I am looking for information on slave owners in Bullock County. Does anyone know where I can get a list or does anyone have any information on the Morton's? I know they were slave owners in the 1800.

My family is from Bullock/Pike counties and I would like to know what county did free people register. I am aware of the Federal Reels for Huntsville, Alabama, but if anyone has researched this information and can truly share where did they register their accounts, it would be greatly appreciated. delbra delbra

How do I get digest information on Bullock County, AL? I get lots on Pike. I am interested in Pitts, Woodard and Christian families. Thanks, Lisa

I would especially like to obtain information from anyone on Benjamin Phillips and his children Margueritte, Sophia and Moses from Georgia. I have most census information, but I am most interested in Where in Georgia were they from and when did they arrive to Pike/Bullock county. I would like to same on the other surnames. delbra delbra

Hi folks. I am posting a schedule of the meetings for the County Heritage books. Bullock June 23th, 1:00PM in the Bullock Co Extension meeting room, 902 MLK. Union Springs. Mailing address: Bullock Co Heritage book Committee, P.O. Box 242, Union Springs, Al 36089. ($59.00) Deadline for submission and preordering is October 31, 1999. Macon Co June 24th, Latter Day Saints Church in Tuskegee, Al 10:00AM. Pike Co. June 23th, 10:00AM 1st Baptist Church auditorium, Three Notch Road, Hwy. 29, Troy, Al 36081. Mailing address: P.O. Box 112, Troy, AL 36709. Price $59.00. Submission and pre-ordering deadline: October 31, 1999. Tallapoosa May 25th 10:00PM in Veteran's Center, Alexander City. Mail address: Tallapoosa Heritage Book Committee, P.O. Box 568, Camp Hill, Al 36850. Submission and pre-ordering deadline is July 31, 1999. Price $59.00. Dorothy Folmar of the Pike Co mail list has been posting some very helpful suggestions on the Pike Co Book. Those of you who are interested may subscribe to the Pike Co list and benefit from these helpful sugestions. Others of you who are working on the books for your county, please feel free to post suggestions also along with progress reports on you county list. This could help all who are interested. Hope this helps. All of the Counties are submitting lots of queries and surname postings. Keep them comming. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

For those of us who've struggled with trying to identify the location of an old town that has been renamed or you just don't know where it was located, I think I've identified a system that will work for you. In my research, my afro-american family members lived on property that was owned by someone else. In order to identify where it was located, I had to identify whose land it belonged to. One way of doing that was once I identified property owners names for the area, I went to this website: www.glorecords.blm.gov and once you enter the name and state of the person, they will practically give you a copy of the land record. You can even print this information out for your records. Once I had that, I obtained a copy of the highway map for the county. On this map, It gives you longitude and latitude and even grid information for the county. With this info, take the longitude, lattitude info from the property record, compare it with your map and it will give you the location of where the town was and what is there now. If you have been trying to determine if your family ever moved from place to place during the years for your census info, this will give you a wonderful idea of! where they were and who may have been around them since most houses located on property may not exist anymore or the housing numbers changed from year to year. It is my wish that this greatly helps many of you. delbra greatly helps many of you. = delbra

Dear friends and researchers, I know this is not Bullock County, but maybe some of you have family in nearby counties. Here are my James family ancestors. I hope someone will be able to connect with them and add a little information. GGgrandfather Edwin JAMES moved to Barbour Co., Alabama, sometime around 1835 from Darlington district, South Carolina. His son, Ggrandfather Green A. JAMES served in the 1st Batt, Ala. Artillery, Confederate States Army, and fought at Mobile. About 1900, before 1907, he moved from Barbour Co. to Coffee Co. - ----------------------------------------------- Descendant Chart for Enos James, M. of G. - --------------------------------------- 1-Enos JAMES, M. of G. sp: Anna 2-Edwin JAMES b: 13 Feb 1790, Darlington District, South Carolina, d: 15 Apr 1856, Barbour County, Alabama sp: Mary F. BRITT b: 24 Sep 1805, Darlington County, South Carolina, d: 18 May 1889, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Ann JAMES b: 1824, South Carolina sp: Green S. COX b: 1810, Virginia 3-Daniel D. JAMES b: Abt 1827, South Carolina, d: 28 Apr 1853, Barbour County, Alabama sp: Nancy A. WILSON , m: 28 Apr 1853, Barbour County, Alabama 3-James E. JAMES b: Abt 1828, South Carolina sp: ?F. E. Nixon ?Rowena E. Jackson NIXON 3-Robert T. K. JAMES b: Abt 1830, South Carolina, d: After 1880, Barbour County, Alabama sp: Sophronia A. BIZZELL b: Abt 1839, Alabama, d: After 1880 4-Edwin B. JAMES b: 1859, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Charles W. JAMES b: 1861, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Fredonia JAMES b: Abt 1864, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Castello JAMES b: 1869, Barbour County, Alabama 4-A__in C. JAMES b: 1867, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Vienna C. JAMES b: 1869 4-Maximillian JAMES b: 1872, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Sarah JAMES b: 1874, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Ava _. F. JAMES b: 1876, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Eva D. S. JAMES b: 1879, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Lucy JAMES b: Abt 1838, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Thomas JAMES b: Abt 1840, Barbour County, Alabama sp: ?Mary STEPHENS? , m: ?20 Feb 1868 3-Green A. JAMES b: 21 Oct 1845, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 9 Dec 1918, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Susan FORREST b: Apr 1850, Alabama, d: 2 Dec 1902, Alabama, m: 21 Aug 1881, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Lucy JAMES b: 25 Sep 1882, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 16 Dec 1959, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia sp: Andrew Jackson WALKER b: Mar 1874, Alabama, d: 14 Mar 1949, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, m: 10 Oct 1900, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama 5-Homer Lee WALKER b: 13 Sep 1901, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 15 Nov 1963, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 5-Marion Thomas WALKER b: 7 Aug 1903, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 12 Dec 1976, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 5-Minnie M. WALKER b: 28 Dec 1904, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Feb 1967, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 5-Charlie Mack WALKER b: 13 Dec 1906, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Nov 1972, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 5-A. D. WALKER b: 22 Sep 1908, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 13 Aug 1958, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 5-Living 5-Gladys Thelma WALKER b: 27 Oct 1911, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 15 Apr 1945, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 5-Duie Neal WALKER b: 6 Mar 1914, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Died young, Coffee County, Alabama 5-Mary Margaret WALKER b: 16 Jul 1916, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 1980 5-Inez Z. WALKER b: 7 Dec 1919, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 1997 5-Living 4-Darrell JAMES b: 11 Dec 1884, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 28 May 1939 4-Charly JAMES b: 17 Mar 1886, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 4 Sep 1887, Barbour County, Alabama 4-Mozella "Zellie" JAMES b: Jul 1886, d: , Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Grover WATKINS d: , Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 5-Rex WATKINS b: 7 Oct 1923, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 19 Jan 1924, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 4-Robert G. "Mansy" JAMES b: 8 May 1889, Barbour County, Alabama, d: , Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Estelle 5-Living 4-Libbie JAMES b: 30 Jun 1892, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 30 Mar 1943, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 4-Alto Lee JAMES b: 24 Feb 1894, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 19 Apr 1962, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Zenie S. SNELL b: 2 Feb 1894, d: 20 Jun 1973, m: 18 Jan 1914 5-Wilbur H. JAMES b: 31 Jul 1916, d: 11 Dec 1981, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 5-Ezzie Lee JAMES b: 29 Dec 1914, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 26 Jul 1919, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 5-Raymond A. JAMES b: 9 Jun 1918, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 4 Mar 1920, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 3-Susan(nah) JAMES b: Abt 1846, Barbour County, Alabama sp: ?Alex WALKER , m: ?28 Jan 1880, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Moselle JAMES b: Abt 1848, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Jonas JAMES b: Abt 1850, Barbour County, Alabama Thanks, Perry D. Walker Decatur, AL

Dear friends and fellow searchers, Here is my ancestral line. I hope there may be someone who will have some information to add. In the early 1860s, great grandfather Silas lived in Macon Co., AL., near Creek Stand* and from there enlisted in the Confederate Army in March 1862 in the 15th Alabama Regiment.** After "the late unpleasantness," he lived in newly created Bullock Co. Then Barbour Co. >From Barbour Co., most of his children migrated to Coffee Co., where, two generations later, I was born. In those areas below where counties are not shown it is because I don't have proof of the events. Hope you may help! - --------------------------------------- Descendant Chart for Silas Walker - ------------------------------- 1-Silas WALKER b: Aug 1820, North Carolina sp: Faitha (Phaty) RUSSELL b: , South Carolina(?) 2-Martha A. WALKER b: 1861, Alabama 2-James Thomas WALKER b: 27 Aug 1866, Alabama, d: 5 Sep 1938 sp: Viola LINDSEY b: Abt May 1889, Alabama, m: 11 Aug 1895 3-Mary WALKER b: 1899, Alabama 3-Bessie WALKER b: 1905, Alabama 3-James Lloyd WALKER b: 1908, Alabama 2-Amanda WALKER b: 1868, Alabama 2-Lucy M. WALKER b: Mar 1870, Alabama, d: 1905 2-Robert L. WALKER b: 8 Dec 1873, Alabama, d: 25 Apr 1950, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Arpie Estelle b: 14 Aug 1877, d: 14 Feb 1930, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 3-Ola Mae WALKER b: 1900, Alabama 3-Alberta WALKER b: 1902, Alabama 3-Ennie D. WALKER b: 1905, Alabama 3-Tullie L. WALKER b: 10 Oct 1907, Alabama, d: 24 Dec 1911, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 3-Dovie Lee WALKER b: 17 Nov 1912, Alabama, d: 25 Sep 1913, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Unknown UNKNOWN b: 1878 2-Andrew Jackson WALKER b: Mar 1874, Alabama, d: 14 Mar 1949, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia sp: Lucy JAMES b: 25 Sep 1882, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 16 Dec 1959, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, m: 10 Oct 1900, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama 3-Homer Lee WALKER b: 13 Sep 1901, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 15 Nov 1963, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 3-Marion Thomas WALKER b: 7 Aug 1903, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 12 Dec 1976, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama 3-Minnie M. WALKER b: 28 Dec 1904, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Feb 1967, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 3-Charlie Mack WALKER b: 13 Dec 1906, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Nov 1972, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 3-A. D. WALKER b: 22 Sep 1908, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 13 Aug 1958, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 3-Living 3-Gladys Thelma WALKER b: 27 Oct 1911, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 15 Apr 1945, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 3-Duie Neal WALKER b: 6 Mar 1914, Coffee County, Alabama, d: Died young, Coffee County, Alabama 3-Mary Margaret WALKER b: 16 Jul 1916, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 1980 3-Inez Z. WALKER b: 7 Dec 1919, Coffee County, Alabama, d: 1997 3-Living 2-John F. WALKER b: Feb 1876, Barbour County, Alabama, d: 20 Oct 1942, Coffee County, Alabama 2-Franklin WALKER b: 1879, Alabama 2-Jefferson (Pink) WALKER b: Apr 1888, Alabama, d: 4 Aug 1946, Coffee County, Alabama sp: Tura Mae , m: Coffee County, Alabama * Not to waste your time, but the name Creek Stand reminds me of the history of early Alabama. I wonder what happened in Creek Stand to cause that name? Gen. Andy Jackson fought the Creek Indians all over eastern Alabama in 1813-14 and had a great victory at Horseshoe Bend, on the Tallapoosa River. My grandfather, Andrew Jackson Walker, above, was named after the general. **GGrandfather Silas fought all the way from Second Manassas to Appomattox. Thanks, Perry D. Walker Decatur, AL

My grandmother recalls her father working along rt. 1 cleaning the roadways for the WPA around the time of 1932-35. How would i find out any information on the people living in Bullock county at that time who were hired or involved with the WPA? >-----Original Message----- >From: Sandra Johnson <ladyd@dnaco.net> >To: AL-AfricaAmer-L@rootsweb.com <AL-AfricaAmer-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 2:39 PM >Subject: SLAVES II WPA NARRATIVE INFORMANTS > > >>Alabama - Part II-Volume 6 >> >>Mose, Uncle Stewart, Theodore Fontaine >>Murphy, Sally Strickland, George >> >>Nettles, Hattie Anne Taylor, Cull. >>Northcross, Rev. W.E. Taylor, Daniel >>Taylor, George >>Owens, Rev. Wade Tellis, Amanda >> Thomas, Ellen >>Parker, Molly Thomas, Elizabeth >>Patton, Lindy Tillman, Mollie >>Phillips, Simon Toombs, Alonza Fantroy >>Pitts, Roxy Towns, William Henry >>Pollard, Carrie >>Poole, Irene Underwood, Stephney >>Pugh, Nicey >> Van Dyke, Charlie >>Reynolds, Sallie >>Rice, Mary Walker, Lilah >>Robinson, Cornelia Walker, Simon >>Rogers, Gus (Jabbo) Washington, Cindy >> White, Eliza >>Scott, Janie White, Mingo >>Shepherd, Maugan Whitess, Abe >>Smith, Frank Witherspoon, Silvia >>Smith, John >>Stanton, Annie Young, George >> >> > >

Hello: I'm looking for information on the Thompson family that owned a plantation in the area during the mid 1800's. In 1860 this area was considered as part of Macon county southern division until 1866 when Bullock county was established. I'm also seeking information on the overseer, Neal Graham who was my gggrandfather. He had a son born on the plantation named Phillip )Phil) Graham. Phillip's mother is listed as Frances Smith of Thompson Alabama according to his death certificate. I believe some of the Graham family is buried in Penile Methodist Church cemetery near the Macon county border just a few miles north of Thompson. I would greatly appreciate any assistance or suggestions. JoAnn

I am requesting help in looking up my wife's HART line ( grandfather ). I hope that one of the listers will have a CD or be working on census records for Bullock County, Alabama. My problem is we can't find the HART line in or near Union Springs 1890 - 1920. I've posted the HART informatiion before but failed to ask for census help. I am not sure if George Sr. came to Bullock County George HART Sr. m. DORN B?? [ POSSIBLY from GA ] George C. HART Jr. (Baptist Minister) m.1881 to Mattie Virginia HIGHTOWER b.1860, Union Springs Joel or James Joel HART b.1884 d.1912 m.1903 to Lola HOGAN FRAZER b.ca1886, Union Springs d.1932 California ( m=2 CLARK ) Frank FRAZER HART b.1907 Union Springs m. Dorothy B. WEBB James HART b.1904 Union Springs d.1935 m.1930 to Francis DRURY? Any help greatly appreciated. I would be willing to compensate some of the time. Thanks for considering my request. Tom WICKS NJ

Hi folks. I am including a copy of a posting by Dorothy Ann Folmar of Pike Co. She has agreed to let me post it here as an example of what an article in the Heritage book might look like. Some of you have asked about what to include. I hope this helps. Pike Co. List: The following is an article (still in draft form), over 900 words in length, which I wrote re Christopher Stroud for the Heritage book. Articles can also be written on his children. Christopher Stroud Christopher ("Kit") Stroud is believed to have come to Pike County, AL from Columbus County, NC. His wife was Charity Wilson of Columbus County, a daughter of Edward Wilson & his first wife. Christopher first appears in the 1840 Census of Pike County, he & his wife being between 30 & 40 years of age with 2 boys under five years of age. Christopher is listed in the 1850 Census of Pike County as being 48, his wife Charity as 45, both born in NC, with children Edward, 14, David, 11, Nancy, 9, & William, 7, all born in AL. In the 1860 Census of Pike County, Christopher is living on Hallsville Post Office route. He & Charity are both listed as being 58 with children Nancy, 19, William W., 15, & an infant, Randolph, 3 months of age. Christopher & Charity's son Edward was living next door to them with his wife & baby. In the 1870 Census of Pike County, Christopher is listed as living in Goshen Hill Beat, 68 years of age & Charity as 65. Living in the house with them were Nancy, whose age was given as 22, Randolph, 12, William, 7, Charity Henderson, 2, & Martha Andrews, 12. Christopher & Charity lived at what was then called Pilley's Crossroads in the vicinity of the present intersection of Hwy 231 & Hwy 29 on the west side of Troy. Family names of some of their neighbors, extending from Troy to the present Youngblood, Shellhorn & Ansley areas & through Hallsville & the present Goodhope area to Goshen Hill, were Jordan, Fowler, Sims, Bailey, Stephens, Spivey, Carlisle, Morrison, Phillips, Folmar, Davis & Davison, Carnley, Rhodes, Clark, Redmon, Mills & McCormick. Christopher & Charity became members of Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Troy on September 26, 1857, being admitted by letter. It is not known where their membership was prior to then. Beulah Church records state that Kit Stroud died when he was nearly 70 years of age & in 1874 the records state that Charity died in May of that year, her age unknown. Apparently Christopher & Charity had four children, Edward, David, Nancy & William. William died unmarried as a Confederate soldier at Gettysburg. He was in Co. "B" of the 8th AL Infantry Regiment. David served in Co. "I" of the 15th AL Infantry Regiment. Edward apparently served in both the 8th & the 15th Infantry Regiments. He was discharged due to disability. Edward Stroud was born about 1837. He married Mary Davis on May 13, 1858. He appears in the 1860 Census of Pike County as Edward Stroud, 23, born in AL, with wife Mary, 22, born in GA, & their son, George A., age 1, born in AL. According to a grandson of his brother David, Edward was killed in a train or railroad accident. He may have died before 1870. Edward & Mary's son George Anderson Stroud was born Mar. 19, 1859. He married Malissa Josephine Morrison in Pike Co., AL on Oct. 24, 1879. Their 10 children were Mary Frances Stroud Fowler born 1880, James Anderson Stroud born 1882, Minnie Dell Stroud Stephens born 1884, Mattie Ophelia Stroud Byrd Manning born 1887, George Washington Stroud born 1890, Verdie C. Stroud born 1891, John Darrie Stroud born 1894, Bertha Stroud born 1896, David D. Stroud born 1899, & Radar Lee Stroud born in 1902. David Stroud was born March 2, 1839. He married Martha Low or Lou Davison on July 26, 1866. She was born June 20, 1851, a daughter of "Uncle Jimmy Davison," who at one time owned a great amount of land in the Goshen Hill area of Pike County & northeastward. It was through this marriage that David & his descendants acquired land in the Goshen-Elam Church vicinity. Children of David & Martha were: 1) John J. Stroud born 1869, died 1886. 2) Nancy Arkansas Stroud, called "Cannie," born in 1872, married David Franklin Youngblood, died in San Antonio, TX on Feb. 24, 1859. 3) Lavada Lenora Stroud born 1874, married Robert Edward Bryan, died Feb. 26, 1953, buried at Elam Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery near Goshen, Pike Co., AL. 4) Alice Amelia Stroud born 1876, married Robert E. Lee Rushing, died Mar. 3, 1969 in San Antonio, TX. 5) Walter Wallace Stroud born Oct. 10, 1878, married Charlotte Lee Raley, died in TX. 6) William Wilson Stroud, twin of Walter Wallace Stroud, born Oct. 10, 1878, married Minnie Raley, died Feb. 7, 1961, buried at Elam Church Cemetery near Goshen, Pike Co., AL. 7) Minnie Dell Stroud born 1880, died 1881, buried at Elam. 8) Annie Bell Stroud born 1883, married Clem Bryan, died 1970 in West Palm Beach, FL. 9) Ruby Merle Stroud, born 1894, died 1898, buried at Elam. Nancy Stroud married first Willis Henderson on Dec. 5, 1867. They had a daughter Charity Henderson who appears as age 2, living with her mother in Christopher & Charity's household, in the 1870 Census. On February 27, 1872 Nancy married Charner Leach. Charner appears in the 1880 Census of Pike County as age 38 with wife Nancy 38 & his sons John, 9, Listian A., 7, Alva F., 6, his daughter Sarah E., 3, & Charity U. Henderson, age 13. Charner & Nancy moved to Texas about 1895. Nancy died on January 26, 1922 at age 74 & is buried at Pecan Wells Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas. Nancy Stroud Henderson's daughter Charity seems to have been called both "Charity U." & "Callie Ula" Henderson. She was born in 1868 at Goshen Hill & died Dec. 4, 1904. Her husband was John Ellis Sewell. Dorothy Ann Folmar Pike Co., AL Second posting by Dorothy. The Heritage books contain info about ancestors & also info about the history of churches, communities, clubs, organizations, etc. & also tributes & memorials. I think I heard someone talking at the last meeting about putting in info about the early railroads of Pike County, too. You can check the following web site for further info on the Heritage books & progress in the different counties of Alabama, although the site hasn't been updated yet to include Pike: http://www.mindspring.com/~awillcut/heritage.htm -- Dorothy Ann Folmar Pike Co., AL Good luck to all. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

Does any one have a Treadwell b. about 184o-44 Ala ? Had a son named William J. Treadwell b. 1864 Throckmorton,Tex. daughter in law Martha E. ? b 1866 Missouri grandson William David b 1893 Tex granddau Escar V. b.1892 Tex granddau Maude E. b.1895 Tex Could someone do a look up for me? Marriage Etc,any information or idea helpful Greatly appreciated Kay

Hello Listers, I need real help.I am not asking you to do anything I haven't already done my self. I am at my end of the rope and could use some suggestions.I have not been able to find any thing on my mother or her family. I am looking for Ola Mae (BERRY/BARRY) Dearman She married John Henry Dearman about 1920-1930 in Ala. I do not know the county. I have not been able to locate John Henry Dearman either. The only thing I have found on his is the 1920 Washing Co. Ala census when he was 14. His father is listed as John Dearman b.1971 Miss and his mother as Edna b.1880 Ala I believe his uncles were James and George Dearman. If these names sound familiar please let me know. Thank you froggie

Hi folks. I have set up a Bullock Co query page at Gen Forum in addition to the one at Rootsweb. Gen Forum is sponsored by Family Tree Maker. You can place queries on both and get additional exposure. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

The Genforum webpage now has pages for posting queries relative to specific county locations of a state. (Most people are more familiar with their surname pages but now they also have many locations pages too.) If the county in which you are interested in not available yet, you can fill out a request form for that county to be added. There is already a page for Pike Co. but there is not one up yet for Bullock Co. I have requested that it be added but I think they probably need to hear from others before they will add one. If you are interested in posting Bullock Co. info to such a page, try this site: http://genforum.genealogy.com/al/counties.html and fill out the county request form at the bottom of the page. These are good sites for queries that you would like to remain posted for an extended period. Kim

Hi: I would like to know if Thompson Alabama was named after theThompson family that I found on the 1860 census. I'm looking for information on J.C. Thompson who was a farmer according to the census who had slaves and an overeseer named Neal Graham. Would apprecaiate any assistance. JoAnn

Hi folks. I am sending this message out to you because it is very important to all of us that use Rootsweb services. We can use them for free, but it cost money to provide these free services. If you can send some financial support to them, you will yourself and many others just like yourself. I have enjoyed working with you and these lists and county home pages for several years now. I have made much more progress in my research through Rootsweb services than I could have ever done on my own. I copied the message below from Rootsweb with the intention of trying to help some. Good luck to all of you in your research. This is very important and I hope all of you take the time to heed it's message: When we launched RootsWeb, we assumed that our users would prefer to support us as much as they were able, in exchange for a site open to all, without banners plastered all over everything and without having resources locked up (as is done at other genealogy sites), available only for fees on the order of $60 per year. Instead, people can support RootsWeb for as little as $12 per year. We thus hoped that a reasonable fraction of our users, perhaps half of them, would support us in some way. And because we expected support from the community, we made promises to projects like USGenWeb that we would freely host them for the good of the Internet genealogy community. We have no intention of reneging on those early promises, but it has been difficult, because the community support we anticipated has not been there. Although people use the site like crazy, fewer than 7% of our users have chipped in to keep things going. The other 93%? Perhaps they're busy, or they're broke, or they won't pay unless they have to, or they don't think RootsWeb is useful. Who knows? But it means that RootsWeb has run at a cash flow loss. In simple terms, Karen Isaacson and Brian Leverich have donated not only their time as system administrators but a substantial part of their personal resources to provide the genealogical community with RootsWeb. The rest of RootsWeb's staff have also made substantial contributions. Because RootsWeb's costs exceed its income, we can't provide all the genealogical facilities we'd like to support. These could include online searchable databases of pension records, census indexes, vital records, or countless other valuable genealogical services that we could easily provide -- if only we could afford the staff to support them. And, ultimately, RootsWeb can't even continue to exist if we don't bring our costs and revenues into balance, something we want to have under control before the transition to non-profit status (as opposed to losing money status) is completed. We are doing what we can to remedy the situation. For instance, we are selling banner advertisements where we can. However, this alone will never provide enough revenue to cover the costs of the unbannered volunteer projects which consume most of RootsWeb's resources yet by their very nature produce no direct revenue, even as they provide invaluable content to the genealogical community. The new communities, from their inception, will be fully supported by advertising. They will be paying their own way. We can shift some of the costs of maintaining the Web, mailing list, GenConnect, and search engine servers onto the new communities, so that the new communities will subsidize a genealogical community that hasn't been supporting itself. Although we have been disappointed in the amount of financial support of the genealogical community, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the writer of the letter above and the other 7% of our users who have helped make RootsWeb available to the whole community. Without their support and encouragement, there would be no RootsWeb. If you would like to join the folks who are making RootsWeb possible and thus help us bring new genealogical data online, freely available to all, please visit: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to: RW-info@rootsweb.com John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

Searching for information on the Hause/Hawes, Myhand families that lived in or around Union Springs, Alabama. My grest great Grandparents, Monroe Hawes/Hause and his wife Mary Tom Myhand lived in Bullock, County before moving to Texas. We are trying to find out more about these families while they lived in Bullock Co. Also about their families, and siblings, who may have been living there also for a time. Looking information for Harmon and Bateman families from Orion, Alabama. John Fletcher Harmon, b.11 June 1826 Newton Co, Georgia, d.10 August 1897 Pike County, Alabama, buried Orion Baptist Church Cemetery. John's wife, Nancy Bateman, b.04 September 1830 Macon County, Georgia, d. 21 May 1921 Pike County, Alabama, buried Orion Baptist Church Cemetery. We really need information on them, their families, and their children, such as birthdates, marriages, spouses, children, death dates, locations, deeds, wills, and so on. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. Their children: Anna Harmon Fayella Harmon Mollie Harmon Robert L. Harmon Theophilus Bateman Harmon (Named after his mother's father) b.23 November 1850 Josephine Amanda Fitzalen (Feddie) Harmon (My Great Grandmother, I have some info. about her.) b.21 January 1853, d. 07 September 1893 Milam Co., TX. John T. Harmon, b.abt. 1862 Mary J. Harmon, b.29 August 1867 Alonzo Harmon, 01 November 1869 Lena Gertrude Harmon, b.1874 C. E. Harmon, Abt. 1876 I understand that Robert L., and C. E. Harmon became lawyers and may have practiced Law in Montgomery, Alabama. Please, any information on any of these relatives is bady needed. Thank you all very much for a very helpful ALBULLOC Mailing list. Sincerely, Jack Scarborough

Hi folks. I have received several inqueries about the Heritage books. I really don't know much about them, so I am listing the e-mailaddress for them and their URL. I suggest that you contact them, get on their mailing list and ask them questions. In their mailing list are the contacts you will need to make submissions. heripubcon@aol.com http://mindspring.com/~awillcut/heritage.htm 205 280-4100 205-280-1607 fax John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La