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Jamison William Hugh "Manzey" [Male] b. 28 AUG 1833 Rutherford Co., TN - d. 12 AUG 1889 Attala Co., MS
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They lived in Attala Co., MS
From the notes of Betty Jamison Swan:
Somehow, and I can't find out how, Mansy started out with the name ofPeter Donnelly and someh ow it got changed to William Hugh, nickname"Manzy". Son of Hugh Black Jamison and brother o f Henry Clay, Mansy wentto the Civil War with his brother, got shot in the face and nose wa s shotoff, so he paid someone to back and fight for him in the war. TheJamisons came about th e time Attala County opened up. It was called "Treeof Dancing Rabbit" by the Choctaw Indian s who owned Attala County.Hadseveral sections of land,160 acres. Ollie bought it from a carpe t baggerwho was reading for the law. Put it in her name since Mansy was not tooambitious or i ndustrious. Had a cemetary near it and house was built withsquare nails. Ran a grist mill bes ides farming, but the boys actually didthe work. Ga ve each son land. Had six sons and six da ughters, a set oftwin girls Emma and Ella. Susie's wedding gifts burned up in the fire ofth e house which was caused by Emmette burning trash 150 yards from t hehouse and the sparks cat ching it on fire. The Haseltines had shearedsheep and had made coverlings from the sheep to u se as covers when peopleslept. They got burned too and were valuable. The "Dog Trot" house ha d 7rooms, a side porch, back porch, and a big front porch. It had a wagonshed, potato house a nd a smoke house. They banked the potatoes. Aunts ofFaye Jamison who came down from Stoke ly . Stokely's wife died when sonwas six months old, Stokely died when son was 5-6 years old. Ol lie raisedthe boy until she died when he was 12, then her son Willie (bachelor) anddaughter E mma (old maid, married late in life) raised the son, RobertEmmitt Jamison, father of Robert E . Jamison and Faye Jamison. Willie andEmma stayed together in the old family home. Ella, th e twin of Emma diedyou ng. Robert E.inherited 80 acres of the land and gave it to his twosons , Faye inherited 80 acres. Emmette was putting out a fire in a ditchaway from the house, th e sparks flew and caught the house on fire. Itburned up antiques, everything. Stokely, Woodso n, Willie wer all 6'1" or6'2". Most of the Jamisons were 5'10" or 5'11".
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Some sources say: Callie Hasteline O'Brient
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Rutherford Co. Archives Marriage Index
Marriages 1804-1850:
Fleming, Jackson Jamison, Elizabeth Mar 23, 1840 Blank yes no Flemming, Jackson
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5426
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Sophia J. Jamison was born August 10, 1823 in Attala County, Mississippi and died May 18, 1882 in Attala County, Mississippi. She married Isaac Peeler in Attala County, Mississippi. He was born September 11, 1829 in Gaffney, South Carolina and died October 22, 1914 in Center, Mississippi, son of Isaac Peeler and Nancy Petty
Burial : Center Cemetery, Center, Mississippi
Center Baptist Chr Cemetery, Attala County, MS
Some document mention her as "Letitia H. Jamison", nicknamed "Hattie Jamison")
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