Year: 2017

Biographical Information for John Maynard Poythress Poythress, John Maynard (1934-2012). Born in Macon, GA, the oldest child of three to John Maynor and Dorothy Bayne Poythress. Maynard was a graduate of Mercer University with a degree in English literature. After a short stint as a stock broker, Maynard began working in the customer service section of Inland Container in August 1960. He became a salesman in the company and was promoted to the position of sales manager for the company’s Dallas, TX plant in 1968. In 1970 Maynard was named the general manager of the Inland plant in Louisville, a position that he held until his retirement in 1996. During his 26-year tenure, along with operating one of the most profitable plants in the country, Maynard mentored a number of people who went on to very successful careers and lives thanks to his guidance and leadership. Always the Southern gentleman,…

Link to historical document, transcription and contextual annotation.

Barbara Neal Posted to Poythress Mailing List on September 6th, 2017 Linda Clark Smith & Marianne & I have all 3 at times worked on trying to definitively connect back J A Poythress, who I think we initially saw in the 1860 Census of Caddo Parish, LA with an intriguing Poythress relative in the household, John M Poythress, 26-yr old carpenter born in FL. While this email doesn’t connect either JA or John M further back, it does give us more info on J A Poythress’ family and descendants. Al’s posting about a John D Poythress applying in 1940 for a US Patent for air conditioning, had “Dallas Texas” in the see-it-here link. The Dallas TX & John D Poythress rang a bell for me, prompting me to look back in my stuff for a Dallas, TX Poythress. John D Poythress was son of John Henry Poythress.  And John Henry…

JD Poythress Patent

News report naming J.D. Poythress as vice president and C.W. Poythress as superintendent.  News story in Times Picayune, December 3rd, 1908. Poythress Planing and Creosoting Co Meridian

As many in the longstanding Poythress family research community know, John Maynard Poythress was one of the most active and passionate contributors to the mailing list, now housed with Ancestry’s Rootsweb and to this family history website.  Maynard passed away in 2012 at the age of 77.  Here is a link to his obituary. Anyone looking through the transcriptions of primary records on this site will soon learn the scope and significance of his contributions.  As a remembrance, here is a favorite family photograph of Maynard taken during a trip to Scotland in 1998. Below is a recent update from Maynard’s daughter, Leigh, providing details about his wish to have his Poythress research preserved and accessible to future generations. Hello all— Maynard specifically asked Dewayne and me in our last conversation with him in the ICU, to promise that we would take responsibility for getting his research materials indexed and…

Query:  What more have we learned about Dr. John Poythress in North Carolina circa 1813?  The Boston Daily Advertiser on December 14th, 1813 posted this brief notice about the passing of Dr. John Poythress in North Carolina. Dr John Poythress NC 1813 The children Samuel Leffers and Sarah Hampton (1739-1808), as noted in family trees and in Maurice Davis’ History of the Hammock House: George (1767-1793) married Hannah Gibble about 1791 and was lost at sea. “They had only one son, Samuel II (1792-1875), who studied medicine under Dr. John Poythress, who had a private infirmary in Beaufort before his death in 1813. Dr. Poythress has been of interest to the listserv for several years… From: Barbara Neal Subject: Re: [POYTHRESS] Dr. John Poythress, died 1813 Beaufort, NC Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:25:57 -0700 >From our Poythress research website (poythress.net) one can see a transcription of his will: at the…

There was keen interest in our new nation to learn news about the Napoleonic Wars (1803 – 1815), which included what we know as the American War of 1812.  During this era Captain (Joshua?) Poythress was sailing his ship, the Pohattan, to ports in Europe and the Caribbean and along the east coast of North America.  There are a number of news accounts documenting his arrivals in American ports.  In this post we have a newspaper account of his report on conditions in Lisbon shared upon his arrival in Norfolk on August 20th, 1810.  His account appeared in Charlestown’s Farmers’ Repository (August 31st, 1810). This link will take you to the newspaper database archive Below is a PDF of the clip Captain Poythress Report From Lisbon

The link below will take you to a compilation of eight biographical and historical accounts of this Francis Poythress.  These are fascinating accounts.   There are more sources of documentation but these are the most substantial I’ve identified so far.  Supplemental documents will be added as the study of Rev. Francis Poythress progresses. http://poythress.org/early-virginia-studies/archive-library-collection-compilations/biographical-sketches-of-francis-poythress-18th-century-pioneer-of-methodism/ The Methodist historical archives are housed at Pace University in New Jersey — I’ve seen no indication that Poythress family researchers posting to our list have explored possible early correspondences, etc.   A “Francis Poythress” biographical file exists but we do not yet know the scope or nature of the contents beyond the generic description of the biographical files (see below). The Biographical File Collection contains folders of information largely on historic and current Methodist figures. The file listing also includes the names of non-Methodists. The files contain basic biographical information though largely newspaper clippings, book…

Virginia 15th Regiment Valley Forge Muster for Private David Poythress Primary document research opportunity in Library of Virginia Archives  

Note: John M. Poythress (Maynard) began investigating the portrait of Lt. William Poythress by the early 1990s.  This message recounts some of his early correspondence (circa Feb. 1992) about this image with Barbara Poythress Neal.  Researchers will find additional contributions and a high resolution scan on this site.   From: Barbara Neal Subject: [POYTHRESS] Lt William Poythress portrait source-info via Maynard1992 (John M Poythress) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:23:15 -0600 The portrait drawing of the profile-view of head and chest of Lieutenant William Poythress in American Revolution uniform is something that Maynard already had a photocopy of, before he and I first snail-mailed letters to one another in February 1992 — introduced by a lady then-working for the, now-defunct, then-Flowerdew Hundred Foundation in Virginia. I’ve pored over a number of lengthy letters from Maynard [John M. Poythress, referred to below as “JMP”] to pull out any bits about the…

Mississippi Supreme Court Case (1908) Poythress v Mobile & Ohio Railroad

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Poythress References in Virginia Historical Society Texts

This passage excerpted includes family history, personal descriptions and leadership qualities. Francis Poythress – Methodist Pioneer in Kentucky 1788

31 references to the Poythress surname are indexed and viewable online. Poythress Surname in Register National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Poythress in Virginia Literature: A Son of the Old Dominion by Mrs. Burton Harrison

Poythress Surname in National Archives Thomas Jefferson Collection

These indexes have 12 male Poythress marriage entries and 14 female Poythress marriage entries.  There is a link to the Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History, Inc. website where you will instructions about how to order records of interest.  The indexes cover the time frame of 1839 – 1845, and 1851 – 1938.  Some of the records for 1840 – 1845-1850 are presumed lost or destroyed. Lauderdale County Mississippi Marriage Indexes

http://poythress.org/primary-records/bible-records/charles-david-poythress-family/charles-david-poythress-family-prayer-book/

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Images of wedding couple and invitation