Troy Messenger 2-9-1961 Mrs. Williford Passes Away At Local Hospital Mrs. Mary Etta Williford age 71 of 121 Williams Street died in a local hospital Thursday morning. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. E. R. Hazen, Troy: two granddaughters and two great-grandsons: two sisters, Mrs. Lula Bell King of Babson Park, Florida: Mrs. Carrie Davis of Phenix City: one brother, Frank Sanders, Henderson. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Southside Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Brown and Rev. Robert Mayton officiating. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery with McGehee Funeral Home in charge. Remains will lie in state at the church from 2 until 3 o'clock. The body will be at the home of Mrs. Hazen on Bell Street until funeral time. **Note** Not my line just sharing

Troy Messenger 1-3-1961 Funeral Held Saturday For J. W. Jinright Joseph Walter Jinright Sr. "looks like age 89?" died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday at McGehee Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Fred Brown officiating. Burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ida Cobb Jinright Rt. 2 Troy: six daughters, Mrs. Will Beauchamp, Montgomery: Mrs. Myrtle Livingston, Montgomery: Mrs. Roy Livingston, Troy: Mrs. Ruth Lee Simon, Dothan, Miss Merle Jinright, Troy: Mrs. Gerald Freeman of Troy: three sons, Louis V. Jinright of Montgomery: J. W. Jinright, Jr. of Troy: Johnny Jinright of Dothan: Thirteen grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. **Note** Not my line just sharing One place says buried Saturday and one says Sunday??

Troy Messenger 1-3-1961 R. A. Revill Dies In Hospital In Montgomery Rabon A. (Gus) Revill age 66 of Murphree Street died Monday night in a Montgomery hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Railey Revill of Troy: two sisters, Mrs. Ida Amos and Mrs. Ella Hattaway both of Troy: three brothers, Charles Revill of Milton, Florida: Frank and Ed Revill of Troy. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. John H. Thomas and Dr. C. T. Ammermon officiating. The body will lie in state at the church from 9:30 until 10:30. Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Park with McGehee Funeral Home directing. Nephews will serve as acting pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of the First Baptist Church and members of the Baraca Class and Postal employees of Troy. **Note** Not my line just sharing

Troy Messenger 7-19-1961 Grady Sessions Passes Away Tuesday At Home Grady O. Sessions age 60 died at his home on Troy Route 3 Tuesday afternoon. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Grady Sessions, Route 3, Troy: two sons, Leighton Sessions, Gadsden: Murrel Sessions, Columbus: four grandchildren: two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Lou Meads, Goshen: Mrs. Ethel Ledbetter, Troy: three brothers, Jeppie Sessions and Fred Sessions, Troy, Route 3: Leon Sessions, Haines City, Florida. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Floyd Hamilton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with McGehee Funeral Home directing. Remains will lie in state at the church from one until two o'clock. Active pallbearers are J. W. Townsend, L. L. Harris, K. T. Ward, J. P. Jinright, Guy Williford and Lamar Floyd. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church. **Note** Not my line just sharing

Troy Messenger 8-29-1961 C. H. Rhodes Passes Away In Demopolis Carroll Henry Rhodes Sr. age 51 died in a Demopolis hospital Monday. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm Wednesday at Little Oak Methodist Church. Rev. Keron Vickers officiating, burial in adjoining cemetery, McGehee Funeral Home in charge. The body will lie in state at the church from 3 until 4 and will be at the Funeral Home until that time. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Mary S, Rhodes, Troy Route 1: three daughters, Mrs. Anita Stamey, Miss Annette Rhodes, Troy: Miss Carolyn Rhodes, Banks: four sons, M. C., C. H. Jr., and Danny Rhodes all of Troy: and Ray Rhodes of Banks: two brothers, J. C. and W. F. Rhodes both of Columbus, Ga.: one sister, Mrs. Walter McCarty, Columbus, Ga.: four grandchildren. **Note** Not my line just sharing

