Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/726 Surname: ------------------------- I was born in Etowah Co. and so was my family.I only have one brother still living. All of our family was buried at Mortons Chapel in Walnut Grove which is about 3 to5 miles from Gallent. The first burial at Mortons Chapel was a Harris. The grave was above ground and had slabs of rock encaseing it. You might find out more info from the church records. I hope this will be of help to you. Sincerely,Oscar Harris

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to know the parents of William Cicero McNeal b. 1864 GA, AL, or Scotland married Nancy Jane Amos, Duck Springs, Etowah Co. AL July 19, 1882. I'm beginning to think, dear Santa, that he came in on a sleigh also. Will/Elaine

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/725 Surname: Fowler, Dearman ------------------------- A mutual cousin noticed your posting and sent it to me. I'm a gdaughter of William Manning Fowler and Minnie Virginia Dearman (Etowah Co.), living where William Manning and his sibling family lived/1st family was born in SC. I have quite a bit of info on both families, as well as some pictures. Not sure what I have on Uncle Frank to date. Have much Vest info as well, just not sure it is for those you're researching. Are we related, by chance? Would love to hear from you.

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/724 Surname: Fowler, Smith, Campbell ------------------------- Can anyone help me find information on the following ppl?? Please?? William Manning Fowler Born Aug 1983 in SC Married Minnie V. Dearman in Etowah Co on 2/2/1893. Looking for His Family information. Alonzo Frank Smith born 4/23/1901...married Della Mae Fowler (daughter of Wm Fowler). Looking for his family information. Viantha Viola Campbell... Born 10/25/1979 Died 3/3/1941..married to Newton Taylor Vest...Need information on her family. Thanks!!

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/723 Surname: Bell, Walker ------------------------- Harvey or Henry Graham Bell, born 1814 in Al. may have been Etowah, died in Jones Co. Ms. 1899, md. Nancy Walker 1837 in Al. Nancy Walker, born 1816 in S.C. parents and siblings of both are unknown at this time. can anyone help

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/722 Surname: Young, Youngblood, Nelson ------------------------- My GR. Grandfather William (Wiley) Thomas Young was Bn. in S.C. and was in Gadsden,Etowah, Co. in the 1880 census. He had a Sister named Nancy Young (Youngblood).Wiley married Mary Arminda Nelson In Etowah Co. on 2/17/1875. Old timer's have mentioned a place called TUG AL. Has anyone heard of this place and know where it was located. Is there a Cemetery there or anything left there to identify the place? any help greatly appreciated. I am searching for the parent's of William (Wiley) Thomas Young. Thank's James M. Young. [email protected]

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/721 Surname: Harris, McClendon, Tolbert, Cone, Clements, Silvey, Huie, Pruett, Nix, Copeland, Campbell ------------------------- Descendants of Micajah Harris Reunion will be held Sat. April 28th 2001. Location: Senior Activity Center 623 Broad St. Gadsden, Alabama. Time: 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Lunch will be from 12:00 noon -1:00 p.m. For more information please feel free to contact me at this e-mail address.

