In case someone missed the notice that there are still a few books left, I will again give out information how to make contact to buy the book. Anyone interested may call Rainsville Library at 256/638-3311 or e-mail me at davie@gte.net for more information. Davie Williams

Alabama African American Genealogy has gone through some changes since it was developed. I want to announce Alabama African American Genealogy has a new home. Please visit us. Alabama African American Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~alaag/ Thank You and have a wonderful day.

Birmingham, AL http://www.postherald.com Mobile, AL http://www.al.com/mobreg/mob.html Check out ALABAMA LIVE at: http://www.al.com/ Tracy Wilson Jackson Co., AL

Hey Rooters, Thought this might be of some use to some of you. Some folks write letters to the editors of local newspapers, requesting genealogical info from readers. You can find online newspapers for: Jackson Co., AL at: http://www.thedailysentinel.com Dekalb Co., AL at: http://www.times-journal.com Tracy Wilson Jackson Co., AL

Recently, there has been a history of DeKalb County published. "The Heritage of DeKalb County, Alabama" is still available. If you are interested in purchasing a copy, you may call the Rainsville Library at (256) 638-3311 or e-mail me at davie@gte.net for information. Davie Williams

I want to Give a Big Thanks to All that have contributed to the List of Alabama Plantations. The List is not quite complete, but we are working on it. I will have the page up later tonight. This will include a picture of Thornhill. If you want to add to this list contact me. Mary G. you are a god sent. God Bless to All. Come for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ Alabama Obit's http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html

Can anyone add to this list. The Homes The Author Bankhead,John Hollis,Sr.,("Sunset"),Frances Nimmo Greene Belligrath,Walter D. ("Bellingrath Gardens"),Emma Langdon Roche. Bibb,Thomas("Belle Mina"),Margaret Gillis Figh Bragg,John,---------------Willie Hughes Tarpley Bullard,Robert,("Oak Grove"),Jean Cameron Agnew Coles-Brickell,------------Leila Fern Lusk Crenshaw,Anderson,----------Loise Crenshaw Ray Curry,Jabez Lamar Monroe,--Fleoelle Youngblood Bonner Elmore,Franklin,Jr.("Elmoreland"),Orlean Perkins Lackey Elslava,Miguel D.,---------------Kate Ayers Robert Foster-O'Neal-Rogers,("CourtView"),Elizabeth Kirkman O'Neal Glover,Williamson Allen,("Rosemount"),Martha Lyman Shillito Gorgas,William Crawford,------------,Dorothy Youngblood Governer's Mansion ("Tuscaloosa"),Willie Hughes Tarpley Hale,Catherine Van Renssellaer, Emily Campbell Adams Hinds,Grace ("Lady Curzon"), Mary B. Ward Hobson,Richmond Pearson,("Magnolia Grove")Emily Raymond McBride Hollowell,William Dean,-------Anne Southerne Tardy Jackson,James ("The Forks"),Elizabeth Kirkman O'Neal Jemison,Robert,("Cherokee"),Caroline Prowell Engstfeld King,Edmund,("Mansion House"),Nellie Kimball Murdock King,William Rufus,("Chestnut Grove"), Katherine Hopkins Chapman Keller,Helen,("Ivy Green"), Leila Fearn Lusk Ketchum,William H. ('Moss Grove"),Narcissa T. Shawnhan Lea,Margaret,("Spring Hill"),Frances Youngblood Lockett,Napoleon,------------Eugenia Bragg Smith Lomax,Tennant,-----------Rose Carrington Hood Loveman,Robert,------Mary S. Butler Moore,Idora McCllellan Plowman,---------Margaret Louise Keenan Garber Moore John Trotwood (Elmcrest), Lovejoy Cox Morgan,John T.,----------------- Mary S Butler Mudd-Munger,(Arlington),Mittie Owen McDavid Pettus,Edmund, -----------------Alice Alison Lide Peck, Samuel Minturn, -----------------Evelyn Wood Owen Pickens ,Israel, (Greenwood), Marie Bankhead Owen Pollard,Charles Teed,--------- Elizabeth Winston Shechan Portier, Michael, -----------------M.E. Henry-Ruffin President’s Mansion, (Tuscaloosa), Nellie Kimball Murdock Ryan,Father Abram Joseph,------M.E. Henry Ruffin Rives, Amelia,------------Nacrissa T. Shawhan Saffold,Reuben, (Belvoir), Mildred Reynolds Saunders, James E. (The Castle) Evelyn Wood Owen Semmes, Rapheal, ------------Hilton Howell Jones Thornton,James E. (Thornhill) Janie C. French Ward, George B. (Vestavia), Millie Owen McDavid Walton,William,(Strawberry Hill),Natalie B. Cocke Watkins-Moore-Grayson,---------Lucy Broadus Dickinson Weeden,Howard,-------------Kate Speake Penney Wheeler, Joseph, (Home Sweet Home),Carolyn Brandon Elliott Whitehouse of the Confederacy,--------Bette Allen Ross Whitfield, Nathan B. (Gaineswood) Eleanor Evins Stewart Wilmer, Richard, Hooker, (Wilmerthorpe), Melville L. Tucker Wilson, Augusta Evans,----------Emma Langdon Roche Winston, William Overton,-------Jessie Winston Turnipseed Womack,Jacob Lewis,----------------Louise Crenshaw Ray Plantation of Gen. John Archer Elmore called "Little Huntington" in Elmore Co., AL Jackson's place was properly called "The Forks OF CYPRESS" not just The Forks.

Surname Coordinators are needed for the Alabama African American Site. Come for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ Alabama Obit's http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html

Our site has made some ajustments. If you posted a Query or Obit, Please repost. Thank You Come for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ Alabama Obit's http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html

Needed Surname Coordinators. Read info http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/surname.html

Hello, This is to inform all that the Alabama African American Genealogy site has be en updated. We are in need of surname Coordinators. All those that are interested. Go the the siteCome for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ fill out the Surname form. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/surname.html Please join our mailing list all is invited.

Like to exchange info with anyone researching the following: Descendants of John Kuykendall 1 John Kuykendall b: 1852 Pickens Co., Georgia d: Abt. 1922 DeKalb Co., Alabama .. +Kisira I. Traffenstedt Or Hopkins b: Abt. 1850 AL or GA m: Abt. 1870 McMinn County, Tennessee d: Abt. 1920 DeKalb Co., Alabama ....... 2 Andrew Kuykendall b: Abt. 1871 TN ....... 2 William T. Kuykendall b: Abt. 1873 TN ....... 2 David Kuykendall b: 03 Aug, 1875 TN d: 12 Mar, 1940 ........... +Minnie b: 1872 AL m: Abt. 1895 Lebanon, DeKalb, AL? ....... 2 Joseph W. Kuykendall b: Abt. 1878 AL d: 1928 ....... 2 Walter Andrew Kuykendall b: 26 May, 1881 Fort Payne, Dekalb, AL d: 06 May, 1955 Yuba City, CA ........... +Victoria Williams b: 28 Oct, 1883 Overcup, Conway, AR m: 27 Dec, 1901 Martinville, Faulkner, AR d: 01 Jun, 1976 Hanford, Tulare, CA ....... 2 Lytle Kuykendall b: Abt. 1883 ....... 2 George Washington Kuykendall b: 15 Oct, 1885 d: 17 Aug, 1928 Dianna German Anderson

Hello this is to anounce the Birth of Alabama African American Mailing list. people can subscribe to your list in mail mode by sending a message to AL-AfricaAmer-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe and nothing else. If they prefer digest mode, they should send the command instead to AL-AfricaAmer-D-request@rootsweb.com. To unsubscribe, they should send the command "unsubscribe" to AL-AfricaAmer-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or AL-AfricaAmer-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) To switch from one mode to the other, they should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. There is no "no mail" mode -- if they want messages to stop, they should simply unsubscribe. (Suggestion: use these commands to subscribe to AL-AfricaAmer-L ============================================================= Come for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ Alabama Obit's http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html

Seeking info on a James M Lowry (Lowery), b 1867in Dekalb Co, son of Samuel Cobb and Nancy Lowry? James married a Dussie B ____ on 11/7/1905 probably in dekalb Co. Marriage records indicate his name spelled Lowery. My records indicate he died in 1950 in Dekalb Co and his wife died in 1964. Any info appreciated.

Jane COLLINS m. Robert MURPHY in 1826 Rhea County, TN. They came to Alabama about 1833 and settled in what became DeKalb County in 1836 and Rober twas appointed the first sheriff. Jane is a brother of Alfred Clay Collins who founded Collinsville in DeKalb County about 1840. Jane COLLINS MURPHY died between 1845 and 1850. Can anyone tell me where she is buried and if there is a marker? Thanks for your help. Janelle Dowdy Cobb janellec22@aol.com

Alabama Obit Alabama Only http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html To Post http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/obquery.html Index to site. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/index.html ============================================= Come for a Visit. Alabama African American Genealogy The Village" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/ Alabama Obit's http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7951/alabamaindex.html

PEEK Carl Hobart "Red" Peek,. Jr. 68, of Rome Ga., Coosa community, passed away July 27, 1998, at his residence. Funeral services were held July 29, from Burt Funeral Home Chapel Fort Payne, with Dr. Dan Boswell officiating. Burial was in Peek-Browder Cemetery in Fort Payne.1 Fred Talley' S Parkview Chapel Funeral Home. Rome, was in charge of arrangements. A native of DeKaIb County, Mr. Peek was horn August 5.1929, the son of the late Carl Hobart Peek, Sr., and Ruth Ellen Browder Peek. Mr. Peek had been a resident of Floyd County, Ga. for the past 36 years. Prior to retirement Mr. Peek was an Instrument Technician for Georgia Kraft and Inland of Rome. Survivors include: wife, Eloise Peek; daughter, Elaine P. Snow; sons, Carlton Peek, Steve Peek; Jeff Peek, all of Rome; sister, Christine Peek Campbell Davis, Fort Payne; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Greg Stanley, Scott Clifford, Steve Clifford, Robin Campbell, Rodney Campbell and Scott Snow. Honorary pallbearers were the employees of the Instrument Shop of Georgia Kraft. NOTE: Carl Hobart Peek, Jr. was my third cousin. Our common ancestor was Solomon Peek. SOURCES: DeKalb Advertiser, Thursday, July 30, 1998. Tim Cox

Searching for any information on the widow Hannah Stafford family listed on the 1840 and 1850 DeKalb County census. During that period she had three adult females living with her (Nancy, Jane and Ellen). On the 1860 and 1870 census both Hannah and Ellen are missing, with Nancy and Jane living alone. I believe Hannah was also the mother of Stephen, Pleasant and Susannah (Stafford) Cooper. Can anyone tell me the name of Hannah's husband, and where they lived prior to DeKalb County? Indications are that they lived somewhere in South Carolina, possably in either Pendleton or Greenville Counties. Jim Galey

Researching: JAMES YANCY CARITHERS/CARUTHERS b. Mar 16 1821 Madison County, Georgia son of Willliam C. Carithers and Mary Ann Griffith. married Mary Elizabeth Ball . They are on the 1850 DeKalb census. Land Records show : 1851, 1852, 1859. What happened to this family? Where did they go? Where are they buried? Does anyone know of a similar family name in the area? There is a Marriage between Mary Elizabeth Caruthers and Napolean Cambell 5 Aug 1883.. Was this a second marriage for her? I would appreciate any help. Thank you, Jan

Jerry, No doubt these are relatives of Jerome Crabtree who has research data on the Dekalb County web pages. A.B. and Isabell LEA are at Mountain Home Cemetery: http://www.tidalwave.net/~jcbrooks/genealog/dekalb/HISTORY/mtnhome.htm Jack JerryS4605@aol.com wrote: > > Chattanooga Free Press Saturday August 1, 1998 > Chattanooga, TN > > Henagar Alabama > Mrs. Willie Beatress Craabtree died Thursday, July 30. 1998 at a local > hospital. She was 84. > She as preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Crabtree; and parents > A.B. and Isabell LEA. > Survivors include her daughter, Ann Belcher, Henagar; a grandchild, and a > great-grandchild. > Graveside services were Friday at Chestnut Grove Cemetery with James > kilgore officiating. > Arrangements were by Kerby Funeral Home. > > Does anyone have any more informaiton on this Crabtree family or the LEA > family mentioned. > > Jerry Stephens > JerryS4605@aol.com -- * * * * * * * * ICQ 11333504 * * * * * * * *