There is a Grimes link on the Monroe County web site. It is provided by my cousin B.B. Prim. Lyndall Maxwell lymaxwell@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: [ALMONROE] Grimes Family... eg. Dawson, Allen, Monroe, Benjamin > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Grimes, Rightmer, Scroggins, Barnes, Wall > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.monroe/2878/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am the gdaughter of Vera Grace (Grimes) Morris. She was the youngest of > nine children born to Benjamin A. and Elizabeth Lenora (Rightmer)Grimes. > The info I have is as follows: > > Benjamin A. Grimes(b. 2-24-1866, TX d. 11-14-1945, TX) > son of > Monroe Grimes(b. 11-14-1827, AL d. 6-25-1909, TX) and > Sarah A. Sc(r)oggins (b. 11-5-1829, AL d. 6-13-1908, TX) > All three are buried in Nacogdoches, TX. > > Monroe Grimes son of > Allen Grimes (b. 12-25-1795, GA d. 8-30-1883, AL) and > Elizabeth Barnes (b. 10-24-1800, TN d. 2-1-1875, AL) > Allen and Elizabeth are buried in Grimes Cemetery in Monroe, AL. > > Allen Grimes son of > Samuel "Dawson" Grimes(b. 1765, NC d. 5-6-1857, AL) and > Darcall Wall (b.1765, NC d. 1850. AL) > > There are a great many siblings, however, I don't know if I have placed > the right person with the right families. I have found all of the above > mentioned men on various census reports, but not all of the reports > mention the family members. I have yet to find a census report with Monroe > Grimes living in the Allen Grimes household, unless Monroe went by another > name. I don't know his full name. I'm also trying to find out who the > father of Dawson Grimes was and where Dawson and Darcass are buried. > Because families were rather large back in the day and because children > were always named after another relative, it all becomes a bit confusing > for me. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I live in > Montgomery,TX and will gladly help anyone with info or photos that can be > gathered in surrounding towns. There are alot of towns I can cover. I > also have photos of Grimes headstones in Nacogdoches/Douglass,TX. I also > have the book "Nacogdoches County Families" which is a w! > onderful book full of family histories and photos from Nacogdoches,TX. > Thanks so much. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >