For those of you who have an interest in Florida research, did you know that Gov. Jeb Bush has proposed closing the Florida State Library System? Please become aware of these issues and make your concerns known. The first link will get you up to speed and the second is an online petition. You do not have to be a Florida resident to sign, as far as I know. Link 1: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/statelib.html Link2: http://www.floridahistory.info/petition/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:00 AM Subject: ALAUTAUG-D Digest V03 #15

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/816.1 Message Board Post: I am familar with Chapman Cemetary in Prattville and Walter Jones in Autaugaville. There is a nother cemetary in Prattville where Blacks were buried in the rear area, I can't remember the

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/854.2 Message Board Post: I failed to menton that my great aunt, the late Beatrice Motley also lived in Autaugaville. Ella B. Bell I also have another email for the next 4 or so days (I'm getting ready to change jobs): [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/854.1 Message Board Post: I am African-American, and my sother is the late Beatrice Schackelford of Prattvlle Alabama. Her father, Will Shackelford, was born in Autaugaville Alabama. On her birth certificate, both her parents were listed as mulatto in the area cting race. I know that my grandfather had brothers, George and Edward. Oral hstory says that their father was Hillard Shackelford. In fact, my mother's younger brother was named Hilliard, too. Thanks for any help that you might lend.

The Autauga Genealogical Society will meet in Prattville at the Prattville Library on Sunday, February 16, at 2:00 p.m. ROBERT S. DAVIS, JR., Director of the Family and Regional History Program at Wallace State Junior College in Hanceville, Alabama, will be our guest speaker. He has published more than 600 articles and 30 books and is a nationally recognized teacher of genealogy research. His most recent book, "Tracing Your Alabama Past", is a comprehensive reference book on Alabama research. He will not be able to sell this book at the meeting but it can be purchased through local book stores or the Univ. of Mississippi Press. He will have some of his other books for sale at the meeting. Copies of his most recent book will be available to preview and I'm sure he will be glad to autograph his new book if you have already purchased a copy. We regret that copies of any program materials cannot be posted or mailed to those unable to attend our meetings. Visitors are always welcome. Hope to see you on the 16th. Caroline Horton, President Autauga Genealogical Society

Does anyone have access to a copy of the 1840 census for Autauga County, Al.?? I would grealy appreciate the information for a Matthew Luter on page 122. Thanking anyone in advance for providing this information. John

There is some Milton history, written by the late Geni Cory, in Prattville, Alabama, at the historical society. The monuments actually mark the spots where William L. Taylor and his wife Sarah and their son Thos. J. were buried in the 1860's and 1870's, along with a son of Thomas's, Preston Taylor, who accidentally shot himself in the 1880s. The property belonged for many years to the Reed family (and might still) and is on Little Mulberry Creek. The Reeds had been told by generations of Taylors that their family was buried there, although no markers remained after the flooding of Milton and surrounding area about 1886. Because Thomas' J. Taylor's widow (Emma Bates Taylor) had several children who died young, it was assumed by Miss Cory that maybe some Bateses were buried there also, although there is no proof. A monument was dedicated in May 1980 (see Selma Times Journal of 2 May 1980), and then a historical marker was placed in 1982 (see Montgomery Advertiser Journal, 9 May 1982). Elihu Bates and Elizaeth Parr Bates, along with their daughter Emma Bates Taylor Bishop, who died in the 1920s, and some others, are buried at Harmony Cemetery; the Bateses attended Harmony Church, long gone. Hope this helps. I was involved in a lot of this in the 1970s and 1980s, visiting the site, etc. Are you a descendant of Emma Bates Taylor Bishop? Joe Hammer

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/870 Message Board Post: Would anyone be kind enough to tell me about the settlement known as Milton, Alabama in Autauga County? I would like to know about a granite monument erected in May of 1982 in memory of the Bishop family. Was there a newpaper write-up that anyone would share? This monument is near an historic marker for the town of Milton. I understand that the original grave- sites for the Bishops were plowed under circa 1920. I would really like to have a photo of the Bishop marker and a write-up. Also any local history concerning this family. Some of the other Bishops are buried in the Harmony Cemetery and another Bishop Cemetery located ? Any help will be greatly appreciated. You know what a brick wall is like! Ann Davis

Good morning, All, I joined this list this morning and am researching the Luter/Lewter families. In a combined effort with a couple of other researchers, we are researching these families with the goal of up-dating a book on the family that was published back in 1974. If you are a Lewter or have Lewters in your family, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. My own branch of the family hails out of Giles/Lincoln Counties of Tn., and Limestone County, Al. Looking forward to meeting new cousins. John

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/869.1.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately, I don't know Charles Crowe's parents. His and Bettie Lula's death certificates say they were buried in Jones, AL.

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/869.1 Message Board Post: THE CHARLES CROWE YOU MENTION,WAS HE THE SON OF MARVIN CROWE AND DRUSCILLA WILSON,DAUGHTER OF HENRY GADDIS WILSON AND PARALEE BAZZELL??? IT IS SAID HIS FATHER COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE OF GAMBLING DEBTS !!! PLEASE REPLY. IF THIS IS SAME ONES SHE IS BURIED IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY IN MONTGOMERY,ALABAMA

Sorry for the moment of panic. I guess what I'm looking for is Kingston Church which is in Autauga Co. Does anybody know if the place is a working church? If the cemetery is overgrown? That sort of thing? Thanks, Alice

I am also looking for my gggreat grandfather, Thomas Reeks Northington, he is supposedly burried in a cemetary in Kingston. The Daughters of the Confederacy erected a wrought-iron fence around his grave but I have been unable to loctae his name on any cemetary listings. Richard W. Northington Day & Zimmermann International (423)378-8338 [email protected] [email protected]

I have the information that my ancestor is buried in Kingston Cemetery, Autauga Co., AL. I even think I read about someone on this list searching thru Kingston Cemetery. But, when I went to GNIS to look for it and get a map, there is no Kingston Cemetery in Autauga Co. The only one I see in a little south of Talladega. Have I warped into the Twilight Zone? Alice

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/869 Message Board Post: Looking for burial of Charles Crowe d. 1941 and wife Bettie d. 1931. 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/an/pR.2ADE/828.1 Message Board Post: In my research of the Griffis name I have found a spelling of Griffeous and was changed to Griffis. You might want to check it out.

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/868 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Robert Hughie Conner b1898 m1929to Mary Pearl Cauthen d1974 and is buried at Greenwood in Montgomery. Was Robert married and divorced around 1920 in Prattville be-fore his marriage to Mary Pearl? Robert's father George Robert Conner b1876 m1897 to Lena Seobers,she died early 1900 he remarried Maudie and after his death she married West.Both are buried Oakhill. Where is Lena buried? Help me,Please

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/866 Message Board Post: Thomas Shreve was born in Rockingham Co. in 1816 & died in Butler County, Alabama. He married Eliza Ann Raitliff in 1843; she was born in 1822 in VA. to William & Elizabeth Anderson Raitliff & died in 1872 in Butler County, Alabama. Their known children were: William Clement Shreve b. 1847 in Butler Co., ALA. d. 1909 (married Nancy Elizabeth Stallings & after her death Laura Jernigan) Nancy Elizabeth b. 1849 in Butler Co., ALA d. 1950 (married Eli Reid Merrill) John Shreve b. 1843 in NC Martha Shreve b. abt. 1844 in Butler Co., ALA Would greatly appreciate any information pertaining to Thomas Shreve's parents, as well as any that pertains to William Clement Shreve & Nancy Elizabeth Shreve Merrill. You can send information to [email protected] or [email protected] [email protected] is Thomas Shreve's son William Clement & Nancy Elizabeth Stallings Shreve g-g granddaughter. [email protected] is Nina Nance Thomas Shreve's daughter Nancy Elizabeth Shreve Merrill & Eli Merril's g-g granddaughter & my cousin. Any aide you could give us would be greatly appreciated for we feel like the 'lost Shreve line' :). Any information we have as well will be shared. Thank You, Helena-Suzanne Shreve & Nina Nance

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/385.1 Message Board Post: New email address [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Self Selph Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/865 Message Board Post: The 6th Annual National Gathering of Self Family Researchers will be on the 26th of April, 2003, in Shelby, NC. This years event will have two guest speakers, a tour of ruins, a family meal with awards, door prizes, scholarship, and more. See details at http://www.self-family.com/self2003 or contact Dan at [email protected] to have a brochure sent to you.