Messages Posted to the Poythress Mailing List: 2011 – 2020 (n = 610)
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| [POYTHRESS] Forward - Edward Poythress Message | Albert Tims | From: Dale Poythress Date: 1/6/2011 4:50:04 PM Subject: Edward E. Poythress Dear Members, I was contacted by someone in the ICU Dept. of a Florida Hospital. They are looking for the family of Edward E. Poythress, born 27 May1935, last address Geneva, FL. The only other information they had on him was a picture. On the back was Dale Poythress 1955, Palacious,Texas. This is my husband's name, but we do not know who he is. If anyone out there has any information please e-mail me at spoythress@embarqmail.com Sarah | 01/06/11 3:55:16 |
| [POYTHRESS] Poythress/Randolph | Marian | We are seeking all Poythress/Randolph connections--mostly in VA but can be in NC, & TN.. Henry Randolph married Tabitha Poythress and there are many records showing where many Randolphs married into the Poythresses. Thank you, Len & Marian Randolph | 01/06/11 12:33:12 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Poythress/Randolph | Barbara Neal | Len & Marian Randolph: Good to hear from you. Our Poythress List has been archiving messages since March 1995, and in case you have not already searched that archives, please know that at this site: http:// archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgibin/search?aop&path=POYTHRESS you can do a keyword search that will search the entire "Body" of every email -- so you could search on the name Randolph, for example, or on the name Tabitha, or any location or any other word or date. The archives can also be browsed chronologically by month & year at this site: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/POYTHRESS You may also find helpful info at our Poythress research website, http://poythress.net/ though I don't specifically recall which, if any, sections of it mention the Randolph surname. Good luck in your research. Barbara | 01/09/11 10:37:12 |
| [POYTHRESS] Poythress/Catlett reference VA Mag of Genealogy | Barbara Neal | My 3rd try to send this: Virginia Magazine of Genealogy [VMG], Volume 48, Number 2, issue of May 2010, continued a serialized article by Susan Chiarello, of info which Chiarello transcribed from "George Harrison Sanford King's Card File," from the "C" surname section of the file. [His Card File is included in his papers, held as Manuscript Mss K5823a, in boxes 57-76 at the VA Historical Society, in Richmond, VA]. Regarding the card for Catlett, John the card refers to his Estate in Caroline County, VA, suit in chancery for which the reference was in Caroline Co, VA Order Book 2, p.161-11 March 1742/3 [This reference likely refers to the suit having been "revived," so the suit would originally have been filed sometime earlier]. As I read and understand Chiarello's transcription of the card, apparently John Catlett's daughter Mary Catlett, was a spinster when the chancery suit was originally filed by her, as Complainant versus John's widow, the Defendant and Executrix, who was also named Mary Catlett. At some point, the Complainant-spinster-daughter Mary Catlett had married Edmond Poythress [Edmond was not further identified in this VMG article]. Subsequent to that marriage, is when the suit was revived. The [presumably Caroline Co, VA] chancery suit as originally titled was between: Mary Catlett, spinster, Complainant vs Mary Catlett, Executrix of John Catlett, deceased, Defendant I am not familiar with the marriage between Mary Catlett and Edmond Poythress, especially when and where it took place. If anyone has any further info about it, I would welcome hearing of it. Caroline County, by the way was formed in 1728 from the counties of - Essex, - King and Queen, and - King William It's located considerably north of Richmond, and just southeast of Fredericksburg, VA. | 01/09/11 10:44:15 |
| [POYTHRESS] bounce test about 12:40pm eastern time 1/10/2011 | Barbara Neal | Trying to see if the List is still bouncing new email messages. Barbara | 01/10/11 3:43:01 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] bounce test about 12:40pm eastern time 1/10/2011 | Barbara Neal | Thanks, Linda. Good to see that apparently the bouncing of messages has stopped. Barbara | 01/10/11 3:58:56 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] bounce test about 12:40pm eastern time 1/10/2011 | James A. Smith | I'm here in Gadsden Co., FL lcs | 01/10/11 5:55:07 |
