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/1631 Message Board Post: In the local paper of September 1888 Conecuh County reads the following: Notice of Application to Sell Real Estate: "The State of Alabama, Conecuh County, Probate Court, Special Term Oct. 30th 1888, Estate of S. F. Forbes, deceased. This day came W.S. Crosby, Administrator,...., of said estate, and...filed his application in due ...and under oath praying for an order of sale of certain lands described therein, and belonging to said ....the partense (?) of paying debts, upon the ground that there is no personal property belonging to said estate with which to pay the debts thereof. It is ordered that the 19th day of December 1888 bde a day appointed for hearing such applications, at which time all parties interest can appear and contest the same, if they think proper." Signed P.C. Walker, Judge of Probate. This was hard to read from photocopy of microfilm, and where you see....it was illegible--print was too faint to make out.

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/1630 Message Board Post: In a 1917 article from a Conecuh County newspaper reads the following: "One of the largest real estate transactions to take place in this county in some time was consumated last week when Walter Lee purchased the BURGAMY place from John W. Brown. This property is situated five miles south of Evergreen on the Castleberry road and consists of some of the finest farming land in this section of the state. Mr. Lee will convert it into a modern stock farm."

For Witherington researchers wishing to learn more about the restoration of the early Ward-Witherington Cemetery (est. c. 1819) near Fork Sepulga in NE Conecuh County, AL, please browse the following web page. WARD-WITHERINGTON CEMETERY at Fork Sepulga, Conecuh County, AL aka: Ward Cemetery aka: Fork Sepulga Cemetery Click on: http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com/cem_proj_18-001074.lasso A TopoZone Map locating this cemetery can also be found at: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=31.5878&lon=-86.9562&datum=nad83&u=5 This early and neglected cemetery, believed to have been established about 1819, (upon the arrival of the family from Feliciana Parish, Louisiana) is thought to be the burial location of the following Witherington family members. William Witherington Sr. (1740-1819) - Rev. War Patriot William Witherington, Jr. (1773-1837) - Ensign in Mississippi Territory Militia Sarah 'Stanley' Witherington (1777-1845; wife of Wm. Jr.) Sarah Caroline Witherington (1816-1819; dau of Wm. Jr.) Amanda Witherington (1821-1821; dau of Wm. Jr.) William Witherington, Jr. served as an Ensign in the 17th Regiment, Mississippi Territory Militia, Capt. James Ward's Company, during 1813-1815 period. He likely served with the Mississippi Militia during the Creek Indian uprisings in Monroe & Counech Counties during 1813-1814. Location of the Ward-Witherington Cemetery is: NW Quarter of SW Quarter of Section 10, Township 7, Range 11 of Conecuh County, AL. This land was originally recorded to William Ward* in 1837. WILLIAM WARD Land Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.95 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/15/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: #31719 *Legal Description: NW SW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh For further info on this WITHERINGTON family group, please contact: Bill King 281-493-6767 BillKing@houston.rr.com

I have Isaac Manning who was in Washington County, GA. by 1805 and was listed on the 1820 census on page 136. He was in Conecuh County, AL. by1833, probably by 1830. He was listed on the 1840 Conecuh County census page 279. his wife was Mary last name unknown who was also from Washington County, GA. David P. Manning ----- Original Message ----- From: <irishsttr2@aol.com> To: <ALCONECU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:09 PM Subject: [ALCONECU] 1820 Washington Co. GA > Pages 135-137 of the 1820 Washington Co. GA Census are very interesting. I have Lees on both sides of my family. A few days ago, I was looking at the James HARTLEY (next door to Sampson LEE in 1820 Washington Co.), trying (along with Doc Lee) to determine if he could be the ancestor of my paternal Hartleys or if he is related to the James Hartley in 1830 Wilcox Co. or 1840 Covington Co.. > > Then yesterday I received a query about my maternal Joiners which required me to look at them in 1820. I knew my Joiners were from Washington Co. Ga. before Conecuh Co. Ala., but I was more than a little bit interested when I found all the following names and some other familiar ones all within three pages of each other. > ----------------------------- > *Name: Bud Lee Township: Not Stated County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Image Number: 227 > [also an Ira? LEE on page 139] > > Name: Solomon Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > Name: James Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > *Name: James Hartley County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > *Name: Sampson Lee County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > Name: Hardy Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > Name: Malichi Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 > > Name: Alan Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [possibly related to the one later in Butler/Conecuh???] > > Name: Abraham Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 > > **Name: Elisha Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [Conecuh Co.] > > Name: Josiah Franklin County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [Is this the same one in Butler Co. in 1830?] > > ***Name: Edmund Joiner [listed as JAMES in Ancestry.com index] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [Conecuh Co. 1830] > 2-3-0-1-1-0-2-2-0-1-0-0-1 [my ggg-gf] > [next door to Green BRANTLY] > > Name: Green Brantly [listed as BRUNTY in index] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [later in Conecuh???] > > Name: Harris Brantly County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [several more BRANTLYs on this page!] > > Name: Major Ellis County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 > ----- > Others of interest: > Name: Jabez Joines [JOINER??] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 141 > Charles Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > David Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > Henry Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > *James Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > *John Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > *Thomas Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 > --------------------------------------------- > If you have ancestors from Washington Co. Ga. or know any of these people and know that they migrated to the vicinity of Conecuh Co., please let me know. > CMS > > > > > > ==== ALCONECU Mailing List ==== > > Conecuh Web page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Family of Leroy Page & Catherine Dorinda Witherington of Conecuh County, AL Generation No. 1 1. Leroy4 Page (Bennett Leroy3, Jacob2, John1) was born Abt. 1842 in Butler Co, AL (Source: Marsena Hawk Smith Info, Sept. 1999.), and died Unknown in Conecuh CO, AL (Source: 1870 Conecuh CO, AL Census.). He married Catherine Dorinda Witherington Bef. 1868, daughter of Daniel Witherington and Melissa King. She was born 13 Apr 1844 in Conecuh Co, AL (Source: Marriage Records (Vol 1 & 2) of Conecuh County, AL.), and died 05 Apr 1883 in Conecuh Co, AL. Notes for Leroy Page: <From Marsena Hawk on 3-11-2001> In message from Kay Anderson of Monroe County, AL: she says there were four Page boys in the 23rd Alabama Sharpshooters during a Civil War battle at Drewry's Bluff along the James River between Richmond and Petersburg. Joshua was killed, John W. was wounded in the fighting at Drewry's Bluff, went home from a Richmond hospital on August 18, 1864, and then returned after the end of the year. It also says Leroy was wounded in the side while serving in the trenches, admitted to a Richmond hospital on December 4, 1864, and returned to duty February 6, 1865. I'll bet this Leroy is the same fellow that married Catherine Dorinda Witherington. The three Page boys, with the exception of my Joshua, all enlisted on the same day in 1862 at Evergreen. Notes for Catherine Dorinda Witherington: Catherine Dorinda was the daughter of Daniel Witherington & Melissa King. From 1860 Conecuh County Census: Catherine, age 16/AL, is found living with her family (# 22). August 1870 Conecuh County Census: Beat # 1, Sepulga Post Office PAGE, Leroy 27 m w Al farmer $200 - 200-Voter Catherine Page 26 f KH Al <nee: Witherington> William Page 2 m Al <Listed on the census twice!!> July 1870 Conecuh County Census Beat # 4, Evergreen Post Office Fam # 336 Leroy Page 25/AL Farm Labor Catherine 22/AL KH Edward 3/AL Living nearby: Fam # 335....Melissa Witherington 65/SC,widow and mother of Catherine Page, shown above. Also living nearby: Fam # 341...William Ward, Age 78/SC ----------------------- 1880 Conecuh County, AL Census, Mill Beat Leroy PAGE Self M Male W 36 AL Farming AL AL Catharine D. PAGE Wife M Female W 35 AL Housekeeping GA SC William E. PAGE Son S Male W 13 AL At School AL AL Gracie M. PAGE Dau S Female W 9 AL AL AL Children of Leroy Page and Catherine Witherington are: 2 i. William Edward5 Page, born Abt. 1868 in Conecuh Co, AL (Source: 1870 Conecuh CO, AL Census.); died Unknown. He married Fannie F. Hines 21 Dec 1892 in Conecuh CO, AL (Source: Jean Witherington Info 6/4/99.); born 1873 in AL (Source: Jean Witherington Info 6/4/99.); died Unknown. 3 ii. Grace M. Page, born Abt. 1871 in Conecuh Co, AL (Source: Jean Witherington Info 6/4/99.); died Unknown. Notes for Grace M. Page: Daniel Witherington family bible states: Catherine Dorinda Witherington, born April 13, 1844 was the mother of Melissa (Page) Chapman. Lynn & Bill King WKing13@houston.rr.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C5651A.5D662EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those of you researching the WITHERINGTON and WARD families of Conecuh County, AL from about 1833. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C5651A.5D662EE0 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR.eml" X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:21:42 -0500 From: "Bill King" <BillKing@houston.rr.com> To: WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <003a01c563b2$196d9e30$c0450a43@D5X69B31> Subject: Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TO: Linda Shabo Daughters of the War of 1812 ljshabo@bellsouth.net Linda Both Ted Urquhart and Connie Grund have suggested that I contact you with regard to obtaining a Daughters of the War of 1812 metal marker that can be attached to the VA grave stone of my 4th Gr-Grandfather, William Witherington, JR. The VA grave marker has just been received from the VA by Cope Funeral Home in Evergreen, AL. With the aid of Ted Urquhart of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Society, we intend to conduct a fitting ceremony in late October for the placement of the Witherington War of 1812 grave marker provided us by the Veterans Affairs folks and for the formal recognition of the old long abandoned cemetery in NE Conecuh County. Linda, would you be so kind as to mail me the appropriate application forms so that we might obtain the War of 1812 marker so that Cope can attach it to the VA grave marker now in his posession. And in addition, who do I contact within your organization to invite for your group's participation in the fall event in Conecuh County, AL? Would it be possible for your group to work with Ted Urquhart in preparation and planning for the event? Ted is already arranging for an appropriate "Honor Guard" in period dress for us. Linda, it is our intention to make this event a WITHERINGTON FAMILY REUNION affair, as well..... with a 'box lunch dinner' being held on the cemetery grounds. Your participation would be welcomed and is encouraged!!!! Bill King, Houston, TX 281-493-6767 BillKing@houston.rr.com 4th Gr-Grandson of William Witherington, Jr (War of 1812 - Ensign, Mississippi Territory Militia 1813-1814) 5th Gr-Grandson of William Witherington, Sr (DAR Patriot of the Rev. War) ----- Original Message ----- From: CHG33@aol.com To: BillKing@houston.rr.com ; ted.urquhart@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:14 PM Subject: Re: DAR - Patriot's Bronze Marker Bill, I will check on the price of the DAR grave marker for William Witherington, SR, the one that can be attached to the headstone. I think they come in a couple of sizes, I think one is about 3 1/2 inches across maybe. I have a list of suppliers and I will get sizes and prices. They have the same thing for the War of 1812 graves, but it is through the United States Daughters of 1812. That person is Linda Shabo in Auburn. I can also get that info tomorrow, they all use the same suppliers. One thing we will hae to have is documented proof that William Sr. is buried there or else wthey will not give us permission to use the DAR grave marker. However they do have a commemorative marker, more like an histoic marker can be used saying the grave location is unknown, but believed to be here and then as much as you want to say or can afford to say about the man. Connie Grund (DAR) ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C5651A.5D662EE0 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing_Conecuh County, AL.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing_Conecuh County, AL.eml" X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 01:35:42 -0500 From: "Bill King" <BillKing@houston.rr.com> To: WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000301c564e1$ce9a3900$c0450a43@D5X69B31> Subject: Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing/Conecuh County, AL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TopoZone Map of the location of the Old Fork Sepulga Cemetery, aka: Ward Cemetery, aka: Ward-Witherington Cemetery. Located in Section 10 at the red X on the map. Cemetery GPS Readings are: 31 deg 35.270 minutes N (31.587833 deg), -086 deg 57.4080 minutes W (-086.956800 deg) The readings were taken at the entrance to the cemetery by Ted Urquhart, President of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance. Click on this link to view the map: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=31.5878&lon=-86.9562&datum=nad83&u=5 Bill King BillKing@houston.rr.com ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C5651A.5D662EE0--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C5651A.22070E50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those of you researching the WITHERINGTON and WARD families of Conecuh County from about 1833. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C5651A.22070E50 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR.eml" X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:21:42 -0500 From: "Bill King" <BillKing@houston.rr.com> To: WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <003a01c563b2$196d9e30$c0450a43@D5X69B31> Subject: Daughters of the War of 1812 - Metal Grave Marker for William Witherington, JR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TO: Linda Shabo Daughters of the War of 1812 ljshabo@bellsouth.net Linda Both Ted Urquhart and Connie Grund have suggested that I contact you with regard to obtaining a Daughters of the War of 1812 metal marker that can be attached to the VA grave stone of my 4th Gr-Grandfather, William Witherington, JR. The VA grave marker has just been received from the VA by Cope Funeral Home in Evergreen, AL. With the aid of Ted Urquhart of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Society, we intend to conduct a fitting ceremony in late October for the placement of the Witherington War of 1812 grave marker provided us by the Veterans Affairs folks and for the formal recognition of the old long abandoned cemetery in NE Conecuh County. Linda, would you be so kind as to mail me the appropriate application forms so that we might obtain the War of 1812 marker so that Cope can attach it to the VA grave marker now in his posession. And in addition, who do I contact within your organization to invite for your group's participation in the fall event in Conecuh County, AL? Would it be possible for your group to work with Ted Urquhart in preparation and planning for the event? Ted is already arranging for an appropriate "Honor Guard" in period dress for us. Linda, it is our intention to make this event a WITHERINGTON FAMILY REUNION affair, as well..... with a 'box lunch dinner' being held on the cemetery grounds. Your participation would be welcomed and is encouraged!!!! Bill King, Houston, TX 281-493-6767 BillKing@houston.rr.com 4th Gr-Grandson of William Witherington, Jr (War of 1812 - Ensign, Mississippi Territory Militia 1813-1814) 5th Gr-Grandson of William Witherington, Sr (DAR Patriot of the Rev. War) ----- Original Message ----- From: CHG33@aol.com To: BillKing@houston.rr.com ; ted.urquhart@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:14 PM Subject: Re: DAR - Patriot's Bronze Marker Bill, I will check on the price of the DAR grave marker for William Witherington, SR, the one that can be attached to the headstone. I think they come in a couple of sizes, I think one is about 3 1/2 inches across maybe. I have a list of suppliers and I will get sizes and prices. They have the same thing for the War of 1812 graves, but it is through the United States Daughters of 1812. That person is Linda Shabo in Auburn. I can also get that info tomorrow, they all use the same suppliers. One thing we will hae to have is documented proof that William Sr. is buried there or else wthey will not give us permission to use the DAR grave marker. However they do have a commemorative marker, more like an histoic marker can be used saying the grave location is unknown, but believed to be here and then as much as you want to say or can afford to say about the man. Connie Grund (DAR) ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C5651A.22070E50 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing_Conecuh County, AL.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing_Conecuh County, AL.eml" X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 01:35:42 -0500 From: "Bill King" <BillKing@houston.rr.com> To: WITHERINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000301c564e1$ce9a3900$c0450a43@D5X69B31> Subject: Ward-Witherington Cemetery GPS readings and topozone map for viewing/Conecuh County, AL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TopoZone Map of the location of the Old Fork Sepulga Cemetery, aka: Ward Cemetery, aka: Ward-Witherington Cemetery. Located in Section 10 at the red X on the map. Cemetery GPS Readings are: 31 deg 35.270 minutes N (31.587833 deg), -086 deg 57.4080 minutes W (-086.956800 deg) The readings were taken at the entrance to the cemetery by Ted Urquhart, President of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance. Click on this link to view the map: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=31.5878&lon=-86.9562&datum=nad83&u=5 Bill King BillKing@houston.rr.com ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C5651A.22070E50--

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/1313.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Enon Baptist Church is located on the Old Stage Road (Old Federal Road) which is the county line between Monroe County and Conecuh County. Enon Church and the cemetery sit on the Monroe County side of the road. If you have an Alabama map, the cemetery is on the Monroe/Conech county line about 1 mile west of Little Escambia Creek. I am not related to the Boulware's (as far as I know), just saw your post and it rang a bell.

BlankMemorial Day WWII honor for James Morris Bryant : I would like to honor the memory of, my daddy, James Morris Bryant He was born in 1918 in Mt Vernon , Mobile County AL, raised in Mobile Mobile County and in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama and died July 1988. He lived for many years in Monroeville, Alabama. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama . Daddy spent all of his young years living with his maternal grandparents, James Edward Morris and Ella Quennie Hartley Morris due to the death of his mother Gladys Morris Bryant when he was only 31 days old. His mother died during the flu epidemic of 1918-1919. After his grandparents both died he made his home with his aunt James Edward Morris ( aunt Eddie) and uncle Seaborn J. Brundage in Evergreen, Alabama. Daddy fought in WWII with the U S Army. He slept in the fox holes and rode with the Red Ball Express as a radio operator, he experienced the front line of many campaigns and battles. He followed George Patton and felt it was his duty to fight for the protection of the United States of America, land that he loved. He returned to the USA and mustered out of the service in Texas where his only sister, Ethel Elizabeth Bryant Wilson lived. She had been reared by her father Joshua Bryant Jr. until his death in July 1926, after his death she lived with her paternal grandparents Josh and Elizabeth Hays Bryant in Mt Vernon , Alabama.. My daddy loved his country and stood by the train tracks as the trains carried young men to the Korean War and cried because he wanted to go with the "kids" as he called them when the Korean war was taking the young men to battle. He cried and said "They are just kids, I need to go to help them".....but he stayed to be with my mother, me and my younger brother because we needed his too. He was honored with the United States Flag draping his coffin when he died and was buried in July 1988 in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen Alabama. James Morris Bryant was my hero and loving daddy, he served his country for 9 years in the US Army. Memorial day honors all that served in the many wars..Bless them and the courage it took to fight for what they believed in. God Bless the USA and all the Service men that honor us with their pride and trust and their brave courage to protect us. I love you daddy.

BlankMemorial Day WWII honor for James Morris Bryant : I would like to honor the memory of, my daddy, James Morris Bryant He was born in 1918 in Mt Vernon , Mobile County AL, raised in Mobile Mobile County and in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama and died July 1988. He lived for many years in Monroeville, Alabama. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama . Daddy spent all of his young years living with his maternal grandparents, James Edward Morris and Ella Quennie Hartley Morris due to the death of his mother Gladys Morris Bryant when he was only 31 days old. His mother died during the flu epidemic of 1918-1919. After his grandparents both died he made his home with his aunt James Edward Morris ( aunt Eddie) and uncle Seaborn J. Brundage in Evergreen, Alabama. Daddy fought in WWII with the U S Army. He slept in the fox holes and rode with the Red Ball Express as a radio operator, he experienced the front line of many campaigns and battles. He followed George Patton and felt it was his duty to fight for the protection of the United States of America, land that he loved. He returned to the USA and mustered out of the service in Texas where his only sister, Ethel Elizabeth Bryant Wilson lived. She had been reared by her father Joshua Bryant Jr. until his death in July 1926, after his death she lived with her paternal grandparents Josh and Elizabeth Hays Bryant in Mt Vernon , Alabama.. My daddy loved his country and stood by the train tracks as the trains carried young men to the Korean War and cried because he wanted to go with the "kids" as he called them when the Korean war was taking the young men to battle. He cried and said "They are just kids, I need to go to help them".....but he stayed to be with my mother, me and my younger brother because we needed his too. He was honored with the United States Flag draping his coffin when he died and was buried in July 1988 in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen Alabama. James Morris Bryant was my hero and loving daddy, he served his country for 9 years in the US Army. Memorial day honors all that served in the many wars..Bless them and the courage it took to fight for what they believed in. God Bless the USA and all the Service men that honor us with their pride and trust and their brave courage to protect us. I love you daddy.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boulware Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1313.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank You Mr. Silcox, Yes Mortimer P. Boulware and Lee W. Boulware were Olivia Boulware's brothers. I sent for death certificates on both brothers and it listed Lee W. Boulware, born 25 July 1850 and died 31 March 1923, being buried at the Enon Cemetery, and Mortier P. Boulware, born 3 Nov. 1846, and died 3 Dec. 1921, place of burial, Monroeville, but the Enon Cemetery may be close to Monroeville. Sent for death certificate for Olivia and they could not find one in the name of Olivia Boulware. Thanks again for the information. Charles Boulware

EARLY LAND RECORDINGS IN THE FORK SEPULGA AREA Near the Sepulga River in NE Conecuh County, AL Copied from the BLM, General Land Office Records CAHABA LAND OFFICE (on line at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ) by Bill King, Houston, TX BillKing@houston.rr.com Feb. 10, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listed in order of date issued...... HENRY WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:78.95 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 10434 Legal: E½ SW Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh JOHN CHITTY Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:81.2 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10435 Legal: W½ SW Sec 12/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh STEPHEN HAWKINS Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 10436 Legal: E½ SW Sec 11/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10437 Legal: E½ NW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10438 Legal: W½ NE Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/16/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10899 Legal: W½ NW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHEREDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:38.625 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/4/1834 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 14747 Legal: SW SE Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh MATTHEW WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.475 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/12/1835 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 13468 Legal: SWSW Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh HENRY WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.47 Title Transfer Issue Date:4/10/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 20845 Legal: SW SE Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHEREDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:40 Title Transfer Issue Date:5/15/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:24481 Legal: SE NW Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh IRA WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority :April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:28190 Legal: E½ NE Sec10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHRIDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:38.625 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:28191 Legal: SE SE Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHERIDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.545 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 28192 Legal: NE NE Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABNER REID Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:120.705 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/10/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:29491 Legal: E½ NW Sec 1/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh Legal: NW NW Sec 1/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh THOMAS SHELTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:77.25 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/12/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:30007 Legal: SW NW Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh Legal: SE SW Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.545 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/12/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:30006 Legal: NE SE Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.95 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/15/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:31719 *Legal: NW SW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh *Note 1: This William Ward parcel of land is thought to have been where the Ward-Witherington Cemetery (aka: Fork Sepulga Cemetery) is located. **Note 2: The William Witherington listed above is William Witherington, Jr. (1773-1837) If you have any information on the old cemetery near Fork Sepulga, now known as 'Ward-Witherington Cemetery', .....Please contact BillKing@houston.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mc Creary Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/890.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello There. I'm researching Jordan McCreary (Conecuh County, AL) along with his other family members: Sharlet, Mary, Shadris, Fannie, Lido J, and Ada (Andrew). I can't make out the names of both parents. If you run across these McCrearys, I'd appreciate your input. Thanks ever so much. Jordan McCreary was born according to the 1900 census (Brooklyn- District 51) April 1883. Thanks again! B. L. Hudson

EARLY LAND RECORDINGS IN THE FORK SEPULGA AREA Near the Sepulga River in NE Conecuh County, AL NE of Hwy # 83 and a few miles NE of Cooks CrossRoads and the Bowles Church. Copied from the BLM, General Land Office Records CAHABA LAND OFFICE (on line at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ) by Bill King, Houston, TX BillKing@houston.rr.com Feb. 10, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listed in order of dates recorded...... HENRY WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:78.95 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 10434 Legal: E½ SW Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh JOHN CHITTY Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:81.2 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10435 Legal: W½ SW Sec 12/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh STEPHEN HAWKINS Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date: 6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 10436 Legal: E½ SW Sec 11/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10437 Legal: E½ NW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:6/4/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10438 Legal: W½ NE Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/16/1833 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:10899 Legal: W½ NW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHEREDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:38.625 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/4/1834 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 14747 Legal: SW SE Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh MATTHEW WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.475 Title Transfer Issue Date:9/12/1835 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 13468 Legal: SWSW Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh HENRY WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.47 Title Transfer Issue Date:4/10/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 20845 Legal: SW SE Sec 3/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHEREDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:40 Title Transfer Issue Date:5/15/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:24481 Legal: SE NW Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh IRA WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:79.9 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority :April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:28190 Legal: E½ NE Sec10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHRIDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:38.625 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:28191 Legal: SE SE Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABEL ETHERIDGE Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.545 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/7/1837 Land Office Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.: 28192 Legal: NE NE Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh ABNER REID Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:120.705 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/10/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:29491 Legal: E½ NW Sec 1/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh Legal: NW NW Sec 1/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh THOMAS SHELTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:77.25 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/12/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:30007 Legal: SW NW Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh Legal: SE SW Sec 4/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WITHERINGTON Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.545 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/12/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:30006 Legal: NE SE Sec 9/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh WILLIAM WARD Survey State: ALABAMA Acres:39.95 Title Transfer Issue Date:8/15/1837 Land Office: Cahaba Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Nr.:31719 *Legal: NW SW Sec 10/ T-7-N R-11-E No St Stephens AL Conecuh <*Note: This William Ward parcel of land is thought to have been on which the Ward-Witherington Cemetery (aka: Fork Sepulga Cemetery) is located.> Please contact BillKing@houston.rr.com if you have any information on this old cemetery at Fork Sepulga. 281-493-6767

Pages 135-137 of the 1820 Washington Co. GA Census are very interesting. I have Lees on both sides of my family. A few days ago, I was looking at the James HARTLEY (next door to Sampson LEE in 1820 Washington Co.), trying (along with Doc Lee) to determine if he could be the ancestor of my paternal Hartleys or if he is related to the James Hartley in 1830 Wilcox Co. or 1840 Covington Co.. Then yesterday I received a query about my maternal Joiners which required me to look at them in 1820. I knew my Joiners were from Washington Co. Ga. before Conecuh Co. Ala., but I was more than a little bit interested when I found all the following names and some other familiar ones all within three pages of each other. ----------------------------- *Name: Bud Lee Township: Not Stated County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Image Number: 227 [also an Ira? LEE on page 139] Name: Solomon Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Name: James Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 *Name: James Hartley County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 *Name: Sampson Lee County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Name: Hardy Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Name: Malichi Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 135 Name: Alan Page County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [possibly related to the one later in Butler/Conecuh???] Name: Abraham Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 **Name: Elisha Joiner County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [Conecuh Co.] Name: Josiah Franklin County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 136 [Is this the same one in Butler Co. in 1830?] ***Name: Edmund Joiner [listed as JAMES in Ancestry.com index] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [Conecuh Co. 1830] 2-3-0-1-1-0-2-2-0-1-0-0-1 [my ggg-gf] [next door to Green BRANTLY] Name: Green Brantly [listed as BRUNTY in index] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [later in Conecuh???] Name: Harris Brantly County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 [several more BRANTLYs on this page!] Name: Major Ellis County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 137 ----- Others of interest: Name: Jabez Joines [JOINER??] County: Washington State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_9 Page: 141 Charles Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 David Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 Henry Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 *James Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 *John Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 *Thomas Sheppard Not Stated,Washington,GA 1820 --------------------------------------------- If you have ancestors from Washington Co. Ga. or know any of these people and know that they migrated to the vicinity of Conecuh Co., please let me know. CMS

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/1313.2 Message Board Post: Do not know much about the family except that I grew up in south Monroe County and the name is Boulware name familiar. At Enon Church cemetery located on the Old Stage Road (Old Federal Road) that is the county line between Monroe and Conecuh there are a number of unmarked graves. Mr. Jack Crawford (1882-1974) who lived there placed numbered markers on 65 unmarked graves about 50 years ago and recorded in a small book who was burried there. In his little notebook, which I have a copy of, he lists markers : #31 Mortimer P (Dock) Boulware #32 Lee Boulware No dates or other information is listed. Many of the graves seem to be from the 1800's - early 1900's. Could this be Olivia's brother?

TO Marsena & Eugenia & John Buford Page, Wonder if this is where the "10,000 acre Allen Page plantation" info came from?? As I said before, 10,000 acres is a lot of land!!!! Would have been over 15 Sections, almost half of an entire township.... Do you think it could have been mentioned in Riley's book? Eugenia has Riley's book..... ....maybe she will see what it says about the Allen Page family and how Riley mentioned or refers to the size of the PAGE plantation. Note below that the widow of Allen Page, Sarah (on 1860 Census), is shown to own $10,000 in real estate (value)... which would have been a lot of land in 1860. June - 1860 Conecuh County Census shows: House # 31 Family # 27 Evergreen Post Office *Sarah A. Page, age 50- b.NC $10,000 R.E. $22,265 Assets <nee: Wright> <widow of Allen Page> Mary A. Page, age 29- b.AL Kinchin R., age 24- b. AL - Farm Overseer Susan, age 22 - b.AL - Teacher C. School Haskel, age 18 - b.AL - Student Living nearby: #23 Daniel Witherington (64/SC) Family $2000/$4610 #25 Leander Witherington (32/AL) Family $1000/$2120 Also: nearby 1860 Conecuh County Census/Evergreen Post Office 6 June 1860 Fam# 28 George Johnson 31/AL Farmer $1200/$2500 Martha 29/AL (dau of Daniel & Melissa King Witherington) Henrietta 4/AL Mary 2/AL James 10 mos/AL Also Eugenia: please ask Dan if he has any idea what the value of land (per acre) in the Fork Sepulga area would have been back in 1860. Maybe we can estimate from that info actually how large a plantation (valued at $10,000) Allen Page owned when he was killed. Below is the paragraph that I have in my notes.... but I failed to indicate the source of the data..... (poor research on my part!!!) ------------------- >copied from my notes on Allen Page< "Allen Page (son of Jacob Page) and his wife Sarah Wright, owned the largest cotton plantation in Conecuh County prior to the Civil War. The 10,000 acre Page Estate, located in the community called "Fork Sepulga", extended into Butler County. After Allen Page was killed in 1859, his son, Kinchen Page, assumed responsibility for management of the family cotton plantation. Kinchen managed the plantation from the time of his father's death until the onset of the Civil War that marked the end of prosperity for the Allen Page family. When Federal troops marched into Conecuh County, killing all those who resisted, they burned the courthouse and other public buildings at Sparta. The occupying Yankee troops took over the Page Plantation and transformed it into their field military headquarters until the end of the war." ------------------- Any help will be greatly appreciated. Bill King BillKing@houston.rr.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/rw/4R.2ADE/984.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for posting this. Mary Bell Barfield is my grandmother. Any more inof on the Barfields of Conecuh County? Thanks.

Hello: Hawseys married into two different Johnson families. One married into the William Johnson/Langham family. Lavonia Johnson married Daniel Hawsey. Two different Johnsons but both related to me. I have a few records on both. Gertrude J. Stephens

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weaver, Hawesy, Parmar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/1628.1 Message Board Post: i to am looking for family in Conecuh Co ,but mine is on the Hawsey side i have info on that side of the family if you would like to see it .same as your family ours also moved to Mobile years ago . i live in Irvington Al