Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Charles L. D. Hill

Research needed, only Charles Hill in Mississippi:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Allen THOMPSON Self M Male B 37 GA Farmer GA GA
Fanny THOMPSON Wife M Female B 37 GA Lab. GA GA
Moses THOMPSON Son Male B 17 GA Laborer GA GA
Lizzie THOMPSON Dau S Female B 10 GA Laborer GA GA
Charles HILL Other S Male W 25 GA Laborer GA GA
Census Place Beat 5, Sharkey, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254664, NA Film Number T9-0664, Page Number 173C


Julia Ann Landrum

Research needed: The following entry may be an older relative, no known connect at this time:
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Marriage Records:
Julia A. Landrum and Isaac Hogan applied on August 14, 1850


Thomas S. Landrum

Another birth date: 1821.

He lived in Jones County, Mississippi in 1860.

The Landrums and the "Free State of Jones"
Much of Jones County, Mississippi and the Landrum's were against Secession because it was viewed by small farmers of the County as the slaveowners' war.

Many Jones County men avoided the service until the draft was instituted, and many deserted. A large number deserted in disgust after the Confederacy released owners of 20 or more slaves to return to oversee their plantations. The pine woods of Jones County were filled with roving bands of deserters, and the Confederate army was send in an unsuccessful attempt to capture them. Although apparently not literally true, legend states that Jones County seceded from the Confederacy and became the "Free State of Jones".

A "Captain Landrum" fought with Newt Knight's band of Union guerillas in Jones County. Linson Landrum and his brother Thomas deserted th Confederate Army and later went to New Orleans where they joined the Union Army. Linson's brother Henry Marshall Landrum even took the bold step of naming a son after Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. After the Civil War, Jones Countians for a time changed the name of the County and the City of Ellisville to hide their shame.

Thomas moved to New Orleans where his wife and most of his children died of smallpox in 1865. Since the Landrums were known to be sympathetic to the Union, and New Orleans was under Union control later in the War, it is likely they moved there for political reasons.

To join Thomas was also likely the reason that Linson Landrum went to New Orleans after deserting the Confederate Army and taking the loyalty oath, and it is likely that Linson also died of smallpox. After the war, Thomas returned to Wayne County, Mississippi and remarried, He later moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

1880 United States Census for Toro, Sabine, Louisiana
Family History Library Film 1254467, NA Film Number T9-0467 , Page Number 247A
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Thomas LANDRUM Self M Male W 67 MS Farmer GA GA
Martha J. LANDRUM Wife M Female W 40 GA Keeping House GA GA
Sarah LANDRUM Dau S Female W 17 MS At Home MS GA
Thomas LANDRUM Son S Male W 11 MS At Home MS GA
Martha LANDRUM Dau S Female W 9 MS MS GA
Roxy An LANDRUM Dau S Female W 7 MS MS GA
Marcelete LANDRUM Dau S Female W 5 LA MS GA
Alice LANDRUM Dau S Female W 3 LA MS GA
Alfred BRITT SSon S Male W 16 MS Laborer GA MS
John BRITT SSon S Male W 15 MS Laborer GA MS


Lovard Ingram

Death dates: Johnston County, North Carolina or 1860 - 1870 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

Research needed, connection unknown:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Loverd INGRAM Self M Male W 45 NC Farming NC NC
Adeline INGRAM Wife M Female W 38 NC Keeping House NC NC
Census Place: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969, Page Number 456B


Lovard Ingram

Death dates: Johnston County, North Carolina or 1860 - 1870 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

Research needed, connection unknown:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Loverd INGRAM Self M Male W 45 NC Farming NC NC
Adeline INGRAM Wife M Female W 38 NC Keeping House NC NC
Census Place: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969, Page Number 456B


Elizabeth Ingram

Research needed, could this be the same Elizabeth Lee, living next door to Martha A. Lee and Albert Y. Tart?:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Elizabeth LEE Self W Female W 85 NC Farming NC NC
Esther E. LEE Dau S Female W 52 NC NC NC
Malissa LEE Dau S Female W 38 NC NC NC
Esther ALLEN Niece S Female W 45 NC At Home NC NC
Meadow, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969 , Page Number 404C

Next door, on the other side of Elizabeth Lee is:
1880 United States Census for Meadow, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969, Page Number 404C
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Tillman T. LEE Self M Male W 42 NC Farmer NC NC
Julia F. LEE Wife M Female W 32 NC Keeping House NC NC
Thomas T. LEE Son S Male W 8 NC NC NC
Tillman B. LEE Son S Male W 6 NC NC NC
William O. LEE Son S Male W 5 NC NC NC
Edgar L. LEE Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC
Arthur H. LEE Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Sarah C. LEE Dau S Female W 1 NC NC NC
Evie LEE Dau S Female W 1M NC NC NC

Research needed, another possible son a few doors down:
1880 United States Census for Meadow, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969 , Page Number 404C
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
J. Claudius LEE Self S Male W 45 NC Merchant NC NC
A few households down in the other direction, possibly a grandson?
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
George V. LEE Self M Male W 21 NC Farmer NC NC
Elizabeth D. LEE Wife M Female W 19 NC Keeping House NC NC
James M. LEE S on S Male W 9M NC NC NC
Meadow, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969, Page Number 404D


Kiza Lee

Research needed, no known connection but could this be Kiza Lee?:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother
William B. TART Self M Male W 37 NC Farmer NC NC
Kitsey TART Wife M Female W 37 NC Keeping House NC NC
Nancy E. TART Dau S Female W 10 NC NC NC
Nathan L. TART Son S Male W 7 NC NC NC
Lucy C. TART Dau S Female W 4 NC NC NC
Minson TART Son S Male W 2 NC NC NC
Perry J. TART Other Male W --- --- --- ---
Meadow, Johnston, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254969, NA Film Number T9-0969 , Page Number 403B


Linson B. Landrum

Family story: He was nicknamed "Charlie."

They lived in Jones County, Mississippi in 1850 and 1860.

1850 Federal Census for Jones County, Mississippi, Page No: 134
LN HN FN LAST FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
03 262 262 LANDRUM Lenson 27 M Farmer MS
04 262 262 LANDRUM Elizabeth 21 F MS X
05 262 262 LANDRUM Jesse 2 M MS
06 262 262 LANDRUM Martha 8/12 F MS
07 262 262 LANDRUM Samuel 14 M MS

Linson purchased land in Jones County in 1855, and in 1857 he contracted with J. G. Dunn to build a grist mill on his land on Tullahoma Creek.

Land Patent - Mississippi
11/10/1859 W½NW 24/ 7-N 11-W No St Stephens MS Jones 79.93 acres

In 1861 Linson and Elizabeth sold land to Daniel Pitts. A Landrum community still exists southeast of Laurel, Mississippi near were Linson and other Landrums lived.

Linson shared the political sentiments of the rest of the family. Although Linson served in the Civil War as a Private in Company A., 48th Mississippi Infantry, he deserted to Union forces of the Army of the Potomac in December 1864 and immediately took the oath of loyalty at City Point, Virginia . In his army record Linson was listed as 6'1" tall, with dark complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. He was sent to New Orleans along with his brother Thomas and joined the Union Army.

Linson died on April 19, 1865 in New Orleans, probably in a smallpox epidemic, which killed brother Thomas' wife. Family legend that he died at Mt. Enterprise, Texas, after the Civil War are surely incorrect. Whether there is a political connection is unclear, but several Landrums moved to Angelina County, Texas, the only county outside of the German Hill Country to vote against secession, and later some moved to Van Zandt County, which was known as the "free state of Van Zandt." Others from Jones County who moved to Angelina County shortly before the Civil Ware are James Parker and Amos Spears .


Elizabeth A. Pitts

Another name: Elizabeth C. Pitts.

1850 Federal Census for Jones County, Mississippi, Page No: 134
LN HN FN LAST FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
03 262 262 LANDRUM Lenson 27 M Farmer MS
04 262 262 LANDRUM Elizabeth 21 F MS X

Linson's widow Elizabeth remained in Jones County for some time after his death and still lived there in 1870.

In 1878 Elizabeth Landrum and her children sold the "Linson Landrum deceased tract." Her son, Maston, was already living in Texas at the time, and he returned to Mississippi to settle the estate.
Elizabeth later moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas, where she married Elijah Shoemake in 1882. They had two sons, Erastus (Rass) and Ransom.


Martha Landrum

1850 Federal Census for Jones County, Mississippi, Page No: 134
LN HN FN LAST FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
06 262 262 LANDRUM Martha 8/12 F MS

In 1870 resided in Texas.