This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLALOCK, BLAYLOCK, GARNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/745 Message Board Post: Hello, could someone please tell me if marriage records are available for Pickens County covering the period of the 1840's? My Blalock branch came from S.C. to Pickens Co. and later moved to Old Tishomingo County, Ms. Would love to have any info on them during this period, Thanks

I am new to this list and would like any help anyone can offer on the above Gale (Gail) Johnson. He was a male, by the way and should be spelled Gale. In 1850-70 he was in Pickens Co., AL . 1850 Census Gail (sic) Johnson 43 SC Farmer Rebecca 40 SC Samuel 20 Student GA Elizabeth 17 GA John 10 AL Abaner 8 AL Matilda R. 1 AL Daughter Mary age 12 shows up on the 1860 census, but I suspect this is Matilta since there was no Mary age 2 on the 1850 census. His son Gale, Jr., our ancestor, was born in 1851 and married first to Helen Hale and second to Nanna Hale, Helen's younger sister. They lived in Sumter Co., AL. I have more on this line and if anyone is connected to this family I would love to exchange info. One question about the area - where would a 20 year old be a student in 1850 and an 18 year old in 1870? Was that too old for high school at that time, or was there a college in the area? Maybe one with some existing records?? Thanks for your help. Betty

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/744 Message Board Post: I am trying to confirm my GG grandfather Alfred Alphus/Alpheus "AL" Jones is buried at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery at Sapps, Pickens Co., AL. He was born abt 1842 and died abt 1926, his wifes name was Lonie Ann Frances McCool born abt 1865. I would greatly appreciate any info. I would like to get a picture of the marker if possible. Contact me at sandraake@hotmail.com

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/743 Message Board Post: This information is from a September 18, 2002 publication re local history...regarding an obscure little family cemetery. (ForumNews, 1158 Texas Ave., Shreveport, LA 71101, 318 222-0409, FAX: 318 222-1725. Jay Covington, President/Publisher can be contacted at: jay@theforumnews.com) The full page article includes a picture of Marion McMillan and general information re the McMillan family in Shreveport, LA after the civil war. Marion McMillan and Andrew J. Pickens were sons-in-law of Charles Graves and his wife, Louisa Jane Walton Graves. BURIALS AT THE McMILLAN CEMETERY - Shreveport, LA Although most graves at the McMillan Cemetery are unmarked -- largely owing to vandalism and neglect over many years -- the names and dates formerly on the gravestones were, fortunately, recorded. Today, a large granite monument lists all the know burials there. Remaining tombstones stand nearby. Charles Graves, 1796 - 1849 Andrew J. Pickens, 1817 - 1873 John Sherwood Auld, 1846 - 1849 Laura Pickens Petteway, 1853 - 1934 Marion McMillan, 1832 - 1914 Volumbria Aurelia McMillan, 1856 - 1914 Andrew Jackson McMillan, 1862 - 1915 Archibald Blue McMillan, 1866 - 1937 Carrie Lee McMillan Holmes, 1861 - 1931 Louisa Jane Walton Graves, 18-3 - 1873 Laura Almerea Graves Pickens, 1831 - 1876 Mulberry B. Petteway, 1824 - 1853 Charles Bruce Petteway, 1852 - 1853 Georgiana Adella Graves McMillan, 1833 - 1907 Lula Belle McMillan, 1864 - 1892 Adella Octavia McMillan, 1859 - 1907 Thomas Wendell Holmes, 1857 - 1922 Adella Davis Hester, 1850 - 1851 The Petteway family home still stands at 4203 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, LA and is a landmark of the Cedar Grove/Caddo Heights area. The business and personal papers of Archibald Blue McMillan, Marion and Georgiana McMillan's son, are today housed in the archives of LSU-Shreveport. My research does NOT include these surnames...just passing the information along since this is a cemetery not likely to be found in traditional listings.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Washington Stinson,Lang Wright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/742 Message Board Post: My name is Bobbie Wahington Scott I'm looking for Jimmy Washington (b) 18? (d) 1974 married Sernanner Stinson had two children David Henry Washington,Joesphine Washington (Lathan).Sernanner died in 1985. Jimmy's brothers was George,Joseph,Walter.This family is from Pickens Co Pickensville Alabama.Thanks for any information anyone can give. My e-mail address is bobbiescott1@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ivory\Reese\Henry\Stinson\Moore\Woltz\Martin Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADE/741 Message Board Post: From: Internet Postings/Uploaded Files: Willie P. Ivory - Pvt. - Army - Pickens Co., - DNB/DIB = (Died In Battle) Moses Ivery - Pvt. - Army - Montgomery Co., DNB/DIB -- To Be Continued: MJI/SF,CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Census-Joens-Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/740 Message Board Post: I have been trying to read the 1840 Pickens County Census for Hesikiah Joens. I have never been able to decipher what it says. Could anyone look at it, and tell me what it say-husband, wife, number of boys and girls and their ages. I really would appreciate any help. Hesikiah Joens should be Hesikiah Jones.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANCH, GUNTER, ARENDALE (ARNOLD), NIQUETTE, PERRY, OLIVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/739.1 Message Board Post: There are a bunch of Staffords buried in the Scotland Baptist Church Cemetary in Winona, MS in Montogmery County (previously Carroll County). I am related to Daniel Stafford who married Frances E. BRANCH, my ggrandaunt. I can give you specifics if you have names. I did not find an Ezekiel.

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/739 Message Board Post: Can anyone give me some information about the Stafford Community which is located near Ethelsville in Pickens County. My great-great-great-great-Grandfather (Abraham Stafford) moved from somewhere in Western Alabama to Mississippi and I am trying to get info on Staffords in that area to try to connect. I have located the gravesite of g-g-g-Grandfather (Ezekiel) near Butler, AL, but think he moved from near Meridian, MS back into Alabama sometime after Abraham moved to Meridian. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Or, is someone could direct me to a website that could give info, I would greatly appreciate that also. Thank you.

Seeking any connections for Elizabeth Davis who is listed in the Pickens County,AL 1850 census in the household of John and Hetta Carlisle. Believed to be related to the Billions or Billings family. Chris Kinard Land, Pensacola

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANCH, GUNTER, ARENDALE (ARNOLD), NIQUETTE, PERRY, OLIVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/737.2 Message Board Post: A. J. Story is listed in the Heritage of Pickens County, Alabama as serving in the Pickens County Guards, Co. H 11th Alabama. A Jack Story from Palmetto is mentioned in a letter from J. W. J. Richardson to his family also in the Heritge of Pickens County, Alabama.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Myatt Hickman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/738 Message Board Post: I am looking for information about the Myatt and Hickman families that lived in Pickens county in the early to mid 1800's. My GGgrandfather was William Myatt and he was in Pickens county in 1828. My mother's family was Hickman and they lived in Pickens county before leaving for Miss. I am very thankful for any information anyone has

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Story Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/737.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Bobby, Thanks for the information. I'd love to get a copy of your pictures of the tombstones. Andrew Jackson Story was the furthest back I had gotten. He was my great great grandfather.My grandfather was their son, Benjamin Ferdinand Story b. 22 Apr 1864 at Carrollton, Alabama and died in Memphis around 1939 I looked at the census data from 1860 for Pickens County Alabama. It lists Essey Story 41 years old, mother of Andrew J. 7 years old, Gerogian M. a girl age 9, Malinda A. age 4 and B. F. a boy age 16. That must have been a different group of Storys as the date of Andrews birth, 1840, would have made him 20 years old and not 7.Thanks again! Jeff

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/737.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jeff, It's really coincidental that you ask about Andrew Jack Story, because I just searched out and photographed his tombstone last Saturday a week ago! He and his wife are buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS, though she does not have a tombstone. I'm quite sure that these are the same ones you're looking for information on, though I have dates & spellings a little bit different from yours: Andrew Jack Story, b. 18 JUL 1840, d. 23 MAR 1903 married on 7 JAN 1867 in Pickens Co.,AL to Kitturah Wilson b. about 1847, d. 23 FEB 1913. A.J. Story served in Co.H, 11th Ala. in the CSA. There are also tombstones in the same plot for their daughter Mayes Story Elliott Scott b. 28 OCT 1867, d. 24 APR 1908 and her son Edward Mayes Scott b. 23 APR 1908, d. 6 FEB 1909. You can see from the dates that she died the day after giving birth to her son. Andrew Jack Story was a younger brother to my great great grandmother Sarah Evelyn Story, wife of Major Andrew D. Howard. Sarah Evelyn (15 FEB 1830 - 30 JAN 1882) was the oldest child of Allen Wiley Story (d. 6 JUL 1846) and Epsy S. Carter (d. 15 JUL 1891), both of who were born in Georgia according to my information. Bobby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Story, Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/737 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information about Andrew Jackson Story, born 4/21/1844 at Palmetto, AL. He was married to Keturah Wilson born 11/10/1848 at Pickens County 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/an/VS.2ADE/723.1 Message Board Post: I am Dennis Billings, Ooltewah, TN 423-238-6904. You can call or e-mail about my family book. Dennis Billings

You are invited to join us on Monday nights for an all-counties Alabama state chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific If you've never been to a chat and need instructions, just send me an email and I'll mail you step-by-step instructions. If you'd like to receive a personal reminder each week, let me know and I can add you to my private list. You can find transcripts of previous chats here: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm Good luck! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

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/736 Message Board Post: Look at Roots Web.Creekman and Stibbens Hope this helps Glenn

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/727.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: bobhil@cox.net

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/727.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary Brigman to Soloman Dearman Born 1749 Elizebeth Dearrman to James Teer Fereby Dearman To William Bounds Drucilla DearmanTo Daniel Teer Jonathan Dearman To ? Richard Dearman Born 1783 to Margarett David William Dearman to Born 1784 Married Mary ? Sarah Dearman Born 1785 Married Stephen Jordan And # Peter Roadland . My Group Daniel Teer And Druccilla lived in Pickens Co Ala