Cecelia, I am also a descendent of Lewis Cookson Davis. I come from Anderson Davis who left Autauga Co. and went to Perry Co. I would love to add your line to my info. I am happy to exchange. Would you give me your line from James Degraffenreid to your family? Thanks June Carter Cecelia wrote: > I have a copy of my great-grandfather's Amnesty Oath following the Civil > War. My sister has the original in a frame on her wall. > If you would like to see what is in the Oath, I could send you a scan of it. > I wonder if they were then allowed to vote after they signed the Amnesty > Oath. Would that be different from the Loyalty Oath? > I've found wonderful information at the ADAH website, and was able to obtain > a copy of a journal kept by my great-grandfather's sister. > My g-grandfather was James DeGraffenreid Miles, from Lowndes County, > Alabama. His mother, Elizabeth P. Davis, was from Autagua county. His > father was Lowndes county planter, Aquilla Miles. Elizabeth's father was > Lewis Cookson Davis of Autagua co. > J.D. Miles married Ellen L.Day in Russell Co., AL and moved to Freestone > Co., Texas prior to the War. He served in the 7th Texas Infantry. However, > brothers and brother-in-laws remained in Alabama and served in the War > there. I don't have a lot of information about them, however. After the > War, most of them moved to Texas or North Carolina. > Wish I could locate, and find pictures of the old family homes to add to my > collection in my family history. > Cecelia in Texas > > > >> So men who fought on the side of the Confederacy were not allowed to take >> the loyalty oath and were thus not eligible to vote. Is that correct? >> >> "Individuals ineligible to register included Confederate veterans and any >> person who had previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, as an >> officer of the United States, as a member of any state legislature, or as >> an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution >> of the United States, and who later engaged in insurrection or rebellion >> against the United States, or gave aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, >> and whose "disability" had not been removed by a two-thirds vote of both >> houses of Congress."...from ADAH website. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: alautaug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alautaug-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Melissa Hogan >> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:36 PM >> To: alautaug@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] loyalty oaths >> >> They are located at the State Archives . . .card catalog information as >> follows... Autauga county appears to be included as well >> >> >> Database: >> Alabama Department of Archives and History >> >> Main Author: >> Alabama. >> Secretary of State. >> >> Title: >> Loyalty oaths, 1867-1878. >> >> Physical Description: >> 27 cubic ft. (24 records center cartons and 6 oversized >> containers). >> >> Physical Location: >> Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., >> Montgomery, Ala. 36130. >> >> Arrangement: >> Arranged alphabetically by county. >> >> Primary Material: >> Mixed Material >> >> Scope and Content Note: >> In 1867, the United States Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts, >> and these acts set forth the means by which the former Confederate states >> could >> gain readmittance to the union. To elect delegates to the Alabama >> Constitutional >> Convention, a male voter, twenty-one years of age or older, had to swear a >> loyalty oath stating that he had never supported or participated in a >> rebellion >> against the United States government, that he had never committed a felony >> offense, that he had never served as an elected or appointed official of >> the >> United States and supported or participated in a rebellion against the >> United >> States government, and that he would remain loyal to the government of the >> United States (Ala. Code, [1867] 83-84). This series consists of bound >> volumes >> of the loyalty oaths from each county in the state and from major cities >> in the >> state. The oaths contain the voter’s name, county of residence, his oath >> swearing loyalty to the United States government, the voting precinct, and >> the >> voter registrar’s name. >> >> Access: >> Unrestricted, except for some volumes marked restricted due to >> fragility. >> >> Related collections: >> Agency history record v2152 describes the history and the functions >> of the Secretary of State of Alabama, the agency responsible for the >> creation of >> this record series. >> >> Melissa >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. >> http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message