Hi,

Thank you for sharing your information on these folks. The Chalmers/Ferguson connection is very interesting to me.

To give you a bit of background, my Chambers/Chalmers line was in Newberry Co., SC, migrated to Pickens Co., AL, and then moved just over the state line to Noxubee Co., MS. Some of the Chambers remained in Greene Co.

I do have some information on Nancy Cotton Stinson's family, but I don't know how much it will help you. As you can see from the notes below, she and James Stinson did reside in Pickens Co.

Noxubee Co., MS Court Records Vols. C-D
1851-1855
LDS Film #9099866

p. 1
29 Sept. 1849
Estate of Abner Cotton, deceased.
Nicholas C. Cotton, administrator
Notice to sell land. Heirs being notified:
John W. Cotton
Jane Watts and husband James R. Watts
Minerva Ferguson and husband William C. Ferguson
James Gardner Cotton
Nancy Stinson and husband James Stinson
Abner and Bryan Aycock, minors of Mary A. Aycock
William A. Ferguson, minor of Martha Ferguson, and the unknown heirs of Martha and Thomas J. Haynes, both deceased and late of Texas
All others interested in the real estate of Abner Cotton, deceased.

Notice published in the Noxubee Rifle newspaper by proprietor Edward W. Ferris. Printed in Macon.


Noxubee Co., MS Court Records. Vols. E-F
1855-1856
LDS Film #0900867


p. 344
8 Jan. 1856
Estate of Margaret Cotton
N.C. Cotton, administrator
John W. Cotton, petitions for final settlement. Heirs are:
John W. Cotton of Noxubee Co. and petitioner
Jane Watts and James R. Watts
James G. Cotton
Minerva Ferguson
Nancy Stinson and spouse James Stinson
All above heirs of full age.
W.A. Ferguson, minor of Martha Haynes, late Martha Ferguson, deceased
All reside Pickens Co., AL.
Two unknown children of Martha Haynes Ferguson who reside in Texas.
Bryan Aycock, of full age, and Abner Aycock, minor, sons of Mary Ann Aycock, deceased.

Pickens County, Alabama
1841-1861
Compiled by Marilyn Davis Barefield and Carr Byron Barefield
Copyright 1984


p. 23
30 Jan. 1855
Pickens Republican

James Stinson and Robert T. Johnston, exec. of LW&T of William C. Ferguson, who was in his lifetime guardian of William A. Ferguson, filed account current and vouchers for final settlement.

James Stinson and Robert T. Johnston, exec. of William C. Ferguson who was in his lifetime guardian of William A. Ferguson, Cornelia and Corrilla Haynes, minor heirs of Martha M. Haynes, dec'd, filed account current and vouchers for final settlement.

James Stinson and Robert T. Johnston, exec. of William C. Ferguson, who was in his lifetime guardian of William A. Ferguson, filed account current and vouchers for final settlement.

[According to another researcher, Martha Cotton Ferguson Haynes was married to Bryant Ferguson and then to Thomas J. Haynes.]


p. 30
23 Feb. 1860
James Stinson and R.T. Johnston, Exec. of W.C. Ferguson's Estate, filed account current and vouchers for annual settlement.


p. 13
1 Oct. 1842
Pickensville Register
Orphans Court 9/7/1842. William C. Ferguson, Administrator of Estate of Bryan Ferguson, filed petition for the sale of land to pay debts of the Estate. One parcel in Pickensville is bounded by Mrs. Ragsdale, John Bonner and Hughes Taylor.

p. 37
11 Oct. 1860
Pickens Republican
Lellie Jane Stinson, 1 year 5 months 14 days, youngest child of James and Nancy Stinson, died suddenly of fever Sept. 27. Survived by her parents, one brother and one sister.


p. 9
26 March 1842
Pickensville Register
George Shelton Stinson, infant son of James Stinson, died on the 23rd instance, 1 mo. 8 days, in Pickensville.

James Stinson and wife Nancy Cotton Stinson are buried in the Lower Pickensville Cemetery as is Abner C. Stinson (1855-1887) - probably Abner Cotton Stinson.

Also in this cemetery is a Drury Miller Long, son of J.R. & Dora S. Long. He was born 1881 and died 1900. Since your Drury Miller married a Long, I assumed these folks were part of their family.

I hope you find something of use in here.

Catherine