The News Herald from Ponchatoula, Louisiana (2024)

September 4, 1969

Publication:

The News Heraldi

Location:

Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Thursday, September 4, 1969

Page:

3

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i i For Bears still and two head of sheep to him and his heirs forever And Seventhly: I give and bequeth to my daughter Poljy Guy one negro woman named Dinah one bed and furniture two cows and calves one woman's saddle and two head of sheep to her and her heirs forever And Elghtly: I give and bequeath to my daigiter Tebe-tha Lanes one negro woman named Rose one bed andfuni-ture one woman's saddle two And Fourths I give and be- uefo to son Owen Conner ly four Hundred and Fifty Dollars I paid towards die lands henow lives on and one horse bridle and saddle one bed and furniture one cow( and calf and two head of sheep to him and his heirs forever And Fifthly: I give and be-queth to my son William Goner ly all that tract of land purchased of Samuel Stanford one horse bridle and saddle one bed and furniture onecpw and calf and two headof sheep to him and his heirs forever And Sixthly: I give and bequeath to my son bike Conner lv all mv lands on die South side of die Roly Bridge -Brandi including die lands I bought of Robert Byrd and also die one half of a tract I purchased of John Blount it being die half of die tract I bequeath to my son John Comer ly lying above die fork of said Roly Bridge Branch one horse bridle and saddle oifoed and furniture one cow and calf and die blacksmith tools and also my Edited by Nicholas Russell Murray (Continued qn Page 15) TELL ME CONERLY after named out of such part of my estate as foeymay think proper and foe residue to be distributed in foe following 1U me 6NRKE6 0 ARE me MOST DANGEROUS? HOW MUCH SOLO AND SAIT ARE CONTAINED IN ONE CUBIC Ml IE OF SEA WATER? aimer (To Wit:) Secondly I And Secondly I RBouf ss tons op 0010 and lend to my beloved wife TeUsheConnerly the plantation and house where I pow UveandaU working tools thereunto belonging and three mares and two colts and six cows and calves and stock of sheeps together with foe following negros viz: Moses Easter Glm Charles Cesar Willis Bob Una and Clary During her natural life or widowhood and then to bedlstrib-uted as in hereinafter mentioned And Thirdly I give and be-quefo to my son John Conner ly all my lands lyingon foe North side of foe Itoley Bridge branch together with foe qne hadf of a tract of land pur- THE RAffLER WATER MOCCASIN CORAL AND COPPERHEAD ACCOUNT TOR ABOUT OF AU- snake grree in our country APPROXIMATELY ISO MILLION IONS JB OP TABLE SALT ACCORDING 16 SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATE i CAN SOUND TRAVEL THROUGH A VACUUM MOW LONG DO GRAY BIRCH SUGAR MAPLE AND OAK TREES STAY ALIVE? Mrs GONERIY 103 South 8th St IeesviUe la and I have undertaken die the somewhat ambitious pro-' Ject of seeking out and listing all the descendants of Cullen Gonerly died 1811 or 1812 in Duplin County NC Needless to say we need an foe help we can get! Mrs Gonerly comes down from John Russpll Gonerly son of Owen county Miss who settled in Pike Country in -foe 1820's James Russell born 7 July IBB married Elizabeth Henrietta Tynes moved to Sabine Parish la around 1850 and reared his family there She has a niear-cdm-pletelisting of John Russell's descendants and would like particularly to hear from interested members of the clan who descend from Owen's other children of which he had a large and prolific group I have taken foe responsibility of tracing down foe progeny of Cullen's son William who also came to Mississippi about foe same time as his brother He had by first mar- -riage to Sarah Brown sons Jesse and Stephen and daughters Mary Am (married George Hodge) and Betsyjane (married John Stogner) By Second marriage to Eliza Cameron he had Nancy Caroline (died young) Melissa Am (md Absalom Hardy) William John Sarah (md Mitchell Coleman Winhey (died as in- chased of John Blount lying a-bove foe fork of said Brandi only reserving such of grinding his Sph grain of said mill toll free as tong as he helps to keep said Mill in Repair and aim one Bed and furniture due cow and calf one horse bridle and Saddle and two head of sheep To him and his heirs forever -THE GRPN BIRCH 16 OLD fff 45 SUGAR MAPLE LN6S 500 YEARS QMS HfNE SURVIVED 1500 YEARS! NO BECAUSE TH6RE IS NO AIR TO CARRY SOUND 4 4 1: a 4 4 i fait) I'd like to hear espec- ofSte- iaHy from descendants I phen (who had son Monroe) Jesse Mary Am Hodge and Betsy Jane Stogner Anyone who is or thinks he might be descended from one of Cullen's other sons and daughters please get in touch We want your branch of foe family represented in foe book we hope eventually to have published The family has produced many able and honorable representatives including sheriffs of two Mississippi counties and two Louisiana parishes md we believe you would be proud to have your name appear as one among them Address Hunting- Forbears co foe Sun PjO Box 278 Hammond La As a starting point we are here publishing Cullen's Last Will and Testament JOHN- MANVILLE FELT ROOFING JOHNS- MANVILLE ROOFING GALVANIZED ROOFING 15 YEAR 235 11 FT 8 FT 1174 1237 Square STANDARD 15 AND 30 $249 PER BOLL 1345 JIOLL RED GREEN WHITE OR BLACK 10 FT 1741 1145 12 'FT $258 1211 SEAL-O- MATIC Square IN THE NAME OF COD AMEN: The eleventh day of November in foe year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven I Cullin Conner ly of foe State of North Carolina and County of Duplin being now advanced In age and Jnstfe Covering from a severe illness but of sound disposing mind and memory and reflecting on foe uncertainly of life GET OUR BE GLAD YOU DID! PAINT ItOOTIM MILU MARDWAKB PLUMBUM ELCCmiCAL SUPPLIES and foe certainly of deafohave terminea to settle my now determi worldly affairs for which purpose I make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following (That Is to say) First it is my will and desire that an my just debts and funeral charges shouldbeduly paid by my executors herein- Department Store of Buildintii aterials Phones Covington 852-4500 New Orleans 525-0088 Bogaluia 732-4258 821 Rutland Street Drawer 1240 Covington Ll 70433.

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