At 08:01 PM 10/07/2002 -0500, Lynda wrote: >I have tried to sub to the Chilton list but am having a hard time >what is the right way to do it? >here is the addy I used with subscribe in the body > > [email protected] The list is [email protected] and you subscribe to [email protected] All of the county mailing lists use the 2-character state code followed by the first 6 characters of the county name. So, since 'Chilton' has 7 characters, you have to drop the 'n'. Regards, Elsi

I have tried to sub to the Chilton list but am having a hard time what is the right way to do it? here is the addy I used with subscribe in the body [email protected]

Need to find more on this man.Any one have the 1850 census or anyone researching this family? Lynda Descendants of Seborn Erascus Cleckler 1 Seborn Erascus Cleckler b: January 25, 1845 in AL. . +Frances L. b: 1852 in AL. ...... 2 Hester Ann Cleckler b: 1874 .......... +Lewis ...... 2 John Archie Cleckler b: February 09, 1875 .......... +Lula Pearl Scott b: February 10, 1888 ...... 2 Walter T. Cleckler b: 1879 *2nd Wife of Seborn Erascus Cleckler: . +Laura Ann Milstead b: 1854 in AL. ...... 2 Lillie Alvarada Cleckler b: July 21, 1881 in AL. .......... +Alexander Maddox b: May 23, 1878 in Chilton Co.AL. *3rd Wife of Seborn Erascus Cleckler: . +Emily Foshee b: June 07, 1864 ...... 2 Jefferson Davis Cleckler b: December 20, 1888 .......... +Martha Alma Childress b: February 18, 1889 ...... 2 Silas Pinkey Cleckler b: May 22, 1890 .......... +Ruth Wells

Note: for further information be sure to respond only to the address at the end of this message - not the sender. Thank you. To: All Concerned in Saving Alabama's Historical Cemeteries The Montgomery Genealogical Society, Inc. (MSG) with the Alabama Historical Commission will hold a workshop 9 November 2002 at the Alabama State Archives and History. It will be a Call to Action. We will explore ways to protect and restore our rich cemetery heritage. Also, information will be available on a Plan for Action. Together, we can make a difference by strengthening Alabama Laws, Adopting a Cemetery, advocating state cemetery days in the Spring and Fall and by educating the public. All genealogical, historical and preservations groups, government officials along with anyone interested in preserving our past for the future are invited to attend. Take this opportunity to give voice to your concerns for positive steps that must be taken now! Please join hands with us to save Alabama's historic cemeteries! Programs will be printed by next week. More information will be on MGS website along with a Registration Form http://www.rootsweb.com/~almgs/cemeteryapp.htm. Please email me at [email protected] if you still need more information. Lorena Joyce Marshall Nicoll Treasurer Abner McGehee Cemetery Memorial Fund http://www.rootsweb.com/~almgs/mcgehee/index.html Montgomery Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almgs Montgomery County Heritage Book Member: http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/main.asp Researching: Marshall, Dixon, Lewis, Lott, Brown, Brand, Thompson, McGehee, Mitchell, Law, Garland, Christmas, Winslett, Webster Motto: "Those who do not look upon themselves as links connecting the past with the future do not perform their duty to the world." Daniel Webster 1782-1852

Note: To order the books pertaining to Bibb County send a check or money order to: Brent-Centreville Library, 153 Walnut Street, Centreville, AL 35042. Last minute reminder: The Bibb County "cousins" are getting together on Saturday, October 5th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., to meet and greet and share information on our family histories. We hope that anyone with family ties to Bibb County will plan to attend. We will meet at the pavillion at Bibb County Public Lake between Woodstock and Centerville on Hwy. 5. There will be signs with directions to the pavillion (can't miss it) and the area is handicap accessible. Bring your pictures, family histories, laptops, cameras, research info - as well as cold drinks and lunch. If you are unable to attend but would like to send your family history contact Pat at [email protected] . If you know you can join us please contact Herman at [email protected] . Reservations aren't necessary but an idea of who will attend is helpful. See you there ~

----- Original Message ----- From: "hbelcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: [ALBIBB] Books on sale and available at Brent/Centreville Library > Please make checks payable to the Brent-Centreville Library > If Mailed > Bloody Bibb 17.00 20.00 > Echoes of Six Mile 25.00 27.00 > Haysop Church 11.00 13.50 > Selma Gospel at work 8.50 10.00 > 1850 Perry Co Census 12.00 14.00 > 1860 Bibb Co Census 12.00 14.00 > Bibb Co 1st 100 years 29.95 34.95 > Devil's Den 25.00 27.00 > 1848 Tax List Bibb Co 12.00 13.50 > Tombstones in Little Hope Primitive Baptist Church Bibb Co > 7.00 9.50 > > Please make checks payable to Friends of the Brent-Centreville Library > Cemeteries of Bibb Co 22.00 24.00 > Place names of BibbCo 15.00 17.00 > > Please make checks payable to Heritage Publishing Consultants > Heritage of Bibb Co 64.80 > 69.80 > > ---------------------------------------------- > Herman > > > > ==== ALBIBB Mailing List ==== > QUERIES: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Bibb > RESOURCE PAGE: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/AL/Bibb/ > BIBB COUNTY GENFORUM: http://genforum.genealogy.com/al/bibb/ > BIBB COUNTY GENWEB PAGE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~albibb/ >

Hi List, I am posting again, for any information on the family of James M Willis that married Caroiine Patterson in Coosa County abt 1840.I have several unanswered questions, like- was the REV James Willis who lived in Coosa, at the same time, his father? Any help appreciated. SMW

From: "by way of "B.J. Smothers" The Alabama Genealogical Society invites you to join us at A Seminar on Genealogical Research presented by George G. Morgan. Mr. Morgan is the internationally recognized author of the online genealogy column, "Along Those Lines ...", at Ancestry.com and the "Genealogy Tip of the Day" for Emazing.com. The seminar will be held on October 19, 2002 in the auditorium of the Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. Registration begins at 9 am. Mr. Morgan's topics are: 1) "Genealogical Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place"; 2) "Bring "Um Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile"; 3) Bits About Obits: Reading Between the Lines"; 4) "Planning is the Key: A Very Successful Genealogical Research Trip" For addtional information, please contact [email protected]

Hi All, I will be in Rockford on Saturday and Sunday, because my grandson races Motorcycles---(Wins too!!) Can any of you tell me, about anything that might be open on Saturday to get any Coosa County Information? I was told that the Museum that occupies the old jail building, downtown is open on Sunday afternoon, and has marriage books, so I plan to go there. Looking for any cemeteries with Willis in them. Would like any history.Thanks Stella

I have sent a few messages to the [email protected] and they never came through Lynda

The Bibb County "cousins" are getting together - again - on Saturday, October 5th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., to meet and greet and share information on our family histories. We hope that anyone with family ties to Bibb County will plan to attend. We will meet at the pavillion at Bibb County Public Lake between Woodstock and Centerville on Hwy. 5. There will be signs with directions to the pavillion (can't miss it) and the area is handicap accessible. Bring your pictures, family histories, laptops, cameras, research info - as well as cold drinks and lunch. If you are unable to attend but would like to send your family history contact Pat at [email protected] . If you know you can join us please contact Herman at [email protected] . Reservations aren't necessary but an idea of who will attend is helpful. See you there ~

The next meeting of the Autauga Genealogical Society is Sunday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Prattville Library. Dr. Kathryn H. Braund, Professor of History at Auburn University and member of the Alabama Humanities Foundation Speaker in the House Program, will speak on "William Bartram & Alabama: Human History and Natural History". She will highlight Alabama's natural and human past using slides of Bartram's botanical drawings. She also incorporates portraits of eighteenth-century Creeks, sketches of Creek buildings and town lay-outs, and other kinds of documents and maps. You do not have to be a member of the Society to attend. Visitors are always welcome. We regret that we are unable to mail or post program content to those unable to attend the meetings. Your fellow "digger", Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Genealogical Society- Future Speakers October 20, 2002. Billie Capell (To Be Announced) November 17, 2002. Mary Taylor: "How To Organize Your Genealogical Research"

Southeast Region Genealogy Workshop Thought this might be of interest. Those of you with ancestors in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Florida might be interested in a workshop to be held in cooperation with the National Archives and Records Administration's Southeast Region in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 13-18, 2002. The workshop includes instruction and hands-on research in a variety of original NARA records, from census to District Court and Confederate Court cases, prison records, military records, Internal Revenue Service tax assessments, land entry claims and land cessions under Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw treaties, and records of the Tennessee Valley Authority. For more information, go to http://www.rigsalliance.org/workshops_2002.htm. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 8/21/02 ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== For researching SURNAMES, check out GAGenWeb's new help page with links to the most popular Surname sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/cchelp/surname/

The ALBIBB genealogy group will have another great meeting on Saturday, October 5th, at Bibb County Lake Pavilion from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The location is on Hwy 5 just a few miles n. of Centreville - Bibb County Public Lake is shown on your Alabama Hwy Map. There will be signs to direct you to the pavilion. The area is handicap accessible. Folks from in and out of state will be there who have family ties in Bibb County Bring your family trees, lap top, pictures, questions, books, notes, camera, food for you or food to share . . . . . If you are unable to attend you can send your family information to Patsy A. Kling-Black, List Administrator, and she will put it in a folder for all to see - [email protected] If you are planning to attend or have questions email Pat or Herman, [email protected] . See you on the 5th of October.

Hi all, Check out this story about the Civil War in Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/daddy_was_a_sailor.htm More Civil War stories: http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/index.htm Happy Family Hunting, kemis Researching: Duke, Evans, Hickey, Mays, Rosamond, Songer, and Camp for me Researching: Brooks, Chambers, Massey, Fountain, and Smith for my hubbie Researching Clapp Factory, Cemetery and Village for preservation purposes

Sunday, August 18th - "Census Record Research" This is a reminder for you to join us at the meetings of the Autauga Genealogical Society, which are held on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. at the Prattville Public Library. You do not have to be a member of the society to attend. Visitors are always welcome. Feel free to share this email with anyone else who might be interested. Below is the list of speakers/programs for the next few months. Note: We regret that we are unable to mail or post program content to those unable to attend the meetings. Your fellow "digger", Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Genealogical Society- Future Speakers August 18, 2002, Larry E. Caver, Jr.: "Census Record Research (1790-1930)" September 15, 2002. Dr. Kathryn Braund: "William Bartram & Alabama" October 20, 2002. Billie Capell (To Be Announced) November 17, 2002. Mary Taylor: "How To Organize Your Genealogical Research"

