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/388.1 Message Board Post: Frank I am from the Leanor Louise Segrest & Wm. Burrell Barrow family. I have some info on Segrest, and alot more on the Barrow's after they move to TX. If I can be any help I will share. Brad

In a message dated 1/14/04 12:30:09 PM, Dhargrove7@aol.com writes: << William K. Harris? Slaveowner data: http://www.dollsgen.com/wills.htm >> Doll ... I think I called this to your attention before... In the will you have posted for William K. Harris, the last paragraph reads: By the first of January Ninth I promise to pay Wm M B Fitzpatrick or bearer Three hundred & fifty dollars for hire of two slaves named Joe and Pep during the year 1860 & furnish each of them two summers & one winter suits, two pair of shoes, hat & blanket. Wm Fitzpatrick to pay physicians bids. I am 99% certain that the person referred to as "Wm M B Fitzpatrick" is actually Mrs. M. B. Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Mary B. Fitzpatrick acquired a lot of slaves in Macon (various sources) and no-doubt made a transaction with William Harris. I do not know this for sure, but further research into the Harris holdings might bear this out. It is my suspition that whoever transcribed this document mixed up "W" with "M"... which was easy to do in the handwritting of that time... If you ever have access to the original document--as it was written, not a transcription--I would check this out and correct the one that appears on your web site. Annette McLane

Does she have children that you might get interested? Polly <paburnell@comcast.net> wrote:Shirly, I believe the same...that the "worthless" money is a treasure! But unfortunately it (and a lot of other precious letters, maps, deeds, & god knows what) are in the possession of my mother's first cousin who lives in Montgomery, is in her 80s, and appears to have Zero interrest in genealogy! I am too polite to ask this woman, who is a stranger to me, to send me all this stuff. I don't care about the dollar value of the Confederate money, and in fact think it should be donated to a museum, but it is frustrating to me and my mother that all these clues to this ancestry/history are in a closet! We live in the North and can't easily peruse it at her house. I have a theory, from what coorespondence I have had with her about family, that the CW and the "prewar glory" that all got lost, is a sore topic; something to "get over".....but it's hard to say; there are just lots of people sitting on treasures that people like us, who love digging into the past, would value more than gold......frustrating!!! Polly ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

William K. Harris? Slaveowner data: http://www.dollsgen.com/wills.htm 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

I haveseveral Harris' in the Tuskeegee area around the mid 1800's. Charles Hooks Harris, Peter Coffee Harris, and William Harris. they are all connected with my Hooks family in one way or another. Some are buried in the tuskeegee cemetary. Do any of these ring a bell? Kaki Lybbert

Maybe if you asked for copies and include her in the search that would help. But there are some who just don;t care. My mother in law once said to me Well if you care about such a thing . She just didn't understand, J

Earlier a list member helpfully mentioned that Eagle Creek Cemetery in Neighboring Tallapoosa County had many burials of Macon County people. It has been transcribed and here's the link, courtesy of USGENWEB, transcribed by Melissa Smith (Thank You Melissa!): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/tallapoosa/cemeteries/eaglecrk.txt Polly

Shirly, I believe the same...that the "worthless" money is a treasure! But unfortunately it (and a lot of other precious letters, maps, deeds, & god knows what) are in the possession of my mother's first cousin who lives in Montgomery, is in her 80s, and appears to have Zero interrest in genealogy! I am too polite to ask this woman, who is a stranger to me, to send me all this stuff. I don't care about the dollar value of the Confederate money, and in fact think it should be donated to a museum, but it is frustrating to me and my mother that all these clues to this ancestry/history are in a closet! We live in the North and can't easily peruse it at her house. I have a theory, from what coorespondence I have had with her about family, that the CW and the "prewar glory" that all got lost, is a sore topic; something to "get over".....but it's hard to say; there are just lots of people sitting on treasures that people like us, who love digging into the past, would value more than gold......frustrating!!! Polly

Does anyone have access to the Alabama 1800-1900 Marriage Index, that would be willing to do a look-up? Searching for the marriage of Pleasant (Jack or P.J.) LEE, to Loula (Lula or L.M.) BOWLES or BOLES, around 1885. Probably married in Macon Co. could possibly be Tallapoosa Co. Thanks, Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harris Mellard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QS.2ADE/867.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much for the information about Moses Harris. I do not know if he was related or not to Samuel Harris. My connection is through his marrage to my kinsman, Rachel M. Mellard, but I will make a note of your question and get back to you if I run across any Harris-Harris connection. Regards, Robert Hughes

P.S. Do you have Peterson's listings of Tuskegee City Cemetery? If so, could you send me a copy? Annette

Polly I have harper,Allens in Macon and Shelby Co Ala Also Jackson, Coosa Tallapoosa Counties

First of all, Delilah, thank for that tip to look in Eagle Creek cemetery....I'd never have known that about Tuskegee people being buried there. I don't think I have Freemans in my line, but allied names in my VA>GA>AL family would be Harper, Fitzpatrick, Allen, Harwell, Jones, Marquis. Secondly, Shirley, I'll put your John Clark(e) Tomlin on my list and let you know what I find in the cemeteries that Perry has transcribed. I also plan to list the cemeteries from his book on the list. Lastly, does anyone with knowledge of post CW Macon county think it's probable that my ancestors might have had unmarked graves? I have reason to think that they were poor after the Civil War (my grandpa remembers playing with trunkfuls of Confederate dollars as a boy). The one stone that is in Tuskegee City Cemetery, of my ggggm who died in 1873, is very modest, tho she was rich before the CW. Also wondering of there were any reasons (religious?) a person back then could choose to be in an unmarked grave. Any insights and theories appreciated...... Polly

You know something, Polly, all that worthless Confederate money your grandfather played with is probably worth quite a bit as a collector's item. One man I know held on to what his father passed on to him for a long time then he burned it and after he did found out he burned a small fortune. Shirley Tomlin Beaumont, Texas Polly <paburnell@comcast.net> wrote: First of all, Delilah, thank for that tip to look in Eagle Creek cemetery....I'd never have known that about Tuskegee people being buried there. I don't think I have Freemans in my line, but allied names in my VA>GA>AL family would be Harper, Fitzpatrick, Allen, Harwell, Jones, Marquis. Secondly, Shirley, I'll put your John Clark(e) Tomlin on my list and let you know what I find in the cemeteries that Perry has transcribed. I also plan to list the cemeteries from his book on the list. Lastly, does anyone with knowledge of post CW Macon county think it's probable that my ancestors might have had unmarked graves? I have reason to think that they were poor after the Civil War (my grandpa remembers playing with trunkfuls of Confederate dollars as a boy). The one stone that is in Tuskegee City Cemetery, of my ggggm who died in 1873, is very modest, tho she was rich before the CW. Also wondering of there were any reasons (religious?) a person back then could choose to be in an unmarked grave. Any insights and theories appreciated...... Polly ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

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/867.1 Message Board Post: Here is a link to Dr. Moses Harris's slave records found on film at the Family History Center (FHC). If you would like to review the entire estate records, the film number is located at the top of the page. PS: Do you know if he was related to Samuel K. Harris? Doll Harris-Hargrove http://www.dollsgen.com/mharris.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harris, Mellard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QS.2ADE/867 Message Board Post: I would like to hear from anyone with information about Dr. Moses Harris of Macon Co. Alabama. In 1857, he married a kinsman of mine. Regards, Robert Hughes

I am looking for a John Clark(e) Tomlin. My ggrandparents, John Clark(e) Tomlin and Roxie Catherine Jackson were married in MontgomeryCounty in 1879 and were censused there in 1880. My grandfather, Roy Laitten Tomlin, was born in 1881 and his father died when he was a small boy. Roxie remarried in the home of her father Isaac Jackson in Macon County in 1888. Therefore I am not sure if John died in Montgomery or Macon County. Her father was a plantation overseer and he was also in Montgomery County in 1880 I have a feeling John Tomlin worked for him, Isaac and his brood all came to Texas about 1890. His wife, Missouri died before coming to Texas so she might also be buried in either Montgomery or Macon County. Appreciate any help if you find anything. Polly <paburnell@comcast.net> wrote: Thanks, Doll....that's good info to know. I use the LDS Library in my area all the time and as of yet it isn't listed, but I'll keep checking. By the way, list members; I have the film of Perry's transcription on permanent loan at the LDS. I go there at least once a month up until June, and would be happy to check on any names for people. Request it through the list, or email me dirrectly. Polly ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

have you tried Eagle Creek Cemetery - which is in Tallapoosa County, but a lot of Tuskegee people are buried there, also if you have a connection to FREEMAN let me know delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly" <paburnell@comcast.net> To: <ALMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: [ALMacon] Tuskegee area cemeteries? > I'm hoping someone familiar with Tuskegee and surrounding areas can help me. > I am trying to locate the burial places of my white, affluent (at least > before the Civil War) gggf and ggf, Tuskegee residents, who I know are > buried in the area. I have looked at a microfiche of Robert Y. Perry's > transcriptions of various local cemeteries including Tuskegee City cemetery, > but they have not appeared. My ggggm(died 1873) and another relative > (d.1862) are buried in the Tuskegee City Cmtry, but the people I am > searching for are not. I have records that indicate that they were buried > in the Tuskegee area, if not in Tuskegee itself. While looking through Mr. > Perry's transcription, I noticed that other people I am familiar with from > my research do not appear, either. The following info about him may be > relevent in determining where he was buried: > his name was Albert Sidney Harper; he was a Mason, a grocery store owner > with a Mr. MacDonald after the Civil War, a circuit clerk of the court, > married to a Fitzpatrick (she died elsewhere), died in 1890, possibly a > Methodist, and once owned a plantation in Cotton Valley (courtesy of his > wife). These facts may offer clues as to where he could be buried. His > son, my ggf, died in 1904 in Montgomery but was sent off to be be buried in > Tuskegee according to his obituary. If not in Tuskegee City Cemetery, then > where would people like this have been buried? Any help or insights would > be appreciated. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Many of the churches in Macon County have their own individual cemeteries. Do you know what church they attended? I have kept my parents' home in Elmore County (about 15 miles from Tuskegee) and get down a couple of times a year. I might be able to do some checking for you if you have any idea of the name of the church. Suzanne Anthony Gorey

Thanks, Doll....that's good info to know. I use the LDS Library in my area all the time and as of yet it isn't listed, but I'll keep checking. By the way, list members; I have the film of Perry's transcription on permanent loan at the LDS. I go there at least once a month up until June, and would be happy to check on any names for people. Request it through the list, or email me dirrectly. Polly