I have a Lucy America Austin married to Sylvester Mask. Her parents were John Austin(bn. 1825) and Elizabeth Rodgers? John and Elizabeth's children were Bryant, John Richard (m. Sarah Real), James A. (m. Mary Ann Bass), Mary E., Rebecca H., Sarah A. (m. John Real), William J.(bn. 1854, m. Jane Belk), Abraham (m. Margaret Real), and Lucy America.
John's (Lucy's father) father was probably Gedion Austin.
Lucy's aunt, Permelia Ann Austin m. Pinkney Holley was my gggrandmother.
I may have the location of Lucy's grave in my records somewhere. I'll check...in Calhoun or Pontotoc County,MS.
Barbara Haviland
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Source:
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arleybelk&id=I10913
Belk Family Genealogy
In letter dated Aug. 25, 1997 Marjorie Ellen White Harrison writes: "There were only two people there (Hartwell Tutor Cemetery) when we arrived. One left. She was Peggy Young -- 377 Cooke Rd. Pontotoc. She is into tracing relatives and can be reached at [email protected]." (Peggy's email is now [email protected]) "We also found the graves of Eliza Mitchell Young, John H. Young, and their daughter Mary A. young, March 14, 1880 to July 24, 1889 who was killed by a stray bullet, brother playing with a gun. Ada Josephine Yount White---Warren Allen White and their daughter Edgie A. White 2-28, 1906---August 4, 1907."
Marjorie Ellen White Harrison
1701 Evangeline Drive
Picayne, MS 39466-2815
Killed by a stray bullet. Her brother was playing with a gun and it accidently discharged.
Note: Charlie ARDS's child John Ard had many children too.
One daughter has done research.
Hazel Pearl Ard Winters
Rt. 1 Box 397
Courtland, MS 38620
744-7040 (area code 228-662 or 601??)
Mattie and Odis grew up on large farms owned by each of their parents next door to each other in Quitman County. The Mask's lost their farm during the depression after choosing to pay off the sharecroppers instead of the mortgage.
The Ard's later sold their farm in about 1956 or so. The Masks were told during the depression that their children could get "help" from the government due to their Native American blood. Supposedly the courthouse with the records burned down and help was never received. According to a Mask relative, it was the Ard's or actually the Walls who had more Indian blood.
Hazel Winters 744-7040 (area code unknown) (Ard Genealogy)