Ted and Freda Noble <tnoble@mcn.org> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Alice Thomas <marthomas@worldnet.att.net> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] ATTN: Ted and Freda Noble > Listers, please forgive me for attempting to reach Freda through list. > I sent a reply to you a few minutes ago and it was returned "User unknown". > I hit the reply button on the post you sent me yesterday. > > Mary Alice in CA > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Monroe County Mailing List**** > Submit your Monroe county information today! > >

-----Original Message----- From: MWal608508@aol.com <MWal608508@aol.com> To: cmccoy@frontiernet.net <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:50 PM Subject: article >Infantry Organized > Claiborne Southerner 1861: The Monroeville company (Infantry) styled in >the Monroe Rebels is now regularly organized. They met on Saturday the 10th >inst. and elected officers which resulted as follows: G. G. Mathews, Captain; >W. A Duke, 2nd Lieut.; F. M. Jones, Brevet 2nd Lieut.; John M. Parkers, >Orderly Sergeant, with balance of officers to be elected later. The company >will be mustered into service near Camden, Wilcox Xounty, in Col. Beck's >regiment. > The company is to be armed with double barrel shot guns, which with >bayonets, according to high military authority will be very destructive >implements of warfare. From the Monroe Journal Centenial Edition, Dec. 22, >1966, page 3E. >

-----Original Message----- From: MWal608508@aol.com <MWal608508@aol.com> To: cmccoy@frontiernet.net <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 5:34 PM Subject: Article >>From the Monroe Journal Centenial Edition Supplement > >1873--J. S. Hines of Evergreen and Miss Hattie Savage were married at >Claiborne Oct. 15, 1873. >1873--Col. Bertrand L. Hibbard and Miss sallie B. V. Leslie were married in >Monroeville April 29. >1873--Thomas Thompson and Olivia Hammons were married near Claiborne >September 14. Chas. J. Torrey, register in chancery, tied the nuptial knot. > > >Vigilance Committee > > At a meeting reported Aug. 30, !861, the Vigilance Committee was named by >the officers of the Claiborne Home Guards. gentlemen to serve on the >committee for one month from that date were Harvey Lamber, J. M. Agee, Samuel >Busby, Thomas Howard, and Dr. A. B. Arthur. > >Cobb family came here from Wales > > Govenor Rufus Wills Cobb, born in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama, >the son of John W. and Catherine (Stevens) Peak Cobb, who settled on the >Alabama River in Monroe county. the Cobb family came from Wales to America, >first settling in Virginia, where John W. Cobb was born in 1800. He moved >from Monroe County to Ashville. He served as a colonel of a regiment in the >Creek War under General Andrew Jackson, and twice served as a member of the >Alabama Legislature. > > >HOME GUARD OFFICERS, 1861 > >1861--Officers elected at a meeting of the Clauselville Home guards June 5, >1861, were W. T. Nettles, W.H. Fountain and M. D. White, judges; W. W. >McMillan, captain; Thomas S. Wiggins, first lieutenant; T. J. Stevens, second >lieutenant; and T. J. McCants, third lieutenant. F E Richardson was chairman >of the committee to present the preambles and resolutions, which were >unanimously adopted. > >Captain --Shown above is Captain William Stephen Wiggins, Monroeville, uncle >of Theresa Lindsey Finklea. Capt. Wiggins was known as "Uncle Tobie" and >served during the War Between the States in Co.f, 36 Ala. Volunteer Infantry >CSA. I can photo copy picture is anyone needs it. > >Commission -- A commission issued by Gov. William W. Bibb of Alabama >Territory, appointeing Gerald Walthall Creagh a lieutenant of a volunteer >company of infantry by the name of the Jackson Blues, was given at the town >of Claiborne and stamped with the seal of the Territory April 22, 1818. > > > >

-----Original Message----- From: MWal608508@aol.com <MWal608508@aol.com> To: cmccoy@frontiernet.net <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 4:52 PM Subject: Article >Cindy, > >Here is another article. > > > >>From the Monroe Journal Centennial Edition supplemental issue May 1, 1969 > > Patrick Family Came to Alabama from South Carolina in 1700's > > The Patrick family came to alabama from South Carolina, evidently in the >17th century, and chose Midway in the northern part of Monroe county to build >their home. > The first home, built of logs, two large bedrooms with an open hall >dividing them and a large kitchen, seperated from the house, housed this old >family... > Names of the parents of the Monroe County Patrick family are unknown. >They had three sons, Hiram, Milligan and Wiley. > Hiram married Didwa Cotton, June 14, 1838, and they had several children, >all deceased with the exception of Vera, who now makes her home in Canoe. > Milligan was married Dec., 1847, to Linsey Rumbly, she preceded him in >death and he took as his wife, Martha Emmons in 1854. To this union, three >children were born, Annie, Fannie and Richard. The girls were never married >and operated a hat shop on the square in Monroeville. Richard studied >medicine and was married to a Miss McGowin. They were parents of three >children, Lloyd, Albert and Frank. > Wiley A. Patrick was married to Jane Parmelia Brooks and they were >parents of seven children: William Hiram, John, samuel, Jane, Rebecca, Mary >and Luke. > William Hiran (Dick) Patrick married Amanda Hardee Sept. 6, 1866. They >had a child, a daughter, who married John Estie Cobb. Following his first >wife's death he was married to Mrs. Kitty Skinner. No children were born to >this union. > John chose Elizabeth Booker to be his wife and they were married Nov. 6, >1859. this couple had nine children: Zenus, John, Jr., Elizabeth, Fannie, >Emma, Mattie, Sarah, W. H. and W. R. > Samuel was married to Beatrice Stacey, Nov. 12, 1882. The too, had nine >children: Ida, Jane, Susan, :Lucy, Albert, Daisy, Frank, Mary and Rose. > Jane was married to Bryant Hardee, June 2, 1864. They were the partents >of two children, Myra and Molly. > Rebecca was married to John Booker, March 9, 1865, and they had two >children Whitman and John. > Mary, who married William Martin, Sept 25, 1861, was the mother of >several children, Samuel Patrick and william Hiram, were the only two names >listed. > Luke never married. > Three sons, William H (Dick), John and Samuel, all served with >distinction during the "War Between the States". Samuel ran away at the age >of 16 and joined Dick, who was in Captain Tom Riley's Company. Capt. Tom >Riley, was also a Monroe Countain. The served together under General Forest >and Dick was amoung his troop when Emma Sanson guided the army to a ford when >a bridge was burned by the Union soldiers. Later, when Dick's daughter was >born, she was named for Emma Sanson. > One of Dick's favorite stories was his experience in the hills of >Tennessee. Soldiers were on starvation. There was meat but no shortening. >Finding a section where scalybark trees grew, the soldiers gathered nuts, >cracked and picked out the meat and made cracklin bread. They found a hog >wandering among the trees, eating the nuts, so they caught it, carried it to >camp, cooked and ate it with their bread. A neighbor of Dick's and a >well-known Christian gentleman refused to eat the meat because it was stolen, >he said. However, it wasn't long until the soldiers began pouring gravy on >their bread and the companion said, "Dick I believe I will have a little of >the gravy. > Vicissitudes and reverses in life followed Dick and following the war his >second house was burned to ashes. However, in those days, one man's trouble >was that of his community, and whether it was illness, bereavement, >housebuilding or log splitting, neighbors were there to help, both black and >white. And so, it was with the Patrick family, who came to Monroe County >from South Carolina. >

-----Original Message----- From: MWal608508@aol.com <MWal608508@aol.com> To: cmccoy@frontiernet.net <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 4:19 PM Subject: MONROE JOURNAL CENTENIAL EDITION SUPPLEMENT >CINDY >THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE MONROE JOURNAL, PASS IT ALONG PLEASE THANKS >MARSHA > > >Supplemental Issue of the Monroe Journal, May 1, 1969, Page 5 > >Article: Capt. Riley, Born at Pineville Banker, Soldier, Philanthropist > > Captain Thomas Marcer Riley who was born in 1840 and died only a few >months before his 95th birthday used his long life and properity for the >welfare of others. Captain Riley was the eldest son of Enoch and Sophronia >Autrey Riley, was born at Pineville, and lived in the vicinity most of his >life. > As a young man he conducted an extensive mercantile business at Riley, >Ala. besides tending to large farming interests. At the time of his death he >was president of the Exchange Bank of Beatrice. > He enlisted as a soldier in the Civil war in January of 1861 in Monroe >County and served under Colonel R. E. Rhodes of the 5th Alabama Infantry. He >was wounded several times on the battle front at Seven Pines, Gettysburg, and >Bull Run. He was amoung the southern troops who were surrounded at >Appomatax. .... > ...At Capt. Riley's funeral, to comply with his pre-expresses wish, his >friends draped the casket with a Confederate flag. He was buried near the >site of the Flat Creek Baptist Church that he attended in his youth. > > >

-----Original Message----- From: Middleton, Max E <memiddle@eastman.com> To: 'cmccoy@frontiernet.net' <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:06 PM Subject: Jenkins Chapel Cemetery >I Was looking on the Monroe County WEB site and since you have contributed >several sites, I was wondering what you have on the Jenkins Chapel Cemetery. >Does it have another name and is already on the Monroe county listing or has >it not been worked up? I have relatives buried there along with the >Middleton Cemetery and the Bethel West Cemetery in Conecuh Co. Thanks in >advance for any information you might have including exactly how to get >there. I rode those roads when I was growing up but other than going to >Bethel West & the Middleton Cemetery, I don't know much about too may more. > >Max Middleton >Development Associate >Tennessee Eastman Division >Plant Protection, Building 18 >423-229-1556 >423-229-3949 (FAX) >memiddle@eastman.com > > > > >

Listers, please forgive me for attempting to reach Freda through list. I sent a reply to you a few minutes ago and it was returned "User unknown". I hit the reply button on the post you sent me yesterday. Mary Alice in CA

I think that Cynthia was on to a good lead. I have found Conecuh Co. records in Monroe's books along with Wilcox Co. documents. -- Your Obedient Servant, D. A. Bass-Frazier P.S. Now that I'm finished with the Ala. Div. UDC conference I'll be adding more muster roll's to my listing. Thanks for your patience.

Freda, I know this probably won't help a great deal, but Burnt Corn is right on the eastern side of the county and is practically in Conecuh County. I'm sure you've already looked for your William in Conecuh County. It was just a thought. There is a trust that runs Burnt Corn now called the Lowery Trust. It has preserved the Burnt Corn Methodist Church, The Burnt Corn Baptist Church, an old Victorian home and the Burnt Corn Post Office and Store. None of these are used for service except the Store. It is just a thought if you haven't searched in Conecuh. Good luck. Cynthia Fore Miller hedges01@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Ted and Freda Noble <tnoble@mcn.org> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 1:54 AM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Re: Robersons/ Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL Hi...does anyone have more information about the Roberson/Robinson people mentioned below. I received the info from a kind researcher. My brickwall is my gggrandfather (as everyone probably knows by now!). The following Williams are born too late to be my gggrandfather, but I am wondering if anyone of them could be my William's son or/and could the Mrs. Will Roberson mentioned be his daughter-in-law. Would like to hear from anyone with more info about the following people. Thank you. F.Roberson Noble > 1.William Jeremiah Roberson m. Drusilla Carter. She was born 6-2-1846. > 2.William R. Roberson buried at Ramah Baptist Cemetery (5 miles north of >Burnt Corn), born 1852, died 1926--beside Matilda, born 1853, died 1952 > 3. Wiliam R. Roberson, charter member of Masonic Lodge of Burnt Corn, >chartered in 1890 (no indication if its the same William as #2) > 4. Mrs. Will Roberson--caption under a picture taken at a community party >of the Jr. Missionary Society of Burnt Corn Methodist Church at Burnt Corn in >June 1916 at the home of H.R. Betts >William Jesse Robison--Any more info about these two Williams? >> William Jesse, Jr. > 5. William Jesse Robison, born 4-22-1835, died 9-27-1894, buried at >Elizabeth Dargan McConnico Cemetery in Monroe County, AL > William Jesse Robison, b. 4-11-1866, d. 11-21-1867, son of W.J. and E.J. >Robison, buried near his father #5 above. Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates!

Thank you! Descendents of my William Roberson did settle in Greenville, so maybe I am now on the right track. Freda >I think that Cynthia was on to a good lead. I have found Conecuh Co. >records in Monroe's books along with Wilcox Co. documents. >-- > Your Obedient Servant, > > D. A. Bass-Frazier > >P.S. Now that I'm finished with the Ala. Div. UDC conference I'll be >adding more muster roll's to my listing. Thanks for your patience. > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >**** The Monroe County Mailing list is now archived >at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ALMONROE-L Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org

Thank you, Cynthia. I appreciate any suggestions that you can give me. Ted and I hope to get to Alabama next spring, so maybe we can investigate the records in Burnt Corn. It is really good to learn that there is a Trust to preserve that old community. Freda Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org

Kay and Debbie, Sorry Kay, I did not know Emma Ross Taylor. My Grandmother died in 1963 before I was born and I never got to know her side of the family. Her family was from around Midway, Monroe Co, AL. My Grandmother was Dollie Lee Griffin, she married Joseph William Chavers. Her father was Zachary Taylor Griffin Sr, who married Susan Bailey. His father was John Griffin who married Elizabeth Rebecca Brooks. It is estimated that John and Rebecca was married before 1824 in an unknown location. I was told that the Brooks were early settlers of Monroe Co, but I am just beginning my research on them. Kay, how much will I owe you for the copies? Thanks. Helen Chavers Jackson 370 Pleasant Hill Cir Atmore, AL 36502 -----Original Message----- From: Kay Anderson <yak2usal@frontiernet.net> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL >Yes mam, 10 Griffins and 17 Brooks.. >I will need to copy pages and mail since there are so many.. >Are you kin to both?? >My grandmother was Emma Ross Taylor and she came from the Griffins and >Brooks.. >Do you know her, she died in 1989, she was born in 1893... > >Kay >----- Original Message ----- >From: Helen E. Jackson <alabama1@net1inc.net> >To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:23 PM >Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and >ConecuhCounties, AL > > >> Kay, >> Could you please tell me if there are any Griffins or Brooks listed in the >> book? >> Thanks, >> Helen >> >> >> >> ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >> ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! >> >> > > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >*****Monroe County Mailing List***** >To Unsubscribe, send the command unsubscribe to ALMONROE-L-request@rootsweb.com

Hello Helen, Griffin's around Midway...Waymon has done alot of research on them you can contact Waymon at this email address. <griway@bellsouth.net> Good Luck Helen, if you ever happen upon a John M. Griffin b 1849 married to Ann McKinley let me know. I would love to know who his folks were, all we know at this time is he was born in Ala. Its a large place when looking for one person! Thannks again and good huntin Debbie ---------- From: Helen E. Jackson <alabama1@net1inc.net> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:06 AM Kay and Debbie, Sorry Kay, I did not know Emma Ross Taylor. My Grandmother died in 1963 before I was born and I never got to know her side of the family. Her family was from around Midway, Monroe Co, AL. My Grandmother was Dollie Lee Griffin, she married Joseph William Chavers. Her father was Zachary Taylor Griffin Sr, who married Susan Bailey. His father was John Griffin who married Elizabeth Rebecca Brooks. It is estimated that John and Rebecca was married before 1824 in an unknown location. I was told that the Brooks were early settlers of Monroe Co, but I am just beginning my research on them. Kay, how much will I owe you for the copies? Thanks. Helen Chavers Jackson 370 Pleasant Hill Cir Atmore, AL 36502 -----Original Message----- From: Kay Anderson <yak2usal@frontiernet.net> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL >Yes mam, 10 Griffins and 17 Brooks.. >I will need to copy pages and mail since there are so many.. >Are you kin to both?? >My grandmother was Emma Ross Taylor and she came from the Griffins and >Brooks.. >Do you know her, she died in 1989, she was born in 1893... > >Kay >----- Original Message ----- >From: Helen E. Jackson <alabama1@net1inc.net> >To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:23 PM >Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and >ConecuhCounties, AL > > >> Kay, >> Could you please tell me if there are any Griffins or Brooks listed in the >> book? >> Thanks, >> Helen >> >> >> >> ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >> ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! >> >> > > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >*****Monroe County Mailing List***** >To Unsubscribe, send the command unsubscribe to ALMONROE-L-request@rootsweb.com ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates!

This site is still under construction, but contains a wealth of information on some Monroe County families. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4471/">Kimberl</A>

Kay, Could you please tell me if there are any Griffins or Brooks listed in the book? Thanks, Helen

Yes mam, 10 Griffins and 17 Brooks.. I will need to copy pages and mail since there are so many.. Are you kin to both?? My grandmother was Emma Ross Taylor and she came from the Griffins and Brooks.. Do you know her, she died in 1989, she was born in 1893... Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen E. Jackson <alabama1@net1inc.net> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL > Kay, > Could you please tell me if there are any Griffins or Brooks listed in the > book? > Thanks, > Helen > > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! > >

Hello Helen, I see you are asking about Griffin's. Who might you be hunting? I have a John M. Griffin born Alabama 1849 married Ann Mc Kinley. But I don't know who his father was? I think he might have come from Clarke County, there is a John that fits in the 1850 Census there. Thanks Debbie ---------- From: Helen E. Jackson <alabama1@net1inc.net> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Along the Old Federal Road in Monroe and ConecuhCounties, AL Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:23 PM Kay, Could you please tell me if there are any Griffins or Brooks listed in the book? Thanks, Helen ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates!

Thanks, will check it out. Ms. Gene Strickland authur of many genealogy books is very ill and probably will not make it. Wonderful lady and dedicated to research, please say a prayer for her. Thanks

Eliska is almost on the river.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted and Freda Noble <tnoble@mcn.org> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Dennards Bluff - Polar Bridge Cem -- Rocky HillChurch > > Eliska is only a few miles from the Alabama River. Freda > > >I saw Dennard's Bluff on an 1895 map the other day. It was located a little > >north and east of Eliska. > > > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > >*****Monroe County Mailing List***** > >To Unsubscribe, send the command unsubscribe to > >ALMONROE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Freda and Ted Noble > tnoble@mcn.org > > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > **** The Monroe County Mailing list is now archived > at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ALMONROE-L > >

You are very correct.. It was based on postal zones for the census. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Alice Thomas <marthomas@worldnet.att.net> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 2:26 PM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Old Texas, Burnt Corn, Dennards Bluff, etc > Hello all, > It is all well and good to want to know where these places are/were, but > that doesn't necessarily mean that is where your people actually lived! > Mine were in the Old Texas area, however in one census the address was > listed as Burnt Corn - soooo, I think probably it had to do with shifts in > Postal designations. The people "stayed put" but their mailing addresses > changed. > My 2¢ worth, > Mary Alice in CA > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Monroe County Mailing List**** > Submit your Monroe county information today! > >