| [POYTHRESS] WWII Draft Registration - Arthur Waldon Poythress born 1889 in Panola Co, TX | Barbara Neal | FamilySearch now has indexed and posted images of the World War II draft cards from several states. Below is my transcription of one of the 3 cards for Poythress men who then lived in Louisiana. Barbara D.S.S. Form 1 (Revised 4-1-42) Registration Card (Men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) Serial Number [box has pre-printed "U" followed by a blank, in which "95" was handwritten] 1. Name: Arthur Waldon Poythress 2. Place of Residence: RFD #2 Box 650; Shreveport, Caddo [Parish], La. (The place of residence given on the line above will determine Local Board Jurisdiction; Line 2 of Registration Certificate will be identical) 3. Mailing Address: Same 4. Telephone: None 5. Age in Years: 52 Date of Birth: June 5, 1889 6. Place of Birth: Panola County, Texas 7. Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: P.C. Holley, 149 Carrollton Ave, Shreveport, La. 8. Employer's Name and Address: Self 9. Place of Employment or Business: RFD #2 Box 650; Shreveport, Caddo [Parish], La. I Affirm That I Have Verified Above Answers and That They are True. Registrant Signature: [signed AWPoythress] | 01/13/11 10:12:04 |
| [POYTHRESS] WWII Draft Registration - Samuel Jefferson Poythress born 1885 Panola Co, TX | Barbara Neal | FamilySearch now has indexed and posted images of the World War II draft cards from several states. Below is my transcription of one of the 3 cards for Poythress men who then lived in Louisiana. Barbara D.S.S. Form 1 (Revised 4-1-42) Registration Card (Men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) Serial Number [box has pre-printed "U" followed by a blank, in which "203" was stamped] 1. Name: Samuel Jefferson Poythress 2. Place of Residence: On a tract of land West of Libby Owens Glass Factory, Shreveport, La. (The place of residence given on the line above will determine Local Board Jurisdiction; Line 2 of Registration Certificate will be identical) 3. Mailing Address: c/o 3611 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, La. 4. Telephone: 37837 5. Age in Years: 56 Date of Birth: Oct 19, 1885 6. Place of Birth: Panola County, Texas 7. Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Mrs. Sam J. Poythress, c/o 3611 Greenwood Road,Shreveport, La. 8. Employer's Name and Address: Self employed 9. Place of Employment or Business: same as residence, Shreveport, Caddo [Parish], La. I Affirm That I Have Verified Above Answers and That They are True. Registrant Signature: [signed Sam Poythress] | 01/13/11 10:14:14 |
| [POYTHRESS] WWII Draft Registration - John Henry Poythress born 1890 Caddo Parish, LA | Barbara Neal | FamilySearch now has indexed and posted images of the World War II draft cards from several states. Below is my transcription of one of the 3 cards for Poythress men who then lived in Louisiana. Barbara D.S.S. Form 1 (Revised 4-1-42) Registration Card (Men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) Serial Number [box has pre-printed "U" followed by a blank, in which "694" was stamped] 1. Name: John Henry Poythress 2. Place of Residence: 160 Archer; Shreveport, Caddo [Parish], Louisiana (The place of residence given on the line above will determine Local Board Jurisdiction; Line 2 of Registration Certificate will be identical) 3. Mailing Address: Same 4. Telephone: 7-5977 5. Age in Years: 52 Date of Birth: March 20, 1890 6. Place of Birth: Caddo [Parish] Louisiana 7. Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Mrs. I.G. Hedrick, 160 Archer,Shreveport, La. 8. Employer's Name and Address: Y. & M.V. Railroad Co., Bossier City, Louisiana 9. Place of Employment or Business: Traffic St., Bossier City, Bossier [Parish] Louisiana I Affirm That I Have Verified Above Answers and That They are True. Registrant Signature: [signed John Henry Poythress] | 01/13/11 10:15:33 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Question for Bud re WWII US Navy basic training | Dear Barbara, I wasa rummaging through some old e-mail this AM when I picket up this message from you that I had never responded to ..... PLEASE, MY HEARTFELT APOLOGIES! I can only say I was smothered in e-mail messages about that time and simply never saw it somehow so please forgive me. But I'm glad I save it all this time. But I will still answer your question as best I can. I went through "boot camp" in February - May 1939 at Norfolk, VA. At that time there were only '2' recruit training facilities in the U.S. .... NOB, NTS Norfolk, VA where I trained and NOB, NTS San Diego, CA the other, and the training sessions were generally for 3 months (or 90 days). It was generally customary for enlistees from "east of the Mississippi" to be sent to Norfolk Training station and enlistees from west of the Mississippi were sent to San Deigo Training Station. However, occasionally a group might be sent to the other due to over crowding, etc. as in our case, half our platoons training group were from Texas. And, even back in 1939 our training period was shortened somewhat due to the Navy Fleets' needs, and my group finished in about 2 months.. I don't remember exactly when it reverted back to the standard 3 month period, as it was reduced due to expanding naval forces in the late 1930s. Upon completion of training the new recruits were assigned to various ships where ever they may be needed, east or west as the need dictated. My brother, enlisted in 1935 4 years ahead of me trained in Norfolk but was assigned to the USS Oklahoma in the Pacific. So it's just where you are needed that dictates where you're shipped out too.. The training base at Norfolk was closed sometime after I went through and was shifted first to NTS Baingridge, MD and that too was subsequently closed and shifted to NOB, NTS Great Lakes, IL but I don't remember just when that occurred. Now they have 3 or 4 training facilities scattered around the country, but yes, San Diego is still open and in operating today. . My first ship, once I completed recruit training was aboard the USS Omaha CL4 and in April 1941 I was transferred to the USS Bainbridge DD246 (my 2nd ship), and so on......Both of my first 2 ships were detailed in that time period to the Atlantic and remained in the Atlantic throughout WWII. In 1944 I had made Warrant Officer, SC, and was assignment was the commissioning detail of the USS Birgit AKA24 and we put her in commission in Providence, RI in October 1944 and following a short "shake-down" detail after commissioning we went straight to the South Pacific for duty. . I remained aboard the USS Birgit until I was discharged at San Francisco in January 1946, where Merle met us as the USS Birgit arrived with a load of returning troops from the Philippines on New Days day 1946! This was our second trip to San Francisco as we had earlier brought a load of returning soldiers from Southern Japan and had spent Thanksgiving in San Francisco leaving the following Saturday for this 2nd trip. Merle and I had a wonderful time in San Francisco for about 2 weeks before heading for Savannah and god old Georgia!!.......... Very likely your uncle was in Recruit training at San Diego in 1942 and if so would have then been an Apprentice Seaman, or "AS", and upon completion of 4 months automatically advanced to Sea2c (of S2c). From there he would have advanced to Sea1c (or S1c -Seaman 1st Class). From that point he'd would have become some 3c petty officer in whatever specialty he had chosen, as in my case a Storekeeper 3c - SK3c.. Or, he may have gone into the engineering rates in which case he would have gone from S2c to F2c and on into some engineering speciality. Now, if he was pulling shore duty in the San Diego area rather than in "boot training" in 1942 upon completion of that dry he would most likely hood have been assigned to a ship in the Pacific for duty. . I hope this is clear for you and I haven't really confused you, for if I did, simply blame it on my age!! I'll turn 90 in 2 weeks if I last that long. Again, Barbara, I don't know what happened that I missed your message but I'm truly glad that it turned up and I hope this covered all your questions. Hope you're having a wonderful New 2011! Love to ALL the family, Bud ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 11/30/2010 6:22:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, barbpoy.neal@gmail.com