IS THERE A GENIUS OUT THERE THAT "JUST ADORES" RESEARCH? PLEASE HELP A NOVICE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND MY ANCESTOR LETTIE CARROLL. I NOT SURE IF CARROLL WAS HER SURNAME OF THE NAME OF HER OWNER. THE PROBLEM IS SHE WAS BORN IN 1785 IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. SHE DIED 1898 IN CLAIRBORNE COUNTY, MS AS WELL. SHE HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED POLLIE BORN 1835-1840 IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MS. I DO KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER CHILDREN. HER DAUGHTER POLLIE, HAD A SON SHE NAMED SHERMAN CARROLL, BORN 1867 IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MS. HE LIVED UNTIL 1890. HE HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED PEARL CARROLL, WHO WAS MY GRANDMOTHER. LETTIE CARROLL TALK THAT WAS PASSED DOWN, THAT SHE HAD CHOCTAW INDIAN AS PART OF HER HERITAGE. I READ THAT THE CHOCTAW NATION ORIGINATED IN MISSISSIPPI. I KNOW THIS IS LOT TO ASK, BUT I AM GETTING SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO RECORDS FOR PEOPLE BORN PRE-CIVIL WAR ON MOST CENSUS RECORD. IF THERE IS INFO ON HER PARENTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT ALSO.
THANKS FOR THE HELP.
REGARDS,
SHELLEY A. MOORE