This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strickland Jordan Jourdan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/482.484 Message Board Post: Please read and comment on the response I just posted to the message written by Harold Wright. Any help you could give me would be much appreciate. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strickland Jordan Jourdan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/482.483.1 Message Board Post: Mr. Wright: My husband descends from: Kinsbird Strickland who married Elizabeth Jackson their son John J. Strickland who married Julie Ann Jordan and then their son Abel John Jackson Strickland who married Sarah? and then their son James "Jim" Strickland who married Emma Victoria McCoy. Would you happen to have any info as to John J's son Abel's wife Sarah? and their children? as opposed to John J's brother who you apparently are referring to here. I thought John J's brother Abel married a Rebecca or something. Can you help me? Karen Ellsworth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stephenson, Harris, Gardner, Stringfellow, Gillespie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/VS.2ADE/839 Message Board Post: I am looking for any of the following folks: Mills Stephenson b. 1786 not sure where, possibly Virginia - married to Elizabeth Harris in Virginia - moved to Greene County, AL, then to Pickens Co. AL - died 1842, buried in Old Bethany Cemetery, Pickens Co. Their children: - Simm A. Stephenson - born 1823 in NC, died in AL 1880's - Lemuel Butts Stephenson - born 1825 in NC, married Amanda Gardner, died supposedly in Battle of Chatanooga, Civil War - Nancy Miriam Stephenson born 1831- married Terrell Stringfellow - died 1886 in Pickens Co. AL - Vincent Stephenson - b. 1832, d. 1862 - nothing else known - Mills Washington Stephenson b. 1833 in Pickens Co., AL, married Sallie May Gillespie d. 1884 in Lakeland, FL, reburied in Oak Hill Cemetary, Birmingham AL THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!

Carolyn Pruitt Hawkins has given to the Northeast Alabama Genealogical that is housed in The Nichols Memorial Library in Gadsden, her marriage book for Etowah County. It is the marriage records prior to 1900. There is over 6000 marriage records in it. The book is indexed by groom and by the bride. A very good research tool for this area. They are for sale at $25.00 and this includes mailing cost. If you would like one contact me and I will get you the address as to where you can order it from and also get your name on the list as at this time we have only 36 to sell. Thanks Gail, secretary Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it."

Dear Genealogists: If you've tried everything to find your ancestors or climb your brick wall and still have unanswered questions, please join us for a brainstorming session on the Monday night Alabama chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central Everyone is welcome! Come share your surnames and get them registered in our online chat transcripts: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm If you've never been to a chat and need instructions, or you'd like to receive a weekly reminder, just send me an email. Good luck in your search! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Makamson Hurst Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/583.1.1 Message Board Post: My email address is now changed to leeanne10@iwon.com Thanks, still researching James Makamson, Mahala Makamson, my great grandmother Lou Makamson Hurst who was born 1868 in Alabama - Pickens County.

David, Here is a free online transcription for the 1855 Pickens census: http://trackingyourroots.com/pickns55.htm Catherine ----- Original Message ----- From: <cool_kat_41@hotmail.com> To: <ALPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:22 AM Subject: [ALPICKEN] 1855 census of Pickens Co ~ Questions! > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Stapp Stepp Dial Waddle > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/837 > > Message Board Post: > > > I am at a loss in understanding what the 1855 census will give you as far as useful information goes. Could someone please explain what all it lists? What I am hoping is that it will list not only the heads of the individual household, but also the rest of the family members as well. > > This is why I am curious: > > I am hoping to look at the Stapp's/Stepp's and/or John Dial household(s) in this census year. I am hoping to find a Harmon Stapp in one of them. I don't have access to this census and living in Missouri doesn't help! > > Thanks! > > David Alan Stapp > cool_kat_41@hotmail.com > > > ==== ALPICKEN Mailing List ==== > Rhonda Smith List manager > alpicken-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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/VS.2ADE/838 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the Smith family that had a farm and store in the Reform AL area. Probably around the late 1890's to the early 1930's--Daughter Mary Electa Smith was born March 1896 and eventually settled in Birmingham where she married Thomas Staunton. She was a seamstress and a wonderful cook. She had a sister named Elmer. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dawn Higgins Albuquerque NM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stapp Stepp Dial Waddle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/837 Message Board Post: I am at a loss in understanding what the 1855 census will give you as far as useful information goes. Could someone please explain what all it lists? What I am hoping is that it will list not only the heads of the individual household, but also the rest of the family members as well. This is why I am curious: I am hoping to look at the Stapp's/Stepp's and/or John Dial household(s) in this census year. I am hoping to find a Harmon Stapp in one of them. I don't have access to this census and living in Missouri doesn't help! Thanks! David Alan Stapp cool_kat_41@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/506.1.1.1.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The given names of the slaves are listed in the will. I got my copy of the will from the SC Archives in Columbia, SC. I called them and told them I wanted a copy of Drury Parham's will from Spartanburg and the date. They will send you a form to fill out and you can send them a check and they will send you a copy of the original will. Part of it is listed on the internet also. Which one of Drury's children are you descended from?

