Hello: Looking for information on Graham decendants of Daniel and Nancy Graham, and their children Daniel, Jr.. Archibald, Neal, Nancy, Jr., Christian, Catherine and Duncan. Late 1700's to late 1800's. Catherine married Samuel Nixon and Nancy married Neil Waterson. Upon Daniel. Sr., death in 1843 or 1845, Duncan became the adminstrator of th estate. Neal worked as an overseer on the Thompson plantation in what was then Macon County which is now a town named Thompson in Bullock county. I also would like to get in touch with the Thompson decendants of the large Thompson family that owned the plantation. I understand that some of the still live in the general area. Would like to know if there is a family connection between the Thompsons and the Grahams. Would appreciated any help. Thanks for your time, JoAnn

Dear List: I am seeking death index lookups for the following Africa Americans: Hanna COFIELD.ab. 1015; and John Henry Drake ab. July 11, 1936. Thank you for your help. ODrake

Dear List: I am seeking a death index lookup for an African American, Decator (Cato) BIRD ab. 1912. Thank you in advance. ODrake

I would like to truly thank all of you who responded to my question about Slaves names being listed on Yearly Property Tax records. It depended upon the recording system of the county of your research. Most counties only listed the number of slaves and the tax paid. I didn't get replies that may have listed them by ages and the taxes paid individually, but for most records their were no names. There some counties however that did list this information. They might not have been called Property Tax Records but something else. I guess it truly depends on the location of your research. I would like to share my reason for this question. Until July 1999, most of my slave research has come from obtaining records, sharing online, and corresponding with the actual descendants of our surname. Unfortunately after comparing all free and slaves census records, and even comparing this information with estate and will information obtained, there was no listing of my 5g grandmother Elizabeth Cope. In 1870 she was listed, and before then, I was not able to locate her on any documented information. I finally decided to ask those researching in my specific county to share what information they had and what surnames were they looking for. Maybe as a team we could solve some of our problems. Well, it just so happened that someone in fact saw a slave and her children and sisters were listed as slaves on the estate records of someone who had relocated from GA to Ala in 1850. This for 1 explained why I couldn't find her in the 1840 and 1850 census for Pike County Ala. When he died, his slaves were sold to his children who were McGrady's and also to others who carried the last names of Smith and Cope. In about 1853 my 5g grandmother was sold to his son, but 2 years later was purchased by Wilson Cope. After Emancipation she and her children not only took on the last name of Cope, but was living on property owned by the Cope descendants. Through the information share with my by those who have unitied with me in our researching efforts, I not only found out how Elizabeth to! ok on the last name of Cope, but who was her previous slave owner before the Copes. This in turn has led my research efforts not from that information that can be shared by the descendants of the Cope's, but by researching in GA for the McGrady surname. I've shared this to say, there is an old saying: Two heads are better than one. I've found with this genealogy thing, many heads are truly better than one. Share and compare notes of information with those who are researching in your counties. Not just through e-mailing these identified lists, but my e-mailing one another. Each of us have spent so much money investing in finding our true heritage. Why not share it with someone else. It has truly shed some light on my research I might not have ever found out about. delbra

I am asking for clarification of this issue. If slaves were property and property taxes were paid yearly, are slaves listed on these records and the $ amount paid for them? Estate Records and even wills may be the only source (at least for Macon and Pike counties of Alabama) where slaves were listed. Were there year to year records before slave owners died where their slaves were documented. I also have been told when slaves were purchased from another state, they had to be recorded in the state of the slave owner. Are there such records for Macon and Pike Counties. I have contacted the Ala Archives for info in Montgomery and have been told such documents are only found at the county level. Could someone clarify this for me. thanks delbra

Hello, I have tried everything I can think of and others have thought of. Now I am going from county to county to try to locate my father and family. Father William Austin Born in Indiana 1927 or 1928. I can get no info from Vital Records because I do not have Birth date Parents names or anything else. This was all that was on my Birth Certificate. Here is all the info I have. My name is Rev. Dennis Keith Austin I am 44 years old my fathers name is William Austin he would be around his early 70's he has a daughter name Twila she would be around 51 to 53 and a son around my age. He had Curly Auburn hair he lived in and around Monterey Park, California. He worked at a gas station. This info is 44 years old. My mothers name is Barbara Ballenger. He was not married at the time he and my mother had a relationship and when she got pregnant he left. I have no other family brothers and sisters except on the Austin side. My mother saw him again a year after I was born and he was married and had a little baby with him. If you could be of some help it would be a Blessing. Please contact me one way or the other. Thank you and have a Blessed weekend. In His Grace, Rev. Dennis Austin 7577 Margate Court #104 Manassas, Virginia 20109 1-800-650-3238 Toll Free cevm@erols.com

I am interested in the following Rhodes or Rodes names: Simon Rodes (Rhodes) and Samuel Rhodes. Of Pike and or Bullock county.

Hi its me again, Bill Hocutt If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List Manners</A> Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. Bill Hocutt

Hi My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat room and I have built an AlabamaSites Web Page. My Page contains links to Genealogy pages that are Alabama Specific in most cases. If you have a home page for Alabama Research or you know of a good Alabama Page please send me a link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Alabama Researchers. The URL for the Page is <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html">http://www.an gelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html</A> There are currently 418 links on the page. The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, NORRIS, DUNN, BUNN and DODSON. I would also like to invite yall to visit my other sites 1) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook 2) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a page with my original fiction on it 3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html">TexasSites</A> a page of Texas Genealogical sites 4) <A HREF="http://www.casino-on-net.com/cgi-bin/FreeComps.pl?A_33_BN">Bio</A> my Personal Bio page including a photo of my family Thank you for your time. Bill Hocutt

Unless you are familiar with the restructuring of the counties in Al., it is easy to become confused. Often, when filling out documents, people would put down their birthplace as being in what a particular county is presently called rather than what that county was called when they were actually born there. Unless you know the name of the town and can trace it to its present county location, your work becomes much more difficult. Bullock County is a wonderful example. Charlotte Bustelos Surnames are: MCNAIR...HOOKS...DOZIER...YOUNGBLOOD...SLATON...WARE...ETHINGTON...SPIVEY...WATTERS...GILBERT...TAYLOR...HOLLEY...SNOWDEN...ELLIS...POLLARD...HAINES...BATEMAN

T. R. McGOWAN said: > My name is Thomas Ray McGowan, My great, great, great grandfather and G., > G., Gfathers lived in Bullock Co. My G,G,G Grandfather was sherriff of > Bullock Co. when he died In !853... As Bullock Co. was not created until 1866, your ancestor could not have been sherriff there in 1853. Could you perhaps mean Pike, Barbour, Macon, or Montgomery Co., from which Bullock was created? Best regards, Ron Head (Montgomery, AL) ronhead@knology.net Volunteer for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http:www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: THOMAS R MCGOWAN <TRMCGOWAN@prodigy.net> To: <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 7:38 PM Subject: Re: Plantation location > My name is Thomas Ray McGowan, My great, great, great grandfather and G., > G., Gfathers lived in Bullock Co. My G,G,G Grandfather was sherriff of > Bullock Co. when he died In !853, his name was Thomas L. McGowe(a)n. His > first wife's name was Manicha. They had six sons, one being my Gfather D.S. > McGowan. > His wife died any he remarries and had two daughters by her. He lost three > sons in the cival war. > Could this be any of there family???? > If you have any info please let me know. > -----Original Message----- > From: Delbra Barr <delbra@frontiernet.net> > To: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:59 PM > Subject: Fw: Plantation location > > > >The other Plantation was Ti McGowen Plantation in Bullock County Ala. > > > >

My name is Thomas Ray McGowan, My great, great, great grandfather and G., G., Gfathers lived in Bullock Co. My G,G,G Grandfather was sherriff of Bullock Co. when he died In !853, his name was Thomas L. McGowe(a)n. His first wife's name was Manicha. They had six sons, one being my Gfather D.S. McGowan. His wife died any he remarries and had two daughters by her. He lost three sons in the cival war. Could this be any of there family???? If you have any info please let me know. -----Original Message----- From: Delbra Barr <delbra@frontiernet.net> To: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:59 PM Subject: Fw: Plantation location >The other Plantation was Ti McGowen Plantation in Bullock County Ala. >

The other Plantation was Ti McGowen Plantation in Bullock County Ala.

According to documents obtained, for Bullock County Alabama, there were 2 plantations where my descendants were married. I'd like to know the location of these plantations, and the story of these gentleman. thanks in advance Plantation Owner and Justice of the Peace: W.B. Thomason Rowland Dix, M.G. married Ella Bird and Aaron Martin on the JJ Ramsey Plantation 1884

Interested in dialoging with anyone researching the following surnames from Bullock County. MASON BYRD(BIRD) RENFROE CALHOUN MCGRADY COPE COFIELD

Do anyone have any information on the Baileys of Bullock county Ala

Delbra - I do have a couple of pictures of descendants. Although they may have been born in Bullock County, the pictures were (I thing) taken in West Virginia in 1920. Wilsie

If you have ties to Bullock county Ala and according to the 1870 census, your descendants shared they were born in Ga please contact me. Also if you have ANY PHOTOS OF BULLOCK county Ala for the years of 1870 - 1950 with afro americans in the photo, please e-mail me. delbra

I just received a copy of the death certificate for Sallie BIGGERS, my grandmother, and she is listd as being born in Bullock County Alabama in 1868. While I have not been able to decipher all of the handwriting on the death certificate, I can see that both of her parents are listed as being born in Bullock County. Her fathers first name begins with an "S", that is all I can tell, and her mothers name is Clara. I would appreciate hearing from anyone that may have information on this family. Charles Larkins, Jr. Researching: LARKIN/S, BIGGERS, WYLIE, NEDAB, COWART, BYRD, APPLIN, GREEN, MITCHELL. All from Alabama, Pike County.

Would appreciate any information on the Fitzpatrick family with connections to the Grahms, Woolfolks, Williams, Cowans, Reynolds and Keys. Besides Bullock, some moved to Chicago, Detroit and New Jersey. The time frame is late 1800' to the decendants of the present. JoAnn JNorman578@aol.com