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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 10 JANUARY, 1991

JACKSON COUNTY HIS'IORICAL ASSOCIATION JANUARY MEETING

JANUARY 20, 1991, 2:30 p . m .

SCOITSBORO CITY HALL AUDITIORIUM

SPEAKER: Un ive rs i t y o f Alabama H i s t o r y Pro fessor

Executive Board Meet ing at 2:00 p . m .

JACKSON COUNTY HISIORICAL ASSWIATION 1991 OFFICERS:PresidentProgram Vi c e PresidentMembership V i ce PresidentSec re ta ryTreasurerBoard o f D i rec to rs

Immediate Pas t Pres identCHRONICLES E d i t o r

Rubilee SmithStephen KennamerJane ConleyEmma L o u Love ladyE l i zabe th ThomasAnna R u t h Campbel lJohn GantD e l b e r t H icksC a r l u s PageWende l l PageAnn B. Chambless

*JANUARY is PAY YOUR DUES MONTH - Annual dues a r e $10.00. L i f e membershipsa r e $100.00 and a r e t a x deduct ib le.*

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONP o s t O f fi c e Box 1494Scottsboro, AL 35768

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

JACKSON COUNTY, THE SWITZERLAND OF ALABAMA

NON‐PROFIT ORGANIZATIONU. S. POSTAGE PAIDScottsboro, AL 35768Permi t No. 11

PRESIDENT"S MESSAGE:

S i n c e t h e New Ye a r l e n d s i t s e l f t o r e fl e c t i o n , i t seems t h e normal t h i n gto do in whatever we choose. My though ts have reached back to t h e o r g a n i ‑z a t i o n of t h e Jackson Coun ty H i s t o r i c a l Associat ion Ein October, 1974. Ab r i e f scan of t h e s i x t y ( 6 0 ) p l u s i ssues of THE JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLESand i t s forerunner, THE NEWSLETTER, was a reminder of t h e many e f f o r t s oft h e o r g a n i z a t i o n t o f u l fi l l i t s purpose f o r b e i n g - namely, p r e s e r v a t i o n .

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T h i s p r e s e r v a t i o n has taken many forms - most o f which have been reco rdedi n THE CHRONICLES. Aga in , I want t o express a p p r e c i a t i o n t o i t s e d i t o r ,Ann B . Chambless, f o r making t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n t h e w e a l t h o f h i s t o r i c a l d a t at h a t we a l l should t reasure .

The New Ye a r b r i n g s many thoughts o f a n t i c i p a t i o n , a l s o . W e l o o k fo rwa rdto renewed i n t e r e s t and enthusiasm in t h e ongoing p r o j e c t s of t h e Assoc ia t ionand t h e c h a l l e n g e o f u n d e r t a k i n g a d d i t i o n a l a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e fi e l d o f p r e s ‑erva t ion .

A Happy New Ye a r to each of y o u !Rub i l ee Smith, P res iden t

JACKSON COUNI'Y HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION L I F E MEMBERS:M r . E l b e r t Beaird M r s . Gene HenningerM r s . W i l l i a m Bogar t M r . Gene HenningerM r . George Bo les M r s . C. Tom HodgesM r . Mose Brannum D r . Sam H. H o l l a n dM r s . Sandra S. Burney M r . H. B. HughesMs. Jessie Sue Bynum M r s . Martha Hunt HuieD r . E l b e r t C a l d w e l l M r . Robert E . JonesM r s . Anna R u t h Campbel l M r s . Ra lph S. MackeyM r s . H a r r y Campbel l M r s . P e a r l MatthewsM r . H a r r y Campbel l M r s . M a r i e H. MitchellJudge W. L o y Campbel l M r s . Norma Jean MooreM r . James N. Clemens M r s . Wa l t e r H. P lu rmerMrs . John B . C lop ton M r . Worth P r o c t o rM r . John B. Clop ton Mrs . I r i s M. ReedM r s . Wi l l iam Coleman M r s . Buelah C. Shel tonM r s . Joe Croneans Judge John D. SnodgrassD r . Joe Cromeans M r s . E l i s e H. StephensM r s . L i l l i e Mae C u l b e r t M r . Wal te r T. SumnerM r s . George Dicus , Ms. Mae ThomasM r s . Joann Thomas E l k i n Mrs . T'Lene B . T i l l o t s o nM r . John Gant M r s . H. M. WalkerM r s . John W i l l Gay, J r . M r s . Eranoes Weidner .M r s . Thomas A. Gibson M r s . O. B. Wilkinson, J r .M r s . Nancy S . G i l l i a m M r s . E l i z a B . Wooda l lM r s . Mary Ben R. H e fl i n Ms. P a t t y Woodal l

