Homer, Possibly: ALPLIN, Joseph A. 18 Jan 1841 8 June 1902 THOMAS, P.L. 26 April 1847 2 Nov 1920 wife Mary A.C. BAXLEY, Lemon C. 20 April 1839 25 May 1899 HEATH, Miles 12 May 1819 7 Feb 1901 LOTT, W.T 8 July 1851 18 Oct 1904 POWERS, C.C. 18 Feb 1818 2 July 1894 William BAXLEY listed as a "Rev", wife Catherine. -----Original Message----- From: Homer JONES <CWBSLocator@webtv.net> To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [ALBARBOU] BEATY, W.H. Terri, Thanks much!! I have two others there; if you know of any other than those, would sure like to know about it: William Baxley, 1820-Feb 10, 1889; Pvt, Co I, Jeff Davis Legion. Erasmus Dasinger, Jun 1, 1817-Oct 17, 1890; Pvt, Co I, 4th Rgt Ala Reserves. Thanks again. Deo Vindice, Homer ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== Barbou County is a relaxed mail list. Feel free to discuss Barbour County and the surrounding counties genealogy and feel free to thank someone or ask about another's well being.

When I was at Skipperville several years ago talking with kinfolks, a gentleman chuckled and told me that he had teased a lady at church one Sunday by saying to her, "You know, there will be no pains in Heaven." She was offended, because she heard it as "......there will be no Paynes in Heaven." I thought it was kind of cute. Incidentally, I descend from Joseph and Lydia Payne, through their daughter, Rhoda, and would like to hear from kin. Thank you, Betty In a message dated 00-08-01 16:33:56 EDT, you write: << If you wouldn't mind I would really appreciate that. My Payne line has been a pain for years. Pun intended! >>

Glenda, Thanks, now that helps. Deo Vindice, Homer

Terri, Thanks much!! I have two others there; if you know of any other than those, would sure like to know about it: William Baxley, 1820-Feb 10, 1889; Pvt, Co I, Jeff Davis Legion. Erasmus Dasinger, Jun 1, 1817-Oct 17, 1890; Pvt, Co I, 4th Rgt Ala Reserves. Thanks again. Deo Vindice, Homer

McLean, Daniel pp. 25-6. Micah Nixon and wife and her daughter, Elizabeth McLean, a minor, files petition for the removal of La(u)chlin McLean as admr. of the estate of Daniel McLean, dec'd. Dates from 20 June 1843 to Dec. 1845. P.27. ibid, 13 Apr. 1847. P.57. Lauchlin McLean, admr. of Daniel McLean,list heirs: Wife: Mary McLean Dau., Elizabeth McLean, minor 26 July 1847. P.138. Return of Buckner Williams, admr., from 1839 to 27 Dec. 1847 pp. 139-40. ibid, (Mentions lot in Irwinton). p.370. Return of B. Williams, admr. 27 Aug. 1849.

