Hi, Thanks. Yes I did speak with Mrs. Pickard, she was very helpful. I am going back today. Brandon Wallace ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ALCHILTO-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 77 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: ALCHILTO-D Digest V99 #76 ["Brandon Wallace" <bwallace@huntin] > #2 Re: ALCHILTO-D Digest V99 #76 [ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@ho] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ALCHILTO-D, send a message to > > ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: ALCHILTO-D Digest V99 #76 > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 13:21:03 -0600 > From: "Brandon Wallace" <bwallace@huntingdon.edu> > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > CC: ALCHILTO-D@rootsweb.com > > HI Jim, > Thanks. I have information on some of these names that you have given me. > Joseph Roper was the brother of John Thompson Roper, who was born in 1810. I went > to the library at Huntingdon College, and they had a slew of information on John > Thompson Roper, Joesph Roper, and their father John Roper. Thank You for the > information, if I can be of some assistance let me know. > Thanks > Brandon Wallace > > ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Subject: > > > > ALCHILTO-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 76 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 Hello ["Brandon Wallace" <bwallace@huntin] > > #2 Re: Hello [Jim & Donna Nix <nixes@mail.bhm.be] > > #3 RE: Hello ["Jackson, Mike" <mljackso@bechtel.] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from ALCHILTO-D, send a message to > > > > ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Hello > > Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 18:56:45 -0600 > > From: "Brandon Wallace" <bwallace@huntingdon.edu> > > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hi, > > I am looking for information on a John Thompson Roper, a Methodist > > Minister who died and was buried in Chilton County. He was born in > > Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina in 1810, and moved to AL in around the > > 1830s or 40s. If you have any information on this person or a Caroline > > Roper, who was born in the 1840s , I would be much obliged if you would > > share this information. > > Sincerely, > > Brandon Wallace > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Re: Hello > > Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:13:08 +0000 > > From: Jim & Donna Nix <nixes@mail.bhm.bellsouth.net> > > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Brandon, > > > > I couldn't find a John Thompson Roper. However, I did find the > > following in the 1850 Census of Lowndes County: > > > > Joseph F. Roper 42 ME Clergyman NC > > Louisa P. " 38 TN > > William R. " 15 AL > > Rachael E. " 12 AL > > Joseph F. " 1 AL > > > > Are you sure about the name? This seems like too much of a coincidence. > > This Roper would have been born in NC in 1807/1808 and from the ages of > > these children, he was in AL by the mid-1830s. > > > > Jim Nix > > Birmingham, AL > > > > Brandon Wallace wrote: > > > > >> Hi, > > > I am looking for information on a John Thompson Roper, a Methodist > > > Minister who died and was buried in Chilton County. He was born in > > > Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina in 1810, and moved to AL in around the > > > 1830s or 40s. If you have any information on this person or a Caroline > > > Roper, who was born in the 1840s , I would be much obliged if you would > > > share this information. > > > Sincerely, > > > Brandon Wallace > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: RE: Hello > > Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:47:07 -0600 > > From: "Jackson, Mike" <mljackso@bechtel.com> > > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Regarding your Roper relatives, if you will call me, Mike Jackson, at > > 281-970-3533 after 7 PM CST, M-F, I will see if either of these people show > > in the Chilton County Cemetery Index. If they are buried in the county, > > their names will be in the index (unless they were buried in unmarked > > graves, of course). > > > > Thanks, Mike Jackson, 713-235-5842, 713-871-7967 fax, > > mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brandon Wallace [SMTP:bwallace@huntingdon.edu] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 6:57 PM > > > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Hello > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am looking for information on a John Thompson Roper, a Methodist > > > Minister who died and was buried in Chilton County. He was born in > > > Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina in 1810, and moved to AL in around the > > > 1830s or 40s. If you have any information on this person or a Caroline > > > Roper, who was born in the 1840s , I would be much obliged if you would > > > share this information. > > > Sincerely, > > > Brandon Wallace > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: ALCHILTO-D Digest V99 #76 > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 15:31:52 -0500 > From: ELIZABETH RUSSO <elizabethrusso@home.com> > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > > Shall I presume you found the Methodist Archives? Mary Ann Pickard is > truly a Godsend, and I was about to suggest that you make sure and check > the obits from the Alabama Christian Advocate for all the family > members, not just the minister. Their obits are among the most > informative around. > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > List maintainer, Methodist-L@rootsweb.com > President, Methodist Genealogical Society > > Brandon Wallace wrote: > I went > > to the library at Huntingdon College, and they had a slew of information on John > > Thompson Roper, Joesph Roper, and their father John Roper. T