a claim of settlement on Beaver Creek in Amite County in 1802, because the land was not improved, but was granted 320 acres there in 1808. He is listed as a citizen of Amite County in the Census of 1805 and 1810. (A relative also named Richard Curtis is listed in the Census of 1810 and 1816.)
Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr. died of cancer on Beaver Creek in Amite County, Mississippi on October 28, 1811, and is buried in the yard of what was years later the residence of Dr. W. b. Kinnabrew, about 1/2 mile from Ebenezer Baptist Church, and there is a marble obelisk in the churchyard.
John Courtney, brother-in-law of Richard Curtis, Sr., was appointed delegate from Ebenezer Baptist Church of Amite County, Mississippi on January 31, 1807, to attend the organization meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Association at Cole's Creek Church.
He settled with his wife, Hannah Curtis, and 7 children on 666 acres on Beaver Creek, Section 30, Township 1 north, range 3 east in November, 1802.
Brother Benjamin Curtis, brother-in-law John Stampley, a Baptist Minister, and half brother John Jones and their families settled in the Cole's Creek area of the Mississippi Territory.
(The author of the above, who remains anonymous, inserted following note. jtd)
The second Baptist Church organized in Mississippi was located at the confluence of Big Bayou Pierre and Little Bayou Pierre in Claiborne County, Mississippi. This area is not in the city limits of Port Gibson, Mississippi.
The second Baptist Church in Mississippi was organized in 1798, in Claiborne County, Mississippi and was know as Bayou Pierre Baptist Church. It ceased to exist in 1825
.....Author is anonymous.
Submitted by Jeanne Truly Davis, January 2002.

http://jeffersoncountyms.org/bios.htm#curtis

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The Curtises, like the Willises, were originally from Virginia. Paxton wrote:

"The Curtises were known to be Marion men, and when not in active service, they were not permitted to enjoy the society of their families, but they were hunted like wild beasts from their hiding places in the swamps of Pedee." They were a thorn in the side of the British and their Tory neighbors."
Paxton continued,

"They left South Carolina in the spring of 1780 traveling by land to the northeastern corner of Tennessee. There they built three flat boats and when the Holston River reached sufficient depth toward the end of that year, they set out for the Natchez country of Mississippi by way of the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. Those mentioned above traveled on the first two boats; the names of those on the last boat are not known.
Those in the last boat had contracted smallpox and were required to travel a few hundred yards behind the other two boats.
Somewhere near the Clinch River, on a bend in the Tennessee River near the northwestern corner of Georgia, they were attacked by Cherokee Indians. The first two boats escaped, but the third boat was captured. The price paid for this attack was high, for the Indians contracted smallpox from them and many died."

Those on the first two boats continued on their voyage and landed safely at the mouth of Cole's creek about 18 miles above Natchez by land. Here in this part of the state they lived. They called Richard Curtis, Jr., who was licensed to preach in S. Carolina, as their preacher. He would later organize the first Baptist Church in Mississippi, in 1791, called Sa1em. As time passed the population increased. Some were Baptists such as William Chaney from South Carolina and his son Bailey. A preacher from Georgia by the name of Harigail also arrived here and zealously denounced the ?corruptions of Romanism.? This, along with the conversion of a Spanish Catholic by the name of Stephen d'Alvoy, brought the wrath
of the Spanish authorities. To make an example of d'Alvoy and Curtis, they decided to arrest them and send them to the silver mines in Mexico. Warned of this plan, d'Alvoy and Curtis and a man by the name of Bill Hamberlin fled to South Carolina, arriving in the fall of 1795. Harigail also escaped and fled this area."

Paxton said that the country between Mississippi and South Carolina was "then infested by hostile Indians." It is for this reason and others, I believe, that Curtis brought Joseph Willis with him when he returned to Mississippi in 1798, and the fact that Joseph was a licensed Baptist
preacher and Curtis was an ordained Baptist preacher. Curtis also knew well Joseph Willis? courage under fire since both were Marion men in the Revolutionary War.

After the trip with Curtis to Mississippi in 1798, Joseph returned to South Carolina for his family and to sell his property. As mentioned before, he sold all of his real estate to William Thurston in August of 1799,
indicating his preparation to depart South Carolina.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/evangeline/bios/willis.txt

Residence:
http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/travel.html.
.
Early Migration Trails.
From the Pee Dee River Valley, NC
to Cole's Creek and Curtis Landing The pioneers to the new "Natchez Country" would leave the Pee Dee River area of SC/NC and travel about 200 miles using pack-horses to the Holston RIver in northeastern Tennessee. They traveled via the South Carolina State Road (North) on the Warriors Path. They continued on the Catawba Trail to the Wilderness Road Fort near Kingsport, Tennessee. (Some of the present day towns and cities they would pass through were: Cheraws, SC; Wadesboro, NC; New Salem, NC; Lenoir, NC; Blowing Rock, NC; Boone, NC; Hampton, TN; Johnson City, TN; and Kingsport, TN. The automobile driving distance today would be over 250 miles.).
At the Wilderness Road Fort they secured/built flat boats. The flat boats were sturdy with one end enclosed for protection from the elements. The flat boat had to be designed to allow for the women, children, food, bedding and household items. They had to transport a milk cow, chickens, horses, hunting dogs and farm implements. Once aboard the flat boats they followed the Holston River to the Tennessee River which they entered near Knoxville, TN. (They traveled near present day towns of Surgoinsville, TN; Chalk Level, TN: Cherokee Lake; Buffalo Springs, TN; and Mascot, TN).
Indian attacks were a frequent occurrence. The pioneers always had to be prepared. The women often steered the boats while the men fought the Indians. Some used chairs as shields, holding against their chests as protection from the Indian arrows. Following the Tennessee River they reached the Ohio River near Paducah, KY. (On this leg they traveled near present day towns of Dayton, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Scottsboro, AL; Guntersville, AL; Decatur, AL; Florence, AL; Savannah,TN; Perryville, TN; Sycamore Landing, TN; Eva, TN; Aurora, KY; and Lake City, KY) From Paducah the flat boats floated down the Ohio River where they entered the Mississippi near Cairo, IL. (This is near present day Metropolis, IL; and about 30 miles south of Cape Girardeau, MO)..
At Cairo, IL the flat boats embarked on the "mercy" of the mighty Mississippi River for the rest of the journey to the "Natchez Country." (They traveled near present day towns like Hayti, MO; Cathursville, MO; Heloise, TN; Osceloa, AR; Memphis, TN; Helena, AR; Rosedale, MS; Greenville, MS; Lake Providence, LA; and Vicksburg, MS) South of Rodney one group of pioneers steered the flat boats into Boyd's Creek (now Cole's Creek) for the 15 mile trip to Curtis Landing on the South Fork of Cole's Creek. Other pioneers continued on to Natchez or Wilkinson County steering their flat boats up St. Catherine's Creek, the Homochitto River or Buffalo River..
These pioneers had made a trip of approximately 1400 miles by flat boat on water. The total miles traveled by horse-pack and flat boat would be about 1650-1700 miles..
Upon arrival it was necessary to fell trees and build log houses quickly. Fields needed to be cleared and cultivated. The survival for the first year was dependent on the family's ability to fish and hunt. Squirrel, deer, ducks, and wild turkey were the family's fresh meat..
One of the pioneer families who had a British land grant in Jefferson County included James Cole who arrived October, 1772 with the paperwork finalized in 1776. Richard Curtis who arrived in 1780..

In 1779, an expedition under Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana Territory, captured the British Fort in Natchez. After the fall of the British at Baton Rouge, General Galvez negotiated the surrender of the English Fort Panmure in Natchez on September 21, 1779. The Spanish, with generous land grants, gave the residents opportunity to move to Opelousas Post in early 1780.

Residence:
http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/travel.html.
.
Early Migration Trails.
From the Pee Dee River Valley, NC
to Cole's Creek and Curtis Landing The pioneers to the new "Natchez Country" would leave the Pee Dee River area of SC/NC and travel about 200 miles using pack-horses to the Holston RIver in northeastern Tennessee. They traveled via the South Carolina State Road (North) on the Warriors Path. They continued on the Catawba Trail to the Wilderness Road Fort near Kingsport, Tennessee. (Some of the present day towns and cities they would pass through were: Cheraws, SC; Wadesboro, NC; New Salem, NC; Lenoir, NC; Blowing Rock, NC; Boone, NC; Hampton, TN; Johnson City, TN; and Kingsport, TN. The automobile driving distance today would be over 250 miles.).
At the Wilderness Road Fort they secured/built flat boats. The flat boats were sturdy with one end enclosed for protection from the elements. The flat boat had to be designed to allow for the women, children, food, bedding and household items. They had to transport a milk cow, chickens, horses, hunting dogs and farm implements. Once aboard the flat boats they followed the Holston River to the Tennessee River which they entered near Knoxville, TN. (They traveled near present day towns of Surgoinsville, TN; Chalk Level, TN: Cherokee Lake; Buffalo Springs, TN; and Mascot, TN).
Indian attacks were a frequent occurrence. The pioneers always had to be prepared. The women often steered the boats while the men fought the Indians. Some used chairs as shields, holding against their chests as protection from the Indian arrows. Following the Tennessee River they reached the Ohio River near Paducah, KY. (On this leg they traveled near present day towns of Dayton, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Scottsboro, AL; Guntersville, AL; Decatur, AL; Florence, AL; Savannah,TN; Perryville, TN; Sycamore Landing, TN; Eva, TN; Aurora, KY; and Lake City, KY) From Paducah the flat boats floated down the Ohio River where they entered the Mississippi near Cairo, IL. (This is near present day Metropolis, IL; and about 30 miles south of Cape Girardeau, MO)..
At Cairo, IL the flat boats embarked on the "mercy" of the mighty Mississippi River for the rest of the journey to the "Natchez Country." (They traveled near present day towns like Hayti, MO; Cathursville, MO; Heloise, TN; Osceloa, AR; Memphis, TN; Helena, AR; Rosedale, MS; Greenville, MS; Lake Providence, LA; and Vicksburg, MS) South of Rodney one group of pioneers steered the flat boats into Boyd's Creek (now Cole's Creek) for the 15 mile trip to Curtis Landing on the South Fork of Cole's Creek. Other pioneers continued on to Natchez or Wilkinson County steering their flat boats up St. Catherine's Creek, the Homochitto River or Buffalo River..
These pioneers had made a trip of approximately 1400 miles by flat boat on water. The total miles traveled by horse-pack and flat boat would be about 1650-1700 miles..
Upon arrival it was necessary to fell trees and build log houses quickly. Fields needed to be cleared and cultivated. The survival for the first year was dependent on the family's ability to fish and hunt. Squirrel, deer, ducks, and wild turkey were the family's fresh meat..
One of the pioneer families who had a British land grant in Jefferson County included James Cole who arrived October, 1772 with the paperwork finalized in 1776. Richard Curtis who arrived in 1780..

In 1779, an expedition under Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana Territory, captured the British Fort in Natchez. After the fall of the British at Baton Rouge, General Galvez negotiated the surrender of the English Fort Panmure in Natchez on September 21, 1779. The Spanish, with generous land grants, gave the residents opportunity to move to Opelousas Post in early 1780.

Richard married Phoebe Courtney about 1750 in of, Craven Co, South Carolina. Phoebe (daughter of John Courtney and Hannah (..) Courtney) was born in 1700 in Prince Georges Co, Virginia; died in 1780 in Natchez District, Mississippi; was buried in 1780 in "Forty Hills," Natchez, Mississippi Territory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JERSEY SETTLERS: Vol. II, page 401:
Entire Genealogy of Jones Family.

William Jones, son of Lane Jones and Anne Barber Jones, m. Phoebe Brown, daughter of Zachariah Brown.

note: Phoebe Brown disputed - looks like she was Phoebe Courtney.
(see webpage: My Curtis and Courtney Families:
http://www.old-new-orleans.com/Curtis_and_Courtney.html

This site is tracking Phoebe and her 2nd marriage to Curtis, which the Jersey Settlers, stated that wife of William Jones remarried Curtis.

Curtis:
My 5-g-grandparents, were Richard and Phoebe COURTNEY CURTIS, Sr. Richard Curtis was of Welsh descent. H. Married (1) Martha "Phoebe" Courtney in about 1747, in Half Moon Swamp, Onslow County, NC; (2) Hannah SWAYZE, 1782, Cole's Creek, Jefferson County, MS.
He was born 2/6/1727/28; at age 11, Baltimore, MD,1738, orphan; bound until age 21 to William and Hannah Curtis Courtney; William Cook died before 1739 Hannah married Robert Courtney on 10/2/1739; Richard was bound to Robert and Hannah Courtney until age 21. He was in Onslow County, NC by 1747; 1754-1766, moved to Pee Dee, SC, to a Welsh community near the mouth of the Black River, about 60 miles north of Charleston, SC.
He fought in the American Revolution in SC; in 1780, fled his Tory neighbors. He and family went by wagon to Holston River, TN. They went by flatboats to the Natchez District of the Mississippi Territory, then under Spanish rule. There were 3 boats in the party. In boats 1 & 2: Richard Curtis, Sr., wife, two brothers, William and Benjamin Curtis, and their wives, Richard Curtis, Jr. and his wife, John Courtney and John Stampley and their wives, John Jones and his wife and others. In the 3rd boat were travelers who had joined the Curtis party. They were attacked by Cherokee, all of the people in the 3rd boat were either killed or captured.
They landed at Boyd's Creek (later renamed Cole's Creek) on March 1, 1781. Richard Curtis, Sr., died on 11 20/1784, Cole's Creek, in what would later become Jefferson County, MS.

also see:
The Olney Connection
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=olney&id=I131534

Richard Curtis, Sr. was born in 1728 but the place of birth is unknown. Richard was bonded to Robert Courtney in Baltimore Co., Md. in 1739.Robert moved his family to Onslow Co., NC in 1744 where he died in 1751. Meanwhile, Richard married Robert's daughter, Phoebe, after the death of her first husband, William Jones. William and Phoebe had one son, John Jones.