Talladega-Statewide-Calhoun County AlArchives Deaths.....Cross, Elijah September 28, 1957 ************************************************ 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: Terri Cross Terrilcg@aol.com June 28, 2006, 1:48 am Name: Cross, Elijah Date Of Death: September 28, 1957 Time: Place Of Death: Richardtown, Talladgea County, Alabama Residence: Richardtown, Talladega County, Alabama Gender: Male Race: B Age: 71 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Date Of Birth: September 15, 1886 Place Of Birth: Talladega County, Alabama Mother's Name: Slaughter, Martha Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Cross, Wash Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Died Suddenly Miltant, Cardiac Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Unavailable Funeral Home: R E Strickland Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: RosieLee Cross Date Of Burial: October 6, 1957 Place Of Burial: Munford, Alabama Date Recorded: October 4, 1957 Source Of Record: Alabama Center for Health Statistics Certificate No.: 19677 Registrar's Signature: Sophie Morriss Residence: H/A 61XX8 Talladega Richardtown, Beat 2 Rt 1 Box 332 Eastaboga, Alabama Additional Comments: Obtained certified copy of the Certificate of Death in July 2001. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/talladega/vitals/deaths/cross117dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb
Calhoun County AlArchives Bible Records.....Philadelphia Baptist Church Copyright Date May 6, 1888 ************************************************ 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: Rhonda Stewart genbug13@bellsouth.net June 27, 2006, 9:41 am CHARTER OF PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CHURCH Beckwell School House May 6th 1888. After preaching by the Rev. J.R. Loyd pastor of Liberty Baptist Church the following counsel was organized. Rev. J.R. Loyd, Rev. J.N. Whitehead, Bro. Ed Roberts, J.R. Graham, J.B. Palmer, G.T. McCloud, E.J. Webb, Wm. Thomas, J.T. Carter, George Camp, J.G. Mitchell, Wm. Pare, Thos Neighbor, Rev. Reynolds. In motion Rev. J.R. Loyd was requested to act as moderator, Ro. J.R. Graham as clerk. The object being to constitute a Missionary Baptist Church. The following member with letters presented themselves. Bro. W.G. Reese, J.T. White, W.R. Hilburn, Sister S.L. Reese, E.F. White, Elizabeth Gipson. Elesyabeth Hillburn, Rebbecka Hillburn, Sallie Pinson, Martha Pinson, T.J. Smith. With constitution and adoptions of abstract of principile of the Tallusaliathche & Ten Island Association on this faith an motion the above Bros. & Sisters was constituted into a Baptist Church to be called by the name of Philadelphia Baptist Church and after extending the organized membership right hand of fellowship and he new church called Rev. W. Reese to be their Pastor. The counsel adjourned. J.R. Loyd Mod. J.R.G. Clerk File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/calhoun/bibles/philadel102gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb
Cherokee County AlArchives Deaths.....Reynolds, Sarah Jane January 14, 1930 ************************************************ 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: Edna Stephens Stephens2247@bellsouth.net June 26, 2006, 9:11 pm Name: Reynolds, Sarah Jane Date Of Death: January 14, 1930 Time: Place Of Death: Cherokee County, Rock Run, AL Residence: Rock Run, AL Gender: Race: W Age: 74 yrs 11 months Marital Status: Married Spouse: Reynolds, J. B. Date Of Birth: February 13, 1856 Place Of Birth: Alabama Mother's Name: Swords, Sarah Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Father's Name: Taylor, John Father's Birthplace: Alabama Cause Of Death: Unable to read Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Housewife Funeral Home: Usrey Funeral Home, Anniston, AL Doctor: J. Emerson Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: January 14, 1930 Place Of Burial: Salam Cemetery Date Recorded: February 6, 1930 Source Of Record: Poor Copy of Death Certificate Certificate No.: 0239 Certificate # 3 Additional Comments: I got a copy of this death certificate from microfilm at Wallace College. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/cherokee/vitals/deaths/reynolds176gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb
Cherokee-Calhoun County AlArchives Church Records.....Philadelphia Baptist Church Copyright Date May 6, 1888 ************************************************ 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: Rhonda Stewart genbug13@bellsouth.net June 26, 2006, 9:27 am CHARTER OF PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CHURCH Beckwell School House May 6th 1888. After preaching by the Rev. J.R. Loyd pastor of Liberty Baptist Church the following counsel was organized. Rev. J.R. Loyd, Rev. J.N. Whitehead, Bro. Ed Roberts, J.R. Graham, J.B. Palmer, G.T. McCloud, E.J. Webb, Wm. Thomas, J.T. Carter, George Camp, J.G. Mitchell, Wm. Pare, Thos Neighbor, Rev. Reynolds. In motion Rev. J.R. Loyd was requested to act as moderator, Ro. J.R. Graham as clerk. The object being to Constitute a Missionary Baptist Church. The following member with letters presented themselves. Bro. W.G. Reese, J.T. White, W.R. Hilburn, Sister S.L. Reese, E.F. White, Elizabeth Gipson. Elesyabeth Hillburn, Rebbecka Hillburn, Sallie Pinson, Martha Pinson, T.J. Smith. With constitution and adoptions of abstract of principile of the Tallusaliathche & Ten Island Association on this faith an motion the above Bros. & Sisters was constituted into a Baptist Church to be called by the name of Philadelphia Baptist Church and after extending the organized membership right hand of fellowship and he new church called Rev. W. Reese to be their Pastor. The counsel adjourned. J.R. Loyd Mod. J.R.G. Clerk File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/cherokee/churches/philadel31bb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb
Lawrence County AlArchives Military Records.....Pope, Charles 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 June 25, 2006, 1:09 pm Pension Application Of Charles Pope, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1951, Application #R8325 CHARLES POPE, a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, aged 70 in October 1823: That he, the said CHARLY POPE was drafted in the militia of North Carolina in the Revolutionary War for the term of three months, on or about the __ day of ____ term not recollected, in Guilford County of said state of North Carolina under Captain MOORE in regiment commanded by ______, not recollected, by whom in the line of the State of North Carolina, that he continued to serve until he hired a substitute who served out the balance of the three months unexpired, when said substitute was received in his stead, and the declarant obtained a discharge for the said three months tour of service. On the __ day of ____ in said county, he was drafted for a second term of three months in the militia of said state of North Carolina under the command of Captain JOHN HALEY, the regiment not recollected. He continued to serve some short time and hired PATRICK HALEY, a substitute, to serve out the balance of the three months, who did serve out the same, and the declarant obtained a discharge for the said last three months tour in the said state of North Carolina. He was not in any, but his substitute was in the service at the time of the Battle of Guilford. This declarant states that the two captains above named were commanded by General GREENE of the Revolutionary army Additional Comments: See also, pension application of Richard Pope, son of Charles Pope, in Guilford County, NC and Chatham County, NC, File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lawrence/military/revwar/pensions/pope233gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb
Lawrence County AlArchives Military Records.....Dougan, James 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 June 25, 2006, 1:05 pm Pension Application Of James Dougan, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 838, Application #S3306 JAMES DOUGAN, a resident of Franklin County, Tennessee, aged 80 years: In the year 1776, he then residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, volunteered to serve a tour of three months as ensign in the company commanded by Captain JOHN COLLIER in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. We rendezvoused at Guilford Courthouse and marched thro Salisbury. The regiment was organized in part at least at Guilford Courthouse and was commanded by Colonel MARTIN. They met with other troops in the mulberry fields on the Catawba, where the brigade under the command of General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD was organized. We crossed the Blue Ridge and marched to the Indian towns on the headwaters of the Tennessee. We destroyed the towns and growing crops, the Indians having fled. We remained in the Indian country several weeks, marching from town to town, cutting up and destroying the Indian crops. After performing this service we returned home, having served the full term of three months, for which he got a discharge. In the year 1777, as well as he now recollects, he again volunteered to serve as an ensign another tour of three months in the company commanded by Captain ROBERT BELL. We rendezvoused at Salisbury, where according to his best recollection, the regiment commanded by FRANCIS LOCKE to which he was attached was organized and from thence we were marched to Camden, South Carolina, where we remained until our tour of service expired. All the troops in the expedition were commanded by General RUTHERFORD. Having served the full term of 3 months, he was regularly discharged. The next campaign he served was in 1779. He volunteered for 5 months and served as a lieutenant by brevet in the company commanded by Captain ENOCH DAVIS, Colonel LOCKEs regiment, RUTHERFORDs brigade. We again rendezvoused at Salisbury and marched to the 10-Mile House in South Carolina, and from thence to Purysburg, which was then the headquarters of the American army commanded by General LINCOLN. During our stay at this place a detachment under the command of General ASHE was sent out from the army across the Savannah River and had an engagement with the enemy at Briar Creek, in which they were defeated. About the same time, he volunteered to go on detachment against a party of the enemy who were said to be marauding along the river. We had a battle in which we were victorious. Captain WILSON had the command of a picket guard at the White House, and in the battle. We were released at that place and returned to headquarters, where he remained performing camp and garrison duties there and in the neighborhood. Having served the term of 5 months, he was discharged and returned home with WILLIAM GRAY, a private. In the year 1780, being a major in the militia of Randolph County, North Carolina, he entered as such to serve a tour of 3 months in COLLIERs regiment, the deponent being first major. They again rendezvoused at Salisbury, and from thence we marched to Rugeleys Mills, the brigade commanded by General BUTLER. General GATES headquarter was at Rugeleys Mills, the headquarters of the enemy was at Camden under the command of Lord CORNWALLIS. The two armies met about equidistant between the two camps and had a battle in which the Americans was defeated. The army being defeated and dispersed, returned home. General BUTLER having issued orders for the troops to reassemble, he rendezvoused at Hillsboro under that officer. They remained there and in the neighborhood and in Rowan County, watching the motions of the enemy and guarding the county until his term of service expired and was regularly discharged He states that after the war, he resided in the state of Kentucky, where his house was burnt and with it, his commissions, discharges and all his other papers Additional Comments: [If this file is unreadable, the same application may be found at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page.] File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lawrence/military/revwar/pensions/dougan232gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb
Lowndes-Butler County AlArchives Military Records.....Harris, Polly April 19, 1902 Civilwar - Pension 1st Alabama Batalion Company B ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 10:47 pm Widows Pension Application For John Harris APPLICATION OF WIDOWS OF DECEASED SOLIDERS OR SAILORS OF THE ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OR THE STATE OF ALABAMA STATE OF ALABAMA Lowndes County } To the Honorable Board of Examiners of said County: Your petitioner, Pollie Harris, respectfully represents to your Honorable Board, that she is a citizn of Lowndes County, in the State of Alabama, and was such on the 1st day of January 1899. That she is the widow of John Harris, who served as a private in company B of the 1st batalion Volunteers; That ger husband was killed; or died, on the 6 day of February, 1887; That he did not desert the service of the State of Alabama, nor the Confederate States; That she has not since remarried; and that she has no children upon whom she can depend for support; That all her property does not exceed four hundred dollars in value, and that her annual income from all sources does not ex- ceed four hundred dollars. She therefore respectfully asks your honorable board to place her name upon the pension rolls of the State as a member of the fourth class, that she may participate in the division of the fund provided for the relief of needy Confederate soldiers and sailors, and their widows, by an act of the General Assembly of Alabama, approved Feb- ruary 10 1899. Respectfully, pollie Harris (signature) Affidavit for Witnesses to Application of Widows THE STATE OF ALABAMA County of Butler } I, E. J. Luckie, do solemnly swear that I was personally ac- quainted with John Harris, whose widow's name is signed to the fore- going application, and that I know of my own knowledge, the the services set forth int the application were rendered by said John Harris, and that he did not desert the service of the Confederate States or the State of Alabama. E. J. Luckie (signature) Sworn and subscribed before me the 1st dayof May 1902 I hereby certify that affiant is known to me, and that he is a person of integrity and veracity. D W M Call (signature) Justice of the Peace THE STATE OF ALABAMA County of Lowndes } Affidavit for Witnesses to Application of Widows I, W. H. Luckie, do solemnly swear that I was personally ac- quainted with John Harris, whose widow's name is signed to the fore- going application, and that I know of my own knowledge, the the services set forth int the application were rendered by said John Harris, and that he did not desert the service of the Confederate States or the State of Alabama. W. H. Luckie (signature) Sworn and subscribed before me the 2nd dayof April 1902 I hereby certify that affiant is known to me, and that he is a person of integrity and veracity. T L S Bender (signature) Justice of the Peace We, the undersigned Board of Examiners for Lowndes County, certify that we have examined into the application of Mrs. Polly Harris and find the facts as stated to be correct: we aprove petition July 7/02 M H Hagood M.D (signature) Additional Comments: John J. Harris b. April 15 1838 d. February 7 1887 and is buried in New Bethel Cemetery in Braggs, Lowndes Co., Alabama. John J. Harris married Mary F. Lovett on Dec. 14 1865 in Butler County Alabama. John Harris was the s/o William Harris and Eliza Unknown. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lowndes/military/civilwar/pensions/harris230mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb
Butler-Lowndes County AlArchives Deaths.....Harris, George H November 5, 1930 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 10:15 pm Name: Harris, George H Date Of Death: November 5, 1930 Time: Place Of Death: Forest Home, Butler Co., Alabama Residence: Butler County ALabama Gender: Male Race: W Age: 70 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Date Of Birth: Unavailable Place Of Birth: Unavailable Mother's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Vascular Heart Disease Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Miller Funeral Home: Ned Hawkins Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Ned Hawkins Date Of Burial: November 10, 1930 Place Of Burial: Forest Home Date Recorded: February 21, 1931 Source Of Record: Alabama Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 30318 Additional Comments: George H. Harris s/o William Harris and Eliza Unknown was married to Florance Autrey Smith. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/vitals/deaths/harris116dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb
Butler-Lowndes County AlArchives Deaths.....Harris, Jess December 18, 1912 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 10:08 pm Name: Harris, Jess Date Of Death: December 18, 1912 Time: 9:00AM Place Of Death: Butler Beat 14 Residence: Butler Gender: Male Race: W Age: 68 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Date Of Birth: Unavailable Place Of Birth: Butler Co. Ala Mother's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Apoplexy Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Farmer Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Bruscey Creek Date Recorded: Unavailable Source Of Record: Alabama Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 137 Reporter: J. S. Jordan Additional Comments: William Jess Harris (s/o William Harris and Eliza Unknown) was the husband of Mary Sims (d/o Issac Sims and Mary Unknown) married Jan 20 1876 in Butler County Alabama. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/vitals/deaths/harris115dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb
Butler County AlArchives Deaths.....Harris, Mamie December 4, 1930 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 10:00 pm Name: Harris, Mamie Date Of Death: December 4, 1930 Time: 7:00AM Place Of Death: Chapman, Butler Co., Ala Residence: Unavailable Gender: Female Race: B Age: 3 days Marital Status: Single Spouse: Date Of Birth: November 29, 1930 Place Of Birth: Chapman Mother's Name: Smith, Georgia Mother's Birthplace: Lowndes Father's Name: Harris, Ed Father's Birthplace: Butler CO Cause Of Death: (Can't read) Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Unavailable Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Maurine Smith Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Unavailable Date Recorded: December 4, 1930 Source Of Record: Alabama Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 27218 Premature birth child from 11-29-1930 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/vitals/deaths/harris114dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb
Lowndes County AlArchives Deaths.....Whittle, Amanda ELizabeth October 24, 1916 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 9:53 pm Name: Whittle, Amanda ELizabeth Date Of Death: October 24, 1916 Time: 2:00 PM Place Of Death: Lowndes beat 9 Residence: Unavailable Gender: Female Race: W Age: 30 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Date Of Birth: Unavailable Place Of Birth: Ala Mother's Name: Unavailable, M E Mother's Birthplace: Ala Father's Name: Cheatham, W H Father's Birthplace: Ala Cause Of Death: Heart Failure Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Housewife Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: A D Coleman M.D. Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Mt. Willing Ala Date Recorded: November 2, 1916 Source Of Record: Alabama Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 232 Where was disease contracted? House Duration of Illness: 3 weeks Principal disease causeing death: Child Birth & (Unreadable) Full name of Mother: M.E. Cheatham Additional Comments: Mothers maiden name not given File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lowndes/vitals/deaths/whittle113dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb
Lowndes-Wilcox-Butler County AlArchives Deaths.....Lovett, John Andrew January 17, 1941 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 9:41 pm Name: Lovett, John Andrew Date Of Death: January 17, 1941 Time: Place Of Death: Farmersville, Lowndes Co., Ala Residence: Framersville, Lowndes Beat No. 5 Gender: Male Race: W Age: 95 years 1 month Marital Status: Married Spouse: Lovett, Nancy Date Of Birth: December 25, 1846 Place Of Birth: Farmersville Alabama Mother's Name: Lovett, Mary Mother's Birthplace: Butler Co. Alabama Father's Name: Don't know, Don't Know Father's Birthplace: Don't know Cause Of Death: (Unreadable) Due to Hypertention Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Farmer Funeral Home: (Unreadable) Doctor: (Unreadable) Coroner: Unavailable Informant: (Unreadable) Johnson Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Farmersville, Ala Date Recorded: January 18, 1941 Source Of Record: State Of Alabama--Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 1552 Additional Comments: Originally thought that this could be the son of Enoch Lovett and Amanda Philpot since he was living next to Steve Lovett (s/o Allen and Nancy Lovett who were also the parents of Enoch Lovett who died in the Civil War) in the 1880 Wilcox County Census. Birth date per every census John Andrew Lovett was born abt 1860. 1900 census lists his birth as Dec 1861. I'm really confused by the date of birth on this certificate. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lowndes/vitals/deaths/lovett112dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb
Lowndes-Butler-Wilcox County AlArchives Deaths.....Harris, Stuart A March 14, 1921 ************************************************ 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: Tracy Slater TracySlater@cox.net June 24, 2006, 9:21 pm Name: Harris, Stuart A Date Of Death: March 14, 1921 Time: 2:00 PM Place Of Death: Farmersville, Lowndes Residence: Unavailable Gender: Male Race: W Age: 70 years 2 months 15 days Marital Status: Married Spouse: , Kushand? Date Of Birth: Unavailable Place Of Birth: Greenville, Ala Mother's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Organic Heart Disease & Brights Disease Hospital: Home SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Farmer Funeral Home: W. G. Quarles Doctor: E G Bunson? Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: March 16, 1931 Place Of Burial: Farmersville Ala Date Recorded: March 14, 1921 Source Of Record: State Of Alabama--Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate No.: 4861 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lowndes/vitals/deaths/harris111dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb
Washington County AlArchives Military Records.....McCrory, James 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 June 24, 2006, 9:25 pm Pension Application Of James McCrory, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1673, Application BLWT# 2276-150 JAMES MCCRORY, a resident of Washington County, Alabama, aged __: That he enlisted in Captain THOMAS MCCRORYs company of the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line in the year 1776 and that said line rendezvoused at Halifax and marched to the north and joined headquarters the 6th day of June at Middlebrook in the state of New Jersey, and was under the command of General Washington at the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown and then went into winter quarters at the Valley Forge and was commissioned ensign by the state of North Carolina in Captain WADEs company. The nine regiments, which composed the line being reduced to three, the supernumerary officers were sent home, of which he was one. He then joined the nine months men and marched to the south and was at the Battle of Stono, the 30th of June in the year 1779, and was at General GATES Defeat [at Camden] the 15th of August in the year 1780, and was taken prisoner the 24th of February in the year 1781 by TARLETONs dragoons, and was kept a prisoner at Wilmington five months and then paroled In November 1782 he took prisoner Colonel BRYAN, a British officer, and gave him up to a regular officer of the American army. That he came to the state of Tennessee in the year 1784 and never went back to North Carolina, nor never drew his warrant or pay for his services from the state of North Carolina, nor never sold or bartered his claim to any person or persons whatever. HUGH MCCRORY saith that he is the brother of JAMES MCCRORY JAMES MCCRORY enlisted as a sergeant in Captain MCCRORYs company of the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line in the year 1776 the supernumerary officers were sent home, and he was one of that number. He was then employed in enlisting men until he entered the nine months service, and on the 30th June, in the year 1779. He is well-assured that said MCCRORY was in the service at GATES Defeat in August in the year 1780, and we were both taken prisoners in the year 1781, and JAMES MCCRORY was kept on board a prison ship for some length of time before he was paroled. He again entered the service and continued in it until after the capture of LORD CORNWALLIS. I, JAMES MCCRORY do declare that I entered the service on the __ day of November in the year 1776, and that I served in the company commanded by Captain RAMSEY, as Ensign, in the regiment No. 9 commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS of the North Carolina line, and was honorably discharged in the spring of the year 1782 from the regiment commanded by Major WILLIAM POLK. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States ANDREW BAY That he is well acquainted with JAMES MCCRORY and served in the same company with him, and when the regiments were consolidated into three and the supernumerary officers were sent home to recruit, he was one of that number, and I afterwards saw him with the troops who were raised to serve for nine months. My term of service having expired before the expiration of the nine months, I was discharged, and MCCRORY came on with me as far as the Waxhaw settlement in South Carolina, and then returned to the army. I was in the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown with said MCCRORY, that he always understood and believed that the said MCCRORY was taken prisoner and was kept in the prison ship at Wilmington for some time HOWELL TATUM-That he knew JAMES MCCRORY while in service and that the said JAMES MCCRORY was a subaltern officer when I knew him, and since, and that he is entitled to a military land warrant, if he has not already drawn it, but do not know the number of acres to which he is entitled further states that he is acquainted with ANDREW BAY HOWELL TATUM, Captain of the 1st Artillery, North Carolina line THOMAS BRADFORD-testified as a character witness, aged 79. From pension application of ANDREW CARNAHAN-He entered in the company commanded by Captain CHARLES GORDON, in which company JAMES and HUGH MCCRORY were appointed first and second lieutenants by the Assembly of North Carolina, but they declined accepting said appointment, and he does not think __ there was any acting lieutenant in the company. Additional Comments: [If this file is unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page.] File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/washington/military/revwar/pensions/mccrory231gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb
Madison County AlArchives Military Records.....Martin, Andrew 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 June 24, 2006, 9:13 pm Pension Application Of Andrew Martin, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1637, Application #S11029 ANDREW MARTIN, a resident of Madison County, Alabama, aged 85 years: That in the month of June 1776, as near as he can recollect, he enlisted in the service of the United States in the County of Guilford in the state of North Carolina where he then resided. That he enlisted under a recruiting officer by the name of CAMPBELL, his grade he does not positively recollect, but believes he was a lieutenant. That immediately after his enlistment, he was marched down to Cross Creek, where he remained about a day, when, with fifty or sixty other soldiers he was taken down Cape Fear River as well as he recollects, to Wilmington, where he was placed under the command or attached to a company commanded by Captain JOHN BAPTISTE NASH. He states he has no recollection of any of his company officers except his captain as above stated. He states he belonged to the sixth regiment of the regulars of North Carolina, that he has no recollection of any of his field officers except General MOORE and Major LAMB. Whilst at Wilmington, he states they were engaged in guarding the town, scouting around through the county. He states that he enlisted for the term of six months and served that length of time. That he was discharged in the latter part of December 1776. That on his way home, he was attacked by Tories, robbed of his money and everything he had except what he had on. The applicant further states that about two years before he enlisted, he was drafted from the County of Guilford where he then resided, that of this his memory is very indistinct. He recollects marching to Cross Creek and at Campbelltown, down about a mile below, his company commanded by Captain ROBERT MABEN, took charge of the prisoners and carried them to Hillsborough where they left them and returned home. That after this he was again drafted. At the time he was drafted, he was sick and unable to march. That he remained at home until he was able to march, which was about four months. He was then placed under the command of Captain THOMAS COOK, and taken by him into South Carolina near a little town called Ninety-Six, when his term of service which was five months expired and he returned home, At this term of service he was with, and knew Colonel DOBBINS and Colonel LOCK. He state that he has no documentary evidence of his services, that he had a discharge for his regular service, but that it was in his knapsack when he was robbed by the Tories and was taken by them Additional Comments: [If the file is unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page.] File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/madison/military/revwar/pensions/martin230gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb
Jefferson County AlArchives Biographies.....Chisholm, Robert October 4, 1844 - March 25, 1910 ************************************************ 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 June 24, 2006, 3:25 pm Author: Memorial Record of Alabama, Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 253-254 Robert Chisolm, an ex-Confederate soldier of distinction, and a member of the Birmingham bar, was born in Beaufort, S.D., October 4, 1844. He attendee Beaufort college until the age of fifteen, when he went to the Citadel Military academy at Charleston, S.C. He resigned from the academy in 1861, and went as a volunteer aid on the staff of Gen. Micah Jenkins, and afterward went to Port Royal, serving during that engagement as an aid to Col. Dunnovant, commanding the post, and was in the battle of Port Royal. Immediately after, he was brevetted a lieutenant, and was assigned to duty at the camp of instruction, near Columbia, S.C. In 1862, he was made adjutant of the Twentieth South Carolina regiment, commanded by Col. Laurence M. Keith, and resigned in July, 1862, to become captain in the provisional army of the Confederate States. He raised a company of sharpshooters, which was afterward attached to, and formed part of, the Twenty-seventh South Carolina regiment, with which regiment he remained until the war closed. He was in all the severe battles around Richmond Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Battery Harrison, near Wilmington, N.C., Town Creek, and Bentonville; was offered promotion to the rank of major by Gen. Thomas Jordan, chief of Gen. Beauregards staff, but declined it on account of his age. After the war he entered the office of Gen. James Connor and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867, and practiced in Charleston, S.C., till 1887, in which year he removed to Birmingham, Ala. He served five years as judicial justice for Chalreston, S.D., being appointed by Gen. Wade Hampton, then governor. He is as present a member of the board of education of Birmingham, and he and his partner are attorneys for the Central Railroad and Banking company, of Georgia, and the Macon & Birmingham railroad. Mr. Chisolm was married in June, 1865, to Margaret Horry Laurens, a daughter of John Laurens, and grand-daughter of Henry Laurens, first president of the American congress, of South Carolina. They have had eight children as follows: Eliza L., John L., Alexander, R., Louisa S., Henry L., Caroline B., Heyward, and Margaret H. Mr. Chisholm is a K. P. and an Episcopalian. His father was Robert Chisolm, a native of South Carolina, and his mother was Miss Louisa Screven Guerard. Additional Comments: Robert and Margaret married on January 28, 1965. Margaret was born December 19, 1846 and died December 14, 1906. Their children were: John Lauren Chisolm, b. January 21, 1867, d. September 20, 1876 Eliza Lauren Chisolm, b. September, 1870, m. Benard Robertson Guest Robert Chislom, b. December 11, 1873, d. December 11, 1873 Margaret Horrey Laurens Chisolm, b. June 6, 1876, d. October 17, 1876 John Laurens Chisolm, b. January 1878, married Frances Moore Burwell Margaret Laurens Chisolm, b. December 5, 1878, d. May 30, 1879 Louise Screvens Chisolm, b. November 1879, d. December 20, 1958, m. Daniel Elliot Huger Alexander Robert Chisolm b. July 18, 1891 Henry Laurens Chiosolm, b. May 26, 1883, m. Marry Agnes Jackson Caroline Ball Chisolm, b. February 20, 1885, married Robert E. Cotton Heyward Chisolm, b. April 12, 1886 Margaret Horry Chisolm, b. July 27, 1891, d. November 12, 1919, m. George Legrand Watkins File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jefferson/bios/chisholm38nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb
Madison County AlArchives Military Records.....Crunk, John Walter January 1819 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 June 24, 2006, 3:24 pm Pension Application Of John W. Crunk, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 706, Application #S38646 JOHN WALTER CRUNK, a resident of Madison County, Alabama in January 1819, aged 66 years: That in the month of March 1776 in Guilford County, North Carolina, he was enlisted by Lieutenant ROBIN ROLSTON into the company commanded by Captain DAVIDSON of the second regiment of the North Carolina line on Continental establishment, commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN. That in about the month of May following, he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain ARMSTRONG in the same regiment, and was appointed a sergeant. That he continued to serve as such in said company until, in or about the month of September following when he was commissioned an ensign in the company commanded by Captain KNOX, in the same regiment. He received this commission at Charleston, South Carolina, and soon afterwards marched with same under the command of Major [JAMES] WHITE for Savannah, Georgia. On his arrival in the neighborhood of Savannah, he was taken ill of a fever and remained hereabouts, too sick and unfit for duty until the month of April following. Before this time, Captain KNOX with his company, had marched to the northward and shortly before this affiant set out from the neighborhood of Savannah, he wrote to Captain KNOX to inform him that he would soon be fit for duty again, and to request that Captain KNOX would inform him when he should join him. About the month of June 1777 at Moncks Corner, this affiant received a letter from Captain KNOX informing him that he had believed this affiant to be dead. That the offices in his company was then all filled and that if this affiant wished to continue in the service, it would be well for him to join some other part of the army. This letter, as well as this affiant recollects, was dated from Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, where this affiant believes Captain KNOXs company was. In about the month of June 1777, and soon after receiving the aforesaid letter from Captain KNOX, this affiant joined the company of dragoons commanded by Captain DUFF, of Colonel WILLIAM FAINs regiment, and at Camden in South Carolina, received his commission as first lieutenant in said company and marched with said company from Camden and joined the regiment at or near Fish Dam Ford of Broad River. He continued in service acting as said lieutenant in said company and regiment until the month of March 1778, when he resigned his commission and left the regiment near said Fish Dam Ford and set out to return to his connections in Guilford County. On his way thither, he met with Captain JOSEPH BARRETT of the South Carolina militia then about to march with his company on an expedition against the Cherokees to the head of the Pacolet River, and at the request of said Captain BARRETT, joined his company, went with him on said service, and continued for three months, when this company was discharged. In or about the year 1779, this affiant went as a private in the militia of Virginia on an expedition against the Tories on New [or Neuse] River, and continued in said service until regularly discharged. In or about the year 1799, when this affiant resided in Lee County, Virginia, his home was burnt, together with his furniture and papers, and as he believes, his aforesaid commissions as lieutenant and ensign was then consumed. He believes that the aforesaid company of Captain DUFF and Colonel FAINs regiment were on the Continental establishment, and well recollects that said second regiment commanded by Colonel MARTIN was. This affiant is now a resident of the United States residing in said county of Madison. He owns a house and four cows, and some few articles of household furniture, but neither land, negroes nor any other property to the value of five dollars, except as above mentioned On this 2nd day of July 1827, Davidson County, Tennessee JOHN W. CRUNK, who formerly belonged in the company commanded by Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG, in the regiment commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN that he received a certificate of that fact which was destroyed, and a duplicate issued In March 1826, he was transferred from Alabama to Tennessee to be paid at Nashville from the 4th of March 1826. About the 25th of October 1825, he was assaulted in the house where he lived by four men and cruelly beaten. He believes they done this with the intention of robbing him, believing he had drawn his pension money, as the pension certificate cannot be found since that attack. It is believed they robbed me of the certificate and some other things Additional Comments: [If this file is unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/madison/military/revwar/pensions/crunk229gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb
Madison County AlArchives Military Records.....Pension Application Of Ezekiel Croft [Craft], Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 694, Application #S16739 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 June 24, 2006, 3:08 pm Pension Application Of Ezekiel Croft [Craft], Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 694, Application #S16739 EZEKIEL CRAFT, a resident of Madison County, Alabama, aged 71 years: On the 10th November 1778 or about that day, he entered the service of his country in the North Carolina militia of the Continental troops. He engaged as a substitute for JOHN WHITE and commenced as a drummer. Was attached to Captain ENOCH DAVIS company of Colonel FRANK [FRANCIS] LOCKE regiment under General RUTHERFORD. He joined in Guilford County, North Carolina, was marched thro Rowan County, Salisbury, Mecklenburg County and Charlotte into South Carolina, thro Camden and down Santee to Moncks Corner, thence to the Ten-Mile House, thence to the Savannah River at Purysburg, and up and down the left bank of the Savannah as the service required until the 9th of April 1779, when he received the written discharge of his captain herewith transmitted. About the 10th of May 1780, he enlisted as a substitute for JACOB MCDANIEL in Randolph County, North Carolina. Was mustered into Captain ROBERT MCLAINs company of drafted militia. He thinks Colonel COLLIER was the colonel and well knows his company was attached to General CASWELLs brigade. He was marched to Ramseys Mill to Cross Creek, thence to the upper part of Randolph County, thence to Colstons old field near the Pedee in South Carolina, thence to a point below on that river where a junction was formed with General [GRIFFITH] RUTHERFORD, thence to Lynchs Creek where they joined the division under Major General HORATIO GATES and Count [BARON] DE KALB and thence with that division by Ramsours or Rugeleys Mill and Clairmont to the old plain near Camden, whence they arrived on the 15th August. About two oclock a.m. of the 16th, the skirmishing commenced betwixt the pickets of GATES army and the British under the Earl of CORNWALLIS. The Battle commenced so soon after the dawn that affiant had but little opportunity of observing the ground or the positions of the different corps. He thinks the American artillery was placed near the center of General GATES forces and near to that affiant and his company. He well remembers that one of the causes of the retreat of the troops immediately next to him and of his own company was the circumstances of Colonel TARLETON, as was said, having carried the artillery and turned it upon the Americans. This was a three months tour, which had expired some three or four days prior to the Battle of Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780], but petitioners company were retained until after that battle and its disasters prevented the giving of discharges. About the 27th August 1780, affiant, in the same county of Randolph, volunteered for a tour of six months under Captain JOHN HINDS in Colonel LUTTRELLs regiment of horse. They were stationed at Barracks in Chatham County, North Carolina until December following, when then marched into South Carolina and at Cheraw Hill, joined the army of Major General GREENE, proceeded up the Yadkin to the Trading Ford; and affiant remained under General GREENE until his term expired, when he received a discharge, which is annexed. About the 30th March 1781, in Randolph County, he volunteered for three months under Captain HINDS and joined what was called the Randolph regiment now commanded by Colonel THOMAS DOUGAN, Colonel LUTRELL having been slain by the Tories. Their numbers and butcheries had multiplied since GATES Defeat, and especially the monster DAVID FANNING, at this period a colonel in the British service, was a dreadful scourge upon this colony. The Randolph regiment was mostly stationed at Bells Mills on Deep River, whence it made various movements against the Tories. In one of these, in which Captain HINDS commanded in an attack upon the Tory Colonel some distance below the station on Deep River, affiant was desperately cut and mangled and left as dead on the ground, where some females of the Whigs found him and succeeded in preserving his life. He takes the liberty to mention that the hands of Lucretia Stroud and Margaret Bans were employed in that kind office, and have ever had his grateful recollection and blessings. He annexes the discharge of Captain HINDS in regard to the tour. In January or February 1782, he volunteered for six months in the same county of Randolph as a state ranger under Captain WILLIAM GRAY. Several such companies were raised to guard the civil authorities and their measures of military cooperation from the incessant assaults of the Tories. During this tour, he served under Colonel DOUGAN and was again badly wounded. The chief affair that occurred was the defeat of FANNING by Colonel DOUGAN at Mrs. Spinks plantation, where affiant had the joy to see him overtaken and routed at a moment when he was engaged in hanging some Whigs he had captured. Colonel DOUGANs discharge to affiant for this tour is annexed. About the 1st of September 1782, affiant again volunteered for four months and served as a minute man or ranger for the state of North Carolina under Captains HINDS and YORK, and for this service has no discharge to produce. He continued to reside in North Carolina until 1799, when he removed to east Tennessee, and in 1808 settled in Madison County, then Mississippi Territory, now of Alabama, where he has ever since lived and now dwells. Having entered into the ministry of Christ, he on the 22nd September 1825, received from the county courthouse of that county and pursuant to the laws of Alabama, a testimonial of his ordination in the Baptist Church, and annexes that to this declaration SOLOMON GERON of Rowan County, Tennessee, of the age of 71 declares that EZEKIEL CRAFT is well-known to him. That said CRAFT was with affiant in the tour above named, beginning about May 1780 in ROBERT MCLAINs company and CASWELLs brigade. That he knows said CRAFT was with affiant in the marching stated by him above stated in Battle of Camden, that affiant was with said CRAFT on the two next tours above stated in LUTTRELLs and the Randolph regiment, and saw him about three days after he was badly and as was believed, mortally wounded in Captain HINDS rencontre with FANNING and the Tories. And from information given to affiant by others about the times and shortly after the other tours above described, the said CRAFT was actually engaged in them also. [If parts of this file are unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page] File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/madison/military/revwar/pensions/pensiona228gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 7.1 Kb
Madison County AlArchives Military Records.....Cotton, James 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 June 24, 2006, 2:58 pm Pension Application Of James Cotton, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 661, Application #W6942 JAMES COTTON, a resident of Madison County, Alabama, aged 67 years: That having no record of his birth but confiding in the tradition in his fathers family concerning it, affiant believes he was born in Guilford County in the then colony of North Carolina, in October 1765. In January 1781, when visiting relations in Henry County, Virginia, he substituted himself in place of one NANCE, (thinks JOHN NANCE), in Captain GEORGE HARSTONs company of men, drafted from that county for a three months tour to North Carolina to assist in combating the British and Tories, who then infested that colony. He and his company were marched directly into North Carolina, where at Dan River, as he thinks, they joined Major General GREENEs army. He proceeded with that army in its movements until the enemy under CORNWALLIS was met near Guilford Courthouse. According to his best impressions, the General shortly after sunrise approached the large waste field of the battleground from the east, leaving that portion of the militia in which affiant was on the eastern skirt of the field as a reserve. The enemy about the same time advanced from the west under a cannonade. The battle lasted several hours, when affiant with the reserve were led before the enemy to cover the retreat of the regiments which had been engaged and only fired a round or so, and were ordered to retreat with the main body of the army. The whole retreat was in order and as affiant believes, without pursuit, except some horse who showed themselves in the rear as far as the bridge over Haw River, about two miles distant from the scene of action. General GREENE halted at Troublesome Ironworks about 10 miles distant and in a few days marched upon the enemy and again halted at Ramseys Mills on Deep River. When marching to the latter point, the army proceeded in files of four, and an order was passed along the line to open the files so as to leave a space in the center, when some field officers rode swiftly through the space and during this movement, the attention of affiant was pointed to a man hanging under a tree in the right of the line with a paper spread on his breast, which advertised, as was asserted? reported?, his name, vocation and deeds as a Tory. Over against adjacent him on an eminence sat some ten or dozen men, by whom, affiant supposes the Tory had been caught and elevated. Whilst the army was encamped at Ramseys Mills, there was an alarm and the army put in motion toward the point as if to meet the enemy and a hollow square formed around a tree in an open space as if to repel a charge from cavalry, when to the surprise of all, two men were conducted into the center and hung to the same limb of the tree. They too were doubtless Tories. Affiant and his company were then ordered to join Colonel LEEs light horse at Cape Fear, where the colonel addressed the company and urged twelve of them to enlist in his regiment declaring that that number would complete it. Affiant and eleven of his comrades enlisted under Colonel LEE until the close of the war as regular dragoons or light horsemen. The rest of HARSTONs company was then discharged. The next morning Colonel LEE inquired for someone acquainted in Guilford County, and being informed by affiant that he was, he stated he wished to send an express to Colonel PAISLEY there, and affiant consented to bear it. On delivering it to Colonel PAISLEY, he directed affiant to go with him in his expedition against the Tories. In that expedition he was in Captain JOHN MCADOWs company. On returning, Captain JOHN MAY raised a company of horsemen into which affiant was put and appointed orderly sergeant, and another expedition against the Tories was performed. On affiants return from this, he was put in command of the men left at Guilford Courthouse consisting of a few regulars and militia, some of whom had recovered of the wounds received at the Guilford Battle and returned to duty. Here affiant remained until on a certain day, some officers apparently in the regular service rode up, and one of them, he thinks Major RUTHERFORD, ordered affiant to put his men under arms, to draw ammunition as for battle and besides, full rations of rum. This being done and the men reported ready, and affiant expecting orders to march upon the Tories, RUTHERFORD appeared on horse, and read aloud the proclamation of peace, and gave permission to expend the powder and rum in rejoicing. A written discharge was neither asked nor thought of by affiant. He had been nearly a year (above six months) in actual continued service, above six months of the time a dragoon regularly enlisted and raised, as affiant then considered it, to the dignity of an orderly in his troop. He continued to reside in Guilford until 1789 Affiant knows of no one by whom he can now prove a personal knowledge of his services, except JOHN GIBSON, whose affidavit he has procured by great exertion, which he is advised wants farther authentication, but being unable to travel back to procure the authentication, he annexes it hereto. JEREMIAH GURLEY aged above 72, a citizen of Madison County declares that having been in General GREENEs army on the march from Troublesome Ironworks to Ramseys Mills, and having witnessed the incident of the Tory hanging by the roadside and the hanging of two others at Ramseys Mills as describe in the foregoing declaration of JAMES COTTON, and from a variety of other incidents related to affiant, the said COTTON as occurring in the campaign in which those related occurred, he is fully convinced that said COTTON was actually engaged in the Revolutionary service as he in his declaration asserts. From the pension application of JOHN GIBSON-Attached document, from JAMES COTTON, who swore: That before and during the Revolutionary War, he was well-acquainted with a man by the name of JOHN GIBSON, both as being inhabitants of Guilford County in the state of North Carolina. I was an enlisted soldier in the horse, and in 1781 was attached to a company of horse under the command of Captain JOHN MAY of said county and state, the services of which company was rendered in subduing the Tories in the counties of Randolph and Chatham. Colonel John PAISLEY was the commandant of said troop. [If this file is unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County miltiary page.] File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/madison/military/revwar/pensions/cotton227gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.9 Kb
Jefferson County AlArchives Biographies.....Chenoweth, William Arthur July 1, 1855 - ************************************************ 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 ctolowka@prodigy.net June 23, 2006, 6:45 pm Author: Memorial Record of Alabama, Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), page 253 W. A. Chenoweth, the hardware dealer and well known and respected citizen of Birmingham, came from Covington, Ky., where he was born July 1, 1855. He was educated at Cincinnati in what is now known as the Chickering school. He left school when a boy of eighteen, and entered the hardware store of R. W. Booth & Co., of Cincinnati, and remained in their employ as a clerk for eight years. At the age of twenty-six years he went to Philadelphia, where he traveled for the Supplee Hardware company throughout the south, until 1886, when he determined to locate in Birmingham, and accordingly went into the hardware business in company with two partners. This business flourished and became very extensive and in 1889, Mr. Chenoweth bought out one partner, and business was merged into a stock company, of which J. B. Francis is president and Mr. Chenoweth treasurer and manager. Mr. Chenoweth is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, and a Presbyterian. He was married in Columbus, Ga., in 1881, to Viola Beach, a daughter of William Beach, and to them were born two children William A., Jr. and Beach Mead. Mr. Chenoweths father was J. M. Chenoweth, a native of Kentucky, and for many years a successful wholesale merchant of Cincinnati. At the opening of the war he was captured by the Federals and compelled to run a gun boat for them, but he was always a southern sympathizer. His wife was Harriet A. Arthur, sister of W. E. Arthur ex-member of congress. She died in 1877 Additional Comments: William Arthur Chenowith and his wife, Viola Beach, had children William Arthur, born September 1883, Beach Mead, born July 1886, and daughter Margaret born June 1894. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jefferson/bios/chenowet733gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb