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1890 Delinquent Tax Docket – Madison County

There are usually four entries (names) per page. Information given is Name, Location of Property, and Amount of Tax owed. If paid it is so marked. If sold an additional entry is made giving that information. The data is alphabetized by Beat so check each beat if you aren’t sure where your ancestor lived. Scans from this and other years are available from the Tax Assessor’s Annex in Huntsville, Alabama. Beat 1 Huntsville Barclay J. W. Dr. p. 1 Beadle J. H. p. 1 Bennett F. M. p. 1 Binford Lucinda p. 2 Bowen Solon p. 2 Breek Beverly (Hornton)

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History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography vol 1 title page

Abbeville, Alabama

Post office and county seat of Henry County, in the central part of the county, 28 miles south of Eufaula, 14 miles west of the Chattahoochee River, and the terminus of the Abbeville Southern Railway, a branch of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. It is situated on the high red hills of the pine region of the county, at the junction of two historic stagecoach roads—the Eufaula and Columbia road and the road to Ft. Gaines, Georgia. The name of the town is taken from Abbey Creek (Indian name, Yatta Abba), which is not far distant. It is one

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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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Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Jones, Alabama

Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Jones, Alabama

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 Ross, b. Apr 10, 1915, d. May 25, 1982Barrow, Crawford Murray, b. Jul 9, 1926, d. Sep 10, 1977, s/w Jean DeJarnetteBarrow, Jean DeJarnette, b. Aug 18, 1927, d. no date, w/o Crawford MurrayBennett, Annie L., b. Jan 12, 1912, d. Mar 12, 1989Berry, Elizabeth M., b. Nov 16, 1845,

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Marbury Baptist Cemetery, Marbury, Alabama

Marbury Baptist Cemetery, Marbury, Alabama

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 side of CR 143 as you head northwest in the town of Marbury, Alabama. Location Transcription Acree, Walter, b. Aug 31, 1892, d. Aug 12, 1948Adams, Esby, b. Feb 27, 1917, d. Jun 28, 1990, “He Is At Rest in Heaven”Adams, Jessie L., b. Dec 12, 1916, d. no date,

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Liberty Baptist Cemetery, Deatsville, Alabama

Liberty Baptist Cemetery, Deatsville, Alabama

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. The cemetery is on 31 North, beside CR 61 in north Autauga County Alabama. Location 2315 Hwy 31 NorthDeatsville, Alabama 36067 Transcription ??, Anna, b. Jun 01, 1900, d. Aug 3, 1928, unable to read, slab broken and fallen in, by CooksAldridge, Bettie, b. Nov 23, 1870, d. Sep 25,

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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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Map of Alabama and Mississippi in 1817

British Land Grants in Alabama 1767-1771

REFERENCE to the Land surveyed on the RIVER MISSISSIPPI since the establishment of the Civil Government in the Province of WEST FLORIDA Nos Persons Names No of Acres Date of Certificate Govr who Granted the Warrant of Survey 1 Phillip Barbour 1500 24th May 1770 Lieut Governor Brown 2 John Murray 500 22nd Jan 1770 do 3 Jno Saltkiln 200 22nd Jan 1770 No Warrant 4 Thos Fry 200 10th June 1769 Lieut Governor Browne 5 Mary Oliver 150 Do Do 6 Richd Parme 50 Do Do 7 John Hayton 1000 no Warrant 8 Richad Barrie 50 14th Do Lieut

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