Tishomingo County History

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Comment by Judy Week on August 15, 2009 at 9:19pm

I am researching the descendants of Peter "Jake" Helton b. abt 1822 in TN & Thursey McCoy b. 1825 in TN. They married 27 Dec 1841 in Tishomingo Co., MS.

A couple of years ago I visited the Tishomingo County Circuit Court in Iuka to obtain copies of marriage records. I found a record for Ms. Dewey Helton & Maskle "Mack" Wilson. They were married 27 Jun 1918 in Tishomingo Co.

I did not recognize the name Dewey Helton. My Helton cousins did not recognize her as one of our relatives.

I started by searching for Dewey Helton on the Census Indexes. Dewey was listed as George D. Helton on the 1900 census living with her parents Jim & Winnie in Beat 1, Tishomingo Co.

She was listed on the 1910 Census in Iuka with her parents Jim & Winnie Helton. Dewey was born abt. 1899 in MS. Jim was b. abt. 1871 in MS. Jim's father was b. in GA and his mother was b. in AL.

After more research, I discovered that Jim was James Daniel Helton b. 18 Apr 1876 in Tishomingo Co. Jim's wife was Winnie Bell Busby b. 17 Nov 1880 in MO. They married 14 Feb 1897 in Tishomingo Co.

James Daniel Helton's parents were Daniel Irvin Helton b. 12 Feb 1836 in GA &
Sara Jane Spradlin b. 15 Jul 1842 in GA. This info was posted by a woman who was researching the her Province, Helton, & Busby family lines.

According to the Social Security Index, Maskle was b. 13 Apr 1899 & d. Feb 1968. His last residence was Sheffield, Colbert Co. AL. I believe he is probably buried there. I was unable to find Dewey on the Social Security Index. I believe Dewey was either a middle name or nickname. If I could discover where Maskle Wilson was buried, I should be able to find his wife Dewey buried next to him.

A number of my cousins who have been researching our Helton line for many years have not been able to make a connection between our Helton line & the Heltons who lived in GA prior to settling in Tishomingo Co.
I am willing to exchange info re my Heltons, Parsons, Nunley & McCoys.
Judy Week

Comment by Judy Week on August 9, 2009 at 9:31pm

I have ancestors who settled in Tishomingo Co., MS in the early 1800's. The main family lines I am researching are Helton, Parsons, Nunley and McCoy.

Comment by Judith Walker on July 21, 2009 at 9:55pm

Hello Tishomingo County MS researchers ! My husband's family lines from Tishomingo County MS : Walker (Short Creek, Coleman Park area), Busby,Tackett, Campbell, Carr.
Willing to exchange information on these families. Good luck searching !
Judy Walker

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