This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Andrews Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DU.2ADE/470 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Silas ANDREWS b.~1829 and/or his wife Charity ? b. ~1844. According to the Conecuh County, AL Register of Births 1881-1883 they had a female child on April 3, 1882 and Wilcox County was listed as their county of birth. This couple resided in Belleville, Conecuh, AL and had 12 children. Julia, Louiza, Mariah, Morgan, Emma, Silas (David), Cassie, Susan, Andrew, Edwie*(or Endrice), Estella, and female baby.

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/DU.2ADE/469.1 Message Board Post: David, I've done some research in Wilcox County and everything I've found is recorded in books - wills, probates, deeds, land records, marriages, etc. There are also lots of loose papers that are stuffed in drawers and cubbyholes (unless they've sorted these out since I was last there). There are no death records going back to the 1830s except for the records found in wills and probate Your best bet is to go there yourself or hire someone to do the digging if you can't get there. Carolyn Cooper

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/DU.2ADE/469 Message Board Post: Looking for information on early Wilcox County deeds. My great great grandfather was Jesse Council Bethea. One index book that I viewed through the LDS microfilm records stated that his deed was filed in drawer 30. When I contacted the Wilcox County courthouse they stated that their deeds aren't filed using a drawer system. Has anyone researched Wilcox County deeds and know if they converted from a drawer file system and where this deed may be located? If I can provide the location to the courthouse personnel then I can secure a copy of the deed. I am hopeful that it may contain the name of his spouse. Also does anyone knows if death records exist for the period 1835-1836. My great great grandfather Jesse Council Bethea appartently died in late 1835 or early 1836. Minutes from probate court records show that his brother in law Ausborn Henry was appointed as adminstrator of his estate on 2 May 1836 so he must have died late 1835 or early 1836. Any help would be appreciated.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skinner, Rollins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/468.3 Message Board Post: I have Skinner ancestors in Wilcox County, but there were Skinner relatives in Dallas County. The single entry I initially found on Rootsweb's WorldConnect database showed no ancestors for Susan. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nicholsondavid&id=I5507 However I dug a bit deeper. Cyrus and "Susannah" are found in the 1860 Dallas County census at page 883-A with four children ages 1-7. Susannah is listed as 25 years old, but was actually closer to 27-28 as shown below. The only Skinner in Dallas County at the time is Susan Skinner, age 49, with 6 children and 85 year old Esther Skinner. Esther is Elenor Esther Kea b abt 1782 and was the widow of Benjamin W. Skinner, Jr. Esther and Benjamin W. Skinner's daughter Susan/Susanna had married Samuel Skinner on 6 Apr 1825 in Dallas Co. AL. The date of Samuel's death is unknown, at least by me. Susan/Susanna is found in Dallas County AL in 1830-1870 with no husband listed. However the 1850 Dallas County AL census (page 257-A, Carlowville Beat) & 1860 (page 891, Richmond Beat) indicate, based on the ages of the children, that her husband died 1849-1850. 1830 Dallas County AL census, page 75, Susan is listed as head of household. 1840 Dallas County AL census, page 67, same. 1850 Dallas Co, AL, Carlowville Beat, page 257 Mrs. Susan Skinner, 40, $400, SC (cannot read and write) Susanna 17, f, AL (this is your Susan/Susannah) Sam, 15, m, AL M.E. 12, f (Ellen?) W.J. 10, f J.B., 8, m M.M., 6, f L.E., 5, f (Louisa E.) M.A., 3, f R.R., 1, f (Rebecca) Benjamin W. Skinner and Elenor Esther Kea were my ancestors. See info about them at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lrtate&id=I731

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skinner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/468.2 Message Board Post: There was an error in my previous posting. See the corrected information below. Esther and Benjamin W. Skinner's daughter Susan/Susanna had married Samuel Skinner on 6 Apr 1825 in Dallas Co. AL. The date of Samuel's death is unknown, at least by me. Susan/Susanna is found in Dallas County AL in 1850-1870 with no husband listed. The 1850 Dallas County AL census (page 257-A, Carlowville Beat) & 1860 (page 891, Richmond Beat) indicate, based on the ages of the children, that her husband died 1849-1850. 1830 Dallas County AL census, page 75, and 1840 Dallas County AL census, page 67, both have Esther Skinner is listed as head of household. Samuel Skinner or Susan Skinner are not listed separately in the county and are not found in any nearby county.

I would right click with your mouse on the link, choose save as, and save it to your computer,somewhere you can find it -like maybe your desktop, then just click on it from there and it will open in your picture reader, then you can zoom in or out all you want. Hope this helps. Cindy McCoy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reecie Stanley" <rstanley@ktsnet.com> > To: "Cindy McCoy" <cmccoy@frontiernet.net>; <ALWILCOX-L@rootsweb.com>; > <ALWILCOX-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:19 PM > Subject: Re: 1860 Census Information > > > > Images of the 1860 census are located at this link. Mark Grace's Genealogy > > Page -- > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmg12/Census/1860%20Wilcox%20AL/ > > > > I forgot to let you know what I was talking about in the previous email. > > How do I make the images that this brings up larger? > > Reecie > > > > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skinner, Rollins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/468.1 Message Board Post: I have Skinner ancestors in Wilcox County, but there were Skinner relatives in Dallas County. The single entry I initially found on Rootsweb's WorldConnect database showed no ancestors for Susan. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nicholsondavid&id=I5507 However I dug a bit deeper. Cyrus and "Susannah" are found in the 1860 Dallas County census at page 883-A with four children ages 1-7. Susannah is listed as 25 years old, but was actually closer to 27-28 as shown below. The only Skinner in Dallas County at the time is Susan Skinner, age 49, with 6 children and 85 year old Esther Skinner. Esther is Elenor Esther Kea b abt 1782 and was the widow of Benjamin W. Skinner, Jr. Esther and Benjamin W. Skinner's daughter Susan/Susanna had married Samuel Skinner on 6 Apr 1825 in Dallas Co. AL. The date of Samuel's death is unknown, at least by me. Susan/Susanna is found in Dallas County AL in 1830-1870 with no husband listed. However the 1850 Dallas County AL census (page 257-A, Carlowville Beat) & 1860 (page 891, Richmond Beat) indicate, based on the ages of the children, that her husband died 1849-1850. 1830 Dallas County AL census, page 75, Susan is listed as head of household. 1840 Dallas County AL census, page 67, same. 1850 Dallas Co, AL, Carlowville Beat, page 257 Mrs. Susan Skinner, 40, $400, SC (cannot read and write) Susanna 17, f, AL (this is your Susan/Susannah) Sam, 15, m, AL M.E. 12, f (Ellen?) W.J. 10, f J.B., 8, m M.M., 6, f L.E., 5, f (Louisa E.) M.A., 3, f R.R., 1, f (Rebecca) Benjamin W. Skinner and Elenor Esther Kea were my ancestors. See info about them at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lrtate&id=I731

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rollins and Skinner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DU.2ADE/468 Message Board Post: Abner and Elizabeth Rollins are shown on census reports in Dallas County, AL. However, upon their deaths, they were apparently buried in Wilcox County, AL. Elizabeth's maiden name was Colley. I believe Abner is buried in Morgan Hill Cemetery or perhaps it's Pleasant Hill AL. Hi date of death would be March 1871. They are my great, great, great grandparents. Their son, Cyrus Alexander Rollins married Susan Ann Skinner in Dallas County AL. Cyrus was in the Civil War and apparently died in a MS hospital. This according to a pension application by his widow, Susan Rollins, who at that time was living in La Grange, TX. She stated he died in a hospital in MS. I suppose no one would know where he is buried. Another of Abner's sons is Reddin Benjamin Rollins. I believe he is buried at Ackerville in Wilcox County AL. If anyone has knowledge of the Skinners or Rollins family please help me locate. You can reach me at jolet @ev1.net. Thanks ever so much.

