After writing a post about Will Jenkins, I decided to look for the post where I introduced Uncle Levi Jenkins and shared a map of Pike County. All I did was take a screencap from Google Maps and did a basic photoshop job.
At some point after the 1900 US Census Tom, Will, and Monroe (whom I've yet to find any documented evidence of) had some kind of problem in Holmesville. Let's say that these young men had some issues with a white person down there and that spelled a lot of trouble for a Black person.
In that post it was important for me to show Pike County, MISS. If you look to the east or the right hand side of the map below near the middle you will see a place called Holmesville. I made sure to draw attention to it by underlining it and another city - McComb - which is known to have a presence of Jenkins.
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| Pike County, MISS |
It seems something very important happened in Holmesville and it led to Tom and his brother Will leaving home for another part of Mississippi. And I learned they left this part of Mississippi with another man, Monroe.
Not much is known about Monroe. Is he a brother or is he a cousin to Tom & Will? Him being a brother comes from a descendant of Uncle JayGou, however, the possibility of Monroe being a cousin comes from one of my uncles. Have to do more digging to prove the relationship of Monroe to Tom & Will Jenkins.
At some point after the 1900 US Census Tom, Will, and Monroe (whom I've yet to find any documented evidence of) had some kind of problem in Holmesville. Let's say that these young men had some issues with a white person down there and that spelled a lot of trouble for a Black person.
As a result of that problem Tom, Will and Monroe left Pike County and headed up north settling in Bolivar County. Both Tom and Will eventually married in Bolivar County and eventually they bought some land together near Mound Bayou, MISS. My grandfather was ultimately born in Shelby, MISS in August 1909.
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| Bolivar County, MISS |
What happened to Monroe? According to a descendant of Uncle JayGou, Monroe possibly took ill at some point after his arrival in Bolivar County and died young. However, I have found some evidence of a Monroe Jenkins who had a family in Bolivar County just as Tom and Will grew their families. Sooner or later I will share my findings although is this the Monroe I'm looking for?
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| Monroe Jenkins |
Also I found out about a family bible (my maternal folks also had a family bible). However this Jenkins family which is said to have Jenkins cousins and [Mama Georgia] Johnson cousins was lost in a fire in a house on Tom Jenkins' land back during the 1960s. It's a lost treasure, though it's great to be able to share the information on this lineage and trace as many of the relationships as possible.