This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JU.2ADI/879 Message Board Post: Anyone with information on my GreatGrand Father who name is robert benford who where raised on the Benford Plantation the owners Jim Ad Benford ,wife Sallie who live in Perry County or Union County.. His Father where White, his mother were an seamtress, it where doing the Civil War cause i have an Interview of Him when he were 79 yrs old. He talk about the blue uniforms, the Benford Have an Mule Name Mose. Need information or anyone with any information?? Thanks robert townsend

Hi Melissa I appreciate both the info on the map and the land patents. I had found the patents for the Owen and Wegar but with a map, that sure might put this in perspective, as if I ever prove this John and Samuel Owen were brothers marrying Wegar sisters, then I need to go backwards to learn their parents. These patents jus]t might be of some value. Alice

Hi Alice, Did anyone ever get back to you on this? I didn't remember a reply, so I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, but I remembered the question and I had to get my map out tonight so I thought I'd reply. The only Bethlehem that I find is in North West Perry County, about a mile south of the Bibb County line on a road labeled 219. I don't think I've ever been in this part of Perry Co., and the map doesn't say anything about what kind of church, just Bethlehem Church. Also, no label for a cemetary, but there is a cemetary on the map that is sort of across the road from the church. If you're going to do much research on Perry Co. I highly recommend the maps from the Ala. Dept. of Transportation. I think mine cost $3-$4 including shipping and it's a great, very detailed map, about 2'x3'. Melissa -----Original Message----- From: Caddowens@aol.com [mailto:Caddowens@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:19 PM To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALPERRY] Bethelem Methodist Church & Cemetery Hi to the list I hope someone on this list knows where Bethelem Methodist Church and Cemetery are located? Does anyone have the pastor's name or the location so I can look for a phone number? Thanks Alice in Fluvanna ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Have a complaint about this list or another member? Contact me, Lloyd Heard, jlheard@texramp.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi to the list I hope someone on this list knows where Bethelem Methodist Church and Cemetery are located? Does anyone have the pastor's name or the location so I can look for a phone number? Thanks Alice in Fluvanna

Hi Melissa I was re-reading your message and I am not sure that I responded to each item.. as to my digging in Perry County - the families I am interested in are Owen primarily and Wegar/Weger/Wiger/Wieger/Wiggen, etc. I know that two females (sisters) married two Owen men...I would like to prove they were brothers, and then I would like to find proof of their parentage. I have found John Owen marrying Lucinda Weger, Samuel Owen marrying Cynthe(Cynthia?) Weiger and I think both were daughters of David Weiger/Weger. Lucinda marries in 1846, so she is not named on the census with her family in 1850, but she fits in the females in his household. Cynthia is in Davids HH in 1850. Then I would like to find a relationship between Knave/Nave, (perhaps a Thomas) and the Owen or Weger famiiles. The 1860/1870/1880 census divisions are not the same so there is no way to easily search them page by page to see if these people stay in the same place. I have not been able to find Samuel Owen and Cynthia in 1870. I do in 1860 and a possibility in 1880 in Arkansas. Lucinda who married John was there in Perry Co in 1850, 1860 and I am pretty sure John died during the war. I find her still there in 1880 and she is buried there, but can't locate any of these people in 1870 in Perry Co...but there sure are a lot of black Owen(s). I am wondering if these people had a lot of slaves that were freed there? I am thinking they may have missed a big section of Perry Co and these Owen families may have been close together. I have just located a possibility for Cynthia Owen as head of HH in Tuscaloose in 1870 - the age fits, one daughter Mary fits...but no one else in HH. Her husband missing and also two kids...so don't know if coincidence or they were elsewhere. So, if you might have knowledge of any of these names let me know...only sending this cause you asked...I really don't expect you to do anything with it... Alice in Fluvanna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PALMER, HUNTINGTON, CLANCY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JU.2ADI/878 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of William Palmer married Elizabeth Cleacy (Clancy) and other family members (Mary Palmer Huntington) who moved to Perry Co on 1836 or so. William was older brother of my 2g grandfather, James Palmer, of Orange Co. Have info on other strand of family to exchange with family. Thank you. Jan Arnold

Hi Alice, Please tell Ms. Long that I gave you her name. She does respond quickly, I'm just not used to mail, I'm much more of an email person. She quoted me $20/hour plus any copying fees she might incur. I have included her address below. Kitty Grey Long P.O. Box 506 Uniontown, AL 36786 -----Original Message----- From: Caddowens@aol.com [mailto:Caddowens@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:12 AM To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level Hi Melissa I am just so happy to get your message. Getting the name of a local researcher and having her recommended is just what I was hoping for!. I understand "busy" as I also research on the local level for clients, and respond to all requests that are received in our local county clerk's office. But, in between, I work on my own database and this is a line that is just trying me patience (tee hee). May I tell this lady that you gave me her name? Does she respond quickly to say whether or not she will take the job? Would you mind telling me approximately what her fees are? Thanks PS - do you need anything in central Virginia? Be glad to give it a try in return for your help here. Alice Owens ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Have a complaint about this list or another member? Contact me, Lloyd Heard, jlheard@texramp.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

That ok...at least Perry County, Alabama's list is active. There are a copy in Georgia that are dead!!! ld ----- Original Message ----- From: Caddowens@aol.com To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 0932 Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level Hi to the List My apologies...I sent the reply to the list before I checked. This was meant for Melissa... Sorry List Mates...will be more careful... Alice ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Trying to find a historical location in Perry County? Go to http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html and follow the instructions. You will be pleasantly surprised! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi to the List My apologies...I sent the reply to the list before I checked. This was meant for Melissa... Sorry List Mates...will be more careful... Alice

Hi Melissa I am just so happy to get your message. Getting the name of a local researcher and having her recommended is just what I was hoping for!. I understand "busy" as I also research on the local level for clients, and respond to all requests that are received in our local county clerk's office. But, in between, I work on my own database and this is a line that is just trying me patience (tee hee). May I tell this lady that you gave me her name? Does she respond quickly to say whether or not she will take the job? Would you mind telling me approximately what her fees are? Thanks PS - do you need anything in central Virginia? Be glad to give it a try in return for your help here. Alice Owens

I hope you have luck with this. I am using Ms. Kitty Grey Long, and she seems very capable, but she's busy and doesn't have email, so I have to wait for snail mail and I am so impatient. <g> What family are you researching? I doubt that I would know who you are looking for, but I have tons of ancestors from Perry Co. and sometimes you get lucky. Oh, one other thing to look at, have you been to this site? http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/9365/ It lists many cemetaries in Perry Co. and you might find your family there. Melissa -----Original Message----- From: Caddowens@aol.com [mailto:Caddowens@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:40 PM To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level HI Melissa I will call the courthouse and see if I can learn the names of the researchers. The records I need are not to be found on the web. These will probably be marriages in the 1920s> What I hope to learn is a living descendant of the family I am reseaching. Thanks again Alice ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Do not send virus or worm warnings, poems, jokes or other non-related topics to this list. For more information, contact List Owner, Lloyd Heard, jlheard@texramp.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&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/an/JU.2ADI/874.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for responding and you are right....the Gary's are difficult to research. On ancestry I saw a few (maybe 2) family pages that listed 5 siblings, four of which were Milton, Harvey, your Clarissa, and Amarantha. (The fifth I can't remember. We literally just moved and all my research is still packed up.) The info I have gathered about Milton I recieved from his second wife's family. Someone on that side told me she believed he had a sister named Amarantha, and since that name is not too common, and the dates and places are close I feel I have found the right family, but am trying to verify it before I go any further. I have seen my Gary family linked to the wrong Gary's occasionally and I don't want to further the confusion. I would enjoy any info you might have about the Gary's including Clarissa and her offspring and I'll share what I have. Thanks so much for your help.

