Hi http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.muskingum&m=2958.4.1 A Daniel Dover has been submitted Muskingum Co. (Ohio) History Book

I called the Veteran's Administration today and they said that they don't have info on William Alfred Dover's death date. A lot of counties didn't start reporting them to the state until 1908. If any one can get some info on Jackson County death notices, death certificates of obituaries, we might come up with something. Randy Dover

That is totally alright Terry. I really do understand. I just thought I had something messed up since both families had someone who could be a William AKA Ike. TV dinners honey! TV dinners! That will work by 6:30....LOL Hang in there. You will get use to it. I think! I am still not use to mine being home all the time after over 5 years now. TTYL, Sharon Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will ?"----------- ----- Original Message ----- From: jacksont@otelco.net To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Dover] Sharon, I messed up Sorry for confusing things. I'm all addled today. After 25 yrs., Barry went to day shift. Trying to figure out how, after all these years, I'm going to get off work and have supper ready at 6:30!! Anyway, I'm the one that got everything all muddied up. Madison's son was Wiley W. Dover. Harmon's son was William Isaac Dover. Quoting sromanek <sromanek@salisbury.net>: > Ok, I am confused. Did they have a William "Ike" Dover as well as Harmon & > Ruth Hall Dover? If not then I need to fix my files. If Harmon and Ruth did > as well is he also known as "Ike." What are the dates for Madison's son and > Harmon's please? > > > Thanks, > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net > Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, > Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen > > I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, > soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't > remember us, who will ?"----------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jacksont@otelco.net > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover > > > This William Isaac Dover was Madison & Susie Collins Dover's son, known as > Ike Dover > > > Quoting Dennis Dover <ddover1793@earthlink.net>: > > > This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next > > door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, > > Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and > > 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., > > GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 > > Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah > > Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates > > who was born in Arkansas in 1878. > > > > Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm > > some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with > > Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk > > > County, Arkansas. > > > > ************************************************************** > > > > Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, > > Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's > > Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 > > Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's > > pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. > > Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in > > 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 > > Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in > > 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in > > Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died > > in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. > > > > Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, > > Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the > > Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application > > blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I > > received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to > > be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise > > after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly > > Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. > > > > Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, > > Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your > > application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office > > until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on > > by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission > > has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in > > this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order > > that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk > > to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of > > checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless > > confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your > > application was received too late for you to receive the increase in > > pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced > > to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your > > January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this > > explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, > > [unsigned copy] Secretary. > > > > According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery > > Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. > > Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. > > > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > > ussoldiers/ab.html > > > > > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > > Dover resources at Rootsweb > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > > > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Take Part in the DOVER DNA Tests > http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html > http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover archives > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== If you need to contact the Listmanager, please send your message to, Patricia at mmanson@snet.net

