This article that you used to ask about Burial Customs is talking about my ggg grandmother,Mrs.Uriah Smith. Do you have a copy of this article? or Could you tell me how to get a copy? Thank you so much. Deborah Tolbert in GA. ----- Original Message ----- >From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> >To: <ALBLOUNT@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:38 PM >Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Question to the Board about Burial Customs... > > >>The following was found in The Southern Democrat, 12 Jul 1900: >> >> >>Rosa Dots. Mrs. Uriah Smith, who died of flux Friday, was buried at the >>Daily graveyard Saturday night by torch light. Rev. F.M. Self conducted >>the burial services. It was a sad scene. >> >> >>I have rarely heard of someone being buried at night and by torchlight. >>Was there some sort of superstition, custom, or some other reason for this >>unusual interment? Mrs. Smith apparently has no monument. _________________________________________________________________ Try the new Live Search today! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLMTAG

Notes: This post contains an article which provides an eye witness glimpse at life in Blountsville one day about the last of April in 1883. Only, this glimpse comes from someone living outside the county, but not without personal ties. Blount was his native county. The article was published in The Guntersville Democrat. The Guntersville Democrat began publication in 1880 with E. Byars as proprietor. Blount County native Solomon Palmer had a law practice in Guntersville when he bought the Democrat from the ailing Byars in January of 1882. Palmer remained as editor of the Democrat for several years. Most Alabama counties had at least one county paper in the 1880s and it seemed most of the editors knew each other and exchanged newspapers. The editors also enjoyed the periodic Alabama Press Association meeting where often, the alcohol flowed freely. On occasion, the editors clipped and republished news items from the other newspapers, especially if the clippings were related to their own county in some manner. Since Palmer was a Blount County native, he had a good friend in fellow editor, L.H. Mathews, of the Blount County News. Mathews, on the other hand, had a bad relationship with the editor of the little known newspaper, The Advance, published at Blount Springs by John R. Perkins. Mathews advocated keeping the county seat at Blountsville, while Perkins wrote in support of moving the county seat to Blount Springs. The relationship was so bad between the two during the contentious period when the location of the Blount County seat was up for popular vote between Blountsville and Blount Springs, after an exchange of unfriendly words through the editorial columns, Perkins actually came to Mathews office and beat him up. Afterwards, Mathews kept firearms in his office to ward off any future attacks. This incident is alluded to in the article which follows. Unfortunately, the published exchanges between Perkins and Mathews are among the issues missing from the microfilmed issues of the Blount County News obtained from the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The author of the following article was Solomon Palmer. Palmer was born near Remlap in 1839, son of Solomon Sr. and Elizabeth Palmer. He was educated in Blount County and later taught school for a while. About 1860, he walked to Tuscaloosa and entered the University of Alabama where he studied law for a year until he volunteered as a Confederate Soldier. As a member of Company K of the 19th Alabama Infantry he served under Joe Wheeler at the Battle of Shiloh. He was there promoted for bravery and eventually attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. After the War, he moved to Guntersville and began a law practice. As mentioned above, he bought the Guntersville Democrat in 1882. The year after the article was written in 1884, Palmer was elected State Superintendent of Education and served three successive terms. After these years of public service, he moved to Birmingham and established the East Lake Athenaeum, a school for girls, in 1890. One morning while walking on the grounds of his school with some friends, he suffered a sudden attack of "apoplexly" and died May 15, 1896 at the age of 57. L.H. Mathews died later that year on December 12, 1896. John R. Perkins' fate is presently undetermined. The Guntersville Democrat, Thursday, May 3, 1883 Our Trip to Blount. We made a flying visit to Blount county last week where we meat a host of life long friends who gave us a most cordial greeting. The list would be too long to enumerate all whom we met, but there was one whose greeting was perhaps more cordial than any other, one whose name has been familiar to us from our earliest recollection, one under whose hospitable roof and at whose table we found a welcome on our first visit to Blountsville near thirty years ago; we refer to Austin Murphree, who still remains as one of the reminders of the past, but little changed by the shifting scenes of the last ten years. We met those who had been our companions and intimate friends from boyhood; those who were cemeted to us in friendship by having passed with us through the hard fought battles of the late war, standing by our side under the same colors amid showers of shot and shell while death was wafted on every breeze; those who first read their a,b,c at our knee, while we were teaching school; friendships formed under such circumstances as these are not weakened by the flight of years, but are rather strengthened and become more endearing as time rolls on. For the many good people of dear old Blount we shall ever entertain the highest regard and cherish the kindliest feeling. We had not been at Blountsville for eighteen months and were glad to see evidences of substantial improvement. There has been one or more new business houses built, and all the store houses, seven in number, are occupied, and appear well filled with goods, not a matter of surprise to a newspaper ;man as they do not advertise, and it is presumable that they do not want to exhaust their stock. They however show good taste and laudable enterprise in the arrangement and finish of their stocks and houses, and gave us liberal orders for letterheads, etc. We saw a great number of large cedar posts piled up near the court house, and on inquiring as to the use, we were informed that grave fears were entertained that the court house would be stolen away and moved down to the railroad city of Bangor, which has assumed huge proportions since we left Blount, and that these posts were to build a picket fence around the court house to prevent such a dire calamity happening to the Blountsvillians. We went into the court house and scrutinized its interior closely from upper ceiling to foundation stone and then went off and took a position where we had a fair view of its exterior and long gazed on its moss covered roof and its weather beaten sides and deliberately came to the conclusion that it was no such coveted prize as to cause the inhabitants of the aspiring Bangor to commit such a horrible deed. No, we say so the trembling ones of Blountsvile, quiet your useless fears. We visited the office of the Blount County News and found both Editors in, as we expected, hard at work. The senior, who styles himself the Wild Irishman, gave us as is his custom a warm reception and formally extended us the "liberty of his office" and the use of his exchanges. The junior was modest, polite and obliging but rather sedate, and it soon became apparent to us that he was disappointed because we had come alone. The senior, as if to compensate for the sedateness of the junior, was mor loquacious and courteous than usual, if such a thing can be possible, and showed us through his art gallery, even extending the courtesy so far as to give us a peep into his arsenal, where we found an armory for defense against a second assault on the press. During our necessarily short stay in Blountsville (only one day) we securied a long list of subscribers for the Democrat, received quite a number of orders for job work and made arrangement with our friend, J.W. Ellis, one of the best circuit clerks in the State, by which we will be enabled to furnish those desiring them, waive and mortgage notes, deeds, deeds of trust, mortgage deeds, mortgages, and a full line of all kinds of blanks used by justices of the peace. The above will be kept by him in stock in his office in Blountsville, and should any special job be wanted, he will take pleasure in forwarding orders to us, or parties can order directly from the job offices in Guntersville. In conclusion we return our thanks to friends in Blount for patronage and many acts of kindness, and especially to the editor of the News for giving publicity to our facilities for doing job work. We shall feel under still further obligation to any of our friends who will interest themselves in extending the circulation of the Democrat in that county. For sample copies and special rates apply to us.

