We were in Walker county,Fayette County and Tuscaloosa County last week from Okla City looking for my great grand parents William Harvey McLain from Townley and Sarah Margaret PRICE.We were looking for a marriage certificate on them. They married in AL abt 1871.A man in Fayette told us BLOUNT might have this data because it was the bigger picture and Walker and Fayette County used to be Blount County. Thanks Ross McClain --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

In a message dated 10/7/2006 12:24:11 PM Central Daylight Time, JCCLAYTON@aol.com writes: > > My husband is also a descendant of Jeremiah Ratliff. He descends through > Susannah who married Joshua Callahan. Vicki & Ed Corrick in Cullman

Hi Dean, I am...I think...also a descendant of Jeremiah Ratliff. My gggg-grandfather was Joshua Ratliff married to Rhoda Baker. I believe he is a son of Jeremiah...although there is still some doubt in my mind. I know that they were related. I descend through Joshua's daughter, Sarah, who married L.B. Clayton. There are many connections between Holt-Ratliff-Clayton, both in Blount County and predating it. Jeff Clayton

Are any of the before mentioned Ratliffs connected to an Ezekial Ratliff who was married to a Mary Simmons? Their daughter, Cynthia Caroline married Benton Bowerman. Benton and Caroline are my husband's great grandparents. Thanks, Sandy King ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ecorrick44@wmconnect.com> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Holt-Ratliff-Clayton > In a message dated 10/7/2006 12:24:11 PM Central Daylight Time, > JCCLAYTON@aol.com writes: > > >> >> My husband is also a descendant of Jeremiah Ratliff. He descends through >> Susannah who married Joshua Callahan. Vicki & Ed Corrick in Cullman > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006

Hopewell, Alabama Tornado April 8, 1903 Hamlet of Hopewell in Alabama Is Entirely Wiped Out by Storm. TWELVE PERSONS DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED It Is Believed That Several of Those Injured Will Die – Storm Swooped on the Hamlet Without a Moment’s Warning. Birmingham, Ala., April 8. – Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, and 1 mile from Hanceville, was swept away early this morning by a cyclone which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and 2 miles long across a prosperous farming section of Blount county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a score of others seriously hurt. The Dead. MR. and MRS. MASON GRIFFIN. JAMES GRIFFIN. HENRY McCOY. FREDERICK McCOY. MISS BIRDIE McCOY. C. C. ODEN, prominent planter. MISS NORMA ODEN. HESTER ODEN. MISS THELMA ODEN. MRS. C. C. ODEN. MISS GRIFFIN Fatally Injured. Son and niece of Nathan Griffin. Mrs. Henry McCoy and two children. R. G. Quick. Dink Quick. Family of John McCoy, seven persons. Mrs. Hollestine Horton. Miss Inez Horton. Richard Griffin. It is believed several of the injured will die. The storm came from the southwest and traversed its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing every thing in its way. The section through which it went is flat, on an elevated tableland in the hilly section of Blount county. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces. Killed in a Twinkling. One of the first houses visited was that of Nathan Griffin. The house was demolished and Mr. Griffin and his own son, James were killed in the twinkling of an eye. Mrs. Griffin was so badly injured that she died at an early hour this morning. The son and niece of Mr. Griffin made a miraculous escape, running from the house before the demolition was complete, and saving their lives. They were injured but will recover. The remains of the Griffin famiy [sic] were carried this morning to the residence of H. A. Henderson, the nearest settlement. The house of John McCoy was next wrecked, but he and his family escaped with severe bruises. The house was absolutely destroyed and the inmates cannot account for their escape. The timbers flew above and around them, but none of them were struck. The home of Mr. Henry McCoy, son of Mr. John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured; two of his children are still unconscious and may die, and he and his babe and two other children were dead this morning. Dead Father Clasped Baby. He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Evidently he had made an effort to get out of the house, carrying the children with him. The bodies are terribly disfigured, where flying planks struck them. The storm then took an easterly direction and struck the house of Mr. C. C. Oden. The trees in the yard were twisted into gnarled shapes and even the vegetables in the garden were torn form their sockets in the earth. Mr. Oden was killed outright and so were his three daughters, 15, 12 and 9 years respectively. Mrs. Oden received injuries from which she died later on. The home of Mrs. Henry Wharton was next attacked by the storm, and it was wrecked but Mrs. Wharton was not badly injured. Then came the home of R. G. Quick. It went into smithereens and he and his two children were injured and a mule killed, but there were no fatalities here. The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 9 Apr 1903         THREE DEATHS ADDED TO LIST More Victims for Alabama Cyclone. Two Children Die at Hanceville – Were Not Expected to Die. Hanceville, Ala., April 9. – Two more deaths resulted today from the cyclone which swept the country west of here Wednesday morning about 2 o’clock. They are ISABELLE McCOY, aged 6, and EFFIE McCOY, who was not considered one of the seriously injured. The former died early this morning and the latter about noon. The funerals were conducted from the Hopewell church and the family members were all buried in the same grave. Two other members of the same family are also expected to die. The funeral services over the remains of the Odens was also conducted this morning. One of the Oden children, it is thought, will also die, being injured internally. Reports of the damage of the storm across the river reached here today. The storm jumped to Summit, Ala., which is in the northern corner of Blount county, where several persons were severly injured and a dozen houses and barns destroyed. The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 10 Apr 1903         PATH OF DESOLATION. Twelve Killed and Score Injured by the Tornado In Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., April 9. – Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, was swept away by a cyclone, which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and two miles across a prosperous farming section of Blunt [sic] county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally and a score seriously injured. It is believed that several injured will die. The storm tore everything in its way. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces. The home of Henry McCoy, son of John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured, two of his children are still unconscious and two other children are dead. He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Cambridge Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH 16 Apr 1903

