Surnames in Tuscaloosa and Fayette Ala. in l820-l860: COOK,(DANIEL married Elizabeth in l846 in Tuscaloosa GRIFFIN,(TROY and Martha) and siblings CARAWAY, JOHN married Arabella in l831 RICHARDS, JOHN ROBERTSON, GEORGE A.(and Robertson's that came from Va. Ga. to Tuscaloosa and Fayette Co. ) POE FREEMAN SHEPHERD SLAUGHTER WILLINGHAM, JOHN and NANCY and siblings WILLINGHAM, CALAB JONES, THOMAS

RESEARCHING: FARLEY, PATE, STRICKLAND, NATION/NATIONS, BOWEN, WALKER, WHATLEY/WATLEY, SHUTTLESWORTH, AND SYKES/SIKES IN TUSCALOOSA, BIBB AND PICKENS COUNTIES, ALABAMA.

Looking for information on Hugh Tenil "Dan" WARD born January 7, 1852 Coaling, Tuscaloosa Co., married Margaret JORDAN who was born Feb. 23, 1857 in AL. Evelyn Leslie

I have a grandaunt, Corrine Leland who married a Martin Winthrop Jones, I have no idea if she met him in Tuscaloosa, or elsewhere. I know they were living in NJ when she died in 1932, they also had a place in Manhattan. He remarried after her death I believe. Anyway any connection that you might know of? Rick Leland 6 Krest St. Plymouth, PA 18651 Family Researcher "The Leland Family of Virginia; et al" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lelandva

Does anyone know who Mary Hallman, d/o Jacob Hallman and Elizabeth Weaver, married? DJ

Researching the name JOHNSON. My great grandmother supposedly came from Tuscaloosa County. LOUVINA CAROLINE JOHNSON (1836 - 1922) m. Rev. Sanford V. ARGO (possibly married in Walker Co. but court house records there were destroyed by fire) and they lived in Walker Co. She is buried in the Oak Hill Cem. in Jasper; he, having died some time before her, 1894, is buried in the Sardis Cemetery in Walker Co. I have done some research in the Tuscaloosa Probate Office. Thanks for any information or suggestions. Caroline in Prattville, AL carolineh@knology.net

Hi... I am interested in the following African American families in Tuscaloosa: HARRIS SCALES DAVIS If anyone has any information about these family names or families that could have had a connection to folks of this name, I would greatly appreciate learning about it. Thanks so much! Bev W.

Greetings to All, My surnames of interest in the Tuscaloosa County Area are: McALISTER LESLIE/LESLEY POGUE ACKER ABERNATHY LINDSAY/LINDSEY DRENNAN Thanks, Robin J.

Stars Fell on Alabama © 1934 "1st Edition!" by Carl Carmer This is a very rare, true classic, some of the best reading I have done in a very long time. Takes you back to yesteryear when during the war, slave, and the country hicks way of life. Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. STARS FELL ON ALABAMA Some of the places/things mentioned are: Tuscaloosa, AL. Ku Klux Klan. Indians of Tuscaloosa-Great Chief Tush-ka-lusa. Nokomis, Escambia, AL. Oxford, AL. Birmingham, AL. Springville, AL. Opp, AL. Montgomery, AL. Lamar Co. Eutaw, Al.-Letter written by S. J. Chapman to Mrs. Chapman. Green Co., AL. Oxford, AL. Black Rituals Mobile, AL. and the Bayou Country. Dauphin Island. Hogansville Includes old Mountain superstitions. Old Negro superstitions. Names many quilt patterns. Names of old fiddlers tunes. Many old poems Voodoo Conjuring-Conjur Woman: To Cure Warts. To Drive Your Rival Out of the Country. To Give Your Rival Bad Luck. To Get a Girl To Sleep With You. To Keep Wife From Flirting Around. To Keep Your Land and Have a Good Crop. To Know When You Have Been Tricked. To Revenge Yourself On An Enemy. To Cure Misery in de Back. To Keep Your Girl Coming To You Regularly. Arriving in Alabama on a train from New York, Carl Carmer wrote of a strange country he visited, as different as another planet from his known world. He roamed and wrote of people he met, and their foreign way of life, .... the whisky-swilling backwoods men of Alabama, the raw towns like Birmingham during the 20s and 30s, ... the Scottsboro boys, ... the Klux Klan, ... oral and cultural traditions among Alabama African Americans, ...the Civil War veteran who became a murderer of U.S. marshals and a religious zealot, and who was lynched to avoid a trial and certain execution, ... the great outlaws, The Outlaw Sheriff of Sumter County, Rube Burrow: Alabama Robin Hood, and Railroad Bill, one white, the other black and so feared his body was displayed in several cities to prove he was dead. Carl Carmer paints a vivid, sometimes charming, occasionally horrifying, but always fascinating picture of the complex and diverse black and white communities. The "N" word is used throughout, describing cultural and folk roots, "Conjure Woman", "Black Rituals", "Stud N.....", etc. And then, there's "Two-toed Tom", a 15 foot aligator thought to be trapped in a pond, only to be found surfacing in a nearby pond, devouring a 12 year old child. Years later, scientists learned of the ancient underwater tunnels of the reptiles, as Tom moved on to become a legend in Florida. Author's Note "All of the events related in this book happened substantially as I have recorded them. It has been necessary in a few instances to disguise characters to avoid causing them serious embarrassment (for instance my hosts during the lynching). I have also taken the liberty of telescoping time occasionally--since I have attempted to select significant occurrences which took place over a span of a half-dozen years. The number of people who have helped me in the making of this book is legion. It must include a surprisingly large percentage of the inhabitants of Alabama. I should be graceless indeed, however, if I did not own my gratitude to Ruby Pickens Tartt and her daughter, Fannie Pickens Tartt, who made my Black Belt excursion possible; to Knox Ide and Robert Harwood who wandered the Red Hills with me; to the Honorable Earl McGowin and Francis Inge whose companionship throughout my life in Alabama and afterwards has been full of affectionate encouragement; to Clyde Robinson who has been an indefatigable scout for interesting material; to Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History; and to all my Negro friends, unfailing in their warm- hearted assistance." This is a hardbound book of 294 pages, decorated endpapers and wonderful illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. It was published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books. It is in good condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=1678766792&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1018916314&indexURL=0&rd=1 Thanks, Kat --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Inter.net Webmail. http://www.us.inter.net/

I am particularly interested in finding information about Sarah (Sally) PATE (1796-1863), who married Isham J. PARKER in Morgan Co., AL but was in Tuscoloosa Co. from 1826 until her death. Her mother may have been Millie RILEY. Also hope to identify the mother of Joseph M. DOUGHTY, Elizabeth ? who married Joseph DOUGHTY Jr. about 1807 in South Carolina and was probably in Tuscoloosa County by 1819. Somewhere in this family is a stong heritage of Native American blood: which family? Which Nation?

Hi My mother was a Jones in Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Norhtport... I am researching the following lines: I am a Price. Price, Hallman,Burton,Boyd,Harless Freeman, Jones,Weaver,Snider,Oswalt,Avery, and etc... Ramel Price Brown

Researching names: COLLINS, JONES, SHIRLEY, POE, RICHARDS Thanks, Becky Collins Prescott

Oswalt, Hallman, Strickland, Sanford, Weaver, Snider, Papizan, Thomas, Pennington, Alexander, Montgomery, ....counties included are Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Pickens. Karen Hetherington

Interested in the SPRADLEY surname in Tuscaloosa. Thanks, Patsy Spradley Davis

ROLL CALL Looking for ancestors & descendants of Sarah Amelia BARNETT, wife of Franklin HUGHES. m. abt 1832 Fountain Lafayette SNOW married their dau Elizabeth "Eliza" HUGHES July 23, 1871. Is there anyone with information on these lines? Am happy to share what I have! ~Sue~

STEWART - HOGAN - EAKIN - AVERY Dick Stewart GGGGrandson of Solomon B. and Sarah Stewart

I have found so far , my great grandpapa has been married three times. Joseph Ryan Waldrop married to Nancy Heard Children: Stephen Franklin and Georgia Ann Waldrop Dr. Joseph R, Waldop married Victoria Thomas Children: Anna Francis and Joseph Mark Henry Waldrop Joseph Ryan Waldrop ( Minister, Physician, Justice of the Peace, State Rep. of Washington County, Alabama 1869-1870) married Sara Ann Baxter Children: James Harry and Joseph Rian Waldrop. All three have been tied together by, Journals, letters, census, deeds, obits , marriages, and other information. Trying to rule in or out......J. R. Waldrop, Born 1835--about-Tipah County, 1860, Physician , born in Georgia, ---Sand location, County, birth..... This J. R. Waldrop has a wife and three children. J. R. Waldrop Tippah County, Mississippi, age 37 1860 census. wife......name smeared..cant read it. age 29, Born 1831 Children: Emily , Born, 1851 Isaac Born 1853 William J., 1855 Elizabeth, 1857 I haven't heard form this family in from Tippah County, Mississippi. The three wives above are connected. Has anyone else's ancestors been married to my great grandpapa? First two wives it appears he walked off and left and with my great grandmother....the buck stoped there.....he was shot and killed in Washington County. So the stories goes.........We can't find anywhere mentioning him being killed. With him being a State Rep. of Washington County, I would have thought he would have been written about. He was quite vocal among the Carpet Baggers and beat up the Judge of Probate. He wasn't a quite man. J. R. roamed around after he left Georgia as a teenager, moved to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, with his parents and other relatives, then to DeSota/Tate County,,,,,in and out Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Moved to Matagorda County, Texas back to Mississippi then down to lower Alabama. He was known as educated, carried himself well , handsome, had a wonderful warm personally. Wouldn't surprise me if the ole Scalawag.....didn;t have another wife or two. He either Love em and leave em or......had bad luck with marriages His papa's will does't sound like he to happy with his son.. Stories go, he was a wonderful minister.....and great church services. Looking forward for any informatin from anyone who is related to my J. R. Waldrop. There are alot of half cousins n this family. Sandra (Sandra Waldrop Doolittle)

My great grandmother left a will saying she was leaving a light black horse with a star on it's face , to her grandson Joseph Rian Waldrop in 1888, he was seventeen years old. The name of the horse was "Cilam" has anyone ever heard of this name. Does it have a meaning, Is it Indian. It's an odd name to name a horse and I was just wondering if anyone in Alabama might know. My great grandpapa lived with his family in Escatawpa, Washington County, Alabama. There was an oil painting of my great grandpapa named Dr. Joseph R. Waldrop, he was standing by this tall black horse with a star on it's face. I though there might be a meaning behind the name.. Thanks for any help.

Researching these names: ASHCRAFT, BARGER, BOLTON, BROWN, DUNN, GADDY, HALLMAN, HOPSON, JONES, NEIGHBORS, OSWALT, PAPIZAN, PATTERSON, POE, ROBERSON, SANFORD, SNIDER, WEAVER, WINTON Thanks very much, Estelle JONES BOLTON BARGER

Looking for any information on Thomas Cummings and wife Catherine. Mid 1800s Tuscaloosa. Thomas was a steamboat captain. Thanks, Mary Ann Bell