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    1. Re: Dupree/Autauga/Chilton/Baker Co.
    2. Carol Moody
    3. Bobby, I can't help with your line, but thought you might want to know that Baker Co. was formed in Dec. 1868 and was renamed to Chilton in 1874, so all your dates for Baker after 1874 would actually be for Chilton. Carol Moody Bobby Dupree wrote: > > I'm looking for information about my great great grandfather James Lewis > Dupree. I believe his father was Curtis Dupree, his mother was Sarah Wood > Dupree. James Lewis Dupree was born in Washington or Clarke Co., Georgia > between 1827 and 1829. He married Augusta A. Haynes, daughter of Green B. > Haynes of Walton Co., Georgia on February 5, 1852. In 1859, James Lewis and > Augusta Dupree purchased land in the Chestnut Creek area of Autauga Co., > Alabama (now in Chilton Co., Alabama). James Lewis and Augusta Dupree had > children named Martha Dupree (who married George Washington Askins in Baker > Co., Alabama on February 29, 1876); John T. Dupree (who married Dorindia > Wyatt in Baker Co., Alabama on November 18, 1875), James Lewis Dupree (who > married Samantha Easterling in Baker Co., Alabama on March 23, 1876), > William Henry Dupree - my great grandfather - (who married Charlotte Baker > in Chilton Co., Alabama on March 26, 1881, and then married Mattie Lou > Oliver in Chilton Co., Alabama on September 12, 1894), Mary Dupree, and > Parlee Dupree. My great great grandfather joined Company C of the 18th > Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA on August 19, 1861. On October 23, 1861, > while encamped at Auburn, Alabama, the following men from Company C were > transferred to Captain Joseph Hodgsen, Company C of Colonel James H. > Clanton's 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment by special order from Brig. Gen. C. > P. Walker: John Asheart, Sgt., E. Askins, Pvt., J. L. Dupree, Pvt., H. H. > Dupree, Pvt., Thomas W. Driver, Pvt., John M. Driver, Pvt., J. M. Eilands, > Pvt., J. Popwell, Pvt., B. F. Scarborough, Pvt., R. H. Nelson, Pvt., D. E. > Jones, Pvt. > Augusta Dupree filed a widow's claim on February 20, 1863. I'm trying to > find: When, where, and how James Lewis Dupree died and where he was buried? > Who was James Lewis Dupree's father? When, where, and how Augusta Dupree > died and where she was buried? Are there any descendents of Mary or Parlee > Dupree still living? > Please reply in writing to Robert Dupree, 1820 Vaughn Lane, Montgomery, AL > 36106, or by phone at (334) 272-6943, or by e-mail at bdupree@mindspring.com.

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