Recent NCHGS.ORG
Website Changes

Change Date

Description of Change

30-Aug-2010

1. Updated Archive Holdings
   (search for 08/19 or 08/30 or Frank Cook  to see changes)

8-Aug-2010

1. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for July 2010
2. Added 10-July-2010 Meeting Notes.

10-Jul-2010

1. Deleted picture from Chapman Family.
2. Added 12-June-2010 Meeting Notes.
3. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for 16-June & 23-June 2010.
4. Added Places page for historical photos.
5. Added “If Walls Could Talk” by Harold Graham (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2). The story of the Frank Grey Semmes. A short biographical sketch and the Newton Record accounts of the killing of Thomas D Lawson over a dispute about road access.
6. Added “Georgia Tann: A Story of Stolen Babies” by Lois Cooper (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2). The story of Georgia Tann is one of intrigue, fascination, horror, disbelief and many more words of description.  It is a story of a very influential woman who was born and raised in Hickory, Mississippi. ...
7. Added “A Likely Story--Truth is Stranger Than Fiction” (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2). Part 1: The Story by Jewell Ferguson Russell & Part 2: The Rest of the Story by Dr. Harold Graham.  A story of the killing of Berry Clark Everett.
8. Added “Historical Notes on The Town of Hickory” by Dr. Harold Graham (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2).
9. Added “Another Good Man Gone: The Life and Times of Jesse Preston Gibbon” By Bobby Caldwell and Dr. Harold Graham (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2). Includes family tree/descendant information.
10. Added “The Man Behind the Maps” By Dr. Harold Graham (Remembering, Vol 9, Nos 1&2). In the office of the Chancery Clerk, Newton County, Mississippi, one will find a series of maps of several Newton County towns, all drawn in the early 1900’s and bearing the signature of Thomas H.  Harrod.  ...

5-Jun-2010

1. Added 8-May-2010 Meeting Notes.

4-Jun-2010

1. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for May 2010 & 2-June-2010

1-May-2010

1. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for April 21 & 28 2010

24-Apr-2010

1. Added Copyright section to drop-down menu
2. Added 10-Apr-2010 Meeting Notes.

19-Apr-2010

1. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for April 7 & 14 2010

10-Apr-2010

1. Added Newton County Mississippi: A Cemetery Census 1782-1995
2. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for March 2010

7-Apr-2010

1. Updated Chapman Family w/pictures & minor updates

27-Mar-2010

1. Added 13-Mar-2010 Meeting Notes.

24-Mar-2010

1. Added Newton County Appeal Obits for March 2010
2. Added The Rise of Newton County’s Public School System from the 1936 Centenial issue of The Newton Record

13-Mar-2010

1. Added new page: Archive Holdings
2. Updated Archives page
3. Updated Photos of Newton County page. Added book information.

6-Feb-2010

1. Minor updates, error corrections & other changes
2. Changed top-level menu system. Move Sharing Standards to NCHGS Info, and moved Archives to top-level Navigation bar.
3. Updated Meetings page, August 2010 program presenter
4. Added Newton County Appeal Obits from Jan & Feb 2010

31-Jan-2010

1. Updated Reverend Cader Price (Revised 2008 by Dr. Harold Graham)
2. Added The Vance Migration by Janette Vance Morgan

30-Jan-2010

1. The Hansfords in Newton County, Mississippi by Terry Terrell Lange
2. Turning Points add to Early Transportation
3. The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 Strikes Lake by Martha Waltman
4. A History of Hazel Baptist Church by Mark Savell
5. Towns, Communities and Other Landmarks (New Section)
6. Towns, Communities and Other Landmarks, Southwest Quadrant, Northern Half (Exclusive of the Town of Newton) by Dr. Harold Graham
7. Organizations (New Section)
8. Patrons Union by Bess Hollingsworth
9. Southwest Quadrant
10. Towns, Communities and Other Landmarks in the Southern Half of the Southwest Quadrant of Newton County, Mississippi by Dr. Harold Graham
11. Bermuda Hill by Frances Doolittle Norman
12. Tanglewood Plantation by Milton McMullan
13. Early Life in the Jackson Prairie, Newton County, Mississippi By George L. Mason
14. Updated NCHGS Research/Military Records & Links page
15. Resaca’s Bloody Field, Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Newton County by Terry Terrell Lange
16. The Town of Hickory by A. J. Brown with additional notes from Melvin Tingle, Greg Boggan, and Dr. Harold Graham
17. The Road to New Orleans
18. Native American Section
19. Researching Choctaw Indian Ancestry by Dr. Harold Graham
20. Choctaw Towns in Newton County by A. J. Brown with updates by Melvin Tingle
21. The French and Indian War A Matter of Colonial Policy By Frank H. Kirtley
22. Tecumseh Visits the Choctaw Nation By Dr. Harold Graham
23. Haunted Lake Holds On To Past Legends by Nan Fairley
24. The Juzan Family of Spanish West Florida and The Choctaw Nation by Greg Boggan
25. The Odyssey of John Parks By Dr. Harold Graham
26. The Death of a Soldier by George Powell Clarke

29-Jan-2010

1. Benjamin Jefferson Moore family by Charlie Chapman, Jr.

28-Jan-2010

1. The Way We Were by Dr. Harold Graham
2. Early Generations of the Benjamin Jefferson Moore Family In Newton County by Charlie Chapman, Jr.

27-Jan-2010

1. Minor updates & corrections
2. Working on .htaccess to redirect old nchgs.org pages to new when users access the website via google.com

26-Jan-2010

  - Published new NCHGS.ORG website. 
  - Additions to the original website are:

1. Historical Photos section
2. Remembering Floy Elizabeth Martin Hurst (1931-2005)
3. Maxwell & Allied Families
4. Articles & Notes (a new section to the NCHGS website
5. Tracking Sherman through Newton County - Part 1 / Eastern Half
6. Church Going in the 1870’s and 1880’s - Part 1 & 2
7. Remembering Daysidel Day Bruister Berry Hill
8. Wroten, Day & Allied Families
9. The Todd Family in Newton County
10. William Harris, Sr. Family of Newton County
11. Added Google Site Search to Home page
12. Added Newspaper & Newton County Appeal (Obits) sections
13. Tracking Sherman Through Newton County: Part 2 - Western Half From Scott County Line to Decatur by Ricky Harrison
14. A Tale of Two Soldiers by Dr. Harold Graham