Homer, Do you need the other CW era males from Antioch? Terri

Glenda, Thanks!!! That George LONG is probably mine. George Washington LONG, son of Charles LONG and Elizabeth HAGLER. He was shot through the arm at Perryville - kept his arm, but not the use of it. I really appreciate the info. Terri -----Original Message----- From: GHuskins@aol.com <GHuskins@aol.com> To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [ALBARBOU] Re: Indigent famlies > > Original Military Service Pensioners of Alabama or the Confederacy > >Barbour Co- F.M. Grubbs, George Long, W.M. Brannon, F.M. Smith, J.P. Johnson, > R.R. Phillips, Charles B. Hart, John L. Wright, Thomas M. >Kennedy, > E. Priest, H.H. Lewis, George N. Hancock, John Danner, J.N. >Franklin, > Wiley Glover, John Shaw, James A. Lewis >Conecuh Co- W.J. Tonlinson, M.R. Johns, J.B.F. Watts, G.R. Boulware > William Merriweather, R.F. Ray, John W. Brown, M.B. Salter, > James Johnson, L. Dewberry, W.W. Johnson, James Garner, > S.J. Linam, James Roberson, Thomas M. Huson >Covington Co- R. Diamond, John D. Hudson, G.J. Williams, David Batson, > J.W.P. Castleberry, R.W. Lee, J.S. Williams, S.A. >Dauphin, > F.M. Fraser >Crenshaw Co- R.M. Brunson, F.M. Pipus, John C Laggit, A.D. Peacock, > H.M. Humphries, E.H. Bullard, George W. Hart >Dale Co- J.W. Thurman, J.B. Yelverton, SA Sykes, P.A. Smith, Curtis Byrd, > A. Smith, M. Monk, L.G. Bagwell, J.C. McIntyre, Simeon Coenty, > J.H. Poyner, James Chancey, William Lloyd, W.H. Marchman, > J. Anderson >Pike Co- John Ivey (I believe there was more for Pike but I didn't copy the >rest) > >Source: Pea River Trails > Volume 10 Spring 1985 > Number 2 page 20 > > Glenda > > >==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== >Have you checked the Georgia Counties just across the river. Many of the Barbour residents came from, Crawford, Taylor, Randolph, Macon, Stewart Counties in Georgia just to mention a few. >

Homer, Think he is at Antioch Baptist, Hwy 52 near Clayton. next to one another: BEATY, H.V. 18 Aug 1875 7 Sept 1901 BEATY, Sarah Jane 26 Nov 1845 21 March 1889 Husband: W.H. BEATY BEATY, W.H. 18 April 1847 27 June 1928 Wife: Sarah Jane (it does say 1928, not 1929 - could be a typo on Mrs. Godfrey's part) Barbour marriage: BEATY, W.H. to Sarah Jane WARR 02/11/1868 Terri Terri -----Original Message----- From: Homer JONES <CWBSLocator@webtv.net> To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:30 AM Subject: [ALBARBOU] Re: Confederate Soldier Terri, Looking for the burial site for William H. Beaty/Beatty, 1847-1929; I have everything I need on him other than where he is buried; stated in the 1907 Soldiers Census that he lived at Louisville; appreciate any help. Thanks, Deo Vindice, Homer ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== The Barbour County mail list a place where Barbour researchers have become friends in research across the miles.

Glenda, That is not exactly what I had in mind, but it does sound interesting; I would greatly appreciate having the list, I'm sure it would assist in my search; I'm sort of winding down on Barbour and have located burial sites for about a 1,000 in the county; surely there must be many more; just can't tie soldiers names w/ regimnts and that would surely help a great deal. Thanks, Deo Vindice, Homer

Glenda, I would appreciate any Barbour/Dale names from that list. Thanks, Terri On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 GHuskins@aol.com wrote: > Homer, > I have the following I copied out of an issue of Pea River Trails: > > Original Military Service Pensioners of Ala or the Confederacy > The General Assembly of Alabama approved House Bill 755 on Feb 23, 1883, for > the relief of maimed men who served in the Civil War. Those who were > physically unable to support their families were to receive $17.96 per year. > I have the names for Barbour, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale & Pike Co. > I will be glad to copy the list for you but I don't think this is what you > are looking for because you said during the War. Let me know. > > Glenda > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., >

Some time back, I heard that there were published lists of indigent families of Confederate soldiers who were provided w/ subsistance during the war; I have located the lists for Butler and Pike, but have had no luck w/ Barbour; has anyone seen/heard of a list for any other SE county, especially Barbour? Thanks, Deo Vindice, Homer

Margie, Apparantly, you follow the U.S & Canada "Pricing" link in the top bar - next to "Women's Studies" web site: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/Catalog/pricing/domestic/upa/us_am_womens.htm On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, M. Daniels wrote: > I came across this site and wanted to pass this on. I looked until I was > blind and did not see where to purchase this film. Would some of you take a > look and let me know if I missed something. > http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/guides/womens_studies/southern_women/swmn > a5.htm#other > > Thanks, > Margie > > > Comer Family Papers, 1860-1864, > Barbour County, Alabama; also Georgia and Tennessee > > Description of the Collection > This small collection consists of nineteen letters dated between 1860 and > 1864 and undated to and from various members of the Comer family. The > earliest letters are from Catharine Lucinda Comer in Cowikee, Barbour > County, Alabama, to her son, Hugh Moss Comer, who was attending school in > Warrior Stand, Alabama, describing family and neighborhood life by giving > details of the family businesses and finances and news of the farm and > slaves. In 1861, Hugh Moss Comer received a letter from schoolmaster J. A. > Arnold describing his new school's rates, living arrangements, and course of > study. Hugh Moss Comer then enrolled in Arnold's school in Polk County, > Georgia, where he continued to receive letters from his mother and his > brothers, keeping him informed on the family and neighborhood and mentioning > the advent of the Civil War. > > During the Civil War, Catharine Lucinda Comer received two undated letters > from her brother, P. A. Drewry, who listed the wounded soldiers in the > regiment from their neighborhood and kept her informed about the condition > of her son, John Wallace Comer, also a Confederate soldier. John Wallace > Comer wrote several letters to his mother and his sister, describing the > death of his corps commander, Leonidas Polk, at Pine Mountain, Georgia; his > own wound and recovery; and the heavy fighting during the New Hope Church > campaign in Georgia in 1864. A family friend also wrote to the Comer family > in 1862, describing the plight of the Army of Tennessee and criticizing > General Braxton Bragg's Kentucky campaign ("I don't think that ole Brag ever > ought to have control of anything withought it was som ole woman chickens. > This was mor mens lives lost by that retreat than if we had fought the > yankes"). > > Undated items include a poem about a faithless sweetheart and a letter from > Hugh Moss Comer to Catharine Lucinda Comer about having shoes made for him. > There is also a photograph of John Wallace Comer in a Civil War uniform with > his slave, Burrell. > > Biographical Note > John Fletcher Comer (1811-1858) was a cotton planter and owner of a lumber > yard and corn mill in Barbour County, Alabama. He married Catharine Lucinda > Drewry (d. 1898) in 1841, and they had six sons: Hugh Moss Comer > (1842-1900); John Wallace Comer (1845-1919); St. George Legare Comer > (1847-1870), who was governor of Alabama; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1919) > who was a U.S. senator and Alabama governor; John Fletcher Comer, Jr. > (1854-1927); and Edward Trippe Comer (1856-1927). There was also at least > one daughter (probably named Corinne) in the family. Following John Fletcher > Comer's death in 1858, the family continued farming and operating the corn > mill and lumber yard. During the Civil War, John Wallace Comer served in the > reserves of the Army of Tennessee. > > N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical > Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers; the Laura Beecher Comer > Papers; and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Laura Beecher > Comer Papers follows this collection. > > Laura Beecher Comer Papers, 1862-1899, > Barbour County, Alabama; also Connecticut, Georgia, and Europe > > Description of the Collection > This small collection includes three diaries of Laura Beecher Comer; six > letters from Laura to her Comer relatives in Alabama; and a newspaper > clipping about Windsor Castle in England. The diaries document Laura's > everyday activities in Columbus, Georgia, and her thoughts and emotions on a > variety of topics, including religion and family relationships, her unhappy > marriage and distrust of humanity, and her problems with family servants, > both slaves and freedmen. Other diary entries describe Laura's travels in > Alabama, the northeast United States, and Europe and describe the settlement > of her husband's estate and sale of his cotton plantations. The letters are > chiefly concerned with news about the activities of Comer family members > in Alabama. > > The collection is arranged as follows: Series 1. Diaries and Series 2. > Correspondence and Other Items. > > Biographical Note > Laura Beecher Comer was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1817, the > daughter of Lysias Beecher and Lucy Tolles Beecher and the niece of > prominent clergyman Henry Ward Beecher. Following her first marriage to a > Mr. Hayes, she moved south to open a school for girls. In 1848, she married > James Comer (1797-1864), a cotton planter in Alabama. They purchased a house > in Columbus, Georgia, in 1853, where Laura lived until her death on 5 > January 1900. > > Series 1. Diaries, 1862-1873 > Volume 1: January 1862-April 1863 comprises Laura Beecher Comer's diary, > with almost daily entries recording her everyday life, household management, > and finances; her thoughts on a variety of topics, including religious > sentiments; her often cantankerous comments on human nature; complaints > about her unhappy marriage and her relationships with various friends and > relatives; and her troubles with family slaves. There are also a few > scattered entries on national politics and the Civil War and descriptions of > travel in Alabama. > > Volume 2: September 1866-July 1868 comprises her diary after the Civil War > and her husband's death in 1864. Many of the themes of the first volume are > continued in the diary entries, including her thoughts on religion and > family relationships and activities, her general depression and mistrust of > humanity, and her continuing problems with servants--now freedmen. The diary > also contains descriptions of Laura's travels in Virginia, Washington, D.C., > New York, and Connecticut and of her visits to her husband's cotton > plantations in Alabama, as she attempted to settle his estate and sell the > plantations. > > Volume 3: June 1872-December 1873 comprises her diary entries with topics > similar to the previous volumes. Topics include news of friends and family, > descriptions of daily life, and comments on religion. A great portion of the > volume consists of accounts of Laura's travels to visit her family in New > York and Connecticut and of her voyage by ship to Europe, including detailed > descriptions of her encounters with natives and her visits to tourist > attractions in London, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Edinburgh. > > Series 2. Correspondence and Other Items, 1892-1899 > This series comprises six letters, 1896-1899, from Laura Beecher Comer to > her "Cousin Lilla," wife of Hugh Moss Comer, in Alabama, on social news and > family concerns and a newspaper clipping, 11 September 1892, about Windsor > Castle in Windsor, England. > > N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical > Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers, the Comer Family Papers, > and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Comer Family Papers > follows this collection. > > > > > Seen through women's eyes, nineteenth-century southern social history takes > on new dimensions. Subjects that were of only passing interest when > historians depended on documents created by men now move to center stage. > Women's letters dwell heavily on illness, pregnancy, and childbirth. From > them we can learn what it is like to live in a society in which very few > diseases are well understood, in which death is common in all age groups, > and in which infant mortality is an accepted fact of life. A woman of > forty-three, writing in 1851, observed that her father, mother, four > sisters, three brothers, and two infants were all dead, and except for her > father, none had reached the age of thirty-six.2 > > > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list and only subscribers will be allowed to post. NO FLAMING, OBSCENE LANGUAGE OR DISRESPECT OF ANY KIND WILL BE TOLERATED. No virus postings will be allowed. Got a complaint then contact me not the list margie@majorinternet.com Good luck in your searches. >