At 10:02 AM 07/25/2001 -0500, Winston Sanders wrote: >Just wanted to thank all you folks who responded to my query regarding the >availability of Pike Co.cemetery record listings. > >For the record, just in case anyone happens to know anything about this >person and/or family, the primary person I am looking for is my ggg >grandfather: > >WILLIAM HENRY SANDERS, born 4/10/1776 > >The information I have is that he died in 1872, in, or around, China Grove, >and is buried there. > >On the 1870 Pike Co. census, he was listed as living with one of his sons, >ALLEN WIGGINS SANDERS, born 12/30/1821, who might also be buried in that >same area. It is possible there might be other SANDERS of this family >there, too?? >Thanks again, >Winston Sanders Winston, Neither William Henry or his son, Allen Wiggins SANDERS were enumerated in the Pike County Tomb Records. William Henry died during Reconstruction; during this time very few could afford to erect a permanent gravestone. For the most part the markers were made of heart pine and most of them have long since rotted away. Sorry 'bout that - good hunting, "Sonny" in Pike County, Alabama Wm. Flake Joiner 311 East Church Street P. O. Box 406 Troy, AL 36081-0406 VOICE 334-566-9968; FAX/DATA/MODEM 334-566-8250 "Progress was fine for a while; it just went on too long!" - Annette Shackelford Parks

Troy Messenger 8-31-1961 Funeral Held Thursday For James C. Day James Carroll Day died at his home in Troy Wednesday. Funeral services were held Thursday at 3 pm at Spring Hill Baptist Church with Rev. W. S. Dunford officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. McGehee Funeral Home directing. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Carroll Day, Troy: a daughter, Elizabeth Dianne Day, Troy: two sons, James Franklin and Johnny Eugene Day, Troy: four sisters, Mrs. Rube Young and Mrs. Clara Yarbrough both of Troy: Mrs. Bobby Tuck, Columbus, Ga.: Mrs. Mulemee Howard, Sneeds, Florida: three brothers, George Thomas and Denzil Day both of Troy: Clifton Day of St. Petersburg, Florida. **Note** Not my line just sharing

Hello group. I have a question about cemeteries. If a person died 1834 in Pike County could he have been buried on his own land.Was it legal then? My James and Jackson Courson are not in the cemetery books that I know of. Thanks Nina

Just wanted to thank all you folks who responded to my query regarding the availability of Pike Co.cemetery record listings. For the record, just in case anyone happens to know anything about this person and/or family, the primary person I am looking for is my ggg grandfather: WILLIAM HENRY SANDERS, born 4/10/1776 The information I have is that he died in 1872, in, or around, China Grove, and is buried there. On the 1870 Pike Co. census, he was listed as living with one of his sons, ALLEN WIGGINS SANDERS, born 12/30/1821, who might also be buried in that same area. It is possible there might be other SANDERS of this family there, too?? Thanks again, Winston Sanders

Hello, Here is what Lisa Franklin has on her Tracking Your Roots Site. Patty http://frontpage.home.com/trackingyourroots/ Pike County ><A HREF="http://www.egroups.com/list/pike-county/">Pike County, AL Queries/Join eMail Group</A> > <A HREF="http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/masonic.htm">Troy Masonic Lodge No. 56, Pike Co., AL 1844-45</A> ><A HREF="http://frontpage.home.com/trackingyourroots/pikecocem.htm">Pike County, AL Cemeteries</A>  (Enon, Pleasant Hill & Hussey) ><A HREF="file://C:\TrackingYourRoots\LisaRNBSN\bibles.htm#Edwards">Alabama Bible Records</A> (Edwards Family Bible) ><A HREF="file://C:\TrackingYourRoots\LisaRNBSN\bibles.htm#carroll">Alabama Bible Records</A> (Carroll Family Bible) > <A HREF="file://C:\TrackingYourRoots\LisaRNBSN\bibles.htm#Ganus">Ganus Family Bible Record</A> ><A HREF="file://C:\TrackingYourRoots\LisaRNBSN\bibles.htm#Nunnelee">Alabama Bible Records</A> (Nunnelee Family Bible) > <A HREF="http://frontpage.home.com/trackingyourroots/grantham.htm">Descendants of Johal Grantham of Montgomery & Pike Counties, AL</A> > <A HREF="http://frontpage.home.com/trackingyourroots/millsfamily.htm">MILLS Family of Pike, Coffee, Crenshaw & Covington Counties, AL</A>

According to the Pike County Tomb Book Vol II by the Pike County Historical and Genealogical Society most of the Sessions were buried at the Pleasant Hill Church on Co. Rd 204, a few were buried in the Green Hills Memorial Park west of Troy on Hgy 10, a few in the Enon Church Cemetery, County Hwy 91, a few in the Wingard Cemetery, and one at the Mathew Family. Wynnette

Should have also told you there are 2 Swain listings in Okeechobee.

Gosh, you would think we were related somehow. I don't know if you are familiar with Fort Drum, but it is just a bump in the road these days. It used to be much larger. Phelps is my maiden name and consequently, my paternal greatgrandmother was born in Fort Drum in 1857. I will keep your message and if I run across any information, I will let you know. (I did check the Okeechobee Co. phone book and there are five Phelpses listed.) If you would like their addresses, let me know. Closest large county to Okeechobee is St. Lucie Co.

Winston Start with the Pike County site operated through the USGenWeb project. That should get you started. Follow the links to cemetery listings. Here is the URL: http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/pike.html Good Luck Craig Researching KING, GATEWOOD, EHLERT/ELLIOTT, SWINNEY, COWARD/COWART, Benjamin Franklin JOHNSON in CONECUH, BUTLER, COVINGTON, ESCAMBIA, PIKE, DALE and COFFEE Counties

China Grove is not far from the Bullock County Line and I found that my greatgrandparents (from China Grove) were buried in the Union Cemetery on High Ridge Road in Bullock County. There is a listing in Bullock County but it is incomplete and a kind soul looked it up and I have all the family that were buried there. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Pike County is one of the few counties in Alabama that has complete published records of all marked graves in the County. Unfortunately this only encompasses those cemeteries which are predominantly Caucasian. The two volumes of the tomb records are available from the Pike County Historical and Genealogical Society. A complete listing of all of their publications is at the Website's URL which is in my signature block below. If you are a serious researcher of former residents of Pike County, Alabama, the census, marriage, court, tomb, etc. records are invaluable. Anyone needing lookups should make their needs known and some kind soul will probably do a few lookups for you. Provide all the information that you can on the individual - complete name and dates of birth and death, if possible. I don't mind doing a lookup, but I personally don't have time to go through 30 or 40 SESSIONS trying to second-guess the one that you want. WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Good hunting, "Sonny" in Pike County, Alabama [Data from publications of the Pike Co. Historical & Genealogical Society] See list of available publications at: http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/hsp.htm Wm. Flake Joiner 311 East Church Street P. O. Box 406 Troy, AL 36081-0406 VOICE 334-566-9968; FAX/DATA/MODEM 334-566-8250 "Progress was fine for a while; it just went on too long!" - Annette Shackelford Parks

If you are my long lost e-mail cousin, Joe, e-mail me at juliadixon@ij.net. I have been trying to contact you about your Barefoot and Weeks relatives.

Winston Regarding cemeteries in the China Grove area, according to the Historical Atlas of Alabama Volume 2, there are three in the general area. The town itself is in the northernmost part of the county, not far from Stills Crossroads. It was settled around 1821 and had a PO from 1857-1905. China Grove Cemetery AKA Concord Cemetery, is adjacent to the Concord Church. It contains about 225 graves and is still in use. New Mount Zion Cemetery is located next to New Mount Zion Church. Dennis Cemetery is a small family cemetery with five graves, last internment in 1919. Hope this helps! Craig in the Silicon Valley

Craig: Thank you very much for the information. Do you have any idea of where one may find a listing for those buried in these cemeteries? Winston Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: <CyberLemon@aol.com> To: <ALPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [AL-PIKE] CEMETERY RECORDS > Winston > > Regarding cemeteries in the China Grove area, according to the Historical > Atlas of Alabama Volume 2, there are three in the general area. The town > itself is in the northernmost part of the county, not far from Stills > Crossroads. It was settled around 1821 and had a PO from 1857-1905. > > China Grove Cemetery AKA Concord Cemetery, is adjacent to the Concord Church. > It contains about 225 graves and is still in use. > > New Mount Zion Cemetery is located next to New Mount Zion Church. > > Dennis Cemetery is a small family cemetery with five graves, last internment > in 1919. > > Hope this helps! > Craig in the Silicon Valley > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Thanks for the message/inquiry, Karen. I've been to the Pike Co. AL GenWeb site and found nothing on cemeteries - and virtually nothing in libraries. I have a ggg grandfather who reportedly died, and is buried in the China Grove area. I'll "second" Karen's query - does anybody out there know anything about China Grove, if it still exists - and any listing on cemeteries in that area? Thanks, Winston Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: <TEPAL@aol.com> To: <ALPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: [AL-PIKE] CEMETERY RECORDS > Are any of the Pike County cemetery records on-line? Many of our Louisiana > cemeteries are available, but I haven't found any for Pike Co. I am > especially interested in the China Grove area. Does anyone know if there is > still such a community today? My grandparents (Sessions and Weldons) lived > there before the war and the death of my grandfather, who died during the > seige of Vicksburg. If anyone has any information on the availability of > this type of Alabama data, please let me know. > > Karen Palermo > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >