I subscribe to the "Dothan Progress," a weekly paper, put out by the Eagle. I do it primarily for the Ashford portion and the historical articles by Larry Smith, who is the official Henry County Historian. Last week, he had an article about deserters from Confederate Army in this area. The article was primarily about Capt. Saunders, from Henry, who formed a company of southern, as well as northern, deserters, many of whom had come home on leave and never went back. He formed the First FL Norther Cav, that he said, took part in the raid on NW Fla and was involved in to foray into the Geneva area, prior to the raid. I am sure that you are aware of this, but was to save the article for you. Alas, my wife was unaware of my intention, and it went into the garbage. My wife of 46 years passed away in 2005, after an 18 mo battle from cancer. You may remember that she was from Malone. Her sister, LoSue had married Bob Hagler from Malone. I remarried and moved out to the Enon Community, just east of Cowarts. You may have known her bro-in-law in Marianna, as most everyone else did, Howard Odom, who is now retired. Howard had the vault and septic tank business there for years, and knows most everyone from Jackson County, probably including a few from Parramore. Maybe you should print some T-Shirts that say, "Long Live Parramore." I am really looking forward to the revised book, as my grandmother was a Dykes, born on the road from Bascom to Neels Landing, and her grandmother was an Oswald, who married a Simmons. She was kin to most of the people in Jackson County of that time. Her aunt married Horace Daffin, a crippled Civil War vet. Their children went to Millville and Youngstown, and were progenitors of the semi famed Bay County Sheriff of many years, "Doc Daffin." My deceased wife's gr gr grandfather was the King, whose will is on the Jackson County website. He came to that county early and established the large plantation in Greenwood; was the regimental wagon master during war, enlisted at age 48, as well as his son. It appears that he might have been killed in Battle of Atlanta. Just the other day, someone related to me the story of Gen Irwin, who was sent by Jackson to fight the Indians along the Jackson County line area, thus the name Irwin Creek. Don't know if that is true or not. The other day we established where Zoe School was located, just across state line. My gr grandfather, Calvin Dykes, taught school there after civil war. He had been in the Cav unit from Marianna. My grandmother said that he spent time in that unit, down around Pensacola. My grandmother attended that school, as well as the late, John McAnulty, of the Malone area, and for whom the road east of Malone was named. Mr McAnulty, who was the father of my deceased wife's stepfather, Willard McAnulty, told me that he attended school with my grandmother. He had helped to establish the Methodist Church in Malone, and was blind for several years, prior to his death in his 90's. He also told me that on the map, right at the state line, where it says, "McAnulty," that his uncle had a two story log trading post. Good to hear from you. John Shiver ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I have quite a bit of Dykes material. I wondered what Calvin's birth date was. I believe it was about 1847. Sarah Jane Dykes m. my great-grand Uncle, Horace Ely Daffin. I have a wealth of data on the daffins and Ely's if you are interested. Lee Carlson ----- Original Message ----- From: <JohnArden@aol.com> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] [FLCALHOU] Fayette Co FL >I subscribe to the "Dothan Progress," a weekly paper, put out by the >Eagle. > I do it primarily for > the Ashford portion and the historical articles by Larry Smith, who is the > official Henry County > Historian. Last week, he had an article about deserters from Confederate > Army in this area. > The article was primarily about Capt. Saunders, from Henry, who formed a > company of southern, > as well as northern, deserters, many of whom had come home on leave and > never went back. > He formed the First FL Norther Cav, that he said, took part in the raid on > NW Fla and was involved > in to foray into the Geneva area, prior to the raid. I am sure that you > are > aware of this, but was > to save the article for you. Alas, my wife was unaware of my intention, > and > it went into the > garbage. > My wife of 46 years passed away in 2005, after an 18 mo battle from > cancer. > You may remember > that she was from Malone. Her sister, LoSue had married Bob Hagler from > Malone. > I remarried and moved out to the Enon Community, just east of Cowarts. > You > may have known her > bro-in-law in Marianna, as most everyone else did, Howard Odom, who is now > retired. Howard > had the vault and septic tank business there for years, and knows most > everyone from Jackson > County, probably including a few from Parramore. Maybe you should print > some T-Shirts that say, > "Long Live Parramore." > I am really looking forward to the revised book, as my grandmother was a > Dykes, born on the > road from Bascom to Neels Landing, and her grandmother was an Oswald, who > married a Simmons. > She was kin to most of the people in Jackson County of that time. Her > aunt > married Horace > Daffin, a crippled Civil War vet. Their children went to Millville and > Youngstown, and were progenitors > of the semi famed Bay County Sheriff of many years, "Doc Daffin." > My deceased wife's gr gr grandfather was the King, whose will is on the > Jackson County website. > He came to that county early and established the large plantation in > Greenwood; was the regimental > wagon master during war, enlisted at age 48, as well as his son. It > appears > that he might have > been killed in Battle of Atlanta. > Just the other day, someone related to me the story of Gen Irwin, who was > sent by Jackson to > fight the Indians along the Jackson County line area, thus the name Irwin > Creek. Don't know if that > is true or not. The other day we established where Zoe School was > located, > just across state > line. My gr grandfather, Calvin Dykes, taught school there after civil > war. > He had been in the > Cav unit from Marianna. My grandmother said that he spent time in that > unit, down around > Pensacola. My grandmother attended that school, as well as the late, > John > McAnulty, of the > Malone area, and for whom the road east of Malone was named. Mr > McAnulty, > who was the father > of my deceased wife's stepfather, Willard McAnulty, told me that he > attended > school with my > grandmother. He had helped to establish the Methodist Church in Malone, > and > was blind for several > years, prior to his death in his 90's. He also told me that on the map, > right at the state line, > where it says, "McAnulty," that his uncle had a two story log trading > post. > Good to hear from you. John Shiver > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >