Dear Joyce: I think Bo Morris told me those records of Mr. Priddy's were burned. They also belonged to Judge Terrell. There are thousands of pages of info that he kept. Some Mr. Priddy got, some Dr. John Allman in FL has, and these I got at the archives. I think Dr. Allman has a daybook. There are also one or two copied at the Winfield library. Dr. Allman gave me the index to the book he has that is not in the library (I think), and a few pages on my Miller family. Wish we had access to all of the judge's info. Please call Bo and see about that info. He also knows a lot about Darrell Upright Hollis. His number is 205-698-8090. I wonder if the Kidds are the same ones from the William Kidd who owned Kidd's Tavern there across the state line in Caledonia, MS? My cousin (Elisa Barnes Shizak) )is on this list that grew up in that house, and has some interesting stories to tell. The owner was white, and my mother and sister own property that he once owned on Anderson Grove Rd. They were told that Mr. Kidd left a lot of property to his slaves, as he had children by them. They are still there in that area. Sabra ----- Original Message ----- From: Leafshaker@aol.com To: j.ssud@sonet.net Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Lamar, Fayette, and Marion Co. Hello there, I am a Lamar County researcher in Arizona about 60 miles down the freeway from Alisa in Sedona. I am researching the African American Wells, Kidd and Hollis families of the Turkey Creek area. I have the wills from several of the white Hollis' and am attempting to verify that Derrill Upright Hollis was the last slave owner. I am in contact with Hollis Chandler, now of Columbus, Ms. He is a wealth of local history and very knowledgeable on local cemeteries. I will forward your message to him. Does Mr. Stratton Priddy still live in Sulligent? I am told that he has records from his familiy's store in Sulligent that go back to the 1860s. I hope someone will look into this and preserve those old account and ledger books. Keep up the good work and best wishes to Terry Gosa. Happy New Year, Joyce McCollum

----- Original Message ----- From: Johnny and Sabra Sudberry To: ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Scott & Allison Saxman Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 8:16 PM Subject: Bankhead, Terrell's papers and NW site address Thought I would reply here since I am getting several emails about the same thing, and I have a blood clot in my arm that prevents me from typing too much right now. I am not finished with the Judge's papers, I have just started. Sorry, I may not have been clear on this. The address for the NW AL Territory site is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/alterritory It contains the sites of Pickens, Marion, Lamar, Marion, Fayette, Walker and Winston Counties, and is maintained by Allison Saxman, who is also doing the Rootsweb Lamar Co. site. Update: Bo Morris and I went back to the Bankhead/Jarrett cemetery Friday (I should have waited till I was well, but oh, well, if you can't enjoy life a little, why be here?), and uncovered many stones, but could not read anything. I felt like a few had lettering but they were almost slick they were so old. Bo said that the tombstone for the person that was born in 1815 (died 0, 1860-all we could find-marker in pieces) was that of John Bankhead who is on the 1850 Marion Co. census. He was the brother of James Greer Bankhead, and the son of George Bankhead. We could not find but the last part of the name "head". James Greer Bankhead was the father of the well-known Sen. John Hollis Bankhead (born 1842-died 1920). Bo Morris lives in the home in Sulligent that Sen. Bankhead lived in before moving to Fayette then Jasper, AL. The house that James Greer Bankhead built in 1850 still stands across the road from Bo. Other tombs we could read were those of James Whitesides' (an Orderly Sgt. who went to the Seminole Indian War in 1836) children; William Bankhead, born and died in 1842; Catherine, daughter of Solomon and Alice (Hughes) Jones. Info on Hughes from Earlie Hughes, Beaverton, yesterday. Alice was the sister of his father. Bo also said a Mr. Hamilton, lives below Gattman, grandson of Judge Terrell came to see him about 4 years ago, and said he had a sister, age 6, buried there, but they could not find it. Maybe we will turn it up. Seems like there has been a lot of vandalism to this cemetery, unfortunately. The information we get from the Bankhead/Jarrett cemetery will be posted to the NW AL site, and the Lamar Co. site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/index.htm . I have taken several photos, and hope they will be on that site also. We are not finished excavating. The markers are under 3 or 4 inches of topsoil and roots. If anyone wants to help us please contact me and I will coordinate a time to get together. Thanks for all the correspondence in regards to my letters. Sabra Sudberry Jasper, AL

