Can you tell me where I would find the 1866 census? I had family in Blount Co.AL. Devaney, Amerson and Barry/Berry. Thanks, Marie K. Burt mariesfamily@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <alblount-request@rootsweb.com> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: ALBLOUNT Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: This list is moved! (ron stone <blueoak@ix.netcom.com>) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:43:16 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > From: "ron stone <blueoak@ix.netcom.com>" <blueoak@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] This list is moved! > To: DON M RHODES <rhodemont@verizon.net>, alblount@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <6013510.1156200197188.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Don, > That question has interested me for some years now. Some part of the > reasons may have come from the > fact that all 4 sons served in the CSA, Wm P and Francis, in Co C of the > 28th Alabama Inf and Wesley in > the 56th GA Inf. James (2nd son) also served in a yet unidentified GA > unit. Even the old man, Wiley, may > have been the one in the 62nd Ga, said to be made up of boys and old men, > formed towards the end. > They had had a number of years in Forsyth Co, GA before getting to AL in > time for the two sons to join > the 28th at Murphree's Crossroads in 1862. > I still don't know why they left GA, but since Wm P and Francis married > sisters from the Christopher family, > maybe the girls were the initial attraction for those two and the rest > came along later. > In any event, all survived the war and are in Blount Co for the 1866 > census. That one used to be on Bob > Wonda's site, but it has been taken down now. > I would really think that circumstances in Blount for them anyway, must > have been pretty meager. On the > other hand, Wm P and his young starting family move up to Searcy Co, AR > (beautiful Buffalo River country) > before 1870, > and he starts the homestead process. He completes it in 1894 according to > BLM records. Available land is > a strong lure and may have been the major reason for him. > In Boone Co, AR I find, before 1870, father Wiley and wife, and 2nd son > James and wife Harriett and young > family and finally, 3rd son, Francis A and his wife Margaret Christopher > Stone. All have farms and all seem > to be doing reasonably well. Their kids grow and marry neighbors and so > again, I think land availability is > a big part. I didn't find any of these on the homestead deed listing, but > that may only be that they started > the process and just didn't complete it. > The oldest son, Wesley may have stayed in Blount Co. I never find him in > AR. I think I find his widow and son > later, but not him, so he may well have not lasted long after the war. > In Blount was also a John Stone that I think was a cousin of Wiley and I > see one in AR that may be the same. > Although I didn't see him in Blount, there had been a deaf-mute cousin, > William Stone (25 in 1850 in GA) > who also made it to AR, was by that time married, and farmed in the area. > Again, did he benefit from land > availability? I'm betting both he and John did. > There is another side that I don't have much information on that I suspect > could have played a part. It > could be that there were more Union sympathizers in Blount Co after the > war than were tolerable to live > by for these ex CSA men. As I say, I have run into inferences of the sort, > but nothing I can pin down for > sure. > So .. devastated area to come home to, not a lot of pre war time in the > area anyway, possible hostility in > the neighbors in Blount and available land in a relatively unspoiled area > "up the road"...maybe added up, a > firm basis for loading up and heading out. > Please give me your comments (and anyone else that has an opinion, feel > free...) I really enjoy these kind of > discussions. > > ron in CA > > -----Original Message----- >>From: DON M RHODES <rhodemont@verizon.net> >>Sent: Aug 21, 2006 8:51 AM >>To: blueoak@ix.netcom.com, alblount@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] This list is moved! >> >>Ron, I am sorry that I don't have any of these folks in my family but >>there >>is a matter I would like to discuss with you. My McDows left Blount >>County, >>AL about the same time as yours and guess where they went? You guessed >>it., >>AR. Why do you think they left AL and why AR? That is quite a distance for >>oxen or horses and wagon. >> >> >> >>-------Original Message------- >> >> >> >>From: ron stone >> >>Date: 08/18/06 18:10:13 >> >>To: alblount@rootsweb.com >> >>Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] This list is moved! >> >> >> >>Researching STONE: James >> >> Wiley >> >> Wesley >> >> James >> >> Francis >> >> William Pittsford (Pitchford) >> >> >> >>And >> >> >> >>CHRISTOPHER: Sarah Elizabeth >> >> Martha J >> >> Nimrod >> >> >> >>1860's in Blount Co. Moved there from GA. Moved to AR by 1870. >> >> >> >>ron in CA >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >> >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> >>Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 8/21/2006 >> >> >> >>. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ALBLOUNT list administrator, send an email to > ALBLOUNT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ALBLOUNT mailing list, send an email to > ALBLOUNT@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ALBLOUNT Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 > **************************************