Rae, Thank you so much for your help. Now I can begin the search and maybe I can find what my g. grandfather Stewart's name is and maybe even what he did for a living, etc. Peggy Roberts Little [[email protected]] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:01 AM Subject: ALJEFFER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 63 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Jones, Mayes, Corpening ([email protected]) > 2. Re: ALJEFFER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 61 ([email protected]) > 3. Re: Jones, Mayes, Corpening ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Johnson and Ashby (deb & jim) > 5. BPLOnline ([email protected]) > 6. Crain (Randy Crain) > 7. Re: BPLOnline ([email protected]) > 8. Re: Johnson and Ashby (deb & jim) > 9. Re: BPLOnline (deb & jim) > 10. Re: Jones, Mayes, Corpening ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:22:13 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ALJEFFER] Jones, Mayes, Corpening > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > I am trying to find information on this family: > I would appreciate any help. > > Thanks Bobbie, North Carolina > > Re:Carrie Corpening widow of Paul Corpening > according to her death certificate: > b/July 16, 1895 Republic, Jefferson County, AL > d/46yo - Jan 30, 1942, in Mabscott, Raleigh County,WVA > Parents listed as: > dad:Thomas Mayes b/ALA > mom:Bell Jones b/ALA > relative/Ed Mayes living in Mabscott, Raleigh County,WVA > > burial:Feb 2, 1942 > cemetery: Minden, Fayette County, WVA > funeral dir:R. L. Wright East Beckley, Raleigh County, WVA > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:24:00 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] ALJEFFER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 61 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I was curious about Blossberg (the question) so I started a search. > Nothing. I changed the spelling to Blossburg and hit a big long list. > Google maps > says it is on 5/78, the Adamsville Parkway, not far north of Adamsville, > abo > ut the same amount south of Graysville. It is small enough to not have > its > own census data. Mapquest.com says it is north northeast of Adamsville > on > Cherry Avenue, northeast of Graysville. > > Nearby cemeteries would include (according to the internet) > _Adams Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=68420) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Bagley Bend Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=68613) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Bivens Chapel Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=68933) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Cardiff Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=69260) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Crumley Chapel Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=69688) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Glasgow Hill Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=70357) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Hodges Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=70798) > , Jefferson County, AL > _Linn Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=71379) , > Jefferson County, AL > _Linns Crossing Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=71380) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Maben Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=71473) > , Jefferson County, AL > _Midway Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=71766) > , Jefferson County, AL > _Mount Olive Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=72059) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Saint Michaels Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=73468) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Shady Grove Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=73662) , Jefferson > County, AL > _Union Grove Cemetery_ > (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=74322) , Jefferson > County, AL > > The town has some infamy. According to the internet: James Thomas was > lynched in Blossburg Alabama July 9 1897. > > On the other hand, Ernie Walker, a baseball player, was born in Blossburg > on > September 17, 1890. > > The 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry, an African American unit, had men from > Blossburg. It was formed in 1898. > _http://www.spanamwar.com/3rd%20Alabamahistory.html_ > (http://www.spanamwar.com/3rd%20Alabamahistory.html) > > I found a map of towns involved in mining and so forth and it showed > Blossburg in a different spot, north northeast of Adamsville and northeast > of > Graysville. > > Blossburg had some role in the mine problems in 1894, but I haven't been > able to find details. > > Blossburg Land Company records from 1889-1918 are available through the > Birmingham Public Library in their historical sections. > > If you go to _http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/coalmine_ > (http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/coalmine) and choose Blossburg as the > mine name, it lists deaths in > the Blossburg mines. > > In a list of early black physicians, there is one from Blossburg named > Huckabee. _http://www.anes.uab.edu/blackdoctors.htm_ > (http://www.anes.uab.edu/blackdoctors.htm) > > _http://www.brumm.com/familytrees/names70.htm_ > (http://www.brumm.com/familytrees/names70.htm) lists ancestors from > Blossburg. > > There are also towns named Blossburg or Blossberg in Montana and > Pennsylvania. > > There were at least two mines in Blossburg: the Blossburg mine and the > Blossburg East mine. > _http://www.my-usa-data.com/features/FID/146158/AL/Blossburg+East+Mine/_ > (http://www.my-usa-data.com/features/FID/146158/AL/Blossburg+East+Mine/) > has a picture of the Blossburg East Mine. > > > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:27:00 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Jones, Mayes, Corpening > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > What specifically are you trying to find? > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:28:44 -0700 > From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Johnson and Ashby > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > May be a longshot, but in Ancestry.com there is a list of N.C. Will > Abstracts, 1760-1800; shows in 1776 ASHBY, SOLOMON, Elizabeth (wife), Abel > and Solomon and 1787 ASHBY, ELIZABETH, Abel, Solomon and Elizabeth > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 5:44 AM > Subject: [ALJEFFER] Johnson and Ashby > > >> I, too, have enjoyed reading all the e-mails about Birmingham, even >> though >> I >> have never lived there, and have only passed through there from time to >> time. I did, however, have ancestors who lived in Jefferson County for a >> number of years, and this seems like a good time to bring them up again >> with >> all the activity on this list. >> >> My 3rd great grandfather was Duncan Johnson. I don't know where or when >> he >> was born (probably in about 1775-1780), but he died in Jefferson Co. in >> 1823. His will was posted on the Johnson Gen Forum web site by an Aliese >> Johnson. Her husband descended from him also. I also found a Duncan >> Johnson in Blount Co. (on the Blount Co. web site) in 1818 as a Justice >> of >> the Peace, and I'm thinking that he was probably the same Duncan Johnson. >> In Duncan's will, he mentions his son, Randolph Johnson, who was my 2nd >> great grandfather, and Elizabeth Ashby was one of the witnesses (her name >> on >> the will was spelled "Ashbay"). A few months later, in July of 1823, >> Randolph and Elizabeth married. Randolph was born in 1800 in Tennessee, >> and >> Elizabeth was born about 1799/1800 in North Carolina. I don't know where >> my >> Johnson's came from in Tennessee, and I don't know where Elizabeth came >> from >> in North Carolina, nor do I know who her parents or siblings were. I >> can't >> imagine that she travelled all the way to Jefferson Co. by herself or >> why, >> so I'm thinking that maybe they met in Tennessee and then travelled down >> there. What would be a likely place in Tennessee to have come from back >> in >> those days? Also, what kind of record would show where they had come >> from? >> Randolph and Elizabeth evidently lived in the Hueytown area as I have >> found >> them listed in the Mud Creek Baptist Church records on the Hueytown web >> site, active from the 1830's through about 1844. After that, they moved >> to >> Pontotoc Co., Mississippi. Their children were: Susan or Susanna, >> Benjamin, John H., my great grandfather, Joseph Abner Johnson (Joab), and >> William M. Johnson. Thanks for any help you can give me. >> >> Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. Does anybody know anything about >> Aliese >> Johnson who posted to the Johnson Gen Forum site? Can't seem to get a >> response from her. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:34:25 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ALJEFFER] BPLOnline > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Someone mentioned old maps. It also has a list of inventors in Alabama. > You can enter just a county name and get everyone from that county. That > wasted ....er.....consumed a couple of hours of my time this morning. > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:34:49 -0500 > From: "Randy Crain" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ALJEFFER] Crain > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Saw email and thought it might be a good time to revisit. > > I am looking for more resent information. Looking for information on Hall > Shelton Crain. He died in Jefferson County in 1989, buried in Elmwood > Cemetery. I am looking for his family. His wife's name was Ellen (no > information on her) > > Randy Crain > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:36:00 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] BPLOnline > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > and obits online! I had no idea those were there -- click on "more > databases" and just admire the wealth of stuff! > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:37:57 -0700 > From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Johnson and Ashby > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 1787 ASHBY, ELIZABETH as widow from Roanok Island; Sons Abel, Solomon. > Daughters Keziah Etheridge, Elizabeth Ashby; Granddaughter Elizabeth > Chaplain. Exrs: son Solomon and daughter Elizabeth. Wit: Mauris Baum, Jr. > and Tart Etheridge. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:28 AM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Johnson and Ashby > > >> >> May be a longshot, but in Ancestry.com there is a list of N.C. Will >> Abstracts, 1760-1800; shows in 1776 ASHBY, SOLOMON, Elizabeth (wife), >> Abel >> and Solomon and 1787 ASHBY, ELIZABETH, Abel, Solomon and Elizabeth >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 5:44 AM >> Subject: [ALJEFFER] Johnson and Ashby >> >> >>> I, too, have enjoyed reading all the e-mails about Birmingham, even >>> though >>> I >>> have never lived there, and have only passed through there from time to >>> time. I did, however, have ancestors who lived in Jefferson County for >>> a >>> number of years, and this seems like a good time to bring them up again >>> with >>> all the activity on this list. >>> >>> My 3rd great grandfather was Duncan Johnson. I don't know where or when >>> he >>> was born (probably in about 1775-1780), but he died in Jefferson Co. in >>> 1823. His will was posted on the Johnson Gen Forum web site by an >>> Aliese >>> Johnson. Her husband descended from him also. I also found a Duncan >>> Johnson in Blount Co. (on the Blount Co. web site) in 1818 as a Justice >>> of >>> the Peace, and I'm thinking that he was probably the same Duncan >>> Johnson. >>> In Duncan's will, he mentions his son, Randolph Johnson, who was my 2nd >>> great grandfather, and Elizabeth Ashby was one of the witnesses (her >>> name >>> on >>> the will was spelled "Ashbay"). A few months later, in July of 1823, >>> Randolph and Elizabeth married. Randolph was born in 1800 in Tennessee, >>> and >>> Elizabeth was born about 1799/1800 in North Carolina. I don't know >>> where >>> my >>> Johnson's came from in Tennessee, and I don't know where Elizabeth came >>> from >>> in North Carolina, nor do I know who her parents or siblings were. I >>> can't >>> imagine that she travelled all the way to Jefferson Co. by herself or >>> why, >>> so I'm thinking that maybe they met in Tennessee and then travelled down >>> there. What would be a likely place in Tennessee to have come from back >>> in >>> those days? Also, what kind of record would show where they had come >>> from? >>> Randolph and Elizabeth evidently lived in the Hueytown area as I have >>> found >>> them listed in the Mud Creek Baptist Church records on the Hueytown web >>> site, active from the 1830's through about 1844. After that, they moved >>> to >>> Pontotoc Co., Mississippi. Their children were: Susan or Susanna, >>> Benjamin, John H., my great grandfather, Joseph Abner Johnson (Joab), >>> and >>> William M. Johnson. Thanks for any help you can give me. >>> >>> Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. Does anybody know anything about >>> Aliese >>> Johnson who posted to the Johnson Gen Forum site? Can't seem to get a >>> response from her. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:39:02 -0700 > From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] BPLOnline > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > AIN'T IT GREAT! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:36 AM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] BPLOnline > > >> and obits online! I had no idea those were there -- click on "more >> databases" and just admire the wealth of stuff! >> >> Rae Williams >> www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:00:48 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Jones, Mayes, Corpening > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > They all appear to be mystery people. This may be a clue: all of the > Corpenings I saw in that time frame were in North Carolina. Only 75 > records of > any kind kick up for Paul Corpening, using birth dates of 1880-1900. > Most are > in North Carolina. Nothing in Alabama. > > I tried Bell Jones 1867-1880 -- nothing that even vaguely matches. I > tried > it as Bell Mayes trying to get a 1900 census that would include your 1896 > ancestor. Nothing. > > I tried Thomas Mayes with the same dates -- nothing even reasonable and no > wife named Bell. > > > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ALJEFFER list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ALJEFFER mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ALJEFFER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 63 > ***************************************