While at Salt Lake City Family History Center, I picked up some information about the 1867 Voting Registration Loyalty Oaths. Individual Pardon Applications for Marion County, Alabama. I did not make a copy of this book. I just copied of the information, dates and processes were taken from 1863 to 6-06 1898 When the 55th Congress removed all disabilities imposed by the 14th Amendment. Since it was writing for Marion Co., There were no names of my families. December 8, 1863 President Lincoln proposed his first Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, offering pardon and restored citizenship to Southerners who did not fall within six exempted classes. By the fall of 1867, over 13,500 Southerners, had received full pardons. ( An index of the applications from Alabama residents are on file at the National Archives) Feb 04 1868 The last loyalty Oath administered in Marion County, Alabama The Book I was looking at was Compiled by: Carolyn M. Rose. 1867 VOTING REGISTRATION LOYALTY OATHS Individual Pardon Applications for Marion County, Alabama. Book was written 1997 Family History Library in Salt Lake City 976.189M2 If you have family that the time it might be a book you want to look at. Are Individual Pardon Applications for Blount Co. and Jefferson Co. available in Blount Co. and or Jefferson Co??????? Hugs, Frieda Glenn Bennett Amerson (Amison, Ameson, Amoson), Brindley, Calvert, Easley, Hallmark, Lewellen (ing-an), McDonald, and Murphree and Allied families in Blount Co. Clark, Franklin, Glenn, Moore and allied families in Jefferson Co

The Blount County News-Dispatch, 28 Sep 1893 They Are Gone. A man elopes with his brother's wife and is making for Oklahoma. Samuel D. Smith, a well-known man, who was born and reared near Oneonta, mixed himself up yesterday in quite a sensational affair. Smith is apparently about 45 years of age and has a wife somewhere near his age. Together they lived and prospered for years past and gone. For some time past, it is said, he has been quite intimate with the wife of his brother, and it is also said that this intimacy had been noticed by many. Yesterday he purchased tickets reading from Oneonta to Oklahoma, and departed for that place on the Louisville & Nashville south bound passenger train No. 3. The affair has created quite a sensation, owing to the prominence of both parties. The woman with whom he left for Oklahoma is about 30 years old and very good looking. The couple are now speeding away to a land where they think living is easier and money more plentiful. Smith was in good circumstances, and left everything behind to his wife and children.-Birmingham Age-Herald, of September 21st, 1893. The above is about correct. Smith is 50 odd years old; both resided near Balm, nine miles east of Oneonta. The woman is the wife of the Rev. John Smith-Editors.