My source was the Southern Democrat and the 1900 census. Maybe someone on-line has actually checked out the cemetery plot and can input the correct date. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Jackson" <jacksont@otelco.net> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Tapleigh S. Murphree > Robert, > You're showing a DOB of 5-20-1857. Robin Sterling's Cem. Survey shows > 5-20-1856. Do you have a different source? > Would like to make sure I have the most accurate info. > > Terry > > Robert Bellew wrote: > >>Terry, according to my records Tapleigh married Rozena "Rosa" Self on 10 >>Aug >>1899 after the death of Emma. He is buried in the Centeral Methodist Chuch >>Cemetery near Oneonta. >>I have my entire data base on Rootsweb under Bellew1. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Terry Jackson" <jacksont@otelco.net> >>To: "Alabama-l" <Alabama-l@rootsweb.com>; "alblount-l@rootsweb.com" >><ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:53 PM >>Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Tapleigh S. Murphree >> >> >> >> >>>Well, the tornado has been and gone and we're left with the clean up. >>>Folks in Oneonta are tough though, we'll be fine. >>>So far, we've only had a couple of injuries. I just heard on the scanner >>>they only need shelter for one family from the Red Cross so far. Keep >>>your fingers crossed for us as we head for tomorrow and daylight. >>> >>>Now, to stay on topic----- >>> >>>Tapleigh Stephen Murphree md. Emma L. Moses, 12-17-1885, Blount Co., AL >>> >>>There seems to be several men by that name in Blount Co. during the same >>>period. Does anyone have any vitals on this man? I found Emma in the >>>Lebanon Cem. but haven't located Tapleigh as yet. >>> >>>I have found a death record for a Tapleigha S. Murphree in Sept., 1930 >>>(Blount Co.) but can't decide if this is the one I'm looking for. >>> >>>Thanks >>>Terry Jackson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Looking for information on SF Boren & Annie Boren. Children of John H Boren and Rosannah (Young) Boren Alabama Marriages 1800-1920 J. S. Green S. F. Boren 23, April 1881 Blount County. Benjamin Newman Annie Boren, 18 Aug. 1884 Blount County. John H and Rosannah were my GGGrandparents. Please EM TalbotB@aol.com

Robin, thank you. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Behel" <blackdog@webjemm.net> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > Does anyone know who the H.C. Waid was that is listed here? Thanks, > Margaret > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> > To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:49 PM > Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > > > > The Southern Democrat, 11 Aug 1904 > > > > The Reunion A Success. The Men Who Wore The Gray Spend A Pleasant Day in > > Oneonta With Their Friends. > > > > Perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the little town of Oneonta met > > here last Thursday to greet the old soldier in the their annual reunion. > > > > The day bid fair to be a beautiful one and the crowds began to gather > early > > and long before the time set for the opening exercises the town was alive > > with people. > > > > At about 9 o'clock the brave men who fought under the old Confederate flag > > met at the Masonic Hall and marched down third street to first Avenue and > > up first Avenue to second street where they halted until their names were > > enrolled while the band played Dixie. This being completed the march was > > resumed up where Mayor J.B. Sloan delivered the welcome address on behalf > > of the city. Following this Col. J.H. Savage of Birmingham made a > splendid > > address which was listened to very attentively by all who could get close > > enough to hear. > > > > Following the address of Col. Savage, Mr. John B. Armstrong favored the > > audience with an interesting address. > > Just before the noon hour, Prof. H.P. Burruss of Altoona, in his > > characteristic style had the crowd "spell bound" while he related the > > incidents and causes leading up to the bloody conflict in which so many of > > the South's brave men lost their lives, when a shower of rain came up and > > he was forced to leave his speech unfinished. > > > > In the afternoon, part of the crowd was entertained in the Court House > with > > an address by Mr. M.M. Davidson. > > > > The following is a list of the old Soldiers who were present: > > > > S.C. Allgood > > H.G. Gibbs > > A.J. Ketchum > > W.B. Clowdus > > H.L. Martin > > S.W. Guthrie > > W.G. McAbee > > W.L. Wilder > > A.J. Simms > > J.C. Burgner > > N.L. Yarborough > > E.G. Robbins > > G.W. Arnold > > T.Scruggs > > H.C. Hill > > G.B. Phillips > > Robert S. Green > > J.S. DeLache > > J.L. Copeland > > S.W. Burnett > > R.W. Nail > > Wm. A. Harris > > Toliver Bynum > > David Brown > > John McBushard > > T.E. Sharp > > T.B. Armstrong > > T.B. Deaver > > J.H. Dickerson > > Alfred Russell > > R.A. Cain > > J.C. Hyatt > > W.I Epperson > > W.R. Dodds > > G.M.D. Tidwell > > William Tidwell > > Marion Nation > > B.B. Williams > > Alfred Johnson > > P.W. Hitt > > Alfred Iverson > > G.D. Clowdus > > B.H. Milligan > > D.M. Miller > > Elias Latham > > D.W. Ward > > A.S. Jones > > H. Jordan > > B.W. Bushard > > O. Snell > > J.B. Allgood > > S.S. Thomas > > H.K. Wikle > > W.J. Hughes > > Nick Hatley > > James Clowdus > > L.D. Stephens > > G.B. Stephens > > W.B. Allgood > > J.E. Bynum > > G.B. Nobles > > G.M. Bledsoe > > B.B. Cornelius > > Henry Whitley > > L.D. Brown > > J.B. Goddard > > W.W. Brown > > William Tally > > J.C. Buckelew > > A.L. Glasscock > > G.W. Harris > > J.H. Savage > > M.C. Murphree > > Elijah Bynum > > J.J. Hobbs > > A.D. Bynum > > W.B. Armstrong > > John Brown > > H.C. Waid > > T.J. Payne > > T.H. Hopper > > J.T. Green > > J.H. Berrier > > H.C. Calvert > > W.W. Osborn > > J.B. French > > > > By the presence of these gray heads we are reminded of the fact that but > > few more of these reunions can be held. Men who were youths when the > > struggle for States Rights ended thirty-nine years ago are now old men. > Of > > those who were present, one was 55 years of age, one 56, one 57, three 58, > > three 59, six 60, three 61, six 62, six 63, ten 64, ten 65, four 66, seven > > 67, four 68, two 70, three 71, four 72, two 73, one 74, five 75, two 76. > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > >

Does anyone know who the H.C. Waid was that is listed here? Thanks, Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > The Southern Democrat, 11 Aug 1904 > > The Reunion A Success. The Men Who Wore The Gray Spend A Pleasant Day in > Oneonta With Their Friends. > > Perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the little town of Oneonta met > here last Thursday to greet the old soldier in the their annual reunion. > > The day bid fair to be a beautiful one and the crowds began to gather early > and long before the time set for the opening exercises the town was alive > with people. > > At about 9 o'clock the brave men who fought under the old Confederate flag > met at the Masonic Hall and marched down third street to first Avenue and > up first Avenue to second street where they halted until their names were > enrolled while the band played Dixie. This being completed the march was > resumed up where Mayor J.B. Sloan delivered the welcome address on behalf > of the city. Following this Col. J.H. Savage of Birmingham made a splendid > address which was listened to very attentively by all who could get close > enough to hear. > > Following the address of Col. Savage, Mr. John B. Armstrong favored the > audience with an interesting address. > Just before the noon hour, Prof. H.P. Burruss of Altoona, in his > characteristic style had the crowd "spell bound" while he related the > incidents and causes leading up to the bloody conflict in which so many of > the South's brave men lost their lives, when a shower of rain came up and > he was forced to leave his speech unfinished. > > In the afternoon, part of the crowd was entertained in the Court House with > an address by Mr. M.M. Davidson. > > The following is a list of the old Soldiers who were present: > > S.C. Allgood > H.G. Gibbs > A.J. Ketchum > W.B. Clowdus > H.L. Martin > S.W. Guthrie > W.G. McAbee > W.L. Wilder > A.J. Simms > J.C. Burgner > N.L. Yarborough > E.G. Robbins > G.W. Arnold > T.Scruggs > H.C. Hill > G.B. Phillips > Robert S. Green > J.S. DeLache > J.L. Copeland > S.W. Burnett > R.W. Nail > Wm. A. Harris > Toliver Bynum > David Brown > John McBushard > T.E. Sharp > T.B. Armstrong > T.B. Deaver > J.H. Dickerson > Alfred Russell > R.A. Cain > J.C. Hyatt > W.I Epperson > W.R. Dodds > G.M.D. Tidwell > William Tidwell > Marion Nation > B.B. Williams > Alfred Johnson > P.W. Hitt > Alfred Iverson > G.D. Clowdus > B.H. Milligan > D.M. Miller > Elias Latham > D.W. Ward > A.S. Jones > H. Jordan > B.W. Bushard > O. Snell > J.B. Allgood > S.S. Thomas > H.K. Wikle > W.J. Hughes > Nick Hatley > James Clowdus > L.D. Stephens > G.B. Stephens > W.B. Allgood > J.E. Bynum > G.B. Nobles > G.M. Bledsoe > B.B. Cornelius > Henry Whitley > L.D. Brown > J.B. Goddard > W.W. Brown > William Tally > J.C. Buckelew > A.L. Glasscock > G.W. Harris > J.H. Savage > M.C. Murphree > Elijah Bynum > J.J. Hobbs > A.D. Bynum > W.B. Armstrong > John Brown > H.C. Waid > T.J. Payne > T.H. Hopper > J.T. Green > J.H. Berrier > H.C. Calvert > W.W. Osborn > J.B. French > > By the presence of these gray heads we are reminded of the fact that but > few more of these reunions can be held. Men who were youths when the > struggle for States Rights ended thirty-nine years ago are now old men. Of > those who were present, one was 55 years of age, one 56, one 57, three 58, > three 59, six 60, three 61, six 62, six 63, ten 64, ten 65, four 66, seven > 67, four 68, two 70, three 71, four 72, two 73, one 74, five 75, two 76. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

H.C. Waid was probably Harvey C. Waid. He was a private in Company K of the 7th Arkansas Infantry; wounded at Shiloh; discharged in May 1865. He and Edie C. Waid are buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. >Does anyone know who the H.C. Waid was that is listed here? Thanks, >Margaret > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> >To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:49 PM >Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > > >> The Southern Democrat, 11 Aug 1904 >> >> The Reunion A Success. The Men Who Wore The Gray Spend A Pleasant Day in >> Oneonta With Their Friends. >> >> Perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the little town of Oneonta met >> here last Thursday to greet the old soldier in the their annual reunion. >> >> The day bid fair to be a beautiful one and the crowds began to gather >early >> and long before the time set for the opening exercises the town was alive >> with people. >> >> At about 9 o'clock the brave men who fought under the old Confederate flag >> met at the Masonic Hall and marched down third street to first Avenue and >> up first Avenue to second street where they halted until their names were >> enrolled while the band played Dixie. This being completed the march was >> resumed up where Mayor J.B. Sloan delivered the welcome address on behalf >> of the city. Following this Col. J.H. Savage of Birmingham made a >splendid >> address which was listened to very attentively by all who could get close >> enough to hear. >> >> Following the address of Col. Savage, Mr. John B. Armstrong favored the >> audience with an interesting address. >> Just before the noon hour, Prof. H.P. Burruss of Altoona, in his >> characteristic style had the crowd "spell bound" while he related the >> incidents and causes leading up to the bloody conflict in which so many of >> the South's brave men lost their lives, when a shower of rain came up and >> he was forced to leave his speech unfinished. >> >> In the afternoon, part of the crowd was entertained in the Court House >with >> an address by Mr. M.M. Davidson. >> >> The following is a list of the old Soldiers who were present: >> >> S.C. Allgood >> H.G. Gibbs >> A.J. Ketchum >> W.B. Clowdus >> H.L. Martin >> S.W. Guthrie >> W.G. McAbee >> W.L. Wilder >> A.J. Simms >> J.C. Burgner >> N.L. Yarborough >> E.G. Robbins >> G.W. Arnold >> T.Scruggs >> H.C. Hill >> G.B. Phillips >> Robert S. Green >> J.S. DeLache >> J.L. Copeland >> S.W. Burnett >> R.W. Nail >> Wm. A. Harris >> Toliver Bynum >> David Brown >> John McBushard >> T.E. Sharp >> T.B. Armstrong >> T.B. Deaver >> J.H. Dickerson >> Alfred Russell >> R.A. Cain >> J.C. Hyatt >> W.I Epperson >> W.R. Dodds >> G.M.D. Tidwell >> William Tidwell >> Marion Nation >> B.B. Williams >> Alfred Johnson >> P.W. Hitt >> Alfred Iverson >> G.D. Clowdus >> B.H. Milligan >> D.M. Miller >> Elias Latham >> D.W. Ward >> A.S. Jones >> H. Jordan >> B.W. Bushard >> O. Snell >> J.B. Allgood >> S.S. Thomas >> H.K. Wikle >> W.J. Hughes >> Nick Hatley >> James Clowdus >> L.D. Stephens >> G.B. Stephens >> W.B. Allgood >> J.E. Bynum >> G.B. Nobles >> G.M. Bledsoe >> B.B. Cornelius >> Henry Whitley >> L.D. Brown >> J.B. Goddard >> W.W. Brown >> William Tally >> J.C. Buckelew >> A.L. Glasscock >> G.W. Harris >> J.H. Savage >> M.C. Murphree >> Elijah Bynum >> J.J. Hobbs >> A.D. Bynum >> W.B. Armstrong >> John Brown >> H.C. Waid >> T.J. Payne >> T.H. Hopper >> J.T. Green >> J.H. Berrier >> H.C. Calvert >> W.W. Osborn >> J.B. French >> >> By the presence of these gray heads we are reminded of the fact that but >> few more of these reunions can be held. Men who were youths when the >> struggle for States Rights ended thirty-nine years ago are now old men. >Of >> those who were present, one was 55 years of age, one 56, one 57, three 58, >> three 59, six 60, three 61, six 62, six 63, ten 64, ten 65, four 66, seven >> 67, four 68, two 70, three 71, four 72, two 73, one 74, five 75, two 76. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Robin - I see my g-Grandpa W. A. Harris was present at that gathering ---it is always interesting to read these tidbits and helps to bring the past to life. Thank you so much. Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> To: <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: [ALBLOUNT] Blount County Confederate Reunion, 1904 > The Southern Democrat, 11 Aug 1904 > > The Reunion A Success. The Men Who Wore The Gray Spend A Pleasant Day in > Oneonta With Their Friends. > > Perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the little town of Oneonta met > here last Thursday to greet the old soldier in the their annual reunion. > > The day bid fair to be a beautiful one and the crowds began to gather > early > and long before the time set for the opening exercises the town was alive > with people. > > At about 9 o'clock the brave men who fought under the old Confederate flag > met at the Masonic Hall and marched down third street to first Avenue and > up first Avenue to second street where they halted until their names were > enrolled while the band played Dixie. This being completed the march was > resumed up where Mayor J.B. Sloan delivered the welcome address on behalf > of the city. Following this Col. J.H. Savage of Birmingham made a > splendid > address which was listened to very attentively by all who could get close > enough to hear. > > Following the address of Col. Savage, Mr. John B. Armstrong favored the > audience with an interesting address. > Just before the noon hour, Prof. H.P. Burruss of Altoona, in his > characteristic style had the crowd "spell bound" while he related the > incidents and causes leading up to the bloody conflict in which so many of > the South's brave men lost their lives, when a shower of rain came up and > he was forced to leave his speech unfinished. > > In the afternoon, part of the crowd was entertained in the Court House > with > an address by Mr. M.M. Davidson. > > The following is a list of the old Soldiers who were present: > > S.C. Allgood > H.G. Gibbs > A.J. Ketchum > W.B. Clowdus > H.L. Martin > S.W. Guthrie > W.G. McAbee > W.L. Wilder > A.J. Simms > J.C. Burgner > N.L. Yarborough > E.G. Robbins > G.W. Arnold > T.Scruggs > H.C. Hill > G.B. Phillips > Robert S. Green > J.S. DeLache > J.L. Copeland > S.W. Burnett > R.W. Nail > Wm. A. Harris > Toliver Bynum > David Brown > John McBushard > T.E. Sharp > T.B. Armstrong > T.B. Deaver > J.H. Dickerson > Alfred Russell > R.A. Cain > J.C. Hyatt > W.I Epperson > W.R. Dodds > G.M.D. Tidwell > William Tidwell > Marion Nation > B.B. Williams > Alfred Johnson > P.W. Hitt > Alfred Iverson > G.D. Clowdus > B.H. Milligan > D.M. Miller > Elias Latham > D.W. Ward > A.S. Jones > H. Jordan > B.W. Bushard > O. Snell > J.B. Allgood > S.S. Thomas > H.K. Wikle > W.J. Hughes > Nick Hatley > James Clowdus > L.D. Stephens > G.B. Stephens > W.B. Allgood > J.E. Bynum > G.B. Nobles > G.M. Bledsoe > B.B. Cornelius > Henry Whitley > L.D. Brown > J.B. Goddard > W.W. Brown > William Tally > J.C. Buckelew > A.L. Glasscock > G.W. Harris > J.H. Savage > M.C. Murphree > Elijah Bynum > J.J. Hobbs > A.D. Bynum > W.B. Armstrong > John Brown > H.C. Waid > T.J. Payne > T.H. Hopper > J.T. Green > J.H. Berrier > H.C. Calvert > W.W. Osborn > J.B. French > > By the presence of these gray heads we are reminded of the fact that but > few more of these reunions can be held. Men who were youths when the > struggle for States Rights ended thirty-nine years ago are now old men. > Of > those who were present, one was 55 years of age, one 56, one 57, three 58, > three 59, six 60, three 61, six 62, six 63, ten 64, ten 65, four 66, seven > 67, four 68, two 70, three 71, four 72, two 73, one 74, five 75, two 76. > > ------------------------------- > 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

The Southern Democrat, 24 Dec 1901 Reminiscence. I have been thinking for some time that I would write some for the Democrat, but I have been so busy and my education is so limited that I have been almost afraid to try. However I thought I would try one time and if it is published, I may try again. Sometime I study about old times way back fifty years ago and try to compare them with the present time to see if there is much improvement. In my judgment there has been great improvement in some things and in others there has not been so much. Who were the leading citizens of this County fifty and sixty years ago? There were on the east side of this County, Henry Cornelius, Robert Saye, Tapley Stephens, Jas. Harris, John Bynum, Solomon Bynum, Elijah Murphree, Marse Murphree, Daniel Bynum, Jesse Bynum, Lower Hamp Waid, Upper Hamp Waid, George D. Staton, Sr., George D. Staton, Jr., Ellis Clowdus, Elijah Majors, Tapley Bynum, Asa Bynum, Richard Scroggins, W.B. Deaver, William Cornelius, Champion Cornelius, Deforest Allgood, Banister Allgood, Ellis Murphree, Stephen Ellis, Jerry Ellis, William Ellis, Grandsire Blakely, James Blakely, Josiah Tidwell, Blake Tidwell, Jerry Tidwell, John Box, Mathew Deaver, John P. Cowden, Ose Woods, the Chair maker, Zack Blackburn, W.N. Crump, Minet Hallmark, Comins Hallmark, [first name missing] Cosby, Carrol Cowden, Robert Cowden, William Hullett, Solomon Palmer, James Palmer, Beasley Cornelius, Perry Palmer and William Reece. These and other I may mention hereafter. Now those of you who are old enough to remember that far back, compare them with the leading men of this section of the County now and see whether we have improved any or now. Old Sager.

The Southern Democrat, 19 Apr 1900 Oneonta In Galveston. Thank you in advance for a little space in your valuable paper that I may tell its many friends something of my trip to the Lone Star State. I boarded the south bound train No. 3 at Birmingham, Ala., March 22nd, 4 P.M., arrived at new Orleans next morning at 7:50 in a drenching rain, crossed the Father of Waters in a steamboat and boarded the Southern Pacific , arrived at Houston at 10:55-and still it rained. Took a bed at the Capitol Hotel and tried to sleep, but in vain. The great city of Houston with its surging masses of humanity-what supports it? Does every one have a bank deposit? If so, how does he get it? I am sure they are not farmers of North Alabama. I confess its hard to solve by one with nervous headache, as was my condition, for the clerk has just told me my bill would be $3.00. Next morning I waited a while for a car but was told that it was a mile to the depot and the track was covered with water-for still it rained-and the cars could not reach me. As I was taller than the car wheels I thought I might ford it, and I did part of the way. Got to depot at 6:45 A.M. and took train at 7 for Galveston, arrived about 9:30 a run of 50 miles. Was met there by my brother J.M. Fendley and conducted to his palatial and comfortable home. Took a bath, some refreshments and a nap. About 3 P.M. went to the wharf took a boat and went out 4 miles into the bay where lay the battleships Texas and New York. We went on board the Texas and were shown through it from top to bottom. It is a marvelous sight with its massive machinery as bright and clean as clock work by which those massive guns can be used with such quickness and accuracy. We went up side of the New York and saw Admiral Fargular come out of his office bowing and raising his cap. The ladies on our ship sang and waived, and the band played Dixie. Both ships bore marks of the conflicts of the late American Spanish war. Galveston certainly is the prettiest, finest and wealthiest city in the South, but I will not enter into details describing the city just now, as it would take too much of your valuable space. Possibly later I will give your many readers something more. John S. Fendley. [Note: About five months after this report, Galveston was struck by a hurricane which destroyed the city and killed over 6,000 people]

The Southern Democrat, 11 Aug 1904 The Reunion A Success. The Men Who Wore The Gray Spend A Pleasant Day in Oneonta With Their Friends. Perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the little town of Oneonta met here last Thursday to greet the old soldier in the their annual reunion. The day bid fair to be a beautiful one and the crowds began to gather early and long before the time set for the opening exercises the town was alive with people. At about 9 o'clock the brave men who fought under the old Confederate flag met at the Masonic Hall and marched down third street to first Avenue and up first Avenue to second street where they halted until their names were enrolled while the band played Dixie. This being completed the march was resumed up where Mayor J.B. Sloan delivered the welcome address on behalf of the city. Following this Col. J.H. Savage of Birmingham made a splendid address which was listened to very attentively by all who could get close enough to hear. Following the address of Col. Savage, Mr. John B. Armstrong favored the audience with an interesting address. Just before the noon hour, Prof. H.P. Burruss of Altoona, in his characteristic style had the crowd "spell bound" while he related the incidents and causes leading up to the bloody conflict in which so many of the South's brave men lost their lives, when a shower of rain came up and he was forced to leave his speech unfinished. In the afternoon, part of the crowd was entertained in the Court House with an address by Mr. M.M. Davidson. The following is a list of the old Soldiers who were present: S.C. Allgood H.G. Gibbs A.J. Ketchum W.B. Clowdus H.L. Martin S.W. Guthrie W.G. McAbee W.L. Wilder A.J. Simms J.C. Burgner N.L. Yarborough E.G. Robbins G.W. Arnold T.Scruggs H.C. Hill G.B. Phillips Robert S. Green J.S. DeLache J.L. Copeland S.W. Burnett R.W. Nail Wm. A. Harris Toliver Bynum David Brown John McBushard T.E. Sharp T.B. Armstrong T.B. Deaver J.H. Dickerson Alfred Russell R.A. Cain J.C. Hyatt W.I Epperson W.R. Dodds G.M.D. Tidwell William Tidwell Marion Nation B.B. Williams Alfred Johnson P.W. Hitt Alfred Iverson G.D. Clowdus B.H. Milligan D.M. Miller Elias Latham D.W. Ward A.S. Jones H. Jordan B.W. Bushard O. Snell J.B. Allgood S.S. Thomas H.K. Wikle W.J. Hughes Nick Hatley James Clowdus L.D. Stephens G.B. Stephens W.B. Allgood J.E. Bynum G.B. Nobles G.M. Bledsoe B.B. Cornelius Henry Whitley L.D. Brown J.B. Goddard W.W. Brown William Tally J.C. Buckelew A.L. Glasscock G.W. Harris J.H. Savage M.C. Murphree Elijah Bynum J.J. Hobbs A.D. Bynum W.B. Armstrong John Brown H.C. Waid T.J. Payne T.H. Hopper J.T. Green J.H. Berrier H.C. Calvert W.W. Osborn J.B. French By the presence of these gray heads we are reminded of the fact that but few more of these reunions can be held. Men who were youths when the struggle for States Rights ended thirty-nine years ago are now old men. Of those who were present, one was 55 years of age, one 56, one 57, three 58, three 59, six 60, three 61, six 62, six 63, ten 64, ten 65, four 66, seven 67, four 68, two 70, three 71, four 72, two 73, one 74, five 75, two 76.

The Southern Democrat, 12 Aug 1897 It is with a sad heart that we chronicle the death of Mr. Uriah W. Bynum which occurred at his home near this place last Thursday at about noon. He was kicked by a horse Tuesday about noon and suffered great agony for about 48 hours when death came to this relief. Mr. Bynum, in a few days, would have been 49 years old and 27 years of that time he spend as a steward in the M.E. church, South. He was a good man and numbered his friends by the score. When questions of morality came up he was always found on the right side. When he came to die he said he had made some mistakes in his life but that if he had it to live over against he didn't know that he could better it. There are very few people that can say this. In his death the wife loses a devoted husband, the children an affectionate father, the church one of its most earnest workers, and the community one of its most enterprising and patriotic citizens. The funeral service took place at Chepultepec Friday morning. The I.O.O.F. of which he was a faithful member, took part in the services. The funeral was largely attended. [Uriah W. Bynum, 25 Aug 1848 - 5 Aug 1897; buried Shiloh Cemetery]

Will call the secretary's office sometime this week and find out. bobwonda@hiwaay.net wrote: >The Southern Democrat, 27 Oct 1904 > >At a meeting of the members of Liberty Baptist Church last Sunday it was >decided to dissolve the organization, the Clerk being authorized to issue >letters of dismission to all the members. The Church building is held for >use in connection with the cemetery at that place while the church bell and >organ were donated to the Church at Oneonta and the seats are to go to >Union Hill Baptist Church in exchange for the seats now in use at that >place. The records of the Church will come to Oneonta church. > >Note: This church was originally adjacent to the Old Liberty Cemetery and >predates the founding of the city of Oneonta. Anyone know if the old >records mentioned are still held by the Oneonta (Baptist) church? > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > >

Anyone by chance have any info on the undated grave of William Blackwood in the Blackwood Cemetery of Blount Co.? I believe it is marked only with the first name of William—no other identifying info. I suspect that this might be the grave of my 2nd great grandfather, William Blackwood, who presumably died in Walker Co. about 1861/1862 at the outset of the war. My family believes, at the present time, that our William is a mostly forgotten son of Isaac and Mary Jones. He was married to Tabitha Cornelius in Blount Co. around 1840. His entire family relocated to Wright Co., MO about 1862, after his presumed death, and seems to have lost contact with their AL kin over the years, eventually being forgotten about by most of the rest of the family. I believe that the Blackwood Cemetery of Walker Co. did not get started until later, so my guess is that even though William died in Walker Co., his interment was in the family plot back in Blount Co. Any info/thoughts appreciated.

The Southern Democrat, 27 Oct 1904 At a meeting of the members of Liberty Baptist Church last Sunday it was decided to dissolve the organization, the Clerk being authorized to issue letters of dismission to all the members. The Church building is held for use in connection with the cemetery at that place while the church bell and organ were donated to the Church at Oneonta and the seats are to go to Union Hill Baptist Church in exchange for the seats now in use at that place. The records of the Church will come to Oneonta church. Note: This church was originally adjacent to the Old Liberty Cemetery and predates the founding of the city of Oneonta. Anyone know if the old records mentioned are still held by the Oneonta (Baptist) church?

Am looking for a picture of above couple, please. Have a picture of Sarah's parents, John & Lucinda Moses to share. Thanks Terry Jackson

Does anyone have a picture of Rebecca Moses Blackwood, wife of Robert Blackwood. I have a picture of her parents John L. & Lucinda C. Vickery Moses I can share. The Blackwoods are buried in the Blackwood Cem. in Blount Co., AL.

I have lost touch with Robins Cem survey. How do I find it? I gave them the survey for Mt Moriah Cem. a few years ago and now can't find it. Thanks, Dean Ratliff lamisu@aol.com

Some weeks ago, information was posted on the Board about the tragic death of John Livingston's sister Ida. Since then, more information came to light which adds even more layers to the initial tragedy....Here's a recap, and the new information follows at the end: The Blount County News and Dispatch, 25 Apr 1889 John Livingston fatally shot his sister at Reid's Gap, Blount County, on Sunday, April 14th. She lived until the 20th inst. John is at present in jail here, awaiting a preliminary trial. He admits the shooting but claims that he had no intention to shoot his sister. He intended to shoot John Blackburn, a young man he didn't like, who was Ida's accepted lover, with whom he had quarreled some time ago. It is a very sad affair. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 2 May 1889 John Livingston, charged with killing his sister at Reid's Gap, will have a preliminary hearing before Judge Ellis next Friday. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 9 May 1889 The preliminary trial of John Livingston came off before Judge J.W. Ellis on he 3d inst., and the accused was fully committed to await the action of the Grand Jury on the charge of killing his sister Ida. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 8 Aug 1889 On the night of the 31st of July, or the morning of the 1st of August, the three prisoners confined in the jail here made a "break for liberty" by sawing the lock of the iron cage, and hen crawling through the chimney flue, letting themselves down from the roof by making strips of their bed covering. The white prisoner, John Livingston, is charged with fatally shooting his sister Ida at Reed's Gap, last May; the two colored prisoners were in for minor offences in Murphree's Valley. One was charged with threatening the life of a negro woman; the other was charged with stealing a gun from another negro. The two colored brethren made tracks for Village Springs, carrying off Livingston's shoes just to keep their hands in. Livingston lay in the woods South of town until night fell, when he came back and gave himself up. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 19 Sep 1889 On Monday John Livingston, charged with shooting his sister, was examined by four physicians appointed by the Court, in reference to his sanity. The physicians pronounced him sane, and the special jury in the case, after being out all night, rendered a verdict to that effect on Tuesday morning. His trial for murder is set for Thursday. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 26 Sep 1889 The Hon. J.W. Inzer, of St. Clair, is a general favorite in this County. His plea in behalf of Livingston was very affecting. Jury and verdict guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for 35 years. The Blount County News and Dispatch, 8 Oct 1889 Mr. E.O. Crauswell, of Pratt Mines, came up on Saturday after John Livingston to carry him down to his future home. They left here on Sunday morning. Notes: Ida Livingston was buried in the Livingston Family Cemetery near Reid's Gap. Almost 70 years after her death, the remains of Ida Livingston were reinterred in the Sulphur Springs Cemetery in 1957 by Lemley Funeral Chapel of Oneonta when Interstate 65 was built. Her grave, along with some family members, can be found on the northwestern edge of Sulphur Springs Cemetery. The Southern Democrat, 30 Dec 1897 Pink Livingston, an 18-year-old boy shot and killed his brother, John Livingston, at Blue Creek on Christmas day. John Livingston, the murdered man, was convicted in this county of the murder of his sister about ten years ago and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life but was pardoned by the governor a few months ago. Pink Livingston, the murderer is also a desperate fellow and has been charged with a number of crimes. There is an indictment against him in this county for carrying a concealed pistol. He is now in jail at B'ham. The Blount County News-Dispatch, 15 Feb 1900 Pink Livingston, the young man who killed his brother on Christmas 1897, is in jail here. Deputy Sheriff James Smith went to Wetumpka after him last week. He is wanted on another charge. The Southern Democrat, 22 Feb 1900 Sunday night Pink Livingston who was recently placed in jail at this place made his escape by sawing out of his cage and working his way through the wall. He had just worked out a sentence in the State Penitentiary at Wetumpka and was brought here about two weeks ago on another indictment. Anyone know anything about the final whereabouts of Pink Livingston?

Unfortunately, Robin's taken most of his research pages down. He still has some useful material on-line at http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/ Just so we're clear--the FREE material is at the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!! Terry Lamisu@aol.com wrote: >I have lost touch with Robins Cem survey. How do I find it? I gave them the >survey for Mt Moriah Cem. a few years ago and now can't find it. > >Thanks, > >Dean Ratliff >lamisu@aol.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 message > > > > >