Does anyone on the list have information about a Roland Watkins and family? Roland was born in 1825 in South Carolina, married Melinda Roberts. Owned land in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and Fayette County in 1858-1860. Was on the 1860 census in Fayette County. Roland's father may have been a John Watkins. He also may have had a brother named Malcom as Roland's farm land in Fayette County adjoined Malcoms. Roland's land in Tuscaloosa County adjoined a Sanford, Vandivere and Burwell Watkins. Can anyone help? Thanks, Virginia

Mike - I am researching two lines of Coles in Fayette Co, AL for which I believe I will ultimately find a connection!! But so far - no. WILLIAM BIBB COLE and Sarah "Sally" BYARS had four children that married FREEMANs while in Fayette Co: Richard (1792-1864) m. Sarah FREEMAN Martha (1791-1871) m. William FREEMAN Matilda (1802-?) m. Rev. James H. FREEMAN Rebecca (1799-?) m. Rev. Jessie FREEMAN I have no other information on these couples than what's listed above! (I have wondered if Matilda and Rebecca married the same Rev. FREEMAN... Have also wondered if perhaps Matilda and Rebecca are the same person but my source documentation doesn't seem to make that a possibility. Perhaps, also, only one of the daughters married a FREEMAN and somehow the data was confused and a second marriage was added. Most of my primary resource on the COLEs comes from a cousin who has been doing research for years. While I trust his veracity and thoroughness, I have not personally researched this information.) WILLIAM DUNCAN COLE m. Cornelia Ann DARDEN in Fayette Co., AL. William Duncan served in Co, F, 38th AL Vol Reg/t. during the Civil War. (Killed in battled May, 1864). We have original letters he wrote home during the war and I have recently compiled a list of people and places he mentions in his letters. FREEMAN references include (dates are date of the letter in which the person is mentioned): 1) Jas. L. - 5/21/62 - Is in Co. F with WDC 11/12/63 - He hopes to be discharged as he is in bad health 2) Hawk - 12/11/62 - Mentions having passed Oxford, MS when going "to look at Hawk Freeman's place." 5/8/63 - Is sending Hawk cloth for Cornelia (I couldn't tell if he was sending this "home" to Hawk to give to his wife or if Hawk was somewhere in Mobile where William Duncan was serving at the time and he was "sending" it to Hawk to take home when on furlough..... Wm Duncan sent things home to his wife both ways....) 3) Billy - 1/10/63 - "Get your Pa to get Billy to write Ray for the deed" - Your guess is as good as mine as to what THAT was all about! 4) There was some kind of business/establishment/? in Northport, AL called Freeman and Nickles - 5/26/63 is first mention and WDCole refers to it several times as a place Cornelia can get something or a place where he is sending something for her to get. 5) John (may have been from LA) - 1/1/63 - WDCole heard from his brother Henry Victor COLE (living in LA but serving with an Arkansas, CSA regiment) that John was well. 6) Thomas (same 1/1/63 letter from Henry Victor above) - joined 31st LA reg't in June, 1862. 2/15/63 letter from Henry Victor - Thomas is camped @ 2 mi. above Vicksburg. Also - I have found a WONDERFUL site "Adult People Living in Fayette Co., AL Prior to the Civil War http://www.rootsweb.com/~alfayett/PreCivilWarPeople.htm It's not a complete listing but it gives you some insight into the people and families there at the time. FREEMANs are listed there; Also a note that FREEMANs, FILEs, COLEs and LEEs intermarried a lot! Please get back to me if you find any links! - Hope this help! - Leah

I would like to hear from anyone with connections to any of the following surnames in Fayette County...... Stillman, Griffin, Ward, Taylor, Cobb, Freeman, Cuthbertson. Mike Cobb in TX

Yet ANOTHER William COLE!!! (See message just sent - SUBJ: William COLE) (Message also being sent to ALFAYETT....) Actually, it's not William who is lost - but most of his children! William Bibb COLE (b. 2 May 1768, Louisa Co,VA; d. 9 Jul 1857, Fayette Co,AL) m. 15 Jan 1798 Sarah "Sally" BYARS (b. 12 Jan 1763, Louisa Co,VA; d. 25 Sep 1810, Clarke Co, GA) Daughters: Mary "Polly" Martha Elizabeth Jane Rebecca Sarah Matilda (Would be interested in info on daughters, although it's the sons that bare the COLE name that would be most helpful for my specific and immediate purpose!!) Sons: Richard (b. 1792, Fayette Co, AL; d. 1864) m. Sarah FREEMAN (dates/places unknown, thou I know there were FREEMANs also in Fayette Co at the time) William H (b. 1795; d. 1857) m. Martha GRIFFIN Littleton (b. 1810; d. 1871) m. Narrissa FILES (also know there were FILEs in Fayette Co) John Byars COLE - see below I have information on one son: John Byars COLE and his wife Teresa LONGMIRE, as they are the grand parents of my grgrgrandfather. My dilemma is: that same grgrgrandfather (William Sampson COLE b. 10 Oct 1857, Fayette Co, AL; d. 12 Dec 1920, Jefferson Co, AL) married Willie Ella COLE - daughter of William Duncan COLE and Cornelia Ann DARDEN, both from Fayette Co, AL. William Duncan's father was Isaac COLE and Isaac's father was - you guessed it another William COLE. My hope is that I can fill in the gap here - I feel confident the William Duncan/Isaac/William COLEs are related to the John Byar/Henry Wood/William Sampson COLEs. And the sons of William Bibb COLE and the sons of William COLE (son of Richard - see previous note) - are my best hope! ANY INFO WELCOME!!! Also, would be glad to share what I have on who I have or there's a link!!! - Leah

If you're on the COLE-L@rootsweb.com list - this will look familiar to you! Am sending it out to both COLE and ALFAYETT..... Am hoping to find a Little Lost Lamb: William Cole (b. 5 Oct 1786) Siblings: Catherine (b. 1790); m. William EDWARDS (Also LOST LAMB) Armistead (b. 1793); (yet another LOST LAMB) Samuel (b. 1799); m. Lucinda MELTON (I have info on their children but then the children are LOST) Richard (b. 19 Jan 1805) m. Sarah JEFFREY and Elizabeth Emerson SHARPE Parents: Richard Cole (b. 1764, Louisa Co, VA; d. 19 Nov 1840, PROBABLY in Green Co, AL m. 19 Dec 1785 Sarah Sansum (b. abt 1766; d. 1809-1819) Richard and family migrated with his brother William to Clarke Co, GA between 1801 and 1805. Sometime between 1809 and 1819 he took his family to Green Co, AL. Sarah died during the journey from GA to AL. Info on William or any of his sibs would be appreciated!!!! Leah

Would the person who is researching the Reese's of Fayette Co. please contact me again. I had computer problems yesterday and lost all my messages with addresses. Thank you. Ann Reese

Hi, There is a relatively new book out by Dorothy Shores Stalcup that will be very helpful to Dave and others. Here are some of the details as published by the Marion Co. Gen. Society in their publication TRACKS: "Marion County Alabama Civil War Veterans, Confederate and Union" by Dorothy S. Stalcup Over 1200 names are listed and a brief service record given for many of the veterans. Wives names and place of birth and death for both veteran and wife are included when known. The 1907 Census of Confederate soldiers residing in Marion and Lamar counties and part of the 1907 Census from Fayette County are included along with reunions, muster rolls, some company rosters and many pension lists. Names of veterans and wives are fully indexed in this 250 page hardcover edition. Price: $45.00 Order from: Dorothy S. Stalcup 5410 Laurie Lane Memphis TN 38120 It also is available for purchase at the Winfield AL Public Library. I borrowed my cousin's copy of the book and found it very helpful. Best regards, Monya Havekost in snowy, icey, South Carolina Fayette Co. AL listowner MUSGROVE surname listowner THOMPSON surname listowner ASTON surname listowner RootsWeb sponsor Researching: ANDERSON, ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, HARRIS, HOWELL, LESLIE, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, SMOOT, SOUTH, THOMPSON, and WEBSTER.

HELP!!! I have hit a deadend with William Duncan COLE, who married Cornelia Ann DA RDEN of Fayette Co, abt.1859. They resided in Fayette Co, had four children, all born in Fayette Co.: Fannie COLE b. abt. 1859-60 Victor COLE b. abt. 1860-61 Willie Ella COLE b. 20 Jun 1862 My Great Grandmother William Duncan COLE b. 20 Nov 1864 d. 23 Apr 1940 m. Elizabeth "Lizzie" PINION on 25 Jan 1885, dau of James Owen PINION and Selina ROBERTS I believe he had a sister, Annie COLE. And I know he had a brother, named H. V. COLE (perhaps Harvey Victor COLE) who, in 1863, would received mail addressed to him at: Co. G. 19th Regt., ARK, Desmuke's Brigade, Rowens Division, Gen. Price's Army. Harvey mentions in a letter to Cornelia having been "schoolmates" with her sister, Selina DARDEN. Since Cornelia and Selina were raised in Fayette Co., I can only assume that William Duncan and his brother, Harvey, at least spent some of their "growing up" years in Fayette, but when they arrived there I do not know. A Rootsweb site listing Adult People Living in Fayette County, Alabama Prior to the Civil War includes: William D. COLE Justice of Peace 1862 (This MAY or may NOT be "my" William Duncan.....) Josiah W. COLE Constable 1845 Richard COLE Justice of Peace 1847 "COLEs, Intermarried with FILEs, RICEs, FREEMANs and LEEs What relationship these COLEs are to each other or to "my" W.D. COLE, I don't know..... I DO know: William Duncan served in Civil War: Co. F, 38th AL Inf Vol. He joined when the unit was mustered in Fayette on 3 May 1862. This Regt. was organized in Mobile, May 1862, and remained at the defenses of Mobile until Feb., 1863, when it joined Clayton's Brigade and participated in heavy fighting at Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. My "W.D." was killed at the Battle of New Hope Church, (wounded 27th, died 29th May 1964) when Bragg and Sherman met outside of Atlanta. I have some information on Cornelia's DARDEN and STROZIER lines but can't seem to find any links for William Duncan COLE with any other COLEs! Can SKS HELP???!!!??? Hopefully, Leah

Hi, I'm new to the list and would like to know if anyone is working on the Wimberly,Kirkley and Reese families. Hopefully someone will know the name of Texie (Wimberly) Kirkley's (1876-1956) mother and where she and her husband, Marion Wimberly, are buried. Thanking you for any information, Ruth Onsby ronsby@onecallinc.com

Hi again, Bob, and tks for the info. they all seem to be civil war related, and a couple are distant related to my folks (Reubin C. Stewart, etc.). A.C. and R.W. Stewart are a little bit intriging, as one of Solomon's sons was a Rufus W. Stewart and he was in the civil war late in the game, but out of Kemper County, Mississippi, and also inadvertantly transcribed as R.M. Stewart. Also, fyi, here is further info on possibly my Solmon Stewart, who would have been either still in LCT, TN or already rooting around in Marion Co, AL (he had previously signed a petion in 1817 authored by Judge Toulmin in Mobile): Stewart, Solomon, McGirt's Company, Mounted Rangers, Alabama (Seminole War, 1817-1818) Private / Private Card nr 36107252 no personal papers Pvt., Capt. Zachariah McGirt's Comcpany of Mounted Rangers (Col. William King) Appears on Company Muster Role dated Fort Montgomery Territory of Ala, Dec 20, 1818; date of enlistment June 23, 1818, expiration of service Dec 20, 1818; absent; articles of clothing required flannel shirt, frock, pair shoes; remarks: horse dead sept 25 - rec'd (hard to read this, looks like Red) sep 30 from sgt - on furlough. note from dick stewart: according to Territorial Papers, Alabama Territory volume, page 331, in a letter from Governor Bibb to Andrew Jackson, dated 19th May 1818 at Fort Crawford, "...At Camp Montgomery Ilearnt that you would probably reach this place in a few days and indulged the hope of seeing you....There are at this place forth volunteers and the same number of militia at Camp Montgomery...." //// Fort Montgomery was apparently torn down in 1817 and rebuilt as Camp Montgomery////// quote from John M. Davis to Arthur P. Hayne April 1817: "Report of the barracks at Camp Montgomery, where the principal part of the 7th Infantry is at present stationed. Camp Montgomery is the same place formerly cal'd Fort Montgomery, ten or twelve miles above the confluence of Tombigbee and Allabama Rivers; and about three miles East of the latter.--The commanding officer of the 7th Infantry has demolished the Fort, and has built tollerable good barracks of round logs on the same ground, which will add much more to the health and comfort of the Troops, than to be confined within the walls of an old woodoen Fort. ....." cheers, Dick Stewart -----Original Message----- From: Sgtmajrp@aol.com To: ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [ALMARION] Re: [ALTUSCAL-L] I need County Information, Please >Not sure if these are your Stewart's, they are listed 7 times in my book. > >James Stewart 22 March 1862 Co D 2nd Cav. absent on sick leave > >Reubin C. Stewart 5 Sept 1863 Co A, 8th Cav Rgt present > >S.L. Stewart 1st Lt Roll of Co. E 18Rgt Al Inf organized at Carthage Al >Jul, 1861. Enlisted 27Jul 1861. Captured Dec 17, 1864 > >James R. Stewart 3rd Lt, age 30, farmer, Roll call of Co F 41st Regt Al Inf >at Tuscaloosa Al Apr 1862. Resigned June 26, 1862 > >J.H. Stewart 25 Apr 1862, Co I, 43rd AL Volunteers, abs. sick, Tuscaloosa >June 5, 1862. > >Daniel Stewart Co G 3rd AL Reserves Tuscaloosa AWOL > >A.C. Stewart >R.W. Stewart Corps of Cadets University of Al. > >Best Regards, >Bob Parker Sgtmajrp@aol.com >

