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Naomi SHORT Magee Miles

susiemac64  (View posts) Posted: 4 Jun 2009 8:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Magee,Short,Miles
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

Re: Naomi SHORT Magee Miles

dav_gigem  (View posts) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 2:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Tom,
I just came across this yesterday (as I was doing the same research). Let me know if you are still searching for this info as I came across some 'relatives' that had it.

Re: Naomi SHORT Magee Miles

susiemac64  (View posts) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 3:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Magee,Short,Miles
Yes... please let me know what you have.

My email is XXXtm03@txstate.eduXXX
(Strip off the Xs to get me actual address.)

thanks in advance,

tom mccabe

Re: Naomi SHORT Magee Miles

jerrystevens63  (View posts) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: MILES DEAR
Hi Tom,

Doing my MIles Family research a couple of years ago the Evan Magee killing naturally popped up and, below, is an email quote about the application from a fellow online researcher.

It probably won't reveal much more than you already know except verify there is an application somewhere and the possible name of the killer of Evan, Revell, noted in the app. Off topic a bit but I even did a little digging on Revells' in the Westville area and couldn't hit on anything. As you probably know, Westville was supposedly a "wild town' in those days with probably a lot of transients but a transient being the killer is just a surmise on my part.

I thought I had an image copy in my files from a copy of the newspaper clipping but can't seem to find it. I may have seen it somewhere on the internet, I'll keep looking.

QUOTE FROM RESEARCHER:

When Naomi made application for a pension based on Evan Magee's service in the War of 1812 she made it as "Naomi Magee". The application was made in Simpson Co Nov 23 1857: "Naomi Magee, age 62, widow of soldier, said she married him in St. Tammany Parish La about 1816 and that her maiden name was Naomi Short. The soldier died in Simpson Co in 1836 "of a wound inflicted upon him by one Revell in Westville."

good luck
jerry stevens

Re: Naomi SHORT Magee Miles

susiemac64  (View posts) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks. I would like to get a copy of the original article.

tom mccabe

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