The Revolutionary War soldier, Charles Holt, and my gggg grandfather, Jeremiah Ratliff, traveled together throughout the South and both ended up in Blount Co. It is said that they married sisters. I have a copy of his application for a pension in which my ancestors served as witnesses to his service during the Revolution. Dean Ratliff

These are "the" familiy. I didn`t have access to the 1850 census at home and was trying to fill in blanks from the gen web site which is "really helpful". but this really is simpler for me. Thanks so much for a great list. I am finding desc`s of this Holt family everywhere. I even seem to have james Holt , 3 yo in 1850 over here in Falkville, Morgan, Al. in 1920, 70 years old with his family. So here is hoping I can get a death cert. Wallace State is really convenient for that. Now that gas is somewhat cheaper. Great people on this list. sue

Sue, This is probably not the book Melba is referring to but ... information about Charles HOLT. From the book, "Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files", abstracted by Virgil D. White, Page 1691, Volume II F-M Charles HOLT, Wife: Martha MNU, W7756, North Carolina Line, Soldier applied for pension 6 July 1833 BLOUNT COUNTY, ALABAMA, aged 71. He lived in Granville County, North Carolina at enlistment; Soldier was born March 1762, in Prince William County, Virginia ; After the Revolution he lived in Granville and Franklin Counties of North Carolina for ten years ; then moved to Spartanburg District, South Carolina for twelve years; then moved to Franklin County, Georgia for seven years and about 1826 he moved to Tennessee and lived in Dickson, Hickman and Rutherford Counties of Tennessee; Widow applied for pension 6 April 1854 aged 89 and stated Soldier died 19 September 1847 and that they had married in Franklin County, North Carolina on 15 February 1785; Their oldest child was William HOLT who was born on Christmas Day in 1785 and was still living in 1854; Soldier and wife had ten children of which five were sons; a son John HOLT was born about 1790 and a son Kinderal HOLT was next to the youngest of their children; widow died 11 May 1854 and her son John HOLT was administrator of her estate in BLOUNT COUNTY, ALABAMA; other children were not named. Carole Thomas Kane P.S. And ... We wonder why we have difficulty finding our ancestors! Charles Holt was not untypical of how some moved around. On Oct 6, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Melba and Doug Lowe wrote: > there is a book on the Rev War soldier, Charles Holt at the Blount > County > Museum in Oneonta. Telephone 205-625-6905 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SewzArt@aol.com> > To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:20 AM > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] John Holt 1840-1850 ? Dau. Catherine married > Dunkin? > > >> Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for >> one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. >> We have family records that mention these names as being the father >> of our >> Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him >> either) >> She was born about 1845. >> dunkin may have been from Georgia. >> Census records give her birth place as Alabama. >> Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? >> Any suggestions. >> The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the >> 1800`s. >> Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . >> did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read >> mother`s >> name. >> Thankd for help in the past. >> Sue >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALBLOUNT-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 > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

1850 17th Subdivision, Blount Co., AL 10-30-1850, pg. 128B Dwelling #117, Family #117 John Holt, 55, farmer, $400 real estate, NC Mariah Holt, 35, SC, can't read or write Vinson Holt, 18, TN John Holt, 15, farmer, TN Nancy Holt, 14, TN Catherine Holt, 2, AL Lucretia Holt, age illegible, AL Calvin Chamblee, 26, farmer, AL, $600 real estate, can't read or write Salene Chamblee, 21, AL Robert Chamblee, 1, AL 1860 Summit Post Office, Western Div., Blount Co., AL 6-7-1860, pg. 953B Dwelling #124, Family #124 Mary A. Holt, 40, widow, $900 real estate, $100 pers. estate, SC, can't read or write Permelia Holt, 13, AL, attends school Lucresee Holt, 11, AL, attends school James C. Holt, 8, AL attends school Joicy F. Holt, 5, AL 1860 Summit Post Office, Western Div., Blount Co., AL 7-12-1860, pg. 1007B Dwelling #499, Family #499 Sanford Duncan, 29, well digger, $50 real estate, GA Julia A.E. Duncan, 8, GA Isaac Duncan, 3, AL Blount Co., AL marriage records Sandford Duncan to Permelia Holt md. 1-21-1862 by Uriah NeSmith 1870 Athens, Limestone Co., AL 8-9-1870, pg. 40A Dwelling #194, Family #194 Maria Holt, 57, keeping house, SC, can't read or write Ruben Holt, 18, farmer, AL, can't read or write Frances Holt, 15, AL, can't read or write Catherine Duncan, 23, AL, can't read or write Sarah Duncan, 9, AL John Duncan, 7, AL James Duncan, 5, AL Parks Duncan, 3, AL Anna Duncan, 18, AL, can't read or write Thomas, 12, farm laborer, AL, can't read or write (no last name or ditto marks indicated) (Anna & Thomas appear to be Julia A.E. and Isaac from the 1850 census) Check with the Murphree family about the Holts. Found a marriage record for a Joicy Holt md. to Miles Murphree in the early 1840's. Joicy was apparently a widow in 1870 Texas with Vinson Holt living in her household. Am wondering if she was a younger sister to John Holt. John appears to have named a daugter Joicy Frances Holt. Melba and Doug Lowe wrote: >In 1850 Blount there was a John Holt age 55 from NC with wife Mariah age 35 >from SC. She must be the mother of little Catherine who is 2 in 1850. >Catherine was born in Ala. according to this census. Did not see an Amos. >Only Holts in Blount Co. that have names beginning with a A are AJ, Andrew, >Anthony...Melba Lowe >----- Original Message ----- >From: <SewzArt@aol.com> >To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:20 AM >Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] John Holt 1840-1850 ? Dau. Catherine married Dunkin? > > > > >>Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for >>one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. >>We have family records that mention these names as being the father of our >>Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him either) >>She was born about 1845. >>dunkin may have been from Georgia. >>Census records give her birth place as Alabama. >>Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? >>Any suggestions. >>The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the 1800`s. >>Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . >>did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read mother`s >>name. >>Thankd for help in the past. >>Sue >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALBLOUNT-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 ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >

Thanks so much, Melba. I think you have helped me before; I have trouble getting to libraries so it is much appreciated. I think the sanford Duncan in Ga. is probably related but we know our Catherine didn`t die until 1933. there is a sanford in madison co. al., different wife. I just have to do some more homework I sort of think there is the name "Miller" but really has been obliterated and only "Holt" which was her father`s name. i`ll study it sommore. there is a "Miller" as a surety for John holt re: a Rev. pension for John Holt`s mother. Whew!! Thanks you again. Sue

I have ancestry and have looked a little more. There is a Sanford Dunkin 50 from Ga living in Cherokee Co. Ga and is a widowere, 1870. In 1880 This man in same county living with Sargeant family, called father in law. Duncan is spelling of his name in 1880. Do you have a clue as to what you think Catherine's mother's name might be? Is it totally illegible? Melba Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] John Holt 1840-1850 ? Dau. Catherine married Dunkin? > Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for > one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. > We have family records that mention these names as being the father of our > Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him either) > She was born about 1845. > dunkin may have been from Georgia. > Census records give her birth place as Alabama. > Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? > Any suggestions. > The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the 1800`s. > Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . > did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read mother`s > name. > Thankd for help in the past. > Sue > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

thanks so much. I`ve tried gen web forum but so far it doesn`t list John Carrie Holt`s children and I`m thinking he may be the one. Thanks so much Sue

In 1850 Blount there was a John Holt age 55 from NC with wife Mariah age 35 from SC. She must be the mother of little Catherine who is 2 in 1850. Catherine was born in Ala. according to this census. Did not see an Amos. Only Holts in Blount Co. that have names beginning with a A are AJ, Andrew, Anthony...Melba Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] John Holt 1840-1850 ? Dau. Catherine married Dunkin? > Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for > one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. > We have family records that mention these names as being the father of our > Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him either) > She was born about 1845. > dunkin may have been from Georgia. > Census records give her birth place as Alabama. > Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? > Any suggestions. > The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the 1800`s. > Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . > did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read mother`s > name. > Thankd for help in the past. > Sue > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

there is a book on the Rev War soldier, Charles Holt at the Blount County Museum in Oneonta. Telephone 205-625-6905 ----- Original Message ----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] John Holt 1840-1850 ? Dau. Catherine married Dunkin? > Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for > one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. > We have family records that mention these names as being the father of our > Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him either) > She was born about 1845. > dunkin may have been from Georgia. > Census records give her birth place as Alabama. > Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? > Any suggestions. > The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the 1800`s. > Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . > did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read mother`s > name. > Thankd for help in the past. > Sue > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I don't think the Richard Ratliff that helped Andrew Jackson fought in the Revolution. In fact some of Jackson's people including Crockett thought him to be a Tory and took away all his goods. Jackson got furious at this and made them give them back. One son "Whooping Boy", was a hero and was wounded. Neither died. Many of the Ratliff clan survived the "Trail of Tears" and made it to NE Oklahoma. You will find their names on the various lists prepared for the journey. My gggg grand father was Jeremiah Ratliff from NC who eventually settled in Blount Co. I have no record of him serving in the Revolution. He traveled throughout the south with the Holt family. The head of that family did serve and was rewarded a pension later.

I forgot to mention the web site I found the Holt info on. It was "genforum". Dean

It seems like I remember someone publishing a book on the Holt family. Try searching the Holt name on the various genealogy sites. I found 46 matches to Holts in Blount County including info on the Holt book. Good luck, Dean Ratliff

Does anyone do lookups on the book/books mentioned in this post? Thanks, Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: <alblount-request@rootsweb.com> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: ALBLOUNT Digest, Vol 1, Issue 41 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. "Sketches of Alabama" edited (Crop53@aol.com) > 2. Re: Davy Crockett Almost Died Near Blount County (Lamisu@aol.com) > 3. Re: Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 (bobwonda@hiwaay.net) > 4. Re: Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 (MACSTILES@aol.com) > 5. Re: Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 (bobwonda@hiwaay.net) > 6. Re: Davy Crockett Almost Died Near Blount County > (Barbara Buettner) > 7. Luther MORGAN (JDBein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:36:52 EDT > From: Crop53@aol.com > Subject: [ALBLOUNT] "Sketches of Alabama" edited > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <546.586d8b51.325504e4@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The Two books that Melba Clark talks about are very full of Jefferson and > Blount County History of the people. Here I found the father of Robert > Bartley > Montgomery was Washington Montgomery not his brother Francis. So I > purchased > the Edited book that Robin talks about. Brown and Nabors edited... this > book > so that it does not carry the old stories that Mary Gordon Duffee tells > of > her travels and visits in the home of the people of the times. You have > missed what we would want of the writings if you do not read the full > writing in > the Birmingham Weekly Iron Age paper that the WPA recorded in the two > books. > They are great genealogy books. > I am enjoying the writing of the list very much as avid Blount > Countian. > I am a descendant from Palmer, Cowden, Musgrove, Fowler, Stroud, West > and > my children are also, Carns, Montgomery, Gunter, Morton and more... Just > some > of their Blount County heritage. Keep it up. Nancy Carns > =============== > In a message dated 10/3/2006 9:20:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, > bobwonda@hiwaay.net writes: > > ... The long passage quoted above, Duffee had already published almost > verbatim > in the Birmingham Weekly Iron Age in a series of articles she submitted > to > her friend, editor Charles Hayes. These articles were published between > 1885 and 1887. These articles were collected in a book called "Sketches > of > Alabama" edited by Brown and Nabers and published by the University of > Alabama Press in 1970. On page 53 of this work, Duffee continues the > narrative... > > =============== > In a message dated 10/4/2006 12:13:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, > melbaclark@bellsouth.net writes: > > The book you mentioned, "Sketches of Alabama" is full of descriptions > of > early settlers in Jefferson and Blount Counties. I found information > about my Aaron Taylor, his brother, Jesse and some of their cousins in > it. > > There is a copy of it at the Birmingham Public Library. It has an index. > > Melba Clark > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:58:10 EDT > From: Lamisu@aol.com > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Davy Crockett Almost Died Near Blount County > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <583.2c72491.32552602@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Charlotte Adams Hood published a book "Jackson's White Plumes" which > detailed > the help that the Indians gave him during the Creek Indian War. It > outlines > Day Croquet's scouting trip through Blunt Co. It also relates his meetings > with > a Richard Ratliff family near present day Gadsden just east of the Blount > Co. > line. Richard had married an Indian lady and had a large mixed family that > ran a trading post. Richard had been there since shortly after the > Revolution. > Two of his sons fought with Jackson at Horseshoe Bend. This family was > later > shipped west on "The Trail of Tears." > > My Ratliff family arrived in Blount Co. about 1817. I'm still trying to > find > out how we may have been related to Richard. Charlottes book mentions a > number > of families living in the area at that time (1813-1814). > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:00:39 -0600 > From: bobwonda@hiwaay.net > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <v04011700c149df596ad7@[71.207.217.191]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dr. Stiles, > > I'm having trouble locating the reference you mentioned. Could you please > direct me to where it was? I overlooked it someplace. > > Robin > >>Just a clarification of "Miss" M. A. Yeilding. This was Mary Amanda >>Humphries, whose first husband was Joseph Yeilding. No one really knows >>what >>happened to Joseph Yeilding except that he never returned from the Civil >>War...so >>was presumed dead. Then Mary Amanda (Humphies) Yeilding married A. J. >>Ketchum. So she was "MRS" M. A. Yeilding. >> >>Dr. H. M. Stiles >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:38:03 EDT > From: MACSTILES@aol.com > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c23.5fbd84b.32559fdb@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Robin, > I think that I did not quote a source. However, this is how it goes. > Warren Weaver is a descendant of Joseph Yeilding and Mary Amanda > Humphries. And > he told me that "Joseph Yeilding ...... went off to the Civil War and > never > returned as far as can be determined". Now, from Marriages of Morgan > County, > AL 1818-1896, Book B, page 344: Joseph J. Yeilding to E. M. Humphries, > 25 > December 1857. The "E.M." should, of course be "A. M.". Then when > Joseph did > not return from the war (no one really knows why), Mary Amanda Humphries > Yeilding married Acquilla J. Ketchum, on 11 February 1872 at the "house > of the > Bride" by J. W. Moore, Probate Judge: Blount County Alabama Marriages > Records > 1871-1877, Volume A., page 44. > > Listing for J. J. (Joseph) Yeilding in Civil War Service, U. S. Archives: > Pvt., Company D, \3 Confederate Cavalry > 11 Battalion Alabama Cavalry > Howard's Battalion Confederate Cavalry > Howard's Regiment Confederate Cavalry > 11 Confederate Cavalry > 13 Confederate Cavalry > (Some men had prior service in the 2nd (Smith's) Regiment TN Cavalry. > > > Does this help/satisfy? There seems to have been some problem with the > oldest son of Joseph and Mary Amanda (George), who refused to take the > Ketchum > name. Wish I knew more about this issue; who knows, maybe one day it > will come > to light. I really have not had time to thoroughly look into this thing. > > Robin, do keep in touch. I did not go to the Four Families Reunion this > year. I personally think that there is a political body working and I do > not > like it. If you want to know more, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks > for > ALL your good work - it is very, very much appreciated. > > Mac > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:56:41 -0600 > From: bobwonda@hiwaay.net > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <v04011703c14a06469002@[71.207.217.191]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks for the info. I'll have some annotations in my Confederates book > I'm working on. My own Great Great Grandfather Philip Robins (from whom > in > part I get my name), was a comrade of Mr. Yeilding in Company D of the 3rd > Confederate Cavalry. > > The Third Confederate Cavalry, which entered the service under Col. J.R. > Howard, included seven Alabama companies. It served during the greater > part of the war in Wheeler's cavalry, and fought throughout the campaigns > in Kentucky and Tennessee in numberless raids and skirmishes. It fought > at > Murphreesboro, Triune, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Bridgeport, Trenton, > McAfee's, Noonday Creek. After the resignation of Colonel Howard, the > regiment was commanded successively, ty Col. W.N. Estes and Col. P.H. > Rice. > It was constantly in demand for picket duty and scouting,and was > distinguished for gallantry and endurance. colonel Estes was killed near > Chattanooga, and Colonel Rice was wounded in Georgia. Lieut. Col. John > McCaskill and Capt. dan Clayton were wounded, and Adjt. N. Rothbock was > killed, at Murphreesboro.--from page 208, Confederate Military History of > Alabama, Joseph Wheeler. > > McCaskill is the commander I see most often in connection with the men > from > the Blount County area in the 3rd Confederate Cavalry. > > Robin > >>Robin, >>I think that I did not quote a source. However, this is how it goes. >>Warren Weaver is a descendant of Joseph Yeilding and Mary Amanda >>Humphries. And >>he told me that "Joseph Yeilding ...... went off to the Civil War and >>never >>returned as far as can be determined". Now, from Marriages of Morgan >>County, >>AL 1818-1896, Book B, page 344: Joseph J. Yeilding to E. M. Humphries, >>25 >>December 1857. The "E.M." should, of course be "A. M.". Then when >>Joseph did >>not return from the war (no one really knows why), Mary Amanda Humphries >>Yeilding married Acquilla J. Ketchum, on 11 February 1872 at the "house >>of the >>Bride" by J. W. Moore, Probate Judge: Blount County Alabama Marriages >>Records >>1871-1877, Volume A., page 44. >> >>Listing for J. J. (Joseph) Yeilding in Civil War Service, U. S. Archives: >> Pvt., Company D, \3 Confederate Cavalry >> 11 Battalion Alabama Cavalry >> Howard's Battalion Confederate Cavalry >> Howard's Regiment Confederate Cavalry >> 11 Confederate Cavalry >> 13 Confederate Cavalry >> (Some men had prior service in the 2nd (Smith's) Regiment TN >> Cavalry. >> >> >>Does this help/satisfy? There seems to have been some problem with the >>oldest son of Joseph and Mary Amanda (George), who refused to take the >>Ketchum >>name. Wish I knew more about this issue; who knows, maybe one day it >>will come >>to light. I really have not had time to thoroughly look into this thing. >> >>Robin, do keep in touch. I did not go to the Four Families Reunion this >>year. I personally think that there is a political body working and I do >>not >>like it. If you want to know more, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks >>for >>ALL your good work - it is very, very much appreciated. >> >>Mac >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:32:59 -0500 > From: "Barbara Buettner" <buettner@hiwaay.net> > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Davy Crockett Almost Died Near Blount County > To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <OMEPIKPPEFLAGLGFAFBCKECAEIAA.buettner@hiwaay.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Do you know who your Ratliff ancester that fought in Revolutionary War > was? > Could have he have been this Richard Ratliff? I find it strange there is > none, absolutely no Ratliff mentioned in DAR Revolutionary Patriot Index! > > Did his sons get killed at Horseshoe Bend? > > Do you suspect the infamous "Trail of Tears" took the lives of all of > them? > Does anyone have an educated guess? Barbara in Cullman > > -----Original Message----- > From: alblount-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alblount-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Lamisu@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:58 AM > To: alblount@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Davy Crockett Almost Died Near Blount County > > > Charlotte Adams Hood published a book "Jackson's White Plumes" which > detailed > the help that the Indians gave him during the Creek Indian War. It > outlines > Day Croquet's scouting trip through Blunt Co. It also relates his meetings > with > a Richard Ratliff family near present day Gadsden just east of the Blount > Co. > line. Richard had married an Indian lady and had a large mixed family that > ran a trading post. Richard had been there since shortly after the > Revolution. > Two of his sons fought with Jackson at Horseshoe Bend. This family was > later > shipped west on "The Trail of Tears." > > My Ratliff family arrived in Blount Co. about 1817. I'm still trying to > find > out how we may have been related to Richard. Charlottes book mentions a > number > of families living in the area at that time (1813-1814). > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:46:14 -0500 > From: "JDBein" <JDBein@hughes.net> > Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Luther MORGAN > To: <almadiso@rootsweb.com>, <alblount@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002201c6e828$6da4f1a0$ec191d45@Maincomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Is there anyone on this list that is researching Luther MORGAN? > > I have a record found in Blount Co., Al., it also list Samuel, Calvin and > Alexander MORGAN along with their wives. > Recorded in Madison Co., Al. ? > Was Madison at one time connected to Blount? > > Thanks for any input... > Debbie > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ALBLOUNT list administrator, send an email to > ALBLOUNT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ALBLOUNT mailing list, send an email to > ALBLOUNT@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ALBLOUNT Digest, Vol 1, Issue 41 > ***************************************

Does anyone have acdess tothe 1850 census of Blount Co. for one john Holt or any mention of an amos Holt. We have family records that mention these names as being the father of our Catherine (Katherine) who married a Sanford Dunkin (can`t find him either) She was born about 1845. dunkin may have been from Georgia. Census records give her birth place as Alabama. Are there any biographies of a John Holt and family? Any suggestions. The descendents are in Somerville, Morgan co. Al. later.in the 1800`s. Catherine later marries a Lemley and then a Chaney . did not die until 1933. We have her death cert. but can`t read mother`s name. Thankd for help in the past. Sue

Thanks so much Kim. This looks like a good site for reference... I thought it strange to find this record in Blount Co., instead of Madison? I know that Calvin C. MORGAN did remain in Blount County, Al. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Ivey" <k_ivey@bellsouth.net> To: <JDBein@hughes.net> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Blount Co., AL > Debbie, > > Blount Co., AL was formed in 1818 from Creek Indian lands. It was not a > part of Madison Co., AL. However, it's not uncommon to find Alabama > ancestors in multiple counties. You can read more about Blount Co. at > this website: > > http://www.myalabamagenealogy.com/al_county/bl.htm > > Hope this helps! > > Kim