The Ganrud books of Alabama Records has.....Lankford, Champ to Elizabeth Hagood, 4 February 1854 (executed 7th) by G. H. Cole, J. P. at the house of R. J. Hagood, George S. Shotwell, Security. "Please isue licens for Champ Lankford to Elizabeth Jane Haygood to get married. Oblige Yours, " Curtis G. Beason, guardian for Champ Lankford. "I do hereby gave my consent for you to grant a marriage between my daughter Elizabeth and Champ Lankford, Yours, R (obert) J. Hagood." February 4, 1854. G. H. Cole was my g-grandfather, George Hampton Cole, who was a Justice of the Peace at Pinson (formerly Mount Pinson, Hagood's Crossroads before that) in Jefferson Co., AL. From the "Civil War Records of Jefferson Co., AL" by Marilyn Davis Barefield, on page 12, under "Membership, Co. C., 19th Alabama Volunteers, C. S. A." there is a listing of soldiers "Compiled by W. F. Hanby, 41 years after the first Roll Call ( was August 11, 1861) of his Company, and presented to his surviving comrades as a token of his Love and Esteem." Champ Lankford, 3rd Sgt. Wounded near Chattanooga, TN. Served through war. Is roaming out West. I do not have these books, just copies of a few pages. I hope this will be of some assistance. Coleen -----Original Message----- From: Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> To: ALJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <ALJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:35 PM Subject: [ALJEFFER] Champ LANGFORD / Elizabeth HAGOOD >Is there some way to find out why the Champ LANGFORD / Elizabeth HAGOOD >family disappeared from Jefferson County, AL? > >Champ and Elizabeth married and lived in Jefferson County, AL. From >1861-1865, Champ served in Company C (Jefferson Warriors), Alabama 19th >Infantry, CSA. Champ's family was in Jefferson County in the 1870 U. S. >census. They had a daughter in July, 1870. Then, in the 1870s, their >children were raised by the children's aunt, Belle (Hagood) Bevins. >After 1870, I've found no trace of Elizabeth. And I lost track of Champ >until he (without Elizabeth) applied for a Confederate pension in 1906 >from Craighead County, Arkansas. > >Why were the children raised by their aunt? What happened to >Elizabeth? Where was Champ for 36 years? What was a good ol 'Bama boy >doin' in Arkansas? Without a specific date, how could I find a news >story, an obit or some explaination? > >(I wonder if they lived in Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama. >Because he's buried in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.) > >Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > > >