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Bureau of Land Management. They have records of land owner from 1800's to early 1900's. You can Google up the Bureau and go from there. **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

Thank you! I will give it a try....

Bureau of Land Management: Dombhart has Jesse WATSON, entered government land in Section 28, township 12, range 8, on Nov 16, 1835 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan and Paula Harry" <dharry@pa.rr.com> To: <alwalker@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [ALWALKER] WATSON Kin | BLM?? What is that? I've tried for some of the death records, but | no luck.....I know, there were fires and tornados!! | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

SOURCE: RECORDS OF WALKER COUNTY, AL. by BICKERSTAFF PATTON FAMILY PLOT - Deep in the woods near Patton, Al. Andrew PATTON b. Jun 6, 1772 d. Oct 12, 1846 Other graves here but stones eroded and not readible. ------------------------------- PATTON BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY - on Patton Hill near Patton, AL. William PATTON Nov 28, 1846 - Oct 13, 1931 Sarah PATTON Nov 28, 1847 - Aug 25, 1932 Joseph Newton PATTON Jul 31, 1871 - Jul 6, 1939 Exie Leona PATTON Aug 12, 1877 - Dec 24, 1955 George PATTON 1853 - 1931 Mary E. PATTON 1853 - 1939 James PATTON Jun 15, 1848 - Mar 4, 1929 Mary E. PATTON Nov 5, 1850 - Apr 1, 1931 Mary B Patton 1874, Jan 14 Oct 11, 1946 Andy PATTON Feb 9, 1856 - Feb 17, 1928 N.J. PATTON Dec 10, 1878 Oct 11, 1918 Mary PATTON w/o Nathan PATTON July 15, 1851 - Aug 17, 1923 Levi PATTON Apr 5, 1874 - Apr 17, 1930 Nancy Idella, w/oL.E. PATTON Oct 21, 1876 - Nov 19, 18?? Lena PATTON SELLERS Sep 1, 1875 - Nov 27, 1955 Susan G., w.o G.W.WILLINGHAM, Mar 31, 1862 - Nov 10, 1900 ------------------------------------ SOUTH LOWELL CEMETERY - six miles North of Jasper, AL John Henry PATTON 1862-1931 Mary C. (Tiny) w/o/ John Henry PATTON 1877 - 1906 ------------------------------ LEBANON CEMETERY - 2.3 miles North of Blue Water Trace - Corona, AL. Fayette Cty Thomas PATTON Jan 18, 1853 - Feb 19, 1884 ------------------- ROBERT GUTTERY CEMETERY -On old home place near Townley, Al. Hollygrove. Sam K. PATTON Jul 19, 1849 - Aug 21 1911 Martha Charlotte (PATTON) BEASLEY 1898 - 1950 --------------------------------- MARRIAGES RECORDED IN BOOK 'A' 1879-1888, Walker Cty George KILGORE & Elizabeth WILCUTT - Feb 15, 1877 at James Willcutt's residence, by Simeon Covin, OMG -------------------------------------- LIBERTY GROVE, PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY- one mile south of Nauvoo Elizabeth DAVIS Aug 11, 1850 - Dec 5, 1929 William T. DAVIS 1856 - 1952 Lucinda E. DAVIS 1853 - 1918 L. Ransom DAVIS Sep 1, 1850 - Aug 25, 1927 Ida May DAVIS dau of L.R. & Elizabeth C. DAVIS, Feb 24, 1870 - Feb 6, 1907 In Memory of Miley DAVIS (could be Wiley) May 27, 1883-Jul 4, 1887 ----------------------------------------------- CEMETERY ON KEY HILL Antiock, AL - North west of Oakman, AL. Elizabeth DAVIS w/o Wiley DAVIS Oct 25, 1882 - age 46 years Wiley DAVIS Mar 22, 1842 - June 15, 1905 Eliza J., w/o Andrew PATTON, Aug 13, 1865 - Sep 21, 1884 ------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan and Paula Harry" <dharry@pa.rr.com> To: <alwalker@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [ALWALKER] WATSON Kin | To change the subject....I'm looking for a death date and place for | Minerva Patton who married William Kilgore sometime before 1835. Most of | their children were born in Walker Co.....their daughter Elizabeth married | Wiley Davis....does anyone have a list of the Pattons buried at Patton Hill? | Thanks! Paula | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

BLM is the US Bureau of Land Management. Their website is a great resource for finding your ancestors property and learning the names of their neighbors. You can do this by changing the search terms (section #, range, township) once you locate a property of interest. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ When you go to their website, click on "Search Land Patents." Monya Fayette Co. AL list manager ASTON surname list manager MUSGROVE surname list manager THOMPSON surname list manager Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, STANFORD, THOMPSON, WEAVER and WEBSTER On May 23, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Dan and Paula Harry wrote: > BLM?? What is that? I've tried for some of the death > records, but > no luck.....I know, there were fires and tornados!! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

BLM?? What is that? I've tried for some of the death records, but no luck.....I know, there were fires and tornados!!

Remember Paula these people were still pioneers moving into what was then the west. There were Indian trails and wagon trails through Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to Texas. Not many frills. The trails to the Oregon Trail were much more advanced and still there are hundreds of unmarked graves and unknown burials along these trails. You might try the BLM records for Alabama and find some of your long dead relatives. That was how I was able to find the trail of some of my ancestors on all sides. **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

When Caroline and I went to check out this cemetery in 2002 or so, it had been heavily damaged, and many of these stones, including the ones of James Matlock Kitchens and Sally Brown Kitchens, had been lost. We were making efforts, through some old photographs that showed the locations of the graves, to have the stones replaced and the graves re-marked. Does anybody know if this was ever done? --Joseph On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: > KITCHENS FAMILY CEMETERY; > Three miles west of Jasper, Alabama > > James Matlock KITCHENS born in TN., Aug 7, 1796 - d. Mar 23, 1868 > Sally BROWN, wife of James Matlock KITCHENS - Sept 16, 1796 - Dec 1842 > C.C. KITCHENS - Nov 18, 1827 - Jan 15, 1861 > Mary Elizabeth KITCHENS, Jan 2, 1860 - Oct 25, 1875 > Jesse KITCHENS - Dec 27, 1837 - Jun 12, 1898 > Eleanor, wife of Jesse KITCHENS, Dec 27, 1837 - June12, 1898 > A. H. BROWN 1844 - May 23, 1906 > L.O. BROWN, wife of A.H. BROWN, dau of T. & Mary GABBERT, Apr 30, 1838 - > Mar > 3 1908 > J.D. RANDOLPH, d. Feb 28, 1870, age 72 yrs - b. 1798 > COCNER......all that remains on stone > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sorry Paula, nothing much on Minerva PATTON KILGORE. I have that she and William KILGORE had 12 children between 1833 and about 1854 in Walker Co. Some census records is about what I have on this family. Best resource I've seen on Patton Hill is the "Here We Rest" vol 7, great survey, but I'm betting there are unmarked graves, broken headstones, etc that "keep their secrets". Ed ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:11:30 -0400 From: "Dan and Paula Harry" <dharry@pa.rr.com> Subject: Re: [ALWALKER] WATSON Kin To: <alwalker@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <FEFAA0B57F9542878A4215AAC06733C7@mainoffice> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original To change the subject....I'm looking for a death date and place for Minerva Patton who married William Kilgore sometime before 1835. Most of their children were born in Walker Co.....their daughter Elizabeth married Wiley Davis....does anyone have a list of the Pattons buried at Patton Hill? Thanks! Paula ------------------------------

You are so right, Ed! 147 unmarked graves....that's a crime! Wish our ancestors had been better record keepers - but I guess they were just trying to survive....Thanks, Paula

What a shame....so many unknown. It's really too bad there wasn't some kind of mapping system in place to keep records that are so important....I guess all we can do is preserve what we do know! Newt doesn't sound familiar.....but thank you! Paula

Thanks very much, Delilah.   This is very helpful.  I have some of this but not all of it.  I don't recognize the names or families of the recent obits you have.  It seems likely that we are related to Asa, but I have no knowledge of it, per se.  Thanks again, Susan --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: From: Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> Subject: [ALWALKER] KITCHENS To: alwalker@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 3:00 PM KITCHENS FAMILY CEMETERY; Three miles west of Jasper, Alabama James Matlock KITCHENS born in TN., Aug 7, 1796 - d. Mar 23, 1868 Sally BROWN, wife of James Matlock KITCHENS - Sept 16, 1796 - Dec 1842 C.C. KITCHENS - Nov 18, 1827 - Jan 15, 1861 Mary Elizabeth KITCHENS, Jan 2, 1860 - Oct 25, 1875 Jesse KITCHENS - Dec 27, 1837 - Jun 12, 1898 Eleanor, wife of Jesse KITCHENS, Dec 27, 1837 - June12, 1898 A. H. BROWN 1844 - May 23, 1906 L.O. BROWN, wife of A.H. BROWN, dau of T. & Mary GABBERT, Apr 30, 1838 - Mar 3 1908 J.D. RANDOLPH, d. Feb 28, 1870, age 72 yrs - b. 1798 COCNER......all that remains on stone ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paula, the earliest I found was Newt Pattpn 1885. As I said there are 145 unmarked graves, and they could have been there much longer. I do not if there is a church on the cemetery property or not. That is southwest Walker and I live in Northeast Walker. **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

Bobbye....when was the beginning of the Patton Hill Cemetery? I hope to visit next month and I will go tombstone hunting! Paula

Paula there are over 100 known Pattons buried in Patton's Chapel Cemetery. There 145 unmarked graves which probably date back to the beginning of the cemetery. Bobbye **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

I am searching for Watson's that came from Cobb co GA. Descendants of Paris Cole Watson. I am not sure if any of your line matches. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: alwalker-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alwalker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ed-janis@comcast.net Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:43 AM To: alwalker@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALWALKER] WATSON Kin Good Morning--My WATSON connection comes from the marriage of one of my PATTON kin, Onie Bell PATTON to James Marion BROWN--their daughter Flora BROWN married James WATSON in about 1920 in Walker Co. Believe they had 11 children. James WATSON is a son of Thomas Michael WATSON and Elizabeth Dolly BOWDEN. See any matches? Thanks Ed ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 19:20:48 -0500 From: "Barbara Tillery" <jabtil@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [ALWALKER] Out There?? To: <alwalker@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <00d001c9da73$28c0fbc0$7a42f340$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Can you tell me more about the Watson line. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: alwalker-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alwalker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ed-janis@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:46 PM To: alwalker@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALWALKER] Out There?? Sorry I'm late responding, been out of town. Here are the surnames I'm looking for in Walker County: PATE, PATTON, ARCHER, BAILEY, BAKER, BROWN, DANIELS, DAVIS, EARNEST, FIKE, GROOMS, JOHNSTON, KEY, KILGORE. KIMBRELL, LAWSON, MORRIS, NELSON, NORRIS, POE, SCHULTZ, TESKE, THACKER, THOMAS, WATSON, and WILLCUTT. Sure glad to share info with all--hope you'll share too! Thanks Ed Waller ********** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALWALKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To change the subject....I'm looking for a death date and place for Minerva Patton who married William Kilgore sometime before 1835. Most of their children were born in Walker Co.....their daughter Elizabeth married Wiley Davis....does anyone have a list of the Pattons buried at Patton Hill? Thanks! Paula

KITCHENS FAMILY CEMETERY; Three miles west of Jasper, Alabama James Matlock KITCHENS born in TN., Aug 7, 1796 - d. Mar 23, 1868 Sally BROWN, wife of James Matlock KITCHENS - Sept 16, 1796 - Dec 1842 C.C. KITCHENS - Nov 18, 1827 - Jan 15, 1861 Mary Elizabeth KITCHENS, Jan 2, 1860 - Oct 25, 1875 Jesse KITCHENS - Dec 27, 1837 - Jun 12, 1898 Eleanor, wife of Jesse KITCHENS, Dec 27, 1837 - June12, 1898 A. H. BROWN 1844 - May 23, 1906 L.O. BROWN, wife of A.H. BROWN, dau of T. & Mary GABBERT, Apr 30, 1838 - Mar 3 1908 J.D. RANDOLPH, d. Feb 28, 1870, age 72 yrs - b. 1798 COCNER......all that remains on stone