Where is the Franklin community and who are the Franklins involved?

Quick! I need directions to Consolation Baptist Church Cemetery. I am going there next week on the way to NC with my daughter, and I want to show her where her ggggrandparents are buried (that would be Paynes and Joseys, Salters and Gainers, and a Dubose). I can get to McKenzie from I65. I'd really appreciate the help. Judy

I am pasting an exerpt from a letter I received about the Morris' and Mckinley's...Does anyone recognize any of the names?? TIA...Deanie ken Ross, wrote: "The first McKinley in the county, as far as I've been able to determine, was old Isham McKinley, born about 1785 in GA. He brought his large family there around 1820 or before, because I've seen his name in connection with land grant applications around Fountain in the early 1820s. One of his sons was Jackson McKinley, my g-g-grandfather. After Jackson McKinley married Linnie Bonner (daughter of Benjamin Bonner) in 1842, all of the McKinleys seem to have relocated to the Franklin area, where they remained. I know about some of the McKinleys, but there are large gaps in the record, as is the case with the Morrises."

(if this is a duplicate for you, please excuse me. it was also sent to the Escambia list. thanks.) I am John Jernigan, gg grandson of Benjamin W. Jernigan (1799-1863) of Kirkland AL. I am continually frustrated trying to link him to his parents. Some researchers (including Annie Waters) have stated that "tradition" holds he was the son of the of the original Ben Jernigan that was mentioned in Riley's HISTORY OF CONECUH COUNTY. Others say "no, he is the son of Lewis." Since there is no consensus, we need to find a primary source (bible, will, diary, etc.) to firmly establish his parentage. It's not as if there are no descendants. The countryside must be full of them. But where are they? (On this list I'm hoping). If you are a descendant of Ben W., please let your presence be known. Let's connect, organize, and solve this riddle !! Or if it's already been solved, please share it with others. Work also needs to be done on his wife's (Elvina Maulden) lineage. BTW, I am descended from Ben W. by way of his son Arthur B. John C. Jernigan 203 Gettysburg Dr. Pensacola, Fl 32503 850-477-4183

Now, I am going to BEG!! I am even on my knees for this one....<grin>!! Husband's gggrandfather(John Monroe Turberville) married Mazouri Bohannon, dau. of David Bohannon and Lucinda MCKINLEY. I am searching for any connection to David's parents and Lucinda "Cindy" Mckinley's parents. I found an Alex Bohannon, living next to David in the census. He was born ca. 1780. I have a hunch this may be his father. Also, have anyone heard of an Isham Mckinley? May even be named Issac..?? Just grasping at straws..mighty thin ones!!<grin> Researching these Monroe Co surnames: Turberville, Mckinley, Bohannon, Morris, Melvin, Dees, Harris, and other small branches... Thanks! Deanie

Hi everyone!! Great News! Finally a break in my Morris connection. I was lucky enough to receive an email from a long lost cuz, Ken Ross, who was able to shed some light on Nancy Ann Morris (Melvin, Turberville, Dees..not necessarily in that order). OK, here goes... Remember this is not wrote in stone...<grin>!!(And Ken is searching for info on the Behethland name..if anyone has something to share, I have his email address.) Richard E. Morris b. ca 1790 Va? died bef. 1840 in Monroe Co. AL married Behethland LNU, b. abt 1791,GA died aft. 1855 1. Andrew Jackson Morris, b. abt 1832 2. Behethland Morris b. abt 1816 3. Luvicie Morris b. 1818 married Osburn Coleman, Dec 21 1837 4. William Dawson Morris, b. April 9, 1821 d. May 6, 1878, Wainwright, Monroe Co AL 5.Jesse Morris b. abt 1830 AL died ? 6. Sanford Morris, b. abt 1834 d. 1865 Second generation: Andrew Jackson Morris b. 1832, AL married Eliza Jane Spencer, Nancy Ann Turberville Bryant, and Ann Eliza Mckinley. children: Richard B. b. 1872, d. May 23 1936 Monroe Co AL Andrew A. b. 1874 Duncan b. 1875 Sidney D. b. 1876 Jesse A. b. 1877 Lillie L. b. 1879 ===== William Dawson Morris married Nancy Matilda Bonner, Children: Martha b. 185o, James, b. 1845, Alfred b. 1843 =========== JESSE MORRIS, b. abt 1830 in AL. Married first to Secily Mahala Bryant, on Dec 24 1850, dau of Asa and Emily Bryant. Jesse later married Secily's sister, Nancy Ann Bryant on Jan 6 1858. Jesse's and Secily's children: Asa b. 1852, Behethline, b. 1854, Seymone, b. 1856 ===second Marriage===== Jesse and Nancy Ann's children were: Jesse b. 1858 Nancy Ann, b. Dec 29, 1859 d. Feb. 19, 1929 Monroe Co AL + George Melvin,Jr. 1. Caledonia Melvin, b. 1881 +Zack Turberville 2. Sarah Jane Melvin, b. 1883 + David Monroe Turberville Any questions please don't hesitate to ask them, and if you connect please add, or even correct what I have. Thanks, Deanie Humphrey

