My kin fought alongside Francis Marion, ‘The Swamp Fox’. My grandfather, Frank Rosamond, was named after Francis. as where other members of the Rosamond family. This name is also Franklin. When I read our Vice President wrote a best seller based on visitin his family graves, I knew it was time to publish my book of the search for…..James Rosamond.
John Presco
I discovered Oprah Winfrey has her roots in the same ground the Rosamond family have theirs, in Kosciusko Mississippi. Is it possible that the Rosamonds owned Oprah’s ancestors, and they worked on the Rosamond plantation? Surely Oprah’s kin knew the Rosamonds who are still living and dying there. I just found another Frances M. Rosamond carrying on the family tradition of naming their children after Frances Marion the “Swamp Fox”.
Above are photos of my Rosamond kindred tending to the lost – and now found – graves our our ancestors. My great, great grandfather lie here, James Rosamond. I believe the Sweeney family is buried nearby.
Wildflower seeds were spread around the Rose of the World graveyard, thus, fulfilling a prophetic fairytale. Sleeping Beauty is named Rosamond. I made a video where I reveal the secret of our Nation’s Flag. The red and white stripes represent the Apothercary Rose that is associated with Fair Rosamond Clifford. This is her dress. She wears a cape full of heavenly stars. She wears a wreath of stars – as her crown. This is the Queen of Heaven – that I have come to awaken! Here come the Rebirth of a Nation!
Jon the Nazarite Prince
`Like a rose among thorns, so is my darling among the maidens’ (Song of Songs 2:2).
Then round about that place there grew a hedge of thorns thicker every year, until at last the whole castle was hidden from view, and nothing of it could be seen but the vane on the roof. And a rumor went abroad in all that country of the beautiful sleeping Rosamond, for so was the Princess called; and from time to time many Kings’ sons came and tried to force their way through the hedge; but it was impossible for them to do so, for the thorns held fast together like strong hands, and the young men were caught by them, and not being able to get free, there died a lamentable death.
Many a long year afterwards there came a King’s son into that country, and heard an old man tell how there should be a castle standing behind the hedge of thorns, and that there a beautiful enchanted Princess named Rosamond had slept for a hundred years, and with her the King and Queen, and the whole court. The old man had been told by his grandfather that many Kings’ sons had sought to pass the thorn-hedge, but had been caught and pierced by the thorns, and had died a miserable death. Then said the young man, “Nevertheless, I do not fear to try; I shall win through and see the lovely Rosamond.” The good old man tried to dissuade him, but he would not listen to his words.
(The picture on the left is only about two-thirds of the group. The rest were taking some version of this picture.)
In May of 1999, a group of the Rosamond Cousins researching the history of the family met in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. Those attending this gathering and their direct Rosamond descent are shown on the List of Attendees. The reunion had as it�s purpose, a clean up of the Rosamond-Sweeney Cemetery located on the site of one of the Rosamond Plantations in the mid-1800s. This property is now owned by the Buford family. As I understand it, the old cemetery was rediscovered by one of the Bufords who was exploring the wooded portions of their property
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The cousins met and toured several local cemeteries and other sites pertinent to the family history. At one point, becoming lost, they stopped to ask directions of an old gentleman and discovered that he was a Rosamond relative. All were overjoyed to meet this cousin unexpectedly. Following the day’s excursions the group returned to the hotel in Kosciusko where all were staying and discovered a tragedy. James Morgan, the husband of Barbara Morgan, had stayed at the hotel. At some point during the afternoon James had a severe heart attack and died. James� wife Barbara Smith Morgan, the daughter of June Rosamond Smith, left the gathering and was driven back to her home in Alabama by her son. All the cousins want to once again extend our condolences to Barbara and her family on their loss.
The Red State President want to deny due process of law to those who tried to enter the U.S. illegally. John Rosamond was tried in England and sent to America as a indentured slave. William Rose was sold and put on a ship to America. More than half the white people living in this freedom land, were indentured slaves brought here against their will. It’s time for Good Americans to confront fellow Americans who take the false patriotism Trump hands them in order to divide this nation, and this world.
Name: John ROSAMOND “The Highwayman”· Surname: Rosamond· Given Name: John· Suffix: “The Highwayman”· Sex: M· Birth: ABT. 1710 in County Leitrim, Ireland (?)
“In 1724, my ancestor John ROSAMOND and his friend William Ray were arrested in Abingdon, Berkshire, England for stealing a hat, periwig, 30 pounds British sterling, five pairs of shoes, and a brown gelding. They were held in the gaol in Reading, Berkshire, after their trial where they were sentenced to be exiled to the colonies for 14 years hard labor.
Many white men formed gangs and terrorized and murdered the indigenous population, and took their land. Being lawless in the West is celebrated in movies and books. Gone With The Wind celebrates the Southern Plantation system where the KKK terrorized and murdered un-armed slaves that were set free.
Benjamin Rosamond BIRTH 1790 Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA DEATH 16 May 1859 (aged 68–69) Attala County, Mississippi, USA BURIAL Rosamond Cemetery Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi, USA MEMORIAL ID 176756764 · View Source
MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 0 Benjamin Rosamond, R255, M. Born in 1790 in South Carolina. Was on the census for Attala County, Mississippi in 1850. Benjamin died in Attala County, Mississippi, 16 May 1859, he was 69.
In “Greenwood County Sketches” Benjamin, Susannah and son Thomas are mentioned as members of the Walnut Grove Baptist Church located near Ware Shoals in 1834. Before 1850, Benjamin had remarried to Jane Rogers Mays.
Benjamin is mentioned several times in “Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six” “Abbeville District Wills and Bonds” as witness to wills and deeds.
Following his marriage to Jane, Benjamin was made guardian to three Mays children, Abney Mays, Jr., Aletha Mays and Jessee Mays. I believe these are Jane’s children from her first marriage to Abner Mays, Sr.The children are listed as neice and nephew of Benjamin’s son Thomas and Sarah Mays Rosamond. “Mays Minors, Box 68, Pack 1658 – On Oct 14 1840, Benjamin, John Rosamond, Felix Rogers bound to Moses Taggart Ord., Abbeville Dist sum $2,000. Benjamin Rosamond made guardian of Lethe, Jessy and Abney Mays, minors of Abner Mays, decd. 1841. Rec’d of Mathew Mays, Admn. of S. Whitley, Decd., who was guardian of above children.”
According to an article in J.P. Coleman’s “Choctaw County Chronicles” under New Zion Baptist Church, organized December 1842, Benjamin ws one of the first two deacons. Also among the organizers was a Rosander Rosamond (don’t know who he/she is).
By 1850 Benjamin had sold his South Carolina property whoich was located somewhere near the Mulberry Creek/Saluda River area. He divided the profit with his sons and was living near his brother Samuel in Atalla County, Mississippi. In the same time period his other brother Thomas and all his sons except Thomas and Joseph were also in Mississippi. In 1850 Benjamin was listed in the Mississippi census as owning 9 slaves and being married to Jane. Census Ed. 126, 495/495.
OTHER NOTES ON BENJAMIN’S CHART: In November 1858, James Rosamond (Benjamin’s son James ??) was appointed guardian of Jerusha W. (who is this?) and Tilman J. Rosamond. Then on May 16, 1859, Jane is named as guardian of Tilman J. and Marion F. Rosamond. These are her sons by Benjamin. On this date she gave her annual accounting regarding her sons.
On 12/20/ 1858, William T. Wright, referred to as the guardian of Jantha Rosamond (presumably Jantha Mays who was under guardianship of Benjamin and Jane), gave his final accounting. Jantha at this time was married to John F. Temple.
1850 Census Data, Attala County, MS Page 126 & 127 495/495 Rosemon, Benj., Age 60, farmer, value 400, born SC = means b. ca. 1790 Jane, Age 44, born 1806, SC = Jane Rogers Mays Lucretia, age 14, born SC Daniel, age 12, SC Jantha, age 11, female, SC Marion F., age 2, born 1848, SC – – -Contradicts Carroll County, MS birth. Mays, Abney, age 18, male, born SC–Question-when did Benjamin get to MS?
One handwritten record from Ruth Menhel indicates that Benjamin was on the tax roll in Attala County in 1847. Since there is a probate record for Benjamin and Jane in 1845 in SC, that would date the move to MS between 1845 and 1847. And this would mean that Marion Franklin was born in Mississippi. But if Benjamin was on the tax roll in Attala County, that would indicate that Marion Franklin was born there rather than in Carroll County.
ca 1843 when Benjamin was 53, he first married Jane Rogers[19], R262, F, daughter of Daniel Rogers Jr., M & Lucretia Harris, F, in Abbeville County, SC. Born on 4 Oct 1803 in Edgefield Co., South Carolina. Jane died in Mississippibef 1870, she was 66.
In John Hill’s will, he named his children as well as Benjamin and Susannah’s seven sons to receive Susannah’s share since she had already died.
There is some confusion regarding children adopted by or under the guardianship of Benjamin and Jarne Rogers Mays Rosamond. I believe that the three Mays children to whom Benjamin was made guardian after his marriage to Jane were her children by Abney Mays, Sr. Their names were Abney, Jr., Aletha and Jessee.
In the 1860 census, Ally Wright, daughter of Althea Mays Wright is listed as living in the household of Jane Rogers Mays Rosamond.
Personal note: I can remember my dad, Ennis Herman Rosamond, and my Aunt Christine Rosamond Stedman referring to Benjamin’s second wife Jane as the Widow Mays. Also, Dad said on several occasions he remembers his grandfather, Marion Francis Rosamond (son of Benjamin and Jane) referring to his brother Daniel. This must be Daniel Mays who was under Benjamin and Jane’s guardianship after the death of his father.
In an email from Ruth Menhel, she said she had a record from the probate court in Edgefield County, SC that shows Benjamin and Jane Rogers being married in 1845.
By genealogy.com user May 04, 2001… In reply to: Re: Jane Roseman/Rosamond> Liddell Rhonda Lunsford 5/02/01
Family Members Spouse Jane Mays Rogers Rosamond 1759–1870 (m. 1843)
Deceased February 20, 1961 – Attala County, Mississippi, USA, aged 88 years old
Buried – Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Attala County, Mississippi, USA
Clotilde (c. 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France)[1][2] (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.)[1]Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms),[2] is a saint and was a Queen of the Franks.
(2) Moss, Boby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994, p. 831:
Rosamond, James
He served in the militia before and after the fall of Charleston. A.A.6597; W651.
(3) South Carolina – Land Grants (1784-1800) [database online], Genealogy.com:
This data set is an index to South Carolina land grants from 1784-1800. Information listed in this index includes the name of the individual receiving the grant, the year in which the land grant was issued, and source information including the class number, volume number, and page number where the original record may be found. The land grant records this index references are located at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia. The same records can also be found at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah on microfilms 022531-022580. The microfilmed copies of these records available from the FHL may also be circulated to your local Family History Center.
Rosamand, James State: South Carolina Year: 1785 Volume: 6 Page: 305 Class: 1
Rosamond, James State: South Carolina Year: 1787 Volume: 19 Page: 478 Class: 1
[The following information may also relate to James ROSAMOND, whose surname was sometime spelled ROSEMOND.]
Rosemond, James State: South Carolina Year: 1786 Volume: 13 Page: 133 Class: 2
(4) South Carolina Department of Archives and History:
Rosemond, James of Abbeville County, Will Typescript (Mss Will: Estate Record Book 1, Page 329; Estate Packet: Box 80, Pkg 1949) (2 Frames):
WILL OF JAMES ROSEMOND
In the Name of God amen, I James Rosemond of the State of South Carolina and Abbeville County being in a tolerable state of health but Calling to mind the uncertainty of life do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in way and manner following that is to say I will and desire that all my just debts and funeral Charges be paid & satisfied Imprimus I Leave and bequeath to Marry my Loving Wife two Negro Wenches that is one Named Nell and the other Charity and likewise two Negro boys one Named Ralph and the other Sam for her use and for the Maintainence of her and my Children during her Life and Likewise my Wife shall have three horses that is to say my Brown horse and Black Gray & young Bay mare and plantation tools sufficient to work the plantation and Likewise I Leave for her use my whole stock of Cattle Excepting two or three which I allow her to Give to her Son James when she thinks he has ocassion for them and Likewise for the use of my wife and Children I Leave the one half of my hogs & sheep and the other half to be sold and Likewise I Give to my Wife all the household furniture that she thinks she has Occassion for Item I will and desire tha my Son Nathaneil shall have my Negro Smart but that he shall be sold and the money to be put to Interest untill he the sd. Natl. does Come of age and Likewise to my Son Natl I Give and bequeath my part of a tract of nine hundred and forty seven acres of Land Lying in Lawrence County on the Waters of Saluda and Reedy rivers near to where Ruben Piles Esqur now Lives Item to my son Thomas I leave and bequeath my Negro named George Item to my son Benjamin I Leave and bequeath my Negro girl named Jenny Item to my son Samuel I Leave & bequeath my Negro girl named Elon Item to my Daughter Mary I Leave & bequeath my Negro girl named Nancy. Item I Leave and bequeath to my three sons Thomas Benjamin and Samuel the Rest of my Lands to be Equally Devided amongst them to be given to them as they Come of age but the tract I now live on I alow my Wife to have the use of it while she Lives and at her death the Same to be divided as above. Item the Negro fellow Sam that I purchased from George Welded and my Stills and all my other property not above mentioned I desire that they shall be sold at publick Sale to the highest bidder except one horse Calld my young Bay and a saddle which I give to my wifes son James Dahorty Item my will is that at the Death of my Wife the four Negroes that I Leave to her for her Maintainence for Life Shall be Devided amongst my four Sons Nathaniel, Thomas, Benjamin and Samuel in manner following that is to say to my son Nathaniel I Leave and bequeath my Negro wench named Nell and to my son Thomas l Leave and bequeath the Above named aegro girl Named Charity, and to my son Benjamin I Leave & bequeath the above named Ralph and to my son Samuel I Leave and bequeath the above named Negro Sam My two sons Nathneal Thomas if their Negros should have any increase before she comes of age shall make up an equal proportion with one of them selves to my Daughter Mary and if they the sd. wenches should not have any encrease my four Sons shall make up to my Daughter Mary an equal proportion with them selves without exposing any of the the sd Negroes to sale Item my will and Desire is that all the monies arising from the sale of the above mentioned after paying all my just Debts shall be equally Devided between my wife and four sons and a horse and saddle to my Daughter Mary besides her equal share with the rest and I do hereby Constitute and ordain this my last will and Testament and desire it to be Received by all as such and I do hereby make & Disanul all former Wills and testaments by me made or ordained and I do Constitute and ordain Samuel Rosemond and James Watts Executors and mary my Wife executrix of this my last will and testament Given under my hand and sealed with my seal this fifteenth day of July A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety five.
James Rosemond (seal)
Signed sealed in presence of
Jas. Watts Wm Norwood Robert Ingram
Recorded in Will Book 1 Page 329 Box 80 Pkg 1949 Proven July 10th 1806 Recorded date not available A. Banton O.A.D.
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Born ca 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia. James died in Abbeville District, SC bef 10 Jul 1806, he was 52. Occupation: Farmer. [11]James served in the Revolutionary War in the Ninety-Six District before and after the fall of Charleston. The Siege of Charleston occurred in 1790 by the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton. James furnished 150 lbs. of pork to the militia in 1782. He obtained land grants as a result of his service in the war. An abstract of his service in the Revolutionary War is on file at the Historical Commission in South Carolina. James may have been married to a Dorothy/Norah Hodges (daughter or John Hodges and Elizabeth ?) prior to marrying Mary Daugherty. No one has been able to find any record of this. Barbara Morgan lists a Lettice Jones as a possibility for James’ first wife. Much depends on when his first wife died, and the date he married Mary. In the first national census in 1790, James, his brother Samuel, and his mother Sarah were the only Rosamond Heads of Household listed in South Carolina. From info received from Ruth: “The census listing shows him as living in the Ninety-Six District 1 male & 1 female age 40-50, 2 males under 16 years and 9 slaves.” This can’t be the 1790 census data as that census didn’t break down the ages except the males, and that only younger and older than 16. Also, there is no 40-50 age group for the 1800 census. This breakdown didn’t occur until at least 1830, so where did this data come from? A trans”Polly”cribed copy of his will is located in the SC Archives in Columbia, SC. A copy also appears on a separate page within this web site. James’ will was recorded in Abbeville County, 10 July 1806. He and his brother Samuel are mentioned in their sister Jean Rosamond’s will. From “Mississippi Ancestors” “ROSAMOND, James, Soldier, S.C., b. Abbeville, S.C., d. aft 8 June 1805, Abbeville, S.C., m ca 1778-79, wf Mary Dohorty, Abbeville, S.C., d aft 15 July 1795; ch, Thomas (Rev.), b 1788, Abbeville Dist., S.C., d. prob Jan 1862 Yalobusha Co., Miss., m Elizabeth A. Williams, ca 1820-21, b 20 Apr 1805, Kershaw Dist., S.C., d 23 Apr 1857, Yalobusha Co., Miss.; Nathaniel, b ca 1786, m (1) Mary Lighon, (2) Amy Powell; Benjamin, b ca 1784; Samuel b ca 1782; Mary, b ca 1780. ca 1778 when James was 24, he first married Lettice ?, F. Born ca 1757. Lettice died ca 1793, she was 36. The big question is who was James’ first wife???? One record shows her as Lettice, others speculate that she was Dorothy Hodges, sister to Sarah and Richard Hodges who married Samuel and Sarah F. Rosamond respectively, and some still believe it could be Mary Doherty (Daugherty), although that now seems very unlikely. If her name was Lettice, she might have been a Jones. Alternate spellings for Lettice – Letice, Letitia, Lettitia, Leticia, Letticia, … They had the following children:
i. Mary, R255, F. Born ca 1780. 1820 Census of Abbeville County shows a Mary Rosamond over 45 years old as a Head of Household with no one else living with her. This is probably her as she is right next door to James’ sons Samuel and Benajmin, and only 11 houses away from Nathaniel Jones Rosamond.
22 ii. Nathaniel Jones, M (ca1784-ca1840)
23 iii. Thomas A., M (1787-1861)
24 iv. Benjamin, M (1790-1870)
53 viii. Nancy Narcissus, F (1828-1921)
================================ James served in the Revolutionary War in the Ninety-Six Districtbefore and after the fall of Charleston. The Siege of Charlestonoccurrend in 1790 by the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.James furnished 150 lbs. of pork to the militia in 1782. Heobtained land grants as a result of his service in the war. Anabstract of his service in the Revolutionary War is on file atthe Historical Commission in South Carolina.
James may have been married to a Dorothy/Norah Hodges (daughteror John Hodges and Elizabeth ?) prior to marrying MaryDaugherty. No one has been able to fine any record of this.Barbara Morgan lists a Lettice Jones as a possibility for James’first wife. Much depends on when his first wife died, and thedate he married Mary.
In the first national census in 1790, James, his brother Samuel,and his mother Sarah were the only Rosamond Heads of Householdlisted in South Carolina. The census listing shows as living inthe Ninety-Six District 1 male & 1 female age 40-50, 2 malesunder 16 years and 9 slaves.
A transcripted copy of his will is located in the SC Archives inColumbia, SC. A copy also appears on a separate page withinthis web site.
He and his brother Samuel are mentioned in their sister JeanRosamond’s will. Sources: 1.Type: Book Author: Bobby Gilmer Moss Periodical: Roster of SC Patriots in the American Revolution 2.Text: Absract of Revolutionary War account, Historical Commission,South Carolina 3.Text: South Carolina Roster of American Revolutionary War Patriots 4.Text: Will of James Rosamond, SC Archives, Columbia, SC 5.Type: Census Place: Ninety-Six District, South Carolina
A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA (Soldier). DAR Ancestor # A097617
James Rosamond BIRTH 1754 Virginia, USA DEATH 1806 (aged 51–52) Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: burial location unknown MEMORIAL ID 132721473 · View Source
MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 1 James was married twice. First to Lettice Tillman about 1778 and from this union had the following children: Nathaniel, Thomas, Benjamin, Samuel and Mary. After Lettice’s death, he secondly married Mary, widow of Daugherty after October 1795 when her husband died. They only had one child from this union. The son, James mentioned in his will was his second wife’s son from her first marriage.
(special thanks to Karyl Lee Rodabough for the following info) James’ birth was between 1750 and 1760 when John and Sarah were still in Virginia.
James Rosamond, R255, M. Born ca 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia. James died in Abbeville District, SC bef 10 Jul 1806, he was about 52. Occupation: Farmer.
James served in the Revolutionary War in the Ninety-Six District before a nd after the fall of Charleston. The Siege of Charleston occurred in 1780 by the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton. James furnished 150 lbs. of pork to the militia in 1782. He obtained land grants as a result of his service in the war. An abstract of his service in the Revolutionary War is on file at the Historical Commission in South Carolina.
In the first national census in 1790, James, his brother Samuel, and his m other Sarah were the only Rosamond Heads of Household listed in South Carolina.
He and his brother Samuel are mentioned in their sister Jean Rosamond’s will.
Marriage date to Mary Daugherty is based on the approximate date of death of her first husband around October 1795.
1800 Census Abbeville SC Name: James Rosemond County: Abbeville State: South Carolina Free White Males Under 10: 1 Free White Males – Benjamin 10 to 15: 2 Free White Males – Samuel E., Thomas A. 16 to 25: 1 Free White Males – Nathaniel Jones «b»45 and Over : 1 – James «/b»Free White Females – ) «b»45 and Over : 1 («/b»Mary (Doherty Number of Slaves: 9 Per: Emma A. Maughan
Family Members Spouse Lettice Tillman Rosamond 1757–1793
Children Mary Elizabeth Rosamond Pyles unknown–1852
My grandmother, Mary Magdalene Rosamond, was appalled when her husband wanted her German daughters to be associated with Hillbillies. Mary’s Wieneke ancestors had fled Bismark’s Kulturekumpf as members of the Order of Saint Francis. Looks like Royal Rosamond got his way when he named his second born daughter, Bertha Mae. Royal’s mother, was Ida Louisiana Rose. Here are some more names from down in the Delta that sound like women out of Lil Abner.
Lillie Mae Rosamond Anna May Rosamond Lola Mae Rosamond Eva Mae Rosamond (1902 – 1973)
Born in Choctaw, Mississippi, USA on 29 Dec 1902 to Wade Hampton Rosamond and Lillie Mae Rosamond. Eva Mae married Tommy Jefferson Ray and had 4 children. She passed away on 18 May 1973 in Bossier City, Bossier, Louisiana, USA.
At Island Park I beheld a long-legged beauty in cut-offs walking my way. She almost was a double for Rena, whom I compared to Moonbeam McSwine. When I went in front of the stage to do my Nazarite Charismatic Mojo, I saw her smiling in the front row. I almost asked her to dance, but, then my dream would be over, because I would have to die.
Did it ever occur to anyone the Lord wanted Moses to live forever? Yes…….Jesus got it, the riddle.
What even my liberal friends can not understand – because they are jealous – there are original roots to the most enduring things – a Genesis! Most of them fuckable redneck cowgirls for Jesus, are poured into the mold of the Rosamond Women – the Roses of the World!
Oprah Winfrey and the Rosamond Family Roots in Kosciusko
Oprah Winfrey and the Rosamond Family Roots in Kosciusko (Images: Sleeping Beauty. Oprah Winfrey. Grave of James Rosamond in Kosciusko, recenlty cleared of briar and weeds by my kinfolf who take lunch) When this Democracy was born, it was half-born, and not fully awake. This was because black folks were still slaves, and neither they, nor women, owned the right to vote. Today, I discovered Oprah Winfrey has her roots in the same ground the Rosamond family have theirs, in Kosciusko Mississippi. Is it possible that the Rosamonds owned Oprah’s ancestors, and they worked on the Rosamond plantation? Surely Oprah’s kin knew the Rosamonds who are still living and dying there. I just found another Frances M. Rosamond carrying on the family tradition of naming their children after Frances Marion the “Swamp Fox”.
Kosciusko /ˈkɒziˈɨskoʊ/ is a city in Attala County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,402 at the 2010 census.[1] It is the county seat of Attala County[2]. Kosciusko is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway, northeast of Jackson. It is named for the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth general Tadeusz Kościuszko, who assisted United States military efforts during the American Revolution. However, the Anglicized name of the city omits the “z”. Kosciusko was originally named Red Bud Springs for one of three natural springs that were present in the city. Kosciusko was the home of Magnolia Bible College, and the birthplace for several notable people, including Oprah Winfrey and James Meredith.
Mrs. Mary Lou Rosamond, 81, of Kosciusko passed away Monday, September 10, 2012 in Winona, MS. Services will be held at 11 am Thursday, September 13 at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Community Full Gospel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 – 8 pm on Wednesday. Pallbearers will be Brian Norwood, Michael Rosamond, Dickie Leach, Larry Sanders, Jr., Cooter Tomkins, Eric Rosamond, Tyler Norwood and Justin Self. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mrs. Rosamond’s Grandchildren. Rev. Duran “Buster” Palmertree will officiate the services. Mrs. Rosamond was a member of Community Full Gospel Church. She was a homemaker and retired from Garan, Inc. and the Hoisery Mill.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Sadie Smith. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, John Rosamond; daughters, Joyce Norwood and Kathy Carver both of Kosciusko; sons, Don (Pat) Rosamond, Weis (Debbie) Rosamond, Bruce Rosamond all of Kosciusko; sister, Johnnie Westerfield of Florence; brother Jack Smith of Florence; 13 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Lillie Mae Rosamond (78 – 1918) 17,381 Family Trees Born in Mississippi, USA on 78 to Thomas Newton Rosamond and Nancy L Bowie. Lillie Mae married Wade Hampton Rosamond and had In looking at my Rosamond kinfolk’s names, and the list of books my grandfather, the humorist, authored, I realized I was beholding Al Capp’s Hillbilly people – the Real McCoys. Was Royal aware of the Lil Abner comic strip that was syndicated in newspapers all over America? Then it dawned on me, Rena Christiansen was a real Daisy Mae, and Moonbeam McSwine, driving out from Grand Island Nebraska with her twenty six year old boyfriend to Los Angeles, perhaps to get discovered, or, become a model.
I then went looking for the description of Ravola of Thunder Mountain in Royal’s book dedicated to his second born daughter, Bertha Mae Rosamond
“Yes, she would make a great actress, But we must not think of spoiling her with sham. How sweet she is in just being her, her American Frontier self, let me say. Of the wild flowers I’d call her India Paint brush, and equally as brilliant.
I have described Rena Christian as a Great American Midwest Beauty, the epitome of what America truly is, not a screeching bald eagle, but a beautiful Farm Girl Temptress, that sprout like healthy corn so that Midwest Men may obey God’s first commandment, “Be fruitful and multiply!”
I was fascinated with how Rena grew up, she living with her grandmother apart from her three beautiful sisters who became models. I considered Royal’s four beautiful daughters, and the name Rosamond that can be taken by a man married to a woman named Rose. If Rena had agreed to marry me, she would own the name Irene Rosamond. What was her middle name? The original Daisy Mae had dark chestnut hair.
Rena told me she was tall and knocked kneed, not pretty when she was thirteen, but shwn she turned fourteen, she was – The Death. She suddenly had power over men – of all ages. She noticed married men were taking long peeks at her especially when she went swimming in the Platt River. Rena nurtured this power,and un;eashed it upon me as she came gliding out of that darkened doorway at three A.M. in the morning, she stranded, homeless, and afraid, thus she sought the upper hand. And it hit me like a blast of cosmic fire, she looking down on me like a superior being – that could not be from this world – for I never beheld such a stunning creature. I had to look away, for just a second, just to compose myself, just to find, me. Her beauty was that overpowering.
Four days later, I was exhausted by this Beauty. And thus by a waterfall on Mount Tamalpias, I surrender.
“I give up!”
Safely on hither side, I tell Rena she is my Muse. I now wonder if she was my granfather’s Muse – as well as my sister’s. The Great American Muse?
Jon Presco
Copyright 2011
Beulah Loufloye Rosamond was born 12 Jun 1919 in Lurton, Arkansas, and died 15 Jan 1996 in Leach, Oklahoma. Edna Alienne Rosamond was born 21 May 1922 in Lurton, Arkansas, and died May 1980 in Lawndale, California. Wynona Maxine Rosamond was born 14 Oct 1927 in Lurton, Arkansas, and died 5 Aug 1997 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Shirley Rosamond. Edward Madison Jr. Rosamond. Gladys Mae Rosamond.
Exert from Ravola of Thunder Mountain by Royal Reuben Rosamond.
I met her in Eminence this morning. I never beheld another such being. She is like the beautiful notes of an organ with all the stops subdued. You see by this that the very implication of her is wonderful. She’ll stand fully six feet tall in her bare heels and this means that, in high heals, she can pick up a shingle and mend leak in most Ozark cabins. She can look down on most men. Her figure if that of a model, rivaling even the dreams, I vow, of the artists of ancient Greece. Her perfect body needs no no adornment in exquisite , clinging garments. Her features have class; her complexion is pink and healthful, her air of grandeur is almost appalling, cowing most men with her sheer superiority. Her eyes large and luminous, deep chestnut, are thrilling, but not come hither. Those great and beautiful orbs seem seem to be a lover’s moon rising over the horizon of her lower lashes. Yes she is temptation, her generous lips and full mouth the last straw to break a mans resistance, She’s exotic and provocative in the same wondrous breath, made but for the arms of a man, made to love and be loved. Have I describe her?
“Temporary easement and agreement between Frances M. Rosamond and the Attala County Board of Supervisors.” Oprah backed Obama, and today, he just cruised to victory in the Mississippi primary I believe this Democracy is having an awakening like the kingdom of Princess Rosamond a.k.a ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Both Oprah and my late sister, Christine Rosamond, are victims of incest. Christina did a painting of four young black girls, titled ‘Lena and her Sisters’. Lena was our nanny, she our surogate mother when Rosemary began to work after the divorce. Lena would take Christine home with her to meet and be with her sisters because Rosamary was not paying her eldest daugter enough attention. We see these sisters captured at the Rosamond gallery. This image was one of four in a family partnership funded with Melba’s legacy she intended for her grandchildren. http://www.rosamond.com/ When Stacey Pierrot’s ghost writer asked me contribute to Peirrot’s biography of Christine, I asked what became of the family prints. In a e-mail she assured me she had nothing to do with them, and was not selling them. She lied, because my good freind Mark Gall, and his sister had taken a photo of the gallery and inside was the lithograph of the beautiful sisters who brought us calm after the storm. All four Presco children loved Lena. When I met my daughter for the first time, she suggested we tell Oprah the story of our miracle. I sent Oprah an e-mail, but she never responded. “Many a long year afterwards there came a King’s son into that country, and heard an old man tell how there should be a castle standing behind the hedge of thorns, and that there a beautiful enchanted Princess named Rosamond had slept for a hundred years, and with her the King and Queen, and the whole court.” Jon Presco Copyright 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosamondgenealogy/misstrip.ht m Sure enough, they both knew where it was. David lead us to it, and he lead us to the few graves on Mulberry Creek that mark the original site of the church that was organized in 1826. Talk about luck! This was so exciting!!! We were so lucky to have ran into these two gentleman.These graves are right along a paved road in the woods (I mean, the stones are right along the road). This cemetery is in bad shape. No one is taking care of it. It is over grown in weeds, trees and with poison oak and ivy everywhere. David, Mark and I ventured out into the cemetery a little ways. Couldn’t go to each stone because the poison oak & ivy is soooo thick. Then round about that place there grew a hedge of thorns thicker every year, until at last the whole castle was hidden from view, and nothing of it could be seen but the vane on the roof. And a rumor went abroad in all that country of the beautiful sleeping Rosamond, for so was the Princess called; and from time to time many Kings’ sons came and tried to force their way through the hedge; but it was impossible for them to do so, for the thorns held fast together like strong hands, and the young men were caught by them, and not being able to get free, there died a lamentable death http://tinyurl.com/5l6hz
In the western portion of Mississippi’s Pines Region near the center of the Natchez Trace is Kosciusko, Mississippi, the birthplace of Oprah Winfrey. In a region characterized by antebellum mansions, magnolias, riverboat calliope, collard greens, cornbread and stock car races, Kosciusko celebrates its Indian heritage, culture and its most famous native daughter. Kosciusko is a recommended top on Mississippi’s Natchez Trace tour.
Oprah Celebrated Oprah Winfrey is celebrated by the designation of Oprah Winfrey Road, which runs past her birth site, the cemetary where her relative a buried and the church she attended as a child. Known for her philanthropic endeavors, Oprah has not overlooked Kosciusko. In September 2006, The Oprah Winfrey Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko was opened. This 52,000 square foot facility includes a computer lab, gymnasium, and an after school program. Oscar Marion was the servant of General Francis Marion (1732-1795), the legendary “Swamp Fox.” In December of 2006, Oscar Marion was recognized as an “African American Patriot” in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, and a proclamation signed by President George W. Bush expressed the appreciation of a “grateful nation” for Oscar Marion’s “devoted and selfless consecration to the service of our country in the Armed Forces of the United States.”[1]
Temporary easement and agreement between Frances M. Rosamond and the Attala County Board of Supervisors.
Diane was one of our research cousins, and she recently passed away. She provided me with a lot of the information in the charts on the descendants of Jasper Tilman Rosamond in Arkansas, the brother of my great-grandfather Marion Francis Rosamond. May 16, 2007OBITUARY
Raymond Rosamond
LEXINGTON, Mississippi (STPNS) — Died: Tuesday, May 08, 2007Age: 84Raymond Rosamond, Sr., 84, a farmer, carpenter, and general store operator, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at his home in Kosciusko. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at New Salem Baptist Church in Carmack, MS with burial in the New Salem Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko handled the arrangements.He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. During his service, he participated in the Pacific Theater earning the rank of Sergeant and a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was a lifetime member of American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Rosamond was a member of the New Salem Baptist Church.
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/content/view/24307/ Orprah’s ancestors 15. Amanda WINTERS was born on 13 January 1874 in Mississippi and died on 1 October 1944 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. She is buried with her second husband, Charley Bullock, in Buffalo Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. Nelson PRESLEY and Amanda WINTERS married on 22 March 1893 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi and had the following children:i. Oscar PRESLEY was born about June 1895 in Mississippi. He married Mabel Hasley. ii. Harvey PRESLEY was born about November 1896 in Mississippi. He married Katie Bullock. iii. Georgia PRESLEY was born about May 1898 in Mississippi and most likely died prior to 1910. 7. iv. Hattie Mae PRESLEY v. Emora PRESLEY was born about 1904 in Mississippi and married James H. Hasley. vi. Isaac PRESLEY was born about 1906 in Mississippi. vii. Ida PRESLEY was born on 2 May 1907 in Mississippi and died on 21 September 1975. She married McKinley Carr. viii. Katie Willie PRESLEY was born about 1909 in Mississippi.
· Name: William Addison ROSAMOND · Surname: Rosamond · Given Name: William Addison · Sex: M · Birth: 17 Sep 1819 in Abbeville District, SC · Death: 29 Nov 1900 in Weldon, Houston County, Texas · Burial: Weldon, Houston County, Texas · _UID: 35F634475BFDD511920DBCD0308C862D7E3B · Occupation: Mill Operator · Change Date: 30 Dec 2001 at 00:00:00Father: Benjamin ROSAMOND b: 1790 in , Greenwood Co., SC Mother: Susannah HILLMarriage 1 Martha Canzada COLEMAN b: ABT. 1828 in South Carolina Married: in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi Children Susan J. ROSAMOND b: ABT. 1849 in Mississippi Benjamin H. ROSAMOND b: 11 Nov 1852 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi Martha ROSAMOND b: ABT. 1855 in Mississippi Enoch R. ROSAMOND b: ABT. 1856 in Mississippi William E. (Bill) ROSAMOND b: Dec 1856 in Mississippi James E. ROSAMOND b: Apr 1859 in Mississippi Joseph Absolum ROSAMOND b: 14 Apr 1862 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi Minnie (Millie?) ROSAMOND b: AFT. 1866 in Texas John Newell ROSAMOND b: Sep 1867 in Mississippi Jonas Lever ROSAMOND b: 14 Feb 1870 in Arkansas
Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in 1954 in rural Mississippi, the child of a love affair between Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee. Her parents never married, and Oprah spent much of her youth being shuttled between various relatives. From her troubled childhood, Oprah Winfrey has grown into a household name, achieving success as a talk show host, actress, producer, publisher, and activist.
First Generation: 1. Oprah Gail WINFREY was born on 29 Jan 1954 on in the small town of Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi to Vernon WINFREY and Vernita LEE. Shortly after her birth, her mother Vernita moved north to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and young Oprah was left in the care of her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee. At age six, Oprah left Mississippi to join her mother in Milwaukee. After several troubling, neglected years with her mother and half-siblings, Oprah moved again at the age of 14 to join her father in Nashville, Tennessee.
Second Generation (Parents):
2. Vernon WINFREY was born in 1933 in Mississippi. 3. Vernita LEE was born in 1935 in Mississippi. Vernon WINFREY and Vernita LEE were never married and their only child was Oprah Winfrey: 1 i. Oprah Gail WINFREY Third Generation (Grandparents): 4. Elmore E. WINFREY was born 12 March 1901 in Poplar Creek, Montgomery County, Michigan and died on 15 October 1988 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi 5. Beatrice WOODS was born on 18 February 1902 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi and died on 1 December 1999 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. Elmore WINFREY and Beatrice WOODS married on 10 June 1925 in Carroll County, Mississippi, and they had the following children: i. Lee W. WINFREY ii. Brister WINFREY iii. Marie WINFREY 2. iv. Vernon WINFREY 6. Earlist LEE was born about June 1892 in Mississippi and died in 1959 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. 7. Hattie Mae PRESLEY was born about April 1900 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi and died on 27 Feb 1963 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. Earlist LEE and Hattie Mae PRESLEY were married about 1918 and had the following children: i. Susie LEE was born about 1920. ii. Hal LEE was born about 1922. iii. Willis S. LEE was born about 1925. iv. Hubert LEE was born about 1928. 3. v. Vernita LEE
Kosciusko is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway, northeast of Jackson. It is named for the Polish general Tadeusz Kociuszko, who assisted United States military efforts during the American Revolution
The emblem worn by the Swan Brethren depicts a a rose, or lily, amongst thorns. At the root of the rose is the Latin word SICUT which is the first word from a line from Song of Songs. 2:2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Sicut lilium inter spinas sic amica mea inter filias
“Then round about that place there grew a hedge of thorns thicker every year, until at last the whole castle was hidden from view, and nothing of it could be seen but the vane on the roof. And a rumor went abroad in all that country of the beautiful sleeping Rosamond, for so was the Princess called; and from time to time many Kings’ sons came and tried to force their way through the hedge; but it was impossible for them to do so, for the thorns held fast together like strong hands, and the young men were caught by them, and not being able to get free, there died a lamentable death.Many a long year afterwards there came a King’s son into that country, and heard an old man tell how there should be a castle standing behind the hedge of thorns, and that there a beautiful enchanted Princess named Rosamond had slept for a hundred years, and with her the King and Queen, and the whole court. The old man had been told by his grandfather that many Kings’ sons had sought to pass the thorn-hedge, but had been caught and pierced by the thorns, and had died a miserable death. Then said the young man, “Nevertheless, I do not fear to try; I shall win through and see the lovely Rosamond.” The good old man tried to dissuade him, but he would not listen to his words. “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty “In May of 1999, a group of the Rosamond Cousins researching the history of the family met in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. Those attending this gathering and their direct Rosamond descent are shown on the List of Attendees. The reunion had as it’s purpose, a clean up of the Rosamond-Sweeney Cemetery located on the site of one of the Rosamond Plantations in the mid-1800s. This property is now owned by the Buford family. As I understand it, the old cemetery was rediscovered by one of the Bufords who was exploring the wooded portions of their property
The next day the cousins visited the Rosamond-Sweeney Cemetery. A large stone (pictured at the left), was that of James Rosamond. This stone was sitting alone toward what I will define as the back of the small cemetery. Most of the other stones formed two rows across the front of the cemetery. None of these stones bore the Rosamond name, but all the names were known to be related to the Rosamonds in some manner. The cousins used metal prods to try and find additional stones that might have been buried during the intervening years, but only a few foot stones were found. These were all located by Michelle Smith, the only teenager accompanying the group through all it’s activities. Many of the stones were put back in place, and propped up as well as they could be.
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