What were your ancestors' names? Bernice

Tamra, I lived in Summerfield from 1948 until 1955, when I married and moved away. We had lived in Selma until that time when my Dad built a house out there. It is just an area, not a town, about 6-7 miles north of Selma. It was basically 2 country stores, a church, and not much else. One of the stores is gone, not sure about the other. I can't remember the name of the road other than it was called Summerfield Road that went north off Hwy. 80 at the northwest edge of town. Following that road took you out to Camp Grist, also. Hope this helps a little bit. Bernice Garrison Snoll

Does anyone have access to the 1870 Dallas Co, AL who could do a lookup on the following two entries: Abner JONES: p. 438, Harrels Crossroads Pct. Abner JONES, p. 650, 2 W. Selma Thanks! Carol Shrader Virginia Beach, VA

I am searching for any information on Abner JONES, born 1800-1820 in Hertford Co, NC and still living as of 1886 in Jones Switch, Dallas or Autauga Co, AL. Was he the same Abner JONES who was Sheriff of Dallas Co, AL 1846-1848. Was he the same Abner JONES who married Jane Bogle in Dallas Co 1846? Carol Shrader Virginia Beach, VA

Tamra, I don't know if you've gotten any reply yet to your inquiry about Summerfield, but that's just a residential neighborhood in Selma. I don't remember right now if it ever was really classified as a community...it's just part of the northwest section of town. I grew up in Selma, but it's been awhile since I've been back there...I'm going in two weeks to my 35th high school reunion.

You probably can find a map on the Al. page that shows where the towns were.

Hello: The original name of the town of Summerfield was Valley Creek, and weas the site of a rather well-known 19th century academy/school called the Centenary Institute. Around 1850 the name was changed to Summerfield, in honor of John Summerfield, when the town wanted to upgrade its image -- that is, it was not located in a valley which then signified disease, etc. Summerfield is still there, and the remains of the old college are still evident. At one time, it was a rather aristocratic, moneyed little town. Bob Parrott boparrott@aol.com.

Tamra Summerfield is just north of Selma, AL. It is unincorporated and is just a small town. My guess is it is about 8 miles north of Selma. Please reply to me at fcirby@mindspring.com Cleve

My ancestors apparently moved to Summerfield, Dallas County, Alabama, in the mid-1800's. However, I'm having trouble finding Summerfield anywhere. Does the town exist anymore? Has the name changed? Or am I hopelessly misinformed? If you can either help me or advise me where to get such information I would really appreciate it! Thank you, Tamra

Searching for Christopher Pegues, born about 1807, who later (age of 43 in 1850 Census) lived in Marengo County with wife Ann and children Rebecca and James born in South Carolina. My great grandfather James Anthony Torbert married Anna Pegues, probably granddaughter of Christopher. Have reason to believe that he was connected with Dallas County Pegues. Can anyone help? Bill Wood in Maryland

Hello, I have tried everything I can think of and others have thought of. Now I am going from county to county to try to locate my father and family. Father William Austin Born in Indiana 1927 or 1928. I can get no info from Vital Records because I do not have Birth date Parents names or anything else. This was all that was on my Birth Certificate. Here is all the info I have. My name is Rev. Dennis Keith Austin I am 44 years old my fathers name is William Austin he would be around his early 70's he has a daughter name Twila she would be around 51 to 53 and a son around my age. He had Curly Auburn hair he lived in and around Monterey Park, California. He worked at a gas station. This info is 44 years old. My mothers name is Barbara Ballenger. He was not married at the time he and my mother had a relationship and when she got pregnant he left. I have no other family brothers and sisters except on the Austin side. My mother saw him again a year after I was born and he was married and had a little baby with him. If you could be of some help it would be a Blessing. Please contact me one way or the other. Thank you and have a Blessed weekend. In His Grace, Rev. Dennis Austin 7577 Margate Court #104 Manassas, Virginia 20109 1-800-650-3238 Toll Free cevm@erols.com

Dear Linda, Try the Handbook of Texas at www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html It's 6 volumes of info about Texas and Texans. Janet in San Antonio ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Collison (by way of smothers@mindspring.com) <kissincousin@earthlink.net> To: <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 7:37 AM Subject: [ALDALLAS-L] Major John SHORT > I am searching for information on Major John SHORT who owned property in > Dallas County. He was born about 1790, but not necessarily in Alabama. > According to Texas military records he was in Dallas County in 1820. He > was in Texas in 1836 but apparently returned to Dallas Co. Alabama for a > period of time. He served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson > and was one of General Sam Houston's soldiers in the war for Texas > Independence. I don't know who he married but he had 9 children. The > first was Mary who was born in Georgia. The next 6 children, Nancy, > Amanda, Elizabeth, William, Frances and John were born in Alabama and I'm > assuming Dallas County. He had 2 more children born in Texas. Who did he > marry? Where did he come from? > >

I am searching for information on Major John SHORT who owned property in Dallas County. He was born about 1790, but not necessarily in Alabama. According to Texas military records he was in Dallas County in 1820. He was in Texas in 1836 but apparently returned to Dallas Co. Alabama for a period of time. He served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson and was one of General Sam Houston's soldiers in the war for Texas Independence. I don't know who he married but he had 9 children. The first was Mary who was born in Georgia. The next 6 children, Nancy, Amanda, Elizabeth, William, Frances and John were born in Alabama and I'm assuming Dallas County. He had 2 more children born in Texas. Who did he marry? Where did he come from?

This message is for all those who inquired about Lisa Franklin's Tracking Your Roots web page and could not find it. I am her cousin. I called her, but ended up talking to her husband, because Lisa was at work. She is a nurse. Her husband said she may have decided to discontinue the page due to the time it took to keep it current, etc. She is apparently focusing on genealogy research, which she has had little time for recently. I asked her husband to please tell her how terrific and helpful we all thought her page was to our Alabama genealogy. Davine Roberts Jacksonville, FL ==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== Put your money where your mouse is - Support Rootsweb! <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>

Dear Subscribers and friends, I did a lot of research this week and tried to answer each person individually, If you did not get an answer and you still need some help, please contact me again. A few answers that I tried to send came back in the mail. marydavis@prodigy.net

Mike, Although I'm not sure of the tie-in or possible connection to your family, just thought I'd write a note to tell you what I have. I am also doing research in Dallas County. The possible connection is that I have a Matilda DAY, who married Jarrett Carter in Dallas County, AL on June 10, 1833. Both families I believe came from Edgefield Dist, SC and migrated around the 1820's. Many of my Carter relatives were also buried in the Sister Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. I have for a long time suspected other connections to the DAY family, but this is the only one that I know of at this time. Matilda was born February 02, 1816 in SC and died February 07, 1886 in Dallas co. I have information on 10 children born to this union: John, Frances, Emily, Thomas, George W., Susan, Charles, Mary, Joseph, and Elizabeth Carters. Have you ever found any information on Carters while doing your DAY research? Just thought I'd let you know what I have. Thanks, Lynsey sneddonll@juno.com On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 23:02:39 -0400 "garigues@microxl.com" <garigues@microxl.com> (by way of smothers@mindspring.com) writes: > > Looking for any information about my great-grandfather, Marion > Henderson Day. He was the last bridge tender in Selma. Date of > death is > unknown, but believed to be in 1936 to 1938. He had at least one > brother, > T. J. Day (unknown full name) and lived in Dallas County most, if > not all, > of his life. Also, he had two children, Marion H. Day Jr. (my > grandfather) > and Bertha Day (Married name to follow later). > I have been told that he was buried at Sister Springs Baptist > Church > in what I believe is known as Tyler, AL. (about 12 miles out of > Selma > toward Montgomery). I have been to the cemetery, but could not > locate a > marker. > Any help will be appreciated. Send e-mail to > garigues@microxl.com. > > Thanks > > Mike Garigues > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

All: I did a lot of research in Selma this week and have tried to answer each individual, but I have a few things left over where I don't have the addresses. AUTAUGA - Someone asked me to check Autauga County. There are books located at the Selma Library that may be of help. I will go to Autauga County after Christmas if there are enough requests. CITY DIRECTORIES - Several people were interested in later City Directories. I only looked at the earliest ones on this trip. One of the names that I will check is Granderson , Mike and Jeanette Arnold - probably between 1940 and 1951 or 1952. JONES - Someone asked about Jones - there are a number of Jones in Dallas County. I found William Jones (m) prtr T. P. Donovan, res. 58 Franklin, Selmaa 1906-1907. This is marked with an asterisk which means "colored." ELLIOTT - I found some Elliotts in the Live Oak Cemetery. Is there anyone searcing for them? COSBY - I found some in Live Oak Cemetery. HODGE - I also remember someone asking about Hodge. I will look for information on them on my next trip. If there is any certain name you would like me to look for, let me know. First names would be very helpful and especially if it is a common surname. Possible dates would also help. marydavis@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Mary Davis <marydavis@prodigy.net> To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] City Directories >I know for a fact that there are some at the Selma library. The librarian >there sent me information a number of years ago. Also I got some myself at >the Archives in Montgomery. If you still are interested (I've been out of >town) I expect to go down there to visit sometime between Thanksgiving and >Christmas. Let me know who you are interested in and I will look for you. > >Mary E. Davis >-----Original Message----- >From: Deeyak@aol.com <Deeyak@aol.com> >To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:09 PM >Subject: [ALDALLAS-L] City Directories > > >>Are there any city directories for SELMA? If so what years? >> >>Kay >> >

Sorry, I am not related to any other Davis family. It's a long story, but my husband ran away from home at age 14 and gave himself a completely new name - Davis. We have lived by this name for the past 46 years. It doesn't hurt to ask. marydavis@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: HAWKL35@aol.com <HAWKL35@aol.com> To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Research in Dallas County, Selma Library and LiveOak Cemetery >In a message dated 12/10/1999 4:18:09 PM Central Standard Time, >marydavis@prodigy.net writes: > ><< Subj: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Research in Dallas County, Selma Library and >Live Oak Cemetery > Date: 12/10/1999 4:18:09 PM Central Standard Time > From: marydavis@prodigy.net (Mary Davis) > Reply-to: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com > To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com > >> >Hello Mary I was wondering if you are kin to The Davis that are burid at >Hueytown Al. if so then you must be familiar with The Norris, Franklin's >Knight,Burchfilds, Waldrop, & Parsons if so contact me at HAWKL35@aol.com >Thanks Alece, >

To all the list: I made my trip to Selma yesterday. This is a general letter about what I did and did not do there. I was looking for about 30 - 40 families so did not get too much information on each one, but I will be going back. I will make reports to each of you when I have found something on your families. What is available at Selma: Marriage records 1818 - 1918; Card files ( Old Live Oak Cemetery and other cemeteries, genealogy titles and genealogy authors), cemetery books for new Live Oak Cemetery and other cemeteries, Story of Selma and 2 other general books on Selma; census indexes and two drawers of local history files. (I did not find this local history file until just before I left. I did not have time to look at it for any of you, but will do next time.) They did have some census indexes in book form. I think the actual census records are available in Birmingham which is closer to where I live and I will check those for people per your requests. This is a beautiful old city and many of the old buildings are still being used. I even saw the building that had once been a restaurant run by one of my family members. I would recommend the Downtowner Restaurant where you may see pictures of many of the old buildings and the manager or owner there is quite an authority on old time Selma. I also have been given names of other family members that I will try to contact on my next trip. Of course, since Christmas is almost here, I have much to do, but still plan to go back later. As far as Live Oak Cemetery is concerned, I did not get to go there this trip. It was a dreary, rainy day and would have been awfully muddy and damp, so I decided to go there on my next trip. There are some noteworthy people buried there - one is the stepsister of Lincoln's wife. There are several others that are listed in the local history files, with a map of where they are buried. I'll keep you informed of what I find. Several people had asked about City directories - some were available: 1880-81 1909 1913-1914 1929-1930 1924 1939 1942 and a number of later directories. I also took a walk down to the Selma Courthouse and asked about old records. They let me into their storage room which is locked and in the basement. They left me alone there to do whatever I needed to do, but I found that nothing was in any kind of order and many books were not labelled. I found ledgers from the 1800's and on into the 1970's. They are all heavy books. Some are stacked on top of others and some are on rolling shelves, but they are not in order in any way or fashion. Some of the newer ones have long numbers on the outside, but you would need to know what numbers have been signed to the case. marydavis@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Mary Davis <marydavis@prodigy.net> To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Research in Dallas County, Live Oak Cemetery >Dear Dallas County researchers: > >I am going to Dallas County to do some of my own research. I have posted >information on this list before, but I have been out of town a lot recently >and am not sure who still needs help. I will take pictures at the Live Oak >Cemetery for $1.00 per picture and will do other research, i.e. city >directories, etc. If you just want a general idea of what is available >there, I will try to find out for you - no charge. If you want me to spend >some time, I can do that also. I only charge $10 per hour and will be >bringing a helper with me. With two of us working on it, we should be able >to do quite a bit of work for several people. Let me know as soon as >possible. I know I have written several of you at your private e-mail >address. I'm making plans now for my trip and what I need to look for. > >marydavis@prodigy.net

Hi list, Can anyone tell me what happened to the site Lisa Franklin had, TRACKING YOUR ALABAMA ROOTS & TRACKING YOUR TENN. ROOTS? I loved going there to do research. This was a very good site. Susie