Laurie, I'm sure you have but I have to ask, did you post this same message to all the counties you mentioned and to all the surname lists? Even the ones in Texas? Get as much exposure as possible on the lists. If you have anything you can contribute to the county lists with the family names you are looking for. I posted obits for my hubbies family. The obits had been cut so I didn't know the exact date or which of the 2 newspapers it was actually in. I wrote a disclaimer - along the lines of "The obits came from [newspaper name] or [other newspaper name] . . . I can attest to this as being from my husbands [full name] family history." Last week I received an email from one of his cousins. He had decided to work on his family history and came back to the county his father had been born in. Said when he saw the last name in the obits he thought "what's the chance this one will be related?" In the first paragraph . . . before he even looked at the obit, he had his answer. It may take time. Happy family hunting, kemis Researching: Duke, Evans, Hickey, Mays, Rosamond, Songer, and Camp for me Researching: Brooks, Chambers, Massey, Fountain, and Smith for my hubbie Researching Clapp Cemetery in Muscogee County, GA - none of our family lines From: Laurie L. Wicks Sandy, Thanks so much - I've been to Cherokee County, AL many times - where my grandfather was born and raised, but Coosa and Chambers is where his mother's family was from. She was a full blood Creek or close to it, and her family was in Coosa back in the early 1800s - I was reading in one of the histories about the very early settlers of the area, and they weren't mentioned, yet I knew they were already there before those listed, so it was very strange to me why they weren't talked about - I've been working on this family for over 20 years and have found next to nothing about them, and have my direct line with a family that simply disappeared, or at least the parents and 3 of their 6 kids did. I later found out they were Creek, which answered many of the questions about the scarcity of info and records about them. I'm hoping to find more about them such as if the kids were enrolled in the mission school, etc. The earliest one I have info on is Alban Willingham and his wife Bedy Herring - they had 9 children - the youngest, Nancy Ann Willingham, married Asbury Morgan Kimbrough, Sr. and I've found info about them. But my direct line is their oldest son, Shemie/Shamie/Shame/Shemii Willingham b 1811 and wife Elizabeth Strong - his name has not been the same in any of the records, but several of the records spell it Shemie. They are the couple that disappeared, along with 3 of their kids, sometime between the 1850 and 1860 census records. The last record we have is the 1850 Harrison Co., Texas census, and a record of a possible baby born in 1850, then nothing until 1860 when my gggrandfather, their next-to-youngest child, showed up in Coweta County, GA at the home of his uncle, his sister, the oldest child, shows up in AL at her uncle's house, and the baby shows up at yet another relative's home - the baby is later listed in the AL census as a "mulatto". We are assuming the parents and children died of some sickness or something, but yet I've found land deeds in the BLA records where Shemie bought land after 1860 in AL. I'm just clueless about where to go from here to figure out what happened to them. The folks at the archives in Harrison Co., TX haven't found anything about the family except the census record, but they say that from old letters that still exist, there were a couple of Scarlet Fever and Cholera epidemics that came through in the 1840s, so that may be the answer - I just don't know, and I'm extremely interested in finding those other 3 kids if they lived, and why the land records in Shemie's name if he was dead. Anyway, I'm looking for any info that might be clues - the surnames I'm particularly interested in are Willingham, Strong, and Owen. Thanks, Laurie

Sandy, Thanks so much - I've been to Cherokee County, AL many times - where my grandfather was born and raised, but Coosa and Chambers is where his mother's family was from. She was a full blood Creek or close to it, and her family was in Coosa back in the early 1800s - I was reading in one of the histories about the very early settlers of the area, and they weren't mentioned, yet I knew they were already there before those listed, so it was very strange to me why they weren't talked about - I've been working on this family for over 20 years and have found next to nothing about them, and have my direct line with a family that simply disappeared, or at least the parents and 3 of their 6 kids did. I later found out they were Creek, which answered many of the questions about the scarcity of info and records about them. I'm hoping to find more about them such as if the kids were enrolled in the mission school, etc. The earliest one I have info on is Alban Willingham and his wife Bedy Herring - they had 9 children - the youngest, Nancy Ann Willingham, married Asbury Morgan Kimbrough, Sr. and I've found info about them. But my direct line is their oldest son, Shemie/Shamie/Shame/Shemii Willingham b 1811 and wife Elizabeth Strong - his name has not been the same in any of the records, but several of the records spell it Shemie. They are the couple that disappeared, along with 3 of their kids, sometime between the 1850 and 1860 census records. The last record we have is the 1850 Harrison Co., Texas census, and a record of a possible baby born in 1850, then nothing until 1860 when my gggrandfather, their next-to-youngest child, showed up in Coweta County, GA at the home of his uncle, his sister, the oldest child, shows up in AL at her uncle's house, and the baby shows up at yet another relative's home - the baby is later listed in the AL census as a "mulatto". We are assuming the parents and children died of some sickness or something, but yet I've found land deeds in the BLA records where Shemie bought land after 1860 in AL. I'm just clueless about where to go from here to figure out what happened to them. The folks at the archives in Harrison Co., TX haven't found anything about the family except the census record, but they say that from old letters that still exist, there were a couple of Scarlet Fever and Cholera epidemics that came through in the 1840s, so that may be the answer - I just don't know, and I'm extremely interested in finding those other 3 kids if they lived, and why the land records in Shemie's name if he was dead. Anyway, I'm looking for any info that might be clues - the surnames I'm particularly interested in are Willingham, Strong, and Owen. Thanks, Laurie > Subject: [ALCOOSA] Mission Schools > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:23:11 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi Jeanne and Laurie > > I live in Talladega County Alabama, a couple of miles from Coosa County. Our > library has several donated documentaries on the history of Coosa County. I > will be glad to go to the library this Saturday and see what I can find on > Mission Schools in Coosa County. > The house I live in was one of the first black oneroom schoolhouses/churches > in Alabama. I have the original deed showing where my grandparents purchased > it from the owners. Unfortunately, I have never seen any mention of the > school house/church in any books. It was called St. Paul's School. > > I will let you know what I find out at the library. > > Sandy -- ...»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«....*@*....»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«... Laurie L. Wicks, Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~papashouse/ Researching in the areas of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, and New England - Stowe, Kemp, Camp, Corbin, Willingham, Hunt, Brand, Whitener/Weidner, Willingham, Strong, Owen, Herring and mixed Creek/Cherokee ...»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«....*@*....»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«...

Hi Jeanne and Laurie I live in Talladega County Alabama, a couple of miles from Coosa County. Our library has several donated documentaries on the history of Coosa County. I will be glad to go to the library this Saturday and see what I can find on Mission Schools in Coosa County. The house I live in was one of the first black oneroom schoolhouses/churches in Alabama. I have the original deed showing where my grandparents purchased it from the owners. Unfortunately, I have never seen any mention of the school house/church in any books. It was called St. Paul's School. I will let you know what I find out at the library. Sandy

> > Subject: [ALCOOSA] Mission schools? > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:21:13 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > What are these mission schools? I have family from Cowetta Co GA who ended > up in Coosa Co AL. Perhaps my folks would be involved in this too. Wiggins, > Gunn, Hill? > > Jeanne Swanstrom > [email protected] Jeanne, >From what I understand, these mission schools were set up by churches or groups of churches to minister to the "savages". Basically, the children were enrolled, taught English and basic subjects, their hair cut, dressed like white people, etc., and they could be very cruel in their attempts to "civilize" them. There are quite a few books on the subject, including a very good one called "My Heart Is On the Ground", which is a child's diary of her time at a mission school, not specifically a Creek one, but of the same type school, available at amazon.com. There was supposedly a very large one in Coosa County, AL, and during the early years of 1800, most of the people living near it were either Creek or worked at the mission school, which was started and run by the Methodists. I have heard that many of the records for this school are held in the archives at the University of Georgia and are not accessible because of their age and fragility, but I was hoping someone might know something about these schools and who were some of the Creek families who had children enrolled, who lived nearby, etc. The surnames I'm researching in the Coosa and Chambers county, AL areas are Willingham, Owen, Strong, Herring, and others related. There were also mission schools in Georgia, but I'm most interested in the one at Coosa. I'm also interested in the Creek records for the area of Coweta, which was a main Creek town, since my families seem to have gone back and forth between Coweta, GA and Coosa, AL. Anyone who has any info on these schools or the Creek families nearby, please contact me, especially if one of my surnames. Thanks, Laurie -- ...»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«....*@*....»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«... Laurie L. Wicks, Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~papashouse/ Researching in the areas of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, and New England - Stowe, Kemp, Camp, Corbin, Willingham, Hunt, Brand, Whitener/Weidner, Willingham, Strong, Owen, Herring and mixed Creek/Cherokee ...»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«....*@*....»º@º«....»º@º«....»º@º«...