ndfather was NOT working > at the Estelle Mines... he was actually killed in Alabama (Bessemer Mines). > Anyway, I've just found the info on the Estelle Mines in my notes. >>> Shiela - you mentioned your ancestor died in Bibb Cty, Ala - but Bessemer is in Jefferson County - my dad and his brothers worked the mines in Jefferson County, Alabama after they left Dade/Walker Counties and went into Alabama - I can do look-ups in the Birmingham News paper at the Auburn University library or the next time I get to Birmingham - I also have a relative who died in the mines in Jefferson County (I think) he was a DORSETT. delilah evans/avans

The earliest iron works in the area near what later bacame Birmingham was the Tannehill Iron works eight miles southwest of Bessemer, just across the county line in Tuscaloosa County. My ancestor, Moses Stroup designed and built Tannehill Furnace #1 and he lived in Bibb County. The iron works was very near the intersection of Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, and Bibb counties lines. Bill, "Just an old Tuscaloosa boy" At 08:36 PM 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >ndfather was NOT working >> at the Estelle Mines... he was actually killed in Alabama (Bessemer Mines). >> Anyway, I've just found the info on the Estelle Mines in my notes. >>> > >Shiela - you mentioned your ancestor died in Bibb Cty, Ala - but Bessemer >is in Jefferson County - my dad and his brothers worked the mines in >Jefferson County, Alabama after they left Dade/Walker Counties and went >into Alabama - I can do look-ups in the Birmingham News paper at the Auburn >University library or the next time I get to Birmingham - I also have a >relative who died in the mines in Jefferson County (I think) he was a DORSETT. >delilah evans/avans > > Bill Williamson Independant Associate, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. www.prepaidlegal.com/go/bwmson

Thanks Bill, just an OLD Birmingham woman! delilah evans At 23:25 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >The earliest iron works in the area near what later bacame Birmingham was >the Tannehill Iron works eight miles southwest of Bessemer, just across the >county line in Tuscaloosa County. My ancestor, Moses Stroup designed and >built Tannehill Furnace #1 and he lived in Bibb County. The iron works was >very near the intersection of Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, and Bibb counties lines. > >Bill, >"Just an old Tuscaloosa boy" > > > >At 08:36 PM 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >>ndfather was NOT working >>> at the Estelle Mines... he was actually killed in Alabama (Bessemer Mines). >>> Anyway, I've just found the info on the Estelle Mines in my notes. >>> >> >>Shiela - you mentioned your ancestor died in Bibb Cty, Ala - but Bessemer >>is in Jefferson County - my dad and his brothers worked the mines in >>Jefferson County, Alabama after they left Dade/Walker Counties and went >>into Alabama - I can do look-ups in the Birmingham News paper at the Auburn >>University library or the next time I get to Birmingham - I also have a >>relative who died in the mines in Jefferson County (I think) he was a DORSETT. >>delilah evans/avans >> >> > >Bill Williamson >Independant Associate, >Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. >www.prepaidlegal.com/go/bwmson > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use >[email protected] or [email protected] if >you are on the Digest list. >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >