Dekalb County AlArchives Obituaries.....Brooks, Davis Johnson May 5, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jamie Brooks sdbrooks@cox.net July 20, 2006, 12:59 pm The Times Journal, May 1966 Final rites for Davis J. Brooks, 80, of 1208 Williams Ave., in Fort Payne were held May 7, at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Rev. Melvin Waters and Charlie Grant officiating. Interment was in Trinity Cemetery with grave side services by the Odd Fellows with Wilson Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Brooks was retired and a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zella Brooks at home; four sons, Ray of Fort Payne, Thurston of Fyffe, Wesley of Tuscaloosa and J.D. of Rossville; four daughters, Mrs. Emma Parker, and Mrs. Thelma Lee Davis of Chattanooga, Mrs. Marie Pendergrass of Araband, Mrs. Faye Garrett of New Orleans; six brothers, Dee, Doc., Edgar, Leon, Tommie and Ambors; four sisters, Mrs. Della Stone, Mrs. Rose Benefield, Mrs. Bertha Shankles and Mrs. Carrie Goodridge; 25 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren. Additional Comments: Davis Johnson Brooks was married twice, his first marriage he was married to Addie Lee Elliott and all of the children listed in the obit. are from his first marriage except for Thelma Lee Davis. Davis and Addie had 8 children all together, Freeman L. Brooks died in 1928, a day after Addie Brooks.Thelma Lee Davis is the daughter of Davis and Zella Brooks. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dekalb/obits/b/brooks610gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Marshall-Bullock County AlArchives Biographies.....Thomason, William L November 22, 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 July 20, 2006, 12:14 pm Author: “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Volme 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 499-500 Dr. W. L. Thomason, of Guntersville, Marshall county, Ala., is a native of Georgia, born November 22, 1849. In 1845 he was brought to Alabama by his parents, who located in Henry county, where the son attended school as well as the schools of Macon (now Bullock) county, Ala., finishing in the last named county in 1867. His next progressive step was to begin the study of medicine, under the tutorship of his father, Dr W. B. Thompson, when being sufficiently prepared, in November, 1869, he entered the Georgia Medical college at Augusta, and subsequently the Medical department of Vanderbilt university, at Nashville, Tenn., graduating from the latter institution in 1871. He first located at Union Springs, Ala., where he practiced three years, and then went to Chambers county, where he passed eighteen months for the improvement of his health, and practicing but very little at that point; next, he removed to Summit, Blount county, where for seven years he stood high with the community, as a successful practitioner. He then became a charter member of the Blount county Medical society, of which he became the second president. In December, 1882, he decided to make his permanent home in Guntersville, Marshall county, and here he has met with abundant success ever since. In 1884 he organized the Marshall county Medical society, of which he served as secretary and treasurer five years; from 1884 to 1890, he also filled the office of county health officer. He has been a member of the State Medical association since 1884; and in 1889 was elected junior censor. He has been a frequent contributer [sic] of the medical journals of the country, but of late has not been so prolific, his last contribution appearing in 1891, in which he discussed the treatment of grip – his practice being now to onorous [sic] to permit him to devote much time to essay work, or to literary effort. The doctor is a master Mason, and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he has been a steward for nearly twenty years, and for eight years superintendent of the Sunday school in Guntersville; he also represented his church in the general conference, held at Richmond, Va., in 1886. The marriage of the doctor took place in May, 1875, to Miss Ida Pearce, daughter of Tilman J. Pearce, of Columbus, Ga., the union being favored with eight children, viz.: William Pearce, Paul, Mary Irene, James, Lillian, Ida More, George S. and Wiley Justin. The father of Dr. W. L. Thomason was Dr. W. B. Thomason, a native of Georgia. He was a graduate of the Medical college of Georgia, and of the Medical college of Memphis, Tenn., and secured a very extensive practice I Henry and Bullock counties., Ala. He married Sarah Ann Wilcoxon, daughter of Levi J. Wilcoxon, of Georgia, and had born to them four children, as follows: W. L;, of Guntersiville, Ala.; James R. of Bullock county, Ala.; Irene Ida, wife of S. M. Smith, of Midway, Ala., and Polly, now Mrs. Dowling, of Midway. The mother of these children passed away in 1880, and in 1883 the father re- married. Additional Comments: W. L. Thomason died before 1900 where his widow, Ida, is listed in the 1900 Census, Gunterville, Marshall County, AL. With her are children: W. Pearce, born June 1876; Paul, born Nov 1877; James, born Mar 1882; Lillian, born, Dec 1886; Ida M. born Jun 1889; George, born 1891; and son Justine, born Apr 1893. Ida was born Aug 1855 in Georgia. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/bios/thomason739gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb

Marshall County AlArchives Biographies.....Rayburn, Samuel King, General September 15, 1811 - July 15, 1892 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 July 20, 2006, 11:28 am Author: “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Volme 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 497-499 Gen. Samuel King Rayburn – The name Rayburn was originally spelled Reyburn, but it was changed by John Rayburn, father of S. K. Rayburn to Rayburn – that way of spelling it suited him better. Gen. Samuel King Rayburn’s great- grandfather, Henry Rayburn, and Joseph (or James) Rayburn, his cousin, emigrated from the north of Ireland to America some years before the Revolutionary war, and settled in Virginia, east of the Alleghanies [sic], near the Roanoke river. After living in this country for some years, Henry Rayburn, great-grandfather of S. K. Rayburn, went back to the north of Ireland and married Miss Ross and brought her with him to his “new world” home. They had but one son, John, who married Miss Jean McClarin, a Scotch lady, and settled in Botetourt county, Va. He was a large land owner, his farm being on the head waters of the Roanoke river, near t little town called Salem. To John and Jean (McClarin) Rayburn were born two sons and several daughters; the eldest son, Henry; the second son, John; there was about then years’ difference in their ages. They married two sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth Shanklin, daughters of Capt. Robert Shanklin, who served in the Revolutionary war. John Rayburn, father of Samuel K. moved to Barren county, Ky., about the year 1795, his father having given him land warrants. He moved from Kentucky to Tennessee and settled in Bedford county, where took up 1,000 acres of land about fifty miles from Nashville. Samuel King Rayburn was born on this place September 15, 1811. In the year 1818 his parents moved to north Alabama. Samuel King was John Rayburn’s seventh child. There were ten children, all of those reaching maturity being highly respected men and women. Gen. Rayburn was a man of literary tastes, and had a memory remarkable for its retentiveness, and it never failed him, even to the last day of his life. His character combined that strength and that tenderness and gentleness which we only find in one who is truly noble. He was a man whose very bearing and appearance commanded respect from all who came in contact with him. He took a lively interest in all public affairs and his mind was an encyclopedia of information on all matters of importance that had transpired since his earliest recollection up to the time of his death. He settled at Guntersville in 1834, where, with the exception of two years, he merchandised until 1847. As a member of Capt. James M. Gen’s company, he participated in the Mexican war. In 1849 he was elected clerk of the circuit court of Marshall county, and served eight years in that capacity. He was elected to the state senate in 1857. He also had the office of president of the Tennessee & Coosa railroad company until 1868. At the outbreak of the Civil war he was elected major-general of the militia by the people of Marshall, Jackson, De Kalb, and Cherokee counties. This position he resigned in 1862 and was appointed on the staff of Gov. Moore. In the fall of that year he raised a company of volunteers and was commissioned captain of company B, Forty-eighth Alabama infantry. In 1866 Gen. Rayburn was appointed register and master in chancery, and he was continued in the office by the various chancellors up to the time of his death, which was July 15, 1892. Gen. Rayburn was married in 1840, go Mrs. Sarah Davenport; the son of this marriage was John Rayburn, captain of the Ninth Alabama infantry, who was killed at the battle of Sharpsburg,Va. Mrs. Evergreen Findlay became the second Mrs. Reyburn [sic], in 1861. She was killed by a shell from Federal gunboats in 1862, the year after marriage. In December, 1863, Gen. Rayburn married Miss Nannie Nix, a young lady of rare mental attainments and extreme amiability of character. Their tastes and feelings were so in harmony that he counted the eleven years which they lived together the happiest of his life. The fruits of this happy union were five children – three boys and two girls, all of whom are living except the second son, his father’s namesake, Samuel King Rayburn, Jr. This young man inherited all the good qualities of mind and character of both mother and father, but “whom the gods love die young,: and he died December 23, 1888, in the twenty-first year of his age, of typhoid fever, a few months after his return from the United States Military academy. The remaining children are Mrs. Brooking, Samuel, John S., William C., and Mrs. John D. Chandler. After remaining a widower for six years and nobly acting the part of both father and mother to his family of small children, he thought it to their best interest to marry again, and accordingly, in May, 1880, he married Miss Jane Warren, a maiden lady of suitable age to wed with one of his years. Gen. Rayburn died July 15, 1892, lacking exactly two months of being eighty-one years old. He had been suffering for some months with a difficulty of breathing, but with that exception was in his usual health. About ten o’clock A.M., of July 15, 1892, he lay down to take a nap, and while asleep his spirit took its flight. His death was instantaneous and painless, caused from heart failure. Notwithstanding his great age he was a man in the fullest sense of the word up to the hour of his death, being in full possession of all his mental faculties, and his bodily vigor being preserved to a remarkable degree. Never was there a man occupying as many public positions as he did that had fewer enemies and more friends. Only a few weeks before his death he attended the meeting of a democratic club, named in honor of himself, and made them a speech. There were many of his old friends and acquaintances present, and their manifestations of love and esteem for him were affecting in the extreme. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, most of his family being members of the same. They Rayburns were originally Presbyterians, but when a division took place in the church most of them went with the Cumberland Presbyterians. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/bios/rayburn738gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb

Marshall County AlArchives Biographies.....Neely, Edwin O. June 25, 1859 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 July 20, 2006, 10:54 am Author: “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), page 497 Edwin O. Neely, the able editor of the Guntersville Democrat, was born near Columbia, Tenn., June 25, 1859, the son of J. N. Neely, a carriage maker who had acquired a comfortable fortune at his trade, and purchased a flouring mill at Columbia. It thus transpired that the son learned the business of a miller, and worked at that calling at various points, until his twenty-third year. IN the year he stopped work in the mill and began to prepare himself for a business life. He accordingly took a course at the Goodman’s Knoxville Business college, after which he entered the employ of a firm of Nashville contractors and builders, and spent four years in traveling for the firm. He came to Alabama in the spring of 1887, and first leased, and then purchased, the Guntersville Democrat, which paper he has since published with great success. October 4, 1884, he was married to Miss Lois Peck, daughter of Hon. Joseph A. Peck, of Monroe county, Tenn., and their union is brightened by the presence of a little daughter, Ethel, and two sons, Carl and Albert. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/bios/neely737gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Marshall County AlArchives Biographies.....Jackson, James Monroe, Dr. April 12, 1826 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 July 20, 2006, 10:50 am Author: “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 495-497 Dr. James Monroe Jackson, one of the oldest and most experienced physicians of Marshall county, Ala., was born in Maury county, Tenn., April 12, 1826, and was educated at Jackson college, Colombia, in the same state. In 1843, he came to Alabama, and began the study of medicine at Somerville, Morgan county, under Dr. William G. Hill, and subsequently attended the university of Kentucky, at Louisville, and then the Medical college of South Carolina, at Charleston, graduating from the last named institution in 1848. He then returned to Somerville, Ala., where he was in practice until 1856, when he located in Guntersville, and has here practiced ever since, standing at the head of his profession, until the opening of the Civil war, when he enlisted in a company of infantry, organized at Guntersville, by Capt. Isaac Henry. He accompanied this company to Clarksville, Tenn., where he organized Stuart college hospital, of which he was made house surgeon, and there remained until the battle of Fort Donelson, when he was ordered to that fort by the medical director, and was there captured by the enemy. HE was carried to Camp Chase, and confined from February 1826, to April, of the same year; thence he was conveyed to Johnson’s Island, and there was made chief surgeon of the Confederate hospital, and served both Confederate and Federal soldiers until released, under general order in June. HE then went to Richmond, Va.; soon afterward was present at the battle of Cedar Run, and was then ordered to Jackson, Miss., as surgeon of post, and to assume charge of the wounded removed to that point from the battle field of Perryville, Ky. After properly caring for these brave unfortunates, the doctor was ordered to Port Hudson, La., and remained there until the fall, and was then appointed surgeon of the Forty-ninth Tennessee regiment, remaining with it until the troops ere ordered to Vicksburg, then returned to Jackson, Miss., for a few days, and later, went on to Vicksburg, and remained there through the siege. From Vicksburg he was transferred to Chickamauga, passed through that battle, and fought all the way to Jonesboro, on Johnson’s retreat, and was in the battles of Atlanta, and Peach Tree Creek, and then at Franklin, Tenn. At the latter point he was left in charge of the wounded, and there organized the McNutt hospital, of which he had charge until April, 1863. When the wounded were all disposed of he was sent by the Federals to the military prison at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., where he was held until the surrender at Appomattox, and President Lincoln issued his proclamation of peace. After his release, he returned to Somerville, Ala., where his children then were, and a few weeks later resumed his practice at Guntersville, with a greatly enlarged experience, both in medicine and surgery. He stands very high in the community, and is a master Mason. The marriage of the doctor took place in 1850, to Miss Eliza Wilkinson, daughter of Dr. John Wilkinson, of Augusta, Ga., but he had the great misfortune to lose this estimable lady as early as 1856. She had borne him three children, of whom two still survive, viz: James L., of Nashville, Tenn., and Alice Lee, wife of Robert McKinney, of Memphis, Tenn. Harbard Jackson, the father of Dr. J. M. Jackson, was a native of Madison, Ga., and was all his days a farmer. He married Miss Martha Gill, and by her, became the father of six children, named as follows: Elizabeth, deceased wife of Henderson McDonald, of Maury county, Tenn.; Susan, deceased wife of Andrew Culp, of Maury City, Tenn.; Dr. J. Monroe; Joseph T., of Taylor, Tex.; Catherine, deceased wife of Mr. Montague, of Perry county, Tenn. Harbard Jackson died in 1844, at the age of fifty-nine years, and his widow the year following. Mark Jackson, the grandfather of Dr. J. M. Jackson, was a native of Georgia, was a captain in the war of the Revolution, and died about the year 1828, at the advanced age of one hundred years. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/bios/jackson736gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb

Marshall County AlArchives Biographies.....Henry, Albert G. December 5, 1816 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 July 20, 2006, 10:32 am Author: “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 495 Albert G. Henry, one of the oldest and most respected merchants of northeastern Alabama, is a native of Tennessee, born in Sevier county, December 5, 1816. His education was limited to the primitive schools of his native county. He came with his father, Hugh Henry, to Alabama at the age of twelve years. His father opened a mercantile house in Jackson county, and at the age of eigheen [sic] years the son entered the store as a clerk. At the age of twenty he was given an interest in the concern, and five years later he went into business for himself, and with the exception of two years during the war, he has been since that time a merchant at Guntersville. Before the war he had control of almost the entire patronage at that point, and was the first man in Alabama to introduce the continued credit system, by which he carried his patrons, rich and poor, upon his books from year to year, and upon the close of the war his patrons being nearly all financially broken up, he, with the protection furnished by the crop mortgage law now in vogue in the south, was enabled to advance nearly $50,000 of goods to his patrons without serious loss to himself. For some years he had been recognized as one of the most reliable and substantial business men of the south. He has acquired large wealth by his astute business qualities, thrift and energy. He was married first, August 8th, 1838, to Mary Ann Henry of Tennessee, who became the mother of eight children and died December 31, 1884, at the age of sixty-four years. The present wife was Mrs. Julia Waitt, née Julia Brown. The following memoranda is made of Mr. Henry’s children: Wallas H., deceased; Hugh, Margaret, wife of Dr. Clifton, of Waco, Tex.; Mary, wife of Dr. J. Miller; Sallie B., wife of J. D. Bell, of Texas; Albert G., Jr. and Samuel. Mr. Henry is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife of the Christian. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/bios/henry735gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb

Marshall County AlArchives Photo Group.....MADDOX -Thurmon Beamon And Sarah Frances(Evans)Maddox Family- C.1899 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: LARRY C.. KNOWLES http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002854 July 19, 2006, 1:49 am Source: Mrs. Betty D. Gudat, San Antonio, Texas Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/marshall/photos/maddoxth3593gph.jpg Image file size: 79.8 Kb Thurmon Beamon and Sarah Frances(Evans)Maddox Family- c.1899 Thurmon Beamon Maddox was born in Butts Co., GA on January 9, 1858. He was the youngest son of David and Rebecca L.(Hunt?)Maddox. He was listed as “Beman”-age 12, on their 1870 Butts Co. census. On December 17, 1877 in Butts Co., “Beaman” Maddox married Martha Jane Evans, daughter of James Marion and Sara Frances (Willard)Evans. On the 1880 Butts Co. census, Martha was inexplicably listed as “Sarah”-age 21, with “Beamon”-age 22, and son, David Carlton Maddox-age 1- (born August 28. 