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From: "Charles A. Wyly" <>
Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Re: Southern Trails
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 20:52:00 -0500


Descendants of Ezekial Buffington

1 Ezekial Buffington
..+Mary Emery
........2 Thomas Buffington
............+Mary Daniel
...................3 Joshua Buffington
.......................+Saber Lynch
.............................4 Mary Jane Buffington
.................................+Robert Fletcher Wyly1827 -
........................................5 Percy Wyly
........................................5 Robert Lee Wyly
........................................5 Julia Wyly
........................................5 Albert Sidney Wyly
........................................5 William Buffington Wyly1875
-
............................................+Cora McNair
..................................................6 Lucien Wyly
..................................................6 Robert Fletcher
Wyly
..................................................6 Sidney Mcnair
(Sid) Wyly
......................................................+Glenna Revard
.............................................................7 III
Robert Fletcher Wyly
.............................................................7 Dr.
Michael Wyly
.............................................................7 Mark
Wyly
.............................................................7 Robert
Wyly
.............................................................7 James
Clark Wyly
........................................5 Marmaduke H. Wyly
........................................5 Zoe Augusta Wyly

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:55:28 EDT writes:
> In a message dated 04/27/01 11:04:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
>
> writes:
>
>
> >
>
> Mary Jane Buffington probably descends from Ezekiel Buffington whose
> 2nd and
> 3rd wife was the granddaughter of Nan'yehi (aka Nancy Ward) a
> Beloved Woman
> of the Cherokee tribe. Ezekiel is my 5th g.grandfather and was an
> Indian
> trader much trusted by the Cherokee. Nancy Ward, along with several
> other
> Cherokee women rescued Ezekiel and three other Indian traders from
> certain
> death and torture when they were captured by the Indian Chief The
> Raven.
> Ezekiel and the traders is mentioned in a letter to Thomas Jefferson
> that
> describes the events leading up to his capture and rescue. Many of
> Ezekiel's
> grandchildren were on the Trail of Tears and settled in Oklahoma.
> I've heard
> that a lot of them were red heads, but can't say. I do know that
> many of his
> Georgia and Mississippi descendants have red hair.
>
> The Gilmore's were probably connected in some way. Mine are
> originally from
> Maryland, settling in Hall County Georgia sometime in the early
> 1800's and
> coming to Marshall County Mississippi in a caravan of covered wagons
> with
> about 20 other familes after the civil war. The spelling in my line
> changed
> from Gilmore to Gilmer with John Harlan Gilmer, great grandson of
> Ezekiel
> Buffington. Several of John Harlan's brothers used the spelling of
> Gilmore.
>
> My Stone was John Stone and Malinda from SC, moving to Jefferson
> County
> Arkansas where they purchased 800 acres between April 1837 and June
> 1838.
> John died in 1841 and Malinda moved with her 7 young children to
> Marshall
> County Mississippi buying land there in January of 1842. I do not
> know
> Malinda's maiden name, nor why she moved to Marshall county
> Mississippi.
> Probably because she had relatives there. There are many legal
> documents
> concerning John and Malinda's estate but none mention her maiden
> name. Any
> links out there?
>
> Sylvia Akin
>
>
>
>
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