If anyone has kept the first two digests for this list--will you please forward them to Rod Bush at:

rodbush@earthlink.net. Thank you!

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 3

Today's Topics

#1 ReMs' Wiese Cemetery Records of G [s s <c.davis1@juno.com>]

#2 Greene County History Books ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

#3 PEEBLES, BAILEY, WEATHERSPOON, SIM [Dash400M@aol.com]

#4 HALE family marriages, c1838 ["Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmai]

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X-Message #1

Date Wed, 10 Mar 1999 141109 -0500

From s s <c.davis1@juno.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Message-ID <19990310.141128.13574.2.C.Davis1@juno.com>

Subject ReMs' Wiese Cemetery Records of Greene County Please, send more information on Ms' Wiese Cemetery Records of Greene County. I am looking to purchase such a book. What time period does it cover?
I am interested in cemeteries near Eutaw that include afro-americans. I am looking for Wesley Hill, Pearson's and Belton's.  Thanks. - C.Davis c.davis1@juno.com

X-Message #2

Date Wed, 10 Mar 1999 200426 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Greene County History Books

There have beensome requests for the history books of Greene County. Here are the ones that I know about:

Marshall/Wiese - CEMETERY RECORDS - not a complete listing of the cemeteries that are in Greene County.There are a few records scattered throughout the ALABAMA RECORDS books by Gandrud but again these listings are not complete. A GOODLY HERITAGE - More history of the county than family history. Some of the older families have more information.

There is a cemetery listing in book form for New Hope Presbyterian Church at Knoxville. Has a history of the church plus a plotting of the graves.  The index gives the name of the person and a grave number which is the location of the grave in the cemetery.

Hunting for Bears is a listing of marriages but is not really complete. This is a listing of marriage records for Greene County.

Ophelia Morrow Phillips did a book called MORROW COUSINS. Well done and has good information on the families that she traced. Some of the families included are MORROW, PHILLIPS, JENNINGS, THORNTON.

We are in the process of writing a history book for the county that is to have many families and other topics of interest. We need your input.

Thank you. Sybil N. Phillips

X-Message #3

Date Wed, 10 Mar 1999 215422 EST

From Dash400M@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject PEEBLES, BAILEY, WEATHERSPOON, SIMS, MILLER

Hello, Fellow Researchers,

I would like to know if anyone is researching any of the following surnames in Greene County PEEBLES, BAILEY, WEATHERSPOON, SIMS and MILLER. I have varying degrees of information on each. Thanks!

Daphne

X-Message #4

Date Thu, 11 Mar 1999 074412 CST

From "Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmail.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject HALE family marriages, c1838

I noticed that Mary Elizabeth HALE m. Thomas Jefferson HAMMOND on  21 Jun 1838 in Greene, AL. Did Mary Elizabeth HALE have a sister named  Rhoda? Does anyone link to this family? I am looking for the family of Rhoda (Roda, Rody) HALE, b, 1825, NC. She and her husband, Kinyard (Kinniard, etc)STRICKLAND, had their first child, George W. STRICKLAND, in Pickens County, AL, 1839. I  assume they were married in 1838/39, but have not found the marriage record. The STRICKLAND family had been in Pickens County since ~1827, so it is more probably than not that the marriage between Roda and Kinyard took place in Alabama and near Pickens County. Information on this family would be greatly appreciated!!

Pollyana Brown

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 4

Today's Topics

#1 Roll Call Weekend begins tomorrow! [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 Churches [Carla Tate <tatelake@jps.net>]

#3 Roll Call [Zelante80@aol.com]

#4 ROLL CALL ["Susan Long" <sml8289@hotmail.com>]

#5 ROLL CALL ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

#6 ROLL CALL [Jannie and Andrew Baker <jhb11@ero]

#7 ROLL CALL [Louis Taunton <kinfindr@explorecom]

#8 HALE COUNTY research & Heritage Bo [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#9 ROLL CALL [MyKithNkin@aol.com]

#10 ROLL CALL ["Susan Long" <sml8289@hotmail.com>]

#11 PASCHAL/MONROE/DUBOIS/RUTHERFORD/A [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 11 Mar 1999 203832 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Roll Call Weekend begins tomorrow!

Hi everyone!

We are now 29 members on this list. Time to start a serious roll call effort here. So gear up, get those surnames ready to go. And please consider adding a quick note as to whether you plan on contributing articles for the Heritage Book series. Who has the earliest pioneer in Greene county for an ancestor on the list? And are there more than two of us researching Hale County? Let's find out!

Elizabeth DuBois Russo

X-Message #2

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 202701 -0800

From Carla Tate <tatelake@jps.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Churches

I am interested in finding out the names of Baptist churches in Boligee around 1880-1910, especially those with cemeteries. My family (BOLTON) lived just south of the Sipsey River on land owned today by Weyerhauser Paper Co. Before the Civil War, there were at least 60 families on a section of land in that area. I am also interested in McKINNEYs, JESSE JONES, MASSEYs, STURDEVANTs, GOODWINS and REEVESes. In the 1840's most of James BOLTON's children began moving to Franklin Co., but 2 children (Mabry and James, Jr.) stayed in present-day Greene County. Mabry's only son died as a young man; his daughters married STURDEVANT and GOODWIN, and I then lost track of them. James BOLTON, Jr. moved to Boligee in 1880. His widowed daughter Rebecca CHILDERS and his grandson John REEVES also lived with the family. I am interested in info on the above families, but would also like info on anyone researching the extreme northern part of Greene Co. just south of the Sipsey River.

Carla Tate

X-Message #3

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 001144 EST

From Zelante80@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject: Roll Call

Hello all!

I am researching the descendants of Henry CAUFIELD (d. 1840 in Greene Co., AL) and Mary CASTLES (d. 1840 in Greene Co., AL). Henry and Mary's children were 1) John CAUFIELD born about 1786 in Northern Ireland. Died March 13, 1854, probably in Mobile, AL. He married Mary BEAR and had John C., Henry G., William Bear, and Mary CAUFIELD. 2) Thomas CAUFIELD was born in 1788 in County Derry, Ireland and died January 12, 1859 in Greene Co., AL. He married Mary Ann WATSON, daughter of George WATSON and Letitia CARSON. Mary Ann was born about 1795 in Ireland and died July 21, 1845 in Greene Co., AL. They had Watson (never married), Mary Jane (left 6 children, of Coryell Co., TX), Henry John (left 7 children, lived in McLennan Co., TX), David George (never married) and Elizabeth CAUFIELD (died unmarried). His descendants probably number in thousands at the present. All but Watson (who was born in Ireland) was born in Greene Co., AL.  3) Sarah CAUFIELD was born in 1790 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland and died in 1856 in Robertson County, TX. She married John Henry FULLERTON brother of William FULLERTON who married Margaret HENRY. John Henry was born about 1785 in Belfast and died November 1843 in Robertson Co., AL. Their children were Mary (married William HENRY Nov 10 1831 in Greene Co., AL), Henry, John (his wife was Isabella WILSON daughter of William WILSON and Margaret HENRY), Isabella (died young, leaving 2 children), William (died in Civil War), Thomas (had three children, his wife was Ann Jane HENRY, daughter of Hugh HENRY and Elizabeth MCMILLAN), and George Hays FULLERTON (left 6 children). The first 3 was born in Ireland, Isabella in SC, and the rest in Greene Co., AL. 4) Henry CAUFIELD Jr. was born in 1793 in Ireland and died October 16, 1867 in Greene Co., AL. He married Isabella WATSON, sister of Mary Ann WATSON, above. Isabella was born about 1806 in Ireland and died March 15, 1870 in Greene Co., AL. Their children were Thomas (had 2 children), Letitia (married Jeremiah DIAL, died in Arkansas), Elizabeth W. (married Jeremiah HORN, probably never had children), Henry P. (died in Civil War), and William J. CAUFIELD (died in Civil War). All were born in Greene Co., AL. 5) Isabella CAUFIELD was born May 24, 1797 in Ireland and died August 22, 1863 in Wheelock, Robertson, TX. She married James DUNN, son of James DUNN and Ann HAYES. James was born November 21, 1793 in Ireland and died August 27, 1851 in Wheelock, Robertson, TX. They were married May 1, 1817 in Ireland. Their children were Mary Frances (married John Felix ROBERTSON and David Hall LOVE), James III (married Missouri Ruffian MCGARY, they lived in Robertson Co., TX), George Hayes (married Nancy Jane KILLOUGH, had 13 children), and Catherine Anne DUNN (married Josephus CAVITT, and had 12 children). All but Mary (b. Ireland) and James (b. SC) were born in Greene Co., AL. 6) Elizabeth CAUFIELD was born in 1802 in Ireland and died August 14, 1857 in Leon County, TX. She married (1) George JOHNSTON in 1819 in Ireland and (2) John Thomas GRESHAM on May 12, 1836 in Greene Co., AL. George was born in 1801 in Londonderry, Ireland and died October 18, 1832 in Havana, Cuba. Their children were William Bear (who left descendants in KY), Henry George (had 8 children), David G. (apparently never married), John Hayes (a physician, left 4 children), and Robert B. JOHNSTON (had 8 children). John Thomas GRESHAM was born June 4, 1817 in Virginia and died July 15, 1870 in Centreville, Leon, TX. William Bear was born in Ireland, Henry on the ocean from Ireland, and the rest in Greene Co., AL. 7) Mary CAUFIELD was born in 1804 in Ireland and died 1852 probably in Leon Co., TX. She married Robert BEGGS of Ireland. Robert was born in 1803 in Belfast and died in Leon Co., TX. Tehy were married August 14, 1827 in Greene Co., AL. Their children were Henry James, Robert, Nancy (married a SWINDLER), Robert Jr., Mary Jane (Married Henry Samuel ROBINSON, lived in Leon Co., TX), Elizabeth (Married Robert E. HUGHES, lived in Leon Co., TX), Margaret (married A.H. DEAN, lived in Leon Co., TX), Susan, Charlotte (never married), Isabella (married Benjamin F. MITCHELL of Leon Co., TX), William A., and Oscar (married Alice ALEXANDER). All of these children were born in Greene Co., AL. 8) Susan CAUFIELD was born 1808 in Ireland and died 1837 in Greene Co., AL. She married on Jul 19, 1830 in Greene Co., AL to David WATSON, son of George and Letitia (CARSON) WATSON. Their children were Henry George, Mary Ann (who married Jeremiah HORN and d. Leon Co., TX), and Eliza F. WATSON. All born in Greene Co., AL. 9) William CAUFIELD was born 1813 in Ireland and died in Greene Co., AL. Mary CASTLES CAUFIELD had two younger brothers Thomas (died in the 1820's-1830's in Greene Co., AL) and Lorenzo (died in the 1860's in Ireland). Thomas married Mary GREENLEAF (or GREENLEE, GREENLEES) and left four daughters Sarah, Mary, Letitia, and Elizabeth. Most of their descendants live in Newton Co., Mississippi. Lorenzo probably married Nancy COSBY. They supposedly had 16 children but the names of only 8 are known. They were John, Lorenzo Jr., Mary, Letitia (who married Sam CAMPBELL), William (who married Darcus Cotter CAMPBELL, her sister Elizabeth CAMPBELL married Sampson MAWHINNEY), Isabella (who married Micajah or McCager WALLACE), Elizabeth (who married William DUETT in 1841 in Greene Co., AL), and Thomas (who married Eliza HARPER, died in Newark, NJ). Only the descendants of three of these children are accounted for, William, Isabella, and Thomas. William's descendants lived in Leon Co., TX, Isabella's descendants in Newton Co., MS, and Thomas' descendants in Essex Co., NJ. I descend from William Harper CASTLES, son of Thomas and Eliza HARPER CASTLES. I am also working on the HENRY's, BLAKELY's, WATSON's, MCMILLAN's, BEAR's, JOHNSTON's, DUNN's of Greene Co., AL. Thank you,

Jason Coffman Zelante80@aol.com Flagstaff/Scottsdale,AZ

X-Message #4

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 050909 PST

From "Susan Long" <sml8289@hotmail.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ROLL CALL

Hello,

My surnames for Greene County, are STOREY, FRANKLIN, HILBRUN (spelling from family bible - MAYBE HILBURN???), CORK, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS! SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE ALSO IN PICKENS COUNTY. I have the book "The Family Storey" which includes my great grandfather "RUFUS S. STOREY" but little about his family. He was married to a T.F. FRANKLIN 1st (listed in book) and then to a Nancy Jane Hilbrun(sp?) who was my grandfathers mother. I was told by my aunt a few years back that I still had cousins in the area, I even have a picture of cuz; Herman Storey and 3 children dated around 1953-55. Any info appreciated. ALSO, Two of Rufus's siblings married FRANKLIN's and I think Two also married CORK's. Will have to look up again.

Susan (Storey) Long

 X-Message #5

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 073358 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ROLL CALL

Good Morning. My names for Greene County are Phillips, Poole, Jennings, Leatherwood, Hamilton, Hatchett, Edwards, Ellis, Williams, Haygood. Yes, I am very involved with the Heritage Book for Greene County. I do a few limited look-ups for people and when this book is finished, I may do more.

Sybil N. Phillips, Proofreader for book

X-Message #6

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 084421 -0500

From Jannie and Andrew Baker <jhb11@erols.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ROLL CALL

Hi! I am researching the DUNN and McKEOWN family from Boligee. My GGrandfather, Edwin Alexander Dunn was one of a set of triplets born Oct. 9, 1876. The other two brothers were Frank Johnston Dunn and David S. Dunn. There parents were James Alonzo Dunn and Elizabeth Ann McKeown. The family left Alabama and moved to Homeland, FL some time in the 1880s.

X-Message #7

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 095314 -0600

From Louis Taunton <kinfindr@explorecom.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  ROLL CALL

Good Morning.  I am working on the COCKRELL, BURTON, FARRAR Lines that moved into Greene County.Any information appreciated and will exchange. My FARRARS stayed there a short time before moving into Noxubee County, MS. For the first roll call Are the Greene County Leatherwoods the same ones that moved into Winston County, MS with the Hemiters and Woodruffs? If so let me know. Louis

kinfindr@explorecom.net

X-Message #8

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 110927 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject HALE COUNTY research & Heritage Book Information

***********ANNOUNCEMENT********************

Hale County's Deadline for the Heritage Books has been extended to June 30, 1999. Yahoo! For more information, write or call Heritage Books.

Faye Cochran 26499 Alabama Highway 69, Greensboro, AL 36744  334-624-7893

-----------------------------------------------------------

And Hale County *does* have an Historical Society

Kitty Rugg, Secretary

Hale county Historical society

Hale county library

Greensboro, AL 36744

---------------------------------------------------------------

Possible phone contact for the Historical society (But do not call him soon, because he has the flu!!)

Nicholas H. Cobbs

2100 Main Street

Greensboro, AL 36744

334-624-4202 office

---------------------------------------------------------------

Someone who has done family research in Hale County (but may not be able to do research for others--but can possibly point you in the right direction)

Jean Hoggle, 334-624-3255

X-Message #9

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 122145 EST

From MyKithNkin@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ROLL CALL

Hi!

I am new to the list and hope I can make some connections with some new "Cousins". I am researching the HINTON Family. The story goes that there were originally 3 brothers from England that came over in 1622 and have moved from VA all along the eastern seaboard and into the south.....including Greene Co.  I have a transcription of an 1847 will on William Hinton who lived in Greene and Pickens Co, mentioning lands surrounding the Sipsey River. He is buried in Pleasant Hill (Presbyterian Cemetery). He mentions his children and grandchildren. Other names with the Hintons, PASCHAL, GRICE, WILDER, AND GRAHAM. There are also connections to GUICE, KINNISON, MILLSAPS, ADAMS, ALDRIDGE, COTTEN, VAUSE and many others. I am trying to fill in the Alabama connection and if you have a HINTON in your line, I would love to hear from you!

Lisa Cotten, Metairie, LA

X-Message #10

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 094042 PST

From "Susan Long" <sml8289@hotmail.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject: ROLL CALL

Hello,

My surnames for Greene County, are STOREY, FRANKLIN, HILBRUN (spelling from family bible - MAYBE HILBURN???), CORK, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS!, SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE ALSO IN PICKENS COUNTY. I have the book "The Family Storey" which includes my great grandfather "RUFUS S. STOREY" but little about his family. He was married to a T.F. FRANKLIN 1st (listed in book) and then to a Nancy Jane Hilbrun(sp?) who was my grandfathers mother. I was told by my aunt a few years back that I still had cousins in the area, I even have a picture of cuz; Herman Storey and 3 children dated around 1953-55. Any info appreciated. ALSO, Two of Rufus's siblings married FRANKLIN's and I think Two also married CORK's. Will have to look up again.

