I'm looking for ANY info on the people below in an effort to prove that my g-gm Louisa Caroline REID Morris is the Caroline READ mentioned in the census part of the info below. John WORL/James READ and neighbors in S9, T11N, R3E in Clarke Co., Ala. 1843-1854 from the BLM-GLO records Patentee names/state/date/doc.#: CAVE, HENRY W AL 03/10/1843 7681 CAVE, JAMES W AL 09/01/1845 7682 HOLT, LEWIS AL 03/10/1843 7681 MOORE, LUCY AL 09/01/1845 7682 * READ, JAMES AL 01/01/1852 9756 WILLIAMSON, TROPHIMUS P AL 11/15/1854 11222 *WORL, JOHN AL 01/01/1852 9758 [Here is John Worl in same section with a James READ--land patent on same date as James Read--almost sequential document numbers 9756 and 9758] [also a George REED had land not far away in Sec. 14 of T11 R3] -------------- Clark Co. Ala. Records 1814-1885 by Marilyn Davis Barefield Marriage records: July 3, 1828 John READ to Lucinda CAVES July 3, 1828 Anthony RABON to Lucy CAVES 5/29/1845 John WORL to Ellender J. HOLT 12/20/1852 A. A. CARLETON to Lucy A. HOLT ------------- ALEXANDER CARLETON JOHN WORL (co-owners) Land Document #: 11278, 11279, 11280 Issue Date: November 15, 1854 Land Office: ST. STEPHENS 22/ 11-N 3-E CLARKE --- -------------- from The South Alabamian 9/29/1860 The Southern Farm Steam Mill and 640 acres of land, including teams, smith tools, etc., if desired. The Mill is in good running order and will saw 8,000 feet of lumber per day. Located 4 miles from Greenville. Possession given at any time desired by purchasers. For particulars apply on the premises, or address us at Greenville, [Butler Co.] Ala. We will continue to fill orders for lumber on short notice, sawed in a superior manner. Delivered from our lumber yard on the Ala. and Fla. Railroad, shipped to any point on the road. CARLETON & WORL Sept. 22, 1860 ----------------------------- Clarke Co. AL Census Oct. 4, 1850 349/349 A. Rabon 30 Farmer Miss. 350/350 Lucind Read 42 SC George 16 Ala. Elizabeth 15 Caroline 12***[This seems to be my Caroline!] Jane 9 George Green 21 Farmer Tenn? Nancy 19 Ellen 2 351/351 James Read 25 Farmer Ala. Rebecca 23 John 1 ------------------ 1860 Butler Co. Ala. Census Greenville P. O. Precinct 12 23 Aug 1860 #1981 John WORLD 40 mechanick (sic) 5, 000 8,000 Pencilvany (sic) Love his spelling! Mary World 38 NC Sarah 9 Ala. Leon 7 N. 4 male B. 3 male ***Caroline Read 19 Ala.[This IS my Caroline] --------------------- If John WORL married Ellender J. HOLT in 1845 in Clarke Co. Ala., then who is the Mary he was married to in 1860? Did Ellender die? When? Trying to find John Worl in 1850! --------------------- Estate of John WORL from the Index to Probate Minutes for Butler Co., Alabama: 1863-1865 Book 7 WORL, John 604 Mary A. widow Heirs: L.P. L.O.?, A.B., L.A., ?, CARLETON and WORL Land, Clarke Co., Ala.; Butler Co. 50 acres, also a lot in Greenville. 1873-74 Book 16 WORL, John 127 Land 50 acres, So. end of E1/2 of SW1/4 of Sec. 23, T10, R14 Heirs Mrs. S.C. MOSELY, wife of _______ MOSELEY, Choctowcoma? Clarke Co., AL, L.P. Worl, N.O. Worl, now deceased, who was a minor, A.B. Worl, a minor 14 yrs old, and L.A. Worl, minor 11 yrs old --------------------- Family story says my great-grandmother Louisa Caroline "Carrie" READ/REID Morris was orphaned as a teenager and raised by a Mr. WORLD [also spelled WORL, WORRELL, WIRL, WORRILL, etc.]. John Worl's Butler Co. estate record proves he is the same John WORL who owned land with A. Carleton in Clarke Co. so likely the same John WORL who neighbored the READS, HOLTS, and CAVES in S.9, T.11N, R3E. I'd be extremely grateful for more info on any of these people. Thanks. Cheryll Morris Sumner