Terri, Looking for the burial site for William H. Beaty/Beatty, 1847-1929; I have everything I need on him other than where he is buried; stated in the 1907 Soldiers Census that he lived at Louisville; appreciate any help. Thanks, Deo Vindice, Homer

Original Military Service Pensioners of Alabama or the Confederacy Barbour Co- F.M. Grubbs, George Long, W.M. Brannon, F.M. Smith, J.P. Johnson, R.R. Phillips, Charles B. Hart, John L. Wright, Thomas M. Kennedy, E. Priest, H.H. Lewis, George N. Hancock, John Danner, J.N. Franklin, Wiley Glover, John Shaw, James A. Lewis Conecuh Co- W.J. Tonlinson, M.R. Johns, J.B.F. Watts, G.R. Boulware William Merriweather, R.F. Ray, John W. Brown, M.B. Salter, James Johnson, L. Dewberry, W.W. Johnson, James Garner, S.J. Linam, James Roberson, Thomas M. Huson Covington Co- R. Diamond, John D. Hudson, G.J. Williams, David Batson, J.W.P. Castleberry, R.W. Lee, J.S. Williams, S.A. Dauphin, F.M. Fraser Crenshaw Co- R.M. Brunson, F.M. Pipus, John C Laggit, A.D. Peacock, H.M. Humphries, E.H. Bullard, George W. Hart Dale Co- J.W. Thurman, J.B. Yelverton, SA Sykes, P.A. Smith, Curtis Byrd, A. Smith, M. Monk, L.G. Bagwell, J.C. McIntyre, Simeon Coenty, J.H. Poyner, James Chancey, William Lloyd, W.H. Marchman, J. Anderson Pike Co- John Ivey (I believe there was more for Pike but I didn't copy the rest) Source: Pea River Trails Volume 10 Spring 1985 Number 2 page 20 Glenda

Hi Homer: Me again. Any of my Gilmore(s) or Gilmer(s) on the Pike County list? Thanks, John

Annual return of Abner Belcher Estate from OCR Book 15, page 327-329 ============================================================ The State of Alabama) Barbour County ) Probate Court, April 20th 1866 Present and presiding, J.S. Williams, Judge of said Court =========================================== The State of Alabama ) Barbour County ) To Hon J.S. Williams, Judge of Probate for said County. The undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Abner Belcher deceased herewith submits his annual return as such administrator. To cash collected from sale of April 16, 1864 3,173.76 To cash collected by Howard & McGilvary Mar 11/64 28.89 Admin has on hand the following notes to wit 1 on J.D. & G.P Belcher due April 16 1864 37.50 1 on S. Mabry due at same time 54.00 By acct paid April 4, 1864 #1 200.00 " " paid A. Brashear #2 114.00 " " " post ?? #3 111.00 " " " " D.G. Campbell #5 150.00 " " " " ??? #4 10.00 " " " " taxes #6 .92 " " " " J.E. Crews #7 500.00 Amt. Confederate Money Paidout $804.92 The whole of the above transactions were in Confederate money and the balance of the same which died on adms hands be herewith returns in 4 pr. Ct Bonds in which funded the same to your Honorable Court alleging that he did not appropriate or use any of it for his own purposes nor could he employ the same for the good of said Estate Admn compromised at the rate of ten for one - a note on Martha & Floyd which was in Confederate Currency amounting to 548.00 for which he received in good money on the 18th of April 1866 $54.80 with interest to date of Comp from April 16/64 6.45 Good Money $61.25 by Court fees for this return by attys fee for this return 5.00 The heirs at law and distributees of said Estate are the following to wit Mary, John, Amanda, Lydia and Abner Belcher all minors residing in said County. There remains as property of said Estate about three hundred acres of land lying in Said County. Sworn to & subscribed April 20, 1866 J.E. Crews J.S. Williams, Judge of Probate Came John E. Crews Admn of Abner Belcher deceased and presented his account and vouchers fro an annual settlement of said Estate and prays that the same may be sealed and allowed. It is ordered that the same be filed for the inspection of all persons interested and that notice be posted at the Court House door and three other public places in said County for three weeks calling on all persons interested to come before Judge of this Court on the 2nd Monday in May next then and there to contest if they see proper. It is further ordered that J.M. Macon be appointed Guardian Ad litum of the minor heirs of said estate. And afterwards to wit on the 14 day of May 1866 at a regular term of the Court the following proceedings were had to wit - Came John E. Crews Admn of Abner Belcher dec'd who at a former day filed his accounts and vouchers for an annual settlement of said Estate and prays that the same may be stated and allowed and it appearing that notice has been posted at the court house door & three other public places in said County for three weeks calling on all persons interested to come before the Judge of this Court on this day and contest the same and it also appearing that J.M. Macon has been duly appointed Guardian Ad litum of the minor heirs of said estate and no exceptions having been made to said account or any part thereof and the court proceeding to the consideration of the same and thereby receiving the said Administrator charges made on account of said Estate in the sum of three thousand two hundred & ninety four & 18/100 dollars in Confederate money, and entitled to credits to the amount of eight hundred & four & 92/100 dollars in Confederate money deposited in Bonds, and he is chargeable in good money sixty one & 25/100 dollars and entitled to credits to the amount of five dollars leaving in his hands in good money the sum of fifty six & 25/1000 dollars. It is therefore ordered that the said accounts be allowed as stated aforesaid filed and recorded. ============================================================ Richard Price SOS 6-3

Homer, I have the following I copied out of an issue of Pea River Trails: Original Military Service Pensioners of Ala or the Confederacy The General Assembly of Alabama approved House Bill 755 on Feb 23, 1883, for the relief of maimed men who served in the Civil War. Those who were physically unable to support their families were to receive $17.96 per year. I have the names for Barbour, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale & Pike Co. I will be glad to copy the list for you but I don't think this is what you are looking for because you said during the War. Let me know. Glenda

I came across this site and wanted to pass this on. I looked until I was blind and did not see where to purchase this film. Would some of you take a look and let me know if I missed something. http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/guides/womens_studies/southern_women/swmn a5.htm#other Thanks, Margie Comer Family Papers, 1860-1864, Barbour County, Alabama; also Georgia and Tennessee Description of the Collection This small collection consists of nineteen letters dated between 1860 and 1864 and undated to and from various members of the Comer family. The earliest letters are from Catharine Lucinda Comer in Cowikee, Barbour County, Alabama, to her son, Hugh Moss Comer, who was attending school in Warrior Stand, Alabama, describing family and neighborhood life by giving details of the family businesses and finances and news of the farm and slaves. In 1861, Hugh Moss Comer received a letter from schoolmaster J. A. Arnold describing his new school's rates, living arrangements, and course of study. Hugh Moss Comer then enrolled in Arnold's school in Polk County, Georgia, where he continued to receive letters from his mother and his brothers, keeping him informed on the family and neighborhood and mentioning the advent of the Civil War. During the Civil War, Catharine Lucinda Comer received two undated letters from her brother, P. A. Drewry, who listed the wounded soldiers in the regiment from their neighborhood and kept her informed about the condition of her son, John Wallace Comer, also a Confederate soldier. John Wallace Comer wrote several letters to his mother and his sister, describing the death of his corps commander, Leonidas Polk, at Pine Mountain, Georgia; his own wound and recovery; and the heavy fighting during the New Hope Church campaign in Georgia in 1864. A family friend also wrote to the Comer family in 1862, describing the plight of the Army of Tennessee and criticizing General Braxton Bragg's Kentucky campaign ("I don't think that ole Brag ever ought to have control of anything withought it was som ole woman chickens. This was mor mens lives lost by that retreat than if we had fought the yankes"). Undated items include a poem about a faithless sweetheart and a letter from Hugh Moss Comer to Catharine Lucinda Comer about having shoes made for him. There is also a photograph of John Wallace Comer in a Civil War uniform with his slave, Burrell. Biographical Note John Fletcher Comer (1811-1858) was a cotton planter and owner of a lumber yard and corn mill in Barbour County, Alabama. He married Catharine Lucinda Drewry (d. 1898) in 1841, and they had six sons: Hugh Moss Comer (1842-1900); John Wallace Comer (1845-1919); St. George Legare Comer (1847-1870), who was governor of Alabama; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1919) who was a U.S. senator and Alabama governor; John Fletcher Comer, Jr. (1854-1927); and Edward Trippe Comer (1856-1927). There was also at least one daughter (probably named Corinne) in the family. Following John Fletcher Comer's death in 1858, the family continued farming and operating the corn mill and lumber yard. During the Civil War, John Wallace Comer served in the reserves of the Army of Tennessee. N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers; the Laura Beecher Comer Papers; and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Laura Beecher Comer Papers follows this collection. Laura Beecher Comer Papers, 1862-1899, Barbour County, Alabama; also Connecticut, Georgia, and Europe Description of the Collection This small collection includes three diaries of Laura Beecher Comer; six letters from Laura to her Comer relatives in Alabama; and a newspaper clipping about Windsor Castle in England. The diaries document Laura's everyday activities in Columbus, Georgia, and her thoughts and emotions on a variety of topics, including religion and family relationships, her unhappy marriage and distrust of humanity, and her problems with family servants, both slaves and freedmen. Other diary entries describe Laura's travels in Alabama, the northeast United States, and Europe and describe the settlement of her husband's estate and sale of his cotton plantations. The letters are chiefly concerned with news about the activities of Comer family members in Alabama. The collection is arranged as follows: Series 1. Diaries and Series 2. Correspondence and Other Items. Biographical Note Laura Beecher Comer was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1817, the daughter of Lysias Beecher and Lucy Tolles Beecher and the niece of prominent clergyman Henry Ward Beecher. Following her first marriage to a Mr. Hayes, she moved south to open a school for girls. In 1848, she married James Comer (1797-1864), a cotton planter in Alabama. They purchased a house in Columbus, Georgia, in 1853, where Laura lived until her death on 5 January 1900. Series 1. Diaries, 1862-1873 Volume 1: January 1862-April 1863 comprises Laura Beecher Comer's diary, with almost daily entries recording her everyday life, household management, and finances; her thoughts on a variety of topics, including religious sentiments; her often cantankerous comments on human nature; complaints about her unhappy marriage and her relationships with various friends and relatives; and her troubles with family slaves. There are also a few scattered entries on national politics and the Civil War and descriptions of travel in Alabama. Volume 2: September 1866-July 1868 comprises her diary after the Civil War and her husband's death in 1864. Many of the themes of the first volume are continued in the diary entries, including her thoughts on religion and family relationships and activities, her general depression and mistrust of humanity, and her continuing problems with servants--now freedmen. The diary also contains descriptions of Laura's travels in Virginia, Washington, D.C., New York, and Connecticut and of her visits to her husband's cotton plantations in Alabama, as she attempted to settle his estate and sell the plantations. Volume 3: June 1872-December 1873 comprises her diary entries with topics similar to the previous volumes. Topics include news of friends and family, descriptions of daily life, and comments on religion. A great portion of the volume consists of accounts of Laura's travels to visit her family in New York and Connecticut and of her voyage by ship to Europe, including detailed descriptions of her encounters with natives and her visits to tourist attractions in London, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Edinburgh. Series 2. Correspondence and Other Items, 1892-1899 This series comprises six letters, 1896-1899, from Laura Beecher Comer to her "Cousin Lilla," wife of Hugh Moss Comer, in Alabama, on social news and family concerns and a newspaper clipping, 11 September 1892, about Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers, the Comer Family Papers, and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Comer Family Papers follows this collection. Seen through women's eyes, nineteenth-century southern social history takes on new dimensions. Subjects that were of only passing interest when historians depended on documents created by men now move to center stage. Women's letters dwell heavily on illness, pregnancy, and childbirth. From them we can learn what it is like to live in a society in which very few diseases are well understood, in which death is common in all age groups, and in which infant mortality is an accepted fact of life. A woman of forty-three, writing in 1851, observed that her father, mother, four sisters, three brothers, and two infants were all dead, and except for her father, none had reached the age of thirty-six.2