Susan (Storey) Long

 X-Message #11

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 123835 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject PASCHAL/MONROE/DUBOIS/RUTHERFORD/ATKINSON

Greetings, Lisa!

Here is my PASCHAL connection the DUBOIS line I'm researching Descendants of Emily W. Paschal

1 Emily W. Paschal b 5/19/1811 d 1/18/1881 in Gainesville

.+John Wesley Monroe b 1799 d 12/13/1872 in Eutaw, Alabama

.2 William Oliver Monroe b 7/12/1835 d 5/20/1901 in Eutaw, AL

.....+Sarah Elizabeth Jane DuBois m 12/17/1866 in Greene County b

8/25/1839 in Greensboro, AL d 12/28/1891 in Eutaw, AL

.....3 Jane DuBois Monroe b 4/26/1869 d Bef. 1931

.........+Oliver Rutherford

........4 William Oliver Rutherford b 1902 d 1918

.....3 Louise Perrin Monroe b 1871

.........+George Thomas Atkinson m 12/9/1895 in Eutaw Methodist Church

........4 Wayne Atkinson

.....3 Annie Matt Monroe b 1/16/1873 d 9/2/1884 in Eutaw Cemetery

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 5

Today's Topics

#1 HINTON (?) ["Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmai]

#2 Roll Call Surnames? [AMcLane101@aol.com]

#3 Roll Call [Feistlover@aol.com]

#4 LOCATING THE LIVING [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#5 Johnston, Greenlees, etc ["Elizabeth Chatterjee" <egchatterj]

#6 1846 Voters List ["Elizabeth Chatterjee" <egchatterj]

#7 Re ROLL CALL [Jacques Jolie <ravenya@yahoo.com>]

#8 RE-Hale County Families [Peggy McCray <pmccray@mound.net>]

#9 DUBOIS GRACE ARMSTRONG MONROE LIPS [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#10 McALLISTER AND PATE [mactide1@worldnet.att.net]

#11 GRACE DUBOIS WILLIAMS [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#12 ANNIE MATT MONROE Obit [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#13 REV. JOHN DUBOIS Heritage Book art [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 193132 CST

From "Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmail.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject HINTON (?)

Lisa,

My great-grandfather, b. 1851 in Pickens County, AL, was named Henry Hinton Haywood STRICKLAND. My grandmother (his daughter) told me these names when I was quite young and I remembered them because there  were three names and all H's. No one else in our family remembers about  the Hinton part!! Now I feel "vindicated" but still totally curious as to the HINTON connection. HHH's mother was Rhoda HALE (b. 1825, NC)   whom I asked about a day or so ago. Does any of this connect with your allied lines?

X-Message #2

Date Fri, 12 Mar 1999 223314 EST

From AMcLane101@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  Roll Call Surnames?

It would be nice if folks would put a few prominent surnames on the subject line for this Roll Call. Then, one would not have to open every single posted message. ...just a suggestion that I have seen on other lists.

Annette

Searching HARPER, GREEN(E), LANE, CHAPPELL; SPEED, TARVER, LENNARD/LEONARD, (Nat. Amer.); KROUSE, BESTEDA, AUSTIN, PATRICK; MCLANE/MCLEAN...all found in AL counties.

X-Message #3

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 071041 EST

From Feistlover@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  Roll Call

My surnames from Hale County are Massey, Spence, Bishop.

Judy McKnight

X-Message #4

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 080257 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  LOCATING THE LIVING

I copied this post from Laura's SC list. Given several recent queries, I find it very instructive...

Locating the Living March Issue 1999 Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 113307 +0100

From: "Karl T. and Wendy Mayfield" <mayfieldk@interquest.de>

To:SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com

 Hello Genealogist, and searchers! I admit that for this month I was at a loss in what to post, until....

At the end of this February I had begun a search for my living relations whom lived in South Carolina back in 1993. At least this is what I was lead to believe! What didn't occur to me, was that these relations lived in a border town. (That is to say they lived right on the border of Georgia) Since I did not know this... I pestered everyone on the lists that I subscribed to... And found these living relations! However, this was needless pestering! Here are a few simple steps to alleviate amateur genealogist stress! 1. Obtain a map for the state in which you are researching... These can usually be received from the state's travel office for free. They are glad to pass out this information, and as every genealogist knows maps are invaluable for every day use! (It also makes a great addition to your genealogy records). 2. Nearly 70% of the cities in the United States have web sites that you can visit. These often become useful tools in determining location within the state you are researching. Some also contain interesting genealogical information regarding the town. (Johnsburg IL has information concerning the founder of its city, as well as quotes from his journal) 3. When searching web side for addresses of your living relations, check also nearby states. (I failed to do this, and caused needless searches of those willing to assist me) 4. If you are searching for connected information, such as.... My Great Aunt had died in a place called Windamere Nursing Home.... Searching the web turned up plenty, but none in SC. Some kind people explained that the name I was searching for was spelled wrong. Also, that the Nursing Home was in Georgia. *Don't search for specific's unless you can guarantee that the name you are searching is  correctly spelled. 5. Lastly... Use the information you have been given. If I hadn't had information regarding my Great Aunt's place of residence, and my Uncle's life story, I would not have found my living relation. Try to be as accurate as you can get! A few educated guess's go a long way in helping you find those lost loved ones!

Happy Hunting <<COFFEE CUP RAISED>> With Love Wendy the Ex-debt collector

******************Wendy Mayfield****************************

Author of Locating the Living (A monthly posting on Roots-L) Vist my home page... The Essay and Mrs. Cray

********http//www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/3527 *********

X-Message #5

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 081900 -0600

From "Elizabeth Chatterjee" <egchatterjee@worldnet.att.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Johnston, Greenlees, etc

Hello, my surnames are JOHNSTON, CASTLES, CAUFIELD, GREENLEE, SWILLEY, DUNN, HAYES, MCMILLIANS AND MORE. Since my young cousin Jason has been kind enough to post the Caufield data, I'm posting the Johnston detail. George Johnston (1802 - 1832), married Elizabeth Caufield (1803-1857), County Derry Ireland. They immigrated to the US in 1822 with other Scots Irish families and came in through Charleston, later to come to the Irish Community or Settlement in Boligee, Greene County. They were all members of the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church and many are buried there. George Johnston was a merchant. He developed consumption in Greene County, took a trusted slave with him to Havana Cuba to try and improve his health. He died there is 1832 and slave settled his bills and came back to Alabama with Mr. Johnston's clothes and watch. His sons were William Bear, Henry George, David G., John Hayes, and Robert B. Most of his sons were also merchants. Some moved to Texas and Kentucky. George's widow later married the overseer at the plantation - a man named Gresham and they moved to Leon County TX.  The known brothers of George Johnston were James married to Isabella McMillian, William Bear married to?, David J. married to Isabella Milling.  These families came to Greene County and to Texas in the 1840's.  There were three sons and 1 daughter of Hugh and Isabella McGowin Greenlee who immigrated from County Antrim, Ireland in 1827. They settled first at the Irish Settlement in Greene County and later moved to Sumter. The immigrants were Jane, William, John, and Joseph Greenlees. John was married to Isabella Dickerson in Ireland. William married in Arkansas and Joseph married in Sumter County to 1) Hester Ann Busby and 2) Lear Ann Wiggins. I would like to be in touch with anyone who is related to directly, or indirectly, these families,

Elizabeth Chatterjee, Dallas, TX

X-Message #6

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 084357 -0600

From "Elizabeth Chatterjee" <egchatterjee@worldnet.att.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject 1846 Voters List

Here's a voters list for 1846.

Elizabeth Chatterjee

A LIST OF VOTES TAKEN AT JOHNSTON STORE ON THE 1ST MONDAY IN AUGUST 1846

FOR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY AND TAX COLLECTOR

(Copy of original list supplied by Gale F. Red and transcribed by Elizabeth G. Chatterjee)

1. George Hays Dunn
2. Francis Roundtree
3. James Dixon
4. John Thomas Gresham
5. William Truker
6. Silas W. Alexander Ford
7. Rial Madison Phillips
8. Duncan Hunnicutt
9. Robert Miller Henry
10. Robert Harris Thompson
11. Benjamin Washington Hale
12. Nathan Hooker Hale
13. Richard Potts Johnston
14. William Lucas Watson
15. James Alexander Watson
16. Henry Caufield
17. Richard Fielding Shelton
18. William Mortimer Stuart
19. John Boyd Randall
20. George Kirkpatrik
21. William Riley Ashley
22. James Watson
23. Francis McKeowan
24. Samuel Watson
25. Thomas Jefferson Hammond
26. Robert Beggs
27. Robert Creswell Mahan
28. Samuel Edwin Johnston
29. James Henry
30. Jewitt Hibbard Hale
31. Can't read
32. Watson Caufield
33. James Dunn Young
34. Robert Young Hannah
35. Lamuel Hannah
36. Ebj. Whaley
37. William David Johnston
38. William Mawhinney
39. Thomas Caufield
40. Archibald Hannah
41. Benjamin P. Hunter
42. Thomas Blakely
43. William Bear Johnston
44. Richard Lappring Nott
45. Hillard Means Judge
46. Randell William Stewart
47. Malcom McNair

Signed by Benjamin Porter Hunter and Alexander M. Coleman, clerks

X-Message #7

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 072923 -0800 (PST)

From Jacques Jolie <ravenya@yahoo.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject: Re ROLL CALL

Greetings all,

Greene County Surnames: JOLLY, and by marriage, PEARSON, PIPPEN. We do not know the exact date of my gggf' (Dr Arnold JOLLY) arrival in Greene, but his house is ascribed to 1820. Also researching/writing history of 43 ALABAMA INFANTRY REGIMENT. Company C was recruited from GREENE. Other counties include MARENGO (3 companies), TUSCALOOSA (parts of 4 companies, MOBILE, JEFFERSON, WALKER (parts of 3 companies). (As the regiment was officially established in Mobile, the records do not always show the correct county of enlistment.)  Glad to do roster look-ups, and would appreciate hearing from anyone with information about the regiment. We will be contributing an article for the Heritage book.

Jacques Jolie, St. Leonard, Maryland

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Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 093637 -0600

From Peggy McCray <pmccray@mound.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  RE-Hale County Families

We just recently subscribed to this list. Families that we are researching include the following: AVERETT, BOGGS, CAMPBELL, COOK, DAVIS, HALLMAN, HARTLEY, HOGGLE, HOLLIMAN, KELLEY, KEY, KINARD (KYNARD), McCRAY, MCFARLAND, RICHARDSON, SKELTON, SPENCE, TERRY and WILSON. Information that we have on these families ranges from very little to a lot. Would be happy to share information with anyone that is interested in one of these families.

Larry and Peggy McCray email address: pmccray@mound.net

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Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 122347 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject: DUBOIS GRACE ARMSTRONG MONROE LIPSCOMB SMITH ATKINSON

Researching the following Alabama names GREENE/HALE AUTAUGA MONTGOMERY/JEFFERSON/

MOBILE/TUSCALOOSA Counties: DUBOIS SLATON, GRACE HARRIS ARMSTRONG, ARMSTRONG DOSTER CORY,  MONROE DUBOIS STRODE, LIPSCOMB WILLIAMS SLATON, SMITH LAMAR LELAND, ATKINSON

More about each coming up...

X-Message #10

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 120149 -0600

From mactide1@worldnet.att.net

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  McALLISTER AND PATE

Searching for McAllister family that moved to Greene Co. around 1840. Allen and Rebecca McAllister had 7 children John E. ,21 in Greene Co. 1850 Census; Margaret, 18 in that census; Peter, 17 in that census; Francis, born Greene Co.ca 1835; William A., born ca 1838 in Greene Co. Pussey, born 1845 Jane M., born 1847, Greene or Hale Co. Somebody has to know some of this family! Please help. I will exchange info on them and Pate familys.

Roy in Gardendale, AL

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Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 132937 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject: GRACE DUBOIS WILLIAMS

JOSHUA J.1 GRACE was born 8/13/1836, and died 9/1/1884. He married JUDITH ANN DUBOIS 4/6/1868 in Greensboro, AL, daughter of JOHN DUBOIS and LOUISA WILLIAMS. More About JOSHUA J. GRACE ; Occupation 1 M.D. Occupation 2 Methodist Minister. Notes for JUDITH ANN DUBOIS: "I don't think they had any children--I think perhaps he was a druggist--hence the "Dr."--1955 letter of HHSD: More About JUDITH ANN DUBOIS: Occupation 1885, Taught girls' school, Whistler, AL Residence 1896, Nashville, TN

X-Message #12

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 133452 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ANNIE MATT MONROE Obit

Here is an example of an obit (a four-hankie tear-jerker) from the Eutaw Whig & Observer. No doubt its length and poetry of language is due in no small part to the fact that little Annie Matt (whose mother was a DUBOIS) was the daughter of the newspaper editor. If anyone has an idea of who "J.W.T." is, I'd like to know. What a writer!

Eutaw Whig & ObserverSeptember 4, 1884:
DIED, at the residence of her father in this place, on Monday night, the 1st inst., of typho-malarial fever, ANNIE MATT, daughter of William O. and Jane E. Monroe, in the eleventh year of her age. Her illness was long and trying to the patience, but was borne with the meek and uncomplaining spirit of childhood. As gently as the fleecy cloud melts into the azure of the skies, she passed into the quiet land of silence and rest. Little Annie Matt was a bright and most winsome child. The fair face and lovely young form were typical of the sweet and gentle spirit that beamed in the one and animated all the movements of the other. She was very sprightly in intellect and the buddings of her young mind gave promise of rare excellence in the riper fullness of its powers. Gentle amiable, loving and intensely affectionate in her nature, she blended the graces of mind and heart in such fair and even proportions that, young as she was, she was already fashioned into the symmetry of a rare youthful excellence. Devotion to her family circle was a very striking trait in her character. To the loved ones at home she clung with all the passionate fervor of a warm and most loving heart. In her daily intercourse with her sisters, she was gentleness and kindness personified. A model of filial love and duty to her mother, it was towards her father in particular that her love was most outspoken and gushing. Her bright presence was ever with him in all the meanderings of his home life. With kisses and fond good-byes she dismissed him to the field of his duty and toils and with the same sweet endearments welcomed him back when the labors of the day were closed. Often have we seen the bright little charmer engaged, of her own accord, in helpful little ministries about her father's office, as if she felt that her life was fast blending into one with his even in the fields of manlytoil and duty. Other equally attractive traits and dawnings of personal excellence, began to unfold themselves in the character of this lovely and most promising child. Her loss is a grief to her parents which only those can appreciate into whose hearts a similar arrow has been shot from the quiver of death. Into the sanctuary of their bitter sorrow, even the pen of friendship dares not intrude with the offer of more than heartfelt sympathy for their sad bereavement. Little Annie Matt is not really dead, but only transfigured by death into the form of a higher and diviner life than this. The bright eye is closed upon the scenes of earth, but has opened upon the splendors of a fairer and purer realm.  The warm young heart is still, but the love for the dear ones of home, which glowed in its pulses, still lives and sends back its greetings and remembrance from the heavenly shore. Silent forevermore in the father's house, is the voice of the gentle one that made melody in the circle of home, but it is mingling now with the hallowed refrain of the skies. Her memory, like an aroma of blessed sweetness, will linger in the hearts of those who have lost her in the tenderness of her opening years and shed the fragrance of a consecrating influence amid all the haunts of her brief, but beautiful young life. Not lost, but only gone before; not dead, but living the life that knows no death, is the whispered consolation of that divine philosophy which transmutes the dross of human sorrow into the gold of a heavenly benediction. "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
Sept. 3rd, 1884. J.W.T.

X-Message #13

Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 150106 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject REV. JOHN DUBOIS Heritage Book article

Here is my draft for the Heritage Book on my gggrandfather. Comments welcome. Because he was a pioneer, the article is a full 1510 words.

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John DuBois Inventor, Writer, Minister,  Cotton Gin Maker By Elizabeth DuBois

© 1999 Elizabeth DuBois. All rights reserved.

JOHN DUBOIS (6/28/1798-1/31/1884) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Rev. Peter DuBois and Anne Clarkson (Carne) DuBois. Like his father before him, Rev. John DuBois was a Methodist minister and businessman. He manufactured cotton gins, earning three patents on improvements made to the DuBois Cotton Gin. Married 52 years to the woman he loved deeply, John was also blessed with seven children, including a doctor, two dentists, an inventor and one or more teachers. Among his many descendants and their spouses are counted doctors, lawyers, teachers and preachers, musicians, writers, and several business entrepreneurs. Luckily for his descendants, John was also a gifted and prolific writer of biographical letters and articles, and it is from these that much of his life can be viewed.  In December, 1820, young John, one of ten children, left Charleston to "seek [his] fortune in the famous land of Alabama." Traveling with his friend and future  brother-in-law, Joseph Houck, John camped in the Creek Nation in Georgia for a month. Then, with replenished supplies they  continued, crossing the Alabama River at Washington, then the capital of Autauga County. Thirteen miles further on they reached their destination, the settlement called Dutch Bend. Traveling from Mobile to Autauga County was not easy, but for young men in their early twenties, it was nonetheless an adventure  "We had to bring our supplies from Mobile in the ordinary flat bottom, or pole-boats. This was, as may well be imagined, a task of no ordinary magnitude. To make a trip from Vernon in forty days, required not only favorable conditions of wind and weather, but the constant stroke of the sturdy oarsman....However, the romance and novelty of such a voyage softened many a hardship, and the stirring scenes of busy preparation for departure always found a number of stalwart pioneers ready to share the promised toil and fun of such an  expedition."

By January 1821, John settled in Old Vernon as a boarder at the home of Seaborn Mims, continuing his education by reading books brought in saddlebags by Methodist preachers. In 1822, John experienced a major turning-point in his life while stopping at a brook with a friend after a church camp-meeting at Grave's campground, near Old Vernon. "The Spirit of the Lord descended upon [us] and simultaneously [we were] converted. He dropped the reins of his bridle and yelled like an Indian. The people who had come up got out of their wagons, carriages and buggies, shouting and praising God, and several, as I was told, were savingly converted."  On January 6, 1825, John "consummated the most important engagement of my life" through marriage to Miss Louisa Williams, a niece of General John Archer Elmore. The occasion was made even more special in that it was a double wedding. Joseph Houck, who had accompanied John from Charleston, married Miss Nancy Williams, Louisa's sister. The newlyweds moved to Perry County where the family grew to include five children, although the oldest lived just over one year. John and Louisa's neighbors included their respective parents as neighbors. Next door were Peter and Anne DuBois, and one residence further away was Judith Williams.  By 1834, John and Louisa had relocated to what was then Greene County and John had received his license to preach. Rev. John rose through the ranks of the Methodist church, being ordained Deacon, then Elder in 1841; by then three more children had been born.

In the 1850 Census for Greensborough, John's occupation was "gin maker", with real estate value of $3000. Listed in his household are his wife, his seven children, and ten slaves. From the time of his early adulthood until at least 1860, Rev. DuBois, cotton gin maker, farmer, husband, father­and slave owner­was probably committed first and foremost to mission work "among the Africans." As a boy, he had viewed slaves being treated in an inhumane manner while being unloaded from ships in Charleston. And he had little sympathy for slave traders and speculators who came time and again into Alabama with still more slaves. Rather than becoming a zealous abolitionist, Rev. DuBois, perhaps more effectively, committed to preaching, teaching, and building churches for the slaves as well as their owners. This continued a tradition that John first experienced as a boy in Charleston's Bethel Methodist Church.

It is not clear where John and Louisa were living in 1860. If John and Louisa were absent from the state during the War, it was not to keep their sons out of military service. At least three of the four sons served in the Confederate States Army Dr. Samuel P. DuBois as Captain and Quarter Master of the Louisiana Infantry, Consolidated Crescent Regiment; Dr. Rufus DuBois as Private, Company H, 8th (Hatch's) Alabama Cavalry; and John E. W. DuBois as Sergeant, Company C, 36th Alabama.

By February, 1867, John and Louisa were again living in Greensboro which had just become a part of Hale County. In a letter to his nephew in South Carolina, John wrote of postwar life My family is now in the enjoyment of pretty good health and we send our love to you and yours. Our County has been divided and a new one formed name of "Hale" in honor of Stephen Hale, an eminent Lawyer of Eutaw who fell at the Battle of Gaines Mills. We also find it difficult to get hands enough to work our rich cane Lands though this behaviour in the general is as good as could be expected in the circumstances­ Most of the Planting furnishes every thing as I give the hands one fourth of the produce of the Lands for their share. When wages are given it ranges from 8 to 14 dollars per month and provisions [provide] them with fire wood and Shelter.

By 1870, John, 72, and Louisa, 71, were again living in Greensboro, this time with their daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Thomas Armstrong and their children. John and Louisa spent time in all three of their daughters' homes for extended periods. While living with daughter Sarah Elizabeth and son-in-law William O. Monroe in Eutaw in March, 1877, John lost his wife and a son to unrelated illnesses within days of each other. The magnitude of the loss of his wife is very apparent in this letter to a friend

[I] write first to you, to acquaint you with the departure of my dear, precious wife, Louisa DuBois, which took place on Monday evening, March 19, 1877... [S]he breathed her last as peacefully as a babe falling asleep upon its mother's breast. God, in his mercy to me, has taken her first, as she was better prepared; and I trust it will be a means of grace to me...

In his family Bible that he had kept from the time of his marriage,  John lovingly wrote names and dates of the events concerning his family. But a clipping of the above letter was the last item he placed in this Good Book that had served him so well. On January 31, 1884, while staying with his daughter Judith in Whistler, Alabama, John went to meet Louisa "on the other side of the river."

John and Louisa were buried in the Mesopotamia Cemetery in Eutaw. Until 1955, Rev. John had no gravestone. But Rev. F.S. Moseley of Eutaw wrote of Rev. John's life in a series of articles called "Heroes of the Cross." During his research for this article, Rev. Moseley tracked down descendants of Rev. DuBois and organized a fund for an appropriate monument which was placed on October 21, 1955.

Children of John and Louisa DuBois:
SAMUEL PATTON DUBOIS, (9/15/1827- 3/22/1877), doctor and apothecary;
RUFUS URBANE DUBOIS, (4/18/1829-4/17/1905), dentist;
JOSEPH CORNELIUS DUBOIS, (b. 2/13/1831), dentist and entrepreneur;
JOHN ELMORE WINBOURNE DUBOIS, (10/8/1841- 5/30/1910), teacher and inventor;
JUDITH ANN (DUBOIS) GRACE, (1/28/1833- 1906), teacher; married a doctor;
MARTHA LOUISA (DUBOIS) ARMSTRONG, (11/27/1837-d. 6/18/1906) married a minister;
SARAH ELIZABETH JANE6 (DUBOIS) MONROE, (8/25/1839-12/28/1891) married a minister/editor/teacher.

See separate articles on John DuBois' children and other relatives in the Autauga, Greene, Hale, and Tuscaloosa County,Alabama Heritage Book series.

About the author: Elizabeth DuBois, attorney and writer, is a fourth-generation descendant of John DuBois. Resources Rev. DuBois wrote a series of biographical articles that appeared in the Alabama Christian Advocate in the 1880's. All quotations in this article, unless otherwise noted, are from a collection of his articles published as Necessary Fried Chicken, Elizabeth DuBois, ed., (DuBois Publishing Co., PO Box 332, Weatogue, CT, 06089, 1998).

More on the DuBois Cotton Gin: A family legend asserts that Eli Whitney visited a DuBois plantation where he saw a cotton gin already in operation, and offered to obtain a patent­which he did. However, Eli patented his cotton gin improvements before John DuBois was born. It is possible that Eli did visit a DuBois plantation in SC, and it is also possible that the DuBois family engaged in cotton gin making before John's birth.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 6

Today's Topics

#1 DUBOIS SLATON WALTON WIGHTMAN CSA [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 Roll Call [janet <mountains@cybertron.com>]

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Date Sat, 13 Mar 1999 162754 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject DUBOIS SLATON WALTON WIGHTMAN CSA

Another Heritage Book draft. These are my ggrandparents. Comments welcome.

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Rufus U. DuBois, (3/18/1829-4/17/1905) Pioneer Dentist of Greensboro and Martha Jane (Slaton) DuBois and his (12/27/1838-7/20/1907) Devoted Wife of Forty-Eight Years By Elizabeth DuBois

© 1999 Elizabeth DuBois. All rights reserved.

Rufus Urbane DuBois, son of Rev. John DuBois and Louisa Williams DuBois was born March 18, 1829 in Greensboro, Alabama, where he remained his entire life. On November 11, 1856, he married Martha Jane ("Mattie") Slaton, daughter of John Slaton and Nancy Harris, in Autauga County, Alabama. Among their eight children were a preacher, teachers, a banker, and an engineer.

Although Rufus' family was among the earliest settlers of Alabama, Rufus himself was at least the sixth generation of the DuBois family in the southern United States who had originally come to Carolina by 1696 as French Huguenots. Similarly, Mattie was born in Alabama to early settlers, yet she was a ninth-generation and tenth-generation descendant of at least two Jamestown, Virginia settlers. Dr. DuBois' death "removed one of the oldest land-marks of Methodism in all that country. He was a life long Methodist and Mason, and was a great believer in both." He came by his faith naturally, as both his father and his grandfather were Methodist ministers. Mattie, as well, grew up in a Methodist family; her parents' plantation gave home to at least one minister and his family.

Although his father was largely self-taught, Rufus and his siblings were well-educated. Rufus attended the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and practiced his profession for forty-eight years in Greensboro. He was recognized as being at the head of his profession and was honored by his associates with the presidency of the Dental Association of his State, which place of honor he held for quite a time.

By 1860, Dr. DuBois owned real estate worth $3500, and personal property worth $13,000; 11 slaves are listed for his household.  Neighbors included John Walton and William Wightman for whom Rufus named two sons. In 1862, Rufus was a Justice of the Peace. During the War for Southern Independence, Rufus served in the CSA, Co. H, 8th (Hatch's) Alabama Cavalry which surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama. Rufus was taken as a Prisoner of War on 5/4/1865 and received his parole on 5/14/1865 in Gainesville. Rufus also contributed to the Cause by purchasing Confederate Bonds 3/8/1864 for $2800 at the Depository office at Selma, Alabama.

By the end of the War, Rufus had lost nearly all of his property. By 1870, Mattie owned real estate worth $5000 probably through funds from her mother. Mattie was also given furniture, some of which eventually was sold off in part to educate her children. By the time their youngest son was born in 1878, Rufus and Mattie had reached middle age.   And by the time their youngest child sought to further his education, the parents were impoverished. During whatever adversity they faced, no doubt their faith and their love of music sustained them. According to his youngest son, Rufus organized the first choir in the Greensboro Methodist Church. According to his obituary, Dr. DuBois "was born with a passionate love of music and poetry and was gifted with a fine tenor voice... and for long years he was a leader in the choir of his church. [H]e delighted to play [the flute] from which he brought the soft, sweet notes that seemed to spiritualize his thoughts and feelings...."

Married 48 years, Rufus and Mattie were separated by Rufus' death in 1905; Mattie followed him home two years later. They were buried in Greensboro. Children of Rufus DuBois and Martha Slaton (all born in Greensboro) were:
1. John Walton DuBois, (10/2/1857-5/5/1927); Buried in Greensboro,Alabama. John Walton (known in the family by all as "Bud"), taught small schools, in West Green, Alabama, a rural community, and later in Eutaw city schools where he boarded in the hotel. He was never married.

2. William Wightman DuBois (4/1/1859-1932); See separate listing.

3. George Erwin DuBois, (5/29/1862-1/4/1922); Died in Tuscaloosa; Buried in Greensboro. My brother George Erwin DuBois worked, running a lathe for a long time and boarding with Brother Will. George never married.... He was a fine high character church man [First Methodist Church of Ensley.] "Mr. George E. DuBois died in an infirmary in Tuscaloosa after an illness extending over several years....He... made his home in Ensley, Alabama, where he worked for the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company until his health failed."

4. Nannie Louise DuBois, (5/9/1866-11/20/1933) See separate entry.

5. Rufus Urbane DuBois , Jr., (1871-1911); Buried in Greensboro. "A salesman for a time, but before that lost his right arm in a place where Brother Will worked. Later was killed by a train--no details.  Before that was night policeman in Greensboro."--Letter from HHSDuBois to HLDuBois, c. 1964.

6. Joseph Cornelius DuBois, (1874-1953); Died in Asheville, AL. See separate entry.

7. Martha Jane "Mattie" DuBois, (1876-1942).

"Mattie J. DuBois made a good record in piano in a college near our home. [She] taught some and also took care of our mother for two years. She was never married."­Letter from HHS DuBois, c. 1964.  Mattie lived out her later years in Bryce, an institution in Birmingham. Her brother wrote that her health had been broken by caring for their mother, but it has also been said by family members that a broken heart led to her institutionalization. She was well known for her musical talent in piano, and for her long, thick black hair. She was buried in the family plot in Greensboro.

8. Henry Harris Slaton DuBois, (9/13/1878-10/8/1962). See separate entry.

Resources : Further information on this family is contained in the book, Necessary Fried Chicken, Elizabeth DuBois, ed., (DuBois Publishing Co., PO Box 332, Weatogue, CT, 06089, 1998)

1850 Census, Autauga County

Alabama Christian Advocate, 10/10/1907

Alabama Christian Advocate, 6/6/1905

Hale Co, AL 1870 Census-- dated 6/20/1870; Greensboro, p. 28 #380

Letters of Henry Harris Slaton DuBois

Greensboro Watchman, January 12, 1922

More about Martha Slaton DuBois

The Slaton family was quite prominent. Mattie's brother, Maj. William F. Slaton, CSA, became the Superintendent of Schools for Atlanta and was a founder of Auburn College. Her nephew, John Marshall Slaton, was governor of Georgia who life was written about in John F. Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage" and was portrayed by actor Jack Lemmon in the movie, "The Murder of Mary Phagan" Another Slaton descendant was a Methodist Bishop and a founder of Southern Methodist University.

See also:Articles on John DuBois and Louisa Williams DuBois in the Autauga, Greene, and Hale County Heritage Books.

Articles on John Slaton and Nancy Harris Slaton in the Autauga County Heritage Book series.

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Date Sun, 14 Mar 1999 203118 -0600

From janet <mountains@cybertron.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Roll Call

HI

I am researching the name CLEMENTS & COOK, from Hale Co. along with my other names YEAGER<HORN<EDMUNDS<DEASON<from Bibb Co. Arisula Parazeta Clements(Have also seen her listed as Susan, Perry Etta) married Jackson Lafayette Cook. her father was Luellon Clements married to Frances Cook, Jackson was apparently her 1/2 uncle?? I would love to be able to verify her true name, her grandson says it is Arisula but other reseachers have her listed as above. and to know burial places along with any other info possible

Janet L Cook, Mary Esther Fla

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 7

Today's Topics

#1 ROLL CALL [Scourge3@webtv.net]

#2 JOHN DUBOIS obit [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

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Date Sun, 14 Mar 1999 135924 -0600 (CST)

From Scourge3@webtv.net

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Subject ROLL CALL

Well....I may have the shortest surname list! I am searching for Daniel or Dan Mays (possibly spelled MAYES). He may have been a plantation owner in Greene County or possibly he was an overseer. I don't have year of birth or date of death. Perhaps some of you may have info. Thank You,

Vicki Smith

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Date Mon, 15 Mar 1999 074039 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject JOHN DUBOIS obit

Here is one of my most prized genealogical treasures--the obit of my gggrandfather. Not only is it movingly and respectfully written, but check out the genealogical information! And as a descendant, I can only hope to live up to a small portion of the kind of life that Rev. John led. But it certainly is a wonderful goal.

Alabama Christian Advocate for March 5, 1884

Rev. John DuBois

Known, loved and honored by so many is no more with us. He was born in Charleston, S.C. June 28, 1798; came to Alabama, January, 1821; joined the M.E. Church 1822; was married to Miss Louisa Williams, niece of General J.E. Elmore, January 6, 1825; was licensed to preach 1833; ordained deacon by Bishop Morris, 1837; and elder by Bishop Andrew 1841; and fell asleep in Christ at Whistler, Ala., February 1, 1884.

These are the outlines of the biography of one, whose consistent life, patient suffering, and devoted service to the Master, impressed all who knew him with the genuineness of his religion and that the power of God's grace is sufficient to refine and sanctify nature. He received only an English education, but his thirst for knowledge "grew with his growth, and strengthened with his strength." This thirst received powerful impetus in the conviction that he was called of God to preach the gospel, and that he might be prepared to proclaim the glad tidings to dying men, he allowed no moment to pass by unimproved.

His father, Rev. Peter DuBois, was contractor and builder of the city of Charleston. It was there the son learned the blacksmith's trade and began to improve the cotton gin--a work which occupied his time up to the past few years, when increasing infirmities seem to shut out earlthly things, and confine his attention to his own spiritual profit, and that of all who might be thrown within reach of his influence. As long as he could walk by the aid of his staff, he went to the bedside of the sick and dying, and whenever he heard of any who had been blessed through his instrumentality, his face would glow with pleasure. Brother DuBois loved his Church and doctrine, institutions and usages.

Generous, even beyond his means, he was the preachers' friend--his home their resting place. Whenever his services were needed, he was found true to his obligations, faithful to all charges committed to him. His life was quiet, humble, modest; his religion strong, positive; decided; and his experience deep and abounding. He drank deeply from the wells of salvation. For more than a century he had been drinking from the pure river of the water of Life, the streams wherof make glad the city of our God. He was a zealous, earnest, and deeply pious minister in the local ranks, a faithful, affectionate husband, a fond, loving father, and a kind, beloved neighbor. 

When weakened by age and no longer able togproclaim the truth from the sacred desk, he resorted to the pen, and many readers of this Advocate can testify to the pleasure and profit they received from his articles on "Methodism in Alabama and Charleston." Beoming "diligent in business" as well as "fervent in spirit" he educated a large family and enjoyed the comforts of life though attended by many losses and embarrassments. After the war had completed his reverses and he had turned over to his creditors his home, and the little of real estate he possessed beside--homeless, yet having many homes among his children, he and his wife who had borne the burden and heart of the day--became the pride and joy of those whose cradle they had rocked and who, in turn, delighted to rock the cradles of their age.

Some years ago she passed from his loving care to Heaven, and, I doubt not, her welcome to him increased the brightness even of the New Jerusalem. His way was clear, his hope strong, and his victory complete. His death was like the setting sun--gradual, quiet, beautiful. In the quiet burying ground at Eutaw he sleeps beside his loved Louisa; yet in memory dear and lasting, he still lives in the hearts of those who mingled and communed with him here. He is at rest.

Let us rejoice in that divine goodness which can thus throw heaven's light over earth's darkest passages, and enable perishing humanity to stand in the immediate presence of the last enemy and triumph perfectly.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 8

Today's Topics

#1 Alabama here I come [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 Re [ALAUTAUG-L] How to Research i [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 15 Mar 1999 092217 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Alabama here I come

179 years ago, my gggrandfather struck out for what he called "the famous land of Alabama." Luckily, when I travel there next month, I'll just have to worry about making my flights and dealing with a commuter airline. And places to stay...

So, here's my question: I'll be coming into Montgomery Sat. 4/17, leaving Sun. 4/25. I have research to do on ancestors who lived in Autauga, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Mobile, Montogomery, Tuscaloosa and other counties. Anyone have suggestions on how to best budget my time and money? What libraries to hit (I was planning on ADAH), where to stay, what courthouses/libraries allow scanning? Those $1 per page copying costs are killing me... Has anyone tried lobbying for less cost if the copies don't need to be certified? All suggestions of any sort welcome!

Elizabeth DuBois Russo, Simsbury, CT

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Date Mon, 15 Mar 1999 182501 -0500

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To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re [ALAUTAUG-L] How to Research in Courthouses

Thank you John for the references. After reading the info on the webpage you cite below, I don't feel so bad, and I'm not taking things so personally... I spent a large part of today ignoring my day job and thinking I could make a few quick phone calls to county courthouses. I was hoping to get "easy answers" to "easy questions"--like, do you have any records for the name "DUBOIS" in your Probate record index? I called Tuscaloosa (over an hour on the phone, 6 transfers, no info); Hale (20 minutes, one fax, and a call back with limited info); and Perry wins the prize with actually having an index to look at. Plus the clerk actually found my ancestor and very nicely and politely gave me the address to send a $5 check for the copies. Total time 10 minutes. Here is the typical run-around:

Hello, probate.

1) No, we don't have the records (meaning, they don't want to look); or

2) Check with deeds.

Hello, deeds.

1) No, we don't have the records (meaning, they don't want to look); or

2) Check with assessor's.

Hello, assessor's office.

1) No, we don't have the records;

2) We don't have an index; or

3) You'll have to pay someone to look at the index.

Tuscaloosa variation

4) Check with the surveyor.

Hello, surveyor.

1) We need the property description. Don't you have it?

2) Didn't they (probate/deeds/assessors) tell you that we only have records from 1990 on in our index system?

3) You'll have to hire a researcher to look at the non-computer index.

Hello, researcher.

1) What records do you want pulled, what is the book number, have you checked an index?

2) Please send ($15 - $50) up front. I'll look at the index. Then I'll tell you how much more to send.

3) You want it WHEN?

Hale Co. variation

Hello, assessor.

1) We don't have an index by name for then. where is the property? On highway 69 (1955 description from my grandfather last house on the Tuscaloosa hi way in Greensboro)? Let me call you back.

Later...

I spoke to Mr.------ and he says it used to be owned by Mr. ------ and now it is owned by Mrs.-------. But when did my ggrandfather's estate sell it? For how much? I don't know. Try Probate.

Hello, Probate.

(Repeat steps above.)

Elizabeth

John K. Brown, Jr. wrote

Here's another useful one.

John

I have added a new essay "So You Want to Visit A Courthouse?" to my Learning Center Page. It joins essays on The History of and How to Research Land Records, Census Records and Military Records. While you are there take a quick look at my TimeLine of History and read over the rules for Teachers. Have fun! <http//homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html>

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 9

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#1 Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #8 [nbug <mariok@cris.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 16 Mar 1999 111040 -0500

From nbug <mariok@cris.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #8

I would suggest at least one day at the public library in Birmingham - they have a great genealogical room which is located in the old library building - you can park free behind it. - Also, in Montgomery there is the state archives - I haven't found it to be much help but it has been 10 years since I went there. The last time I went to the library in Bham the copier was .10 per page.

Anita

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 10

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#1 INDIANA CLEMENTINE LEATHERWOOD ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 17 Mar 1999 200930 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject INDIANA CLEMENTINE LEATHERWOOD

If you come across the name Indiana Clementine Leatherwood in a bookor a legal paper, newspaper, or whatever, would you please make a not of it and let me know. She was born in Greene County, Alabama in the 1800's. Thank you.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 11

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#1 Lawless in Greene Co., AL ["Cheryl White" <cherylw@somtel.com]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 20 Mar 1999 155436 -0500

From "Cheryl White" <cherylw@somtel.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Lawless in Greene Co., AL

Hello,

I'm looking for any Lawless' in Greene Co., AL. I find my William G. Lawless in the 1850 census for Greene Co., AL age 21 as a farmer. He is living with Jane Anderson, age 73, b. SC, H. C. Anderson, f, age 21, b. Al, C. C. Brown, age 28, physician, b. MS? I find no other Lawless' or variant spellings in Greene Co. at this time.  Is anyone else researching Lawless or have an idea where I should look for possible parents in 1840 census? William was b. in AL somewhere.

Cheryl White cherylw@somtel.com <http//www.angelfire.com/me/geneal> ICQ #7239631 IM Cheryl gen

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 12

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#1 HALE, HINTON, and/or HAYWOOD ["Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmail.co>]

#2 Elizabeth Glover [anne bergsma <arbergsma@yahoo.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 21 Mar 1999 155447 CST

From "Pollyana Brown" <pollyanab@hotmail.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject HALE, HINTON, and/or HAYWOOD

I'm pursuing the possible connection between families named HALE,  HINTON, and HAYWOOD in the Greene/Pickens county vicinity. Would love  to hear from anyone who might help me. Also I'd like to hear from anyone  who might know about Lemuel B. HALE who was in Greene County for sure in  1839. I have Henry Hinton Haywood STRICKLAND, b. 1851, Pickens, AL,  whose mother was Rhoda HALE.

Polly Brown

X-Message #2

Date Sun, 21 Mar 1999 195516 -0800 (PST)

From anne bergsma <arbergsma@yahoo.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Elizabeth Glover

I am seeking information on my great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Glover, who lived in Demapolis, Greene County, Alabama, before and after the Civil War. She lived on a plantation called Rosemount, and later married Joseph Gregory Moore; they had several children, including my great-grandfather Williamson Glover Moore. Any information on these folks is appreciated. Thanks- abergsma@silverlink.net

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 13

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#1 Carpenter [KC4UG <kc4ug@fayette.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 22 Mar 1999 122055 -0600

From KC4UG <kc4ug@fayette.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Carpenter

I am looking for any Carpenters from Green county Alabama. I need information on Hilliary Carpenter. white

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 14

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#1 SPENCER - WILKINSON - DOUTHIT [Grace A Kayser <amner@juno.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 23 Mar 1999 223448 -0600

From Grace A Kayser <amner@juno.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject SPENCER - WILKINSON - DOUTHIT

Hello...

SPENCER - WILKINSON - DOUTHIT are the surnames I am researching in Greene County, AL. I have submitted my histories for the Heritage Book, but I am always looking for more. In my mother's trunk we found many photos of the family, including two of young men with the surname POWELL. I don't know the connection as yet with the above surnames. I am willing to share the photos with anyone interested and can send them via AOL in a zipped file...included is the writing on the reverse side. My ancestors Thomas Jefferson WILKINSON, who married Sarah Richardson  DOUTHIT <http//www.erols.com/fmoran/dousrd.htm>. Their daughter, Cornelia Alice Amner WILKINSON, married Charles Ackron SPENCER. will share what I have, but would also like more information.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 15

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#1 Re SPENCER - WILKINSON - DOUTHIT ["Michael Turnipseed" <Ecowar@gs.ve]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 25 Mar 1999 221107 -0600

From "Michael Turnipseed" <Ecowar@gs.verio.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re SPENCER - WILKINSON - DOUTHIT

dear grace

i would truely love to see the pictures as you and i are family. I too have the same lines as you and i am still working on them. you are going to be surprised but you will also have mays, drummonds, booths all yet to come it is quite a branching family and as soon as I find a little more infor i will try to attach the gedcom for you but there are still some things that i am working on that i am having a hard time getting the info but i will succeed.
I will definitely keep you in mind

kathy

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 16

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#1 Archives [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 ALGREENE-L Archives URL [Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.net]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 27 Mar 1999 131511 -0500

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Archives

Anyone who may have kept the first two digests for this list--can you forward them to Rod Bush at

rodbush@earthlink.net. Thank you! Rod is kindly posting an archives for this list on his web page for now.

Elizabeth

X-Message #2

Date Sat, 27 Mar 1999 111023 -0800

From Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject ALGREENE-L Archives URL

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 17

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#1 Looking for Peter Hamilton, Thornt ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 2 Apr 1999 211329 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Looking for Peter Hamilton, Thorntons, Corder

If you have a connection to any of these names, would you contact me, please?

Thanks.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 18

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#1 Reynolds, Thornton, Free families [Chareyn@aol.com]

#2 Re Reynolds, Thornton, Free famil ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

#3 Union ["Eddie Herndon" <weldy@pepperlink.]

#4 Heritage Book ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 7 Apr 1999 070402 EDT

From Chareyn@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Reynolds, Thornton, Free families in Greene Co.

I have many relatives buried in Beulah, Bethel, and Union cemeteries with the above surnames, plus others. Would like to communicate with someone who has researched these surnames. Thanks for any help.

Charlie L. Reynolds, TX

X-Message #2

Date Wed, 7 Apr 1999 080610 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re Reynolds, Thornton, Free families in Greene Co.

What do you need to know about these families? Thornton is one of the families that I have some material on and am about ready to dig deeper. I happen to live only a short distance from the places that you named and my husband has relatives buried in both cemeteries. In fact, Bethel was his home church until we became Methodists.  Give me some specifics and how about doing a story on some of the families for the Greene County Heritage book? I will send you a brochure if you will send me your mailing address.   Am looking forward to hearing from you.

Sybil N. Phillips, Knoxville, Al.

--------

> From Chareyn@aol.com

> To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

> Subject Reynolds, Thornton, Free families in Greene Co.

> Date Wednesday, April 07, 1999 604 AM

> Charlie L. Reynolds, TX

X-Message #3

Date Wed, 7 Apr 1999 091922 -0500

From "Eddie Herndon" <weldy@pepperlink.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Union

If there are any Herndon's or their related families I might be able to help. My people came from Union. If there any think I can do to help let me know. Ms Sybil, tell me more about the Green Co heritage Book

 Eddie Herndon Winfield, Al

X-Message #4

Date Wed, 7 Apr 1999 184158 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Heritage Book

We had a meeting this afternoon of the Heritage Book Committee and we have not reached one hundred stories yet. We meet again in May and please help us pass the 125 story mark or more. I want to encourage you to write your family's story or one about some part of Greene County's history. Also, I would like to encourage you to purchase a book or more than one.  If you would like to do a memorial to someone, living or deceased, advertise your business or whatever, we will be happy to get the information to you. This is like any advertisement that you would do for a school annual or some like work.

Thank you.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 19

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#1 Alabama here I come [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 15 Apr 1999 090854 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject:  Alabama here I come

In two days I'll be touching down in Montgomery for a 10-day research trip to Alabama. Not having been there except once as a small child (all I remember is the boll weevil in Enterprise), this will be a new and great experience.  I would like to know if any of you have any special research tips for Greene and Hale counties. Any must-see places to visit for historical/genealogical purposes? My ancestors lived there c. 1830 - 1905, mostly in the Greensboro area. Anything I should know about the courthouses? Any museums or libraries of note? Anyone want to meet me for lunch? We'll call it a Greene-Hale reunion! Currently, I plan to research at ADAH, Birmingham Public library, Samford, and the Methodist archives at Huntingdon College and Birmingham Southern. Anywhere else I should not miss? All suggestions greatly appreciated. And please send the tornadoes out to sea before I get there....

 Elizabeth DuBois Russo

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 20

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#1 Unidentified subject! [Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.n]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 17 Apr 1999 180502 -0700

From Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Unidentified subject!

Elizabeth,

I remembered something as I was posting your latest message to the ALGREENE-D Archive web page. I realize that this message will miss you, but it may be important to others researching in and around Greene County, AL.
First, you had mentioned visiting the Court Houses in Greene and Hale Counties, in addition to the ADAH, because many records are only there. That is a must. And you also plan to go to Birmingham [I assume] to see the Tutwiler Collection at the main library there. [See the Tutwiler Web page at <http//www.bham.lib.al.us/departments/Southern/Gene.htm>] What many people do not know is that several years ago the ADAH went through a purging of books and genealogy materials. Anything that was not solely
Alabama related or nearly so was boxed up and offered free to any of the libraries in the State. The Birmingham library took all of it and added it to the Tutwiler collection.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 21

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#1 Reynolds of Greene County [Chareyn@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 18 Apr 1999 190633 EDT

From Chareyn@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Reynolds of Greene County

I would like to make contact with a member of the Reynolds family in Greene   County who may be tied to Gideon Reynolds who is buried in Beulah Cemetery.   Thanks. Charlie L. Reynolds, Texas  Chareyn@aol.com

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 22

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#1 Herndons in Union [Stephanie True Moss <truemc@americ]

#2 Re Free family in Greene County [Stephanie True Moss <truemc@americ]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 10 May 1999 012122 +0100

From Stephanie True Moss <truemc@america.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Herndons in Union

Eddie,

Per your query in ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com, about Herndon or related families in Union, I have a question. I believe that I remember mention of Herndon relatives in Greene County/Union, but I am not sure how they may be related. My grandmother was Rosa Lee McGraw, she married Dutley Weymond True. Her father was Stephen F. Hale McGraw. He and his 2nd wife, Bobbie Fleet McGraw are buried in Union Christian Chhurch cemetery. My dad remembers his mom showing him the graves of a brother and sister that had died as small children prior to my dad's birth. the graves were unmarked, but they were amongst graves of Herndon’s. Today, those graves are still unmarked. These children died about 1916 or 1917.  Stephen F. Hale McGraw's first wife and my grandmother's mother was Martha Sellers. I believe that she is buried at Beulah Baptist church
Cemetery. Do you have any idea of a connection with any of these families?  -- Stephanie True Moss

Researching these families in Greene/Hale Counties TRUE, McGRAW, FREE, MOBLEY, COLEMAN, SELLERS, DRUMMOND/S, LOGAN, WILLIAMS, WRIGHT

______________________________X-Message #2

Date Mon, 10 May 1999 110954 +0100

From Stephanie True Moss <truemc@america.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re Free family in Greene County

Charlie,

Would your Robert FREE be the same Robert that was also married to Vashti Martha Mobley who died at age 32 and is listed as buried in the Mobley Cemetery at the Old Bambarger Place near the Union Christian Church? Since your Robert would have been at least 60 when he married Nancy Reynolds, this is possible. The info that I have on Robert FREE is that he was born April 10, 1808 in Fairfield County, SC, died Feb 26, 1881, Union, Greene County, AL., buried Beulah Baptist Church. This Robert is the brother of my ancestor William FREE, Jr. b. c 1804, Fairfield County, SC, died Aug 17, 1863, Union, Greene County, AL.  He married Jan 1, 1829 to Elzira Mobley. Their daughter Cynthia Free b. c1836, d. 4 May 1871, married David Robert McGraw, on 8 Nov. 1850. Their son Stephen F. Hale McGraw was my ggrandfather. Robert and William were children of James FREE d. April 1811 and Susannah Dodson Free, b. 1781, SC d. 28 July 1858 in Greene County, AL. James FREE was the son of Simeon FREE. I have more infor if this is the correct line for you.

Stephanie True Moss

 Chareyn@aol.com wrote:

> Robert Free, born 1807 in Fairfield Co, SC, married Nancy Reynolds in Greene   Co., AL in 1867. Robert >died in 1881, I do not know when Nancy died. She is   buried in Union. Robert is too, I suppose. I would >sincerely like info on   them and their descendants. I have good bit of info on thie Nancy Reynolds  to share.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 23

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#1 Ancestors [Al/Shirley Evans <lexa@primenet.co]

#2 DUBOIS website <finally> [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 11 May 1999 063247 -0700

From Al/Shirley Evans <lexa@primenet.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Ancestors

Hi to all!

EVANS, MURFEE, HAFNER, PALMER. We are researching these families in Greene and Hale Counties and would like to share information with anyone connected. The Evans came to what is now Hale County in 1789 and settled near the present day Sawyerville. The Murfee family came from Southampton County, Virginia and settled first in Marengo County then in1868 moved to Hale County near Akron. The Hafner family came to Greensboro aft 1814. The Palmer family lived in Erie, Al near Eutaw and are buried in Eutaw. Thanks for your response.

Alex Hafner Evans

X-Message #2

Date Tue, 11 May 1999 230143 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject DUBOIS website <finally>

I've been tinkering with web page construction for months, and have finally decided that I will never be totally ready for letting people know about it. So, I'm just taking a plunge and letting you know and hope that you'll be patient with my mistakes! Genealogy info on my Alabama, SC (including my Huguenots), VA, and MO families begins here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/genealog.html  

My Alabama pages begin here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/Alabama.html

And my Greene and Hale County, Alabama pages begin here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/GreeneHale.html

Some pictures from Greensboro, Alabama are here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/Hale.html

My ancestral picture album begins here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/Ancestorpix.html

Our family Hall of Fame begins here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/halloffame.html

Our family soldiers begin here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/DuBoisSoldiers.html

My personal family page is here: http://www.geocities.com80/Vienna/Choir/1824/myfamily.html

And then there is my home page: http://www.geocities.com80/Vienna/Choir/1824/index.html

The above pages represent only some of my pages (gulp) and fewer than one third of the pictures I've scanned but not yet posted. So, please check back. I'm constantly updating!

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 24

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#1 Greene County History Book ["Sybil Phillips" syphi@tusc.net]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 16 May 1999 205012 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Greene County History Book

Hi to all of you. The book committee met this past Thursday and we hope that you are busy writing your family's story. Within the next two or three weeks, one of the submitted stories and a picture is to be in the Independent Newspaper and a list of names of Pioneer Families in Greene County will appear at some point in time. Will your family be among the list of names? Just remember that after the book goes to press, the cost of ordering the book will go up. I had to take my computer to the shop and I lost a lot of e-mails from interested people. If you sent me an e-mail and expected a reply, would you please send another? Harold and I made a trip to South Carolina to search for some of his Roots and we found some of what we were hoping to find. Need to go back to a cemetery and take a hoe and shovel and do some cleaning up. Also need to go to the Archives in Columbia.
If Drummond is a name that you are searching, try Spartanburg and then go down the road to Woodruff. I bought a book of cemeteries and Old Bethel Baptist is one that had several Drummond names listed. Let me hear from
you.

Sybil N. Phillips, Proof reader for book

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 25

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#1 DICKINSON's [Sue Barnea <sbarnea@clarkston.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 28 May 1999 132045 -0700

From Sue Barnea <sbarnea@clarkston.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject DICKINSON's

I am in need of your help in Greene County. My DICKINSON's, LEWIS, WILEY P. & M. were there in the 1830 census. Is anyone working on this line? Please contact me at my personal e-mail address: sbarnea@clarkston.com     Thanks -  Sue Barnea

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 26

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#1 Greene Co, AL USGenWeb Site [Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.n]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 06 Jun 1999 104600 -0700

From Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Greene Co, AL USGenWeb Site

Since activity on this list is light right now, I will take the opportunity to pass on some info that you need to know. I maintain the USGenWeb site for Greene Co, AL and although I am behind in many ways, I keep up the
Query and Surname pages. However, I do not duplicate queries posted on this mailing list. If you want them posted on my web pages, you have to send me a separate E-mail to do so.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 27

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#1 Williams/Haygood/Hagood [Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one>

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 20 Jun 1999 222037 -0500

From Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Message-ID <376DAF85.BAC297AD@network-one.com>

Subject Williams/Haygood/Hagood

Hi, I recently joined this list but haven't seen any activity on it. Hope someone out there can help me. I am looking for information on the following families Celestial William b 1814 SC married Eugenia Haygood 2-2-1839 in Greene County.  He later married Huldah Hagood on 12-18-1841 in Greene County. I believe both Celestial and Huldah are buried at Beulah Baptist Church in Greene County. I believe that Eugenia and Huldah were sisters. Does anyone know who their parents were or how Eugenia died? Also would info on Celestial's parents - Thomas and Martha -both died in Greene Co Thanks for any help, Jean jbg1325@network-one.com

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 28

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#1 Blocker Hill Cemetery & Brierbed P [Alice Campbell <acampbell@carolina>

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 25 Jun 1999 174702 -0400

From Alice Campbell <acampbell@carolina.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Blocker Hill Cemetery & Brierbed Plantation I'm trying to get to Greene County next week and look for the Brierbed Plantation and Blocker Hill Cemetery. I'm trying to find the grave of my gg grandfather John Rufus Blocker who built the Brierbed. I'm sure the plantation is not together now, but I'd like to see the house if its still standing. I think Blocker Hill must be on the Brierbed. I have a map from GNIS and a large Alabama Atlas, but I'd like some local directions if possible. Thanks, Alice Campbell

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 29

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#1 PEEBLES, BAILEY, SIMS, WEATHERSPOON [Dash400M@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 26 Jun 1999 174456 EDT

From Dash400M@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject PEEBLES, BAILEY, SIMS, WEATHERSPOON, MILLER

Hello fellow Greene County, Alabama Genealogists! I am researching the surnames PEEBLES, BAILEY, SIMS, WEATHERSPOON, and MILLER. Some of my relatives lived in Tuscaloosa County. They were African-American. I understand that MILLER was the surname of the slave   owner who owned my great-great-grandmother. Is anyone researching these surnames?

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 30

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#1 1850 Greene Co., AL census ["Cheryl White" <cherylw@somtel.com]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 28 Jun 1999 203431 -0400

From "Cheryl White" <cherylw@somtel.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject 1850 Greene Co., AL census

The 1850 Greene Co., AL census is now online

ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/al/greene/1850/  

Cheryl White cherylw@ctel.net    http://www.angelfire.com/me/geneal

ICQ #7239631   IM Cheryl gen

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 31

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#1 Albert G. Dunn - NC>Boligee (GREEN [Jannie and Andrew Baker <jbaker@pi]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 29 Jun 1999 210331 -0400

From Jannie and Andrew Baker <jbaker@pinn.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Albert G. Dunn - NC>Boligee (GREENE CO.), AL

Just managed to come up with some new information, so I thought I'd post it to see if anyone might be able to help. I am trying to find out about an Albert G. Dunn who is supposed to have been born somewhere in NC around 1808. He married a woman named Elizabeth born somewhere in GA around 1819. They lived in Boligee, AL (Greene County) and had at least one child - a son named James Alonzo Dunn. If any of this sounds familiar, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks,

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 32

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#1 Location of Town? [Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one]

#2 Re Location of a Town? ["Laura Graham" <lgraham@tampabay.r]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 06 Jul 1999 220856 -0500

From Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Location of Town?

Does anyone know where Allisonville or Allison Alabama was/is located?

I have lost the address for the site that has old towns listed.

Thanks for any help.

Jean

______________________________X-Message #2

Date Wed, 7 Jul 1999 074641 -0400

From "Laura Graham" <lgraham@tampabay.rr.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re Location of a Town?

Jean,

Here is the site to find the old towns listed

http//www.mit.edu8001/geo

http//mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (This locator is more up to

date and asks for more detail -- but the first one has been a lifesaver.

Looking at the site There isn't a listing for Allisonville, AL, but

Allison, AL is listed both in Greene and Jackson Counties. Hope this helps.

Laura Graham

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 33

Today's Topics

#1 Re Location of a Town? [Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 07 Jul 1999 182145 -0500

From Jean Grantham <jbg1325@network-one.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re Location of a Town?

Laura,

Thanks for the URL. There is an Allison Mills listed for Ala - that maybe what I am looking for rather than Allisonville (case of bad hearing probably!)

Jean

Laura Graham wrote

> Jean,

> Here is the site to find the old towns listed   http://www.mit.edu8001/geo >

> http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html   (This locator is more up to  date and asks for more detail -- > but the first one has been a lifesaver.

> Looking at the site There isn't a listing for Allisonville, AL, but  Allison, AL is listed both in Greene and
> Jackson Counties. Hope this helps.

> Laura Graham  Lgraham@tampabay.rr.com

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 34

Today's Topics

#1 Necessary Fried Chicken [ELIZABETH RUSSO elizabethrusso@home.com  

#2 Cemetery [Deeyak@aol.com ]

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 16 Jul 1999 130818 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO elizabethrusso@home.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Necessary Fried Chicken

Last October before the formation of this list, I posted on several other list excerpts from my gggrandfather Rev. John DuBois' writings. The excerpts on those lists generated over 3000 e-mails. Since that time, this list was organized and beginning tomorrow, I will be repeating the series on this list.

The book  >>Necessary Fried Chicken<< contains writings of Rev. John DuBois who left Charleston in 1820 to settle in Alabama. His writings focus on 1800 Charleston, the development of early Alabama, camp meetings, and Methodist missions "to the Africans" to build chapels and provide them with an education. Much of the writings take place in present-day Greene and Hale counties and counties close by. I now have web pages with the index and the table of contents so that you can see what is coming and plan accordingly. For more information, go to

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/necinf.html

You want to visit my pages for this list here

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/GreeneHale.html

(I will be updating it again soon to include Civil War veterans and more). I have been a web-page building fool with over 96 pages now, so if youhaven't visited lately, you haven't seen it all...

Elizabeth DuBois Russo

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/index.html

X-Message #2

Date Fri, 16 Jul 1999 194923 EDT

From Deeyak@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Cemetery

Could someone tell me where the JOHN HALL FAMILY CEMETERY is? Is it close to Pickens or Tuscaloosa Cos.? Thank you.

GREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 35

Today's Topics

#1 Necessary Fried Chicken 1 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 2 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 17 Jul 1999 150039 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Necessary Fried Chicken 1

© Copyright 1998, 1999

Elizabeth DuBois Russo; DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232, Weatogue, CT 06089
All rights reserved.

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Prologue :
Thrilling incidents, reminiscences, sketches, etc., have created of late quite a thirst for this kind of literature among the readers of Methodist journals. As the gratification of this desire can only result in good, it may be well for those who possess the facts and data to gratify it.

Nothing is more pleasing to the patriotic and chivalrous youth, than to listen to the stories of gallant heroes and the adventures of the returned soldier; and a similar sentiment seems to possess the heart of the young Christian in relation to the heroes of an earnest faith and the veterans of the cross. Let this sacred sentiment be nourished and strengthened and it will result in the productions of an intelligent brotherhood.

By the common consent of mankind, it is agreed that old men may relate incidents of the past without being called arrogant. If this is so, I certainly have the right to speak, for I am an old man, standing midway between the eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh mile post on the journey of life. It is a long way to look back to my childhood, and as I do so a very checkered panorama unfolds itself to my faded vision. But it is only life--human life--varied, mixed and mangled, as it always is. I wish to speak of one or two things, not foreign to my purpose, before I begin my narrative.

Some months ago, in conversation with Dr. Meek, of the University of Alabama, I chanced to remark that I had heard his father, Rev. Dr. S. Meek preach in Charleston, SC in 1813, while filling that important station. Just here I hope the doctor will pardon me for saying that it fills my heart with gratitude to God to know that the memory of this noble father has been honored by a son so distinguished as a scholar and a Christian gentleman.

During this pleasant interview, Dr. Meek proffered me the loan of a small volume called "Methodism in Charleston," by Rev. F.A. Mood, A.M., and edited by Thomas O. Summers, D.D., who says it will not only be interesting to the reader in its present form, but will be also available to the future historian of the Church. This little book has furnished me with valuable information, and I heartily commend it to the careful perusal of every Southern Methodist, and thank Dr. Meek most cordially for his generous kindness.

While I do not propose to burden the reader with my personal history, it is due to myself and to the memory of my father and mother to say that I was reared a Methodist. Indeed, my ancestors were all of this faith. My father before me was Methodist minister, and my mother died happy in this belief. It is natural then that I should feel deep interest in everything pertaining to the rise and progress of Methodism. A history of my early life and education would introduce not only historic Methodists, but Presbyterian, such as Rev. William. Capers (of whom Bishop Wightman has so well written) and Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans; but lest I grow too prolix I will hasten on.

 Jno. DuBois
Eutaw, Ala.

X-Message #2

Date Sat, 17 Jul 1999 150309 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 2

© Copyright 1998, 1999

Elizabeth DuBois Russo; DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232, Weatogue, CT 06089
All rights reserved.

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

One:
Charleston, 1798-1820

In the earlier days of Methodism in Charleston the churches were not separate charges as now, but were supplied by two ministers--one called the senior and the other the junior. The church was, without cause, in
bad repute, and suffered many cruel and afflicting persecutions.

Sometimes they worshiped outdoors and in shanties; and after they got houses they were frequently disturbed by bands of lawless and wicked men, and even by the legally constituted police force of the city.

The minister sometimes in the midst of his sermon was assaulted, his congregation broken up, and himself seized, dragged out on the streets and treated in the most cruel and shameful manner. One man especially, about this time, gave them much trouble. He was an Englishman named Ham----. It seems that he had more brains than soul. Through selfish motives he withdrew from them, organized a church of his own, and came near wrecking the whole enterprise.

But they pushed on over the head of every opposition, and at last found themselves the owners of four churches. They were constant and faithful, firm and zealous. Every interest of the Church was cared for; every ordinance kept up--prayer meetings, love feasts and class meetings.

It may seem strange to some of our readers, but tickets to love feasts were issued quarterly, and no one was admitted without one. They could be procured only by serious persons, who were admitted only three times unless they wished to join.

My parents were admitted this way as probationers, and professed afterwards. My father was licensed to preach, and with other local preachers served the country churches often fifteen or twenty miles distant. Duke Goodman, a wealthy cotton factor, and other men of means, furnished these men with horses. Goodman finally failed and removed to Mobile, Ala.

The introduction of this paper has consumed so much space that I cannot ask more of the Advocate this week. By permission of the editor I will continue in the next issue or as soon thereafter as may fill his spaces.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 36

Today's Topics

#1 NFC 3 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 4 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#3 19th Century Artists [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 18 Jul 1999 160029 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 3

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Two: Fighting Peters

During my youth and early manhood, quite a number of men served the charges in Charleston, and many of them became so distinguished for piety, zeal and eloquence, that their names are familiar in all Methodist circles. As these have many descendants that read the Advocate, it may not be amiss to mention some of them. I do so from memory. Prominent among them were Samuel Mills, Richard Nolly, William. Kennedy, S. Duwroody, F. Ward, T. Mason, R. Rumph, N. Powers, J. Capers, William. Capers, S. Meek, A. Tally, J. B. Blanton, A. Center, S. K. Hodges, D. Christopher, H.T. Fitzgerald, H. Bass, A. Morgan and James. O. Andrew.

I mentioned in my first paper that in the early days of Methodism in Charleston the Church suffered from mobs, riots and various persecutions. These continued until I was nearly grown. Bethel, where my parents worshiped, was frequently annoyed by bands of rude and wicked young men. But, as in apostolic days, we had some fighting Peters in the Church--men that knew no personal fear and brooked no insult with impunity.

One night while a crowd was disturbing the assembly, one of these fighting Methodists went out and threatened the whole of them, telling them he could whip a regiment of such cowards; but, knowing the pluck and spirit of the man, they took good care not to accept the challenge.

On another occasion, while William Capers was preaching on the divinity of Christ, a man in the congregation gave him the lie. Immediately Mr. Capers took his seat; whereupon some parties, not members of the Church, hurried him to the door and thrust him down the steps. When quiet was restored, Mr. Capers rose and finished his sermon as though nothing had occurred.

Partly through curiosity, and from a desire to hear the impassioned eloquence of the Methodist preachers, great crowds would attend our churches at night. This had its effect; for the gospel was preached with such earnestness and power that it proved to be seed sown in good ground that brought forth an hundred fold.

 © Copyright 1998, 1999 Elizabeth DuBois Russo

DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232, Weatogue, CT 06089 All rights reserved.

For more info go to: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/necinf.html

X-Message #2

Date Sun, 18 Jul 1999 160315 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 4

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Earthquake of 1816:

It has been noticed by all observant men that many sinners are quite brave in times of peace, and when no danger impends, but as soon as anything occurs to test true courage, they show the coward's flag. This is strikingly true of skeptics and scoffers. Christianity has its sentiments so deeply imbedded in their thoughts that when sudden danger or calamity threatens them, their skepticism deserts them.

Of the truth of this we had many striking illustrations in the year 1816. For several days in succession mother earth showed signs of dissolution and unrest. She shook and trembled. Brick buildings cracked, frail chimneys toppled over, crockery rattled on the shelves, and fear and trembling seized upon the people. The consternation was so great that the churches were thrown open as places of resort for the terror-stricken. It was a time of great distress and anxiety.

But its effects upon saint, and sinner, were very different. While the former were rejoicing that they had been making preparation for such an event, or death in any form, the latter were crowding the altars for prayers. Here the actions of skeptics and infidels contradicted their professions, and trembling and affrighted sinners shrank from deserved wrath. Here it was that men of boasted courage showed themselves to be cowards, and quaked before the first mutterings of danger, while timid Christians showed true courage. There is a great difference between moral and animal courage.

© Copyright 1998, 1999

Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232, Weatogue, CT 06089

All rights reserved. For more info go to: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/necinf.html

X-Message #3

Date Sun, 18 Jul 1999 160647 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

I am seeking out 19th century artwork as companions to the book and the web pages for my gggrandfather's works, with a hope to using Methodist, SC and AL artists. I would love suggestions! I have some George Caleb Bingham prints from my home state of Missouri, but would prefer the former.

Elizabeth

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 37

Today's Topics

#1 NFC 5 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC6 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 19 Jul 1999 205551 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 5

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Dunkards:

The next incident that I shall notice was the advent of a prophet. He was of the sect of Tunkers, or Dunkards, as they are sometimes called. He predicted the destruction of the world by water in a short time. He preached in the market places, at the street corners and in the public squares. His dress was plain but unique. He wore a long robe or gown, with a girdle about his loins. His hair was long and his beard unshorn. He had a grave and serious manner, and bore himself with the dignity of a true prophet. Money he would not receive, and clothing only as one garment after another wore out. He preached the doctrine of repentance and baptism by immersion. As he passed along the streets in his odd dress, with his long hair and flowing beard, he created quite a sensation, especially among the boys and the ignorant classes. Nor was his influence confined to these, as he stood upon the streets and preached, or in the market places and poured forth his terrific prophecies; for one lady of note and intelligence suffered herself to be re-baptized at his hands, very much to the mortification of her family and her friends. Although his prophecies created quite a stir and much needless trouble, it is unnecessary to say that the predicted flood did not come.

In the year 1816, as well as I remember, a camp-meeting was held near Charleston, which could be reached by water. On Saturday morning several sailing vessels, filled with passengers, left for the campground. In the early part of the day the wind blew a sweeping gale and produced a very rough sea, but in the afternoon subsided and the sea calmed. The vessel on which I sailed did not leave until after 12 o'clock. Our voyage was delightful; but as we neared the camp-ground we saw one of the vessels that had left early in the morning upside down. It was then very calm, and the river not very wide, so we entertained a hope that all were saved; but when we arrived our hopes were not realized. There were several lives lost. All that attempted to swim ashore were drowned, except Mr. J. W. Houck, of whom I shall have occasion to speak hereafter. A boat that preceded our left clinging to the wreck of the other. The loss of many lives, however, cast a gloom over the encampment.

How necessary to attend to the Savior's admonition, "Be ye therefore ready."

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

X-Message #2

Date Mon, 19 Jul 1999 210507 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC6

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Three: Journey to Alabama

In December 1820, in company with Thomas. C. Ledbetter and his excellent mother, M. Farley and family, Joseph W. Houck, and a few other friends, I bade adieu to Charleston, the home of my childhood and youth, to seek my fortune in the famous land of Alabama. While our journey was long and tedious, fraught with many hardships and much exposure to wet and cold, yet it abounded in amusing incidents and thrilling adventures.

How things have changed! We had then no such facilities for travel as now. No ponderous engines went dashing over the mountains and through the valleys; no splendid steamers ploughed then as now these beautiful rivers; but our travel was tramp! tramp! Instead of the whistle, the crack of the teamster's whip was the salute of commerce, and the jingle of his cluster bells, the music of transportation and travel.

Finally we entered the Creek Nation at what is now the beautiful city of Macon, Ga. Here we found Old Fort Hawkins, one residence and one blacksmith shop, while the whole country around was a dense forest, whose stately grandeur and deep solitudes were broken only by the howling of the wild beasts, the chase and sports of the natives, and an occasional party of emigrants from the older States.

© Copyright 1998, 1999

Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232, Weatogue, CT 06089

All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 38

Today's Topics

#1 Necessary Fried Chicken 7 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 8 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 25 Jul 1999 205337 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Necessary Fried Chicken 7

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Three: Journey to Alabama (cont.)

[We left off with Rev. John arriving in what is now Macon, GA and then was part of the Creek Nation. There, they occasionally ran into other emigrants from "the older States."]

Whenever one of these parties chanced to come along, the Indians thronged the roads from all quarters, and demanded toll for passage over the bridges, many of which were only substitutes and some of them quite dangerous.

We found the natives very fond of trade and traffic, and that they did not scruple to take advantage if they had an opportunity to do so. There we pitched our tents and remained about thirty days. We spent our time pleasantly in collecting supplies and learning to speak the Indian language. It was a source of great interest and amusement to us to observe their customs and habits of life. Among the most interesting of these, to me, were their forms of worship. This reminded me at once, of a description of barbarous worship given in some of the writings of Dr. A. Clarke.

They would take their seats on the ground, arrange themselves in a circle, assume a devotional attitude, and with the palms of their hands slap the earth and cry. Ye-ho-wua! Ye-ho-wua! Ye-ho-wua! Continuing this barbarous chant for some time, they would rise apparently well satisfied with their devotions, and seemed plumed for athletic sports and deeds of adventure and daring.

Having recruited our energies, supplied our wants, and satisfied our curiosity as to the character of the natives, we pushed on and crossed the Alabama River at Washington, the capital of Autauga County, now known as Pratt's Landing. Thirteen miles further on we reached our destination, the Dutch Settlement now called Dutch Bend.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

X-Message #2

Date Sun, 25 Jul 1999 205547 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 8

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Three: Journey to Alabama (cont.)

January 1821, found us safe in our new home, surrounded by the friends of earlier days who had preceded us to the wilds of Alabama. Thomas Ledbetter commenced farming with an experienced farmer from  Georgia, and continued in the business a year or so, but the Lord called him from the plow to the itinerant field, and he left the business in the hands of his partner, Marshal Mims. He traveled several years in Alabama, and then returned with his mother to her old home, and connected himself with the South Carolina Conference, where, in 1822, he was stationed in Charleston.

Vernon was laid off into town lots by Mr. Seaborn Mims, who improved the place in various ways, built an academy, and established a first-class school under the supervision of Daniel McLeod, a teacher of experience and ability, from Georgia.

As there was only one other house in the place, it fell to the lot of Mr. Mims to board many citizens, and to hold his house as a sort of general hotel for the accommodation of transient custom. This he did very much to the satisfaction of day boarders and the traveling public.

Very much to the surprise of our large and promiscuous household, Mrs. Mims, the wife of the proprietor, fell under deep religious conviction. In an hour that we not of, the Comforter came and spoke peace to her soul. Her peace and happiness were so great that she gave expression of her feelings in outbursts of joy that were heard by all the inmates of the large family.

The position and intelligence of this lady were of such a high and exalted character that the circumstance deeply and seriously impressed the whole village and the country around, and soon the budding spirit of a great revival was seen and felt. The fire that had been thus kindled by the conversion of this good woman, was fed by preachers, class-leaders and devout persons, and grew and spread until nearly every soul in our little town was soundly converted to God. It was ever the joy of this good mother that among the first fruits of this revival were her own children. Thus it would be with thousands of mothers today who are living "without hope and without God in the world."

This was a grand work. But when the work was done the flock was not allowed to stray. The older members of the church went to work with renewed energy and redoubled diligence. The young converts were closely looked after, instructed, encouraged and trained. They were put to work. Their armour was kept bright; the shield of faith was kept constantly blazing before the ranks of sin while the helmet of salvation was ever plumed with fresh wreaths of immortal victory. Yes, these young converts were nursed by experienced piety until they were perfect men and women in Christ Jesus.

As an old man, I do not wish to complain of the way things are now done, but it does seem to me that there is not today that care taken of young converts that should be. God save our young Christians.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html  

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 39

Today's Topics

#1 NFC 8 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 9 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#3 NFC 10 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#4 NFC 11 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 26 Jul 1999 211755 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 8

[For some reason, I do not see where NFC 8 made it to this list lastnight. So I am re-sending it. If some of you get two versions, my deepest apologies.

[Following are excerpts from a book based upon newspapers articles writen by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.]

Three: Journey to Alabama (cont.)

January 1821, found us safe in our new home, surrounded by the friends of earlier days who had preceded us to the wilds of Alabama. Thomas Ledbetter commenced farming with an experienced farmer from Georgia, and continued in the business a year or so, but the Lord called him from the plow to the itinerant field, and he left the business in the hands of his partner, Marshal Mims. He traveled several years in Alabama, and then returned with his mother to her old home, and connected himself with the South Carolina Conference, where, in 1822, he was stationed in Charleston.

Vernon was laid off into town lots by Mr. Seaborn Mims, who improved the place in various ways, built an academy, and established a first-class school under the supervision of Daniel McLeod, a teacher of experience and ability, from Georgia.

As there was only one other house in the place, it fell to the lot of Mr. Mims to board many citizens, and to hold his house as a sort of general hotel for the accommodation of transient custom. This he did very much to the satisfaction of day boarders and the traveling public.

Very much to the surprise of our large and promiscuous household, Mrs. Mims, the wife of the proprietor, fell under deep religious conviction.

In an hour that we not of, the Comforter came and spoke peace to her soul. Her peace and happiness were so great that she gave expression of her feelings in outbursts of joy that were heard by all the inmates of the large family.

The position and intelligence of this lady were of such a high and exalted character that the circumstance deeply and seriously impressed the whole village and the country around, and soon the budding spirit of a great revival was seen and felt. The fire that had been thus kindled by the conversion of this good woman, was fed by preachers, class-leaders and devout persons, and grew and spread until nearly every soul in our little town was soundly converted to God. It was ever the joy of this good mother that among the first fruits of this revival were her own children. Thus it would be with thousands of mothers today who are living "without hope and without God in the world."

This was a grand work. But when the work was done the flock was not allowed to stray. The older members of the church went to work with renewed energy and redoubled diligence. The young converts were closely looked after, instructed, encouraged and trained. They were put to work. Their armour was kept bright; the shield of faith was kept constantly blazing before the ranks of sin while the helmet of salvation was ever plumed with fresh wreaths of immortal victory. Yes, these young converts were nursed by experienced piety until they were perfect men and women in Christ Jesus.

As an old man, I do not wish to complain of the way things are now done, but it does seem to me that there is not today that care taken of young converts that should be. God save our young Christians.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089.  All rights reserved.

X-Message #2

Date Mon, 26 Jul 1999 212248 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 9

The Power of Methodist Singing

The Conference of 1822 sent Peyton Graves and Meredith Kennon to Vernon circuit. This was a wise appointment. Graves was a man of superior natural endowments and liberal culture.  He possessed many of the graces of oratory and other gifts which go to make up the successful preacher. He studied his subjects and fashioned many of his sermons after the models of Blair. His language was chaste and elegant, and his manner of speech fervid and impressive. When he preached he had an object in view, and that object was the glory of God and the salvation of souls. With such gifts and such a spirit it is not surprising that he accomplished his object and reaped the rewards of a rich inheritance.

As a preacher, Kennon was by no means the equal of Graves, but as a field officer he was the peer of any man. What he lacked in preaching he made up in singing, exhortation and prayer. The bugle note of his martial song, "We are going to join the army of the Lord, We are going to join the army" as it rolled forth full and clear from the rustic encampment, or the crowded country church, was the paean of many a victory and the harbinger of many a shout of joy.

The power, the holy power of entrancing song, is not measured by human capacity. The sermons of Moody have doubtless converted their thousands, but no more perhaps than the songs of Sanky. The thrilling eloquence of the Methodist pulpit has done much to set the world aglow with the revival spirit, but not more perhaps than Methodist singing. But in these days of fashion and show, we very greatly fear that Methodist song is losing much of its spirituality and power.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089.  All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

______________________________X-Message #3

Date Mon, 26 Jul 1999 212553 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 10

Hog's Fat and Molasses

On the 22nd of June 1822, under the preaching of Peyton Graves, I cast in my lot with the people of God on probation, as my parents had done before me. I availed myself of every advantage, of every means of grace. I read many good books which were issued by our Book Concern in New York and scattered by our preachers, who carried them around in their saddle-bags.

It is my opinion that our people were better supplied with our general literature, and better posted in the doctrines and economy of Methodism, under those disadvantages than they are today, with all our boastedprivileges.

Here I might with propriety give my experience in seeking and obtaining religion, but have thought best to give a chapter on experiences, to include my own and those of several friends eminent for their piety and purity, their godliness and zeal. This will abound in much valuable information for young converts and seekers of religion, and to it I shall attach more than ordinary importance.

About this time the only ministers of the Gospel in the country were Methodists, and those who are familiarly known as Hard Shell Baptists. These were by choice an illiterate and ignorant set of men. They repudiated education and esteemed it almost sacrilege to make any preparation before going into the pulpit.

On one occasion they were visited by an evangelist of their own Church, who chanced to be a man of some cultivation and refinement, but they refused to give that attention and consideration that his talents and position demanded, and his mission was a failure. They seldom preached without dealing the Methodists a heavy blow, and doing all they could to check our headway. One of their strong arguments against us was that Mr. Wesley had a Bible or Testament of his own. And here I would remark, by way of parenthesis, that this translation of Mr. Wesley contained identically most of the important changes that we find in the Revised New Testament.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

X-Message #4

Date Mon, 26 Jul 1999 212805 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 11

Hog's Fat and Molasses (cont.)

But again to my story. Once in the midst of a sermon, one of their preachers in dealing the Methodists a blow said, "It is as impossible to mix faith and works as it is hog's fat and molasses." Among their ministers was one extensively known as "Club-axe Davis." He was as eccentric as rational humanity can be, if not a little more so, and while he possessed a warm and genial nature, he hated Methodism earnestly, and was often heard to say he "did not like a bone in a Methodist's body."

On another occasion one of them arose to preach. Standing under a tree, he said, "I know no more about what I am going to say than I know what is inside of this tree." The impression of the congregation when he got through was that he knew no more when he closed than when he began.

But, say what we may about this people, they had many virtues. Many of them were good and pious Christians, and their actions were consistent with their professions. In many of the practical virtues of life they put to blush their more enlightened brethren of other sects, and have ever held at premium honor and integrity.

The lamented Bishop Marvin once lecturing a congregation on the subject of debt, said, "I wish Methodists had more of the hard shell spirit of debt paying. And in saying this of a much ridiculed sect, I pay them one of the highest compliments that can be paid to a Christian denomination."

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html  

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 40

Today's Topics

#1 NFC 12 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 13 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 27 Jul 1999 193204 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 12

Up the Alabama River

The Alabama river was not navigated by steamboats even as late as 1823. We had to bring our supplies from Mobile in the ordinary flat bottom, or pole-boats. This was, as may well be imagined, a task of no ordinary magnitude. To make a trip from Vernon in forty days, required not only favorable conditions of wind and weather, but the constant stroke of the sturdy oarsman.

I have sometimes thought that if the students of Harvard and other literary institutions, so devoted to the regatta, had to make a few such trips the boat race would hardly be so popular. However, the romance and novelty of such a voyage softened many a hardship, and the stirring scenes of busy preparation for departure always found a number of stalwart pioneers ready to share the promised toil and fun of such an expedition.

While this system of navigation was slow and laborious, it, nevertheless, taught us an important lesson on the practical workings of the recently vexed question of local option of prohibition.

It so happened on one occasion that no ardent spirits could be found with any of the liquor vendors of the village, nor of the surrounding country. The result was that on the next muster day everything passed on in peace and harmony; there were no differences, whereas on previous, similar occasions when whisky freely flowed the man that proved himself the champion of the pugilistic ring paid sorely for the honor. Then, as now, a large per cent of crimes and problems was traceable directly or remotely to the use of whiskey.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089.  All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

X-Message #2

Date Tue, 27 Jul 1999 193404 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 13

A Surprise Visit

Late one evening in December 1822, after the busy inmates of our pleasant home had come in from their labors, a venerable stranger rode up and asked to be entertained for the night. He was kindly received by Mr. Mims, our generous host, and was soon seated before a glowing fire that threw its cheerful light and radiant heat over all around. The tall and commanding figure of the stranger, his elegant manners and pleasant and dignified conversation, inspired everyone with a desire to know who he was. Tea was soon announced, and after a good supper, Mr. Mims proffered to show him to his room that he might retire early and take a good night's rest. It was our class meeting night and Mr. Mims so announced to him by way of courtesy. He said he was not much fatigued, that he was refreshed by his supper and that it would be his pleasure to go with us.

Arnold Campbell, a local preacher, was our class leader. He was a young man, but zealous in all good works. Our place of meeting was in the Academy. After the leader had discharged his duty to each member of the class, he then addressed himself to the visitor whose response was so full, simple and eloquent, that we were all deeply impressed, and still more anxious to know the stranger; but the conventional code and principal modesty of our society would not allow us to be very inquisitive under any circumstances, and especially to strangers.

When we reached the inn, on our return from the services, Mr. Mims again offered to conduct him to his room, but he replied, "Before retiring let us have prayers." The Book was handed, an appropriate lesson read, and then followed such a prayer as we have seldom heard.

By this time curiosity as at its height. Bro. Campbell and some others went with him to his room. Without further ceremony Bro Campbell asked him if he would preach for him the next day, promising to secure for him a congregation. He said, "How do you know that I am a preacher? I guess you would like to know who I am. I am Robert R. Roberts." So, by entertaining a stranger, we had the honor of entertaining a live Bishop unawares. He consented to preach, and did so the next day, very much to the edification and spiritual profit of the people, and took his leave to the regions far beyond, expressing himself as much pleased with his sojourn among us as we were delighted and profited by his visit.

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html  

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 41

Today's Topics

#1 (no subject) [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#2 NFC 15 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#3 NFC 16 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 28 Jul 1999 184017 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 14

Schism

"Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Such was the harmony of our little village at the time of which I write, that we fully appreciated the beautiful sentiment contained in this passage. We were all of one heart and one mind; and rejoiced in the smiles of true friendship and the delights of social life. So beautiful was the spirit of peace and the hallowed influences of Christian charity and unity that even visitors were impressed and spoke the praises of our society.

But the brightest day is sometimes followed by cloud and storm. It was in 1823, that the local preachers agitated the subject of reform. Eli Terry, Jacob and Henry Whetstone, and Joseph Walker met in council in Vernon, to petition the General Conference to give local preachers representation in the Annual Conferences. This was the first move in South Alabama for what is known in our history as the reform.

Moses Andrew, an eloquent local elder, a polished gentleman and an able writer, took a decided stand against the movement, and fought it with all the force of his vigorous intellect and the influence of a noble character. William. Terry, also a local preacher of ability and extensive influence sent in a strong protest, and did all he could to avoid a rupture.

But, notwithstanding all this, the split came, and the reformers began to preach in churches held in common. The result was that conflicting appointments occurred, and we had to relinquish many for the sake of peace, and to avoid disgraceful encounters. Party spirit ran high.  Strife and contention, crimination and recrimination, discord and disunion, were all around us and our peaceful Eden was soon the scene of many unpleasant and adverse events.

This unfortunate schism marred the peace and happiness of many a soul, and checked for a while the roll of the "iron wheel" Methodism; but only for a while, for still it rolls, and will continue to roll when reformers are forgotten and the "iron wheel" man has faded even from the minds of Anabaptists.

By Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884)

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html  

X-Message #2

Date Wed, 28 Jul 1999 184604 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 15

Hard Shell Baptists

About this time in our neighborhood, we had some pleasant and amusing altercations with our Hard Shell friends, who it seemed could not let us alone. Mr. William. Terry and I in company with his family, attended one of their meetings, where I witnessed for the first time the ceremony of foot-washing. The preacher as usual made the Methodists his target and pelted us right soundly; but his missiles drew no blood, as we took it all in good part and tried to profit by the services.

The ceremony of foot washing proved to be a time of refreshing from the Lord. It was introduced by confession of unworthiness on the part of the participants, followed by weeping and shouts of joy and triumph. It was truly an occasion of interest and spiritual profit. At the close of the services, Mr. Terry, who was a genial spirit, approached and introduced himself to the minister and pleasantly said, "Come and go home with me and let us quarrel it out." But this was the end of the matter.

By Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884)

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232
Weatogue, CT 06089 All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html

X-Message #3

Date Wed, 28 Jul 1999 184854 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject NFC 16

Revival Drama

Rev. Brittain Capel was a preacher of the primitive type, but a man of moving powers. He was not exactly ubiquitous, but was a sort of ecclesiastical wanderer, that went about sowing the seeds of kindness and gospel truth, with the eloquence of a pious soul.

His advent into a neighborhood was hailed with delight by all good people, and was to them the harbinger of a spiritual feast. His visits were never long, but their impressions were deep and lasting. At the family altar, in the social circle, and along the dusty highway he labored to do good and honor the Master. His manners were pleasant and simple, his life consistent and pure. As a faithful servant he found peace in the vineyard of the Lord, and delighted in the sanctuary of the Most High. The pulpit seemed to be his native element; and though simplicity marked his efforts, the genius of eloquence possessed him.

On one occasion he was preaching to a large crowd. By his pathos and warmth they were fired up to a high pitch. Just then he introduced the fable of the sun and wind, striving to force an old man to throw off his overcoat. The wind blew furiously, but the harder it blew, the closer the old man drew his coat about him. When it had exhausted itself and with a sad moan had left him still wrapped in his coat, the sun began gently to send down his beams upon him. It increased in intensity and power as it rose higher and higher and directly the old man is seen to unbutton his coat and cast it from him.

The application was made in his own peculiar style, and so electrified the congregation that there was a general, old-fashioned Methodist shout. But in every flock there is a black sheep in every camp, a traitor. It proved so on this occasion. A young man of the neighborhood, notorious for his bad character, rose up, clapping his hands and shouting at the top of his voice, who we afterward learned, had done it in mockery. This I mention to put persons on the watch for such characters during revival occasions.

By Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884)

© Copyright 1998, 1999, Elizabeth DuBois Russo, DuBois Publishing Co. PO Box 232,
Weatogue, CT 06089. All rights reserved.

For the Table of Contents go to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/neccontents.html  

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 42

Today's Topics

#1 Calvin Lafayette Stephens [MurChrTrFm@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 2 Aug 1999 151235 EDT

From MurChrTrFm@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Calvin Lafayette Stephens

Could someone please tell me if they know the parents of this person? His mother was a widow on the 1880 census. Her name was Mariah. Would greatly appreciate it.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 43

Today's Topics

#1 GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK ["Sybil Phillips" syphi@tusc.net]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 5 Aug 1999 201623 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK

Hello

The Greene County Heritage Book Committee met today and we meet again on Aug. 26. We skip Sept. and then we will meet on Oct. 7. On this date we will decide on the FINAL DEADLINE for the book. We need your stories and your book orders. We have received more stories from outside of Greene County and Alabama than we have received from within.

We are trying our best to put together a good book. It will contain new information and a lot of genealogical information. Who knows? You may find the missing link that you have searched years for. Since I have been working on this book, I have connected four people who had common ancestors - the four are related in some way to each other.

If you have trouble with word count, you can do birth and death dates as follows and this will count as only one word - 3/15/1875-7/04/1951. Please try to give the total word count at the end of the story before you type Photo Caption and Submitted by. I have typed some stories to get an accurate count and I really don't have this kind of time. The typists are paid by keystrokes but this does not include me. If you have questions, please ask. I am only an e-mail away.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 44

Today's Topics

#1 GREENE COUNTY Heritage Book [Alice Campbell <acampbell@carolina]

Administrivia

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 06 Aug 1999 172558 -0400

From Alice Campbell <acampbell@carolina.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject GREENE COUNTY Heritage Book

Hi Sybil,

I have many ancestors from Greene County. How many 500 word articles can I submit? If I can only submit one, can my cousins & children each do one on their common ancestors?

Alice Campbell

ALGREENE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:

> ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 43

> Today's Topics

> #1 GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

> Subject GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK

> Date Thu, 5 Aug 1999 201623 -0500

> From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

> To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

> Hello

> The Greene County Heritage Book Committee met today and we meet again on   Aug. 26. We skip Sept. and
> then we will meet on Oct. 7. On this date we  will decide on the FINAL DEADLINE for the book.  We need > > your stories and your book orders. We have received more stories  from outside of Greene County and 
> Alabama than we have received from  within.  We are trying our best to put together a good book. It will
> contain new  information and a lot of genealogical information. Who knows? You may  find the missing link
> that you have searched years for. Since I have been  working on this book, I have connected four people who
> had common ancestors  - the four are related in some way to each other.

> If you have trouble with word count, you can do birth and death dates as   follows and this will count as only
> one word - 3/15/1875-7/04/1951.  Please try to give the total word count at the end of the story before you
> type Photo Caption and Submitted by. I have typed some stories to get an > accurate count and I really don't
> have this kind of time. The typists are  paid by keystrokes but this does not include me.  If you have questions,
> please ask. I am only an e-mail away.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 45

Today's Topics

#1 GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

#2 Re GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

#3 Re GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 15 Aug 1999 092905 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK

Hello,

We are still in need of family stories and topicals for our Greene County Heritage Book. We have 124 family stories and about 30 topicals and this does not make a very large book. We meet for a working meeting on Aug. 26th, skip the month of Sept. and meet again in early Oct. (5 or 7) to decide the FINAL DEADLINE. David has spoken of a 2000 publication date. I am very familiar with students putting off writing papers but did not expect this from adults who are into genealogy and wanting to preserve history. There are several families in Greene County who need their stories written but I do not have time to research and put these stories together. Some may already be written and are just tucked away in a drawer. Please let us hear from you.

Sybil N. Phillips,

Proofreader

______________________________X-Message #2

Date Sun, 15 Aug 1999 101759 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK

I am definitely one of those procrastinators. Although my family articles are pretty much written, I know I want to make some more editing changes. To give you an idea of my numbers, I can probably have about 5 family articles. I am looking to do topical articles on the following:

Early Methodists in Greene County

8th AL Cavalry (Hatch's)

Cotton Gin manufacturing on a small-time level

Reconstruction and the split off of Hale County

Old Southern University

I could easily split these articles into more articles. So I'd say count on at least 10 from me. I am going on vacation, so may not be able to get you much before your next meeting. But Sept. is the big push.

Elizabeth

Sybil Phillips wrote

> Hello

> We are still in need of family stories and topicals for our Greene County

> Heritage Book. We have 124 family stories and about 30 topicals and this

> does not make a very large book.

> We meet for a working meeting on Aug. 26th, skip the month of Sept. and

> meet again in early Oct. (5 or 7) to decide the FINAL DEADLINE. David has

> spoken of a 2000 publication date.

>

> I am very familiar with students putting off writing papers but did not

> expect this from adults who are into genealogy and wanting to preserve

> history. There are several families in Greene County who need their

> stories written but I do not have time to research and put these stories

> together. Some may already be written and are just tucked away in a

> drawer.

>

> Please let us hear from you.

> Sybil N. Phillips,

> Proofreader

______________________________X-Message #3

Date Sun, 15 Aug 1999 102310 -0400

From ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re GREENE COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK

PS--I would welcome any co-authors and submitters. I can ghost write if you can give me materials. And Sybil, if you know locals who are afraid of writing, get them to sign up as submitters--and I'll do the writing.  My family (none of them live in AL) would lend their names in a pinch, but it would be better coming from local submitters, don't you think? And please, anyone with info on my topics, please let me know.

ELIZABETH RUSSO wrote

> I am looking to do topical articles on the following

> Early Methodists in Greene County

> 8th AL Cavalry (Hatch's)

> Cotton Gin manufacturing on a small-time level

> Reconstruction and the split off of Hale County

> Old Southern University

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 46

Today's Topics

#1 Research Lookups [sgr1999@bellsouth.net]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 22 Aug 1999 134352 -0400 (EDT)

From sgr1999@bellsouth.net

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Message-Id <LB403L6U.WR868BC0@bellsouth.net>

Subject Research Lookups

Southeastern Genealogical Research (www.akat.com/genealogy.html) Is a new research service specializing in Southeastern Staes research. I can lookup individual surname records. For lookups I  charge $5 per lookup but that includes photo copies and postage to you. Please let me know if I can be of service. The Collection of material I have access to includes over 100,000 printed volumes, 9,000 volumes of bound periodicals, 15,000 reels of microfilm exclusive of newspaper and periodical holdings, more than 6,000 of microforms, 8,000 pamphlets, 300 linear feet of vertical fileand clipping material, a sizable collection of rare books, and a growing body of records in compact disc (CD) format. Approximately 2,000 titles a year are added to the Collection, which is augmented annually by 200 journal subscriptions. Collection is acknowledged by genealogical researchers as one of the finest in the Southeastern United States. Formore information email SGR1999@bellsouth.net

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 47

Today's Topics

#1 SALEM METHODIST CHURCH ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

#2 Springfield ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 14 Sep 1999 115650 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" syphi@tusc.net

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject SALEM METHODIST CHURCH

If anyone has memories or historical information on Salem Methodist Church in Greene County, would you please share it with us for the history book? Rev. Moseley's collection of materials that were given to Huntingdon College did not have anything about the church. You can e-mail anything to me. Thank you.

Sybil N. Phillips, Proofreader

X-Message #2

Date Tue, 14 Sep 1999 124711 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" syphi@tusc.net

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Springfield

Does anyone know about Daniel Boone, the name of a famous race horse from Springfield? This was during Springfield's heyday.

 Sybil Phillips

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 48

Today's Topics

#1 Asa and Catherine Pell King ["James Steve Sanders" <sandking@us]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 15 Sep 1999 093515 -0500

From "James Steve Sanders" sandking@usit.net

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Asa and Catherine Pell King

Asa King married Catherine Pell in Wake Co., NC on Jan. 24, 1825. They moved to Alabama sometime before 1843. Asa King died in Greenesborough, AL. on April 16, 1843, however the obit said that he was from Newbern. Is Newbern in Greene Co. or Hale Co? Could someone check and see if there is a cemetery listing for this Asa King or his wife Catherine. What did Catherine do after his death? Did she remain in Greene Co. or move away? Can someone help me on this?

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 49

Today's Topics

#1 Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #48 [Lylessill@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 16 Sep 1999 132805 EDT

From Lylessill@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #48

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 50

Today's Topics

#1 (no subject) [UnkHiram@aol.com]

#2 Mail List manners [UnkHiram@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 18 Sep 1999 120837 EDT

From UnkHiram@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject (no subject)

Hi. My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat room and I have built an AlabamaSites Web Page. My Page contains links to Genealogy pages that are Alabama Specific in most cases. If you have a home page for Alabama Research or you know of a good Alabama Page please send me a link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Alabama Researchers. The URL for the Page is http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html   There are currently 418 links on the page.

The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, NORRIS, DUNN, BUNN and DODSON.I would also like to invite yall to visit my other sites

1) http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html Adventures in Genealogy- a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook

2) http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html Nomocotton - a page with my original fiction on it

3) http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html TexasSites -  a page of Texas Genealogical sites

4) http://www.casino-on-net.com/cgi-bin/FreeComps.pl?A_33_BN   Bio - my Personal Bio page including a photo of my family

Thank you for your time.

Bill Hocutt

X-Message #2

Date Sat, 18 Sep 1999 175714 EDT

From UnkHiram@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Mail List manners

Hi its me again, Bill Hocutt

If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your  attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url for the article is http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html   I am also enclosing a link to the article. http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html   Mail List Manners

Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me.

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 51

Today's Topics

#1 List owner [Arkivemom@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 19 Sep 1999 085521 EDT

From Arkivemom@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject List owner

I cannot find my original message - would the list owner please get in touch

with me?

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 52

Today's Topics

#1 DEADLINE ALERT! ["Sybil Phillips" syphi@tusc.net]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 20 Sep 1999 202646 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject DEADLINE ALERT!

Hello Greene County Connections. I heard today that we may have to go with an October 31st Deadline for our

Heritage Book. I am the first to admit that we are not ready. Please get your stories to me rather than sending them to the Postoffice Box or to Mary Russell. Mary is going on a trip, I do not live near her, and I do not live near the peson who picks up the mail from the box. My mailing address is Sybil N. Phillips, Rt. 1, Box 5, Knoxville, Alabama, 35469.

There is more to do to a story than just read it so I need your story as quickly as possible. Thank you.

Sybil N. Phillips, Proofreader

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 53

Today's Topics

#1 Joseph Gail Fortson, AL>MS, 1836-1 [Renee Clay <rvrclay@home.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 22 Sep 1999 070437 -0500

From Renee Clay <rvrclay@home.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Joseph Gail Fortson, AL>MS, 1836-1907

Dear Listmembers,

My husband, Kenneth Wayne Clay, is the ggggrandson of Joseph Gail Fortson and Sarah/Sara Anneliza/Ann Eliza Radford of Radfordsville, Perry County, Alabama. Joseph was born 12 Feb 1836 in Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama and died in Collinsville, Lauderdale County, Mississippi on 6 April 1907.

Does anyone have information on Joseph's parents and/or the marriage date for him and Sara? Many thanks to Frances Spencer Powell and Roger Bartlett for the above information. Thanks so much for your kind attention.

Renee Rogers Clay rvrclay@home.com 

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#1 Hello, looking for my father ["CEVM" <cevm@erols.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 23 Sep 1999 202238 -0400

From "CEVM" <cevm@erols.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Hello, looking for my father

Hello,

I have tried everything I can think of and others have thought of. Now I am going from county to county to try to locate my father and family. Father William Austin Born in Indiana 1927 or 1928. I can get no info from Vital Records because I do not have Birth date Parents names or anything else. This was all that was on my Birth Certificate. Here is all the info I have.

My name is Rev. Dennis Keith Austin I am 44 years old my fathers name is William Austin he would be around his early 70's he has a daughter name Twila she would be around 51 to 53 and a son around my age. He had Curly Auburn hair he lived in and around Monterey Park, California. He worked at a gas station. This info is 44 years old. My mothers name is Barbara Ballenger. He was not married at the time he and my mother had a relationship and when she got pregnant he left. I have no other family brothers and sisters except on the Austin side. My mother saw him again a year after I was born and he was married and had a little baby with him. If you could be of some help it would be a Blessing. Please contact me one way or the other. Thank you and have a Blessed weekend.

In His Grace,

Rev. Dennis Austin 7577 Margate Court #104, Manassas, Virginia 20109   1-800-650-3238 Toll Free

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#1 Fw Spencer [Grace A Kayser <amner@juno.com>]

X-Message #1

Date Fri, 24 Sep 1999 164842 -0500

From Grace A Kayser <amner@juno.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject FW Spencer

Dear fellow Greene county researcher...

I received the two following messages back in June and could not help Rev. John H. Spencer, Jr. at <revspencer@mindsprng.com>. If you can help him please reply to him at his e-mail address.

Thank you. Grace Kyaser.

REMEMBER REPLY TO revspencer@mindsprng.com.

--------- Forwarded message ----------

From Amner@aol.com

To Amner@juno.com

Date Fri, 24 Sep 1999 172603 EDT

Subject Spencer

Dear Amner

I found your name and email address in the Greene County Alabama website associated with the name Spencer. My family has roots in Greene County, we  are African-American and believe that our ancestor were slaves of a family of  Spencers in Green County. We believe that our ancestors may have migrated to  Alabama from Tenn and North Carolina whether they came as slaves of the Spencers or whether they were brought by the Spencers in Alabama we don't know at this point. Any information thay you may be able to provide will be sincerely appreciated.  Thanks'

Rev. John H. Spnencer, Jr. revspencer@mindsprng.com

------

Dear Amner,

Thanks for you help. It is very encouraging because my family of Spencer are from the local areas of Geene County that are mention in your family tree.Clinton and Union. My Great Grandfather was named George Spencer I do not have his birthday or death date, however, my grandfather Simeon Manuel Spencer was born in 1884 in Greene County and lived most of his life in Greene county, near Clinton in a community called Mantua (sp?). The George in your family was born too late to be the slave master of my great grand father. I also notice that there was a mention of an Eatman family in your tree. This name is also part of my family tree. Your information will be very helpful as do more research. So once again thank you for your help.

If you obtain any more information please pass it along to me. Thanks Again!

John H. Spencer, Jr.

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#1 Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #53 Jose [Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.n]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 26 Sep 1999 130154 -0700

From Roderick Bush <rodbush@earthlink.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #53 Joseph G. Fortson

At 1217 AM 9/23/1999 -0700, you wrote:

>ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 53

>Today's Topics

>#1 Joseph Gail Fortson, AL>MS, 1836-1 [Renee Clay <rvrclay@home.com>]

>X-Message #1

>Date Wed, 22 Sep 1999 070437 -0500

>From Renee Clay <rvrclay@home.com>

>To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

>Subject Joseph Gail Fortson, AL>MS, 1836-1907

>Dear Listmembers, My husband, Kenneth Wayne Clay, is the ggggrandson of Joseph Gail Fortson and >Sarah/Sara Anneliza/Ann Eliza Radford of Radfordsville, Perry County, Alabama. Joseph was born 12 Feb >1836 in Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama and died in Collinsville, Lauderdale County, Mississippi on 6 April >1907.

>Does anyone have information on Joseph's parents and/or the marriage date for him and Sara? Many thanks to >Frances Spencer Powell and Roger Bartlett for the above information. Thanks so much for your kind attention.

>Renee Rogers Clay rvrclay@home.com

Cousin Renee,

I am a ggrandson of Joseph G. Fortson and Sara Ann Eliza Radford and have the Fortson, Radford and other related lines back several generations. I not only have their marriage date, but found the missing Marriage book in 1977 and photocopied it. Joseph's mother was Mary Alford of Greene County. I am the webmaster of the Greene Co, AL GenWeb site and have my Fortson family data linked at this URL http://home.earthlink.net/~rodbush/FortsonA.htm    the Alford at http://home.earthlink.net/~rodbush/miscfami.htm   and the Higginbotham family at http://home.earthlink.net/~rodbush/miscfami.htm . Please write me for more family info.

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#1 EDMISTON, 1850-1860 [Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.ne]

X-Message #1

Date Tue, 05 Oct 1999 173924 -0500

From Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject EDMISTON, 1850-1860

Hello,

Is anyone researching the Edmistons of Greene County, AL? I am interested in Thos. B, John, Franklin, and Larkin. Wasn't there a Columbus also?

Thanks,

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 58

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#1 Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #57 [Michelle Moreland Orlando <graywol]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 07 Oct 1999 013548 -0500

From Michelle Moreland Orlando <graywolf@texas.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re ALGREENE-D Digest V99 #57

I have an Elizabeth EDMISTON of Eutaw,Greene Co., AL married into the CUMMINGS family.

Michelle Moreland Orlando

ALGREENE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote

> Subject

> ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 57

> Today's Topics

> #1 EDMISTON, 1850-1860 [Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.ne]

> Subject EDMISTON, 1850-1860

> Date Tue, 05 Oct 1999 173924 -0500

> From Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net>

> To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

> Hello,

> Is anyone researching the Edmistons of Greene County, AL? I am  interested in Thos. B, John, Franklin, and >Larkin. Wasn't there a  Columbus also?

> Thanks,

ALGREENE-D Digest Volume 99 Issue 59

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#1 GREENE COUNTY HISTORY BOOK-NEW DEA ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 28 Oct 1999 210240 -0500

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject GREENE COUNTY HISTORY BOOK-NEW DEADLINE

Hello. Greene County Heritage Book Committee wishes to announce a new deadline for our History Book. You now have until Dec. 31, 1999, but your story must have a postmark of Midnight of that date for your story to get into the book. I bet a lot of you have been doing what so many of us are guilty of - procrastinating. Let me know if you have a story that you are working on so that I can have some idea of where we are. We need at least 200 more stories so get busy. I know that the brochure says one story per family but there are ways around that. You write a story and then sign a child's name, a grandchild's name, or a member of the family who does not live in
your home. This is the FINAL DEADLINE so get busy. Remember - a Pioneer Story gets a thusand words. Pioneers are the people who were in the county before or by 1890. Let us hear from you.

Sincerely,

Sybil N. Phillips,

Proofreader

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#1 HERITAGE BOOK AND RELEASE DATE ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Wed, 10 Nov 1999 214406 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Greetings. As you know, Dec. 31, Midnight, 1999 is our final deadline. We have been told that the book will probably arrive in July, 2000. We are not the only county in Alabama who has had to change deadlines. I have never met about one-half of the people whose names are listed on the brochure and we have about 6 regular members and then different ones show up at different times. We are in need of people to help write the community histories. If you would like to take pen in hand, please respond quickly. If you know anything about Old Springfield, let me know. I already have a few projects in mind for when this book is finished. At the present time, I need more hours in the day.

Sybil N. Phillips,
Proofreader

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#1 EDMONDSON [Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.ne]

X-Message #1

Date Sun, 21 Nov 1999 074544 -0600

From Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject EDMONDSON

I am researching the Edmon(d)sons of Abbeville, SC, whom I believe moved into Greene County, AL sometime between 1842 and 1850s. The head of household was John and his wife was Elizabeth. Two of the children were a set of twins, Thomas and Elizabeth.  If you have any information about this family, please contact me. I have all on Thomas and his line. I would be happy to share. Thanks, Julia ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net    Florida/USA

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#1 Avery (1810-1840) Greene & Hale Co ["FWI" <f_w_i@email.msn.com>]

#2 James Murphy ["sunauto" <sunauto@gateway.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 13 Dec 1999 215159 -0500

From "FWI" <f_w_i@email.msn.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Avery (1810-1840) Greene & Hale Co AL & Johnston & Cumberland Co NC

I hope that the List can help me further my Avera (various lines and spellings) research for the 1750-1840 period in Johnston Co and Cumberland Co NC and in Greene Co and Hale Co AL. I have already done a significant amount of research (NC Archives & Johnston Co History Room), but I am having trouble with Cumberland Co NC data. As you may know, very few of the Cumberland Co records have been abstracted, and I am having a slow go of it in the NC Archives. (Court Records that have not been abstracted will make a Saint pound his head on the wall.) There are a fair number of compilations of Avera Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets floating around (DAR, Web-pages, etc.) Unfortunately, all of these "databases" that I have  reviewed so far have errors and faulty assumptions. In an attempt to correct these errors and faulty assumptions,

I started researching all Court Records, Deeds, Wills, and Estate Records of any Avera, Averyt, etc. in Johnston Co NC during the time period of 1750-1830. [All records have been abstracted ;-) ] I have made good progress, but I can not complete this research without Cumberland Co NC data because so many of the Averas also lived or had family in Cumberland Co.

I will be posting results of my research later, but I hope that anyone with an interest in Avera, Avery, Averyt, etc. research will go ahead and contact me with your interests. I am researching all Avera lines in these two counties and not just my own line. However, my own line is from Thomas Avera, testator of 1761, Johnston Co NC. Three of his children married three children of Richard Ingram, testator of 1781, Johnston Co NC. Samuel Avera and, his wife, Zilpha Ingram Avera (one of the three marriages) went to Wilkes Co GA before 1790. Two of Samuel's younger brothers, Isaac and Arthur Avera, also went then or later. Later, around 1795 or so, Thomas Ingram and his younger brother, John Ingram, also went to Wilkes Co GA. They were the grandsons of Thomas Avera, testator of 1761, through the union of Mary Avera and John Ingram (also one of the three marriages.) Both the Averas and the Ingrams wound up in Putnam Co GA. The third marriage was between William Avera and Elizabeth Ingram Avera. I have proven that this William Avera, the son of Thomas Avera, Testator of 1761, moved to Cumberland Co NC and stayed in contact with his siblings and had power of attorney for his brother, Samuel Avera, who was in GA.

However, I have not proven his marriage to Elizabeth Ingram, though there is circumstantial evidence to suggest it. It is believed, but not proven, that this William Avera had a son, William Ingram Avera, who settled in what is now Hale Co AL. Other descendents of this William Avera also went to this same part of AL. This was in the early 1800's, probably the second decade. It is further believed, but not proven, that this William Avera went himself to what is now Hale Co AL around 1823 or so to visit or live with his children. In any event, it is believed, but not proven, that this William Avera died in AL around 1825 and his grave is there. There is circumstantial evidence to suggest that all of this is true, and it can be supported with AL documents, such as Deeds of Gift, Wills, Cemetery records, etc.

Unfortunately, there were many William Averas in the Johnston Co and Cumberland Co NC area during this time period and not all of them were closely related. The challenge is to prove who the William Avera was who died ca 1825 in what is now Hale Co AL. Was he the son of Thomas Avera, testator of 1761? Was he the son-in-law of Richard Ingram, testator of 1781? Or was he some other William Avera?

I think that this is a great genealogical puzzle and challenge and there are a number of Avera descendents in AL and MS who would love to know the answer but who are unable to do the NC research themselves. However, they help whenever they can with AL documents, their own Family Group Sheets, etc.

Thank you for your interest and lets go for it.  Franklin Ingram, f_w_i@email.msn.com

X-Message #2

Date Tue, 14 Dec 1999 122539 -0500

From "sunauto" <sunauto@gateway.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject James Murphy

Hello Greene County Researchers!

I'm desperately searching for help, for my BWS, "Brick Wall Syndrome", James Murphy born in AL Oct 16, 1816. To whom is the question??!! I found where he purchased land from the government in Feb 1841 named as James Murphy of Greene County AL. This took place months before he married his Tishomingo Co, MS bride Catherine Farris. The lands purchased were in Franklin Co., AL. Censuses show that he was born in AL. I'm hoping that the Greene Co. lead is my big break. Can anyone help??

Julie Murphy

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#1 FINAL DEADLINE ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>]

X-Message #1

Date Sat, 25 Dec 1999 175942 -0600

From "Sybil Phillips" <syphi@tusc.net>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject FINAL DEADLINE

To All of You Who Are Subscribers to the Greene County Rootsweb. This is a reminder that Friday, December 31, 1999 (Midnight) is the Final Deadline for submitting stories for the Greene County Heritage Book and for placing an order for the book at the price of $59.95. After we go to the publisher, the price will go up by $15.00 or more. If you are submitting a story, send it to me at the following address: Sybil N. Phillips, Rt. 1, Box 5, Knoxville, Alabama, 35469.

Thank you.
Sybil N. Phillips

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#1 Re Hale & Greene Cty Border Chang [Cassandra Davis <c.davis1@juno.com]

X-Message #1

Date Mon, 27 Dec 1999 121828 EST

From Cassandra Davis <c.davis1@juno.com>

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Re Hale & Greene Cty Border Change

There is a story that has a relative being born in a part of Hale county that is not in Greene county. It says the river changed its path. The relative likely was born in the mid to late 1800's. If anyone can shed some light on this lore, I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks in advance for you kind assistance.

C.Davis  C.Davis1@juno.com

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#1 La Dove Ashley 1865 [JAs8403912@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 30 Dec 1999 010130 EST

From JAs8403912@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject La Dove Ashley 1865

I am seeking info on La Dove Ashley. I'm told he was born in Greene County on  Jan 25, 1865. He married Nancy Virginia Kirby from Anniston Alabama. His  first child was born in Tuscaloosa Alabama. He then Moved to Anson Texas. He  died in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, I would appreciate any info on him or his family. -- Troie Wilde Ontario Ca

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#1 Hinton, Paschel, Wilder, Hart, Gri [MyKithNkin@aol.com]

X-Message #1

Date Thu, 30 Dec 1999 202024 EST

From MyKithNkin@aol.com

To ALGREENE-L@rootsweb.com

Subject Hinton, Paschel, Wilder, Hart, Grice

Would be interested in anyone researching the Hinton lines and the Paschal lines. I have William Hinton born in NC on May 31, 1779 and died October 03, 1847 Greene  Co., AL, buried in Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Greene Co, AL.   Children: James Isaac Hinton born November 11, 1802 married to Frances Hart; Joseph H. Hinton, M.D. born August 09, 1808 married to Temperance Grice Ransom Hinton born 1807 married to Elizabeth Wilder; Wiley (Willie) L. Hinton born January 17, 1809 married Mary Wilder;  Pherebee Hinton born Bet. 1813 - 1815 married William Paschel. I have some lineage on the Hinton's for another generation or so, but only the children on the Hinton/Paschel marriage and nothing further on them.

If anyone on the list lives in this area, I would love to see about getting some "actual records" copies, cemetery photes etc....Will trade for lookups in the New Orleans (Orleans and Jefferson Parish areas) or Baton Rouge at the Archives. Happy to share what I have. Lisa Cotten