Randy, I had some notes that I can't locate but maybe that's good for now so this is less confusing on the surface. What follows are two key pieces. I suspected that the mention of Francis Dover in the second record was his first known record in Pendleton, SC after he left York per his RS file. There's a time gap on his whereabouts/census. BJ came found the first record later and I have to think the mention of Dover is Francis, but it may not be but still appears to connect on the hunch side. What I think I remember in the missing notes was that those who Francis witnessed for, including an RS officer, were from York (Hamilton and Boggs) and that they somehow tie into Colonel William Bratton in the York area who I had the hunch was the regimental commander for two separate companies for a brief period of time in the York area that included both Francis Dover and Joshua Dover. These guys, including Francis, all came from the same area. Whether they knew each other before Pendleton is a question, but it was a compliment to Francis for an RS officer and a planter to ask Francis to witness the will. There were plenty of other RS officers in the same area of Pendleton at the same time, including a commanding general of Francis. Even though Francis was an enlisted man, their respect for him just jumps out. I would bust my buttons if it was ever found that "Uncle? Frank" was a non-commissioned officer (NCO) :-) Dennis *************************************************************** Pendleton County, South Carolina Civil Records The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume VI Number 1, Winter, 1978 Pendleton County Court Minutes SCMAR, Vol. VI, Winter 1978, No. 1, p.8, May 30, 1791 [two names illegible] Murphree gave to William Young, Eddins to Dover, gave to John Adams Aaron Boggs Feb. 15, 1791. Bail- When to be taken page 273, one held to bail but transient persons, nor any other for use than £ 50 current money - nor upon a writ of Capias and Respondem. Cause in debt unless an affidavit that be made and attested by a Magistrate, and indorsed on and annexed to the writ, before the service of it, of the sum really due, nor before any other cause without a Judges order, on probable cause of action, shewn to be indorsed on, or annexed to the said writ, expressing the sum for which the Bail should be given. Source: Bobbie Jean Frank Note: See David Hamilton will that follows Anderson County, South Carolina August 1, 1797 Pages 121-122 Will of Robert Hall. Wife Mary to have negro girl Rachel, wriding (sic) chair, household furniture, stock, etc., for support of herself and children until sons James R. Hall and John Hall are 21 then to be disposed of at discretion of executors. James Roddy Hall and John Hall shall have 3 cows and calves when they reach 18. Widow to have legal share of land during widowhood or until son John is 21. Son James Roddy Hall to have plantation on Goldings Creek lately purchased of James Brown of Noly Chucky, also negro boy Charles, except that profits from plantation and labors of Roddy and his boy Charles be applied for support of family in common until he reaches 25 years of age. To son John plantation whereon I now live and negro boy Israel. To my child of which my wife is now pregnant supposing it to live, negro girl Rachel. Executors: Robert Bowen, Esq., Capt. David Hamilton, and W. (?) Mathews and wife Mary Hall. (Signed) Rob. Hall Wit.: Francis Dover, Wm. Pugh, Robert Glenn. Proven 18 Sep 1797. David Hamilton Will HAMILTON, DAVID of York County 24 Apr 1797 Wife: Jean Sons: James Hamilton, David Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Daughter: Catherine Hamilton Son: John Hamilton Daughter: Elizabeth Bogs, wife of Aaron Bogs To: Thomas Hamilton Daughter: Jean Son: William Executors: Sons, John and William Hamilton Witnesses: Samuel Davidson, John Burkhead, John McCullock Proven: 10 Nov 1801; Case 57 file #2560 http://members.aol.com/haynespa/yorksc3.htm#HAMILTON

Sorry for confusing things. I'm all addled today. After 25 yrs., Barry went to day shift. Trying to figure out how, after all these years, I'm going to get off work and have supper ready at 6:30!! Anyway, I'm the one that got everything all muddied up. Madison's son was Wiley W. Dover. Harmon's son was William Isaac Dover. Quoting sromanek <sromanek@salisbury.net>: > Ok, I am confused. Did they have a William "Ike" Dover as well as Harmon & > Ruth Hall Dover? If not then I need to fix my files. If Harmon and Ruth did > as well is he also known as "Ike." What are the dates for Madison's son and > Harmon's please? > > > Thanks, > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net > Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, > Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen > > I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, > soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't > remember us, who will ?"----------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jacksont@otelco.net > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover > > > This William Isaac Dover was Madison & Susie Collins Dover's son, known as > Ike Dover > > > Quoting Dennis Dover <ddover1793@earthlink.net>: > > > This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next > > door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, > > Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and > > 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., > > GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 > > Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah > > Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates > > who was born in Arkansas in 1878. > > > > Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm > > some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with > > Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk > > > County, Arkansas. > > > > ************************************************************** > > > > Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, > > Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's > > Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 > > Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's > > pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. > > Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in > > 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 > > Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in > > 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in > > Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died > > in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. > > > > Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, > > Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the > > Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application > > blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I > > received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to > > be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise > > after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly > > Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. > > > > Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, > > Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your > > application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office > > until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on > > by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission > > has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in > > this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order > > that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk > > to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of > > checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless > > confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your > > application was received too late for you to receive the increase in > > pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced > > to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your > > January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this > > explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, > > [unsigned copy] Secretary. > > > > According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery > > Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. > > Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. > > > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > > ussoldiers/ab.html > > > > > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > > Dover resources at Rootsweb > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > > > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Take Part in the DOVER DNA Tests > http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html > http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover archives > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Ok, I am confused. Did they have a William "Ike" Dover as well as Harmon & Ruth Hall Dover? If not then I need to fix my files. If Harmon and Ruth did as well is he also known as "Ike." What are the dates for Madison's son and Harmon's please? Thanks, Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will ?"----------- ----- Original Message ----- From: jacksont@otelco.net To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover This William Isaac Dover was Madison & Susie Collins Dover's son, known as Ike Dover Quoting Dennis Dover <ddover1793@earthlink.net>: > This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next > door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, > Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and > 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., > GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 > Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah > Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates > who was born in Arkansas in 1878. > > Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm > some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with > Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk > County, Arkansas. > > ************************************************************** > > Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, > Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's > Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 > Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's > pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. > Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in > 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 > Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in > 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in > Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died > in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. > > Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, > Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the > Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application > blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I > received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to > be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise > after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly > Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. > > Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, > Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your > application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office > until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on > by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission > has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in > this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order > that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk > to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of > checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless > confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your > application was received too late for you to receive the increase in > pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced > to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your > January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this > explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, > [unsigned copy] Secretary. > > According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery > Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. > Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > ussoldiers/ab.html > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover resources at Rootsweb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Take Part in the DOVER DNA Tests http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm

Dec. 20, 1925 http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/attachment/an/surnames.dover/498/attachment-1/5QYfjjKRMQahoWzBPLIhg/Mmdover.jpg Quoting "4615@bellsouth.net" <4615@bellsouth.net>: > Did Madison, Jr. die in 1920 or 1925. The tombstone says 1925. > > Marjorie Dover Stansel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <doverhb@yahoo.com> > To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 12:01 AM > Subject: [Dover] Re: Madison Jr. Death Certificate > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Dover > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pRT.2ACEB/498.1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Hi Terry, first I'd like to thank you for the information you put on the > > site. I've been able to find a lot of headstones, etc. > > > > The one you call Madison Jr. is M. M. Dover. Below is a picture of his > > marker at Corinth Baptist Cemetery in Joppa, AL. There is also a pic of > > his wife's marker, Frances L. Dover. They are buried one row up from my > > parents, Hughey P. and Zula M. Dover. > > > > There is also a pic of my Uncle Will's headstone. He is the one that > > provided the information for the death certificate. > > > > I don't know why they had M. F. Dover on the death certificate, or why > > they didn't put grandmother's first name on it. > > > > Could you post a copy of the marriage record? > > > > Thanks, > > Henry > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > > Dover resources at Rootsweb > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover Genforum > http://genforum.genealogy.com/dover/ > >

Part of what happens here is that Larkin was in Polk County, Arkansas by 1880 to meet up with his father Anderson who was there by 1870 so at least three of Larkin's kids went to Jackson Co., Alabama by 1880 (probably the Bellafonte area) about the same time. Larkin's brother Anderson Mancel was in Cherokee County, Alabama in 1870 and he went to Polk County, Arkansas by 1880. He's missing in 1860. Another brother of Larkin, William A. is missing in 1880 but should be in Jackson County, Alabama. 1870 Fayette County, Tennessee Census M593-1526 District No. 14, La Grange PO, August 17, 1870 Page 502B & 503A #1414/1427 L. C. Dover 50 [1820] M W GA Sarah 36 [1834] F W GA Frances M. 24 [1846] F W GA Mancil M. 27 [1843] M W GA Robert L. 17 [1853] M W GA Julian 20 [1850] F W GA Wm 15 [1855] M W GA Savannah 12 [1858] F W GA Sevilla 10 [1860] F W GA Chas? 08 [1862] M W GA Mary 06 [1864] F W GA Caroline 02 [1868] F W TN Larkin Calloway Dover, son of Anderson Dover & Jane Cross See 1850 Murray County, Georgia census See 1860 Gordon County, Georgia census See 1880-1910 Polk County, Arkansas census #1416/1429 Michael Taylor 60 [1810] M B TN Rachael 60 [1810] F B TN Harris 59 [1811] M B TN Sarah Snapp 19 [1851] F B TN Jim Dover 20 [1850] M B TN C. D. Smart 22 [1848] M W GA Farm hand Fayette County, Tennessee Marriage Records Mansell Dover Maggie Kincaid July 6, 1870 J. M. Walls Julia A. Dover September 8, 1870 John A. Thomas Sarah M. Dover September 4, 1872 John W. Childress Clarissa M. Dover September 19, 1872 1880 Jackson County, Alabama Census T9-16 Township 4 Range 6, ED No. 19, June 9, 1880 Page 212B (10) #88/91 D. E. Smart Self 33 [1847] GA Fa: SC Mo: SC Sarah M. [Thomas] Wife 30 [1850] AL Fa: AL Mo: AL Mary M. Dau 13 [1867] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Emmor J. Dau 11 [1869] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Charles C. Son 09 [1871] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Leucier? L. Son 07 [1873] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Caldona E. Dau 05 [1875] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Docia Dau 01 [1879] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL I thought this was Daniel Smart, Jr. If this is really Cyril/Cicero D. Smart, it was junior's brother. #89/92 J. L. Thomas Self 26 [1854] AL Fa: AL Mo: AL Savanar M. [Dover] Wife 21 [1859] GA Fa: GA Mo: GA Charles W. Son 02 [1878] AL Fa: AL Mo: AL Daughter of Larkin Calloway Dover John Lafayette Thomas #90/93 J. M. Walls Self 26 [1854] SC Fa: GA Mo: NC Julia A. [Dover] Wife 30 [1850] GA Fa: GA Mo: GA Corer L. Dau 08 [1872] TN Fa: SC Mo: GA David S. Son 07 [1873] AL Fa: SC Mo: GA Charles W. Son 06 [1874] AL Fa: SC Mo: GA Lular L. Dau 04 [1876] AL Fa: SC Mo: GA Idar Dau 02 [1878] AL Fa: SC Mo: GA Daughter of Larkin Calloway Dover, son of Anderson Dover #91/94 William Dover Self 25 [1855] GA Fa: GA Mo: GA Margret J. Wife 23 [1857] AL Fa: AL Mo: AL Mary C. Dau 03 [1877] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL William Son 01 [1879] AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Son of Larkin Calloway Dover

This William Isaac Dover was Madison & Susie Collins Dover's son, known as Ike Dover Quoting Dennis Dover <ddover1793@earthlink.net>: > This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next > door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, > Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and > 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., > GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 > Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah > Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates > who was born in Arkansas in 1878. > > Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm > some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with > Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk > County, Arkansas. > > ************************************************************** > > Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, > Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's > Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 > Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's > pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. > Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in > 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 > Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in > 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in > Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died > in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. > > Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, > Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the > Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application > blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I > received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to > be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise > after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly > Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. > > Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, > Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your > application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office > until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on > by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission > has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in > this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order > that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk > to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of > checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless > confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your > application was received too late for you to receive the increase in > pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced > to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your > January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this > explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, > [unsigned copy] Secretary. > > According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery > Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. > Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > ussoldiers/ab.html > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover resources at Rootsweb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dover Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pRT.2ACEB/498.1 Message Board Post: Hi Terry, first I'd like to thank you for the information you put on the site. I've been able to find a lot of headstones, etc. The one you call Madison Jr. is M. M. Dover. Below is a picture of his marker at Corinth Baptist Cemetery in Joppa, AL. There is also a pic of his wife's marker, Frances L. Dover. They are buried one row up from my parents, Hughey P. and Zula M. Dover. There is also a pic of my Uncle Will's headstone. He is the one that provided the information for the death certificate. I don't know why they had M. F. Dover on the death certificate, or why they didn't put grandmother's first name on it. Could you post a copy of the marriage record? Thanks, Henry

Marjorie unlocked another mystery. This is a must read, especially for Sam since the Dover I do see is in part connected with Larkin Calloway Dover, son of Anderson Dover. Lot of history about the times and places. I'm not sure about Savannah/Susannah Dover, but this link talks about the family of Daniel & Lettice Smart who were neighbors of the elder Anderson Dover and his married children in 1850 Murray County, GA. HICKS and THOMAS are key names too. Daniel and Lettice Smart were in Cherokee County, Alabama by 1860 before they later moved to Jackson County, Alabama. One of the Smart daughters married Anderson Mancel Dover brother of William A. Dover. In the notes it shows Sarah A. Thomas b. 1856, married 18 Dec 1875 to C. D. Smart at the home of her mother in Jackson Co., AL. C. D. Smart was Cicero D. Smart who was living next door to Larkin Calloway Dover in 1870 in Fayette County, TN. One of LC's daughters, Julia Ann, married J(ohn?) M. Walls, probably near LaGrange (Fayette) and they are in Jackson County, Alabama in 1880. There's a problem with initials or kids of CD Smart, but this is the same family and connects the "them again" family of Anderson & Jane Cross Dover another time who must have invented the cell phone to keep track of where everybody was before they caught up from different counties and states. 1870 At the bottom and next page http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=7163&path=Tennesse e.Fayette.District+14.16&cr=1 1880 All living next door to each other http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6742&path=Alabama. Jackson.Not+Stated.119.10&cr=1 The tombstones that came to the list this morning ... I think those are the widow, one son and daughter in-law of William H. Dover in 1880 Jackson County, Alabama ... son of Larkin Calloway ... living next door to J.M. Walls and the Thomas' mentioned in the link and 1880 census. They went to Arkansas before they arrived in Tarrant County, Texas. -----Original Message----- From: 4615@bellsouth.net [mailto:4615@bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:52 PM To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dover] Re: Savannah or Susannah Dover, daughter of Larkin Callaway or some other Dover? Resend! ----- Original Message ----- From: 4615@bellsouth.net To: Dover-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:44 PM Subject: Savannah or Susannah Dover, daughter of Larkin Callaway or some other Dover? Is this the daughter of Larkin Callaway: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/benjthomasofansonnc/jons.html ". John Lafeyette Thomas b. 1851, married 13 Dec 1877 Susanah Dover at the home of her father in Jackson Co. AL. Samuel Brad Thomas and Erasmus Barber were bondsmen. The John Thomas family moved to Union Township, Saline Co. Arkansas with other family members ca. 1895. Susannah died of typhoid shortly after arriving in Arkansas. John lived to 96 years of age. His obituary reads as follows:...." ================ Ancestry.com shows the following marriage (different in date from the one above) Spouse 1: John Thomas Spouse 2: Savanah Dever Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1875 Marriage Place: Jackson Performed By: Justice of the Peace Surety/Perf. Name: J. J. St. Clair OSPage: 510 Marjorie Dover Stansel ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Genconnect board http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover

Terry can answer this one :-) -----Original Message----- From: 4615@bellsouth.net [mailto:4615@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:43 AM To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Dover, Dennis Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover Dennis, who is the father of William Isaac? Marjorie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Dover" <ddover1793@earthlink.net> To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover > This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next > door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, > Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and > 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., > GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 > Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah > Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates > who was born in Arkansas in 1878. > > Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm > some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with > Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk > County, Arkansas. > > ************************************************************** > > Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, > Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's > Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 > Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's > pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. > Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in > 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 > Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in > 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in > Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died > in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. > > Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, > Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the > Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application > blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I > received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to > be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise > after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly > Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. > > Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, > Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your > application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office > until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on > by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission > has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in > this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order > that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk > to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of > checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless > confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your > application was received too late for you to receive the increase in > pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced > to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your > January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this > explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, > [unsigned copy] Secretary. > > According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery > Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. > Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > ussoldiers/ab.html > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover resources at Rootsweb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > >

This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona, Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co., GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843 Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates who was born in Arkansas in 1878. Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk County, Arkansas. ************************************************************** Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application, Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7 Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915. Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7 Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County. Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir, Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama. Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates, Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your application was received too late for you to receive the increase in pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly, [unsigned copy] Secretary. According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C. Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944. http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo ussoldiers/ab.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOVER Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pRT.2ACEB/500 Message Board Post: DOVER_Margaret_1856-1933.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Companion Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your personal records. This is one of the 125,273 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

I have a Blansit on my mother's side. I can tell you from researching that line, they went through different name "changes" or spellings. That line actually went from Blancet to Blansit about 1800, originally being Blancet. I saw some of the Blancet's go to Blanchet. My Blansit line is in DeKalb Co, AL in the late 1800's. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Dover [mailto:ddover1793@earthlink.net] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:51 PM > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Dover] William Dover, witness to confederate > widow's pension for George Blansit > > William Frederick Dover? If so, William's wife was Sarah > Alabama Blanchet per the 1860 DeKalb Co., AL census (Northern > Division). > > -----Original Message----- > From: 4615@bellsouth.net [mailto:4615@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:47 PM > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dover] William Dover, witness to confederate > widow's pension for George Blansit > > Blansit, George, according to her 1898 Confederate widow's > pension application submitted from Summit, Mary reported her > husband was a private in Company A of the 5th Tennessee > Infantry; Mary M. Blansit claimed George was killed in action > 13 Jul 1862; application witnesses included William Dover and > W.M. Lee, both of Blount County; pension was approved. No > monument was located in Blount County for Mary M. Blansit. > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo > ussoldiers/ab.html > > Which William? > > > > Marjorie Dover Stansel > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover list home page > http://pages.cthome.net/familytree/ > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the Listmanager, > please send your message to, Patricia at mmanson@snet.net >

William Frederick Dover? If so, William's wife was Sarah Alabama Blanchet per the 1860 DeKalb Co., AL census (Northern Division). -----Original Message----- From: 4615@bellsouth.net [mailto:4615@bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:47 PM To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dover] William Dover, witness to confederate widow's pension for George Blansit Blansit, George, according to her 1898 Confederate widow's pension application submitted from Summit, Mary reported her husband was a private in Company A of the 5th Tennessee Infantry; Mary M. Blansit claimed George was killed in action 13 Jul 1862; application witnesses included William Dover and W.M. Lee, both of Blount County; pension was approved. No monument was located in Blount County for Mary M. Blansit. http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo ussoldiers/ab.html Which William? Marjorie Dover Stansel ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Dover list home page http://pages.cthome.net/familytree/

Hi all, By any chance, does anyone on the list have Civil War Records, and/or pension records for Fidelia F. Dover, Thomas E. Dover, or Joseph B. Dover all of 126th unit,Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina? I am trying to find more info for William F. Dover, my husband's ggrandfather, and they were all in the same unit, and 3 of them enlisted together in Buncombe. Co. William F.'s file had no pension application, and wasn't very informative. Thought I'd ask here before I send for the others. Thank you! Kathy Adamson

Had your 2nd great grandfather William A. Dover and his brother Anderson M. Dover been present at Durham Station in 1865, they would have been just 18 miles from Collins Creek and the Haw River where their possible great grandfather John Dover was living in 1750. -----Original Message----- From: Randy Dover [mailto:7_rddover@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:50 PM To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dover] 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Civil War The survivors of the 28th and the Army of Tennessee went home or joined Gen'l Johnston in North Carolina following the 1864 Tennessee Campaign. The 28th, now few in number, was consolidated with the 24th and 34th Alabama and placed under the command of Colonel J. C. Carter of Montgomery. The regiment officially surrendered at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Take Part in the DOVER DNA Tests http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm

In 1930, there is a Fred R. Dover, age 26, living with Nancy Hall, his mother, and her mother (listed as his step grandmother). This is the first census where this Fred appears as a Dover. He begins appearing in the census records in 1910 in Towns County in the house of William Hall. He is listed as a Hall, and a grandson. Nancy Hall is in the house in 1910 and 1920. In 1920, Fred appears as Fred D. Hall, age 14, also in the Bill Hall household. Sometime between 1920 and 1930, Fred appears on his own as a Dover. The only Dover family appearing in the area is that of Augustus Samuel Dover, son of Green Dover (son of Fred and Jane). Fred and his wife Lela and a child are buried at Boyd's Chapel in Towns County, GA. There is a picture of Fred and his wife on the Cemeterysurveysinc.com website in Towns County. Marjorie Dover Stansel