Would like to exchange info with descendants of Peter Francis TEW and Caroline Salonia "Callie" LONG, of Barbour/Coffee Co, AL Caroline was the daughter of Charles LONG and Elizabeth HAGLER, and sister to my George Washington LONG. Thanks, Terri Abstracted From "Tap Roots", Volume 3, Number 1, July 1965 TEW Family Bible The Holy Bible - containing the Old and New Testaments - Translated out of the original tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised - With Marginal Notes and Analytical references - New York - Henry F. Giere. Family Record Father's Father - Peter Francis Tew Born 1846 - Barbour Co., Ala. Died 1910 -Enterprise Father's Mother - Callie S. Tew Born 1851 - Barbour County Died - Sasson Mother's Father - Wm. A. Baggett - Born 1857 - Coffee County Died July 7,1831 - New Brocton Mother's Mother - M.E. Baggett - Born 1859 - Coffee County PARENTS James L. Tew - Born 1884 Pike County Mattie L. Tew - Born 1885 - Coffee County They were married Jan 19, 1902 - Central City, Ala. By H.S. Nichols CHILDREN Jesse P. Tew - Born 1903 Coffee County - Died 1903 J.L Tew - Born 1904 - Coffee County - Married Joe Rhodes J.C. Tew - Born 1907 - Coffee County - Died 1909 Jinnie E. Tew - Born 1910 - Coffee County T.J. Tew - Born 1913 - Russell County - Died 1917 Gladys Leda Tew - Born 1920 - Coffee County - married Jan 19, 1941, Sanford A. Monk, Jr. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS P.F. Tew was born Feb 14th 1846 C.S. Tew was born Sept 2, 1851 J.L. Tew was born Feb 10th 1884 M.L. Baggett was born March 7th 1885 W.A. Baggett was born Sept 19th 1857 M.E. Baggett was born Jan 1st 1859 Jessie P. Tew was born April 22 - 1903 - and died May 11th 1903 J.L. Tew Jr. was born Sept. 18th 1904 J.C. Tew was born May 26th 1907 - and died March 7th 1909 Jinnie E. Tew was born Dec 28 - 1910 T.J. Tew was born Sept 17 - 1913 Gladys Leola Tew was born August 14th 1920 - Saturday P.M. 5:25 o'clock Aug 14 - 1920 GRAND PARENTS Father's Father Born 1818 - N.C. Died 1893 Pike Co., Ala. Father's Mother Born 1823 where? Don't know - Died 1904 Pike Co. Ala MISCELLANEOUS Father - William A. Baggett was born Sept 19 - 1857 Mother - Melissa Rudd Baggett was born Jan. 1st 1859 Children: Leonidas William L. was born Aug 21 - 1878 Alpheus Howard A. was born July 22, 1881 Mattie L. was born March 7, 1885 Dewitt Oscar D. was born April 4, 1888 Leola Tura L. was born April 2, 1891 Loranza Horace L. was born Nov 25 - 1895 Ludie M. was born July 18 - 1898 Steiner Otis S. was born Mar. 19 - 1902 Father died July 7 - 1931 Mother died Aug 3 - 1949 Oscar D. died Feb. 21 - 1913 Tura L. died May 30 - 1893 William L. died May 17 - 1951 State of Alabama Russell County I hereby certify that I copied the above from Bible owned by Mrs. J.L. Tew, Sr. of Hurtsboro, Alabama, April 24, 1965, that it is a true and exact copy of said records. This the 5th day of June 1965 Mary S. Thompson Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 5th day of June 1965. Florida Broward Segrest Notary Public State of Alabama at Large Seal

Marie Godfrey, in her book "Early Settlers", mentions the following BEASLEYs in the 1830 Pike Co, AL (probably later Barbour) census: John, James, William, Charles, and Mrs. Temperance BEASLEY She goes on to list wives/children of John, James, and William. Does anyone know what happened to Charles, or have any information on his wife/children? Trying to connect my Daniel BEASLEY, (1825 NC - 1900 Dale County, AL), married Eliza JERNIGAN and lived in Dale County, AL. I suspect my Daniel to be related to the Barbour Co, AL BEASLEY family. Daniel is one of my huge brick walls! Any help appreciated. Thanks, Terri