Carol, Thanks for your reply. A map of Alabama Counties I got from the archives says that Chilton Co. was formed in 1871. Are you from Chilton Co.? Do you know any Bakers? How about Cecil Little? Bobby At 09:59 AM 8/10/98 -0600, you wrote: >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. > >