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/VS.2ADE/835 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Frank Dollar who had a son named Dave Woodrow Dollar. Dave born in 1882. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROBERTSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/834 Message Board Post: Hi, I tried getting an obit via the newspaper, via the library and no response from any. Can anyone look up an obituary for the woman listed below: Della ROBERTSON died 19 Apr 1993 Last Res: Gordo, Pickens, AL born:15 Mar 1904 Believe this was Della Goss (maiden name) born in GA; wife of Virgil W. Robertson and mother of Margaret Robertson. Hoping an obit will tell me about her daughter Margaret Robertson and any other children or surviving relatives. Thanks in advance, Margaret

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/VS.2ADE/506.1.1.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: I read your message about your great great grandfather being found dead frozen in a barn. Where can I find or locate a copy of Drury/Young Parham's will. More so, does the will mention the names of the slaves transfered with ownership? I am descendent of Allen Parham who migrated to Pittsburgh during the 1920s from NC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILKINS, HAMRICK, FONDREN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/833.1.1 Message Board Post: Thx for the info, there is a possibility he is the son of Thomas Jefferson Wilkins or at the least a cousin---I will keep this info and if I do make a connection I will let you know. I know Sarah Wilkins Fondren and Howard did settle in Choctaw Co., MS so this might really help. Thx again.

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/VS.2ADE/833.1 Message Board Post: Charlotte, I dont know if there is a connection or not but my Aunt Lena Harper 1883-1972 was married to Thomas J. Wilkins b, 1883 They had two Daughters Wilma and Ida (Deceased) & Twin Sons Howard & Harold b, 1924 Howard lives in Montgomery and Harold lives in Reform where they were born. I always figured the Uncle Tommy's Middle name was Jefferson Ray Harper

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILKINS, HAMRICK, FONDREN, ALLEN, CASTLE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/833 Message Board Post: I am seeking info on other children of Richard and Nancy. I am listing what I have and would appreciate additions and corrections. My ggggrandmother was Sarah Wilkins b/1809/NC and married Howard Fondren 1832 in Pickens Co., AL. I believe Sarah is a daughter of Nancy and Richard but need proof. She was born in the right location, married in the right location and the naming patterns for her children fit. Descendants of Richard Wilkins 1 Richard Wilkins b: October 25, 1776 in VA d: November 05, 1848 in Pickens Co., AL . +Nancy Hamrick b: November 15, 1779 in Rutherford Co., NC m: June 14, 1803 in Rutherford Co., NC d: January 10, 1859 in Pickens Co., AL .. 2 Richard Wilkins, Jr. b: May 03, 1813 in NC d: March 30, 1866 ...... +Elizabeth Martin b: April 1815 in of SC m: in AL d: March 30, 1866 ........ 3 Charles Smith Wilkins ............ +Emma Walker ........ 3 David Crockett Wilkins d: in Gettysburg, PA ........ 3 Henry Wilkins d: in Gettysburg, PA ........ 3 James Terrell Wilkins aka: Jim ............ +Elizabeth Moorehead ........ 3 John Wilkins d: 1868 ........ 3 Sally Wilkins ........ 3 Susie Wilkins ............ +Jack Winfield ........ 3 Thomas Jefferson Wilkins ............ +Elizabeth Glover ........ 3 Nancy Jane Wilkins b: 1837 d: Aft. 1899 ............ +Joshua Bell aka: Josh b: August 16, 1835 d: July 07, 1897 in TX ........ 3 Richard Witt Wilkins b: 1838 in Madison Co., AL ............ +Suzanne Bell b: 1840 in Madison Co., AL ........ 3 Joe Wilkins b: 1856 .. 2 Susanna Wilkins b: Abt. 1811 in Rutherford Co., NC d: Abt. 1880 ...... +William Henry Allen, Jr. b: 1810 in TN m: February 05, 1829 in Madison Co., AL d: Abt. 1869 ........ 3 James A. Allen b: 1831 in AL ........ 3 Edward C. Allen b: 1833 in AL ........ 3 Sarah A. Allen b: 1835 in AL ........ 3 Drury W. Allen b: 1837 in AL ........ 3 John M. Allen b: 1839 in AL ........ 3 Micajah P. Allen b: 1841 in AL ........ 3 William Henry Allen III b: 1843 in AL d: 1927 ............ +Mary Francis Castle b: 1845 m: Abt. 1865 d: 1895 ........ 3 Louisa J. Allen b: 1845 in AL ........ 3 Martin A. Allen b: 1847 in AL ........ 3 Thomas J. Allen b: 1850 in AL .. 2 Lucinda Wilkins b: April 04, 1818 d: June 06, 1903 ...... +Andrew Makamsan m: 1832 ........ 3 Syllisteen Elizabeth Durant b: January 1841 in MS d: 1924 ............ +John Tyler McShan b: October 14, 1844 in Union Dist., SC m: Abt. 1864 d: April 13, 1924 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wadford, Watford, Hubbard, Haven, Havin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/832 Message Board Post: I am desperately looking for information regarding my great grandfather, William Henry W(h)adford. My g-grandfather was supposedly born in Alabama on September 15th during the Civil War years and the tale told is that his family may have originally come from the Carolinas to perhaps Newton, Dale County, Alabama, where he may have been born. He was orphaned at a young age when his family may have died in a "plague" possibly on a river(house)boat and the story has it he was discovered alone after a couple of days. He possibly was sent to live with an uncle in Florida, but ran away with cousins when he was a young boy and they ended in Texas with another supposed uncle. I am able to trace him from 1885, Rains County, Texas to Delta County, Colorado where he is buried. The cousins may have been his mothers' family. The first record I can find of him is his marriage to Mary E. Havens on October 25, 1885 in Rains County, Texas where he had worked building Sulpher Springs Road. They had a son, William Henry Whadford Jr. born Oct. 15, 1886 in Sulpher Springs, Hopkins County, Texas and Mary soon died afterwards. My g-grandfather then married Sminthie Ellen Matlock (b. Sept. 4, 1874 Marlin, Falls County, Texas) on Jan. 14, 1889 at Cureo, Dewitt County, Texas. They had six children: Leona Josephine (f) b. Mar. 20, 1890 at Cuero, Dewitt County Bonnie Monroe (m) b. Jan. 15, 1892 at Edna, Jackson County Jessie Winnie (f) b. Sept. 26, 1893 at Edna, Jackson County Maude Belle (f) b. Jun. 26, 1895 at Edna, Jackson County Lillie Mae (f) b. Mar. 5, 1898 at Edna, Jackson County Charles Henry Claude (m) b. Jan. 9, 1902 at Paonia, Delta County, Colorado The found censuses of him are: The 1900 census of Montgomery County, Texas lists: William Henry Whadford, w, m, born-Sept, year-1865 age last birthday is 30 or 39 and he is a logger (possibly in the San Jacinto Range) and his unknown parents were born in Alabama. The census date is June 4th, 1900. The 1910 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Whadford, m, w, age 47 (birthyear? 1863?) and as a survivor (dependent?) of the Civil War and that his father was born in Alabama and his mother was born in Florida. The census date is April 18th, 1910. The 1920 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Whadford, m, w, age 56 (birthyear? 1864) and both his parents were born in North Carolina. The census date is Jan. 24th, 1920. The 1930 Delta County, Colorado census lists: William H. Wadford, m, w, age 66 (birthyear? 1864) and his father was born in South Carolina and his mother was born in Alabama. The census date is April 10th, 1930. Recently, I finally found a census listing a Willie Wadford approximately the same age as my g-grandfather would have been and I'm hoping someone may be able to provide the crack in my brick wall. It is the 1870 census of Shelby County, Hillsboro, P.O., Alabama, page 423. I cannot clearly make out Ms. Wadford's first name and I'm hoping it is recognized. The listings is: Hubbard, James D. age 24, M, W, Farmer b. Alabama. Mollie, age 20, F, W, Keeping house, b. Alabama. Walter R. or B., age 1 , M, W, At Home, b. Alabama. Wadford, ? (possibly Annie or (N)Annie), age 25, F, W, At Home, b. Alabama. Wadford, Willie, age 4, M, W, At Home, b. Alabama. I'm assuming Ms. Wadford is a sister to either James D. or Mollie, but I have found no proof. If you have any information regarding the Wad-Watfords, Havens-ins, Hubbards or recognize this story, please let me know. I would also appreciate any ideas or other contacts. Thank you! Nancy L. Compton

Carol, Don't know if it helps, but there is a Pate Cemetery between Tuscaloosa and Pickens County near the intersection of Tusc. Co. Rd. 19, AKA Sipsey Valley Rd., and Tusc. Co. Rd. 103, AKA Pate Rd. that changes at the west side of 19 to Kellytown Rd. In case of spelling error, there is a Patton on Hwy 18 in Walker County, between Oakman and Berry. David Gray "A Confederate American" ----- Original Message ----- From: <chicks80@bellsouth.net> To: <ALPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: [ALPICKEN] Pate Town

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/VS.2ADE/831 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Pate Town .It was suppose tobe located outside of Gordo,Al and between the Tuscaloosa county line.It was said to have had a post office and some stores. Thanks Carol

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/VS.2ADE/219.217.1 Message Board Post: The information was in a book in the Birmingham, AL Library. Pickens County AL 1841-1861 compiled by Marilyn Davis Batefield and Carr Byron Batefield. In the book had a list of registered voters of Yorkville Precinct 1849 who voted in The Constitutional Amendments At A General Election, August 1849.