Looking into the Revolutionary War history of Francis J. Dover got me curious about William Alfred Dover's Civil War service. He was in C Co, 28th Alabama Infantry. In looking at the history, it amazed me! The 28th was in the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mtn and Missionary Ridge. Chickamauga is only about 20 miles from my house. Lookout Mtn is about 17 miles (If I look out my window at work I look at Lookout Mtn.) Missionary Ridge is about 11 miles. I drive over it every day on my way to work. Tyner's Station (now called just Tyner) is about 4 miles from my house. I graduated from Tyner High School. I did notice a couple of misspellings in the location names. Walton's Ridge should be Walden's Ridge. McFairlands' Springs should be McFarlands' Springs I found this bit of history Link to web page where I found this history: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/28al.html it's also located at: http://home.houston.rr.com/heartofdixie/28thhis.html Another with a little different info is at: http://americancivilwar.50megs.com/28thAlabama01.html Here's a link to the Roster of the 28th, with a couple of Dover's listed (Anderson M. and William A.): http://home.houston.rr.com/heartofdixie/Roster.html 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment The 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized March 29, 1862 at Shelby Springs (located about half way between Calera and Columbiana) to serve for three years or the duration of the war. The recruits were to report to Shelby Springs, the site of a large Confederate military training camp known as Camp Winn, on 13 March; they remained there until 18 April 1862. The Regiment consisted of companies from Blount, Dallas, Jefferson, Marshall, Perry, and Walker counties. The Regiment was organized too late to participate in the Battle of Shiloh, but they did join Gen'l Pierre G. T. Beauregard's command at Corinth, Mississippi, following the battle, arriving there between 22 and 25 April, having marched through Selma to Mobile where they took a 5-day rail trip on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. They were brigaded under Gen'l James Trapier at first, then under Gen'l Johnson Duncan. While at Corinth, many of the men fell victim to camp diseases. They were at Corinth until 24 May when they withdrew to Baldwin, then to Saltillo, then to Tupelo. In June 1862, the Regiment was brigaded under Col. Arthur Middleton Manigault along with the 10th and 19th South Carolina and the 34th and 24th Alabama. Manigault's Brigade was assigned to Gen'l Braxton Bragg and his Army of Mississippi; the Brigade followed him to Chattanooga and subsequently throughout the Kentucky campaign of 1862. The 28th stayed in Tupelo, MS, until 13 July when they moved to Smith's Cross Roads. On the 23rd, they began a rail movement to Chattanooga. They boarded trains of the Mobile & Ohio once more, to Mobile, then took a steamboat to Tensaw Station (north of Mobile on the Tensaw River). They boarded trains again to Montgomery, La Grange, and Atlanta before arriving at Chickamauga on the 10th of August. They then marched to Tyner's Station (west of Chattanooga) to await a wagon train. On the 22nd, they crossed the Tennessee River, 8 miles from Tyner's Station. After a week's rest, the regiment started on a march through Tennessee, passing through Smith's Crossroads, across Walton's Ridge (14 miles) to Pikeville, over the Cumberland Mountains (21 miles), through Gainsboro, Sparta to the Kentucky boarder where they marched into Thompkinsville and Glasgow to the railroad (Louisville & Nashville?). It was a 15-day and night march. In Kentucky, the 28th Alabama marched toward Munfordvi! lle, arriving there on 16 September to attack the Union fort. It surrendered the next day and the regiment earned praise from its commander. Col. John W. Frazier who stated in his official report that "it gratifies the commanding officer to be able to say that the men and officers were calm, cool, and cheerful during the entire day and obeyed every command with great alacrity and promptness." The regiment then marched to Bardstown, stayed for two weeks, then moved to Harrodsburg, Perryville, and Lawrenceburg, then back to Harrodsburg. They went toward the Cumberland Gap via Lancaster, Crab Orchard, London, and Barboursville, crossing the mountains on 22 October 1862. They arrived to within ten miles of Knoxville on the 24th and remained there until the 31st. They boarded the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad to Chattanooga, went on to Bridgeport, AL, on the Tennessee River on 1 November, crossed the river in a steamboat and camped for three days. From its camp, the 28th marched to Tullahoma, TN (110 miles) and rested a week before proceeding to Murfreesboro where they went into Winter Quarters on 22 November 1862. However, fighting began there (Murfreesboro, or Stone's River) on the morning of 31 December. The 28th fought with the 24th and 34th Alabama, and these three regiments led the first and second charges in the battle. The 28th lost 17 killed and 88 wounde! d while serving as a part of Gen'l Jones Withers' Division. Col. Manigault stated in his official report following the battle, "the Alabama regiments partook in all attacks . . . and I again take this opportunity of bearing testimony to the heroic courage and fortitude displayed by them on that bloody field". Following the stalemate at Murfreesboro, General Bragg moved his Army of Tennessee [the Army of Mississippi had ceased to exist on 20 Nov 1862 when it merged with the Army of Kentucky. Bragg became the first commander of the new Confederate Army of Tennessee] south to its winter quarters near Tullahoma, Tennessee, and then to Shelbyville. The regiment settled in for winter quarters and remained there until 27 June 1863. In the following spring, Union Gen'l William S. Rosecrans, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, began a series of rapid flanking movements which dislodged Bragg's Confederates. The 28th left Shelbyville on the 27th of June 1863 and reached Tullahoma on the 28th where they stayed until 1 July. Then they moved on to Chattanooga, a vital rail and river port city, arriving the 7th and camping a mile below town until 20 August. Rosecrans' movements forced the evacuation of Chattanooga. Bragg moved his forces south to Lafayette, Georgia, and began calculating a counter move against Rosecrans. The 28th Alabama moved across Lookout Mountain (31 August) to the Lower Chickamauga Creek, about 19 miles distant. Then on 1 September, they moved to McFairlands' Springs, about 10 miles. On the 8th, they marched to Chickamauga Creek, 19 miles, and on the 10th, marched 9 miles to McLemore's Cove. Bragg saw his opportunity open at Crawfish Springs, GA, along the banks of Chickamauga Creek. He realized that Rosecrans had split his Union forces into three groups. Bragg attacked, hoping he could pick these groups off piecemeal, but Rosecrans recognized the threat and was able to reunite his Army before the full effect of the attack could be made. Bragg wasted no time in beginning the fight and the two armies battered each other to no avail on September 19, 1863. The Union and Confederate soldiers had fought to a standstill, but on the morning of the 20th, a gap was found in the Union line near the Brotherton house, and thousands of Confederates, including the 28th Alabama, poured through. Rosecran's Army of the Cumberland was put in rout. A solid counterattack by Gen'l John Thomas Wilder's "Lightning Brigade," armed with Spencer repeating rifles, slammed into the flank of Manigault's Brigade and the 28th Alabama. The Confederates were stunned from the awesome firepower of Wilder's Brigade and were forced to retreat almost a mile. After the Confederate victory at Chickamauga, Rosecrans retreated to Chattanooga. The Army of Tennessee followed, and Bragg ordered the city to be placed under siege. He positioned his Confederates around the city, effectively boxing in the Union forces. The Federal troops in Chattanooga endured the siege for two months. Union Gen'ls U. S. Grant and William T. Sherman made their way into Chattanooga in October. Grant immediately assumed command of the Union forces and gave top priority to lifting the siege and establishing a supply line to feed and rearm his soldiers. Grant plotted a course of action against Bragg where on 24 November, Grant ordered Gen'l "Fighting Joe" Hooker to attack the western flank of Lookout Mountain overlooking Chattanooga. Hooker did so successfully, and Bragg was compelled to establish his main line of defense on Missionary Ridge on the east side of Chattanooga. The following day, 25 November, Grant's soldiers stormed Missionary Ridge and broke through the Confederate lines, forcing them to retreat into north Georgia. The 28th Alabama, in Manigault's Brigade and assigned to Gen'l Patton Anderson's Division, fought superbly. Although the Union breakthrough did take place through Anderson's sector, Manigault's men held firm. The 28th lost 172 killed, wounded, or captured in the battle. After his defeat at Chattanooga, Bragg withdrew his forces toward Dalton, Georgia and established winter camp. Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston was assigned to replace Bragg, and Johnston surmised that the Union forces were planning to strike at Atlanta. In the spring of 1864, Union Gen'l Sherman began his thrust toward Atlanta. Johnston slowed the Union advance at Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Cassville, and Kennesaw Mountain. In the battle at Ezra Church, west of Atlanta, the 28th lost four killed and 24 wounded. The Alabamians participated courageously in all of these actions while sustaining heavy losses. During the time the 28th was a part of Manigault's Brigade, Hindman's Division and Hood's Corps, Lt. Colonel William L. Butler commanded the Regiment. After the fall of Atlanta, the 28th followed Gen'l John Bell Hood into Tennessee and participated in the tragic Franklin and Nashville campaigns. During the Battle of Franklin, in which Hood's Army of Tennessee was almost annihilated, the 28th lost its brigade commander, Gen'll Manigault, to a serious wound. During the battle, the regiment participated in the last formal assaults against Union entrenchments. Although Hood's Confederates were no longer a viable attacking force, Hood incredibly continued to pursue his goal of taking Nashville. Before the Confederates could launch their attack, Union Gen'l George Thomas ordered an attack which crushed the remnants of Hood's Army. During the battle, the 28th fought on the south side of Nashville, near Redoubt No. 4, before that fortification fell. The survivors of the 28th and the Army of Tennessee went home or joined Gen'l Johnston in North Carolina following the 1864 Tennessee Campaign. The 28th, now few in number, was consolidated with the 24th and 34th Alabama and placed under the command of Colonel J. C. Carter of Montgomery. The regiment officially surrendered at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865.