Below is a will I found in the "Loose Papers" of Autauga County microfilmed by the Mormons a few years ago. Once again I have found another item on these rolls of microfilm that were not included in the regular probate minute, report or will books. The researcher of Autauga County families need to know that the loose papers (microfilm) have many items for people who died during and right after the Civil War period. Many estates were started during this time period, but never completed due to the "fall of the Confederacy" and the Confederate currency. Do not forget to check these rolls. The loose paper microfilm rolls are available at the Probate Office of the Autauga County Courthouse as well as at the Alabama State Archives. Larry E. Caver, Jr. The State of Alabama, Autauga County In the name of God, Amen, I, Narcissa TYUS, of the county and state aforesaid, in view of the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, and being of sound mind, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. It is my wish and desire that all of my just debts be fully paid after my death by my Executor... It is my will, wish and desire, that my my dear son, Thomas Henry MOTLEY shall have my two mules called Bill and Queen, and my wagon, to hold and possess as his rightful property; also a gold headed walking cane willed to him by his father. It is my will, wish and desire, that my household and (page torn)... to my daughters, viz: Lurana Catherine, Sarah Sophronia Peters and Adaline Narcissa; It is my will, wish and desire that my interest in and part or share of the undivided real estate of my father, Henry CAVER, deceased, together with all debts due or owing to me or my Estate, be equally divided among my five children, viz: Thomas Henry MOTLEY, Lurana Catharine MOTLEY, Mary Ann MOTLEY, Sarah Sophronia Peters MOTLEY, and Adaline Narcissa MOTLEY. It is my will, wish and desire that five dollars be given out of my Estate or any part thereof to each of my two dear sons, George Robert TYUS and Joseph William TYUS. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Thomas E. MOTLEY my Executor of this my last Will and Testament. This May 8th, A.D. 1867. (Signed) Narcissa TYUS Witnesses: M. McQUEEN R.H. CAVER F.W. POOLE

I've been working on my computer for several days now trying to get as much possible about this couple - Elizabeth Fralick and Jacob Rubinthral (Ruppenthal). There are many different spellings. Do you have anything on these people. Mary Davis

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1167.1 Message Board Post: This does not work. This is what I got. We can't find www.butlerheritage.com Gladys

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1167 Message Board Post: Web site is updated take a look. www.butlerheritage.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1166 Message Board Post: Would like any information on Leon Pearson b1906 and wife Eunice Conner b1911. Their parents and children.Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1165 Message Board Post: Looking for parents of Stokely F. King b. 1812 in VA. Married Mary Limbrick 1848 and Mary A. Gay in 1834 in Autauga Co. Thanks. Nina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1163.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for some Stalneckers/Stalnakers. I am looking for any relatives of Lewis (Eulues,this is the spelling on the marriage license) Stalnaker/Stalnecker. In 1930 Beat 1 Autauga Co., AL., it shows Lewis E. age 34 and his wife Nettie(Bazzell) and living beside them a John age 35.

I HAVE SENT THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS. I FINALLY SUBSCRIBED AGAIN , IN CASE FOR SOMEREASON MY NAME HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE LIST. HOPE SOMEONE LETS ME KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST. HAS EVERYONE FINISHED THEIR RESEARCH AND NO LONGER PUT OUT INQUIRIES ON THE AUTAUGA LIST? SINCERELY, BELVA

It is just summer..everyone is busy with vacations, swimming and working in the gardens..cutting grass, baseball games and getting the kids ready to get back to school..you know America, hotdogs and apple pie things..making trips to Genealogy Libraries and Family Reunions. It will pickup soon.. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:08 AM Subject: [ALAUTAUG-L] IS ANYONE THERE? > I HAVE SENT THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS. I FINALLY SUBSCRIBED AGAIN , IN CASE FOR > SOMEREASON MY NAME HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE LIST. > HOPE SOMEONE LETS ME KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST. HAS > EVERYONE FINISHED THEIR RESEARCH AND NO LONGER PUT OUT INQUIRIES ON THE AUTAUGA > LIST? > SINCERELY, BELVA > > > ==== ALAUTAUG Mailing List ==== > This list is maintained by Tom Richardson, [email protected] > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pR.2ADE/1164 Message Board Post: Researching the Gassaway/Gasaway family lines. searching for Cynthia and James Richard Gassaway

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stalnaker,Stallnecker,Stahlnekker,Stahlnecker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1163 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on Sarah (Sara) Elenora (Nora) Stahlnecker/Stallnecker/Stalnaker. She was born 2 Oct 1869 in Alabama and married Jeremiah Fain. I found that Cary Lee Stalnaker, Jim Monroe Stalnaker, and John Edward Stalnaker all lived in Autauga County, Alabama when they registered for the World War I draft. Are any of these men her relatives? I don't know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Kincaid, Culver, Wingard, Thornton, Grier, Smith, Gray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pR.2ADE/1161.1 Message Board Post: Martha, There are multiple cemeteries in Marbury, actually. But the main one is listed in a book I have as having somewhere around 325 graves, and it lists FIKE as one of the prevalent surnames. I've been to two (perhaps all three) of these cemeteries looking for my own family, but I didn't take note of the FIKE or BAGGETT names. Marbury is in extreme northeast Autauga County. The main cemetery you're probably interested in is located along Alabama Highway 143, which runs north out of Millbrook on across that corner of Autauga County and into Chilton County, where it soon meets up with US Highway 31. The Marbury community itself is very near the northern edge of the county and isn't difficult to locate on any good map of the area. = Steve =

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1162 Message Board Post: Marbury Cemetery is where the Fike family is buried that I am researching. I would appreciate any info you might have on the area and the Fike and Baggett families of that area. Do you know anyone researchingthese families?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fike, Baggett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1161 Message Board Post: How large is the Marbury cemetery? Where is it located? I am interested in the FIKE and BAGGETT families of that area.

Patricia Dooley The graveside service for Patricia Dooley, 65 of Prattville, Alabama, will be Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 11:00 am at Woodland Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Notasulga with burial in Woodland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Notasulga. The Rev. Barry Teague & the Rev. Turpin Ashurst are officiating. Mrs. Dooley, who passed away July 16, 2003, was born May 31, 1938. Survivors include: Husband, Curtis F. Dooley; Mother, Nell Matheny; Daughter, DeLisa Baughman; Sisters, Rita Whitman (Tommy) & Judie May (Larry); Granddaughter, Erin Baughman. She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Lee Goodson. Jeffcoat-Linville Funeral Home of Tallassee is directing.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wadford, Watford, Hubbard, Haven, Havin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1160 Message Board Post: I am desperately looking for information regarding my great grandfather, William Henry W(h)adford. My g-grandfather was supposedly born in Alabama on September 15th during the Civil War years and the tale told is that his family may have originally come from the Carolinas to perhaps Newton, Dale County, Alabama, where he may have been born. He was orphaned at a young age when his family may have died in a "plague" possibly on a river(house)boat and the story has it he was discovered alone after a couple of days. He possibly was sent to live with an uncle in Florida, but ran away with cousins when he was a young boy and they ended in Texas with another supposed uncle. I am able to trace him from 1885, Rains County, Texas to Delta County, Colorado where he is buried. The cousins may have been his mothers' family. The first record I can find of him is his marriage to Mary E. Havens on October 25, 1885 in Rains County, Texas where he had worked building Sulpher Springs Road. They had a son, William Henry Whadford Jr. born Oct. 15, 1886 in Sulpher Springs, Hopkins County, Texas and Mary soon died afterwards. My g-grandfather then married Sminthie Ellen Matlock (b. Sept. 4, 1874 Marlin, Falls County, Texas) on Jan. 14, 1889 at Cureo, Dewitt County, Texas. They had six children: Leona Josephine (f) b. Mar. 20, 1890 at Cuero, Dewitt County Bonnie Monroe (m) b. Jan. 15, 1892 at Edna, Jackson County Jessie Winnie (f) b. Sept. 26, 1893 at Edna, Jackson County Maude Belle (f) b. Jun. 26, 1895 at Edna, Jackson County Lillie Mae (f) b. Mar. 5, 1898 at Edna, Jackson County Charles Henry Claude (m) b. Jan. 9, 1902 at Paonia, Delta County, Colorado The found censuses of him are: The 1900 census of Montgomery County, Texas lists: William Henry Whadford, w, m, born-Sept, year-1865 age last birthday is 30 or 39 and he is a logger (possibly in the San Jacinto Range) and his unknown parents were born in Alabama. The census date is June 4th, 1900. The 1910 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Whadford, m, w, age 47 (birthyear? 1863?) and as a survivor (dependent?) of the Civil War and that his father was born in Alabama and his mother was born in Florida. The census date is April 18th, 1910. The 1920 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Whadford, m, w, age 56 (birthyear? 1864) and both his parents were born in North Carolina. The census date is Jan. 24th, 1920. The 1930 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Wadford, m, w, age 66 (birthyear? 1864) and his father was born in South Carolina and his mother was born in Alabama. The census date is April 10th, 1930. Recently, I finally found a census listing a Willie Wadford approximately the same age as my g-grandfather would have been and I'm hoping someone may be able to provide the crack in my brick wall. It is the 1870 census of Shelby County, Hillsboro, P.O., Alabama, page 423. I cannot clearly make out Ms. Wadford's first name and I'm hoping it is recognized. The listings is: Hubbard, James D. age 24, M, W, Farmer b. Alabama. Mollie, age 20, F, W, Keeping house, b. Alabama. Walter R. or B., age 1 , M, W, At Home, b. Alabama. Wadford, ? (possibly Annie or (N)Annie), age 25, F, W, At Home, b. Alabama. Wadford, Willie, age 4, M, W, At Home, b. Alabama. I'm assuming Ms. Wadford is a sister to either James D. or Mollie, but I have found no proof. If you have any information regarding the Wad-Watfords, Havens-ins, Hubbards or recognize this story, please let me know. I would also appreciate any ideas or other contacts. Thank you! Nancy L. Compton

Hi, John, John THOMAS, was born 1759 in Dinwiddie County, VA and died between June 3 and August 22, 1840. On June 3, 1840 he signed his will and it was recorded in Autauga County on August 22, 1840. I'm a member of the DAR but have never applied for supplemental papers on John THOMAS. My maiden name is THOMAS and it is one of the things I plan on doing at some point. Irma J. Roy At 09:32 PM 7/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Forwarding this information that I have received: > > The information I have on John Thomas is as follows; >born ca 1759 died after 1850 in Autauga County. He is listed in Julich's >DAR >A Rooster of Rev Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama and also in Thomas Owens >Book. Not found in DAR Patriot Index. > Information on John Owen the that he was a Private in North Carolina, >was born in 1761 and died after 1835 in Autauga County. He is also found in >Julich and Owens. > >John Wallace >AL Sons of the American Revolution > > >==== ALAUTAUG Mailing List ==== >This list is maintained by Tom Richardson, [email protected]

Forwarding this information that I have received: The information I have on John Thomas is as follows; born ca 1759 died after 1850 in Autauga County. He is listed in Julich's DAR A Rooster of Rev Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama and also in Thomas Owens Book. Not found in DAR Patriot Index. Information on John Owen the that he was a Private in North Carolina, was born in 1761 and died after 1835 in Autauga County. He is also found in Julich and Owens. John Wallace AL Sons of the American Revolution

Hi, my names is Jim. I noticed maybe a family name of DeWitt. Know why or how this name given? I have been doing research on family name of DeWitt. Back to the 1800`s. They lived in Wilcox and Pickens counties,Alabama. Jim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griffis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/pR.2ADE/220.1.1 Message Board Post: hi janet my name is jason . if this will help great if not sorry . my grampa name is Dewitt griffis when i was looking at my family tree i thought i seen a rufus griffis in it . . if you cant find what ur looking for im sorry to wast ur time have a nice day jason