Autauga County Alabama Genealogy

1884 Map of Autauga County Alabama

…Reports, v. C [also 3] (p. 600-end) 1838-1839 Film #1685681, Item 1 Reports, v. 4 [also E-A] 1839-1841 Film #1685681, Item 2 Reports, v. 5 [also E-B] 1841-1845 Film #1685681, Item 3 Reports, v. 6 [also F] (p. 1-400) 1845-1848 Film #1685681, Item 4 Reports, v. 6 [also F] (p. 400-end) 1848-1850 Film #1685682, Item 1 Reports, v. 7 [also G] 1850-1853 Film #1685682, Item 2 Reports, v. 8 [also H] (p. 1-700) 1853-1856 Film #1685682, Item 3 Reports, v. 8 [also H] (p. 700-end) 1856-1857 Film #1685683, Item 1 Reports, v. 9 [also I] 1856-1858 Film #1685683, Item 2…

Winston County Alabama Genealogy

Winston County cutout from the 1910 Hammonds Atlas of the World

…time of these papers. Current Newspaper NorthWest Alabamian Current Obituaries Historic Newspapers Daily Northwest Alabamian. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1962-1968 Haleyville clipper. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1901-19?? Haleyville enterprise. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1903-190? The Advertiser-journal. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1924-1945 The Advertiser and Marion County news-journal. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1961-1962 The Advertiser. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1954-1961 The Anchor. (Double Springs, Ala.) 1900-1900 The Double Springs herald. (Double Springs, Ala.) 1949-195? The Hackleburg sentinel. (Hackleburg, Ala.) 192?-19?? The Haleyville advertiser. (Haleyville, Ala.) 192?-1924 The Haleyville advertiser. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1945-1954 The Haleyville journal. (Haleyville, Ala.) 191?-1924 The Haleyville journal. (Haleyville, Ala.) 1945-19?? The Haleyville spotlight. (Haleyville, Ala.) 192?-1945 The New era…

Chilton County Alabama Genealogy

1884 Map of Chilton County Alabama

…Hillman, Iver C, 1868-1919 Estate Case Files, Hand, James D – Latham, Rally, 1868-1919 Estate Case Files, Lawley, ? – Mims, Tabitha, 1868-1919 Estate Case Files, Mims, Tabitha – Raspberry, B T, 1868-1919 Estate Case Files, Raspberry, Mary R – Webb, J B, 1868-1919 Estate Case Files, Webb, B H – Young, Emmet, 1868-1919 Executors Records, Vol A, 1871-1904 Final Settlement Records, Vol B, 1879-1904 General Index, Vol A, 1870-1906 Guardians Records, Vol A, 1871-1904 Indexes to Deeds, 1869-1892; Deed Records, Vol 1, 1869-1873 Inventory and Appraisement Records, Vol A, 1871-1903 Minutes, 1870-1874 Minutes, 1870-1878 Minutes, Vol 10-12, 1920-1923 Minutes,…

Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama

…Blacksmiths: Branum & Christian (& Wagon repairing) Stave Mills: (two) Hosiery: Paint Rock Hosiery Mill Richmond Cedar Works Lumber: Jacobs Lumber Company (wholesale) Candy Co.: Allison (& tobacco) Liquor: D. W. Allison & J.S. Riddle; Stephen E. Kennamore Grist Mills: (water powered) George G. Lilly; Paint Rock Milling Co.; Remus & A. Miller Smith Drugs: Steel & McCulley (& stationery, jewelry, furniture); A. L. Sutton Beauty Parlor Live,: C.C. Keel Water Works System: Ha, Hill Lime & Cement Plane Source Michael, Coy E., “Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama,” Valley Leaves, Volume 54 (2020 Spring), Numbers 3 and 4, p. 64-67,…

Old Huntsville Magazine : Huntsville City Directory, 1859-1860

…Thos. W., (R. K. Dickson & Co.) and planter, res eastern terminus of lliden Lane White Wm. H., plasterer, bds Saml. S. Clark’s Whitman Danl. R., clk. bAs Mrs. arah Scruggs’ Wilburn Geo. W. (Mastin, W. Co.) bds Johnson House Wilkinson Algeron L., Dentist. Office w s Public Square, Bank Row, bds Mrs. S. C. Erskine’s Willard Hosea E,. bds Venable’s Hotel Willett Horatio, carp. bds B. Franks’ Williams Mrs. Elizabeth F., at S. II. Williams Williams S. H. ,n s Athens Road nr Corp. Lin e Williams P. W., roofer, bds W. J. Thompson’s Williams Simmons, (W., Weaver Co.)…

Obituary of Millard Houston Lambeth (1932-2019)

Millard Houston Lambeth

…Bob. He is survived by his son, Rickey (Jodie) Lambeth of Flomaton, AL; daughters, Darlene Lee and Charlotte Renee Smith, both of Flomaton, AL; brother, James (Nell) Lambeth of Brewton, AL; sisters, Cody Wedgeworth and Teresa Smith, both of Flomaton, AL; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Wingate, Clara Lambeth, Jean Lambeth; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren, Funeral services will be held for Mr. Lambeth on Friday, November 1, 2019 at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel at 2:30 P.M. with Bro. Donnis Bowman and Bro. Chuck Scrivener officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel from…

Madison County Alabama Genealogy

Madison County

…its earliest point in history. Madison County, Native American History A brief history of the three Native American tribes who resided in and around what later became Madison County. Cemeteries of Madison County A compilation of a variety of cemeteries from Madison County, generously submitted by Steve Scott. Listed by surnames: A’s, Ba’s, Be’s-Bl’s , Bo’s, Br’s, Bu’s-Bz’s, Ca’s, Ce’s, Co’s, Cr’s-Cz’s, D’s, E’s, F’s, Ga-Go’s, Gr-Gw’s, Ha’s, He – Ho’s, Hu – Hy’s, I’s, Ja-Jona’s, Jone-Ju’s, K’s, La’s, Le’s, Li-Lo’s, Lu-Ly’s, Ma’s, Mc’s, Me-Mi’s, Mo’s, Mr-My’s, N’s, O’s, Pa-Pe’s, Ph-Py’s, Q’s, Ra-Ri’s, Ro-Ry’s, Sa-Sc’s, Se-Sl’s, Sm-Sp’s, Sr-St’s, Su-Sz’s, Ta-Th’s,…

Marshall County Alabama Genealogy

Presbyterian Mission

…Alabama. These marriage records cover the years of 1814-1959. Read More Calhoun County Alabama Marriage Records 1834-1951 This collection of marriage records from Calhoun County, Alabama, available on FamilySearch, spans the years 1834-1951. It’s important to note that until January 29, 1858, Calhoun County was known as Benton County. Read More Bullock County Alabama Marriage Records, 1868-1954 This collection of records at FamilySearch consists of marriage records from Bullock County Alabama. These marriage records in whole cover the years of 1868-1954, though not all years are available. Notably, the years of 1875-1881 are missing from the Colored records. Read More…

Madison County, Alabama Mailing List Instructions

To Subscribe to the mailing list in MAIL MODE send an email message to: ALMADISO-L-request@rootsweb.com To Subscribe in DIGEST mode send and email message to: ALMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com The subject is ignored so you can leave it blank and in the body have nothing but the word : subscribe (Turn off your signature files, etc.) To unsubscribe send a message to the same address containing the word: unsubscribe To post a message (regardless of mail or digest mode) to the ALMADISO list just send it to ALMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Note: You MUST be a subscriber to post to the list.  …

Crenshaw County, Alabama Will Extracts

Sample Last Will and Testament

…and testament. I will that my wife Mary A. Graydon shall have the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Youngest child Ethel Graydon shall have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My children: T. A. Capps; C. W. Graydon; Lula…

Bullock County Surnames

…CORTE RON HEAD CLAUDIE DEASON PIERCE MIKE SEYMOUR HEAGLER L.J. NICOLL HEATHCOE Peggy McSwain HEATON JILLI GANN HELMS Hubert L.(Leon) Johnston HENDERSON DOT BOLMON ANDREE ROAF HIGHTOWER THOMAS WICKS HITCHCOCK EDITH KENNEDY Lynda Little Crabill HIX MELVIN HIX HODGE Robert E. Hodge Jr. HOGAN THOMAS WICKS HOLMES Herman Jenkins HOOKS PATSY FRYE HOWARD B. HOWARD Will W. Howard HUFFMAN ANNE HUFFMAN HUGHEY GINI JAMES IVERSON WILSIE CALHOUN IVERY Angela James Angela Radziszewski IVORY NORMA E. JORDAN Angela James Angela Radziszewski IVY Angela Radziszewski JACKSON WILSIE CALHOUN DAVID PHILLIPS Angela Radziszewski JAMES(African Am) Sarah Abrams Givens JENKINS Will W. Howard JINKS…

Bullock County, Alabama Maps

The following are maps for Bullock County, Alabama. United States Digital Map Collection 1895 Map Atlas Maps for Alabama Animated Map of US – This animated map shows the formation of the United States by county from the 1600s to present in increments of 10 years. The page doesn’t tell you how to stop the animation, however in Internet Explorer you can use the “Stop” buttom on the menu to stop the download on a particular year. To go to another year select “Refresh” and stop on the desired year. In Netscape try using the stop button and reload….

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 1

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1930

…Lawyers 367 The Final Struggle for Democratic Control in North Alabama, J.P. Dyer 370 Alabama History in Bridges, No. 2, Thomas M. Owen, Jr 381 Colonel Charles Teed Pollard, Sketch, M.B.O. 389 Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist 394 The Indians of the Alabama Coastal Plain, Robert C. Macy 406 Dr. and Mrs. Macy, Sketch, M.B.O. 413 Historic Homes, No. 4, The Pollard House, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan 415 Zitella Cocke, Poet, Sketch, M.B.O. 422 The Mocking-Bird, Poem, Zitella Cocke 424 Fishing and Wishing, Poem, Zitella Cocke 426 Miss Peggy’s Bonnet, Poem, Zitella Cocke 427 “Old Clay Bank Church,” Emmie Martin Hunt 430…

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 2

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1940

…his Pastor 256 A Letter from Jefferson Davis to William L. Yancey 258 Genealogical Department 262 Book Reviews 264 Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1940 Article TitlePage NumberState Archives Dedicated 274 Address of Dr. R.D.W. Connor 274 Alabama Black Belt, by Renwick C. Kennedy 282 Big Creek Baptist Church, by Marion Johnson 291 Fitzpatrick Bridge, by Marie Bankhead Owen 295 Original Anecdotes about Napoleon Bonaparte, by Mobile Commercial Register 299 Survivors Constitutional Convention, 1901, by Judge Walter Burgwyn Jones 309 Martin Marshall’s Book: Household Hints, by Weymouth T. Jordan 318 Recollections of William L. Yancey, by Joel Barnett 331 More…

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 3

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1941

…by John Hardy 96 Volume 3, Number 2, Summer 1941 Article TitlePage NumbersRichard Clark Foster Memorial Tributes 135 After Forty-five Years Reunion of Class of 1896, Alabama University 143 Other Days, by Eliza J. Kendrick (Lewis) Walker 160 Maud McKnight Lindsay, by Mary S. Butler 178 Letters 188 Carmel Presbyterian Church, Cherokee County, by Margaret Stewart 235 Poems: This Is My Land, by Lucille Key Thompson Song for Day’s End, by Shirley Dillon Waite Memorial, by Voila H. George Noccalula, by Anne Southerne Tardy Discovery, by Maude McIver Rountree 238 238 239 240 241 Book Review 243 Genealogical Department Queries…

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 4

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1942

…Summer 1942 Article TitlePage NumbersHistory of Coosa County, by George E. Brewer, Part II 157 Volume 4, Number 3, Fall 1942 Article TitlePage NumbersHistory of Randolph County, by J.M.K. Guinn 291 Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by Hon. E.G. Richards 417 Historical Sketch of LaFayette, Alabama, by Anne Elizabeth Newman 446 Volume 4, Number 4, Winter 1942 Article TitlePage NumbersFifty-five Years in West Alabama, by Hon. E.A. Powell 459 Cemetery Records, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 942 Source Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History, The Alabama historical quarterly, vol 4, 1942, Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History, 1942….

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 6

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1944

…the service of county and local historical societies, learned societies, and isolated students. See The Alabama Historical Quarterly for more information. Digital Book This is volume 6 of The Alabama Historical Quarterly published quarterly in 1944 by the Alabama State Department of Archives and History. You can freely read this manuscript online, search the manuscript, or download a PDF copy for offline reading. This volume is known for the transcription of the 1820 State Census for the counties of Baldwin, Conecuh, Dallas, Franklin, Limestone, St. Clair, Shelby, and Wilcox, in Number 3, as well as it’s treatment of the Revolutionary…

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 7

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1945

…Birmingham, prepared a sketch on “The Oldest Church in my Country” which, of course, refers to the Episcopal Church in Jamestown, Virginia, which was settled by the British in 1607, thirteen years prior to the settlement of the Massachusetts Colony (1620) by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. 233 The Oldest Church in my County, by Mrs. T.S. McDonald Mrs. T. S. McDonald, of Decatur, Alabama, has written of a Methodist Church “Bethlehem”, established in 1819 near the old town of Elyton. in Jefferson County, through the efforts of Rev. James Tarrant and his slave Adam. 236 The Oldest Church in…

Edwards Cemetery, Bullock County, Alabama

…of Susan Edwards, daughter of Benjamin Edwards) 36. SUSAN EDWARDS Wife of A. J. Pitts Born January 24, 1852 Died June 22, 1913 “Weep not; she is not dead, But sleepth.” (Daughter of Benjamin Edwards) 37. UZECAR Infant daughter of A.J. & Susan Pitts Died October 14, 1871 1 year – 9 months and 16 days “Of such id the Kingdom of Heaven.” 38. A.M. PITTS, M.D. Born October 3, 1871 Died May 11, 1914 (Son of A.J. & Susan Pitts) 39. FORREST BATTLE 1901 – 1905 40. ETNA EVANS BATTLE 1863 – 1927 41. FRANKLIN ADAIR BATTLE 1867 –…

Madison County Queries

…Elizabeth Stone, supposed to have been b. in Tennessee or Alabama. Bennett Stone b. abt. 1811, married Mary Bankhead, dau. of Thos. & Martha Bankhead, in Madison County, AL 2 Oct. 1833. Jacob Stone b. abt. Aug. 1818, married Mary Jane Williams in Fayette Co. TN 30 May 1842. Elizabeth Stone b. abt. 1821, married James Woolsey possibly in DeSoto Co., MS Dec. 1842. William Stone   Jones, Moses – Jan 1 2010 Looking for Moses Jones (~1802-1873) who was in MS Territory before Jackson County was established. Census lists him as being b. in TN. Was there a Moses,…

Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama

…Scott JR. died January 28, 1943 Ella Spring died February 7, 1953 Rebecca S. Taylor born May 23, 1907 died Aug. 15, 1940 Mary Walker born Nov. 24, 1889 died April 25, 1949 Willie Morris born March 10, 1908 died Nov. 8, 1957 Arthur Wiley born Aug. 31, 1907 died Feb. 20, 1982 Mattie Wiley born June 7, 1903 died May 18, 1984 Lee Scott SR. died October 7, 1977 David Scott SR. born July 20, 1902 died March 6, 1978 Lillie Mae Scott died October 12, 1994 Corina Burnes Died February 13, 1979 Henry Frazier died April 5, 1977…

Orston Auston Beasley Family Bible

Old Bible

Orston was born August 1, 1807 in New Hanover, North Carolina the son of Solomon and Nancy (Henderson) Beasley. He lived for much of his life in Butler County Alabama where he would die. Orston Beesley, his Holy bible is on front Binder. First Page Everett Beck married Gracy Wasdin 21, May 1829 Henry Orston Mason was born 14, February 1862 Selia Mariah Mason was born 2, January 1865 Mary Elizabeth Lord was born 22, November 1869 Orston Beasley married Elizabeth Hay 20, May 1830 Orston Beasley married Selia Moore 9, January 1840 Viola Beasley was born 26, August 1878…

History of the Maplesville Alabama Railroad Historic District

Maplesville Historic Railroad District Map

…Montevallo, Alabama, npd (c. 1989), page 29. ↑11 Maplesville, The Town and The People (1820-1989), Time Printing Company, Montevallo, Alabama, npd (c. 1989), page 34. ↑12 Maplesville, The Town and The People (1820-1989), Time Printing Company, Montevallo, Alabama, npd (c. 1989), page 98. ↑13 Obituary, Birmingham News, February 27, 1953, for Clint C. Cobern, “retired Maplesville merchant”. Cobern started his mercantile business in 1920 (Maplesville, The Town and The People (1820-1989), Time Printing Company, Montevallo, Alabama, npd (c. 1989), page 22). ↑14 Maplesville, The Town and The People (1820-1989), Time Printing Company, Montevallo, Alabama, npd (c. 1989), page 90. ↑15…

Resolutions From Evergreen Baptist Church Minutes

…She was full of hope and anticipation of the future, but while man proposes, God disposes. She will be missed in the church, in the home, and in the community…” (Church Minutes, Book II, pg. 283). APPERSON, Bettie: “On March 8th, 1923, the Lord saw fit to take away our beloved sister, Miss Bettie Apperson…She was born January 12th, 1858, and died March 8th, 1923, being seventy years of age at her death (NOTE: this doesn’t match dates)” (Church Minutes, Book II, pg. 274). APPERSON, J.H.: “In memory of Bro. J.H. Apperson, deceased 1934: Evergreen Baptist Church deeply sympathize with…

Biography of William Drewey Bowen

Gallant hero of the 1860’s William Drewey Bowen, a gallant hero of the sixties, was born December 6, 1834. Died February 3, 1918. Mr. Bowen was the eldest of several children born to William and (Sallie or Sarah Bowen of Russellville, the former club-footed and a tailor. William or “Billy” Brown was a brother of Wid Bowen, who lived for many years in the Dillard’s Mill community, and also of the first wife of W. E. Claunch, Mrs. John Hester, Mrs. Charley Porter and Mrs. Taylor. Many people of present day Franklin and Colbert counties are descended from these people….