Hi, I have just uploaded three Monroe county cemetery transcriptions to the ALMonroe page - Bradley family cemetery in the Franklin community, McKinney family cemetery in the McWilliams community and Bethlehem Methodist Church cemtery in Old Texas. They are now linked from the Monroe county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe Thanks. Cindy McCoy Listowner and CC for Monroe county

I am trying to track down a John Medlock who married Elizabeth Betsy Cook or may have been Leemon/Leeman in Alabama. They were mentioned in will probate and I would like to know who the parents and siblings of this John were. Thanks, Emma in NM

Sorry for the false hope Possum. The Daniel that I show is at the end of the Mims family tree. However, I went to school in Atmore with John H. Daniel. He lives in Mobile and sells real estate. I'm sure you could find him there, Probably from a real estate ad in the mobile paper. He might have information on the Daniel side of his family. His mother was a Mims. that is my connection to him. Ever hear of the Massacre of Ft. Mims (1813). I'll send you the page. Good luck Curtis.

Hello Curtis, Yes I am in the Foley area, thats true. My Daniels/Daniel are decended from ??????????? Who are the Mims? Our first is Thomas Jefferson Daniel (s) he married Christina Stabler and they had 9 children. Where T.J. Daneil came from is up in the air, on his death record it states GA, Atlanta area. born in 1845. So who are the Mims again? Thanks Debbie ---------- > From: Curtis Parker <cparker1@webtv.net> > To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Just to Happy found Daniel/Daniels > Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 5:21 PM > > Possum (I love that term or endearment) > If you are trying to run down the Daniels of Monroe county that decended > from the Mims, I might be able to help you. I am related to them and > have received their > research data, and it is pretty complete looks like. Let me know. I will > be out of town for a few days, so don't expect an answer until next > week. > Curtis > Ps If I remember right you live in Foley. > I am going to visit my sister this week-end' in Gulf Shores, so get back > to me tonight if I can help you on the way down. > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates!

Possum (I love that term or endearment) If you are trying to run down the Daniels of Monroe county that decended from the Mims, I might be able to help you. I am related to them and have received their research data, and it is pretty complete looks like. Let me know. I will be out of town for a few days, so don't expect an answer until next week. Curtis Ps If I remember right you live in Foley. I am going to visit my sister this week-end' in Gulf Shores, so get back to me tonight if I can help you on the way down.

Good morning! Where did you find this book and what did it cost? Is it a book version of the newspaper edition? And what is the name of the book? Any info appreciated.

Good morning....I took the liberty of writing the publisher of the Monroe Journal and forwarding a copy of a letter from the list. A staff member had written to me that he was considering re-printing the Centennial Editions. Perhaps if more people would write to the publisher, he would be interested in our request. Freda >Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:29:58 +0100 >To: monjour@frontiernet.net >From: Ted and Freda Noble <tnoble@mcn.org> >Subject: Re: [ALMONROE-L] Just to Happy found Daniel/Daniels >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Dear Publisher: > >Below is an example of the letters that appear on the Alabama mailing >lists asking for information about the Centennial Editions of the Monroe >Journal. Would you please consider re-printing the books? There are many >of us who would like to purchase them. Freda R. Noble tnoble@mcn.org > > >>Good morning! Where did you find this book and what did it cost? Is it a >>book version of the newspaper edition? And what is the name of the book? >>Any info appreciated. >> >> >>==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >>*****Monroe County Mailing List***** > > > Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org

To answer some questions. The newspaper thing I am speaking of is Monroevilles Cent. (100 years) that the Journal put out. It does not really cover the county its more about Monroeville and the past 100 years. It was printed as an oversized newspaper that sold for 5 dollars. The bound book type is what I have found the family info in and our Daniels pictures!!! This is a wonderful little book for the price we paid 13 dollars shipping and all. It covers Monroe County 1866-1966. Little tid bits about the county and things the paper had printed. I think its the reprinted version however. The Daniels I am speaking of is in the Deer School photo and the children of Thomas Jefferson ( T.J. Daniel) Daniels and Christina Stabler, it shows Mary, Jodie and Richard their three youngest children. It also has a photo of Cindy Stabler who married an elder Daniel son named Leroy, they had Rayford Daniel. I hope I got everyone's questions answered about my earlier post, sorry for any confusion, I was so just so dang happy this is the first thing I have found ( other than personal knowledge and the grave sites of our Daniel family living in Monroe County) still have seen them on any census records. Thanks Happy hunting Deb

I just had to drop a note to the Monroe folks! I got my oversized book thing like from the Monroe Journal the 1866 - 1966 one, and the newspaper one also. I am not CRAZY!!! My Daniel (Daniels) were there!!! I have even found a school pic from Deer School with 3 of T. J. Daniel and Christine Stablers children!!! Richard, Jodie, and Mary. plus sitting there in the pic is Cindy Stabler who married Leroy Daniel the above 3 childrens older brother! I am so very happy, it was well worth the 13 dollars I paid just for this pic alone. Back to reading, looking for any info and names that I have seen on the list so far. I am going to Lib sometime this week to do the census lookups. Debbie

See you knew they were here and we are all happy for you Debbie!!!!Happy to have someone like you on the list.... Kay -----Original Message----- From: Possum <possum@gulftel.com> To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 11:44 PM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Just to Happy found Daniel/Daniels >I just had to drop a note to the Monroe folks! >I got my oversized book thing like from the Monroe Journal the 1866 - 1966 >one, and the newspaper one also. > >I am not CRAZY!!! My Daniel (Daniels) were there!!! I have even found a >school pic from Deer School with 3 of T. J. Daniel and Christine Stablers >children!!! Richard, Jodie, and Mary. plus sitting there in the pic is >Cindy Stabler who married Leroy Daniel the above 3 childrens older brother! > >I am so very happy, it was well worth the 13 dollars I paid just for this >pic alone. > >Back to reading, looking for any info and names that I have seen on the >list so far. I am going to Lib sometime this week to do the census >lookups. > >Debbie > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! > >

Prissila, if you monitor this web, I have info on your querrie to the Monroe Journal ancestor search page about Sam Parker. My reply could not be delivered to the address posted there. contact me and I will send again. Curtis

Given the recent interest in the Monroe Jrl: Monroe Journal 126 Hines St, Monroeville, AL 36460 Phone: (334)575-3282

Monroe Journal, Centennial Edition, 1866-1966, Reprint Ed., p. 38F -- excerpts -- It appears that this article was written about the time of the Centennial of the War. Nearing her hundredth birthday, Mrs. Easley died a few years after this article. Susan Catherine Easley, of Beatrice at the time of this article, was the 8th child of 13 children that included one set of twins. One sister, Frances Somerall, was 95 when this was written and lived in Montgomery. Susan Middleton Easley, born in Wilcox County, was the daughter of John and Eliza Middleton and lived at Asberry on the Old Federal Road near Old Texas when she married Anslem Anthony Easley. Susan said, "[t]he old home is still standing, ... Andrew Jackson cut that road in one day. It was also called the Stagecoach road." Easley volunteered in the CSA at age 16 and served in Co. F, 1st Battn. Ala. Artillery at Fort Morgan and also in Co. B 1st Battn. Ala. Artillery. At one time he was attached to 5th Co., Washington Artillery of La. Easley was paroled at Meridian, Miss. on May 10, 1865. Susan Middleton Easley said that the sound of Dixie and the sight of a Confederate flag brings tears to here eyes and "In my heart there's a feeling I can't describe." Easley was the pastor of Susan's church and served as pastor of Sepulga, Cahawba, Mission, Sweet Water, Freeport and Roxana. Easley was a Methodist minister and was born in Marengo County in 1844. When they married in 1890 Susan was 16 and he was in his 40's. Their children included Anslem of Bay Minette, John Howard who died in 1957, and Mittie Lee living with her Mother when this article was written. The "Lee" in Mittie Lee's name is for Gen. Robert E. Lee who Susan's husband know and loved as a kind-hearted man who talked much about God. Susan's husband never talked about the War but her father, John G. Middleton did. "When my children were little they wanted to go every night to hear 'grandpa' talk about the war. He and his brother, also a veteran, sometimes talked all night. Susan's mother, Eliza Fore Middleton, had three small children when John G. went away to war. Only God knows how they lived through that terrible war. There were heartbroken, but patriotism and love of liberty demanded that the Yankees should be drivern away at any sacrifice, she said. For four years she worked in the fields on the farm. They were very poor. Food, seed and livestock were scare -- and they almost starved. My mother had only one cow -- and two of her children died from want of milk. she said. There were no bottles for babies -- they were fed with a cup, a reed and a piece of cloth. [direct quote from Susan's comments in article] Mrs. Easley said some of the soldiers became so crazy from hunger they deserted the army. "My father starved so long, when he came home he picked up every crumb from the floor. His feed were frozen from walking barefooted in the snow, and he was wounded in the arm. But he lived to be 90 years old, and drew a pension." Susan recalled, "[d]uring the war women gathered together to spin, weave, knew, sew and quilt. My mother said one night the Yankees came to a neighbor's house where they were making cloth and knocked. When she went to the door, they chopped her fingers off and took all the cloth from the looms." She recalled her father being home on furlough and hiding in the plum orchard to avoid Yankees. "They took the horses and all the meat from the smoke-house. A Negro woman at Riley's Crossing told them where the horses were hidden." [note: John G. Middleton later made a claim with the Southern Claims Commission for horses and meat taken by Yankee soldiers; his claim was denied although his uncle Martin Middleton's claim was approved.] Susan recalled that while she grew up in hard times and often worked for fifty cents a day, they had a good time, too. Weddings and log-rollings were big events; she recalled her mother cooking chickens in the wash-pot and baking 30 potato pies for a log-rolling. Susan had 4 dresses a year: two in the spring and two in the winter out of homemade cloth. However, the cloth for her wedding dress was bought in Greenville. "It was beautiful, and I remember just who it looked." Susan attributed her long life to "hard work and trusting the Lord." Observations from DABF: I have identified 13 children of John G. Middleton -- 9 with Elizabeth Fore and 4 with Martha Bond. However, it doesn't look like there are any twins -- unless one died in infancy and that would come as little surprise. Sons of Willis Middleton: John G. Middleton: Co. D, 1st Conf. Cav. Co. E, 1st Battn. Ala. Art. Co. E, 1st Ala. Vols. Willis Middleton: would have been of soldiering age; need further info on whether James Stephen H. Middleton: Co. G 36th Ala. Inf. Vols. Jackson Middleton: Co. D, 1st Reg. Conf. Cav. Anslem Anthony Easley: Co. F 1st Battn. Ala. Art. Co. B 1st Battn. Ala. Art.

Given the recent interest in the Monroe Jrl: Monroe Journal 126 Hines St, Monroeville, AL 36460 Phone: (334)575-3282 ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== ****Monroe County Mailing List**** Submit your Monroe county information today! I would like to add to the above info. The Monroe Journal has a web page...<http://www.frontiernet.net/~monjour/index.html> There is a section for genealogical inquiries. The e-mail address for the Monroe Journal is <monjour@frontiernet.net> I have always received prompt replies. F. Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org