Howard, Hastings Paul (b. 10 FEB 1860, d. 11 OCT 1938)

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SPRINGHILL CEMETERY Poplarville, Pearl River County, Ms.
HOWARD,Hasting P [10 FEB 1858] [11 OCT 1938] H/O Emeline S 34

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"Wheat Sheaves" book gives her birth day as Jan. 2, 1819

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Jacques Bilbaud arrived in Virginia w/ his wife & son fleeing religious
persecution. He was a Huguenot refugee. He came in 1700 on "Ye First
Shippe" the Mary and Ann from England after departing Port des Barques,
Xaintonge Province, France.


Bilbo, Jacques (Billiebo) (? - 1735)
b. in Port des Saintorge, Barques France
d. 1735 in Manakin town, Va-will made Sept 19, 1735,pro Feb 8,1736
Jacques fled from Part des Barques France in 1681 to England. In the summer of 1700 he came to the colonies of America. Port des Barques was in the Province of Saintonge which no longer exists. Old maps indicates the location as the southwest coast of France, opposite the Ile d Oleron, on the Bay of Biscay, and the Charente river. The following is a copy of his pass to England, found in the bible of a great great grandson, James Bilbo, 1779/1849 Chatham Co, Ga. " By the Honorable Thomas Collier" " Lt. Governor and commander and chief of his majesties castles, forts, forces and island of Jersey, sugger the bearer hereof, Jacques Bilbo, quietly to pass from hence into England, without let trouble, molestation or hindrance, he behaving himself as becometh. Given under my hand at his majestys castle England the 28th day of March 1699. Thomas Collier-to all whom these it may concern". In England, King Wm. III was sympathetic with the plight of the Huguenots in his country, so he and the protestant relief fund financed the settling in America of a great number of them then in England. Ten thousand acres of land was reserved for them in Virginia, in an area abandoned by the Monean Indians. This land was located on the James River, twenty miles west of the present city of Richmond. It was called Manakin Town for the Indian tribe. Located in 1700 in Henrico Co, it was in 1727 cut off into Goochland, then Cumberland in 1749 and finally Powhatan in 1777. Over 500 french refugees landed at James City, Va. in four ships, about July 1700. Jacques Billiebo was in "Ye first Shippe" which was the "Mary and Ann". From James city it was necessary for them to make their way up the James River to Manakin. From the records it was a perilous trip which many perished. James (Jacques) Bilbo was given two land grants, the first on March 23, 1715 containing 119 acres, the 2nd one was on Oct 1, 1716 for 43 acres. both were located on the south side of the James River. In 1723, his son Jean Pierre Billiebeau was living in the house with Pierre Dutoi, which indicates that his parents were probably deceased. The fact that he was taken in by the Dutoi family, and later they left a tract of land to Isaac Dutoi in his will, might surmise that his mother was a Dutoi. The only other record found of another Bilbo In Manakin Va. at this time was: "The 28th May 1728 was born to Jacques Billiebo a black named Jacque". I believe this was a slave and not a son, but it could be either one? NOTE: I believe he had a sister Jeanne who married Pierre Guerin, son of Mathurin Guerin native of St Nazaire, en Xaintonge who arrived on the ship "Mary and Ann". Some records are mi crofilm #850402, the national library of the daughters of the American Rev. Florida records, family and bible on file in the latter day Saints library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
spouse: (Dutoit, Susannah Dutoy) Dutoi (? - 1751)

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Moved from Poplarville to Texas after he was married.

Genforum Posted by: Susan Tucker July 14, 1999
Andrew J. Smith III, s/o Andrew J Smith Jr. and Nancy Roberts, married Rebecca Stockstill, d/o Joshua and Mary Lavinia Knight Stockstill. They moved to Texas and we have their children listed as W illiam H., Benjamin F., Nancy C., Joshua J., Melissa, John Jeptha, James Monroe, and Hiram.
Jeptha E. Smith brother to Andrew J. III, md Anne Jane E. Stockstill, sister to Rebecca, also moved to Texas. We have their childen listed as Florida (maybe Anne Jane E.'s child by first marriage) Martha, Hiram, Mary, Nancy and William.

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This family lived in the Will Smith Community just west of the Juniper Grove Church in Pearl River County.

After Mary Goldman died, Frederick Rester III married Priscilla Smith-Bilbo, the widow of George Washington Bilbo who was killed by Cal Wages of the Wages-
James Copeland gang in 1860.

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Previous married to John Gill. Name also known as Mary Polly Gill

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Ilous Jenkins - July 5, 1864 - Mar. 11, 1931

Strahan Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Located in Ward 3, Washington Parish, La., south of Franklinton-Bogalusa
highway, T3S, R11E.

Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. III, page 33. Documented and
compiled by Mrs. R.A. Magee, Franklinton, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman,
Baton Rouge, La. 1965 Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

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OLIVE BAPTIST Church CEMETERY
STRAHAN,Mary LADNER [27 JUN 1915] [ ] W/O Marvin C


Notes for MARY PRUDENCE LADNER:
1995 - Mary was named Mississippi's top PTA volunteer and presented with the Oak Leaf Award. She recieved a standing ovation at the PTA's annual convention in Jackson. The application submitted by the Poplarville PTA chapter said: "Mrs. Mary Strahan in an exceptional 80-year-old grandmother who has been an active supporter of PTA and education for many years. She has made significant contributions to the welfare of our children by giving generously of her time, talent, and expertise, to projects and programs that foster improvement in our schools and community......... Under her guiding influence, tennis courts were constructed at our high school. Poplarville Junior-Senior High School is one of the few public schools in the state to have lighted tennis courts. She helped secure funding and materials to build a concession stand on the football field. She led the grandparent drive to secure funds for ceiling fans in the lower elementary school auditorium. She helps seucre scholarships for needy students and she solicits private donations to fund school projects for special students."

"Mrs. Strahan is an active participant in all phases of the community. She serves as a Sunday School Teacher at Olive Baptist Church and sings in the choir. She is a member of the Eastern Star and a past 4-H Leader. She is a volunteer worker with the Pearl River community College Alumni Foundation. She helped organize the Poplarville High School Alumni Foundation. In 1993, Mrs. Strahan was named Poplarville Citizen of the Year."

"Mrs. Strahan is a family oriented person. She has five children and twenty-two grandchildren. Three of her children are teachers.......In 1989, Poplarville PTA honored Mrs. Strahan with a State Life Membership."
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1995 - Mary was named Mississippi's top PTA volunteer and presented with the Oak Leaf Award. She recieved a standing ovation at the PTA's annual convention in Jackson. The application submitted by the Poplarville PTA chapter said: "Mrs. Mary Strahan in an exceptional 80-year-old grandmother who has been an active supporter of PTA and education for many years. She has made significant contributions to the welfare of our children by giving generously of her time, talent, and expertise, to projects and programs that foster improvement in our schools and community......... Under her guiding influence, tennis courts were constructed at our high school. Poplarville Junior-Senior High School is one of the few public schools in the state to have lighted tennis courts. She helped secure funding and materials to build a concession stand on the football field. She led the grandparent drive to secure funds for ceiling fans in the lower elementary school auditorium. She helps seucre scholarships for needy students and she solicits private donations to fund school projects for special students."

"Mrs. Strahan is an active participant in all phases of the community. She serves as a Sunday School Teacher at Olive Baptist Church and sings in the choir. She is a member of the Eastern Star and a past 4-H Leader. She is a volunteer worker with the Pearl River community College Alumni Foundation. She helped organize the Poplarville High School Alumni Foundation. In 1993, Mrs. Strahan was named Poplarville Citizen of the Year."

"Mrs. Strahan is a family oriented person. She has five children and twenty-two grandchildren. Three of her children are teachers.......In 1989, Poplarville PTA honored Mrs. Strahan with a State Life Membership."[MosesSr.FTW]

1995 - Mary was named Mississippi's top PTA volunteer and presented with the Oak Leaf Award. She recieved a standing ovation at the PTA's annual convention in Jackson. The application submitted by the Poplarville PTA chapter said: "Mrs. Mary Strahan in an exceptional 80-year-old grandmother who has been an active supporter of PTA and education for many years. She has made significant contributions to the welfare of our children by giving generously of her time, talent, and expertise, to projects and programs that foster improvement in our schools and community......... Under her guiding influence, tennis courts were constructed at our high school. Poplarville Junior-Senior High School is one of the few public schools in the state to have lighted tennis courts. She helped secure funding and materials to build a concession stand on the football field. She led the grandparent drive to secure funds for ceiling fans in the lower elementary school auditorium. She helps seucre scholarships for needy students and she solicits private donations to fund school projects for special students."

"Mrs. Strahan is an active participant in all phases of the community. She serves as a Sunday School Teacher at Olive Baptist Church and sings in the choir. She is a member of the Eastern Star and a past 4-H Leader. She is a volunteer worker with the Pearl River community College Alumni Foundation. She helped organize the Poplarville High School Alumni Foundation. In 1993, Mrs. Strahan was named Poplarville Citizen of the Year."

"Mrs. Strahan is a family oriented person. She has five children and twenty-two grandchildren. Three of her children are teachers.......In 1989, Poplarville PTA honored Mrs. Strahan with a State Life Membership."

Note: In the 1910 census, Lourinda was listed asa a51 yr old widow living in beat 5 on a farm, having 11 children with 10 living. She owned her own farm and 7 children were living with her at the time.

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Batson Book p. 99[MosesSr.FTW]

Batson Book p. 99