Hi Mary, I don't know anything aboout your Conway ancestsors. However, I am from Selma, Al., a short drive from Marion. I knew a family of Conways there. Once I went to the home of their grandfather. He lived in Marion Junction, Al. about 15 miles from Selma. Marion Junction is in Dallas Co. You might check out that area for your people. Joni ----- Original Message ----- From: <southerncomfort1@msn.com> To: <ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: [ALPERRY] Conway's in Marion AL > 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/JU.2ADI/876 > > Message Board Post: > > I know that I had a number of Conway's in Marion, but I have been unable to locate this one. I know he died in AL, but not sure where > > Thomas Conway b. 29 Nov 1791 VA d. 11 Jul 1826 AL m. May Hawes Buckner b. 3 Aug 1794. issue > > 1. Anne Hawes Conway > 2. Charlotte Elizabeth Conway > 3. Mary Hawes Conway > 4. George Bailey Conway > 5. Aylette Hawes Conway > 6. Sara Taliaferro Conway > > Was told the children were quite young when he died and possibly moved back to VA after his death. Would like to find where he is buried. > > Mary > > > ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== > Do not send "unsubscribe" messages to the list, it won't work. Contact List Owner if you have forgotten how to unsubscribe. > Lloyd Heard at jlheard@texramp.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&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/JU.2ADI/876.1 Message Board Post: The 1850 census has two George Conways...one in Walker County and the other in Mobile. There is not one in VA in 1850. Look in Walker County. All the rest are girls so their names would have changed when married.

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/JU.2ADI/876 Message Board Post: I know that I had a number of Conway's in Marion, but I have been unable to locate this one. I know he died in AL, but not sure where Thomas Conway b. 29 Nov 1791 VA d. 11 Jul 1826 AL m. May Hawes Buckner b. 3 Aug 1794. issue 1. Anne Hawes Conway 2. Charlotte Elizabeth Conway 3. Mary Hawes Conway 4. George Bailey Conway 5. Aylette Hawes Conway 6. Sara Taliaferro Conway Was told the children were quite young when he died and possibly moved back to VA after his death. Would like to find where he is buried. Mary

HI Melissa I will call the courthouse and see if I can learn the names of the researchers. The records I need are not to be found on the web. These will probably be marriages in the 1920s> What I hope to learn is a living descendant of the family I am reseaching. Thanks again Alice

A lot of the marriages are available on the web, check out the Perry Co. pages on rootsweb for a link (if you can't find it let me know and I will get it for you when I don't have supper on the stove). Otherwise, the probate office has a list of about 4 people that will research for $$$. I am going that route for now as I am in NC and have 2 small children. So, even on the rare occasion that I get to Perry Co. I don't try the courthouse. Good luck. Melissa -----Original Message----- From: Linda Davis [mailto:ldavis8@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:53 PM To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level Not me...I on Amelia Island, Florida. I have to beg Alabama cousins to do my "lookups". Good luck. Linda Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: Caddowens@aol.com To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1838 Subject: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level Hi to the list Is there someone on the list who is intimately familiar with the Perry County records in the Perry County Clerk's office or whatever that office is called that has the marriages, wills, and deeds? If someone has researched there or is researching there, I have some questions that I would like to put to them. Thanks bunches Alice in Fluvanna County, VA ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Let's be kind to each other, we could be family. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Personal comments, flaming others, inappropriate messages are not tolerated on our friendly list. This is the only warning given! For more information, please contact the List Administrator, Lloyd Heard, jlheard@texramp.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

For Alice, I have done a bit of research in the Perry Co. records and may be able to answer some questions for you. If you are looking for someone nearby who can actually check some things for you, I can't since I live in AZ. John

Not me...I on Amelia Island, Florida. I have to beg Alabama cousins to do my "lookups". Good luck. Linda Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: Caddowens@aol.com To: ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1838 Subject: [ALPERRY] Assistance at the local level Hi to the list Is there someone on the list who is intimately familiar with the Perry County records in the Perry County Clerk's office or whatever that office is called that has the marriages, wills, and deeds? If someone has researched there or is researching there, I have some questions that I would like to put to them. Thanks bunches Alice in Fluvanna County, VA ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== Let's be kind to each other, we could be family. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi to the list Is there someone on the list who is intimately familiar with the Perry County records in the Perry County Clerk's office or whatever that office is called that has the marriages, wills, and deeds? If someone has researched there or is researching there, I have some questions that I would like to put to them. Thanks bunches Alice in Fluvanna County, VA