The following letter is from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) membership application file in Washington DC. Applicants in this file are the descendents of William CORNELIUS, North Carolina Rev. War Soldier, who died 1842 in Blount Co., Alabama. This letter was attached to the application of Yolande (CORNELIUS) HASSON, dated 1937, Blytheville, Arkansas. (This is per original without corrections or deciphering. The comments handwritten on this letter by __?__ will be in italics. VC-C) O.B. CORNELIUS Attorney-at-Law 203-4 Clark Building Birmingham 3, Ala. July 5, 1955 Mrs. O. J. WALLS Guntersville, Ala. Dear Mrs. Walls: It seems from what I learn that you are a descendent of Wm. Cornelius, Sr. and wife Lettice Cargile Cornelius, through their son Jesse Cornelius, born Nov. 20, 1778. He was the oldest son, mentioned in the will of his father, “I give and have given to my eldest son, Jesse Cornelius, one negro boy named Isaiah, to be his and his heirs forever. This to be all of his share of my estate.” Then other bequests are made to the other children. Finally, near the end of the will is the further disposition mentions: Sale to be made by executors, debts collected and, “I wish to give one-half the remainder to my grand-daughter Lettie, the daughter of Abner Cornelius and the remainder to be equally divided between Alexander Cook’s two daughters, Melinda and Lucinda Cook, and to Jesse Cornelius’ three sons, William, Mattison, and James, and this division to be made hereafter by my appointed executors---.” Will dated Feb. 11, 1840, and recorded in Blount County Will Record Book 1837 – 1845, pages 140 – 142. I enclose you a letter written to me by Mr. Ernest Allen Connally of 1801 ½ Congress Ave., Austin, Texas, dated Feb. 4, 1950. Please copy it, and return the original to me. You will note an error in the name of the wife of William and the year she was born. She was not Lettice Murphree. The wife of the elder, William Cornelius was (no doubt) Lettice Cargile, born 1756, died in Blount May 11, 1834. This man Connolly no doubt is a descendent of the elder William. I wish you would correspond some with him, as I neglected our correspondence trying to get my book going. [In March 1925 I received a letter from Miss Minnie Anderson (Dead now I think) from Montgomery saying, “This letter is about the Corneliuses and Norrises. It is a reminder for you to ask your father what Norris your or his kinswoman married. I think I may be able to locate the first name of my great grandfather Norris in this way. I have unearthed some interesting fact about the old Norrises of Virginia in Revolutionary times and in pre-Revolutionary times. I find that the Corneliuses, Norrises, Kilgores, James and others immigrated to Pennsylvania and moved on down via Maryland into Virginia where they remained until after the revolution. They stuck pretty close together and all intermarried. Today I came across the official record of the death of Cornelius Norris at Quebec where he was fighting in the regiment of General Daniel Morgan. Will you please ask your father to tell you where the Corneliuses located after leaving Virginia and coming to Georgia, and whether or not some of them stopped for a time in South Carolina. I am especially anxious to know in what county or counties of Georgia they located--.”] Note discrepancies in the names of certain children of William and Lettice: From the Bible of Mrs. Tidwell: Oldest child, Ann Cornelius. Will of William Cornelius names oldest child as Amy Cargile, wife of Cornelius Cargile. Bible of Mrs. Tidwell names eldest son as Elsie, and Will of father names eldest son as Jesse Cornelius. Mrs. Tidwell’s Bible gives Amos Cornelius, while father’s Will gives name as Aaron Cornelius. The Bible gives the names of Lettice Cornelius, the father’s Will shows her name as Lettie Cook. The Bible gives Tabitha Cornelius, the father’s Will says Tabitha Hays. (Notice that Ernest Allen Connally is a descendent of this woman.) Notice that William Cornelius Sr. had third child Betsy Wade, who married Calvin Wade. Also William Cornelius Jr., son of Wm. Sr., by his first wife, Elizabeth Bethel, had second child Annie C. Wade, married to Hamp Wade, a farmer, who resided 6 or 7 miles East of Oneonta, on the road to Walnut Grove. This last one was a sister to my grandfather Bluford Cornelius. It may be that Solicitor Wade of Oneonta is a descendent of one of the two families. Six children are all we have found of the heirs of Jesse Cornelius: (a) Mattison, a boy Jesse: Ancestor of Mary C. (Mrs. O. J.) Walls (b) Sinas (c) Matilda (d) James (e) William (f) Settie This Jesse Cornelius, from whom you descend, was born Nov. 20, 1778, second child of Wm. and Lettiice. Aaron Cornelius was fifth child of William and Lettice. Notice his 10th child by second wife Sallie Stephens was John Cornelius, who died in 1881 at Guntersville at the home of his daughter Elizabeth Cornelius Elliot, who was the mother of G. S. Elliot, who compiled a great many records of the Cornelius family. Perhaps many descendents of that branch of the family (Aaron’s) are around Guntersville. I am a descendent of Wm. Cornelius Jr. by his second marriage to Miss Bethany Robbins, who came from Partridge Cross Roads, near Warrior River, Jefferson Co., Ala. Born to Wm. Jr. by first marriage to Elizabeth Bethel, was Harvey Cornelius of near Walnut Grove, Ala., second child, Annie C. Wade, who married Hamp Wade, third child, Wm. Hall Cornelius, who married Emily Thomas, and they resided in Fayette Co., Ala. By his second marriage, as stated above, were born Dr. Wilson Cornelius, who died single in Rock Island Prison, near Chicago, of small pox, while a prisoner of the Union Army. He went to war from Tallahassee, Fla. (5th child) Laura C. Hendrix, who married Moses Hendrix, a farmer, who resided in Cherokee Co., Ala. (6th child) Bluford Cornelius, born Aug. 2, 1825 at Chepultepec, in Blount Co. married Chloe Blackburn. Oldest and only son Felix G. Cornelius, who was my father, born Feb. 21, 1849, died Dec. 22, 1938. (7th child) Emily C. Wade, married Elijah Wade, a farmer, who died in the Civil War. Emily died about 1889 on Straight Mountain in Blount County. Born to third marriage to Mrs. Sarah Bostick Ingram from Tennessee (grandmother of Kelly Osmond Ingram, Ensign, killed on battleship in 1st World War) was born Wm. Bostick Cornelius 1847 or 1848. He married Louisa Murphree, daughter of Ellis Murphree of Blount County. Wm. Bostick died about 1930 at Jonesboro, Hamilton Co., Texas, R.F.D. No. 1. He moved to Texas in 1881. To help you identify some of the family, Asa Hays, once Judge of Probate of Cullman Co., Ala. was a son of Reuben Hays and Tabitha Cornelius Hays. Asa had a son who was a doctor and lived near Cullman. Lawyer Murphree of Gadsden, law partner of Oliver Hood, both now dead, was a son of Jesse Murphree and Helen Cornelius, who was a daughter of Harvey Cornelius of Walnut Grove (died in Fayette County) oldest son of William Cornelius, Jr.. Harvey C. married Elizabeth Fite, and related to the Fites of Fayette Co., Ala. A brother of this Lawyer Murphree was President of the University of Fla. and Wm. Jennings Bryan in 1915 selected him to run as Nominee of the Dem. Party for U.S. President, but he refused to run. Lawyer Tim Murphree, Judge of the U.S. District Court of the Northern Dist. Of Ala. when he died a few years ago, was a son of Linny Murphree and a Miss Hendrix. Linny Murphree was a son of Phenettie Cornelius and husband Alex Murphree. Phennettie Cornelius was a daughter of Beverly Cornelius, who was a son William Cornelius, Sr. Alex Murphree was killed during the Civil War, and they had three children. She then married Carol Cowden, and had one son, Will Cowden of Oneonta. History of the Cornelius family, B.B. Cornelius William Cornelius Line William Cornelius born 1752 (54) died 1848 (Ann Phillips was his mother – 1729-1807) Married 6-5-1774 to Lettice Cargile b. 1756 d. 5-19-1814 Children: 1. Moses 1781 – 1846 wife Cinthy _____ (Bynum) His children were: Zachariah – Elizabeth McGuire Joel md. Polly Easley 1-12-1832, Sally md. Hallmark Eliza, Champion – Martha McDonald, William, Mededith Andrew – 1824, Betsy - Wm. McGuire, Cargal, Dicie - ? Buckner, Cely Tillman – Arminda Glover – 4-24-1858 2. Abner – Rachel Reanolds 1-18-1858 His children were: Mack, William, Abner, Bart, Brit, Lettie, Susan, Cincinnatti 3. Champ b. 3-31-1792 His children were: Floyd, Huldie, Zion, Bailey, Houston, Marin, Champion md. Jane Bailey 1-16-1819 -Jeff. Co. Orlenie Cincinnatti md. Sam’l Jacks 1870 – Jeff Co. 4. William b. 8-21-1789 md. Thiah Robbins 10-9-1821 His children were: Laura – Moses Hendricks – Cherokee Co. Hall, William Mrs. Moor -> Harvey md. Elizabeth Fite (Etowah Co.) Bluford b. 8-2-1825 d. 12-25-92 md. Chloe A. b. 6-2-1829 d. 10-22-11 his children were: Octavie md. J.M. Poe 1867 Jeff. Co. Annie md. L.M. Cannon 1872 Jeff. Co. Eugenie Mary E. 12-14-1866 – 7-17-1878 Wilson William Bostick Annie – Hampton Wade Emily – Elijah L. Wade 5. Tabby – Hays Her children were: Harvey, Asa, Laura, Cinthy 6. Elizabeth b. 10-21-1781 md. Calvin Waid Her children were: Annie, Lucindie, Hulda, Emaline, Hampton 7. Lettie b. 1797 d. 1829 md. Cook Her children were: Jin, Bluford, Lucindie, Mahaly, Eliza 8. Beverly b. 5-12-1794 – d. 5-7-1880 md. Phobe (Febia) Moss 1-5-1858 1st wife Ephraimia Smith His children were: Sinsana md. Jas. K. Jacks Jr. 1868 – Jeff. Co. Indiana, Phenetti – md. 1sr Murphree, 2nd Carol Cowden Salemie – Cowden Christiana b. 2-13-1826 d. 8-7-1884 (buried Oak Hill) md. Wm Merideth Blaely b. 2-9-1826 d. 12-12-01 Their children were: John, Curt, Jim, Phennettu – Hood, Marietta – McRae, Senia Nancy – Anderson, Eliza Caroline – John N. Jenkins Louisiana md. Wade Children: Reese, Remus Child: Wilda Wade Cinciana md. Rowan Tidwell – Blockton, Ala. Hampton, Phelen, Manley, Mrs. Holden Benton B. md. Eliza A. Cowden 12-27-1865 John, Barney Manly 9. Aaron His children were: Nancy, Mahaly, Tabby, Jerimiah, Jefferson, Ross, Cargal Bradford, Abner, Zion, John, William 10. Amy Cargyle (oldest daughter) 11. Jessie b. 11-20-1778 md. Sarah Biggs 12-31-1826

I know a little about John J. Ratliff, but there are more than one John and William Ratliff (at least two more each) in the county and information is scarce on each. With the information I have, primarily only a name and an organization, it is hard to determine which would be relatives of your John J. without more information. About the 1907 Confederate Census: On it, men were not judged on whether or not they changed sides at the end of the war. If John J. Ratliff was skipped, he most likely was merely overlooked. I can cite at least two other men who specifically mentioned service to the Union as a part of their 1907 declaration. However, going AWOL or enlisting in the service of the Union was certainly a determining factor in getting a Confederate pension. Having said that, there are a few examples of men in Blount County who nevertheless collected a pension for a while until the State Board with help from the War Department in Washington investigated all the claims. Once the State figured it out, those men were summarily dropped from the pension rolls. Many soldiers who fought valiantly for the Confederacy had life and death decisions to make after they were captured and imprisoned in the North. When faced with the choice of almost certain death in a squalid prison and freedom North of the Ohio for taking the Oath, many men chose the latter in an effort of self-preservation, which trumped their former patriotism and service to the "Lost Cause." Others crossed over enemy lines and surrendered to keep from starving or freezing to death. Ironically, some pickets were captured, having no thought of deserting, and spent much of their pension time trying to convince the State Board they didn't desert since sometimes Federal and Confederate records were not all that clear or complete. John J. Ratliff first married Matilda Scott 1 Oct 1866, Blount County (Blount County Marriage Records 1861-1866, page 568); he second married Nancy A. Thompson 28 Aug 1879, Blount County. John J. Ratliff claimed he enlisted in Company F of the 48th Alabama Infantry in May 1862 at Montgomery; honorably discharged May 1865; complained of rheumatism and claimed to have been almost helpless most of the time for the last 20 years or more; the County Board reported in 1907: We find this applicant badly deformed with rheumatism, can't walk without crutches & totally unable (to) do any kind of labor & recommend that he be placed on the roll; application witnesses included D.H. Brasseale and A.O. Dickson, both of Blount County; pension was approved. Ratliff's pension was approved, but he died the next Spring on 8 Mar 1908. He's buried in the Hood Cemetery. (I understand Dean acquired for him a proper CSA monument recently). The Southern Democrat, 19 Mar 1908: John Ratliff, a good old citizen, died near Clarence, March 8th, aged about 60 years. His wife, Nancy, received a widow's pension until 1913 when the State, in conjunction with the War Department, reviewed all the pension rolls. The State Pension Bureau found in 1913: The records show that John ___ Ratliff (Name not found as John J. Ratliff), private, Company F, 48th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army, was enrolled April 10, 1862. On the company roll dated October 31, 1864, (last on file) shows him "Absent without leave since April 18, 1864." No later record of him has been found. Since the State had nothing else to go on Nancy's widow's pension was revoked. The 1900 Blount County Federal Census recorded John Ratliff was born Apr 1845 in Alabama; Nancy A.E. Ratliff was born Apr 1843 in Alabama. Monuments in the Hood Cemetery recorded John Ratliff was born 1845 and died 1908; Matildie C. Ratliff was born 10 Sep 1847 and died 19 Jun 1879. No monument was located in Blount County for Nancy Ratliff. The other Ratliffs: John Ratliff enlisted 10 May 1864 in Company C of the 12th Alabama Cavalry in Blountsville; William Ratliff enlisted in the same outfit on 1 Nov 1864. John Ratliff enlisted in Company C of the 29th Alabama Infantry at Blountsville on 23 Sep 1861; discharged "on account of affliction by fits" by recommendation of the surgeon 26 Nov 1861; John H. Ratliff enlisted in Company C of the 29th Alabama Infantry at Mobile on 1 Apr 1864. William B. Ratliff, Sr. enlisted in Company C of the 29th Alabama at Blountsville on 23 Sep 1861; William J. Ratliff enlisted in Company C of the 29th Alabama Infantry at Blountsville on 23 Sep 1861. John W. Ratliff enlisted in Company C of the 19th Alabama Infantry at Mt. Pinson (Jefferson County) on 12 Aug 1861. William N. Ratliff enlisted in Company C of the 28th Alabama Infantry at Murphree's Crossroads on 6 Feb 1862. Some of the Johns and Williams above are probably the same men since it was not uncommon for Blount County men to serve in more than one organization. As you might see, with the multiplicity of John and William Ratliff's, it's difficult to figure out which is which. It will take an authority on the Ratliff line to help sort it all out. I certainly don't qualify! >You might be able to help me. My g grandfather John J. Ratliff served with >the 48th Ala. Inf. from May 1862 to April 1864 fighting in major battles >including Gettysburg. He was listed as AWOL in April 1865 and therefore >did not receive a pension and is not on your 1907 Vet. list. A John >Ratliff joined the 12th Ala. Cav. in May 1864 a month after the AWOL and >served till near the end of the war. A William Ratliff joined with him. I >think this is John's brother who previously served with the 29th Cav. > >Can anyone identify this John and William Ratliff. Many men left one unit >to serve with another, particularly towards the end of the war. > >Dean Ratliff

The Southern Democrat June 6, 1929 J H McCoy Dead J H McCoy was the victim of a stroke of paralysis at his home near Cleveland Sunday. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. McCoy was about 60 years of age and was a member of the M.E. Church, South. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Etta McCoy; four sons, Boyd McCoy, of Ragland, T.J. McCoy of Route 4, Oneonta, Ernest and James McCoy of Cleveland; six daughters, Mrs. Bertha Bailey and Mrs. Myrtle Jackson of Cairo, Ill.; Mrs. Clara Held of Bessemer, and Misses Agnes and Mary Lou McCoy, of Cleveland. The funeral services were held at Cleveland Monday and were conducted by Rev. H. P. Waits and Rev. W. L. Hendricks. The Masons took charge of the remains after the church services and the funeral rights of that order were held at the grave. Benny

I usually ck Rootsweb archives but this time I didn t until "after" I posted to the list. Found much of what I was looking for. and the same unanswered questions. Thanks anyway. Lori

Bob, Thanks for checking. Terry Just-Bob wrote: > John Vincent to Mary Edwards June 14, 1857 > William Vincent to Mary Hartwick February 25, 1861 > Henry Vincent to Mary Nations December 31, 1874 > Sorry that's all I could find for you. > > > Terry Jackson <jacksont@OTELCO.NET> wrote: > > Lori, > Don't much think it will do any good. The 1845-1852 marriage book was > missing when the WPA indexed the marriage records. That was in the > early > 30's. Whoever took it is long gone and their family probably has > no idea > what that big book in the storage shed is. > > SewzArt@aol.com wrote: > > >Just hoping someone has easy access to the marriage records of > Blount Co. > >Al. after 1860 > >I am wanting to know who the siblings of Margaret C. Vincent > (Mason) married. > >This is a rather new line for me but it will be quite a while > before I will > >be able to get back to the court house there. > >Is there a 2nd marriage record for the mother,Martha Elizabeth > Vincent > >(maiden name Ballew) > >children from the 1860 census of Cass Co. Ga.: > >William R. Vincent born about 1843 > >Margaret C. Vincent md. William H. Mason 21 Feb. 1861 > >Caroline born about 1850 > >Alice born about 1854 > >Churchwell born about 1856 > >Julia born about 1857 > > > >Has that missing marriage book ever turned up in Blount co.? What > years was > >it from? I have forgotten. > >I know someone who will start a reward fund if we think it will > do any good > >in bringing the book home. > >Lori, > > in No. Al. > > > > > >==== ALBLOUNT Mailing List ==== > >List Website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/blount.html > >Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family > and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALBLOUNT Mailing List ==== > List Website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/blount.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Just hoping someone has easy access to the marriage records of Blount Co. Al. after 1860 I am wanting to know who the siblings of Margaret C. Vincent (Mason) married. This is a rather new line for me but it will be quite a while before I will be able to get back to the court house there. Is there a 2nd marriage record for the mother,Martha Elizabeth Vincent (maiden name Ballew) children from the 1860 census of Cass Co. Ga.: William R. Vincent born about 1843 Margaret C. Vincent md. William H. Mason 21 Feb. 1861 Caroline born about 1850 Alice born about 1854 Churchwell born about 1856 Julia born about 1857 Has that missing marriage book ever turned up in Blount co.? What years was it from? I have forgotten. I know someone who will start a reward fund if we think it will do any good in bringing the book home. Lori, in No. Al.

Received this note from Benny Peavey (chefbp@bellsouth.net) which should go here because of it's relevance to other Blount County researchers. Further research shows where John Gallups died in Blount County in 1914. He does not have a tombstone, but is believed to be buried in the Cleveland Cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello......I have a line on John F Gallups. He is one of my ggg-grandfathers. I have only learned this in the past few months doing research. I was not aware he was in the infantry but am delighted to find that out. Here is what I do know: He was enumerated on the 1860 federal census as a child in Russell County, Alabama. He was born abt 1847-1848. His fathers name was John, also. This falls in line with the fact that the 39th Infantry included Russell County. He was enumerated again as head of household in 1870 in Russell County and the census shows that my gg-grandmother, Mary Addie Gallups had been born. He was enumerated in 1880 in Blount County, Township 13, Range 1 East, Page 2. He was enumerated in 1910 in Blount County, Cleveland 12, Sheet 7B. I do not yet know when he died or where he is buried. But, I do know his daughter, Mary Addie, is buried in the Cleveland Methodist Cemetery, along side her husband, James Henry McCoy, my gg-grandfather, who she married 4 Oct 1888 in Cleveland at her brothers residence, John Robert Gallups. He is also buried at Cleveland Methodist. Jim McCoy, who lives in Cleveland, is the only living son of Mary Addie Gallups and James Henry McCoy. He is my uncle and is 91 years old. I don't know any tie-in of other Gallups that are living there now, yet. I am still searching and waiting for my next trip from Florida to Blount County to continue. I hope this helps and will look forward to any new information that comes up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Note: The following information was found inside a book in the Blount >County Court House in Oneonta entitled "Poll List Book of 1899." >Apparently it was handy when the Veterans needed some paper to write on at >their meeting. The 1908 list was interesting to me because it lists two >men who were not enumerated on the 1907 Blount County Confederate Census: >Daughdrill and Gallops. Daughdrill later moved to Texas; Was Gallops (or >Gallups) buried at Austin Creek? The 1920 list mentions a name I am not >familiar with: James R. Nipper. Anyone have any information on Gallops >and Nipper? I am familiar with all the rest. > >1908: Pursuant to authority from the Adjutant General's Office of United >Confederate Veterans, the following named officers and men met at the Court >House in the City of Oneonta, Blount County Alabama on Saturday, the >eighteenth (18) day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine >Hundred and Eight for the purpose of Re-organizing Camp Joe Wheeler, No. >1436 United Confederate Veterans, to wit: > >Allgood, Stephen C., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry >Berrier, John H., Co. A, 8th Alabama Cavalry >Bledsoe, George M., Co. D, 50th Alabama Infantry >Bynum, Elijah, Co. F, 1st Alabama Cavalry >Bynum, Jasper E., Co. C, 22nd Alabama Infantry >Cox, Elisha M., 8th Ala. Bn Cavalry >Crump, James D., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry >Daughdrill, James H., Co. E, 3rd Alabama Cavalry >DeLache, John S., Co. B, 2nd Alabama Cavalry >Dodds, William R., Co. F, 56th Georgia Infantry >Epperson, William I., Co. E, 10th Confederate >Gallops, John F., Co. B, 39th Alabama Infantry >Guthrie, Sanford W., Co. H, 7th Georgia Infantry >Hames, Cluff R., Co. K, 3rd Georgia Infantry >Hathcock, Robert H., Co. B, 24th South Carolina Infantry >Hill, Howell Cobb, Co. A, Matthew's Heavy Artillery >Hipps, Lycurgus M., Co. C, Stewart's Bn Roddy's Alabama Cavalry >Hughes, Wesley J., Co. G, 42nd Georgia Infantry >Jenkins, James R., Co. B, 62nd Alabama Infantry >Jones, Aaron Solomon, Co. F, 22nd Alabama Infantry >Jones, Ceylon C., Co. C, 62nd Alabama Infantry >Kelley, William I., Co. I, 52nd Georgia Infantry >Ketchum, Aquilla J., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry >Martin, Henry L., Co. K, 4th Alabama Infantry >McKleroy, Jackson L., Co. E, 47th Alabama Infantry >Nation, Marion, 8th Alabama Bn Cavalry >Noble, Thomas B., Co. I, 4th Alabama Cavalry >Ratliff, Pleasant H., Co. C, 29th Alabama Infantry >Tyler, John M., Co. C, 20th Alabama Infantry >White, James S., Co. F, 29th, Alabama Infantry > >The following officers were elected by acclamation: Captain, John S. >DeLache; First Lieutenant, Stephen C. Allgood; Adjutant, Aquilla J. >Ketchum; Treasurer, James R. Jenkins; Surgeon, John H. Berrier; Chaplain, >Jasper E. Bynum. It is ordered that the Camp meet regularly, on the First >Saturdays in January, April, July, and October, in each year, and at such >other times as the commanding officer may deem proper. The following >delegates were elected to attend the Reunion at Birmingham, Ala., next >June: John S. DeLache, James R. Jenkins, and Stephen C. Allgood. The >admission fees, including per capita tax are for the present fixed at >thirty-five cents; and the Adjutant is ordered, when satisfactory proof of >service and payment of said sum to enroll all who desire to join the camp >in vacation. The following Resolution was unanimously adapted, to wit: Be >it Resolved, That the Sons of Confederate Veterans, be invited to attend >the meeting of the Camp in July, next for the purpose of organizing a Camp >of Sons of Veterans in this County. Those marked with a * paid dues 35 >cents. The Adjutant forwarded money order to Headquarters for Five & >10/100 dollard, being $2.50 back dues, and 10 cents per capita on 26 >members for the year 1908. Approved, John S. DeLache, Captain; Aquilla J. >Ketchum, Adjutant. > >1920: Pursuant to the call of the Adjutant the Camp met at the Office of >the Register in Chancery at Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama on Saturday >August 21, 1920 for the purpose of re-organizing the Camp electing officers >to serve Camp Joe Wheeler, United Confederate Veterans, No. 1436. The >following members were present, to wit: George D. Clowdus, William F. >Fendley, James B. Goddard, William A. Harris, Aquilla J. Ketchum, William >O. McCay, Rufus L. McCay, James R. Nipper, Alfred M. Russell, and William >B. Roberts. B.C. Allgood of Company K, 19th Alabama Infantry now residing >at Texas met with us. The following were elected officers of the Camp: >William O. McCay, Commander; Alfred M. Russell, Vice Commander; Aquilla J. >Ketchum. The following is the roll of members in good standing at this >date: > >Clowdus, George D., Co. B, 12th Alabama Cavalry >Fendley, William, Co. A, 4th Alabama Infantry >Goddard, James B., Co. H, 4th Georgia Infantry >Harris, William A., 12th Alabama Cavalry >Ketchum, Aquilla J., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry >McCay, Rufus L., Co. A, 7th Alabama Cavalry >McCay, William O., Co. A, 7th Alabama Cavalry >Nipper, James R., Co. A, 12th Tennessee Cavalry >Roberts, William B., co. B, 9th Georgia Artillery >Russell, Alfred M., Co. H., 4th Alabama Cavalry >All the above members paid dues. > > >==== ALBLOUNT Mailing List ==== >List Website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/blount.html >Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Note: Hudson first enlisted in Captain William Graves' Blount County Cavalry in the Fall of 1863; the next Summer he transferred to Company B of the 12th Alabama Cavalry under Captain A.J. Ingram, who later became Oneonta's founder and first mayor. Captain Ingram served under General Joseph Wheeler. Captain Graves' outfit was originally a Home Guard unit, but later became regular CSA under Major Stewart who operated under the command of General Roddy's Cavalry. Hudson, writing in a letter to the Southern Democrat in 1931, described listening to General Wheeler's farewell speech, reproduced below: The Blount County Journal, 15 Apr 1910 Gen. "Joe" Wheeler's Farewell Address to His Men (Watson's Magazine). Dear Sir: -Here is the farewell address of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, delivered to his men at the close of the war: Headquarters Cavalry Corps, April 29, 1865. Gallant Comrades:-You have fought your battles, your task is done. During a four years struggle for liberty, you have exhibited courage, fortitude and devotion; you are the soul victors of more than two hundred severely contested fields; you have participated in more than a thousand and successful conflicts of arms; you are heroes, veterans patriots; the bones of your comrades mark battlefields upon the soil of Kentucky Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; you have done all that human exertion could accomplish. In bidding you adieu, I desire to tender my thanks for your gallantry in battle your fortitude under suffering, and your devotion at all times to the holy cause you have done so much to maintain. I desire, also, to express my gratitude for the kind feeling you have seen fit to extend toward myself and to invoke upon you the blessings of Heavenly Father, to whom we must always look for support in the hour of distress. Brethren in the case of freedom, comrades in arms, I bid you farewell. Joseph Wheeler. The Southern Democrat, 14 May 1931 Sixty-six years ago today after the surrender of the Civil War, Jim Taylor, Ike Compton, Morton Rogers, Will Rogers, Dall Whisant, D.R. Whisant, Tom Reed, James Beers and I left New Sansberry, N.C. The following day our noble and great General Wheeler made his speech, April 26, 1865. This great general spoke at the top of his voice-that we would have to surrender-that we had fought a hard fight and done all men could do. He thanked us all for being obedient and prompt in our service at Pendleton, S.C. May 1, we 9 soldiers were on our horses, homeward bound. About 9 a.m. a bunch of Yankees came up from behind us and began to hollo "Halt, halt," and not one of us looked back as we thought them to be our own men. The galloped up behind us, when on of these blue and brass button fellows yelled out, "Halt there or we will shoot your d----- brains out." At that command we stopped in an instant and as we turned around, behold, what a bunch of Yankees we were facing. They captured us all and carried us to Anderson, S.C., which took all day. Here they kept us a day and night in guard. Two or three white children and a many Negro children came to the Courthouse where we were held prisoners, with food for us. A crowd of drunken men, lying scattered around like hogs all over the floor and benches took this good meal, which contained hot biscuits, butter and coffee away from these little fellows. After awhile they returned with more food and a yankee behind them with pistol in his hand holloing for Wheeler's Cavalry. We answered and they handed this good meal to us. This was the second day of May, 1865, and was the first bite we had eaten from Monday morning until late Tuesday evening. They let us out of guard about midnight. We came to the edge of town and spent the night with a young married man and his wife. From here we started on our homeward journey for the second time the following morning-all afoot, as the Yankees had taken our horses away from us. We walked to Social Circle, Ga. which took us some few days. Here we got on the train and rode to that great town of Atlanta, which contained nothing but a mass of ashes and a few old pieced-up shacks scattered around. Here we spent the night and the following morning we got a train to West Point, Ga., Which is right on the line of Alabama and Georgia. Here we divided. Six of us went together, all afoot, for our dear old homes at Hagood's Cross Roads in Jefferson County. These men all bid me good bye and with a handshake that has stayed warm all these years we divided for the last time on our war path; these men going in the directions of their homes. I came straight on up the Huntsville and Blountsville road to my home which was with my aged mother. That same plot contains my home today. This journey from Anderson, S.C. to our homes was made in 13 days. I arrived home May 15, 1865, just as the sun was sinking over the western hills. I am now in my 86th year and if any of these old comrades are living I do not know it. A.R. Hudson The Southern Democrat, 27 Aug 1931 An Old Veteran Dies Uncle Arch R. Hudson, one of the old veterans of the War Between the States died at his home on R. 1, Cleveland, last Saturday. He had been in ill health for sometime and his friends were aware that the end was approaching. Mr. Hudson was nearly 86 years of age and for 47 years had been a member of the M.E. Church, South, at Tabernacle. He spent practically all of his life in the community where he died and was surrounded by a host of friends who mourn his passing. Mr. Hudson had been married three times. His first marriage was to Miss Joanna Hayden in 1883. After her death he married Miss Harriet Smith who died in 1893. After that he married Miss Ellen Thomas who died in 1916. The deceased is survived by two sons, Gabe Hudson, of route 1, Cleveland, and Ollis Hudson, of Tarrant, both sons of his second wife; two brothers, John and Thomas Hudson, both of route 1, Cleveland, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Hazelrig, of Locust Fork. The funeral services were held at Locust Fork Sunday and were conducted by Rev. T.B. Nation and Rev. G.W. Elliott. It is said that the funeral was attended by the largest crowd that ever assembled at Locust Fork. Hudson was enumerated on the 1907 Blount County Confederate Census where he reported he was born 17 Nov 1845 at Little Warrior, Blount County, Alabama. Federal census recorded Hudson was son of Thomas Hudson. Archibald R. Hudson first married Jo Anna Haden, 14 Jan 1883, Blount County; he second married Harriet Smith 24 Apr 1887, Blount County; he third married Lucinda Ellen Thomas who died in 1916. Monuments in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery recorded Joanna H. Hudson was born 14 Jul 1864 and died 18 Mar 1884; Harriet, daughter of Tilmon and Lucy Smith, was born 9 Jan 1859 and died 26 May 1893; Arch R. Hudson was born 17 Nov 1845 and died 21 Aug 1931. Note: This is an example of some of the stuff I'm collecting for "Confederates Soldier of Blount County."

Lori, Don't much think it will do any good. The 1845-1852 marriage book was missing when the WPA indexed the marriage records. That was in the early 30's. Whoever took it is long gone and their family probably has no idea what that big book in the storage shed is. SewzArt@aol.com wrote: >Just hoping someone has easy access to the marriage records of Blount Co. >Al. after 1860 >I am wanting to know who the siblings of Margaret C. Vincent (Mason) married. >This is a rather new line for me but it will be quite a while before I will >be able to get back to the court house there. >Is there a 2nd marriage record for the mother,Martha Elizabeth Vincent >(maiden name Ballew) >children from the 1860 census of Cass Co. Ga.: >William R. Vincent born about 1843 >Margaret C. Vincent md. William H. Mason 21 Feb. 1861 >Caroline born about 1850 >Alice born about 1854 >Churchwell born about 1856 >Julia born about 1857 > >Has that missing marriage book ever turned up in Blount co.? What years was >it from? I have forgotten. >I know someone who will start a reward fund if we think it will do any good >in bringing the book home. >Lori, > in No. Al. > > >==== ALBLOUNT Mailing List ==== >List Website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/blount.html >Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > >

Note: When you read old newspapers and Civil War Service Records, you often run across now archaic terms which were, back in their day, used quite commonly. I began a list which I refer to fairly often since I read a lot of service records, old newspapers, and pension applications which frequently use these terms. If any one has any I left out, feel free to add to the list: Anasarca: generalized massive edema. Anchylosis: A stiffening of the joints. Ankylosis: Immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or surgical procedure. Apoplexy: stroke: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. Ascites: Fluid in the abdomen. Catarrh: Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract. Colitis: Inflammation of the lining of the large intestine. Debilitas: Weakness or feebleness. Dispepsia: Indigestion. Dropsy: Edema: swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue. Erysipelas: a bacterial skin infection that usually affects the arms, legs, or face, characterized by shiny, red areas, small blisters, and swollen lymph nodes. Fistula: an abnormal passage, opening or connection between 2 internal organs or from an internal organ to the surface of the body. Icterus: Commonly referred to as jaundice. A yellowing of the tissues, usually as a result of abnormal liver function. Inguinal Hernia: A condition in which soft tissue - usually part of the intestine - protrudes through a weak point in the groin, where the abdomen meets the thigh. Intermittent (and Remittent) Fever (febris intermittens and febris remittens): Illness marked by episodes of fever with return to completely normal temperature; usually malaria. La Grippe: An unusually severe and deadly strain of influenza, a viral infectious disease. Neuralgia: A sharp, shooting pain along a nerve pathway. Orchitis: Inflammation of the testicles. Pellagra: Literally rough skin; clinical syndrome due to deficiency of niacin (nicotinic acid) characterized by diarrhea, dermatitis and dementia. Pyaemia: multiple abscess occurs as a result of pus-producing bacteria circulating in the blood stream. These can result in small abscesses throughout the body. Rheumatism: any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues. Rubeola: measles; an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash. Scrofula: Tuberculosis of the lymph glands. Tertian Ague: Fever one day in every three. Typhoid: Serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water. Variola: Smallpox. Vulnus Sclopeticum: Relating to a wound caused by a gunshot. White Swelling: Tuberculosis of the bone.

Note: The following information was found inside a book in the Blount County Court House in Oneonta entitled "Poll List Book of 1899." Apparently it was handy when the Veterans needed some paper to write on at their meeting. The 1908 list was interesting to me because it lists two men who were not enumerated on the 1907 Blount County Confederate Census: Daughdrill and Gallops. Daughdrill later moved to Texas; Was Gallops (or Gallups) buried at Austin Creek? The 1920 list mentions a name I am not familiar with: James R. Nipper. Anyone have any information on Gallops and Nipper? I am familiar with all the rest. 1908: Pursuant to authority from the Adjutant General's Office of United Confederate Veterans, the following named officers and men met at the Court House in the City of Oneonta, Blount County Alabama on Saturday, the eighteenth (18) day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight for the purpose of Re-organizing Camp Joe Wheeler, No. 1436 United Confederate Veterans, to wit: Allgood, Stephen C., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry Berrier, John H., Co. A, 8th Alabama Cavalry Bledsoe, George M., Co. D, 50th Alabama Infantry Bynum, Elijah, Co. F, 1st Alabama Cavalry Bynum, Jasper E., Co. C, 22nd Alabama Infantry Cox, Elisha M., 8th Ala. Bn Cavalry Crump, James D., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry Daughdrill, James H., Co. E, 3rd Alabama Cavalry DeLache, John S., Co. B, 2nd Alabama Cavalry Dodds, William R., Co. F, 56th Georgia Infantry Epperson, William I., Co. E, 10th Confederate Gallops, John F., Co. B, 39th Alabama Infantry Guthrie, Sanford W., Co. H, 7th Georgia Infantry Hames, Cluff R., Co. K, 3rd Georgia Infantry Hathcock, Robert H., Co. B, 24th South Carolina Infantry Hill, Howell Cobb, Co. A, Matthew's Heavy Artillery Hipps, Lycurgus M., Co. C, Stewart's Bn Roddy's Alabama Cavalry Hughes, Wesley J., Co. G, 42nd Georgia Infantry Jenkins, James R., Co. B, 62nd Alabama Infantry Jones, Aaron Solomon, Co. F, 22nd Alabama Infantry Jones, Ceylon C., Co. C, 62nd Alabama Infantry Kelley, William I., Co. I, 52nd Georgia Infantry Ketchum, Aquilla J., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry Martin, Henry L., Co. K, 4th Alabama Infantry McKleroy, Jackson L., Co. E, 47th Alabama Infantry Nation, Marion, 8th Alabama Bn Cavalry Noble, Thomas B., Co. I, 4th Alabama Cavalry Ratliff, Pleasant H., Co. C, 29th Alabama Infantry Tyler, John M., Co. C, 20th Alabama Infantry White, James S., Co. F, 29th, Alabama Infantry The following officers were elected by acclamation: Captain, John S. DeLache; First Lieutenant, Stephen C. Allgood; Adjutant, Aquilla J. Ketchum; Treasurer, James R. Jenkins; Surgeon, John H. Berrier; Chaplain, Jasper E. Bynum. It is ordered that the Camp meet regularly, on the First Saturdays in January, April, July, and October, in each year, and at such other times as the commanding officer may deem proper. The following delegates were elected to attend the Reunion at Birmingham, Ala., next June: John S. DeLache, James R. Jenkins, and Stephen C. Allgood. The admission fees, including per capita tax are for the present fixed at thirty-five cents; and the Adjutant is ordered, when satisfactory proof of service and payment of said sum to enroll all who desire to join the camp in vacation. The following Resolution was unanimously adapted, to wit: Be it Resolved, That the Sons of Confederate Veterans, be invited to attend the meeting of the Camp in July, next for the purpose of organizing a Camp of Sons of Veterans in this County. Those marked with a * paid dues 35 cents. The Adjutant forwarded money order to Headquarters for Five & 10/100 dollard, being $2.50 back dues, and 10 cents per capita on 26 members for the year 1908. Approved, John S. DeLache, Captain; Aquilla J. Ketchum, Adjutant. 1920: Pursuant to the call of the Adjutant the Camp met at the Office of the Register in Chancery at Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama on Saturday August 21, 1920 for the purpose of re-organizing the Camp electing officers to serve Camp Joe Wheeler, United Confederate Veterans, No. 1436. The following members were present, to wit: George D. Clowdus, William F. Fendley, James B. Goddard, William A. Harris, Aquilla J. Ketchum, William O. McCay, Rufus L. McCay, James R. Nipper, Alfred M. Russell, and William B. Roberts. B.C. Allgood of Company K, 19th Alabama Infantry now residing at Texas met with us. The following were elected officers of the Camp: William O. McCay, Commander; Alfred M. Russell, Vice Commander; Aquilla J. Ketchum. The following is the roll of members in good standing at this date: Clowdus, George D., Co. B, 12th Alabama Cavalry Fendley, William, Co. A, 4th Alabama Infantry Goddard, James B., Co. H, 4th Georgia Infantry Harris, William A., 12th Alabama Cavalry Ketchum, Aquilla J., Co. K, 19th Alabama Infantry McCay, Rufus L., Co. A, 7th Alabama Cavalry McCay, William O., Co. A, 7th Alabama Cavalry Nipper, James R., Co. A, 12th Tennessee Cavalry Roberts, William B., co. B, 9th Georgia Artillery Russell, Alfred M., Co. H., 4th Alabama Cavalry All the above members paid dues.

My husband's gg grandfather was a Methodist circuit rider/minister in Alabama and we found info on him from the Methodist Archives Center in Montgomery, Alabama. The service is not free and the cost depends on how many pages the files contains. You may email them for more info at: archives@huntingdon.edu or contact them by mail at: Methodist Archives Center Huntingdon College Library Montgomery, Alabama 36106 Telephone: 334-833-4418 attn: Sharon Tucker/Research Assistant Hope this helps. Margie Wiggins Lawrence

I found two copies of Lazenby's book for sale at www.abebooks.com Do a search on Author, "Lazenby" and Title "Methodism" and it (currently) will return two books available for purchase. > From the chapter, Methodist Protestant Church, 1901-1910, pg. 585: > >We come now to the 80th Conference at Antioch Church, Notasulga, >November 3-7, 1908. The same officers were re-elected for another year. >Tillman Powell, of the Cullman Circuit, had passed away during the year, >as had also Martin J. Enzor, a well known Pike Circuit layman. > >My copy is not for sale. At the time the book was published, in 1960, >the instructions were to order the book from the nearest Methodist >Publishing House nearest you. > > >KiwisKeeper@aol.com wrote: >> I have a gr gr. Uncle Miles Tillman Powell who was a Methodist >> minister in that area. My grandfather J.N. (Butler) Powell was a >> Methodist minister and later went to law school. >> Do you have their names in the book and is the book for sale. Thanks, >> Frances Allred kiwiskeeper@aol.com > > >==== ALBLOUNT Mailing List ==== >List Website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/blount.html >Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Sandy, there's a C. P. Almon! On page 590, North Alabama Conference, 1911-1920: Among the delegates to this Conference were men whose names bring back cherished memories of consecration, loyalty and service--W.M. Acton, C.P. Almon, T.C. Banks, R.L. Blanton, Thomas Bradford, W.W. Brandon, Daniel Collier, E.J. Garrison, F.M. Jackson, M.N. Manning, W.K. McAdory, J.H. Peach, D.F. Propst, N.M. Rowe, W.T. Sanders, L.S. Schuessler, J.B. Wadsworth, J.H. Walston, J.H. Wilson, T.W. Youngblood, B.C. Jones and J.C. Kumpe. And, on page 674, The North Alabama Conference, 1921-1930: The Conference was entitled to nine clerical delegates and nine lay delegates. The laymen seemed to know exactly what they wanted in the matter of unification, and who they wanted in the matter of delegates. They elected all nine of their delegates on the first ballot, as follows: N.L. Miller, E.A. Hammett, C.E. Fuller, N.M. Rowe, C.P. Almon, R.F. Lovelady, R.O. Noojin, C.W. Sarver, and F.B. Yeilding. The total lay vote cast was 94. One of these elected received 92 votes, four received 93 votes, and four received 94 votes. It is evident that the four who received 94 votes voted for themselves, but it would not be fair to ascribe self-seeking to them. They were taking no risk in electing men to represent them in the General Conference. They were voting on a great issue more than for men. Sandy King wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Would you check your book and see if there is any mention of a Coleman > F. Allman? He was licensed to preach in the ME church by the Jasper, > AL district in June 1871. He was my gg grandfather. > > Thanks so much, > > Sandy King >

From the chapter, Methodist Protestant Church, 1901-1910, pg. 585: We come now to the 80th Conference at Antioch Church, Notasulga, November 3-7, 1908. The same officers were re-elected for another year. Tillman Powell, of the Cullman Circuit, had passed away during the year, as had also Martin J. Enzor, a well known Pike Circuit layman. My copy is not for sale. At the time the book was published, in 1960, the instructions were to order the book from the nearest Methodist Publishing House nearest you. KiwisKeeper@aol.com wrote: > I have a gr gr. Uncle Miles Tillman Powell who was a Methodist > minister in that area. My grandfather J.N. (Butler) Powell was a > Methodist minister and later went to law school. > Do you have their names in the book and is the book for sale. Thanks, > Frances Allred kiwiskeeper@aol.com