You observed: I recommend you consider, and anyone else for that matter, pinging the state to make the entire set of files on this 1820-186, 1820-1832 information available in accessible media. I have recently used some of the ADAH's archival papers in conjunction with my own historical and genealogical research. While there appear to be plans to make the CSA muster rolls within the Collection available via digital scanning, I do not know that there is a date by which this may be accomplished. Much of the information in the ADAH is from the notes and scraps of papers that were gathered when people had time to collect them. While this would be a wonderful occurance, given the funding that Alabama, like most states, gives to its museums and archives, it may not be prudent to withhold respiration pending this event. Your Obedient Servant, D. A. Bass-Frazier 36th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers & Monroe Co. & other Ala. Genealogy: Visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oldfedrd/

Tracy, I have two 'revelations' below, the first of which is an answer to your call for feedback on your site. the second is just another example of how both revelations fill in extremely important gaps in my research, and how in both cases, the information is generally not available to the public. 1. REVELATION NR 1: one of the interesting gaps is the Alabama territorial / state militia for the period 18?? (I'll start with 1810, or maybe 1815?) through at least 1825? in the state archives is apparently a section on the militia (state records Alabama State Militia, 1820-1860) and presumably they were in brigades / regiments, .... and in 1822, my Solomon Stewart (who had migrated from Lincoln County TN) was 'elected' =-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- colonel commandant of 4th Brigade, 16th Regiment, Alabama Militia "AUTHORITY: Election Return, dated January 13th, 1822, Marion County, signed by Elijah Marchbank, Sheriff." =-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- later Solomon Stewart; 16th Regt. 4th Brig.; Colonel; Removed, William Williams elected. Certificate of election, Marion County, November 20, 1822, Elijah Marchbanks, Sheriff, by E. Briant, Deputy. =-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- later Solomon Stewart, 16th Regt., Marion., Col., Com. Mch. 16th '22, resigned Dec. 12th '22. Authority-Military Register, State Militia, 1820-32 =-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- As you can see by the info in these three entries, there is much history and genealogical information available, but the state won't / can't publish the info and the guy on the other end of the telephone when I called stated that you simply have to travel to Alabama state archives to be able to see the info. not an easy feat for the average genealogical American. I recommend you consider, and anyone else for that matter, pinging the state to make the entire set of files on this 1820-186, 1820-1832 information available in accessible media. Can you imagine what else is in there that most folks don't even know about? Considering that I have Solomon Stewart b uying land in Marion co and gets a Huntsville certificate dated 13 Oct 1820 (and 1821, and 1822, and thence in Tuscaloosa county a certificate dated Jany 3, 1826, one can readily see how important the other pieces of the puzzle are, and the state is sitting on the entire set. 2. REVELATION NR 2: to further fill in the blanks, I was able to eventually get information from Tuscaloosa County that essentially filled in some blanks for the period 1823-1826. The information is seemingly not available to the public, but a little old land in California told me to convince the folks in the county clerk's office to let me go up to the top floor of the building, where there is significant holdings, but no one can afford to prepare the documents and make it all available to the public. it took much tender convincing, and one of the ladies there finally took me up there and lo! in fifteen minutes I had 15 hits on my Solomon Stewart! now this isn't military, but it does relate to the various gaps that exist that may not fit a specific category in your WebPages, and of course it does relate in that we're talking Tuscaloosa County. What a joy it was to be able to gather up that information. Hope this helps! Dick Stewart GGG Grandson of Solomon and Sarah Stewart PS: for other lists: Solomon relates to LCT/TN; Marion, Fayette, Tuscaloosa, and Perry Counties/AL; and Kemper and Leake Counties, MS. PPS: for War 1812 list: another gap is that Solomon lived in/near Fayetteville, LCT, TN, right in the middle of the War 1812 period (1810-1816) and I can get no definitive information from the TN Archives in Nashville. There are about 7 or 8 Solomon Stuarts in the war, but further refinement has just not been happening. \=\=\\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\\\\\=\=\=\=\=\=\\\=\=\=\\=\ -----Original Message----- From: Tracy <onyxkix@bellsouth.net> To: ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:03 AM Subject: [ALTUSCAL-L] I need County Information, Please >I and my husband are in the process of building a website on states in the >southeast. >Im going to have basic information of the Counties and on records and >links. If someone >familiar with the records available for this county could take a look at it >and correct me on information or can add info (especially county history), >I would really appreciate it. >Also any feedback from anyone is also helpful. >The address is http://www.segenealogy.com then go to the state and county >page. >Thanks in advance. > > >Tracy >-------------------------------------------------------------- >come visit SouthEastern Genealogy Online >www.segenealogy.com >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > >==== ALTUSCAL Mailing List ==== > Tuscaloosa, Alabama AlGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal > send comments to cgerdau@uronramp.net > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >12.8 million individuals and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

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Name: Dick Stewart E-Mail: rmstewart@excelonline.com Subject: Solomon B. Stewart NC>TN1810>AL1816>MS18 Body of Message: Solomon B. Stewart married Sarah C. Hogins/Hogan 1810 possibly Lincoln County TN. Moved to Marion County AL about 1816 had land certificates by 1820/1821, along with supposed brothers Rueben, Benjamin, Larkin, William, Charles, and sister Johanna Harkins. About 1822/1823 Moved to Tuscaloosa, thence Perry Counties AL, and about 1830 moved to Kemper County MS, thence to Leake County about 1848, died in 1851 or 1852 on his plantation. Ten children, after civil war half of which migrated to Texas Kimble County and Lee County, and half stayed back with mom Sarah after the civil war relocated back to Kemper County MS. Solomon buried on plantation as is his son. Sarah and daughters except Jerusha buried in Scooba (Cedar Lawn Cemetery) Kemper County MS, including daughter Czarina M. (1. m. Aiken - of Tuscaloosa County, AL) (2. m. Burford - of Wilcox County, AL) Burford. Son Franklin and wife (Lavinia Rowe Stewart) and kids, and Jerusha Stewart Gray all buried in Old Dime Box Cemetery, Lee County TX. Rufus and wife Ann Eliza (Adams) buried prob in Kimble County TX. More available at rmstewart@excelonline.com 719 554-2822. .. Dick Stewart ..

Dear God, So far today I've done all right. I haven't gossiped or lost my temper. I haven't been greedy or grumpy or nasty or selfish or over indulgent, and I'm very thankful for that. But God, in a few minutes, I'm going to get out of bed and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! LUV TO ALL, Pam

> LAST FULL MOON OF THE MILLENNIUM ***WOW*** !!! > ... > In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more > than usual, AND it this hasn't happened for 133 years! > Our ancestors saw this 133 years ago! > ... that item exagerates quite a bit. for details check: http://earthsky.worldofscience.com/Features/News/solstice-moon.html in brief: Will there be a spectacularly bright full moon on the night of the solstice? Yes! The moon is full on the solstice this year, and every full moon is spectacularly bright. But will this month's full moon appear super bright -- much brighter than usual -- clearly brighter to the eye than any other full moon of your lifetime? No. Unless you are a very astute observer indeed with an extremely clear dark sky, the full moon on December 22 won't look significantly brighter to the eye than any other full moon. wayne

The following URL lists where and when epidemics occured: http://geocities.com/~prairiecreek/epidemics.htm For the names our ancestors called diseases, go here: http://www.tip.net.au/~dnum/medico.htm For an interactive map showing the spread of diseases, go here: http://library.advanced.org/11170/ Gwen Boucher MCBB1@aol.com wrote: > > Just lately I have encountered a strange phenomenon. Quite a few of my > Fayette County Taylors seem to have died within a five-year period 1848-1853. > There seems to be no discernible pattern, as to age-sex-etc. Was wondering > if anyone has come across this. Was there an epidemic or something about > that time? > > Mike Cobb in TX -- GenConnect at Rootsweb: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/

Just lately I have encountered a strange phenomenon. Quite a few of my Fayette County Taylors seem to have died within a five-year period 1848-1853. There seems to be no discernible pattern, as to age-sex-etc. Was wondering if anyone has come across this. Was there an epidemic or something about that time? Mike Cobb in TX

car lights won't be needed? did your ancestors see this? Dick Stewart Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: Fwd: FULL MOON LAST FULL MOON OF THE MILLENNIUM ***WOW*** !!! Everyone - mark your calendar! This will be the last lunar hurrah of the millennium. This year a full moon will occur on the winter solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurs in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth), the moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point in its elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth). Since the Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger, making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. If the weather is clear and there is snow cover where you live, it is believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. The last time this occurred, was on December 21, 1866. The Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming Territory. In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than usual, AND it this hasn't happened for 133 years! Our ancestors saw this 133 years ago! Our descendants 100 plus years from now will see this again! Hope you enjoy!