I sure hope I don't miss the answer to this. I can get it big enough to read but not in context! Print it out and you have nothing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reecie Stanley" <rstanley@ktsnet.com> To: <ALWILCOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: [ALWILCOX-L] Re: 1860 Census Information > Tell me how to get the images to enlarge enough to be read??? Reecie > > > ==== ALWILCOX Mailing List ==== > Contribute something TODAY! Send your wills, bible, census, tax, > pension, and land records, cemetery listings, bios, obits, and slave > inventories to mailto:wilcox@prairiebluff.com > >

Images of the 1860 census are located at this link. Mark Grace's Genealogy Page -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmg12/Census/1860%20Wilcox%20AL/ I forgot to let you know what I was talking about in the previous email. How do I make the images that this brings up larger? Reecie

Tell me how to get the images to enlarge enough to be read??? Reecie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGee/Magee, Sheffield, Morgan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DU.2ADE/296.1.2 Message Board Post: Brenda, did we ever get back together on the Morgans/Sheffields/McGees/Magees? I was going through my e-mail inbox and found your first response and my reply. I am trying, once again, to organize the notes I have on the McGee/Magee family to see if I can find a way to trace them back to a particular location in GA. From marriage records, I know they are tied in with the Sheffield, Morgan and Dumas families. Daughters also married into the Smith and Edwards families. Please let me know if you've been able to find anything. Thanks, Lisa

George, Yours is the first message to the list today. And this is the 2nd. So you know that it didn't come through the list. Glad your anti-virus program caught it. B.J. Smothers ALWILCOX-L List Moderator www.prairiebluff.com/algenweb/wilcox/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Carroll" <georgecarroll@conwaycorp.net> To: <ALWILCOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: [ALWILCOX-L] w32-klezH virus > I have just received for the second time today this virus and it was disguised as coming from ALWILCOX-L > > George Carroll > > > ==== ALWILCOX Mailing List ==== > Contribute something TODAY! Send your wills, bible, census, tax, > pension, and land records, cemetery listings, bios, obits, and slave > inventories to mailto:wilcox@prairiebluff.com >

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Godwin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/467.1.1 Message Board Post: Carolyn This was very helpful, Thanks. I have had much success going back to pre-civil and Revolutionary War periods with most of my ancestor searches (Folger, Willett, Comer, Adams), but the Godwin clan has been a tough one. I appreciate the head start! Regards, John

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/DU.2ADE/467.1 Message Board Post: There is a marriage record in Marengo County, AL for H.R. Godwin and Mary Ann Moring - married September 24, 1866. You will also find the family in the 1880 Wilcox Co. census on the Family History site - www.familysearch.org. Knowing Hardy's date and place of birth should lead you to finding his parents in earlier census records. The same thing applies to locating Mary Ann's parents. It's a matter of starting with what you know and working your way back. Hope this is helpful. Carolyn Cooper

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Godwin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/467 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on my grandfather ; John Rexford Godwin b:4/16/1891 in Rehoboth. His father, listed on birth cert as Hardy Rufus Godwin , mother was Mary Ann Mooring. Only other possible info I have is JR's older brother, Royal W. Godwin , b 1886? I'm at a dead end! Many Thanks John Oudin ouds@aol.com

Hi, Is there someone who could see if they can find Floyd Watson, James Watson and/or William Watson on the 1860 Wilcox census? They should be around Snow Hill (Furman), probably next door to each other or just about. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! val

Hi, guys, A couple of you have been so helpful with a couple of requests/questions! I appreciate you so much! Now, for more questions: :-) Is there any on-line information regarding death information for Wilcox County in the 1850's and '60's? If not, is there anyone here who would be able to do a look-up for such information? Thank you, Lisa Norcross, GA