This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cochran, Shanks, Canterbury, Cothran Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/709 Message Board Post: Does anybody know about this family? Jane Cochran, wife of William W. Shanks, born abt 1820 SC. Mother is Martha Cochran, maybe the wife of James Cothran in the 1850 Lowndes. Name seems to be spelled both ways. I wonder if the Druscilla Cochran who married Redin Canterbury is related? The Canterburys married into my line a couple of times. Also, G. Washington Cochran/Cothran age b 1830 SC is likely related too. Mary Ann

Message forwarded by list manager. Please reply to: IKPharo@aol.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Kimball/Hilburn/hilbun genealogy in AL Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:14:53 EST From: IKPharo@aol.com To: allownde-admin@rootsweb.com I recently visited Lowdnes County and was able to find old land records of my Kimball family. I was very interested in finding the burial place of ggrandmother, Sarah Hilburn Kimball. The nearest cemetery to the old property is Morass cemetery which is on county land plats but local people did not know of it. Can anyone out there help with this information? Thank you, Inez, Littleton, CO My gg left the county before 1860. I believe Sarah died in 1849.

A reminder: The Central Alabama Genealogical Fair will be held in Prattville, AL on Saturday, April 13th, at the Doster Center in downtown Prattville. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a chance to visit vendors before the program begins at 9:30 a.m. The first speaker will be Lynda Wyatt, owner of "Scrapbook Superstore and More" in Montgomery, teaching "Heritage Scrapbooking. She will have available for purchase albums, archival safe papers, stickers and other items approriate for heritage scrapbooking. At 11:30 Martha Geyer, 1st Vice President of the Alabama Genealogical Society, will speak on "Beginning Genealogy". This program will also be very useful to those with experience. Annie Crenshaw will speak on "The Federal Road" at 1:30 p.m. Between speakers you will have time to visit the vendors of books and other genealocal materials, eat lunch, and research information relating to Autauga County. Registration is $15.00, which includes lunch for those who pre-register. Pre-registration may be completed by sending a check to : Autauga Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 680688, Prattville, AL 36068 - or by requesting a brochure at arherrod@yahoo.com . Use Gen Fair in the subject line. Looking forward to seeing you on April 13th.

Please join us Monday night for an all-state Alabama genealogy chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific Everyone researching in Alabama is welcome to attend. Come with a print-out of your family tree, any genealogy books you have to share, and an genealogy questions you might have. If you can't make the chat, you can find the chat transcripts here: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm If you've never been to a chat before and need instructions or would like to be added to the chat reminder list, just send me an email and I'll help you out. Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WINNEMORE, KELLY, ALLEMAN Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JS.2ADE/708 Message Board Post: Will of Samuel E. Winnemore The State of Alabama Lowndes County I, Samuel E. Winnemore of the town of Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby evoking all previous wills by me at any time heretofore made. First, I give, devise and bequeath to Basil Manly Hill, Twelve Hundred dollars and one half interest in the Hotel and lots in Benton on same side of the street up to and adjoining my store house, formerly known as the Lane Carriage lot, now used as a barroom by Jas. M. Staggers at present - Second - I give and bequeath to Rowan and Manly Hills, sons of Wm. J. Hill deceased, twelve hundred dollars, to be equally divided them, also one half interest in the hotel and lots on same side of street up to and adjoining my Store House in Benton, Ala, now occupied as a barroom by Jas. M. Staggers. Third - I give, devise and bequeath unto Willie Hill, daughter of Belle Hill, of Springville, St. Clair Co., Ala Seven hundred dollars to be held by her mother Belle Hill until she arrives at lawful age. Fourth - I give devise and bequeath under Sloan Rowan and Edward Rowan, One thousand dollars, to be equally divided between them. Fifth - I give, devise and bequeath my gold watch and chain to Rowan Hill, son of Wm. J. Hill, decd. Sixth - I give devise and bequeath unto John Hill, son of Basil Manly Hill, my Oroid Watch. Seventh - I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved niece Agnes J. Alleman, who resides at Hanover, York Co., Pa Fifteen Hundred dollars, also I give, devise unto my Grand Nephew, Horace Winnemore Alleman of the above place, Five hundred dollar The above sum of five Hundred dollars to Horace W. Alleman is to be paid to Dr. Horace Alleman or his heirs if dead. Eight - I give, devise and bequeath to my two nieces Maggie Brogan and Charlotte H. residing at Muscatine, Iowa, one thousand dollars, equally divided between them. Ninth - I give devise and bequeath unto James Winnemore Staggers, son of R. J. Staggers, the sum of Five Hundred dollars. Tenth - It is my wish and desire that five hundred dollars be set aside by my executor to build me a neat monument over my grave and an Iron Fence. The fence shall include in the enclosure the graves of my wife and father and mother buried there, also the graves of W. J. Hill and the Hill children. Eleventh - I give devise and bequeath to Mrs. Plum Kelly, wife --- Three hundred dollars. Twelfth - I give devise and bequeath unto the White House Association, One Hundred dollars. Thirteenth - I nominate and appoint Robert J. Staggers of Benton ...... In testimony whereof I herewith set my hand and affix my seal this the 28th day of October 1903. S. E. Winnemore Signed and published as his last will by the said Samuel E. Winnemore in our presence. ..in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our ... as witnesses at his request on the day of the date hereof. E. D. Rolen J. H. Cadden State of Alabama Lowndes County....Probate Court In the matter of the Probate and record of the last will and testament of Samuel Winnemore, deceased: Before me J.C. Wood Judge of Probate Court in and for the county and State aforesaid personally appeared in Open Court E.D. Rolen and J.H. Cadden who having been by me sworn and examined did and does depose and say that they were subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing now shown to the said affiants and ... purports to be the last will and testament of Samuel E. Winnemore deceased, late an inhabitant of this county - that the said Samuel E. Winnemore since deceased, signed executed said instrument on the day the same bears date, and declared the same to be his last will and testament and that affiants set their signatures thereto on the day it bears date as subscribing witnesses to the same, in the presence of the testator at his request, and in the presence of each other, and that said testator was of sound mind and disposing memory and understanding, and in the opinion of affiant, ful of making his said last will at the time the same was so made as ..! . and deponents further state that said testator was on the day of the date of said the full age of twenty one years and upward and a resident of this county. E. D. Rolen J.H. Cadden Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of May A.D. 1906 J.C. Wood Judge of Probate Court, Lowndes County The State of Alabama Lowndes County I J.C. Wood, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county and aforesaid do hereby certify that the within instrument of writing has this day ... court and before me as the Judge thereof, been duly proven by the testimony of ... and J.H. Cadden subscribing witnesses, to be the last will and testament of Samuel E. Winnemore, deceased, and that said will together with the proof thereof, has been recorded office in Book No. D of Wills at Pages 54 and 55.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: oops.....correction time: "These ARE the MiTchells, etc

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No, Wynette, they don't. This is the Michells of Griffin, Ga., Atlanta enviorns. I don't understand why I hit a brick wall with them. They were Slave Owners and my Grandfather lived with us all my life but I never got inquisitive, but he was well Educated and Erudite, which was very unusual in Ga. in those times.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Suggs, Walters, Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Good morning, David Davis was my husband's gr-gr-grandfather through his daughter, Mary Jane and her husband, Thomas Price. David Davis's wife was Eliza Suggs b. 27 Jan d. 5 Jun 1907. She was the daughter of Arrick Suggs b. 7 July 1810, d. 4 Feb 1904 & Rebecca Walters b. ?, d. 19 Jun 1847. They lived in So. Montgomery Co. Arrick was buried in the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in So. Montgomery Co. AL. near Sellers but the grave has been removed. There are still descendants of David Davis living in the Highland Home area. Many years ago I went with my mother-in-law to visit one of her gr-aunts by marriage and it was like going back in time. We should have visited more as we only lived about 20 miles from there. Now it's too late. If I can be of any further help please let me know. Wynnette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi, Wynette, Caught your message from Joseph Byrd. Read. My grandfather was Joel Dawson Davis(Highland Home, Ala.). His father, David Davis and William Davis were twins. Wondering about David's wife, Eliza. Do you happen to know her last name? Also, my info.(from Carolyn Golowka) states that William married Unity Royal on March 7, 1851, Montgomery marriage books, and they had 4 children(1860 census). I have located quite a bit of information about my ancestors, Sampson Sr. and Sampson Jr., in the N.C. Heritage Book here in our local Gilmer County Library. Seems Sampson Davis, Jr. came from Bladen County, N.C., then travelled down the Federal Road to Highland Home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Mitchell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mitchells found in the 1870 Crenshaw Co. Census Index:: Charity, Edward, Jesse, Louisa, Nancy, Peter, Robert, William and William. Do any of them sound familiar to you, if so, I'll be glad to look them up. I wish I could help you. I have the same brick wall with my Mother's people. If I can look up anything for you please let me know. I have a good bit of information about Sampson Davis and his family that was sent to me by Malcolm Dow. Wynnette.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Annie Jane was my Grandfathers Wife's Sister, Mary Francis Davis who married Henry Gooch Bird in 1868.I have records on the Davis's from about 1833 and the Birds till 1780. No Revolutionary records though. If you have anything or if I can provide you with anything, please let me know.......

