I am sorry .......please forgive my stupidity...I am getting old I think ! The following message is where it states that a photcopy of the WIGGINS pic could be sent.... This is what I was referring to... thanks, pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy McCoy <cmccoy@frontiernet.net> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:44 PM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Fw: Article > > -----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. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! >