Place of birth based on 1840 census. Some data seen online has shown the birth place listed as SC?
Notes for Andrew Jackson Sisson: Various Notes and Relevant Data of this combined family Karen Clark (Breazeale Researcher in Clinton, MS), Marilyn Dowdy (John Richard Bird Family) and Michael Brown.
(Note odd spelling.) Cisan, Andrew
State: MS Year: 1870 County: Neshoba County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Philadelphia P.O. Page: 378 Database: MS 1870 Federal Census Index1900 Falls County, TX, census, ED 17, sheet 8A, precinct no. 2
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Sisson, Andrew J., head, wm, Dec 1845, 54, m, 34 yrs?, Alabama/South Carolina/South Carolina/farmer
Jane, wife, wf, Nov 1847, 52, m, 34 yrs?, 15 children born, 13 still living, Mississippi/Alabama/Alabama
Frank, son, wm, Mar? 1879, 21, s, Miss/Ala/Miss, farm labor
Joseph, son, wm, Feb 1881, 19, s, ", "
Coly?, daughter, wf, Mar? 1886, 14, s, "
Rosa, daughter, wf, Nov 1891, 8, s, "
Hattie, daughter, wf, May, 1894, 6, s, "1900, Falls Co., TX, ED 17, sheet 8a (next door to the Sisson family)
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Ashford, William C., Head, wm, Aug 1866, 33, m, married 1 year, Texas/Tennessee/Tennessee, farmer
Mary A., wife, wf, Nov? 1871, 28, married 1 year, 1 child born & still living, Mississippi/Alabama/Mississippi
Charles W., son, wm, Oct 1897, 2, s, Texas/Texas/Texas [this child must be his by a first marriage]
Robert A.?, son, wm, Feb 1900, age 3 months, single, Texas/Texas/MississippiLiving next door as a boarder is Thomas Sisson, wm, May?, 1876, 24, s, Miss/ala/Miss, farm labor
This from old Breazeale notes:
1900 Neshoba Co., MS, ED 46, Sheet 9:
Breazeale, John E., b. March 1868, MS/MS/MS
Martha L., wife, b. Jan 1869
Verna L., daughter, b. Nov 1891, MS
Clara, daughter, b. Aug 1893, MS
Fred S., son, b. April 1895, MSSubj: Neshoba Co. Tax Rolls, etc.
Date: 3/7/2002 2:37:06 PM Pacific Standard Time
Kathleen-
If I have already sent this info I apologise. I have handled these facts so often in the last few days I don't know up from down.
These are some findings mostly from the book Neshoba County and Its People-Names and Locations by Janelle Yates.
NESHOBA CO. LAND BOOK 1892
-J. L. Scisson T12-R11 (p.56)
-Mrs S. Sisson, A.J. Sisson T12-R11 S20 (p.58)
-Mrs. M.A. sisson S21
-Mrs. S. Sisson, A. J. Sisson T12 R11 S29 (p.60)
NESHOBA CO. TAX ROLLS
1852 Shison(Sisson?) B.P. {sic}
Barrett, Bird
1857 Shison, J.N. Seysson, Wm(Sisson) {sic}
Barrett, Bird
Bird, James D.
1859 Sisson, N.F.; Wm
Barrett, Bird
WILLS BOOK NESHOBA CO. BOOK A 1837-1916
PG. 1 ISAIAH BYRD [My note: I think this was another set of Byrds that lived in Neshoba County that I haven't found to be connected to our Birds.]
FROM A COPY OF THE PEARL VALLEY CHURCH RECORD COMPILED BY JANELLE YATES:1918-1942
Member J. L. Sisson-died Nov. 1918{sic}
Robert Sisson by 1916 {sic}
Susan Sisson
William Sisson
Mary Jane SissonHe was red headed, had a peg leg: cut off his foot with an axe. They called him "General", and one of his brothers was a judge.
He was red haired and he had a peg leg. They used to call him "General".
Also went by "Candy"
[Resz01.FTW]
He never married.
1900 Neshoba Co., MS, census, ED 46, shett 13a Byrd, John R.,head, wm, Feb 1861, m-18, MS/SC/SC Sarah F., wife, wf, Aug 1856, 43, m-1`8, 6/6, MS/MS/MS Minnie E., daughter, wf, Dec 1883, s, MS Milton L., son, wm, Nov 1886, 13, s Emma J., daughter, wf, June 1889, 10, s Dovanna, daughter, wf, Mar 1892, 8,s
Andrew R., son, wm, Jan 1895, 5, s Coy D., daughter, wf, Dec 1899, 6/12, s In 1882, J. R. Bird was a special church delegate for the Old Pearl Valley Church, Neshoba County, MS In August 1887, he confessed to intoxication and was forgiven; also, in 1888.
See the notes on his sister Minnie.
Information about marraige given by Shelia Mitchell. From the Marriage Records of Winston Co., MS, Vol. II(1880-1908) Book 9, Page 13. KB