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Record of Will Book A Dallas County

Index to Will Book A, Dallas County, Alabama

This is an index to Will Book A for Dallas County, Alabama. This will book includes the dates from 15 Sep 1821 to 24 Dec 1849, and includes 225 wills. This is an index specific to the wills found within Book A. Book A includes other probate matters and there is a full index for all names found at the start of FamilySearch Microfilm #007737411. Book A starts on image #77 of 541 which is where the following link will take you.

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The Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue 1944

The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 6

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 Soldiers in Alabama in Number 4.

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Index to the Tuskaloosa Gazette 1875-1876

Genealogists and local historians will find a wealth of information in old newspapers. The weekly “gossip” columns, wedding and death announcements, court and legal documents, and even the classified advertisements are filled with the names of old Tuscaloosa area residents. The names can be compared with census records and can help family historians document the lives of their relatives. The local businesses, clubs, schools and churches of post-Reconstruction Tuscaloosa were especially important social services, and the newspaper accounts of their activities and memberships are invaluable research sources. The usefulness of a Gazette item to genealogists can vary from zero to

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Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama

Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama

Cemetery/epitaph listing for Jellico Community Cemetery, located off US Highway 84  West on South Houston County Road 9, in the Jellico Community of Houston County, Alabama.   There are a large number of unmarked graves in the Jellico Community Cemetery. Sources for this listing are:  Tombstone Transcriptions For All White Cemeteries, Houston County, Alabama (copied November 1956 by Adrene G. Dean and sent to Hayes on 9 November 1956), legible tombstones, obituaries, death certificates, numerous relatives of those buried here, and probate information from the Dale County Courthouse in Ozark, Alabama and Houston County Courthouse in Dothan, Alabama. Directions:  From Ross Clark

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Memorial record of Alabama

Biography of Rev. John W. Roy

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 in Autauga county, which at that time .was almost unbounded wilderness, infested with wild animals and savage red men [Native American History of Autauga County, Alabama], but possessed of a rich soil and a salubrious climate. Here they cleared a farm in the timber and passed their lives, Mr. Roy

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Averett Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama

Averett Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama

Averett Cemetery is located in Dale County near Lowe Army Airfield, Fort Rucker, AL. We went to the cemetery on Nov 23, 1996. 1 marker eroded beyond recognition except for: Mrs. _RIDIN (the _ could possibly be a P or B) Averett, Ernest L. Sep 17, 1870 Apr 27, 1905Averett, Mary Ann Oct 17, 1870 Feb 10, 1942Averett, Martha E. Sep 27, 1881 Feb 28, 1915 wife of M.T. AverettAverett, Jefferson D. Jun 21, 1881 Sep 2, 1862 (the dates don’t make sense, I’ll recheck) son of A. & G.A. AverettAverrett, Ananias b&d Sep 2, 1854 son of A &

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Clarence Allen Dewberry

Obituary of Clarence Allen Dewberry (1948-2019)

August 12, 1948 – October 02, 2019 Mr. Clarence Allen Dewberry, age 71, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Evergreen Nursing Home. Mr. Dewberry was a native and life long resident of Conecuh County, Alabama. He worked as a self-employed painter in the construction industry. He enjoyed deer hunting and loved his dogs. Mr. Dewberry attended Oak Grove Holiness Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence Lloyd Dewberry and Eula Belle Martin Dewberry; and a brother, Raymond Raines. He is survived by one brother, Lawrence Dewberry of Castleberry; four sisters, Jeanette V. Powell of Evergreen,

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