Wadsworth Baptist Cemetery is in the community of Wadsworth, owned and maintained by the Wadsworth Baptist church. The cemetery appears to have begun in the 1890s, judging from the existing headstones. It is still being used at the present time. To reach the cemetery from Deatsville, travel northwest on CR … Read more
Pleasant Valley Cemetery was established in 1879. It is owned and maintained by the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church of Jones AL. Pleasant Valley Cemetery is on the east side of County Road 83 in the town of Jones Alabama. Location 842 Co Rd 83Jones, AL 36749 Transcription Alexander, Marie … Read more
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Milton Baptist Church. This cemetery is located on County Road 1, in what was the town of Milton, but is now located in the town of Jones.. Location County Road 1Jones, Alabama, 36749 Transcription Carr, Dora Lee, b. May 11, 1912, d. … Read more
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Marbury Baptist Church. It is well maintained and still accepting burials. There are a significant number of markers which were unable to read, see the listings for them at the bottom under miscellaneous markers. Marbury Baptist Cemetery is located on the north … Read more
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Liberty Baptist Church. It is in good condition and still being used for burials. Judging from the existing headstones it goes back to the late 1800s. There are many unmarked or broken stones and slabs listed at the bottom under Miscellaneous markers. … Read more
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Jones Baptist Church. This cemetery is on the east side of County Road 16, in the town of Jones, Alabama. It contains at least 5 unmarked graves. Location County Road 16Jones, Autauga County, Alabama, 36749 USA Transcription Apperson, Emma B. Smedley, b. … Read more
This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Boone Chapel Baptist Church. It is in good condition and still being used for burials. The cemetery appears to be a newer cemetery, judging from the existing headstones it goes back to the 1930s. To reach the cemetery, on 31 south in … Read more
This cemetery is on the east side of Road 83 in the town of Jones Alabama. Bethel Cemetery was established in 1961. It is owned and maintained by the Bethel Baptist Church of Jones AL. The sign on the gate says: “Spigner Cemetery Memorial, 1961” Location County Road 16Jones, Alabama, … Read more
Rev. John W. Roy was born in Autauga County, Alabama, in 1835, and is now the clerk of the county circuit court. His parents were Joseph and Mary Ann (Lee) Roy, who were natives of Orangeburg district, South Carolina, were there married and in 1818 came to Alabama and settled … Read more
Daniel Pratt, the younger, was born in Prattville in 1866, graduated from the state university, and succeeded his father, Merrill E. Pratt as manager of the Pratt Gin company, and is also treasurer of the Prattville cotton mill and banking company, and treasurer of the Worthington-Munger-Pratt company of Birmingham. He … Read more
Merrill E. Pratt, deceased, a nephew of Daniel Pratt, also a native of Temple, New Hampshire, was born February 23, 1828, a son of Edward and Dorcas (Pevey) Pratt, the former a brother of Daniel. The father died when Merrill E. was a little boy, but the mother survived until … Read more
Hon. Daniel Pratt (deceased), the founder of the Pratt Gin factory at Prattville, Alabama, was born at Temple, New Hampshire, July 20, 1799. His father, Edward Pratt, was a son of Daniel Pratt, a native of Reading, Massachusetts, whose wife was Asenith, daughter of Ebenezer Flint, of Wilton, New Hampshire. … Read more
William T. Northington, president of the Prattville Cotton Mill & Banking company, Autauga county, and also president of the Northington-Mungen-Pratt company, of Birmingham, Alabama, is a native of Prattville, Alabama, and was born in 1851. His parents, William H. and Rachel M. (Gholson) Northington, were born in Mecklenburg county, Virginia., … Read more
Josiah H. Marbury, the head of the Marbury Lumber company at Bozeman, Alabama, was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1841. His parents, L. W. and Mary (Kidd) Marbury, were also natives of Tennessee, where they passed their entire existence, the former expiring in 1863 and the latter about 1875. L. … Read more
Washington L. Ellis, contractor, etc., for the Pratt Gin company, was born near Prattville, Alabama, October 22. 1834, the son of Elisha and Mary (Blackwell) Ellis, born, respectively, in North Carolina in 1803 and in South Carolina in 1812. Elisha Ellis came to Alabama in 1827, a single man, the … Read more
Col. Charles S. G. Doster is a native of Autauga county, Alabama, and its oldest lawyer. His father, Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, 1796, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in Greene county, Georgia, in 1806. Absalom Doster received a fine English education when young, … Read more
Dr. John W. Davis, a retired physician and surgeon of Autauga county, Alabama, was born here in 1838, the son of Benjamin, born in Brunswick county, Virginia, in 1789, and Martha (Taylor) Davis, born in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, in 1797. Maj. Benjamin Davis was a soldier of the war of … Read more
By Larry E. Caver, Jr. There are many long forgotten churches that once thrived in the early days of Autauga County’s history; churches which existed in the wildwoods adjacent to newly developing farms and communities. One such church was the Rutledge Methodist Church located in the Evergreen Community. The church … Read more
By Larry E. Caver, Jr. There are many long forgotten churches that once thrived in the early days of Autauga County’s history; churches which existed in the wildwoods adjacent to newly developing farms and communities. One such church was the Old Harmony Baptist Church located out from the old town … Read more
List of Names of Female Members of Pine Level Church-1875 Martha Tatum Frances Nummy Mary L. Tatum Barsheba Hubbard P. A. M. Booth Martha Rawlinson Sarah Ann Chevis Margaret Webb Margaret Luter? Jane Bazzel Gracy Armstrong? Sarah E. Roy Mary Jane Huett Nancy Oats Elizabeth Oats Jane Luter? Rebecca Scott … Read more
Compiled by Larry E. Caver, Jr. APPERSON, Ann: “The last tribute of love and respect to Sister Ann Apperson who passed out to the sweet beyond on February 12, 1912… She was born in Autauga County, Alabama, 83 years ago. She united with the Baptist church when she was about … Read more
To understand the Alabama Salt Lists, one must first grasp the significance of Salt as a factor in the Civil War. To do this, the reader must transport himself back in time. Back to the period of the Civil War. Back to a time when life was much simpler and Salt was a definite necessity. To impoverished individuals and families, salt, a basic necessity of life, was extremely difficult to come by cheaply beginning in 1862. Alabama developed a system by which they purchased salt and distributed it to the poor directly, and others who could distribute it to the poor, in order that the people of Alabama would have sufficient salt for their usage. While doing this, Alabama developed lists of people who received the salt. This is such a list.
WILLIAM WYATT BIBB was born in Amelia county, Virginia, October 2, 1781. His father, Captain William Bibb, was a colonial officer in ’76, and subsequently served in the Virginia legislature. His mother was a Miss Wyatt of New Kent county. The family settled. in Elbert county, Georgia, where the father … Read more