Does anyone have the cemetery census of Bethel Cemetery near Newsite? Also, how about a History of the Bethel Baptist Church? I would like to have copies of those if they are available. Nell Truitt - Texas1933@aol.com

Dear Ed, Finally found time to send the James A. Beard Family Bible information. Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible FAMILY RECORDS Births James A Beard was borned Aug the 2nd 1822 Mahala Beard was borned March 4th 1824. Molsey Beard was borned May the 31st 1827 John Franklin Knight was borned February 2nd 1862 (child of Permelia Beard) John Baly Beard was borned January 22, 1842 (born Ala mother Mahala) Permelia Mahalia Beard was borned January 17, 1844 (born Ala mother Mahala James Berry Beard was borned April 24, 1846 (born Ala mother Mahala) Elizar Ann Beard was borned April 21, 1848 (born Ala mother Mahala) Esreal Leroy Beard was borned Aug 2, 1869 (don't know if this date is 1849/69, see deaths) William Albert Beard was borned April 13th 1851 Calvin A. Beard was borned November the 10th 1852 Nancy Ann Beard was borned August 8th AD 1854 Rebecker Isabella Beard was borned August 28th AD 1856 Tabitha Allen Beard was borned August 6th AD 1858 FAMILY RECORDS MARRIAGES James A. Beard & Mahala his wife was married March 20th 1841 James A. Beard & Molsey his wife was married Oct 26th 1848 **Note- for some reason the date 1836 is written on this line above Richard Knight*** Richard A Knight & his wife Permelia was married Oct 18th 1860 Louis A. Beard & Lula Brown his wife married Nov 3 1895 FAMILY RECORDS DEATHS Mahala wife of James A Beard Died May the 23 1848 Elizar Ann Beard Died July 28, 1848 Esreal Leroy Beard Died Aug 22 1849 James Berry Beard Died June 21, 1854 or 64 John Baly Beard Died January 18, 1866 Rebecker Isabellar Beard Died Sept 6, 1868 Molsey wife of James A Beard Died February 27 @ 220 AM AD. 1900 James A. Beard Died October 26 at 8 AM AD 1908 Age 86 years 2ms 24ds FAMILY RECORD MISCELLANEOUS Thomas Alvin Beard was borned March the 10th 1860 Franklin A Beard was borned April 11 1862 Molsey Inn Beard borned Aug 16th AD 1864 Josiah Samuel Beard was borned Aug 1st AD 1867 Louis Aaron Beard was borned August 7th AD 1869 This is it !!! As you can tell some of the dates seem odd. Most all of James A.'s children had a middle initial "A" , some of them we are not sure of yet. We are from Louis Aaron Beard and Lula Brown. We have been in Hardin County Texas almost 100 years. Census shows James A Beard born Alabama, married both wives Tallapoosa Alabama, moved to Arkansas around 1850 according to Ouachita County Census was there also 1860. Haven't located 1870 or 80. 1900 James A Beard was in Angelina County Texas with his daughter and son in law Permelia & Richard Knight, Its very possible that he was in a surrounding county in Arkansas or had moved to Logansport Louisiana or Newton County Texas. Louis Aaron Beard was supposed to have been born Texas, but haven't proved yet. POssibly the father of James A. Beard could be Berry Beard and Nancy Hay . And that's another story. Hope someone could use this information. Mary Russell Beard

Desire to have information about JOHN MILTON TRUITT, b. 1840 in GA, lived in Tallapoosa Co. near Bethel Community. Also does nayone know anything about the family of HENRY NEWMAN TRUITT, b. 1814 who took his family to that area also? I would like to have an obit or any historical data from county history, etc. PLEASE HELP! And a big thanks. Nell Truitt

I am searching for a Baptist minister, Rev. George W. Scoggins (or Scroggins) who married Rachel Butler in Tallapoosa Co. His brother, Charnel W. Scoggins was my great grandfather. Both George and Charnel were converted to Christianity at the old Ebenezer Church near Stanton, Ala. about 1839. I wonder if this George W. was the same man who attended and served the Flint Hill Baptist Church in Coosa Co about 1850. Did he leave the country? All help will ge greatly appreciated. Many thanks! Edna Bridges (email: EdnaMcGal@AOL.com)

Smyrna Cemetery is located in Coosa co about 1 & 1/2 mi southeast of Goodwater. About 26 pages are printed in Vol II of Coosa Cemeteries. A few Humphreys are shown with tombstones but probably others were buried without stones. I know it is one of Coosa's earlliest cemeteries and ocassionally the local Boy Scouts will clean the grounds as do others of the Coosa Co Historical Society. Mrs. Mavis Sallas helped research this cemetery and lives less than a block from the courthouse. She is a great genealogist and might be able to search some of the court records. Coosa's records are in good condition for the most part. No Humphrey grooms are shown in the "Coosa Marriages/1834-1865" published by yours truly (Edna McGalliard in 1972). The issue is for sale by the CCHS along with other publications. Good luck with your wanderings and by the way. We have until March 15th to submit a short story of your Coosa ancestors. If they were here before 1890, 1000 words is Ok along with 2 photos. After 1890 to present, 500 words is permissable with 1 photo. Mavis is involved in the Heritage Book program and could tell you more. Edna Bridges (EdnaMcGal@AOL.com)

Does anyone have a survey of Symria/Symrnia Cemetery, somewhere close to Goodwater. I recently found out that John Henry Humphrey and ancestors, and descendants are buried there. Any information on the location of this cemetery and who to contact would be greatly appreciated. Happy Hunting, Deanie Humphrey

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Hi Folks. First of all, Thanks for all the efforts and contributions all of you have made during 1998. I may have gotton more out of the lists and home pages than many of you. However, I hope all of you got something out of participating on the list. Thanks for those who sent in suggestions on the County and Parish home pages. The work in not done. We can add additional information about the counties to improve the pages. Some of the Counties/Parishes are more active than others. Thats' OK. All have been helpfull. I am going to give some statistics followed by some timely information about RootsWeb. By the way, since closing the Lists and changing the configuration, at least six spams have been blocked. RootsWeb sends them all to me in case they are not a spam. It looks like the spams are comming from AOL subscribers. Nice to know information: These are the counties my wife and I work with. Number on the Number on the Number of County List L list D list Queries Bullock, Al 51 20 61 Macon, Al 51 16 75 Pike, Al 170 67 271 Tallapoosa, Al 144 45 202 Jones, Ga 118 44 207 Iberia, La 45 16 78 St Martin, La 43 22 68 RADFORD 68 12 Many Surnames on the surname pages are too many to count. After scanning the pages, I think some good things are going on. Now some need to know information. RootsWeb has been providing free space to host the mail list and Gen Forum list. They also host county and state home pages. It is free to all subscribers, however it is expensive to operate. Since what I want and need to say will be long, I am going to follow up this messsage with the RootsWeb message in a separate e-mail. It is important. May all of you have a happy and productive new year. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

Anyone who may have knowledge or this person in your data base? HENRY NEWMAN TRUITT, b. 1814 in Harris Co., GA, died 1891 in Tallapoosa Co., AL wife: Elizabeth Brown; had children Sara E. m. James Lewis; Mary Louisa m. Martin Luther Powell; William Lloyd m. Nancy Ann Bice; John Milton Truitt, b. 1840 m. Delilah V. Walls; Henry H.; Nancy E., Walter Purnal; Charles W.; Julia and Rober R.C. Truitt. Would appreciate any information on any of these persons as they are our relatives/ancestors. Nell Truitt - Texas1933@aol.com

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Can anyone tell who this family was? In the 1855 Census of Tallapoosa Co. AL it had this listing of a Humphrey: E. Humphrey: Area 6, 7 males under age 21, 1 male over age 21, 4 females under age 21, 1 female over age 21. Appreciate any help solving this. Thanks, Deanie Humphrey

My Humphrey's also came from Tallapoosa Co. My father-in-law remembers that the cementery you mentioned may be the one that his grandparents, and an uncle are buried at. It may be in Sylacauga, AL. John Henry Humphrey +Susan Whitehead 1. John Henry,jr. +Minnie ? 2. Charles(ie) M. +Pearl Dunn 3. Brady Leonard b. 1883, Sylacauga, AL d. 1956 Loxley, AL +Repsy Dee Varner b. 1882 d. 1967 Loxley, AL 4. Sude(Susan) 5. Rachael 6. Penton 7. Robert(also buried in Sylacauga, Al) In the 1900 Census of Tallapoosa Co., Robert was 43 years old, Sude was 12, Robert was 5. Brady Leonard was 18. Sude, Robert, and Brady was living with their uncle Lemuel Joyner, and John Henry's sister, Della Humphrey Joyner. John henry also had another brother, Walter Humphrey he married a Linda. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to give. Merry Christmas! Deanie Humphrey

Better yet post it! Helene JLowery000@aol.com wrote: > > I have just found reference to a Canaan Cem in Tallapoosa Co, AL. Can anyone > verify that there is such a place? I have a note that says my Nancy (MILNER) > HUMPHREY may be buried there. She was born 4 Oct 1830 in AL? and died in > Tallapoosa Co, AL on 22 Feb 1853. Her husband was William Johnson HUMPHREY. > He married and moved away and is buried in Cass Co, TX. > > If someone has info or listings for this cemetery, could you please look up > this name and whether there are anyother MILNERs, HUMPHREYs, or JOHNSONs > buried there. Thanks in advance.

I have just found reference to a Canaan Cem in Tallapoosa Co, AL. Can anyone verify that there is such a place? I have a note that says my Nancy (MILNER) HUMPHREY may be buried there. She was born 4 Oct 1830 in AL? and died in Tallapoosa Co, AL on 22 Feb 1853. Her husband was William Johnson HUMPHREY. He married and moved away and is buried in Cass Co, TX. If someone has info or listings for this cemetery, could you please look up this name and whether there are anyother MILNERs, HUMPHREYs, or JOHNSONs buried there. Thanks in advance.

Hi Folks. As of today, all rootsweb list are "closed." What this means is that only those who are subcribed to the list can post messages. This came about because of so many "spams" that have been comming through lately. Hopefully, this will stop the spams from getting through. If you are subscribed, continue posting messages. Good luck with your research. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

Hi Folks. As of today, all rootsweb list are "closed." What this means is that only those who are subcribed to the list can post messages. This came about because of so many "spams" that have been comming through lately. Hopefully, this will stop the spams from getting through. If you are subscribed, continue posting messages. Good luck with your research. John and Jan Radford johnjanr@intersurf.com Baton Rouge, La

Hello, Sarah/Jane Knight pasted was head of household in the 1850 and 1860 Census of Tallapoosa CO AL. In these censuses, he was living next door to her mother-in-law, Mary "Polly" H. Connell Knight, and close to her brother-in-law Jesse C. Knight. Can anyone identify Sarah/Jane Knight and her family. Thank you. Paula Girouard Bellingham WA Descendants of Unknown Knight Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN3 KNIGHT (CALVARY F.2, RICHARD1). He married SARAH (JANE) KNIGHT. Children of UNKNOWN KNIGHT and SARAH KNIGHT are: i. JOHN M.4 KNIGHT, b. 1838; m. MARTHA J. FARMER, 30 October 1867, Tallapoosa CO AL. ii. MARY E. KNIGHT, b. 1842. iii. NANCY KNIGHT, b. 1843. iv. WILLIAM R. KNIGHT, b. 1843; m. ADA E. //. v. ANDREW J. KNIGHT, b. 1846. vi. LOUELLEN KNIGHT, b. 1849. vii. CHARLES W. KNIGHT, b. 1851.

Can anyone identify the family pasted below? Thank you. Paula Girouard Bellingham WA Descendants of Calvary F. Knight Generation No. 1 1. CALVARY F.2 KNIGHT (RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1780 in Green Co GA, and died Bef. October 1842 in Tallapoosa Co AL. He married MARY "POLLY" H. CONNELL 31 December 1799 in Green Co GA, daughter of THOMAS CONNELL and JEMIMA FELTON. Children of CALVARY KNIGHT and MARY CONNELL are: i. UNKNOWN3 KNIGHT, m. SARAH (JANE) KNIGHT. ii. HENRY D. KNIGHT, b. 1801, Green Co GA; d. March 1850 Tallapoosa Co AL; m. NANCY, Bef. 1827. iii. WOODY K. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1804, Green Co GA; d. August 1854, Lafayette Co. MS; m. MARTHA P. KELLY, 22 November 1827, Butts Co GA. iv. ZACHARIAH T. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1809, GA; m. (2) SARAH, Aft. January 1829, GA; m. (1) ROSENA OSBORNE, 22 January 1829, Troup CO GA. v. JESSE C. KNIGHT, b. 24 January 1812, GA; d. 08 June 1890, b Tallapoosa Co. Eagle Creek Cmty; m. AMANDA F. PRICE, 12 October 1843, Tallapoosa Co AL. vi. ALETHA "LETHA" KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1814; m. ALEXANDER URQUHART, 17 January 1832, Butts Co GA. vii. WILLIAM F. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1816, GA; m. ELIZABETH POLLARD, 10 January 1844, Tallapoosa Co AL. viii. RICHARD E. KNIGHT, b. 1820, GA. ix. JOSEPH J. KNIGHT, b. 09 January 1825, Butts CO GA; d. 28 May 1903, Alexander City AL bu Sunny Level Cemetery in Alexander City, Tallapoosa CO AL; m. MARGARET M. GOSS, 05 August 1847, Tallapoosa Co AL. x. ELI H. KNIGHT, b. 1827, GA; d. Bef. 1850, Tallapoosa CO AL; m. NANCY PRICE, 22 January 1846, Tallapoosa Co AL.

Can any of you identify the family that follows? Descendants of Richard Knight Generation No. 1 1. RICHARD1 KNIGHT was born Abt. 1760 in VA or NC, and died 1831 in Butts CO GA. He married ELLENDER Abt. 1780 in VA or NC. Children of RICHARD KNIGHT and ELLENDER are: i. MRS. JAMES2 HARDEN, d. Greene CO GA later part of 1820 or early 1821; m. JAMES POE HARDEN, Abt. 1805, Green CO GA. ii. CALVARY F. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1780, Green Co GA; d. Bef. October 1842, Tallapoosa Co AL; m. MARY "POLLY" H. CONNELL, 31 December 1799, Green Co GA. iii. JOEL KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1780, GA; m. ELIZABETH POLLARD, 21 November 1815, Greene Co GA. iv. WILLIAM KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1785, GA; d. 11 August 1840, Headwaters of Collins River, Warren CO TN; m. MARTHA SAVAGE, 06 March 1828, Warren CO TN. v. MARY KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1790; m. FREDERICK POLLARD, 23 September 1819, Green CO GA. vi. SALLY KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1790, GA; m. ROBERT O'REAR, 19 November 1807, Greene Co GA. Thank you. Paula Girouard Bellingham WA