I read the message with interest.The problem with courthouses and the state archives is lack of funds.they have run out of storage space.they do not have funds to build,preserve records and hire the needed help.Many records at the archives are and will be stored in boxes which cannot be filed or shelved for public use.but sit in storage unavailable to researchers. A short time ago,the state visited with all county officals and inspected local libraries and approved some them for storage of some items. libraries approved were annexed to the courthouses, so that the records such as old newspapers and such can be placed there.otherwise they will be put in attic or basements where they will dry rot or moisture will damage and mold them. bugs and mice are another problem. Some states are trashing the records altogether after they micro-film them. We are fortunate that our state at least makes a effort to keep the records local in libraries and museums and not destroying them. Taking books is not new.But bringing charges and court cost is expensive. But the act is recorded with cameras. The person is under suspicion ever time they return to the library. Old records are collector items.And some collectors will pay a nice price to own them.Most of the libraries and museums do not have the money to purchase the rare items.Thank goodness for collectors.And for those who donate to the libraries and museums. Let's all work to preserve our hertiage. Keep up the good work Sabra and Bo. Jean

I am transcribing a deed regarding a land transaction recorded in Lamar County in 1874 and hope someone can help solve the following: 1. What is the present road or highway number for the road that was then called the Tuscumbia & Arberdeen Road? 2. There is a reference to the above road "near the corner of 'Geardern' or 'Guardern' (Garden?) now occupied by Wm. Y. Allen". Does anyone know which spelling is correct or what it refers to? 3. There is a name that looks like A. H. DiGallicord or DeGallicold or DeGallicolt. Does anyone recognize this name or is one of these familiar to anyone with people in Lamar County at that time? The "A" and the "H" in "A. H." when compared with other "A's" and "H's" written in the deed by the same writer are different as is the "D" in the above name and could possibly be other letters entirely. Thanks. Peggy

Terry: I am sending you this note, and to the Fayette, Marion and Lamar electronic newsletters, as some of this will be interesting to those subscribers. We had a good Christmas and I'm glad it's over!! :-)I went with Bo this morning to try to find the Pennington family cemetery off Co. Rd. 29, between Moscow and Vernon. We could not find anyone home, and Bo won't go on folks' property without permission. I know it's nice to do that (ask), but the law says you have to be able to get to your kinfolks' graves. I was major disappointed, but we went up to the Jarrett-Bankhead Cemetery instead. I have been telling him for years I wanted to go. Finally!! It is just this side (from Sulligent), across the road from the Hyster plant. I found a grave for an old Bankhead, born 1815, name broken off. We will go back next week with rakes and steel rods and try to find others. I so enjoyed it though it was absolutely freezing outside (29 degrees!). Then of all things I go down to a store in the county, and was getting ready to leave and I could hear this man telling the owner that he had a bunch of old papers he found in the attic of the s! econd oldest house in Fayette, belonging to the Robertson family. He wanted someone to tell him how much they were worth. All he could see was dollar signs, and no historical value whatsoever. I was sick. He said they go back to the 1850s, before the courthouse burned and they were about all kinds of families. I am supposed to go there in the morning and see them. I wish he would give them back to the courthouse but he wants money. He said half of them already were sold to someone in Virginia. What the heck do they care about these papers? He said they were written with a quill pen, stuck together with wax (precursor to the paperclip I guess) and he had an actual photo of John Wilkes Booth in there. Ironically, today Bo was telling me about the Sarratt family being in on the killing of Abraham Lincoln, and of course they came to the Fayette/Lamar Co. area also. Connection here? Maybe I can negotiate with this fellow. If I could get a bunch of folks who were interested to c! hip in, we might could get them for the courthouse. I certainly would not put them at the Fayette library, as the place was robbed of about 40 genealogy books they told me. They are sick about it, and making things miserable for anyone going to do research. They won't let you take anything other than a pen and notebook (you cannot even tear a sheet out of it though, must be in a notebook), and no purse, nothing. You must lock it up in a box, and there is a lock on the gate to the area, and cameras. Of course, she said that the cameras didn't help the thievery. We all have to suffer when folks do things like this. I did notice many things seemed to be missing. The library is understaffed anyway, and no one cares about genealogy, it is obvious. Everything is a mess. They sure could use some volunteers to go up there and keep it straight. Surely there is still a genealogical society there? Does anyone know? As for Marion Co., I am glad to say that I am finally transcribing Judge John Dabney Terrell's papers, starting in the year 1808. I was tickled to death a few weeks ago to find out that I am a Terrell descendant myself. No wonder I've been so interested in this family for so long. We hope to get these scanned onto the Northwest AL Territory website. Maybe Marion Co. will link to it also. There is so much information on people in the county and elsewhere that the judge had dealings with, and marriages also that don't exist in the courthouse due to the fire. :-) Sabra ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Gosa To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Note HOPE EVERYONE GOT HOME OK. HOPE YOU HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS. Terry

Stars Fell on Alabama © 1934 "1st Edition!" by Carl Carmer This is a very rare, true classic, some of the best reading I have done in a very long time. Takes you back to yesteryear when during the war, slave, and the country hicks way of life. Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. STARS FELL ON ALABAMA Some of the places/things mentioned are: Tuscaloosa, AL. Ku Klux Klan. Indians of Tuscaloosa-Great Chief Tush-ka-lusa. Nokomis, Escambia, AL. Oxford, AL. Birmingham, AL. Springville, AL. Opp, AL. Montgomery, AL. Lamar Co. Eutaw, Al.-Letter written by S. J. Chapman to Mrs. Chapman. Green Co., AL. Oxford, AL. Black Rituals Mobile, AL. and the Bayou Country. Dauphin Island. Hogansville Includes old Mountain superstitions. Old Negro superstitions. Names many quilt patterns. Names of old fiddlers tunes. Many old poems Voodoo Conjuring-Conjur Woman: To Cure Warts. To Drive Your Rival Out of the Country. To Give Your Rival Bad Luck. To Get a Girl To Sleep With You. To Keep Wife From Flirting Around. To Keep Your Land and Have a Good Crop. To Know When You Have Been Tricked. To Revenge Yourself On An Enemy. To Cure Misery in de Back. To Keep Your Girl Coming To You Regularly. Arriving in Alabama on a train from New York, Carl Carmer wrote of a strange country he visited, as different as another planet from his known world. He roamed and wrote of people he met, and their foreign way of life, .... the whisky-swilling backwoods men of Alabama, the raw towns like Birmingham during the 20s and 30s, ... the Scottsboro boys, ... the Klux Klan, ... oral and cultural traditions among Alabama African Americans, ...the Civil War veteran who became a murderer of U.S. marshals and a religious zealot, and who was lynched to avoid a trial and certain execution, ... the great outlaws, The Outlaw Sheriff of Sumter County, Rube Burrow: Alabama Robin Hood, and Railroad Bill, one white, the other black and so feared his body was displayed in several cities to prove he was dead. Carl Carmer paints a vivid, sometimes charming, occasionally horrifying, but always fascinating picture of the complex and diverse black and white communities. The "N" word is used throughout, describing cultural and folk roots, "Conjure Woman", "Black Rituals", "Stud N.....", etc. And then, there's "Two-toed Tom", a 15 foot aligator thought to be trapped in a pond, only to be found surfacing in a nearby pond, devouring a 12 year old child. Years later, scientists learned of the ancient underwater tunnels of the reptiles, as Tom moved on to become a legend in Florida. Author's Note "All of the events related in this book happened substantially as I have recorded them. It has been necessary in a few instances to disguise characters to avoid causing them serious embarrassment (for instance my hosts during the lynching). I have also taken the liberty of telescoping time occasionally--since I have attempted to select significant occurrences which took place over a span of a half-dozen years. The number of people who have helped me in the making of this book is legion. It must include a surprisingly large percentage of the inhabitants of Alabama. I should be graceless indeed, however, if I did not own my gratitude to Ruby Pickens Tartt and her daughter, Fannie Pickens Tartt, who made my Black Belt excursion possible; to Knox Ide and Robert Harwood who wandered the Red Hills with me; to the Honorable Earl McGowin and Francis Inge whose companionship throughout my life in Alabama and afterwards has been full of affectionate encouragement; to Clyde Robinson who has been an indefatigable scout for interesting material; to Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History; and to all my Negro friends, unfailing in their warm- hearted assistance." This is a hardbound book of 294 pages, decorated endpapers and wonderful illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. It was published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books. It is in good condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=1678766792&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1018916314&indexURL=0&rd=1 Thanks, Kat --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Inter.net Webmail. http://www.us.inter.net/

David: I tried to find it but can't put my hands on it at the moment. I do remember now that we were in a small town in TN called Townsend, at their welcome center, which is part of the National Park Service. It was not that much. You must be careful when buying rare books. I have found a wonderful search engine that you can go to for out of print genealogy books, and new alike. It's called AddALL and it finds the books you are looking for and lists all their locations and prices. You will be shocked at how the prices vary for rare, out of print books, and new alike. I'll bet you can find this book on that site. If I find mine, I'll let you know. Sabra ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gray" <ostrich@atlantic.net> To: "Johnny and Sabra Sudberry" <j.ssud@sonet.net> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > Would you tell us the price of this book new? If they have it at a National > Park in Tennessee, I'm sure it can be bought through the mail. > Thanks, > David Gray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Johnny and Sabra Sudberry" <j.ssud@sonet.net> > To: <ALLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > > > > This book is still in print. I bought mine at a National Park bookstore in > > TN. > > > > Sabra > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <tazzer@us.inter.net> > > To: <ALLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:25 PM > > Subject: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > > > > > > > Stars Fell on Alabama © 1934 > > > "1st Edition!" by Carl Carmer > > > > > > This is a very rare, true classic, some of the best reading I have done > in > > a > > > very long time. Takes you back to yesteryear when during the war, slave, > > and > > > the country hicks way of life. > > > Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > > > > > > STARS FELL ON ALABAMA > > > Some of the places/things mentioned are: > > > Tuscaloosa, AL. > > > Ku Klux Klan. > > > Indians of Tuscaloosa-Great Chief Tush-ka-lusa. > > > Nokomis, Escambia, AL. > > > Oxford, AL. > > > Birmingham, AL. > > > Springville, AL. > > > Opp, AL. > > > Montgomery, AL. > > > Lamar Co. > > > Eutaw, Al.-Letter written by S. J. Chapman to Mrs. Chapman. > > > Green Co., AL. > > > Oxford, AL. > > > Black Rituals > > > Mobile, AL. and the Bayou Country. > > > Dauphin Island. > > > Hogansville > > > Includes old Mountain superstitions. > > > Old Negro superstitions. > > > Names many quilt patterns. > > > Names of old fiddlers tunes. > > > Many old poems > > > > > > Voodoo Conjuring-Conjur Woman: > > > To Cure Warts. > > > To Drive Your Rival Out of the Country. > > > To Give Your Rival Bad Luck. > > > To Get a Girl To Sleep With You. > > > To Keep Wife From Flirting Around. > > > To Keep Your Land and Have a Good Crop. > > > To Know When You Have Been Tricked. > > > To Revenge Yourself On An Enemy. > > > To Cure Misery in de Back. > > > To Keep Your Girl Coming To You Regularly. > > > > > > Arriving in Alabama on a train from New York, Carl Carmer wrote of a > > strange > > > country he visited, as different as another planet from his known world. > > > He roamed and wrote of people he met, and their foreign way of life, > .... > > the > > > whisky-swilling backwoods men of Alabama, the raw towns like Birmingham > > during > > > the 20s and 30s, ... the Scottsboro boys, ... the Klux Klan, ... oral > and > > > cultural traditions among Alabama African Americans, ...the Civil War > > veteran > > > who became a murderer of U.S. marshals and a religious zealot, and who > was > > > lynched to avoid a trial and certain execution, ... the great outlaws, > The > > > Outlaw Sheriff of Sumter County, Rube Burrow: Alabama Robin Hood, and > > Railroad > > > Bill, one white, the other black and so feared his body was displayed in > > > several cities to prove he was dead. > > > Carl Carmer paints a vivid, sometimes charming, occasionally horrifying, > > but > > > always fascinating picture of the complex and diverse black and white > > > communities. > > > The "N" word is used throughout, describing cultural and folk roots, > > "Conjure > > > Woman", "Black Rituals", "Stud N.....", etc. And then, there's "Two-toed > > Tom", > > > a 15 foot aligator thought to be trapped in a pond, only to be found > > surfacing > > > in a nearby pond, devouring a 12 year old child. > > > Years later, scientists learned of the ancient underwater tunnels of the > > > reptiles, as Tom moved on to become a legend in Florida. > > > Author's Note > > > "All of the events related in this book happened substantially as I have > > > recorded them. > > > It has been necessary in a few instances to disguise characters to avoid > > > causing them serious embarrassment (for instance my hosts during the > > lynching). > > > I have also taken the liberty of telescoping time occasionally--since I > > have > > > attempted to select significant occurrences which took place over a span > > of a > > > half-dozen years. > > > The number of people who have helped me in the making of this book is > > legion. > > > It must include a surprisingly large percentage of the inhabitants of > > Alabama. > > > I should be graceless indeed, however, if I did not own my gratitude to > > Ruby > > > Pickens Tartt and her daughter, Fannie Pickens Tartt, who made my Black > > Belt > > > excursion possible; to Knox Ide and Robert Harwood who wandered the Red > > Hills > > > with me; to the Honorable Earl McGowin and Francis Inge whose > > companionship > > > throughout my life in Alabama and afterwards has been full of > affectionate > > > encouragement; to Clyde Robinson who has been an indefatigable scout for > > > interesting material; to Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama State > > Department of > > > Archives and History; and to all my Negro friends, unfailing in their > > warm- > > > hearted assistance." > > > > > > This is a hardbound book of 294 pages, decorated endpapers and wonderful > > > illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > > > It was published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books. It is in good condition. > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? > > > > > > ViewItem&item=1678766792&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1018916314&indexURL=0&rd= > > 1 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Kat > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > This message was sent using Inter.net Webmail. > > > http://www.us.inter.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

This book is still in print. I bought mine at a National Park bookstore in TN. Sabra ----- Original Message ----- From: <tazzer@us.inter.net> To: <ALLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > Stars Fell on Alabama © 1934 > "1st Edition!" by Carl Carmer > > This is a very rare, true classic, some of the best reading I have done in a > very long time. Takes you back to yesteryear when during the war, slave, and > the country hicks way of life. > Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > > STARS FELL ON ALABAMA > Some of the places/things mentioned are: > Tuscaloosa, AL. > Ku Klux Klan. > Indians of Tuscaloosa-Great Chief Tush-ka-lusa. > Nokomis, Escambia, AL. > Oxford, AL. > Birmingham, AL. > Springville, AL. > Opp, AL. > Montgomery, AL. > Lamar Co. > Eutaw, Al.-Letter written by S. J. Chapman to Mrs. Chapman. > Green Co., AL. > Oxford, AL. > Black Rituals > Mobile, AL. and the Bayou Country. > Dauphin Island. > Hogansville > Includes old Mountain superstitions. > Old Negro superstitions. > Names many quilt patterns. > Names of old fiddlers tunes. > Many old poems > > Voodoo Conjuring-Conjur Woman: > To Cure Warts. > To Drive Your Rival Out of the Country. > To Give Your Rival Bad Luck. > To Get a Girl To Sleep With You. > To Keep Wife From Flirting Around. > To Keep Your Land and Have a Good Crop. > To Know When You Have Been Tricked. > To Revenge Yourself On An Enemy. > To Cure Misery in de Back. > To Keep Your Girl Coming To You Regularly. > > Arriving in Alabama on a train from New York, Carl Carmer wrote of a strange > country he visited, as different as another planet from his known world. > He roamed and wrote of people he met, and their foreign way of life, .... the > whisky-swilling backwoods men of Alabama, the raw towns like Birmingham during > the 20s and 30s, ... the Scottsboro boys, ... the Klux Klan, ... oral and > cultural traditions among Alabama African Americans, ...the Civil War veteran > who became a murderer of U.S. marshals and a religious zealot, and who was > lynched to avoid a trial and certain execution, ... the great outlaws, The > Outlaw Sheriff of Sumter County, Rube Burrow: Alabama Robin Hood, and Railroad > Bill, one white, the other black and so feared his body was displayed in > several cities to prove he was dead. > Carl Carmer paints a vivid, sometimes charming, occasionally horrifying, but > always fascinating picture of the complex and diverse black and white > communities. > The "N" word is used throughout, describing cultural and folk roots, "Conjure > Woman", "Black Rituals", "Stud N.....", etc. And then, there's "Two-toed Tom", > a 15 foot aligator thought to be trapped in a pond, only to be found surfacing > in a nearby pond, devouring a 12 year old child. > Years later, scientists learned of the ancient underwater tunnels of the > reptiles, as Tom moved on to become a legend in Florida. > Author's Note > "All of the events related in this book happened substantially as I have > recorded them. > It has been necessary in a few instances to disguise characters to avoid > causing them serious embarrassment (for instance my hosts during the lynching). > I have also taken the liberty of telescoping time occasionally--since I have > attempted to select significant occurrences which took place over a span of a > half-dozen years. > The number of people who have helped me in the making of this book is legion. > It must include a surprisingly large percentage of the inhabitants of Alabama. > I should be graceless indeed, however, if I did not own my gratitude to Ruby > Pickens Tartt and her daughter, Fannie Pickens Tartt, who made my Black Belt > excursion possible; to Knox Ide and Robert Harwood who wandered the Red Hills > with me; to the Honorable Earl McGowin and Francis Inge whose companionship > throughout my life in Alabama and afterwards has been full of affectionate > encouragement; to Clyde Robinson who has been an indefatigable scout for > interesting material; to Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama State Department of > Archives and History; and to all my Negro friends, unfailing in their warm- > hearted assistance." > > This is a hardbound book of 294 pages, decorated endpapers and wonderful > illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > It was published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books. It is in good condition. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&item=1678766792&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1018916314&indexURL=0&rd= 1 > > Thanks, > Kat > > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Inter.net Webmail. > http://www.us.inter.net/ > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sabra Sudberry shared information on Ann Stanford. http://www.fayette.net/carruth/cemeterystanford1.htm Barbara Carruth

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I am searching for information on the parents and birthplace of John G. HALL, born 1809-1818 in North Carolina and the identity of his wife Mary, born 1808-1817 in South Carolina. He was enumerated on the 1850 & 1860 Fayette Co, AL Census, 1870 Sanford Co, AL Census & 1880 Lamar Co, AL census. Does anyone have information on this family?

The October Minutes and pictures of Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett's visit have been added. http://www.fayette.net/carruth/genealogysociety.htm Barbara Woobright Carruth

Dear Listmembers: I thought it might be a good idea to explain the situation with the Lamar Co. website. First of all, this electronic newsletter you are reading is still managed by Sabra Sudberry (j.ssud@sonet.net ). Second, the Lamar Co. website, sponsored by Rootsweb (USGenWeb), is now managed by Allison Saxman (alisax@sedona.net) . This is the official Rootsweb Lamar Co. website, which I took over from Lygia Cutts several years ago. There is another website, which is a personal Lamar Co. site, which we do not sponsor, nor does Rootsweb. The Rootsweb Lamar Co. site address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/index.htm From here you can also check out the site for the NW Alabama Territory, (or go there by typing http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alterritory/ which Allison is also doing. She's doing a great job, and I would appreciate it if you are pleased with it, please let her know. She has been such a blessing!! Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving, Sabra

> Resent-Sender: WARREN-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > Dear All: > > Some volunteers from the society of the Daughters of the American > Revolution > ( DAR) > have established a wonderful new program for users of Rootsweb. > These > volunteers will do lookups in their database and records if you > think one of your ancestors served in some capacity during the > American Revolution. These volunteers have more databases that are > available to them than the ones commonly used by the search > engines. > > The process is fairly simple : > > Go to the DAR message board: > There are two ways to do that: > > > www.rootsweb.com > > message boards > > topics > > organizations and societies > > DAR > > Or if you want the easy way :-) > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.dar > > Address your message as follows: > > subject : DAR Lookup > surname> location > dates > > In the body of the message put the information regarding > the person, > > Be sure to fill out the surnames box at the bottom since the > new search engine will be keying on that item. > > Leave the email response box checked and you will be > notified when the DAR volunteers respond . Give them > a week or so to get to your request. > > We really appreciate their efforts. This info can be key for: > a: joining these prestigious organizations ( DAR & SAR) > b: sending a request for the copies of the files that were > submitted and the information they have available. > > Many thanks to: > > Glenda Thompson DAR VIS Volunteer > Vice Chrm. Patriot Lookup > > for organizing this effort and all the many volunteers that > are donating their time and effort to us instead of pursuing > their own ancestors, > > Best Regards > John A Hansen > DAR board admin. > > BTW: Please forward this message to other lists and boards > that each of you are involved in. > > A word of thanks to each volunteer that does this work > and especially the one that responds to your post would > probably be highly appreciated. > > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > --WebTV-Mail-357-720-- > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com

--WebTV-Mail-357-720 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-357-720 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-101-3.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.120) by storefull-107.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:39:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by smtpin-101-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id 367F7AFA; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:36:28 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: jsmit-car@webtv.net Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-101-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 928579A6 for <jsmit-car@webtv.net>; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:33:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id fAFNOQ606285; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:24:26 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:24:26 -0700 X-Original-Sender: jahansen@qwest.net Thu Nov 15 16:24:25 2001 Delivered-To: fixup-WARREN-L@rootsweb.com@fixme From: "John A Hansen" <jahansen@qwest.net> Old-To: "John A Hansen" <jahansen@qwest.net> Old-Cc: "Listowners Rootsweb" <Listowners-L@rootsweb.com>, "BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb. com" <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com>, "GlendaMT@aol. com" <GlendaMT@aol.com> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:23:14 -0800 Message-ID: <IIECKLIINDMLKICCFOBJAELCDLAA.jahansen@qwest.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Subject: [WARREN] Free lookups of Revolution War patriots Resent-Message-ID: <59jARD.A.4hB.q6E97@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: WARREN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WARREN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WARREN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3330 X-Loop: WARREN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WARREN-L-request@rootsweb.com Dear All: Some volunteers from the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution ( DAR) have established a wonderful new program for users of Rootsweb. These volunteers will do lookups in their database and records if you think one of your ancestors served in some capacity during the American Revolution. These volunteers have more databases that are available to them than the ones commonly used by the search engines. The process is fairly simple : Go to the DAR message board: There are two ways to do that: > www.rootsweb.com > message boards > topics > organizations and societies > DAR Or if you want the easy way :-) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.dar Address your message as follows: subject : DAR Lookup > surname> location > dates In the body of the message put the information regarding the person, Be sure to fill out the surnames box at the bottom since the new search engine will be keying on that item. Leave the email response box checked and you will be notified when the DAR volunteers respond . Give them a week or so to get to your request. We really appreciate their efforts. This info can be key for: a: joining these prestigious organizations ( DAR & SAR) b: sending a request for the copies of the files that were submitted and the information they have available. Many thanks to: Glenda Thompson DAR VIS Volunteer Vice Chrm. Patriot Lookup for organizing this effort and all the many volunteers that are donating their time and effort to us instead of pursuing their own ancestors, Best Regards John A Hansen DAR board admin. BTW: Please forward this message to other lists and boards that each of you are involved in. A word of thanks to each volunteer that does this work and especially the one that responds to your post would probably be highly appreciated. ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 --WebTV-Mail-357-720--

Dear List: I wanted to let you all know that I sent an email to every person listed on the "Surname" page at the Lamar County AlGenWeb site in order to be able to "clean up" email addresses. If you did not receive an email from me today, your surname listing is either missing or your email bounced. Please check the following page if you did not hear from me today and let me know what your surnames are and the correct email address. http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/surnames.htm A couple of new pages have also been added to the site in the last few days. One is for the posting of photos of Lamar County residents (or suspected ones) in hopes that someone out there can help identify them. It is here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/unkphotos.htm The other new page is for the posting of marriage records submitted by all of you who would like to do so, and is located here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/submarriage.htm As always, we welcome the submission of any Lamar County records, documents or information that you would like to share! And any suggestions for new pages or sections, or even constructive criticism is always welcome! I'm adding new information to the site as quickly as I can so be sure and check back frequently! Allison M. Saxman Webmaster & County Coordinator Lamar County AlGenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/index.htm

THE LAMAR COUNTY GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY invites you to their meeting November 12,2001 at the Vernon Community Center at 5 p.m.Turn east in between the Western Auto and Vernon Market(old Turners) stores and watch for sign on the right. This will be a business meeting.The library will be closed due to the holliday.

I am searching for information on the parents of Matilda JOHNSON, born 1843-1844, who married Mark HALL 1867 in Fayette (now Lamar) Co, AL.

Dear List: I wanted to let you all know - new marriage records from 1886 & 1887 have been added to the Lamar County AlGenWeb page, which has a new address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar2/index.htm Please update your "Favorites" and "Bookmarks" so you don't miss anything! Happy hunting! Allison M. Saxman, Webmaster