Sandra, According o the book, Selma, Her Institutions and Her Men, by John Hardy, which you will be able to read when you get to the Library in Selma, says that Col. Wm P. Molett was a stockholder in a bank in Selma that was established in 1856, The Commercial Bank of Alabama. It had a capital of $500,000, but of course at the fall of the Confederacy in 1865 the capital of the bank was worthless.More about this in page 52. Re: Yankees in Selma. Also according to the book, the city was assaulted by the Yankee forces led by Gen. Wilson and fell on Sunday, the 2nd of April, 1865. Gen. Wilson gave the order to destroy everything that would benefit the Confederate cause. The yankee forces feeling very good about the victory entered the city that night and "terrible scenes of plunder and outrages were witnessed in every direction". Look at page 51 for a longer version of this. However in this book, there was no mention of the death of Col. Molett. Suzanne Shuttleworth Coats OAK6LEY@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Irma and all the others! > I don't know why I did not join this list long ago- my first query and a > wealth of info and help appears! You are wonderful! > I am not sure when I will be able to get to Selma but it is in the planning > stage. Perhaps sometime this summer. I was hoping that the records were > mainly intact since (if history & memory serves me) Selma was occupied > through a portion of the War. (where I live they still call it the "WAR" as > if no other war ever happened). > I know that in my 3rd grt grandfather's information (William Page Molette who > was the original Molette settler) it stated that he died on April 15, 1865- > shot in the back by a Yankee-So I figure Selma was occupied at least during > the last part of the war. > > Knowing the extent of records helps in planning how many days needed to > research- now all I have to do is get the husband to drive all day and night > to get there- entertain himself in a strange city for about five days while I > dig through books then drive all day and night back home...HUMMMM > > Once again thanks > Sandra Mann Oakley- A Virginian with Alabama Roots!-