No Anderton listed in the index. There is a chapter in the book for the Alabama Conference, M.E. Church, South, 1933-1939, and I did not notice an Anderton there. I am very familiar with the Anderton surname. Aquila Blakley, the old RS who died in Blount Co., probably at or near his home near present day Allgood, had a daughter, Ruth Blakley, who married John Anderton in 1813 in Grainger Co. TN. They later moved to Blount Co. before 1820, and Aquila was living with them when he died. I have found no connection between my Blakleys and Aquila, even though they apparently lived as near neighbors until Aquila's death in 1838. John Anderton was the son of James Anderton and Margaret Morris. My John Blakley, b. 1762, SC, who d. in Blount Co. in 1852, donated an acre of his land located in Sec. 15, Township 13, Range 1E, to the Presbyterian Church. I think there was a cemetery located beside the church, NFI. Charles Blakley Texas Terry Jackson wrote: > Dean, > Charles has the book. Am forwarding to the list in hopes he can do a > lookup. > > My mother (Barbara Waters Wood) was from Nectar. She spoke many times > of Jeff Anderton's store. In fact, my grandmother Lela lived next door > to his wife, Al. > > Terry > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [ALBLOUNT-L] Methodist Records] > Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:46:23 EDT > From: Lamisu@aol.com > To: jacksont@otelco.net > > > > My Grandfather, Rev. S. A. Anderton, was the preacher at the Nectar > Methodist Church for a number of years before his death in the > forties. He also operated a "rolling store" from his store in Nectar. > Is he listed among the Methodist ministers? > > Dean Ratliff >

Note: James W. Palmer was a member of Company B of Holloway's Cavalry. Holloway's Cavalry was also known as Bragg's, Hood's, and Johnston's Escort. Palmer was born 27 Dec 1826 and died 28 May 1899; buried Remlap UMC Cemetery. The following is one of several articles published by the Blount County News-Dispatch by James Palmer providing a rare first-person account of battle experienced by a Blount County native. The Blount County News-Dispatch 31 Aug 1893 War Reminiscences. By James W. Palmer. In my first I tried to draw a feint picture of a sham battle and the first appearance of any army in camp. In my second I tried to give your readers some idea of an army in transit, with the enemy close after it. Now, I propose to give you my experience in as brief a manner as I can, of a battle. Our headquarters were in Chattanooga from early in July to August 21, 1863. Both armies were spread for many miles up and down, on the banks of the Tennessee river. All points were closely watched. General Bragg has a signal corps on Lookout Mountain, and could see up and down the river for many miles. On the 21st of August, while the Confederates were observing the day with fasting and prayer, the Federals fired into the town wounding some women and children. Headquarters were moved out of town, and preparations for an engagement were begun. In a few days the Federals managed to get a brigade across the river below Lookout and it was making for the Rome & Dalton Railroad to cut off our supplies. About the 12th of September our headquarters were moved to Chickamauga creek, 13 miles from Chattanooga. Gen. Bragg sent 3 divisions, commanded by Gens. Hindman, Buckner and Anderson to capture the Federals. Hindman being in command by seniority. About 10 o'clock on the night of Sept. 13th, he sent ten of our company to go with them and I was one of the ten. He came out and told us that much depended upon our vigilance, that we must keep watch on both sides of the line of march, as the troops moved and give notice of any sign of the enemy. We marched through the country until 3 o'clock p.m. next day, when a line of battle was formed a mile in length, across fields, woods, hills and vales. The men had been marching for several hours with guns, knapsacks and accoutrements; yet they marched steadily in line for hours, expecting every moment to be engaged in battle. The troops lay that night on their arms, anticipating to bag the Yankees next morning. About dark I was called up an ordered to divest myself of everything which would show that I was a Confederate soldier and go with a guide and ascertain all I could about the camp number, position, etc., of the Federals. After many curious circumstances, we got back to headquarters about daylight. At 3 o'clock p.m. on that day, Gen. Hindman made a move on the enemy and captured a negro and two white men. The Federals recrossed the river, and Gen. Bragg came that night and held a council of war. We fed our horses, rested awhile in the camp deserted by the enemy the night before. At 10 o'clock that night we started for headquarters at Fayetteville, and got there before day. We were returned to our company which was called to go with Gen. Bragg to examine the Chickamauga country. Having been three days almost constantly in the saddle and sick, tired and exhausted, I was permitted to stay with the wagons where I soon recuperated. The army as now receiving recruits from up and down the river, and on the 19th of September the far-farmed battle of Chickamauga commenced in earnest. Cannon belched forth incessantly, and the rattle of musketry dinned continually throughout the day. At times we would gain a little and again we would lose; most of the day it was equipoised, and at night the firing ceased, but began early next morning with renewed vigor. I was still with the wagons, eight miles in the rear, but fearing the war would close before I had taken part in a battle, I got permission to go to the battlefield. The first thing I knew I rode up to a line of men lying down, and they told me that it would not be safe to go any farther in that direction. It was the reserve line. I then inquired for Gen. Bragg's headquarters and made for it. I saw the dead and dying carried to the rear, and when I got there I found there was nothing for me to do, so I returned to the wagons. You can find the full account of the battle in the United States histories more full than I can in this sketch. I assisted next day burying the dead on the battlefield, and helped my friends Claiborn and Will Hinds, to bury their brother, [Montgomery B. Hinds, Company B, 19th Alabama Infantry] who fell in defense of the South. We improvised a coffin out of an old wagon shed and laid him to rest till the resurrection morn. It was a fearful sight to see the blackened, disfigured, mutilated corpses, and at first, we were shocked and terrified beyond all description, but it was a work of necessity and had to be performed. To add to the horrors of the situation, the woods caught fire, and the clothes was burned off many a dead soldier. That night we slept in an old log hut, and next morning joined the main army at Missionary Ridge. Note: Claiborn W. Hinds was born 26 May 1829 and died 19 Feb 1901; he married Angeline Carns 15 Sep 1853; she was born 12 Jan 1836 and died 22 Feb 1902. Claiborn and Ann Hinds were buried in the Summit Cemetery.

Dean, Charles has the book. Am forwarding to the list in hopes he can do a lookup. My mother (Barbara Waters Wood) was from Nectar. She spoke many times of Jeff Anderton's store. In fact, my grandmother Lela lived next door to his wife, Al. Terry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [ALBLOUNT-L] Methodist Records] Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:46:23 EDT From: Lamisu@aol.com To: jacksont@otelco.net My Grandfather, Rev. S. A. Anderton, was the preacher at the Nectar Methodist Church for a number of years before his death in the forties. He also operated a "rolling store" from his store in Nectar. Is he listed among the Methodist ministers? Dean Ratliff