This was sent to the request address by mistake, Forwarding to the list ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen D Rogers" <kayrogers.grace@juno.com> To: <ALMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com> Cc: <MSLEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: Cameron/Easter/Flake/Flakes/Partlow > Hello County List! I am new to this and I am searching the following > surnames in your counties. I tried to get on the Choctaw List in AL,but I > got no goes, so here I am. > Some of my ancestors lived there and I am looking for the African > American families. > Can some help?? > > EASTIS/EASTER(any spelling) > CAMERON > FLAKE > FLAKES > PARTLOW > > Karen (Kay) Rogers > "Good Things Are ALWAYS Happening!" >

Hey guys, sorry about that.....my cable company got bought up and my address changed.....from now on it's paburnell@comcast.net. Polly Burnell > Forwarding to the list for Polly. This one of her addresses was not > subscribed. Her other address is: paburnell@attbi.com > > List maintainer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Polly" <paburnell@comcast.net> > To: <ALMACON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:15 AM > Subject: {not a subscriber} RE:DeLoach-Sims > > >> It's very possible that your people moved from GA to Macon county because > it >> was very prosperous around the late 1830s. My Fitzpatricks moved down > there >> from GA to establish a cotton plantation in 1838, as did many others, as >> well as merchants, ministers, etc., to partake in the prosperity there. > If >> you get stuck I recommend researching deeds around that time. These are >> available on microfilm at your local LDS library (you can order them for a >> minimal fee). I will have time to check records for you in a few weeks, > as >> I have some Macon County deed records microfilm on permanent loan at my >> local LDS from that time period. >> >> Polly Burnell >> > > > ============================== > 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 >

Forwarding to the list for Polly. This one of her addresses was not subscribed. Her other address is: paburnell@attbi.com List maintainer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly" <paburnell@comcast.net> To: <ALMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE:DeLoach-Sims > It's very possible that your people moved from GA to Macon county because it > was very prosperous around the late 1830s. My Fitzpatricks moved down there > from GA to establish a cotton plantation in 1838, as did many others, as > well as merchants, ministers, etc., to partake in the prosperity there. If > you get stuck I recommend researching deeds around that time. These are > available on microfilm at your local LDS library (you can order them for a > minimal fee). I will have time to check records for you in a few weeks, as > I have some Macon County deed records microfilm on permanent loan at my > local LDS from that time period. > > Polly Burnell >

Go to Tuskegee, Alabama. (I presume you know how to get there, but if you don't, you can find it on any map. It's the county seat.) Take U.S. Highway 29 northeast out of Tuskegee (signs probably say to Auburn). You will pass through a little community called Pleasant Hill. Stay on 29 in the same direction. A few miles further on you will come to the little community of Alliance. At Alliance, you turn almost due south (right turn) on a county road whose number I can't remember. (Alliance is just a wide place in the road, as we say in Alabama, but there is - at least there used to be - a store/gas station there, and if you ask, anyone can show you the way to Little Texas.) Stay straight on this road for about 3 miles, and it will take you directly to Little Texas. I'm sorry that I can't remember road numbers, but once you arrive at the Little Texas community (another wide place in the road), you can ask your way to the cemetery. People in rural Alabama are friendly and glad to help you with directions if you ask. Little Texas was a popular Methodist campground for many years, and there is indeed a cemetery there. The problem is that many of the graves are either unmarked (probably were marked originally with wooden crosses or markers that have disappeared over the years) or the headstones are unreadable, and so far as I know, the graves have never been catalogued. I don't want to discourage you, but unless somebody has told you in recent years that they've seen your relatives' graves, I wouldn't make too much of a trip. It would probably be worth a trip from Montgomery, Atlanta, or Birmingham, say, but I certainly wouldn't come from New Orleans or New York City. Unfortunately, Alabama didn't keep death records until 1908, but the records at the Macon County courthouse in Tuskegee are about as good as you find anywhere in small towns in the South, and the people in the clerk's office are pleasant and helpful. They just point you toward the records room and let you do your thing, which I prefer. Tuskegee is a nice little town built around a town square, parking is free, and there are places near the courthouse where you can get a sandwich if you need a break. I was there about two weeks ago, and their Probate Notes (contained in bound volumes that go back to the 1840s) are a gold mine. The clerk himself (very nice man) came back once to see if we were finding what we needed. He told us that they have transferred some records to the Alabama Department of Archives and History at Montgomery and have others that are housed in a building across the street from the courthouse, where they are being catalogued. If you are looking for a particular type of record, it's probably worth a call in advance to see if it's still in Tuskegee, or if it's been sent to Montgomery. Good luck and good hunting.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lee, Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QS.2ADE/839 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on my gg grandparents - Joshua Wilson and Sarah Virginia Lee (daughter of Littleberry and Mary Elizabeth (?) Lee) They were married on either 15 or 27 June 1864. Sarah Virginia had been married before to a man who's last name was Jones. Please reply if you can provide information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BELL, CARR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QS.2ADE/446.1.1 Message Board Post: I just saw your message. I am a descendant of JAMES HENRY BELL SR. who was the father of SARAH ANN BELL married to JOHN D. CARR. Do you have any information on JOHN HENRY SR? Maybe you could fill in my gaps and I could fill in yours.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ruffin, Nix Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QS.2ADE/838 Message Board Post: Am looking for any info on William H. Ruffin who married Nancy Nix in Loachapoka, Macon County, in 1857. He died during the Civil War in 1862, leaving behind his widow and two sons, Thomas and John. She remained there until at least 1880, living near her mother, Elizabeth Nix, and brother, James Nix. I believe this son, Thomas, was my grandfather, Thomas Sterling Ruffin. If anyone has information about this family, I would really appreciate hearing from you.

I would like to be included in the chat. I live in Ca and I am doing family history in Alabama.JoHammett@aol.com

Can anyone tell me exactly where Little Texas is and also where I could find the cemetery there? I am researching Allen Strickland who is supposed to be buried there along with his wife, Alley Webb Strickland. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Laura Strickland

Dear List-Mates: Please join me and some other Alabama researchers for an all-state Alabama genealogy chat on Monday night: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central Everyone who is researching in Alabama is welcome to attend. If you've never been to a chat, this is the one for you! If you need detailed instructions, just send me an email and I'll send them to you. If you'd like to be reminded every week, let me know and I'll send you a reminder. Hope to see you Monday evening for a night of new discoveries and information sharing! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

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/QS.2ADE/474.477.480.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you, Kathye, I'll give it a try.

Searching for the descendants of Amanda Mattox who was married to my grgrand uncle, Andy Wilson. Amanda's death certificate (d. 11/6/1928) in Ft. Davis, stated that her parents were Cowles and Mary Mattox. The informant was Lillie Henderson. On the 1870 Macon County, AL census within the Cotton Valley precinct, I found the Mattox family --Kyles 45 and Mary 40 with their children -- Ramsey 22, Fanny 16, Andy 15, Isaiah 13, Amanda 10 , Julia 9, Lou 7 and Easter 17. Would appreciate any leads on this family. Doll Hargrove Doll Harris-Hargrove Afrigeneas.com - PA State Coordinator Diggin' Up Alabama Roots Researching Macon County, Alabama for the following: Surnames: BARROW, BRYANT, CORELLUS, FITZPATRICK, HARRIS, MARTIN, THOMAS, WEBB, WILSON, WOOLFOLK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRESHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QS.2ADE/474.477.480.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jean, I have never had the chance to "work" my Gresham's past 1860, but your best bet is to join the Gresham mail list below..... GRESHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com Good luck!!! Kathye

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/QS.2ADE/474.477.480.1 Message Board Post: I'm fishing----My grandparents, Albert Gresham (1891-1926) and Florence Williams Chapell (1892-1939) were first married in 1910 in Sarasota, Fl, then they divorced in 1912, but re-married in Houston, Texas, in Dec 3, 1914. They had 2 boys, Willard and Albert Cecil, but they were raised primarily by their maternal grandparents (Willard and Sophronia Chapell). My grandfather, Albert, was a lineman for the telephone company and on the road a lot. He is my brick wall. I have found him living his mother, Mary, (a widow) in Sarasota, Fl, 1910. I beleive he had an older sister, Mary, who married a man who had a fishing camp in Apoka, Fl. Albert died in Los Angles, Ca, and Florence died in Miami, Fl. My Dad always thought his father was from Alabama, but the census indicates he was born in Fl, and both parents in Ga. If you can relate to this family, I would love to hear from you. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeLoach, Sims Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QS.2ADE/837.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you. I will try both boards. LaVerne

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/QS.2ADE/837.1 Message Board Post: Do not discount Oglethorpe County as a possibility. My great-great-grandparents were married in Oglethorpe County in 1836, and later found their way to Tallapoosa Co, Alabama -- very close to Macon County (they actually attended church and are buried in Macon Co). Yes, Oglethorpe County has a Message Board like this one with many helpful people. I'm not sure, but it is possible that early marriages are listed on the Oglethorpe GenWeb site. Quite a bit of info has been uploaded there. And if you do mean the town of Oglethorpe, it is in Macon County, Georgia. Good luck in your research. - Jeff Bryant -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeLoach, Sims Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QS.2ADE/837 Message Board Post: William DeLoach & Sarah W. Sims were supposed to have married Dec. 18, 1839. I have now been given the information they were married in Oglethrope, Georgia. I do not think that would be Oglethrope County because they were in the Macon, Talbot, Marion County vicinities. Does anyone have a book to look up marriages or is there a place on-line. Thanks

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/QS.2ADE/836 Message Board Post: Need to confirm marriage date of 2 Nov 1839 in Macon Co. for Miles Osborne (NC) and Sarah Ann Pegues (SC). I'v also seen this marriage date for them listed as being in SC, county unknown at this time. I will appreciate any help provided.

Hello List: Search for RILEY Line. Spencer W. RILEY listed in 1855 MACON County Alabama Census he migrated with his wife Lousia MARTIN and family from Stewart County Georgia. Spencer is in the 1840 Census in Stewart Co Georgia. Spencer and Lousia were married 7 1841. Unable to find information on my RILEY/MARTIN Line until 1870 Census Elmore, Co Alabama In Tallessee Lousia is listed with her children but without Spencer. Joan joabregarden1a@aol.com

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/QS.2ADE/12.1.2 Message Board Post: Elaine, I have additional info for you. Your great grandmother's sister, Elizabeth Jane, b.9/13/1856, d.June 28,1935 and was buried in Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Alabama. I have more if you are interested. Do you have any more on William Lewis Reynolds?