To be added to the USGenWeb archives for Etowah Co., AL Etowah Co., AL Probate Records Book A, pg. 64-67 The State of Alabama Etowah County Probate Court for said County Special Term July 14th, A.D. 1886. Be it remembered that on this day the following proceedings were had in this court to wit: Comes Andrew J. Phillips and the twenty-three others hereinafter named as signers to the following petition and file in open court the said petition which is in words and figures to wit: The State of Alabama Etowah County To the Hon(C underscored) L.E. Hamlin Judge of Probate in and for said County: We the undersigned male inhabitants of the unincorporated Town of Walnut Grove in said County and residing within the limits hereinafter set forth, and being the owners of a majority in value of the real estate within the said limits, and, as such owners hereby consenting to an incorporation of said Town with said limits, respectfully show unto your Honor that said Town, within said proposed limits, consists of not less than one hundred nore more than three thousand inhabitants: The premises considered, your petitioners, therefore respectfully pray your Honor to order an election, as provided by law, for the purpose of incorptating said Town by the name of "Walnut Grove," with the following boundaries to wit: "Commencing at a Stone Corner on the Blountsville road North West of Walnut Grove near W.L. Cornelius' land, thence South West to the top of Red Mountain, thence in the same direction along the top of said mountain to the land line between W.L. Cornelius and J.M. King, thence South along said line to R.W. Holland's corner, thence South West to the South West corner of said Holland lot, thence south to the North West corner of W.Y. Adams lot on Murphree's Valley Road, thence sounth on the line between said Adams and said J.M. King to a branch, thence East down said branch to John Inman's spring, thence from said spring, east to Mrs. Cornelius' spring, thence North West to H.M. Cornelius' North West corner on Section line between Sections 14 and 23, thence West along said Section line to the top of Red Mountain, thence South West along the direct line to beginning point. and as in duty bound will ever pray, etc. Andrew J. Phillips B.W. Reavis John Inmon J. Wood W.L. Cornelius R.W. Holland J.M. Cornelius Sam'l Smith J.A. Freeman J.L. Freeman W.E. Reid W.H. Garlington J.E. Murphree J.B. Inmon W.Y. Adams G.W. Bynum W.A. Davis Jas. T. Moseley Jno. T. Moseley B.F. Guined(?) W.T. Murphree E.W. Murphree J.W. Dorsey Dayton Cornelius Whereupon it is ordered by the Court and the Judge thereof that said Petition be made a matter of record in the book kept by the Probate Court for the purpose which is accordingly done as above. And, it appearing to the satisfaction of the judge of this court that said above petition has been filed by at least twenty-three of the male inhabitants of such Town of "Walnut Grove" and further that the owners of a majority in value of the real estate within the said proposed limits have consented in writing, as above, to an incorporation of said Town with said limits: It is therefore further ordered and directed by the judge of this court that an election be held at the voting place of Walnut Grove Precinct of said County in said Town, on Monday the 2nd day of August A.D. 1886, under the direction of J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius, and J. Wood inspectors appointed by the judge of this court for the purpose of incorporating said Town with the said name and limits as provided by law. That at said election, all male inhabitants who shall have resided within the said proposed limits of such Town three months next preceding such election and are over twenty-one years if age and none others can vote: that the voters in such election must write upon their tickets "corporation" or "no corporation" and deposit the same in the ballot box punished by said inspectors as provided by law. And further that the polls at such election must not be opened before ten in the morning, and that the said inspectors, before receiving any ballots, must take an oath to conduct such election fairly. It is further ordered and directed by the Judge of this court that said J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius and J. Wood, be forthwith notified of their said appointment as inspectors and that they cause notice of said election to be given by written posters at at least three public places within the said above proposed limits for ten days prior to said election, and that the result of said elections be certified by said inspectors to the Judge of this court within five days after said election as provided by law. L.E. Hamlin, Judge of Probate The State of Alabama Etowah County Probate Court for said County Special Term August 5th 1886. Be it remembered that whereas on the 3rd day of August 1886, being within the time described by law, J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius and J. Wood, inspectors duly appointed by the former order of this court, and under whose direction an election was ordered to be held for the purpose of incorporating the Town of Walnut Grove, did certify to the Judge of this court that a majority of the voters at said election held at the place duly appointed therefor in said Town in Monday the 2nd day of August 1886, were in favor of a corporation thereof: It is therefore ordered and herein entered of record that the inhabitants of such Town of Walnut Grove are incorporated as provided by law by the name of "Walnut Grove" with the said boundaries as designated in the petition therefor to wit: Commencing at a Stone Corner on the Blountsville road north west of Walnut Grove on W.L. Cornelius' land, thence south west to the top of Red Mountain, thence in the same direction along the top of said mountain to the land line between W.L. Cornelius and J.M. King, thence south along said line to R.W. Holland's corner, thence South West to the South West corner of said Holland lot, thence south to the North West corner of W.Y. Adams' lot on Murphree's Valley road, thence South on the line between said Adams' and said J.M. King to a branch, thence East down said branch to John Inman's spring, thence from said spring East to Mrs. Cornelius' spring, thence North West to H.M. Cornelius' North West corner on Section line between Section 14 and 23, thence west long said section line to the top of Red Mountain, thence south west along the direct line to beginning point, and further that the inhabitants of such town so incorporated be and are hereby invested with the rights incident to corporations under the Code of Alabama of 1876. It is further ordered that notice be forthwith given the Sheriff of Etowah, of this the entry of record of such corporation as aforesaid, by service of a copy hereof upon said Sheriff, and that said Sheriff, within ten days after the service of said notice, appoint three inspectors, and a place of voting in such corporation and a day not more than fifteen days from the time of the said service of said notice on which an election is to be held for the purpose of electing an (?) and five counsillors as the corporate authorities of such town and that notice of the said day and place for said election be given by advertisement posted up at two public places in such town, at least five days before the said elections: and it is further ordered that the said corporation pay the costs of the proceeding. L.E. Hamlin Judge of Probate >

Can someone tell me if Walnut Grove, Etowah Co., AL was a part of Blount County in 1855? If not part of Blount, then what county? I'm aware that Etowah County did not became a county until 1866 (first Baine Co), but did Walnut Grove become part of Etowah once formed? Thanks for any info you can offer. Sue

Dear Researchers: My computer got a virus and I had to delete some infected files and completely re-install Windows 98. In the process, I might have lost some information. If you sent me a link to your Alabama genealogy personal page or any other Alabama URL's, would you check to see if they are on my website and if not, please re-send them to me? Thanks! http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm Jean Brandau [email protected]

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/720 Surname: Harris, McClendon, Tolbert, Silvey, Copeland, Holland, Perry, Cone, Pruett ------------------------- Looking for information on the Ida Temples that married C. Veston Temples. Both are buried at Moody's Chapel, Altoona, Etowah Co. Al. Would like to know if Ida is the daughter of Newton Tolbert and Sarah Elizabeth Gilliland or Henry Tolbert and Nancy Harris.

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/719 Surname: Youngblood's, Washington's ------------------------- My GR. Grandfather, William (Wiley) Thomas Young, had a Sister named Nancy, who marr. Christopher Columbus Washington in Etowah CO. in 1874. There is evidence that Nancy was "Youngblood" when they applied for Marr. Lic.I believe my Young's were Youngblood's and dropped the blood from thier name possibly to hide thier Indian blood. I need to find the names of William and Nancy's parent's, born in S.C. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will share what I have on this family. James M. Young. [email protected]

Is anyone familiar with this marriage? James M. Ballen/Ballon to Mary Jane Arington on Jan 4, 1877 in Marshall County, Alabama. I'm searching for any clues about what happened to James M. Bellew/Ballew and wife Nancy Ann Chambers Bellew. They had a son, Roland H. Bellew, born 1862 in Etowah County, Alabama. It seems that James and Nancy Ann just disappeared! Roland was living with his grandparents in 1870. Thinking that the above James M. Ballen could be the same James M. Ballew..... Thanks!

Tracing information on this family - HORTON, NUNALLY, MATHIS, PATTERSON, CROOK - in Etowah and Blount Counties. Thanks, Caroline in Prattville, [email protected]

Does anyone know if St. Clair County cemeteries are online? I have Blount County's, but can't find St. Clair. Appreciate any help. Carol in Orlando

CAN NOT FIND MANSEL OR ELVIRA DeVINE LISTED IN ETOWAH CEMETERY BOOK.

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/718 Surname: Craig ------------------------- Lived in Gadsen,Al.1890.William Morgan Craig and wife Martha Whitaker. Am looking for marriage record for their daughter Manerva Craig and unknown spouse.

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/717 Surname: DEVINE, VICE, MEANS ------------------------- Am seeking the burial site of Mansel DeVine and Elvira Vice DeVine in Etowah County. Mansel, a shoemaker, was resident near the Cove Creek Post Office in 1860 and his wife, Elvira was living with a Means family in 1870. I was told that the two were buried in a cemetery near Glencoe but do not know the name of the cemetery or if the graves are marked. Any help appreciated.

Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/716 Surname: Mobbs, Giles ------------------------- Hello Richard, I'm a distant cousin of yours and am working on a descendant study of the family of Joseph Giles, whose granddaughter married Joseph Levi Mobbs. I have the following about your group and would like additional info: 1 Fannie Mabron Mobbs b. 1 Nov 1882 Cherokee Co., AL d. 13 Feb 1960 Cherokee Co., AL +William Marion Bishop b. 21 Sept 1878 Cherokee Co., AL d. 22 Nov 1959 Cherokee Co., AL 2 Nora Bishop b. 28 Jul 1901 Cherokee Co., AL d. 15 Jan 1902 Cherokee Co., AL 2 Ora Bishop b. 28 Jul 1901 Cherokee Co., AL d. 8 Aug 1989 +Henry Curtis Cameron b. 1899 AL 2 Burter Bell Bishop b. 11 Aug 1902 Cherokee Co., AL d. 12 Jul 1905 Cherokee Co., AL 2 William Otis Bishop b. 13 Apr 1908 Cherokee Co., AL d. 4 Sept 1908 Cherokee Co., AL 2 Herman Bishop b. 4 Jan 1909 Cherokee Co., AL d. 12 Mar 1968 Cherokee Co., AL +Ethel Conoway m. 23 Nov 1924 Cherokee Co., AL +2nd wife of Herman-Ola B. Reece b. 1 Jan 1910 d. 3 Jun 1955 Cherokee Co., AL m. 28 Jan 1929 Cherokee Co., AL 2 William Woodrow Bishop b. 26 Mar 1918 Cherokee Co., AL +Ruth Roe b. 15 Jul 1919 3 Betty Ruth Bishop +Couey I have spent months trying to document the family of Joseph Levi and Fannie Giles Mobbs and I would very much like to speak with you.

Hi, Alabama Researchers: Just a note to let you know that I've recently added some genealogy personal pages and Alabama Civil War links to my website: http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm This has genealogy info for the whole state of Alabama. If you sent me your URL, please be sure to check that I got it included. Thanks. Jean Brandau [email protected]