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/4R.2ADE/1585 Message Board Post: The Evergreen Courant Evergreen, Ala. January 20, 2005 page 11 STATE OF ALABAMA CONECUH COUNTY IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2005-1 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT ESTATE OF NORMAN M. MORRIS, SR., DECEASED Letter Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of December, 2004, by the honorable Rogene Booker, Judge of the Probate Court of Conecuh County, Alabama , notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby reqquired to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred. s/Wayne Dyess and Evelyn B. Morris Nix & Nix Attorneys at Law (Jan.-6-20-c)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Salter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/1584 Message Board Post: HIi, My name is Joyce Salter Johnson, this summer(2005) I plan to follow the maigration trail of the James Salter Family. My tentative plans are to take a five day journey Aug3-7, by private coach from NC to AL to MS. Some hightlights of the journey will consist of visiting Washington County and Bartow GA. and Coneuch County in AL. and then on to Neshoba County in MS. On this journey I will be taking a small camera to document this historial event. I am seeking descendants of James Salter who are interested in taking this journey, please let me know ASAP.for more info,my email adress is salter@salter-saulter.com. Thanks--JOYCE

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/4R.2ADE/1583.1 Message Board Post: I can check the Wiggins, Presley files and get with you on the Census Records. We have a document entitled WIGGINS FAMILY (1615-1915) by Lucy Colson Wiggins. We also have a Presley document, but I didn't see John David Presley listed.

To William Witherington, Jr. researchers... Take a look at this Timeline. Also read Chapter 7, providing further details of the Creek Indian War in Monroe/Conecuh County, Alabama. The following additional facts & dates lead me to strongly believe that our William Witherington, Jr. actually served during the War of 1812 over in Alabama, likely at Fort Claiborne, fighting the Creek Indians..... then later decided to migrate from Feliciana Parish, Miss Territory (now Louisiana) to Conecuh County, AL in 1819. Bill King See Dates/Timeline detailed below.... .....On July 7, 1813, Governor David Holmes (Mississippi Territory) signs Ensign's Certificate of William Witherington, Jr., who was then living in Feliciana Parish, Mississippi Territory (now Louisiana). Witherington would have been 40 years of age at the time. .....On August 13, 1813, the surprise attack on Fort Mims, AL by the Creek Indians. ....Governor David Holmes (Mississippi Territory) immediately calls for militia troops from M.T. to fight against the Creek Indians in Monroe County, AL; which was then a part of the Mississippi Territory. ......On 4 Sept. 1813, Wm Witherington, Jr. was sworn as Ensign, 17th Regiment, Miss Territory Militia at Washington (Capitol of the M.T.) by Captain James Ware. ......In October 1813 General Claiborne and his Mississippi Militia entered the Choctaw Nation to confer with the Choctaw leaders. Together they planned a joint campaign against the Creeks. After a week of preparation the militia, some regular troops and 700 Choctaw men crossed the Alabama River and established Fort Claiborne (in Monroe County, M.T.) about 25 miles upstream of the ruins of Fort Mims." _________________________ Below Copied from Chapter 7 - The Creek War 1811-1815 http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter07.htm "When the news of the massacre reached Mississippi both the Americans and the Choctaw responded immediately. The governor called up the territorial militia and placed it under the command of General Ferdinand Claiborne. The Choctaw felt that they had been betrayed by the Creek "primitives". The Creeks intended to begin a war to the death between the USA and the Indian nations. The Choctaw still felt that if they could only prove to the whites that they were a sensible and friendly people then the long period of bickering and land-grabbing would end and the two races could live side by side as friends. Pushmataha accordingly urged his people to support the US in the war. The Choctaw condemned the attack by the Creeks and offered the military power of the Choctaw nation to the US government. By November 1813 General Claiborne and his Mississippi militia entered the Choctaw Nation to confer with the Choctaw leaders. Together they planned a joint campaign against the Creeks. After a week of preparation the militia, some regular troops and 700 Choctaw men crossed the Alabama River and established Fort Claiborne about 25 miles upstream of the ruins of Fort Mims." ----- Original Message ----- From: canebrakesociety To: canebrakesocietygroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [canebrakesocietygroup] The Creek War, 1811-1815 Chapter 7 - The Creek War 1811-1815 Shortcut to: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter07.htm

looking for parents of ggggrandfather elijah johnson born 1805-1810 ga ,he married susannah tew 6/1/1837 in early co,ga these people named in their family line ,i put his kids names on here if they connect to yours please help.1 .joshua johnson 2-aaron ,j. johnson -3-mary elizabeth ---4-james e.---5--joesph j.---6-missouria .a.j.--7--frances m.---8--gilbert snead johnson--9--david g.johnson--the 1st three were born in randolph co,ga the rest were born in abbieville ala.we also knoe in 1820 elijah johnsons family was in burke co, thank you idella

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wiggins, Presley, Kinnard Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1583 Message Board Post: This message is for Sherry Johnston or anyone who can help. I am looking for the parents of Anne Jane Wiggins (Abt 1826 in Alabama – Aft 1880 in Conecuh, AL). I have found her in the 1850 US Census with her husband John David Presley (Abt 1817 in AL – Aft 1893 in Conecuh, AL): 1850 Conecuh Co, AL Census 16 Nov 1850 Reel: M432-3 Pg: 380A Dwelling 718 Family 718 Presley, John, 33, M, Farmer,120, Ala (Son of Floyd?) Presley, Anne J, 23, F, Ala Presley, Nancy, 8, F, Ala Presley, Susan M., 8, F, Ala Presley, Wm. P., 4, M, Ala Presley, Malisa, 2, F, Ala A 16 year old, William Wiggins was living in the house with John and Anne in the 1860 census. I believe his mother is Sarah Wiggins (23 years old) from the 1850 Census – a William was listed as 7 in 1850 in the household of Sarah Wiggins. Perhaps Sarah and Anne are sisters-in-law through one of Anne’s brothers. Here is her husband’s land patent: Patentee: JOHN D PRESLEY Survey State: ALABAMA Acres: 162.2 Metes/Bounds: No Title Transfer Issue Date: 2/6/1911 Land Office: Montgomery Cancelled: No U.S. Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392) Document Numbers Document Nr.: 02205 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 0 Accession/Serial Nr.: 176149 BLM Serial Nr.: ALMT 0002205 S½SE 24/ 1-S 4-E No St Stephens AL Baldwin S½SW 24/ 1-S 4-E No St Stephens AL Baldwin Does anyone know how to use the above data to locate this property on a map? I found Anne Jane Presley buried next to her husband in Welcome Cemetery: Headstone: PRESLEY double John Presley no dates Jane Presley no dates WELCOME CEMETERY BEAT 8 CONECUH COUNTY Now, I have looked around for potential parents of Anne Jane Wiggins and found two potentials – Elihu Wiggins (b.14 Dec 1776 , Duplin-Sampson, North Carolina d. 3 Jul 1830 , Conecuh, Alabama) or Labon Wiggins (1804 , Sampson, North Carolina d. 1852 , Alabama). Labon’s father is Elihu. I am not sure of the source, but this is what I have about (Elisheu) Elihu’s family: Elihu Wiggins (b.14 Dec 1776 , Duplin-Sampson, North Carolina; m. 1801 , Conecuh, NC; d. 3 Jul 1830 , Conecuh, Alabama) Margaret Kinnard (b.Abt 1780 , Sampson, NC; d. 2 Oct 1842, Conecuh, Alabama) Children Kilby Wiggins (1 May 1802, NC) William Daniel Wiggins (27 Dec 1803, NC) Labon Wiggins (1804, NC) Kinnard David Wiggins (1810, NC) Sarah Wiggins (Abt 1812, AL) Margaret Wiggins (1814, AL) Leonard R. Wiggins (Abt 1826, AL) Daughter Wiggins (Abt 1826, AL) Here is Elihu’s land patent: Name: ELIHU WIGGINS Land Office: SPARTA Document Number: 44 Total Acres: 79.87 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: June 25, 1825 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 E½NE ST STEPHENS No 5N 13E 1 In the 1830 US Census in Conecuh, AL, I found: Elihu Wiggins 1 male 5-10yrs old 1 male 10-15 1 male 15-20 2 males 20-30 2 females 5-10 2 females 15-20 1 female 40-50 Anne would only be abt 4 yrs old in 1830. In 1840 Census, Conecuh, AL, I couldn’t find Elihu, but I did find: Margaret Wiggins 1 male 20-30 1 female 15-20 1 female 50-60 Anne would only be abt 14 yrs old in 1840. In the 1850 Census in Conecuh, AL: Laban Wiggins 46 Martha 35 Mary 12 Margaret M 8 Martha E 2 Susan S. 4/12 of a yr. James 18 William E. 16 Jesse 14 Elijah E. 5 Joshua 10 Anne was 23 living with her husband in 1850. This makes her too old to be Martha’s daughter. Labon may have had a wife before Martha that could have been Anne’s mom. So I looked at the 1840 census. In 1840 Census, Conecuh, AL: Labon Wiggins 3 males <5 yrs old 2 males 5-10 1 male 30-40 1 female <5 1 female 15-20 1 female 20-30 This means that there was a female 15-20 in 1840 that we don’t know the name of and is too old to be Martha’s child. Anne was abt 14 yrs old in 1840. I have a picture of Anne taken in 1893 at the home of her son Ransom Presley in Conecuh Co., AL. Does anyone have a copy of “People and Places of Conecuh County, Alabama 1816-1860” authored by Conecuh County Historical Society (Conecuh Co., AL)? Could you look for Annie Jane and the family of Elihu and Labon Wiggins? Any help would be very appreciated!!

FYI Data and location of: Ward-Witherington Cemetery at Fork Sepulga (est. @ 1819) Conecuh County, AL http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com/action.lasso?-database=cemdata&-layout=CGI&-response=cemdata.lasso&-recordID=33736&-search

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/4R.2ADE/1582.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Sherry! I appreciate your taking the time to answer! Susan

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/4R.2ADE/1582.1 Message Board Post: We have a LYNCH vertical file here at Evergreen Public Library. Looking at the LYNCH burials in the Conecuh Headstones Book, Volumes 1 & 2, I found a Nervie LYNCH (mother of Mandy Wiggins--unmarked) buried at Antioch Cemetery. Other names of LYNCH family members are buried at Flat Rock, Cedar Creek, Holland, Holly Grove, Jones Chapel, and Brushy Creek Cemeteries.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lynch, Hall, Gipson, Patrick, Kirksey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1582 Message Board Post: I am researching the LYNCH family of Conecuh County. My direct line is Martha Elizabeth LYNCH who m. Calvin HALL. She was a daughter of WILLIAM Lynch and her siblings were Delaney Louisa, Minerva, Chandler, and Elvira. I would like contact with anyone of this line. Thanks! Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hall, Lynch, Patrick, Gipson, McKinney, Gorum, et al Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1581 Message Board Post: I am researching the Josiah HALL family in Conecuh County. My direct ancestor is Calvin Hall, 23rd AL Regiment Co. 'H' who enlisted in the CSA 1861along with brothers, uncles, etc. In 1864 his name appears as a signature on an oath of allegiance to the US at Chattanooga, TN which shows his place of residence as Conecuh County,AL. He is described as dark complected, brown hair and blue eyes. I would like contact with anyone of the Josiah Hall line. Thanks! Susan

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/4R.2ADE/1580 Message Board Post: Descendents of Richard and Priscilla Sutton Talbert will be holding a reunion on Saturday, July 9 at the Neshoba County Coliseum, Highway 15 By-Pass, Philadelphia, MS. If you are a part of this family and would like more information, please contact: Eleanor Belew at tebelew@comcast.net 4115 Balsa Court, Loveland, CO 80538 Carl Nowell at cnowell@rehab.state.al.us; or Tom Talbert at Tandrtalbert@aol.com.

_http://pateri.com/stuff/tugboat.html_ (http://pateri.com/stuff/tugboat.html) I saw this a couple years ago and was told the captian was a Wilkinson. Does anybody know if he was related to the Wilkinson family from Old Texas in Monroe Co.? Grant

This happened at Demopolis, AL. at the old Rooster Bridge that has now been replaced by a new bridge. If you look close on the upper portion of the bridge you will see Demopolis painted. It is on the Tombigbee river. Click on the following link for some pretty amazing photos..... http://pateri.com/stuff/tugboat.html

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/4R.2ADE/1579 Message Board Post: For genealogical purposes only The Evergreen Courant Thursday February 10, 2005 page 13 Obit for Gordon Randall Cobb Gordon Randall Cobb, age 45, died unexpectedly on Monday, February 7, 2005 at his home in Millbrook. He ws preceded in death by his mother-in-law , Willie Nita Hamm Cobb. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 1 p.m. from Prattville Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ron Thrower officiating. Burial will follow in Prattville Memory GArdens with prattville Memorial Chapel directing. Pallbearers will be Jay Faulk, Jody Marrow, Victor Swift, Andy Allen, Timmy Hatfield, Dewayne Bowden, Drew Allen and Jason Osborne. Survivors include his wife of 28 years, marjorie Ann Allen Cobb; two sons, Jeremy Randall cobb and Joshua Rivers Faulk, both of Millbrook; three daughters, Jessica Ann Cobb, Jenna Leigh-Ann Cobb adn Amanda Michelle Ellis Cobb, all of Millbrook; two grandsons, Taylor Austin Cobb and hayden Randall Cobb , both of Millbrook; his parents, Helen and Gordon Cobb, Evergreen; tow sisters , Gaye Shipp and Cindy Tatus, both of Evergreen; three brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Wayne and Mary Ann Swift, Meridian, Miss., Victor and Kay Swift adn Andy and Barbara Allen, all of Selma; his father-in-law , Andrew Allen, Selma; and a number of nieces, nephews , great nieces , great nephews and aunts and uncles.

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/4R.2ADE/1578 Message Board Post: Genealogical purposes only The Evergreen Courant Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 page 13 JAMES THOMAS GREEN James Thomas Green age 75, of Castleberry died Thursday, February 3, 2005 at his residence. he was born May 13, 1929 in Castleberry . He was a logger and farmer. Graveside services swere held Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 2 p.m. from Buffington Cemetery in Castleberry witht he Rev. Bob Godbee officiating adn Cope Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two sons, Lawrence Eugene Green, East Brewton and Danny Green, Irvington; one daughter, missy Davis, Uriah; one brother, Winford Green, Mobile; one sister , Eunice White, Evergreen; and three grandchildren.

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/4R.2ADE/1577 Message Board Post: The Evergreen Courant Thursday Feb. 10, 2005 page 13 Evergreen, Alabama for genealogical purposes only CHARLES ALBERT WEBSTER Charles Albert Webster, age 84, of Birmingham died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 in a Birmingham hospital. He was born September 8, 1920 in Brewton. He was self-employed as a pharmacist and owned and operated Vernon Drugs in Vernon, Ala. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a member of th eUnited Methodist Church in Vernon. Graveside services were held Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 2 p.m. from Magnolia Cemetery with Pastor Leeann Reed officiating and Clope Funeral Home directing. Survivors include one son, Tom Webster, Vernon; two daughters, Susan Reed, Birmingham and Patsy Myers, Pensacola, Fla.; one brother, Dr. Harry Webster, mobile ; one sister, Jeannette Shanklin, Lumberton, N. C. ; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

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/4R.2ADE/1576 Message Board Post: The Evergreen Courant Jan 2, 2003 Thurs. page 8 ETHEL LOUISE ANTHONY Ethel Louise Anthony , 73, of Evergreen died Saturday, December 28, 2002, in an Evergreen hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Cope Funeral Home. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Cope Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her husband, Doug Anthony, Evergreen; one son Mitchell Anthony, Evergreen; one daughter and son-in-law , Edith and Larry Morrison, Evergreen; tow brothers, Clifford Varner, Monroeville and Charles Varner, Tallassee; one sister, Ethel Mae Crawford, Montgomery; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren

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/4R.2ADE/1575 Message Board Post: The Evergreen Courant Thurs. 2 Jan. 2003 page 8 MARY ELIZABETH ELLIS RODDAM Mary Elizabeth Ellis Roddam of Dothan and Montgomery died Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. She was 77. Funeral services were held Tuesday, december 24, 2002 at 11 a.m. at Kilgore-Green Chapel in Jasper with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Donations shoud be made to the United Methodist Children's Home. Mrs. Roddam was dedicated to 43 hyears of teaching Home Economices, with 16 years of service in Walker County. She was an active member in the AEA, NEA, and the Houston County Kiwanis Club. She was a past presient of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was also an active member at the United Methodist Church in Castleberry , Clio and Dothan. Mrs. Roddam was in strumental in starting various cooking and sewing clubs in the Curry Community. She was preceded in death by her parents, A.A. Ellis and Jessie Weaver Ellis of Castleberry and a grandson, Henry Joseph Roddam of Troy. Survivors include her husband , John Dudley Roddam of Dothan and Montgomery; one son, Henry Johnhthan Roddam of Montgomery; one daughter, Marie Joanette Roddam of Miami, Fla; and a granddaughter, Victoria Windsor Marie Roddam of Montgomery; two sisters, Alice Ellis Salter of Atmore and Dorothy Ellis Pforte of Marianna, Fla.; three brothers, Harry and wife Betty Ellis of Evergreen, Dudley and wife Dorothy Ellis of Jasper and Eddie and wife Nancy Wllis of Walnut Hill, Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews.

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/4R.2ADE/1574 Message Board Post: The Evergreen Courant dated Thursday, Jan 2, 2003 page 8 MATILDA FANTROY Matilda Fantroy , age 87, died Thursday, December 19, 2002 in a Brewton hospital. She was born April 1, 1915 in Conecuh County to the late Charlie and Millie mcCants. She was the sixth of twelve children born to this union. AT an early age she accepted Christ and united with Belleville Baptist Church, later moving to Hamden Ridge Baptist Church, where she remained a faithful member untill her death. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivey Fantroy, her parents, two sisters and six brothers. Funeral services were held Sunday, Decebmer 22, 2002 at 2 p.m. from Hamden Ridge Baptist Church with the Rev. Moses Stallworth officiating. Burial was in Jordan Memorial Gardens, Presley-Fluker Funeral Directors directing. Survivors include two daughters, Jacqueline Lowe, Manchester, Ga. and Reva McCreary, Evergreen; two sons, Lafayette (Christine) Fantroy and Ronald (Minnie) Fantroy, both of Evergreen; three sisters, Ollie Jenkins, Atlanta, Ga., Mattie (Sam) Gantt adn Bertha (Earlie) Thomas, both of Brewton; nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and other relatives.