Many thanks to Kaye Watts!!! Thanks to her we now have the 1870 Census for Coppermine District online!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/clay/census.htm Thank you Kaye!! Debra Crosby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/1229.1.1 Message Board Post: I'll sure run it down from her on George's side. Thank you very much for the lead. I'll post findings.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GREEN, PRESLEY, RAYFIELD, REYNOLDS, STEWART Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/1229.1 Message Board Post: Following is marriage license for George Tillery and Ella Green in case he is related to you. The State of Alabama, Talladega County: To any licensed Minister of the Gospel in regular communion with the Christian Church or society of which he is a member, or Judge of the Supreme, Circuit or City Court, or Chancellor within the State, or Judge of Probate, or Justice of the Peace within their respective Counties, Greetings: Your are hereby authorized to solemnize marriage between Mr. George Tillery and Miss Ella Green and to join them together in matrimony, and to certify the same in writing to this office, as required by law. Given under my hand 24th day of October A.D. 1891. G.K. Miller, Judge of Probate This certifies that I have solemnized marriage between Mr. George Tillery and Miss Ella Green according to laws at near Tallassiehatchie Church said County and State, on the 25th day of October 1891. ?Omega Smart?, JP Beat No. 9. The State of Alabma, Talladega County. To G.K. Miller, Judge of Probate, The undersigned respectfully represents Miss Ella Green is under 18 years of age and ....such a marriage is contemplated between the said Ella Green and Mr. George Tillery and we do hereby consent that a license for...perform may be issued by your Honor. Given under our hands this 24th Day of October 1891, J.R. Green Mattie Green ..notarized before Judge Miller Ella's parents were James Robert Green and Martha Presley Green. I don't know who George Tillery's parents were, and I don't know if George & Ella had children. I haven't researched them yet. My husband is descended from Ella's younger brother Fred Arthur Green.

Great news!! Alabama now has a new family group sheet project. They are currently operating state wide!! But I've created a form which will let persons send in information by County instead of state only and still go to the state project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~alclay/grpsht.html Check out this form and check out the project!!! Debra Crosby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tillery, Jones, Baird Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/1229 Message Board Post: There is very little know of my grandmother TinnyBelle Tillery, which married Sylvester went by Sil Jones. Link was made that my great grand mother would of been Anna Baird ( found a distant cousin) in Talladega, AL which knew Tinny. Any help is much appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Hood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/2.369.578 Message Board Post: I saw this post and was wondering if you have any information on the Margaret Anderson. I have a David A. Anderson born in 1822 in Virginia. In 1843 he married Dyanthia Belle Hood in Tallapoosa, Co., Ala. By 1860 he had moved to Randolph Co Ala, which later became Clay Co., He died in Apr 1862 in the Civil War. His wife stayed in Clay Co. until btwn 1870 and 1880 moved to Bell Co., Texas then to Callahan Co., Texas and died there in 1913. Many of there children moved to Texas also. Wondering if these Andersons were perhaps related since in same places.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: YOUNG, McKENZIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/958.1.2 Message Board Post: Lodrick & Sarah Etta YOUNG were married in Randolph co. AL. They were the parents of at least 4 children : Velma YOUNG b. 1898, Walter Marshall YOUNG b. 1905, Minnie YOUNG b. 1908 TX, and Russell YOUNG b. 1911 TX. On the 1910 census this family resided in Nacogdoches co. TX. In 1920 they resided in Wichita co. TX and by 1934 they resided in Cotton co. OK.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: YOUNG, McKENZIE, LIPHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/958.1.1 Message Board Post: No I have not found any information on this YOUNG family. I am mainly researching the McKENZIE family. Mary Jane McKENZIE was my g.grandmother. She had a sister named Sarah Etta who married Lodrict T. YOUNG on 13 June 1897. Sarah Etta and Mary Jane "Mollie" were daughters of John Franklin & Emily Frances LIPHAM McKenzie. Sarah Etta supposedly died in 1952 in Cotton co., OK.

Are there any descendants of Eugene S. Haynie/Martha Elizabeth Ingram on this list?

Clay County AlArchives Deaths.....Joseph Redie Roberts January 17 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kaye Robertson Watts wattsit2ya@htcomp.net June 30, 2003, 5:37 pm Name: Roberts, Joseph Redie Date Of Death: January 17 1912 Time: 10 a.m. Place Of Death: Cragford Alabama; Wesobulga Beat 4 Residence: Cragford , Alabama Wesobulga Beat 4 Gender: Male Race: W Age: 64 Marital Status: Married Date Of Birth: December 30 1847 Place Of Birth: Alabama Mother's Name: Lancaster, Mary Mother's Birthplace: Georgia Father's Name: Roberts, James Deacon Father's Birthplace: Georgia Cause Of Death: Strangulated Hernia Hospital: none SS Number: Occupation: Farmer Funeral Home: Unknown Doctor: M. Stuckey M.D. Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Wesobulga, Alabama Date Recorded: January 30 1912 Death Certificate #286 Informants name is not shown How long did deceased reside at place of death? 18 years Duration of Illness; 10 Days Contributory disease causing death? Peritonitis Did deceased undergo a surgical operation and if so when and of what nature? No Additional Comments: Joseph Redie Roberts married Georgia Ann Missouri Knight 2-6-1873, Clay County, Alabama. Georgia Ann Missouri Knight is the daughter of David Ellerson Knight and Charlotte Dean. All are buried Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb

Clay-Jefferson County AlArchives Obituaries.....William Lee Wilder March 26 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kaye Watts wattsit2ya@htcomp.net June 30, 2003, 5:20 pm Unknown Source, Probably Meigs, Ware County, Georgia, Newspaper FINAL RITES HELD IN MEIGS FOR LATE WILLIAM L. WILDER MEIGS - William Lee Wilder, 76 a reisdent of Route 2, Pellham, died while on a fishing trip in Leon County, Florida and funeral services for him were held Sunday at the Meigs Baptist Church with Eilder Earl Childs and the Reb. J.G. Garrison officiating. Interment followed in the Meigs Sun-set Cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife; two sons, K.V. Wilder of Tallahasee, Fla., and Howard Wilder of Baldwin; four daughters, Mrs. Hilton Johnson, and Mrs. Harry Farr of Thomasville, Mrs. Edwin Cribb of Waycross and Mrs. Jack Thomas of Albany; two brothers, E.R. Wilder and Morgan Wilder of Birmingham and five sisters, Mrs. C.C. Harry of Birmingham, Mrs. Hamp Mitchell, Mrs. L.D. Walker and Mrs. L. Leftwich of Cragford, Ala., and Mrs. A.A. McDaniel of Pelham. Braswell Funeral Home, Pelham handled the funeral arrangements. Additional Comments: William Lee Wilder is the husband of Lee Ella Roberts, daughter of Monsula John Buchanan Roberts and Laura East, both buried Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama. William Lee Wilder is the son of Cornelius C. Wilder and LaDora Betterton, both buried Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Lee Ella Wilder September 27 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kaye Watts wattsit2ya@htcom.net June 30, 2003, 5:08 pm Unknown newspaper clipping - Possibly Waycross Georgia Newspaper MRS. WILDER WAYCROSS - Mrs. Leela Roberts Wilder, 93, died early today in a nursing home after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gentry-Shepard-Inman Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Meigs Cemetery. Mrs. Wilder, a native of Clay County, was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. She was the wife of the late William Lee Wilder. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. E.V. Cribb, Waycross, Mrs. Pauline Johnson and Mrs. Addie Farr, both of Thomasville, and Mrs. Erin Thomas, Albany; two sons, K.V. Wilder, Tallahassee and W.H. Wilder, Jacksonville, Fla.; and several grandchildren. Additional Comments: Lee Ella Roberts Wilder is the daughter of Monsula John Buchanan "Bud" Roberts and Laura East, both buried Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama. William Lee Wilder is the son of Cornelius C. Wilder and LaDora Betterton, both buried Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2R.2ADE/474.573.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Michele - Thanks for this information. I would like as much information as you can share on this line. DeAnn

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2R.2ADE/958.1 Message Board Post: JoAnn I just started looking into this YOUNG family. It's been awhile seen you posted your meassage, have you found any new information? Linda

I am looking for a link to my William W. Wilkins who was bn 1815 Ga. and came to Talladega/Clay Co. 1845-1850 and died in Ashland 1884. He was a grocer, farmer, and JP. He was married to Elizabeth Carpenter, P. Gordon, and Vina Holdridge Hardy. His daughter, Eliza Wilkins, was married to John Winkles 1882 Clay Co. His son,Sanford, was a retail merchant in the town of Ashland. He had the following children: Eliza, Sanford R., George W., Nancy, Ashalnd Z., John S., Cora, and Sallie. Mary E. "Mollie" Wilkins Hopkins bn 1865 died 1911 was my g-grandmother. I would like to contact a Wilkins or Winkles who still lives in the Ashland area. If any one has any information on this family or knows someone who descends from them, please contact me at Gmjerkins@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2R.2ADE/474.573.2.1.1 Message Board Post: DeAnn, The McConatha's listed on the 1850 Talladega Co., Al Federal census are all the same family, Joseph is the father and Samuel and Benjamin are his sons. They came from Laurens Co. SC. You will find a Samuel McConathy residing there, is Joseph's father. You will also find Samuel McConathy, Joseph's son on the 1860 Sabine Parish, LA Federal Census. If you would like more information, please let me know

A. J. Ingram and R. F. Peacock gave affidavits to the widow's pension application of Ellen Haynie of Delta in 1914. Can anyone provide any information on these individuals and the maiden name of Ellen Haynie? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pearson, Devaughn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/1030 Message Board Post: married 23 Dec 1880 William "Rance" b May 1857 Specific information desired: William's date of death Eliza's birth and death dates Any children

Does anyone know anything about L. S. Allen who married Beverly Durrett 1 Feb 1885 in Clay County?