1878). [Was Martha’s sister Sarah visiting the day of the census, and her name mistakenly entered by the census-taker?] Beamon would later marry sister Sarah Frances Evans in Marshall Co., AL. Shortly after the census, Beamon and Martha J. Maddox moved to Alabama. Second son, Monroe Dolphus Maddox, was born near Guntersville, AL, March 6, 1881. Other children followed at regular intervals-birth locations uncertain, but all apparently within Marshall Co.: Frances Rebecca, March 19, 1883; William Homer, Sept. 6, 1885; Eugenia Gertrude, August 6, 1887; Georgia Mae, August 21, 1889; and John H., August 22, 1891. Mother, Martha Jane Maddox, died May 23, 1893. On February 3, 1895, father, Thurmon Beamon Maddox married Sarah Frances Evans. Descendants outside of Georgia seemed to use his first name, Thurmon(various spellings)-while his Georgia kin seemed to prefer Beamon. His wives-perhaps- liked that name better. Beamon and 2nd wife, Sarah Frances’ first child, James Christopher, was born October 21, 1895. Son, Joseph Burl was born, August 22, 1897, and daughter Minnie Myrtle was born, December 19, 1900. [Myrtle’s stated birth date conflicts with the 1900 Marshall Co. AL census, which shows her born earlier in the year]. The Maddox family was then listed in Oleander, AL, in the 12th district. Sarah Frances Maddox died August 5, 1902. Stepdaughter(and niece)Frances Rebecca Maddox married at Union Grove, AL on January 8, 1903. Twice widowed, and perhaps needing help with his younger children, Beamon Maddox had been against the marriage. Family lore says that when he learned that her suitor was enroute from Texas, he carried the family into seclusion in the nearby hills. Undeterred, the young man, William Noah Daniel, waited him out, and when the family returned, soon came for “Fannie”. Shortly after their marriage, the young couple left for Texas. It was said that Beamon asked a third Evans sister to marry him, but was turned down! Sometime thereafter, he decided to return to Butts Co., GA where he had several siblings, and other family members. The Turmon B. Maddox family is shown on the 1910 Butts Co., GA census(on Fincherville Rd.). He had built, or bought, a large house on the eastside of the road, just south of Jack Maddox Bridge Rd.(a road named for a nephew). His house stood until about twenty years ago, when it was demolished for a new home on the same site. In his later years, “brother Beamon”(as sister Lanie called him)kept his mule “Bad-Eye” in a small barn, or shed, just across the road from his house. In good weather he often visited Lanie(wife of Oscar B. Knowles)a mile down the road to the south. My father, Bernard F. Knowles, said that Uncle Beamon never put both legs in his buggy, letting one foot dangle or rest on the step, and that he always tied his mule to the small pecan tree along the Knowles’ driveway. T. B.(Thurmon Beamon)Maddox, age 70, died October 6, 1928. He is buried near three brothers and his parents, in Sardis Baptist Church cemetery, on Keys Ferry Road in Henry Co., GA. [At least four of his children; two more brothers, and three sisters, as well as numerous nieces & nephews are also buried at Sardis] His wives-sisters, Martha Jane and Sarah Frances, are buried beside each other in Union Grove Baptist Church cemetery, in Marshall Co., AL. Larry C. Knowles---July 19, 2006 [see photo details below] T. B. Maddox family members identified in the linked photo are as follows: Top row(left to right): Monroe D., b. 1881; William H., b. 1885; Frances R., b.1883; and E. Gertrude, b. 1887 Bottom row(left to right): John H., b.1891; Turmon B. Maddox(on lap-James C., b. 1895); Sarah F. Maddox(on lap-Joseph B., b.1897)-and, Georgia M., b. 1889. This family photo accounts for all known children except David C., b.1878(who may have been married by this date)-and the youngest child, daughter Minnie Myrtle, who was born after the photo was made. The two “lap” children, and Minnie Myrtle are the children of Sarah Frances Maddox. The older children are her stepchildren; the children of her sister, Martha J. Maddox-and as such, are also her nieces and nephews! [see "Additional Comments" below] Additional Comments: Many thanks to descendants of Frances Rebecca(Maddox)Daniel; Mrs. Betty D. Gudat, and her aunt, Lorayne D. Cochran-both of San Antonio, Texas. They provided this great family portrait, as well as most of the facts on the T. B. Maddox’s “families”, and interesting comment on his time in Alabama. Look for other possible Maddox family photos & info on this site. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/photos/maddoxth3593gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb

Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Ayres Developing Gold Mine in North Randolph : ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace [Teal] Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net July 19, 2006, 12:13 am "The Roanoke Leader" : Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 14, 1927 AYRES IS DEVELOPING GOLD MINE PROPERTY IN NORTH RANDOLPH Work is being done on J.D. Ayres' gold property on the Randolph and Cleburne county line. This property is located on the south slope of Turkey Heaven Mountain, five miles south of the noted Arbacoochee gold mine, three miles west of Stone Hill Copper mines and three miles west of Pinetuckey gold mines. The vein is cut in several places for a distance of about one fourth of a mile. Mr. George Cain, an experienced gold miner, is superintending the work. He says the ore will run thirty dollars per ton. It is predicted by mining men that this will prove one of the best paying gold mines that has been discovered in Alabama, as there are millions of tons of ore in sight and the situation of the vein makes it easily accessible. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/cleburne/newspapers/ayresdev1054gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

Tuscaloosa County AlArchives Military Records.....Clark, Thomas December 1832 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com July 18, 2006, 11:50 am Pension Application Of Thomas Clark, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll ___, Application #S10451 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, December 10, 1832, Thomas Clark, aged 67 years: “He was born in the state of Pennsylvania, Lancaster County. When he was 5 years old, he being an orphan and bound out to one McGaher, he removed with him to South Carolina, Chester District, at which place he resided until he performed duty. He first volunteered under Captain John McClure, Lt. Hugh McClure, ensign not recollected, the superior officers not recollected. In truth, he was then too young that the matter of names have in a great degree, escaped his memory. He does not recollect how long he was to serve.” “The expedition was intended to join General Sumter. In their march to join him at Rocky Mount, or rather, in the neighborhood of it, he was taken a prisoner by the Tories and immediately carried to the British lines commanded by Colonel Turnbull. He was often exhorted to join the British Army, which he resolutely refused and was kept as a prisoner ?where [or when] until an opportunity presented itself to escape, which he effected.” “He then joined as a volunteer, Captain Francis Carlisle’s company for 3 months as a militia man, and he shortly afterwards joined Colonel Pickens at Whitehall. During that 3 months he was not engaged in any battle but was mostly at headquarters at Bacon’s Bridge 20 miles above Charleston.” “At the expiration of 3 months, he returned home, but very shortly after he volunteered for 3 months more under Captain Moses Liddle [?Little], lieutenant and ensign forgot. Major Noble commanded the battalion. He thinks there was no colonel until they joined General Greene’s army at Bacon’s Bridge. The whole 3 months he spent at Bacon’s Bridge, and being discharged, he returned home.” “Shortly after his return home last mentioned, there was a call for men to guard the frontiers against the Indians and he enlisted for 9 months under Captain Robert Carruthers, and was marched to, and stationed at Fort Independence on Rocky River; and there he re___ until the whole 9 months had expired and then discharged.” “Very soon after this he volunteered for 3 months as a militia man under John Norwood, still to protect the frontiers, and this service he also performed, staying the most of the time at the house of said Norwood as that was the point thought most necessary to be protected. Some of this last service was performed after peace was made between Great Britain and America, though not much of it.” “After the war, he settled in Abbeville District, SC. From there he removed to Georgia, Elbert County; from there to Tennessee, Ray County; from Tennessee to this state, Jefferson County, about 16 years ago. From there he removed to that of Tuscaloosa near 2 years ago, and in this latter county he yet resides.” “At the expiration of service at the ____ tours when he had performed them, he does not remember that they were given no writing, he thinks they were not, though in this he may be mistaken; at any rate he is incapable of showing one, for if he ever had one, it is lost.” “He has no register of his age. The way he ascertains his age is by the ?insertion of it in his _____ from the time of his becoming free, he hath kept in mind each successive year, so then he thinks he cannot be well mistaken in saying that e is 67 years old and will be 68 in February next.” “He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person except Jeremiah Fields who can prove any part of his services, his stated annexed hereto, his proof of some portion of what he has performed in the Revolution for his country.” Bounty Warrant Claim: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1856, Thomas Clark, aged 91 years: “That he is the identical Thomas Clark who was a private in the company of Captain Robert Caruthers, in which John Caldwell was 1st lieutenant in a regiment of South Carolina militia attached to the brigade commanded by General Andrew Pickens in the War of the Revolution. That he enlisted at Abbeville District, SC sometime in the spring of 1781 or 1782 for the term of 9 months and continued in actual service in said war for 9 months and was honorably discharged in Abbeville District, SC in the fall of 1782 or 1783. That he served a tour of duty also as a private in Captain Norrard’s or Norwood’s company, South Carolina militia in Revolutionary War…” File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/tuscaloosa/military/revwar/pensions/clark246gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb

Jackson County AlArchives News.....Letter from J. H. Hughes : ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net July 16, 2006, 8:21 pm "The Roanoke Leader" : Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 26, 1927 LETTER FROM Rev. MR. J. H. HUGHES To Editor of the Leader: I feel perhaps that you would not mind giving space in your paper for me to tell of our trip, moving to Jackson county. While we had to leave our friends in Roanoke we expect the Leader to be a regular visitor. Last Wednesday at daylight we turned our faces toward Jackson county, our new home, on a 160 mile trip. We made it through without incident. It was a little sad in leaving Randolph, as we felt like were were leaving home and knew we were leaving a large number of warm friends and splendid neighbors. As we journed along we wondered if we would ever again find such good neighbors and friends as those we left behind. The people had anticipated our coming and gave us a real welcome. Flour, meat, sugar, coffee and many other articles too numerous to mention, in fact, they started us off with a full pantry. While we left so many good friends we come among people who seem ready to be our friends and we are proud of them. This part of Jackson county is on Sand Mountain which, indeed, is a beautiful farming country. I can't imagine why anyone hunting a fertile farming country would want to go west when he could find such a good one so near. Pisgah is a small town about five or six miles of the Tennessee River. It has four stores, three churches and a high school. Trusting that our old friends there will sometimes think of us. J.H. Hughes File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jackson/newspapers/letterfr1052gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb

Crenshaw-Elmore County AlArchives Biographies.....Smith, George Holmes February 12, 1871 - 1946 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net July 16, 2006, 11:17 am Author: Alabama Department of Archives and History Sketches of Representatives. Crenshaw County: “GEORGE HOMES SMITH, of Luverne, representative in the Legislature, 1915, from Chrnshaw county, was born Feb. 12, 1871, in Montgomery, Ala; son of James Monroe and Narcissa (Douglas) Smith; grandson of George Wright and Mary (Campbell) Smith, and William and Mary Elizabeth (Small) Douglas, residents of Wetumpka, but natives of Edinburgh, Scotland. James M. Smith was a resident of Wetumpka; served in the Confederate States Army as a courier in the 3rd Ala. Inf. Regt.; and was a commission merchant. Representative Smith was educated in the public schools of Wetumpka; was licensed to practice pharmacy May 28, 1897, and is now engaged in the retail drug business at Luverne. He served as Mayor of Wetumpka two terms, 1898-1900. He is now (1915) a member of the town council of Luverne. He is a Democrat, and served as Secretary of the Elmore County Executive Committee several years. He was reared a Presbyterian, but is now a member of the Methodist Church. He is a member of the Masons, is a Royal Arch Mason, a Red Man, a Knight of Pythias, and Woodman of the World. He married, May 15, 1895, at Wetumpka. Mary Eugenia, daughter of George Bernard and Sarah (Webb) Judkins, formerly of Macon county, but later residents of Wetumpka. Mr. Smith is the twin brother of Lamar Cantelou Smith who represented Elmore county in the Legislature of 1907. The brothers married sisters.” (1) (1) Alabama Official and Statistical Register – 1915, complied by Thomas M. Owen, LL. D., Director (Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1915), p. 109. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/crenshaw/bios/smith734gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb

Monroe-Wilcox County AlArchives Court.....Chisolm, John 1818/1819 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Teresa Ellison tellison9@yahoo.com July 14, 2006, 2:54 pm Source: Al Dept. Of Archives - Orphan's Court Record Of Orders Commencing August 1816 Up To April 1821 Written: 1818/1819 Alabama Department of Archives LGM 040 (Microfilm) Reel 6 Orphan's Court Record of Orders Commencing August 1816 up to April 1821 Book #1 John Chisolm P. 77 Ordered that the sum of Fifty dollars be allowed to John Chislom for supporting and affording assistance to Drury Taylor, and that the Register of the Orphan's Court be, and he is hereby directed to issue an order on the County Treasury for said sum to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Date of this order (based on orders listed before and after) is 1818 or 1819 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/monroe/court/chisolm154gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

Monroe County AlArchives Photo Group.....Confederate Veterans Reunion ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gary Chandler chandler178@cox.net July 13, 2006, 2:28 pm Source: In My Possession Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/monroe/photos/confeder836nph.jpg Image file size: 79.8 Kb A photo of Confederate veterans from Monroe County taken in Beatrice, AL in 1906 at the home of Captain Thomas Riley. Pictured are, front row, left to right, W. F. Lewis, John Rice Chandler, Wesley Morris (holding cannonball), Captain T. A. Rumbley (holding captured sword), Dr. F. S. Dailey (holding musket), and W. J. Biggs. Second row are W. J. Richardson, Fayette Dailey, Captain Thomas Riley, Whit B. Green, Captain W.S. Wiggins, and S. P. Rikard. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/monroe/photos/confeder836nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Harris, Minerva - Stallings, Joseph August 25, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:44 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 32 Certificate No.: Not given JOSEPH STALLINGS ) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge MINERVA HARRIS ) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between JOSEPH STALLINGS & MINERVA HARRIS and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 24 day of August in the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 64 year Jos D Hopper Register Executed 25 day of August 1839 Uriah H Parker J.P. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/harris252gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Walker, Nancy - Dickey, Robert H. September 1, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:43 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 32 Certificate No.: Not given ROBERT H. DICKEY ) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge NANCY WALKER ) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between ROBERT H. DICKEY & NANCY WALKER and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 29 day of August in the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 64 year Jos Hopper Register Executed this 1st day of September 1839 Richard Boyd J.P. (Seal) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/walker251gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Harvey, Elisabeth - Jeter, Charles September 5, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:41 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 24 Certificate No.: Not given CHARLES JETER ) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge ELISABETH HARVEY ) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between CHARLES JETER & ELISABETH HARVEY and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1839 and American Independence the 63 year Joseph Goffe Register Executed by me 10 July 1839 Saml Harwell J.P. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/harvey250gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Welsh, Elizabeth L. - Tunnel, Stephen September 5, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:41 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 24 Certificate No.: Not given STEPHEN TUNNEL ) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge ELIZABETH L. WELSH) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between STEPHEN TUNNEL and ELISABETH L WELSH and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 5 day of August in the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 63 year Joseph Goffe Register Executed by me Sept 5 1839 Saml Harwell J.P. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/welsh249gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Welsh, Elizabeth L. - Tunnel, Stephen September 5, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:41 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 24 Certificate No.: Not given STEPHEN TUNNEL ) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge ELIZABETH L. WELSH) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between STEPHEN TUNNEL and ELISABETH L WELSH and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 5 day of August in the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 63 year Joseph Goffe Register Executed by me Sept 5 1839 Saml Harwell J.P. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/welsh248gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Lasson, Mary A. - Scott, Counsel June 6, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:40 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 25 Certificate No.: Not given COUNSEL SCOTT) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge MARY A LASSON) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between COUNSEL SCOTT & MARY A LASSON and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 18th day of April the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 63 year Joseph Goffe Register Executed by this 6th June 1839 Samuel Harwell J.P. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/lasson247gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

Montgomery County AlArchives Marriages.....Dandy, Eliza F. - Bobbitt, Henry A. August 2, 1839 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net July 12, 2006, 11:39 am Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Book E, page 25 Certificate No.: Not given HENRY A BOBBITT) The State of Alabama Montgomery County TO ) To any ordained minister of the gospel Judge of the ELIZA F DANDY ) circuit or County Courts of Justice of the peace for said County You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony between HENRY A BOBBITT & ELIZA F DANDY and this Shall be your Sufficient Authority for So doing Given under my hand this 30th day of July in the year of our Lord 1839 and of American Independence the 64 year Joseph Goffe Register Executed by me 2 day of August 1839 Henry Graves File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/vitals/marriages/dandy246gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb