Greetings Butler County Researchers: Have you ever wondered why a town or community was named what it became? Now you can find out. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/name.html">What's in the Name </A> is a page which will tell how the Butler County communities got their name. Also, I am going to attempt to have a <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/canal/8924/feature.htm">Feature of the Month </A> page. This is will devote space to a particular event that has taken place in Butler County. The featured event for the month of August, 1999 is the Greenville High School Clas of 1952 40th Reunion. I you have an article that you would like featured please scan the photo of the event to me along with complete information. I will try to feature something each month until I run out of ideas. With you help, I hope that won't happen. Happy Hunting in Butler County! Mildred Stinson Brown Gatesville, TX <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama </A> - ALGenWeb Site http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama </A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696">Kenneth Brown's Genealogy Page </A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senate/7917">Courthouses of Texas </A> http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senate/7917

Hello ALGenWeb Volunteers, Just a reminder to all of the Alabama County Coordinators. This is the last week to vote in the USGenWeb election. Voting ends July 31st. You should be voting for National Coordinator, and at-large CC Representative. If you have not received a ballot and you feel you should have; or if you are having trouble please let me know ASAP so I can try to help. Regards, Leigh Compton ALGenWeb State Coordinator

Once again I have updated the Butler County Page. I wish to thank Barbara Prestridge for helping with the background which she and I designed especially for the page. I also wish to thank Lydia Cutts for helping me find and correct several of the broken links. I am attempting to creat a page of history and photos for the communities in Butler County. I have now added links for Bolling, Georgiana and Greenville. A special thanks to Linda Bratcher McGuire for her contribution of the photos and information on the Bolling page. The Butler County Researchers' Surname List continues to grow. We now have spanned the United States from the east to the west and are now as far north as Pennsylvania. The roots of Butler County reach far and west across our nation. I am open to ideas and suggestions which will help make the Butler County page better. Mildred Stinson Brown Gatesville, TX <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama </A> - ALGenWeb Site (new) http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/researchers.html">Bu tler County Researcher's Surname List </A> http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/researchers.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama </A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448

On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Leigh Compton wrote: > Congratulations! You have just received an American Greetings Online > greeting! > > To view your greeting, simply click on this pickup window: > http://www.americangreetings.com/pickup.pd?rr=y&i=1415448&r=algen-l@ro > If your e-mail doesn't recognize the above address as a link, simply copy > and paste it in your browser address window. hhhmmmm. Must be a gif. Hard to read with Lynx. (grin) David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/index.html

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Well!! Let's just keep this roll I got here going!!! COLBERT CO. With a great many thanks to Mary Hudson and Lisa I. Pace, who also sent this file ready for uploading......THANK YOU!!!!!!! Mount Moriah Cemetery (mtmoriah.txt) http://www.rootsweb.com/colbert.htm MORGAN Co. With a great many thanks to Charlotte Holloway Marriage of Wm Holloway to Isaphoena Atchilla http://www.rootsweb.com/morgan.htm Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

Sorry folks! I forgot to thank Sandra, our asst. to Coosa Co. for her help also! Sorry Sandra and THANK YOU! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

Hi All! COLBERT Co. WIth a great many thanks to Mary Hudson and the help of Troy, asst. fm we have Bethel Cemtery! http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/colbert.htm COOSA Co. Ronald is back with info on Ruben Blankenship - An American Revolution War Veteran!! Thanks Ronald!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/coosa.htm MORGAN Co. With a big, big thank you to Phyllis Owens we have West Point Cemetery (westpoint.txt) http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/morgan.htm BUTLER Co. With a great many thanks to Mildred S. Brown, who is also the new cc for Butler Co. We will greatly miss Barbara. we have the Will of Zaccheus Wilson http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/butler.htm Manty thanks to everyone! Happy Hunting! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

Hi All! New additions to the archives! With a big thank you to Darryl we have additional members of the 51st AL INF REG. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/calhoun/military/51stadds.txt >From the Pam Long Tombstone Project Coor. and contributors for Jackson County Jane has been at it again with the following cemetery contributions! Berry Cemetery berry.txt 3KB Bonaventure bonaventure.txt 25KB Caulfield Cemetery caulfield.txt 2KB Cedar Hill Part 15 cedarhill15.txt 21KB Cedar Hill Part 16 cedarhill16.txt 24KB Clark Cemetery clark.txt 3KB Coffee Cemetery coffee.txt 8KB Craze Cemetery craze.txt 1KB (This is where they're gonna put ME+ACE-) Cumberland Cemetery cumberland.txt 20KB Dodson Cemetery dodson.txt 3KB Erwin Cemetery erwin.txt 4KB Gentle Cemetery gentle.txt 2KB Goosepond Cemetery update+ACE- goosepond.txt 33KB Gross Cemetery gross.txt 24KB Harrison Cemetery harrison.txt 2KB Moore's Chapel Cemetery moorechapel.txt 2KB Mt. Olive Cemetery mtolive.txt 6KB Nicholson Cemetery nicholson.txt 2KB Pleasant Hill Cemetery pleasanthill.txt 25 Pritchett Cemetery pritchett.txt 2KB Ridley Cemetery ridley.txt 2KB Stephens Cemetery stephens.txt 2KB Sterne Cemetery sterne.txt 5KB Stevenson Cemetery stevenson.txt 23KB Williams Cemetery williams.txt 6KB You will these files posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/jackson.htm Jane has also done a Marshall County cemetery: Kennamer Cemetery kennamer.txt 11KB http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/marshall.htm Also, from Sarah Kerr Geneva County: Davis Cemetery daviscem.txt 3KB Macedonian Cemetery macedonia.txt 4KB Weeks Assembly of God Cemetery weeksaog.txt 7KB http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/geneva.htm A great many thanks to Pam and the Tombstone Project contributors! Also...be on the lookout for postings to Colbert Co, Coosa Co. and Butler Co.! They are coming up next! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

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Hi All! I picked up the lastest "The Historical News" today and found the following information and thought it may be of interest to some. The new River Heritage Museum at the Claiborne Lock and Dam, Claiborne, AL Grand Opening will be July 24, 1999 beginning at 9 am. The Museum houses area fossils, Native American artifacts and steamboat exhibits. Doug Jones, PhD will talk with visotrs and identify fossils and Native American Artifacts. Pat Meyers will host a riverlife seminar and launch a replica steamboat; "Riverboat John" Ferguson will sing river songs; Jerry Daniel will sing blues; Blue Heron (Ferris Powell) will set up a Seminole Creek indian camp and give demostrations. For more info you can contact the Monroe County Heritage Museums at 334-575-7433. This sounds like a wonderful outing for the family and educational also! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

Hi All! With a great big thanks to Dot Smith we have for Mobile Co. Index to Peirce amd Misc. P's marriages! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/mobile/marriage/piercemar.txt Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

URL Correction for Bellville Baptist Church Cemetery! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/conecuh/cemetery/bellbap.txt" Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

Hi All! New postings!!! Believe it or not....Mildred S. Brown still has a few records up her sleeve! Butler Co. - with a great big hug to Mildred! Obit of Watson H. Black "ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/obits/whblack.txt" Conecuh Co. With a great big hug to Margaret Gaston...a wonderfully done survey of Bellville Baptist Church Cemetery "ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/conecuh/cemetery/bellville.txt" If you noted the spelling...Margaret used the original spelling of the Bellville and not Belleville as we know it today. AND With a great big thank you to Bill King!!! Bios Witherington Family History "ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/conecuh/bios/witherington.txt" This is great reading! ALso, I would like to ask all cc's to check please check their URL's on each of the county TOC pages in the archives and let me know if I have the correct URL posted. I don't think I have kept up with all the changes of late and this would be a tremendous help to me. Thank you! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426

----- Original Message ----- From: <Krand58@aol.com> To: <ALABAMA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 3:25 PM Subject: [ALABAMA-L] RAND "Slave" Owners in Dallas or Wilcox County > Greetings: > > I'm seeking information on the following "slave" owners: > > F.F. RAND > Lucius RAND > Walter R. RAND > > According to 1860 Alabama Census, all three were from North Carolina. > However, by this period (i.e, 1860), they resided in Wilcox Co, AL. > > Any information or leads that you may have will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you kindly. > > Karim > > > ==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== > Put your money where your mouse is - Support Rootsweb! > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> >

I've updated the list of Genealogical Societies: http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/societies.html and Libraries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/libraries.html New county page locations: Russell County: http://www.floyd-pavey.com/alrussel/ Lee County: http://www.floyd-pavey.com/allee/ Barbour County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~albarbou/barbour.html Butler County: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm Please welcome the new Butler County Coordinator: Mildred J. Brown <MartyB1448@aol.com> And note that Barbour County is now being maintained by: Margie Glover <grmargie@aol.com> (Margie already is managing Geneva County) Regards, Leigh

Hello all, If you've written to me and not received a reply, I do apologize. I've been offline for about a week due to a death in the family. I promise to get back to you during the weekend. I do hope that everyone is aware of the USGenWeb election which is now going on. There is only one candidate for CC-representative from our region, so there was no ballot mailed out. Everyone should have received ballots for the National Coordinator and for the representative-at-large positions. If you have *NOT* received these two ballots, please send me a note immediately. Information on the election and the candidates can be found at "election central" http://www.usgenweb.com/elections/election-central.html We've got some new volunteers and relocated county pages. I'll post details over the weekend, so watch for updates. Regards, Leigh

Hello! My friend and cousin, Bev Key in Birmingham (who is, also, a part of this list) and I have been working on this puzzle for awhile. Please KNOW how very, very much I appreciate any and all help with this. The following is what we have thusfar on Ira G. Grantland: Ira G. Grantland, son of James B. Grantland and Mary ____. MorganCO, AL 1880 census: James B. Grantland white male age50 b:AL Mary w f 46 Martha w f 23 Elsa w m 20 Ludie w f 15 "Ira w m 9" HillCO, TX 1900 census: "Ira Grantland w m Feb. 1872 age28 AL AL AL farmer" Clara wife w f Feb. 1883 age17 MS MS MS Charles H. son w m May 1897 age3 TX AL MS DallasCO, TX 1910 census: "Ira G. Grantland m w 38 m:14yrs AL AL AL real estate agent" Georgia wife f w 30 m:14yrs TX AR AR Charles H. son m w 12 single TX AL TX James B. son m w 11 single TX AL TX Robert L. son m w 9 single TX AL TX Mary dau. f w 8 single TX AL TX I cannot recall the date, but I believe it was 1896 or 7 that Ira Gantland and Miss Georgie GRANTLAND (cousins?, akin?, no kinship?) married in ErathCo, TX. I do not know where this is in conjuntion with HillCo, TX or DallasCO, TX. I do not know where HillCO, TX is, either. I should have already looked at a map. Notice 1) the wives' places of birth for themselves and their parents; 2) the number of 14 years Georgia was his wife after only 10 years since he was married to Clara; 3) Charles' mother's names and places of birth are different. Bev Key has a picture of someone standing in front of a business titled Ira Grantland Real Estate in Dallas Co, TX. Any and all help is tremendously appreciated. If I can ever be of assistance to you, please do NOT hesitate to let me know!! Please take care! E me at your convenience!! Your Friend in the Search, Phyllis Owen :-)

Hi All New Postings! With a great many thanks to Janis Price Lindemann for JACKSON Co. we have a Letter from Sarah Price to her son John Price, 1843 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jackson/letters/spricelet.txt DALE CO. with a great many thanks to John Simmons: Civil War letter from J.N. Windom to his grandfather E. H. Woodham, 1862 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dale/letters/windomletter.txt CHMABERS Co. with a great many thanks to asst. David Morgan and contributor Sarah Sharpless Will of Paul T. Willis ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/chambers/wills/w4200001.txt also from Sarah for RUSSELL Co. Will of Henry P. Harris ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/russell/wills/hpharris.txt SHELBY CO. >From Bobby S., Shelby Co. cc and it's contributor, Babarba Gilliland with a great big hug and a thank you (I had some trouble receibving this file and I finally was able to get it!) we have the 1850 Shelby County Federal Census ----Complete!! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/shelby/census/1850/ AND BUTLER CO. Al Noblin has struck again with more Butler Co. Marriages!!! Groom and Bride Indexes for Marriages from 1858 - 1864!! Thank you AL !!! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/vitals/groom58-64.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/vitals/bride58-64.txt >From the Census Project and it's hard working contributors we have Greene Co. 1850 Census (complete) transcribed by Cheryl White and Proofed by Rachel Newcomb ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/greene/census/1850/ Jackson Co. 1850 trascribed by Myra Chambers has been updated with the following pages of Dist. 21 pg0104a.txt pg0116a.txt pg0128b.txt pg0141a.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jackson/census/1850 Thank you Census Project and it's volunteers! NOW! From the Tombstone Project, Pam Long, fm and it's volunteers! JACKSON Co. Jane Nichols has been at it again!! We have the following cemetery transcriptions from Jane! Harris Chapel harrisch.txt 21KB Old Baptist Mt. Gilead (replaces oldbap2.txt and oldbapcrow.txt) oldbapmtgil.txt 7K Cedar Hill Part 13 cedarhill13.txt 17KB Cedar Hill Part 14 cedarhillpart14.txt 19KB Goins Cemetery goins.txt 2KB Kirkpatrick Cemetery kirkpatrick.txt 4KB Doran's Cove Cemetery doranscove.txt 9KB Willis Cemetery willis.txt 2KB Jones No. 2 jones2.txt 3KB Latham Cemetery latham.txt 8KB Rousseau Cemetery rousseau.txt 2KB Lee Cemetery lee.txt 2KB Rouse Cemetery rouse.txt 2KB Tone Cemetery tone.txt 2KB Flanagan Cemetery flanagan.txt 6KB Long Hollow renamed "House of Happiness" Cemetery house.txt 5KB Old Hargiss Cemetery oldhargiss.txt 2KB "Noname" cemetery now named Langston Cemetery langston.txt 27KB Hall Cemetery hall.txt 8KB Blue Springs Cemetery bluesprings.txt 24KB Liberty Cemetery UPDATE liberty.txt 9KB Zion Rest Cemetery zionrest.txt 15KB Complete cemetery listings can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/jackson.htm AND >From Alfred C. Ellis aceala@msn.com in Dekalb County: Wesley's Chapel Cemetery in Ft. Payne abcwesch.txt 66KB ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dekalb/cemetery/abcwesch.txt >From Joe Bobby and Brenda (Butler) Forehand JBF97DB@aol.com , in Elmore County: Estes-Butler Cemetery Estes-Butler.txt 3KB ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/elmore/cemetery/estes-butler.txt Thank you Pam and all contributors!!!!! I think I got everything! Happy Hunting! Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426