writes: Bud, Can you by any chance tell me whether San Diego was a location for US Navy basic training during 1942? And how long was the basic training? I ask, because my uncle (who died 26 Jun 1979 at age 65), Norman Poythress, was in the US Navy in WWII. His kids and I do not know exactly when he joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor, or where he went for basic training, but we all know he served in the Pacific; I have somewhere what Seaman class level he was, but he definitely was not of high rank. I know that by April 1942 he was stationed at San Diego, and may have been there for a while earlier. Thanks for any enlightenment you can give re potential Navy basic training. Cheers, Barbara | 01/15/11 11:04:22 | |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Question for Bud re WWII US Navy basic training | Barbara Neal | Thanks, Bud, for sharing so much of your own US Navy history with all of us on the Poythress List -- As our valued "Ranking Senior" Poythress, your input continues to mean a lot. Thanks to your info, and to all the photos that my uncle and father took -- all in California and none in Norfolk -- it seems clear to me that my uncle's training was in San Diego. Thanks so much, Barbara | 01/16/11 10:09:45 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Test response | Barbara Neal | Hi Sarah, It looks to me from your below message like you are indeed subscribed. If so, you should receive this response Barbara | 01/18/11 2:15:31 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Test | John M. Poythress | Sarah, I never have understood what that "bounces" stuff is all about but I have discovered that it doesn't seem to make any difference. I got your message okay. Maynard | 01/18/11 5:03:16 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Rebecca Poythress Pace | Barbara Neal | Sheryl, good to hear from you again. I rather doubt that any of us have the ability to know whether we connect to that line, but I (and I'm sure others, too) sure would appreciate knowing more about the dates and places of the Pace connection you mention: > Amy Strickland married to Thomas Pace; Thomas is the son of Rebecca > Poythress & Richard Pace, III | 01/19/11 7:29:08 |
| [POYTHRESS] Rebecca Poythress Pace | Cliff and Sheryl | I have been ask to help a friend connect to her Poythress lineage. She is working on an application for DAR. Amy Strickland married to Thomas Pace; Thomas is the son of Rebecca Poythress & Richard Pace, III Does anyone connect to this line? Thanks so much, Sheryl Rowell Townsend c.s.townsend@sbcglobal.net | 01/19/11 8:18:57 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Rebecca Poythress Pace | John Pace | The Richard Pace mentioned was not married to Rebecca Poythress. There is however a blood relationship between the Pace and Poythress family through Richard Tye and Joyce Boyce. Read what that relationship was at Pacespaines.com. John Pace | 01/19/11 11:25:27 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Rebecca Poythress Pace & Maj Francis Poythress land | Barbara Neal | John Pace, Wow, thank you so much for letting us know of your website, and for the amazing amount of effort you have put into platting land, and to writing your very involved, but very good & well-documented, Article #1 with its accompanying land plat. Reading through your Article, connected to your PacesPaines.com website, which article I copied into Word, to be able to scribble in the margins & use a highlighter on, as I went through it, also got me back to John Brayton's 1996 book, The Descendants of Cheney Boyce, "Ancient Planter" and Richard Craven, For Seven Generations which you cited, and which is very good. His Appendix 1 gives appropriate attention and direction regarding Dr. Claiborne T Smith's 1960 article on "Poythress of Prince George County, Virginia," which many of us Poythress folks have. Your summation of the logical understanding of the land plats is greatly appreciated -- especially since I had long ago gotten frustrated by the lack of enough info in some of said plats (as you noted) to allow platting. Your mention of the Woodlief line will also be appreciated by at least one of our Poythress-List members who's been working on that surname, too. Thank you again so much for speaking up, to alert us to your work, and especially for all your work. (I'm copying the earlier thread below only because I'm changing the subject-line of this message; usually it is better to not have the whole thread with our messages.) Barbara | 01/21/11 2:09:39 |
| [POYTHRESS] Origin of name POYTRESS | margaret.bray | Does anyone know the origin of the name POYTRESS? Is it related to family of weavers who came from France to England? Kind regards - and thanks for your help Margaret Bray | 01/29/11 6:00:10 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Origin of name POYTRESS | Barbara Neal | Hi Margaret, While there have been many through the years who've put forth their ideas, there is no real knowledge that I'm aware of. I'm not familiar with the "family of weavers who came from France to England" that you mentioned, but if you can give some approximation of when that happened, I can at least check to see if/how it fits with the tracing of the name done in England, back a good distance. Thanks, Barbara | 01/30/11 6:03:40 |
| [POYTHRESS] NC Poythress death 11 Feb 2011 | Barbara Neal | Our condolences to the family and friends of H.M. Poythress of Goldsboro, a fine man who died at age 73 on 11 Feb. His obituary can be seen by clicking on the "obituaries" section of the webpage of SeymourFuneralHome-com | 02/13/11 9:14:19 |
| [POYTHRESS] Obit for Michael Shayne Poythress age 30 of Wilmington NC d.13 Feb 2011 | Barbara Neal | Our sympathy to the family and fiancee of Michael Shayne Poythress, who was murdered on Sunday near Wilmington. Stories regarding the tragic incident, and now his obit with his photo, can be seen at the Wilmington Star-News website. In the obit, his father, who survives him, is listed as Michael Wayne Poythress of Wilson. He is also survived by his paternal grandfather, Bill Poythress of Wilson; his paternal grandmother, Glenda Poythress, predeceased him. | 02/17/11 2:53:02 |
| [POYTHRESS] Online digitized City Directories of Norfolk & Portsmouth, VA, mid-1800 to 1931 | Barbara Neal | Online digitized City Directories, Norfolk & Portsmouth 1851 to 1931 were placed online by the Sargeant Memorial Room of the Kirn Library, Norfolk, VA, according to a notice in the VGS Newsletter of August 2009. All the directories are for research, and commercial reprints are prohibited. At the below site, scroll to the bottom of the resources listed for "City Directories." The approximately 30 directories are in PDF format. As an example, the first of them is for the City of Norfolk, VA 1851-1852. It has 176 pages, in 8.8 MB. www.npl.lib.va.us/SMRT/smr_home.html Other resources are available there, too, some of which require registering for a Norfolk Public Library card (free to Virginia residents; annual fee for out of state residents). | 02/22/11 4:41:37 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Robert Walter Poythress died in GA 6 Dec 2010 - 2 obits | Barbara Neal | Thanks, Ginger, and Maynard, for the additional info on the Robert Walter Poythress [Jr] who died in Swainsboro, GA on 6 Dec 2010. With the 30 Jul 2005 obit Ginger posted for his brother, John W Poythress, who we know thanks to Maynard was the maker of custom knives, we now know that Robert Walter Poythress [Jr] was the son of Robert W Poythress, Sr and Ruby Brinson. I have found some more info: At the National Archives' Access to Archival Databases for WWII (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/) a search of WWII Enlistment shows: Robert W Poythress [Sr], Serial # 34835694, white citizen resident of Chatham Co, GA, who was born in GA in 1921, and whose Education was shown as "4 years of high school" and whose Civilian Occupation classification was shown as "General industry clerks" The record also shows he enlisted at FT MCPHERSON, ATLANTA GEORGIA on 17 Mar 1944 as a Private in the Army Air Corps Reserves "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law" in the following component of the Army, "Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)." [I have found that this usually indicates a college student who entered ROTC and later may have served as an officer in the Army Air Corps, which later evolved to being the US Air Force.] The source of the enlistment info was shown as: "Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer." I also checked the National Archives' WWII POW index; his name is not listed as having been a POW. | 03/01/11 9:00:21 |
| Re: [POYTHRESS] Wilkinson feedback re Lincoln Co, NC will of Delphy Portus 1811 | Barbara Neal | Thanks, Ken, for following up on my message of last summer. I look forward to checking this out later, but am totally immersed in two other things at the moment. Barbara On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:13 AM, > After speaking with sahouk@bell south.net (Susie) , I have some info that > may help you > > 1. Will of Frances Poythress 1796 ,Ruben Wilkinson witness in Dinwiddie > Co.,VA this can be found on line in the Magazine of VA. Genealogy under > Frances Poythress . > > 2. The first wife of James Wilkinson was Ann Ward . There is mention in and > old affidavit filed in Lincoln Co.NC Court vouching pension info > for Milldred Ward sister of Ann .It was dated 1841.(Susie has a copy of this > document .) John Yergin is the Rev War solider and the husband that Milldred > was trying to file pension for . > > 3. The second wife of James Wilkinson was Nancy Stiles (1799 to 1882) > married in 1818 to James bore him 5 children .She died in Reform Ala. at > Mackay's cemetery .Her grave is unmarked .She collected James' pension of > $28.21 per year till her death > > 4.Try as I might I can not locate my copy of the sheriff record for the > dispute of land between Frances Poythress and James Wilkinson .At the time I > saw it , it was in the old Dinwiddie Co. Courthouse .This has now become a > museum .I am told that the record is now in Petersburg VA. > > Hope this helps , sorry it took so long to get back to you ! > Ken Wilkinson > > In a message dated 6/24/2010 5:09:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > barbpoy.neal@gmail.com writes: > > Thanks Maynard for posting Kenneth's message for all of us. And > thanks, Kenneth, for speaking up. > > Kenneth, can you please help me on a few things here: > > 1. What was the date of that Sheriff's record of a dispute was > recorded in the Dinwiddie County, VA court house that you mentioned? > You had mentioned it was between James Wilkinson and a member of the > Poythress family, and it was settled in James Wilkinson's favor. > Since named James Wilkinson lived over a wide time period, and > certainly lots of various Poythress people, the date would help. > > 2. Can you give any helpful info mentioned in that Revolutionary War > Pension Application by James Wilkinson? Where was he applying for a > Pension -- North Carolina or Virginia? If his wife was named, or if > he said who he served under, or what battle or campaign he served in, > or any names of people that vouched for him, just any info could > help. > > 3. Do you know James Wilkinson's wife's name? > > 4. Do you know the name of his sister Nancy's Blakley husband? > > Thanks for any help, Kenneth. > Barbara > = > > From: Kennethkbw2@aol.com [mailto:Kennethkbw2@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:07 > To: vkratliff@insightbb.com > Subject: Re: FW: [POYTHRESS] Transcrip: Lincoln Co, NC will of Delphy > Portus 1811 > > IN THE DENWIDDIE CO VA COURTHOUSE IS A SHIRERIFF RECORD OF A DISPUTE > BETWEEN JAMES WILKINSON AND A MEMBER OF THE POYTHRESS FAMILY THAT WAS > SETTLED IN JAMES WILKINSON'S FAVOR. > THERE ARE STILL LIVING IN DENWIDDIE CO VA MEMBERS OF THE POYTHRESS FAMILY. > > HAVE E-MAILED THEM WITH NO REPLY. MOST OF THE FAMILY BELEIVES THAT > DELPHY'S LAST NAME AT DEATH WAS INDEED DUE TO A SECOND MARRIAGE > ALTHOUGH MR.POYTHRESS DID NOT MAKE IT TO NC. WE CAN > ACCOUNT FOR ALL CHILDREN MENTIONED IN THE WILL EXCEPT RUBEN WILKINSON > AND HIS CHILDREN. > > MY GUESS IS THAT THEY STAYED IN VA. ALL THIS COULD BE ANSWERED IF THE > FAMILY BIBLE COULD FOUND! > > WHEN JAMES APPLIED FOR PENSION FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HE STATED > THAT THE BIBLE WAS IN THE HANDS OF HIS SISTER NANCY BLAKLEY. > > I BELIEVE SHE IS BURRIED IN THE SMYRNA METH. CHURCH GRAVEYARD IN > LINCOLN OR CATAWABA CO. > > CAN YOUR BARBRA POYTHRESS NEAL TRACE HER FAMILY ? LET ME KNOW SENCERLY > YOURS , KENNETH BANDY WILKINSON II > > | 03/05/11 3:53:19 |
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