According to old postings, there was an article in the Westville newspaper in the 1890s that state that the Naomi SHORT Magee, widow of Evan james Magee, married a Mr Miles after Magee was murdered about 1836. I am looking for anyone who has documention on this story. Either original newspaper articles, old histories, etc.

The postings also mentioned that Naomi had applied for a pension based on Evan's service in the War of 1812. I have tried to find any record of this pension application - but no luck. (I do have records of Evan's service.) Does anyone know where this pension application would be kept in MS or LA (where he served.) I can find no pension record in the National Archives.

No one seems to know where the info for the original posting came from.

Can anyone help?

tom mccabe
texas