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have any records of the Mitchell'sI wish I did, my Grandfather was John Thomas Mitchell born in 1857 in Griffin, Ga. Father Robert C., Mother Vannah, Step Mother Lucy C.(also his Fathers 1st Cousin). I can get no trail at all on the Michells of my ancestry. That was Neri Bird, he died in 1893 in Highland Homes, Ala, He was married twice, once to Malcy Seales(1809-1864), she died of typhoid fever and then Unity Royal Davis(1833-1895). Also died in Crenshaw County. I have names of their Children, etc if you would like to have them........

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Annie Jane Davis was my ggrandmother. How much further back do you have with the Bi(y)rds/Davises. Revolutionary service? Jackie Jones Sheldon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Thank you for filling in what I needed. I had William and Susan in my data base but had not connected that their Josephine was the one who married James Monroe Davis. Susan Jane Mitchell was born July 25, 1821 in AL and died Feb. 22, 1886. She is buried in the Rocky Mount Cemetery, Crenshaw Co., AL. I found William and Susan in the 1850 and 1860 US Census, Lowndes County. My bet is where they lived became part of Crenshaw when it broke off. I have six of theri children if you need that info from the census records. Thanks again

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Good afternoon, My husband had a gr-gr-gr-aunt, Matilda Welch b. 1822, d. 1919, who married Peter Mitchell b. 1808, d. 1880. They lived in the part of Butler Co. [near Lowndes Co.] that later became a part of Crenshaw Co. They are buried in the Saville Cemetery in NW Crenshaw Co. Do you know if your Susan and Bertha Jane Mitchell were related to Peter Mitchell? Who is this Bird, found in the Crenshaw Co. Obit book? Mr. Erie P. Bird... 84 years of age, died last week near Highland Home, in this county. (Rutledge Wave-June 14 1893) No children or wife was given. The first name might be misspelled as the author, Joyce Morgan English, book said that some of the print was very hard to read. Wynnette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Josephines Parents were: William James Bird(1818-1902) and Susan Mitchell(1821--?)He was born in Lancaster County, S.C.as was his Brother Neri and, like Neri, died in Crenshaw County(Highland Home), Alabama. I don't have info as to where they Married but they had 11 Children, the first born, Louisa in 1842 anf the last born, James Emma Bird in 1864.I think the Bird Family lived most of their lives in Alabama. I also have some info on Ellis Davis and Bertha Jane Michell but I don't who he was.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Please, give us more - who was Josephine Bird/Byrd's parents? Where did they live? Where were Josephine and James married? More, more, please

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/699.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: James Madison Davis married my 2 GrGrandfathers Daughter.....Josephine Bird....I have more info if needed.....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JS.2ADE/607.639.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I personally do not have any records for any county except Lowndes County in Alabama. So, I cannot help you with anything in any other county. What is available through the ALGenWeb is uploaded and available on the net. Since I do not live in Alabama, I do not have access to records there. I have collected records for Lowndes because my ancestors are from there. As to the Canty Holden Cemetery in Lowndes County, I have no record that any cemetery in Lowndes has that name. Sorry.

Do you happen to have anything on Henry Bryan? He died in Russell County, but I believe he was in Lowndes very early on, 1830 or abts. Carleen