J .C .H .A . MEMBERS WHO HAVE PAID 1991 DUES:Frances B a r t l e Donald L. HinesM r s . C. H. Bramblet t Hu ie L i b r a r y S e r i a l s , Henderson S t a t e U n i v.M r . C . H . B r a m b l e t t D o r o t h y LoweAnn B. Chanbless . Ben C. Morrow 1Church o f Jesus C h r i s t o f L a t t e r Day S a i n t s , S a l t Lake C i t y , U t a hJ. C. Clemons M r s . F o r d OwensP. F. Cochran M r s . Wende l l Page.M r s . Waco D e r r i c k M r . Wende l l D r . John B. Gay le M r s . J u l i a n SnelsonJimmy Lee Hancock E l i z a b e t h ThomasRobert He lw ig M r s . L i n d a Vaught

D o r o t h y M . W i l l i a m sI f YOUR NAME does n o t appear above, p l e a s e m a i l y o u r t a x deduct ib le checkto J.C.H.A. Treasu re r, E l i z a b e t h Thomas, P. O. Box 1494, Scot tsboro, AL 35768.YOUR associat ion needs YOU! Annual dues a r e $10.00 and l i f e membershipsa r e $100.00.

WHO is b u r i e d in Pinhook Cemetery on Moody Stone 's farm n e a r Lark insv i l le????Would someone v o l u n t e e r t o h e l p Ann Chambless inven to ry t h i s cemetery b e ‑f o r e t h e Sp r i ng vege ta t i on appears?

JACKSON COUNTIANS WHO SERVED IN THE FLORIDA I N D I A N WAR

INSTALLMENT F I V E

T h e F l o r i d a I n d i a n W a r w h i c h b e g a n i n 1835 h a d e s c a l a t e d b y1 8 3 7 . S e v e r a l h u n d r e d N o r t h A labama M o u n t e d V o l u n t e e r s w e r em u s t e r e d i n t o s e r v i c e i n O c t o b e r , 1837, a n d t w o - t h i r d s o f t h ev o l u n t e e r s w e r e f r o m J a c k s o n C o u n t y . F o r a m o r e d e t a i l e d i n t r o ‑d u c t i o n , s e e JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES, Vo lume 3, Number 5,O c t o b e r , 1989.

NAME COMPANY AND BATTALION RANKM a c k e y , W i l l i a m B . C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a k i n s o n , I s a a c C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a l l o y , C h a r l e s S c u r l o c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tMa lgan , P a t r i c k C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a r c u r a m , J o s i a h C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a r i s ( M o r r i s ) John P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM a r o n a , J o h n A . C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n . P v tM a r t i n , A u s t i n C o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n ' P v tM a r t i n , D a n i e l J . C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a r t i n , J o h n C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a r t i n d a l e , Thomas C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMashen , T i m o t h y C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a s o n , W i l l i a m F & S C o , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n M a j o rM a t h i s , James C o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a t h i s , J o h n C o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a t l o c k , S t e p h e n C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a t s o n , J o h n C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a x fi e l d , J e f f e r s o n C o F , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a x w e l l , B a i l e y C o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a x w e l l , James C o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM a y b a l l , W i l l i a m S c u r l o c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM a y fi e l d , Ab ram C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c A l i s t e r , A s h a e l C o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c A l v a n y, Adam C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c A n a l l y , Thomas C o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tMcBee, J e s s e C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMcBee , S a m u e l , ,WCo L, snodgrass B a t t n P v tM c C a r r y , W i l l i a m C o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c C a r v e r , W i l e y C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMcCau las , j ames Co A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c C l e n d o n , J o e l W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c C o r d , D a v i d S c u r l o c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c C o r d , J o h n C . S c u r l o c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n ‘ P v tMcCown, J i m e r s o n C o L , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c C r a r y , W i l l i a m P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c C u t c h e n , J o h n H . C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c C u t c h e n , W i l l i a m C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D a n i e l , J o h n C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D a v i d , W i l l i a m C . C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D a v i d , S a m u e l C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n C a p tM c D o n o u g h , A . J . C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D o n o u g h , W. F. C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D o w e l l , James C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n PV tM c D u f f , James W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n B u g l e rM c D u f f , J o h n M . C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c D u f f , R i c h a r d W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c E l y e a , J e s s e C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t n C p lM c E l y e a , P a t r i c k S c u r l o c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c F a r l a n d , A l e x a n d e r C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c F a r l a n d , N a t h a n C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c F a r l a n d , R o b e r t C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c F a r l a n d , W. G . C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n C p lM c F a r l a n d , W i l l i a m W. C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMcHows, I . W . C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n C p lM c i n n i s , J o h n C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tM c I n n i s , Thomas C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n S g tM c K i n n e y, James W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tM c K i n n e y, F r a n c i s C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n C p lM c K i n n e y, James C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMcMahan, G e o r g e P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n S g tMcMahan, James C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tMcMahan, J o h n P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tMcMahan, S a n d e r s P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n l L t

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JACKSON COUNTIANS WHO SERVED IN THE FLORIDA I N D I A N WAR ( c o n t )

M c N a l l y , ThomasMcNew, E l i j a hM c N o r t o n , M i l t o nMcPherson , W i l l i a mM c R a v i n , W i l l i a mM c R e y n o l d s , W i l l i a mM c V a y , | J a m e sMeadows, ThomasM e d l e n , R i c h a r dM e n n e c k s , A b n e rM e r r i l l , W i l l i a mM e s s e r , W i l l i a mM i d d l e t o n , J o n e sM i l l e r , H e n r yM i l l e r , J a c o bM i l l e r , M . P . 'M i l l i c a n , W i l l i a mM i l l s , A r t h u rM i l l s , B e n j a m i nM i l l s , G i l b e r tM i t c h e l , K e r n e yM i t c h e l l , G e o r g eM i t c h e l l , H i r a mM i t c h e l l , L o r e n z oM o n e y , J a c o bM o n k s , JamesM o n t g o m e r y, M i l t o nM o o n , J o h nM o o n , J o h n A .M o o n , J o h n W .M o o n , J o n a sM o o n J o s h u aMoon , N a t h a n i e lMoon , W i l l i a mMoone, J o h nMoonyham, M a t t h e wM o o r , JamesM o o r e , JamesM o o r e , N a t h a nM o o r e , W i l l i a mM o r g a n , L e eM o r g a n , R a n d o l p hM o r g a n , R i l e yM o r r i s , James H .M o r r i s , J o h n C .M o r r i s , S a m u e lM o r r i s , W i l l i a m V .M u r r y , R i c h a r dM u r y , James M .M u s e , A s aM u s g r o v e , N e l s o nM y r i c k , A e n i c u sN e a l y , G r e e nN e a v i l l e ( ? N e v i l s )

E l i h uN e a v i l l e ( ? N e v i l s ) , G e o .N e e l y , J o h nN e l l y , L . W .N e l s o n , D a v i dN e l s o n , JamesN e l s o n , JamesN e w b e r r y , J o h nNewman, D a n i e lN i c c h o l d s , W i l l i eN i c h o l s , A l l e nN i c h o l s , W i l l i a mN i c k l e s , J e s s eN i p p e r , H e n r yO b a r , I r aO ' N e a l , S a m u e lO r e , W i l l i a mOwenby, Thomas

C o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nS m i t h C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o L , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nF&S C o , S n o d g r a s B a t t nC o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nP r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d Bat tnC o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nS c u r l o c k C o , Cawlfield B a t t nC o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n !C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n ‘C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nCo F, Snodgrass BattnlC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n ;C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o L , S n o d g r a s s B A t t nC o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nS c u r l c k C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nH u n t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nS m i t h C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nH u n t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s BattmC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nP r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nP r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o L , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o M , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n

S m i t h C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nS m i t h C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s BattnW i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t nC o B , S n o d g r a s s BattnC o K , S n o d g r a s s C oW i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t nC o D , S n o d g r a s B a t t nC o f f e y C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820‐1830

(FIFTH DISTAIIMENI‘)

Abstracted by CHRONICLES Ed i t o r : Ann B. Chambless

T h i s i s t h e e a r l i e s t e x t a n t p r o b a t e r e c o r d s i n Jackson County, Alabama, ( a l s oc a l l e d Orphans C o u r t r e c o r d s in same l e d g e r e n t r i e s . ) F o r t h e introduct ionto t h i s ser ies , p l e a s e r e f e r to Jan, 1990 CHRONICLES.

Page 143. Inven to ry o f t h e e s t a t e o f James L . H u r t , deceased, Feb 25, 1829.2 p l o w s & l c o l l a r $3.00 1 t u b , 1 p o t , 1 churn, 1 b a r r e l l $4 .252 ovens, t e a k e t t l e , p o t hooks $4 .00 1 hand saw, sundry t o o l s $2.004 weeding hoes $1.75 1 p a i r S t u t z and D e l f t & crockery warn 8.504 c h a i r s and l ches t 2.50 2 bedsteads & f u r n i t u r e 30.001 t r u n k , 1 j u b , c r o c k 1.00 1 s i d e saddle 15.001 l o o k i n g g l a s s ‘ .25 l Mule 40.001 s o r r e l mare 25.00 1 1 head o f c a t t l e 22.00Stock hogs ‘ 10.00 Corn 27.001 Oat s t a c k 3.00 4 Stacks Blades 15.00200 pounds bacon 10.00 S i f t e r & meat house t u b s 2.001 Negro woman P o l l y

and c h i l d S a l l y 400.00 1 Negrt>vmnem K i t t y 300.001 Negro Boy Frank 300.00

To t a l $1222.25C e r t i fi e d b y Wi l l i am Walker, James Gibson, and A . Hargess, a p p r a i s e r s o n t h e25 day of February, 1829.

Page 144. Account of t h e s a l e of p r o p e r t y of James L. H u r t , deceased.

Bought by Har r i son H. H u r t :S i n g l e t r e e , chains, haynes, and g e a r 2.00Gimbles and sundry t o o l s .501 p a i r s t e e l y a r d s 1.501 j u g and c r o c k and 4 b a r r e l s .561:1 cow and c a l f 5.251 cow and c a l f 5.001 wh i te back s t e e r 2.001 r e d h e i f e r . 2.001 w h i t e back y e a r l i n g : » ~ ~ ' ‘ ‘ .751 r e d s tee r c a l f .75H i r e of boy u n t i l 25 December nex t 15.001 t a b l e p a i r samples .25

$355654Bought by Widow of James L. H u r t , dec'd: .1 Side Saddle 10.00Oven and l i d 1.00Shovel, tongs , and axe 2.001 t r u n k and bed f u r n i t u r e 5.001 bed and f u r n i t u r e 10.001 l o t earthenware 3.001 h e i f e r 4.501 mare 25.002 p a i l s and S i f t e r 1.621;H i r e of g i r l u n t i l 25 December n e x t 15.001 t e a k e t t l e and smoothing i r o n 2.87;:4 c h a i r s 1.68 3/41 ches t 1.00

Page 145. Continued s a l e of James L. H u r t e s t a t e p r o p e r t y :Bought by John M. Netherland:1 l o t augers , cha ins 1.001 bed and f u r n i t u r e 10.00

Bought by Jacob Carsner:5 b a r r e l s o f corn 13.001 handsaw and drawing k n i f e 1.251 oven and l i d 1.50

Bought by Caleb B. Hudson:1 mule 46.00

Bought by Jesse Fondren:l C a r y Plow 1.25

Bought by James Gibson:1 C o u t t e r P low

.75l c r o c k and canteen .501 m a t t o c k 1.251 s t a c k fodder 5.00

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820-1830 (Con t )

Bought by D a n i e l Abbott :1 churnl h o e1 yea r l i ng s tee r

Page 146. Continued s a l e of James L. H u r t e s t a t e p r o p e r t y :

Bought by John Hudson, J r . :1 axe ' ,l doub le t reeChains

Bought by Char les Lawes or Lowes:2 hoes ;20 head of hogs1 s t a c k fodder ’H i r e of g i r l u n t i l 25,December n e x t

Bought by Johnson Thompson:52 pounds bacon @ 8%55 pounds bacon @ 8

Bought by John Jus t ice :5 b a r r e l s c o r n

Bought by Henry Frunk:53 pounds bacon @ 7 3/448 pounds bacon @ 8 ¢

Bought by Richard R. McDuff:5 bar re ls co rn

Bought b y H . H . H u r t ( i t e m n o t i d e n t i fi e d i n ledgerx

.25

.68 3/43.06%

.75

.501.00

.87%13.255.06%

48.50

12.50

3.00

$325.01 3/4

Page 147. I n v e n t o r y of t h e es ta te of Charles Edwards, deceased<not d a t e d ) .

Crop o f corn (50 b a r r e l s ) $50.00 Crop o f oa ts (13 d o z )800 bundles foddershovel and tongueschains and curry ccmbshovel p lows

1 i r o n , 2 ch isse ls , & angers, t o o l s4 hoes1 bay mare w i t h t h e b ighead1 s o r r e l mare and c o l tB r i n d l e cowr e d cow and c a l fb l a c k cow and c a l fs p o t t e d cow2 steers

8.00 2 p o t racks2.50 s k i l l e t2.75 barshear p lows3.00 2 pad locks , b e l l , and

1 p r . conpresses1.00 4 c l e v e r s & 1 s i n g l e t r e e2.00 1 bay c o l t

15.00 1 b a y fi l l y ‑60.00 s t o c k of hogs10.00 r e d cow and c a l f12.00 wh i te & r e d cow11.00 b l a c k cow & y e a r l i n g8.00 2 b l a c k s t e e r s

29.00Page 148. Cha r l es Edwards e s t a t e inventory continued:

s t e e r sy o k e o f s t e e r sl o t o f y e a r l i n g scha i rswashing t u b s & wash p o tgeeses e t D e l f t p l a t e sman's saddlet r u n k s

N o t e o n G . W. LeeNo te on Joseph E l l edgeN o t e on Jessee MainardNote on Sexton1 p a i r gears !1 l o t ca rpen te r t o o l s

16.00 1 s t e e r16.00 1 m u l e l y s t e e r15.00 1 t a b l e2.50 1 p a i r s tee lya rds3.50 1 bed, 1 s tead , f u r n i t u r e1.50 1 s e t knives and f o r k s1.25 1 churn

15.00 1 s ide saddle8.00 i l l e g i b l e a r t i c l e

13.00 N o t e on Ishan Gideons3.00 Note on Janes B lagg2.00 Nonte on Josiah Winn2.00 2 c e r t i fi c a t e s a g a i n s t t h e2.50 S t a t e4.50 2 sheep

Page 149. Char les Edwards e s t a t e inventory'continued:3sheephogs

b e e f h i d ei r o n wedge, l r a s ps t e e r and 2 cowsb e e f h ides t e e r s

1.25 2 p i g g i n & 2 t i n buckets10.00 1 churn, bucket, $5b u . t u b

ox r i n g & s t e e p l e , 1 smoothing i ron l . 75 C o f f e e p o t & m a t t o c k2.00 1 p a i r saddle backs1.25 Smoothing p l a i n , c h i s e l

17.00 1 y e a r l i n g & 1 s t e e r2.00 1 cow & 1 y e a r l i n g

10.31% 1 cow

6

3.253.00

.504.00

4.07%2.50

15.0035.0085.0012.009.008.00

30.00

8.006.002.002.00

37.003.00

.5020.0051.2212.004.91 3/45.00

12.004.00

1.251.37%2.503.002.006.00

10.007.00

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820-1830 ( c o n t )

Page 150.Household f u r n i t u r es o r r e l mare1 0 s p l i t b o t t o m c h a i r s

Jane Snodgrass, deceased, e s t a t e s a l e , da ted May 22, 1827.81.50 2 i r o n wedges90.00 Yoke owex4.00 l o o k i n g g l a s s

8 crooks 1.00 p a i r cand les t i cks1 l o t cas t ings 9.81% 24 ducks12 geese 5.43 1 saddle2 b e l l s 1.00 3 axesl o g cha in 3.00 b a y mare2 cows 14.75 p l o w1 p o t 3.00 60 hoes, 1 p i t c h f o r k1 s i d e sadd le .50 1 loom1 5: stacks fodde r 14.93 3 p lows1 Negro woman 300.00 1 Negro g i r l1 p a i r s t e e l y a r d s 2.00 TOTAL

Page 151.P a i d o u t by W i l l i a m L. Snodgrass:

Jane Snodgrass, deceased, e s t a t e s a l e ( c o n t ) :

1.0030.001.751.502.50

2.003.12%30.00

.501.004.009.00

150.00$767.50 3/4

3/4

3/4

Medica l b i l l o f D o c t o r Wi lson 5.00Pa id M r s . M i l i g a n f o r sword 3.001 c o t t o n whee l 3.00Medica l b i l l o f D o c t o r Wi lson 43.00Medica l b i l l o f D o c t o r Davis 20.00Amount p a i d Snead p e r account 7.37%amount p a i d H igg ins and Hansbrough 8.371;,amount p a i d Pres ton p e r account 23.31%amount p a i d McBee 19.8755amount p a i d John Cowart 20.00amount p a i d f o r c o f fi n f o r

N e g r o woman 8.00amount p a i d f o r c o f fi n 18.00

178.93 3/4Page 152. S a l e of t h e p r o p e r t y of Thomas Jacks, deceased, n o t dated:

1 h e i f e r 4.25 1 cow 6.62%l y e a r l i n g 1.623; 1 f r o e 2.001 r i fl e gun 20.00 TOTAL #34.50

The f o l l o w i n g i s v a l u e o f t h e es ta te o f Gavin B l a c k , deceased, va lued b yDavid Ricket ts , Simeon Nicho ls , and John Baker, on December 12, 1829:Negro woman Fanny $175.00 Negro boy To n 350.00g ray horse 85.00 s o r r e l horse 85.00b a y mare 85.00 chestnut s o r r e l mare 60.00s o r r e l fi l l y 60.00 b a y c o l t 15.001 c r i b of c o r n 120.00 5 fodde r s t a c k s 20.003 7 head o f hogs 55.00 1 0 head o f c a t t l e 40.001 c r o p o f c o t t o n 67.00 shove l p lows & s i n g l e t r e e s 6.002 p a i r g e a r s 7.00 1 l a d y ‘ s sadd le 3.001 p a i r s t e e l y a r s 2.50 l o g cha in & s t r e t c h e r s 2.00

Page 153. Va l u e of e s t a t e of Gav in B l a c k , deceased, cont inued:2 axes 2.00 1 mat tox 1.505 hoes 2.00 2 drawing kn ives ‘ .50handsaw 1.00 r e a p hook .255 p ieces o f cas t i ngs 10.00 5 p r o f p o t hooks 1.501 s e t cupboard ware 10.75 1 s e t kn ives , f o r k s , spoons 2.003 p a i l s and 1 chu rn 1.50 Ta b l e & 5 c h a i r s 1.501 chest & 3 t r u n k s 5.00 2 p a i r fi r e i r o n s 5.003 beds & f u r n i t u r e 45.00 3 bed s t e a d s 3.001 l o o k i n g g l a s s .75 6 books 5.003 sp inn ing shee l s 5.00 1 hammer .25c u r r y comb & g imb le t .25 cand le s t i c k .25n o t e on Rice P r i c e & John Johnson due November 12, 1829 f o r 8.50

Page 154 . Va lue of e s t a t e of Gavin B lack , deceased, continued:1 r e c e i p t o n L . D . Buzhar t (Boshar t ) f o r c o l l e c t i o n o f a n o t e o n W mO r e 9.002 n o t e s o n W i l l i a m Lackey ( o n e f o r 115.55 due A p r i l 21, 1819, and t h eo t h e r f o r 110.25 due t h e same t ime

1 account on David R icke t t s f o r1 account on James Rose f o r11

account on Robert H. Anderson f o rImprovement

account on T. T. Welbourne and WmWellbourne f o r 20.0012.502.003.00

25 .00Sworn to and subscribed b e f o r e C. L. Grayson, J . P. , Jan 9, 1830, by DavidRicket ts , Simeon Nicho ls , and John Baker.

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Page 154. Continued. Account of t h e e s t a t e of Gavin B l a c k s o l d on Jan 12,1830:

William BlackW i l l i a n B lackMarcus B l a c kRobert ChandlerW i l l i a n B l a c kMarcus B l a c kTTKHEB Parke rLewis ManningAndrew Moore

1 g r a y horse1 s o r r e l horse1 b a y mare1 s o r r e l mare1 s o r r e l fi l l y1 b a y colt1 0 b a r r e l s c o r n1 0 b a r a r e l c o m10 barrels of corn

Page 155. Account of s a l e of es ta te of Gavin Black:

Mathew L. A l l e nLewis Manning3 .Andrew Moore ;Wim. WelbourneAndrew MooreMarcus B l a c kGeorge Ta y l o rAndrew MooreLewis B l a c kW i l l i a n B lackBurke t t GreenMat L . A l l e nMat L . A l l e nWillisnlwelbourenJohn O'BarW i l l i a n RicheyW i l l i a n RicheyH. H. MooreThanas ParkerWilson Word or Nelson WordJohn JohnsonBerke t t GreenCharles GraysonCharles GraysonJohn Baker

1 0 b a r r e l s o f c o r n10 baraarels of corh10 barrels of corn i1 0 b a r r e l s o f corn40 barrels of corn ?

fodder stacksfodder s t a c kfodder s t a c k .fi r s t cho ice hogssecond choice hogst h i r d choice hogssow & 6 p i g sshoatssow and 5 p i g ssowssow and 5 p i g sr e d cow and c a l fcowcow and y e a r l i n gcowcow and c a l fs t e e r and y e a r l i n g

821 1b. seed cot ton1500 lb seed cotton1 l o t o f co t ton

Page 156. Account of sa le of es ta te of Gavin Black, continued:Andrew M o o r eH. H. Moore’A. B i rdwe l lN a t H i l l e nMarcus B lackWilson Wond or Nelson wordMarcus B lackBrooks JacksJohn BakerDavid RickettsChar les Ta y l o rDavid Ricket tsAndrew MooreWilson Wbrd or Nelson WondN a t H i l l e nJohn BakerDavid RickettsRice P r i c eH. H. MooreL . T . B k m kCharles GarysonW i l l i a n B lackW i l l i a n B l a c kW i l l i a n BlackMat L . A l l e nJohn W. RobertsWilson Woni or Nelson WondJohn C. JohnsonWi l l iam Black

1 s ing le t reeshovel p l o w jp a i r o f gears 1p a i r o f gearsp a i r o f gears ,1 l a d y ' s saddle ;1 saddle & b r i d L e ‘l s t r e t c h e r & l o g chainp a i r o f s t e e l y a r d saxaxmat tock

hoes & l hannarhandsaw 7 2 drawing kn ivesr e a p hookoven, l i d , & hooksoven & hooksp o t & hooksp o t , s k i l l e t & l i dp o t r a c kp o t r a c kp l o wdishes

sugar bowl, t e a pot, & crean p o t10 p la tes1 bowl and t e a cups2 co f f ee p o t s , 1 bottleco f f ee m i l l1 s e t knives, forks, spoons

8

$80.0067.0085.0046.0050.0017.0011.2512.0012.00

12.06%12.0010.56%12.0034.1253.93 3/42.752.98 3/4

20.0016.007.003.007.003.006.37%6.87%6.18 3/44.507.06%8.259.255.13%

15.0023.18 3/46.06%

.80

.751.06%.755

2.001.06%

10.001.502.68 3/4

.81%1.001.001.251.18 3/4

.31%

.68 3/41.002.62%1.251.501.501.251.001.37%.625.56%.75.75

1.37%

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820-1830 (Cont)Page 157. Account of s a l e of es ta te of Gavin B lack , continued ‑Char les S u l l i v a n churn .50Wi l l iam Clapp 2 p i g g i n s .50Nelson Word 2 p i g g i n s , 1 h a l f bushel .56Thomas Manning 1 fi n e t a b l e 1.00Lewis Manning 5 cha i rs 1.12Frances B l a c k chest 1.00John O‘Bar t r u n k .56Hances B l a c k t r u n k .12Andrew Moore t r u n k .60Wi l l i am B l a c k p a i a r of andirons 2.00John O'Bar fi r e i r o n & tongs 1.12Frances B lack bed and fu rn i t u re 8.00Wi l l iam B l a c k bed and f u r n i t u r e 5.00Frances Black bedstead .25Wi l l i am B l a c k bedsrtead .25Benjamin Roden bedstead .06James Boggess 1 box and l o o k i n g g l a s s .56Wil l iam Black 1 book 1.00Lewis Manning 4 books .45Andrew Moore 1 book .10Wi l l i am B l a c k 1 book .12Andrew Moore spinning wheel .18Wi l l i am Welbouren spinning s h e e l . 81Frances B lack spinning s h e e l 1.56Marcus B lack candle s t i c k . 2 5 ,Nelson Word c o t t o n p a t c h & I n v 20.00Wi l l iam Welbouren 1 improvement 11.81Benjamin Roden 1 box sundries 1.06Lewis T. B l a c k 1 Negro woman 176.00

Page 158. Account of s a l e of Gav in B lack , continued:Lewis T. Black 1 Negro boy Tom 404.00Marcus B lack bed and fu rn i tu re 7.81%

Amount in f u l l $1504.48lz

EDITOR'S NOTE: When t h e 1830 Federal census was taken, most of t h e abovenared were l i v i n g near H e n r y v i l l e and C l a y s v i l l e t h e n i n Jackson County.However, when Marsha l l County was c rea ted in 1836, t h e y became residentsof Marshal l County, and many of t h e i r names appear in Marsha l l County ProbateMinutes, March 1836 - December, 1839, found in t h e Marshal l County Cour tHouse. F o r example, Thomas Baker d i e d in testate in 1836, and h i s daughter,S a l l y Baker, was g r a n t e d l e t t e r s of administration on June 25, 1836. Burke t tGreen d i e d in June, 1833, and h i s e s t a t e sett lement is recorded in MadisonCounty. Lewis Manning, son of Wi l l iam Manning, d i e d in 1836 in Marsha l lCounty. Reference p. 68 of Marsha l l Co. Probate Records, 1836‐1839. The 1830Jackson County, Alabama census p r o v e s t h e fo l l ow ing were a l l ne ighbors andl i v e d near Hugh Henry f o r whom H e n r y v i l l e ( M a r s h a l lCo. a f t e r 1836) was named:Samuel Welbourne, John Baker, Burket t Green, Lewis Manning, Lewis B. Black,Wilson Word, Joshua Johnson, Thomas Baker, James Boggus, and Wi l l iam Wilburn.L i v i n g nearby were Simeon Nichols (owned l o t 4 i n C l a y s v i l l e i n 1835) , JohnO'Bar, James Johnson, J r . , and S r . , Harvey Moore, Henry and James Ta y l o r ,R ice Pr i ce .

Page 158. Thomas West, g u r a d i a n f o r El izabeth P. West. Account c u r r e n t .Received of F. Renshaw, t h e administrator ( o f E l i j a h R. West e s t a t e ) $156.3113Amount p a i d judge f o r appointment of g u a r d i a n 1.00Amount p a i d c l e r k f o r making g u a r d i a n bond 1.00Balance i n hands o f g u a r d i a n o n October 8 , 1828 154.31%I n t e r e s t o n same u p t o Jan 23, 1830 15.00

Squared by pay ing t h i s amount to Franc is Renshaw, h i s (Thomas We s t ' s )successor as g u a r d i a n January 23, 1830. $169.31%

C e r t i fi e d b y Wi l l iam L . Compton, Jackson County Cour t JudgePage 159.A p p r a i s a l o f p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y o f James Preston, deceased, b y B . S . Parsons,Mathew Young, and Wil l iam Black on Dec 7, 1829:Large g ray horse $100.00 brown pony 35.00Bay mare 80.00 wh i te cow and c a l f 8.00White back cow and c a l f 6.00 r e d p i d e d cow 8.00White s t e e r, 2 y e a r s o l d 4.00 s m a l l h e i f e r y e a r l i n g 2.0076 barre ls of corn @75¢ p e r b b l 57.00 1 s t a c k of fodder 3.50Large p o t 3.50 2 s m a l l p o t s and hooks 5.00

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE MINUTES, 1820‐1830, (Con t )

159 & 160. A p p r a i s a l of James Preston es ta te continued:2 s m a l l p o t s , one broken 1.00 2 l a r g e ovens 4.00l b i s c u i t baker 2.00 sundry k i tchen u t e n s i l s 8.00l a r g e bak ing oven 2.50 1 p a i r fi r e i rons 3.00shove l and tongs .6711 smallshaving s k i l l e t .37lzbear shear p l o u g h 4.00 c o l l a r , haynes, & chains 4.002 hoes,- axe, s ing le t reee & c l i v e s 3.75 mat tock 2.00G i g & harness 50.00 9 common c h a i r s p a i n t e d 3.37c h e r r y p r e s s 15.00 Beaurea 4.00f a l l i n g l e a f t a b l e 8.00 t a b l e 1.00Yankee c l o c k (when r e p a i r e d ) 15.00 3 bedsteads «Sf co rds 5.00bedstead & corlds fi n e 10.00 4 beds and furniture 100.00hand bellows ! 1.00 look ing glass 1.00p o c k e t p i s t o l 3.00 r i fl e gun ! 25.00o l d t r u n k , 1.00 p l o w 3 1.25spinning wheel 1.25 ki tchen furniture 7.75candle s t a n d 3.50 brass candlesticks 3.00t r u n k withou l o c k 2.00 dressing glaSs 1.00Queens ware, knives, 7 f o r k s 23.12 s i l v e r table'& tea spoons 7.0016 g l a s s tumblers 1.75 6 saucers 2.00l o t of g lassware 2.00 l o t of b o t t l e s 2.00j e l l y & wine 3.3711 1 case b o t t l e s .50l Negro woman 500.00

Page 161. David C a u l fi e l d and Lemuel G i l l i a m , administrators of t h e es ta te ofJames Preston, c e r t i fi e d o n January 30, 1830, t h a t t h e above was t r u e inven ‑t o r y o f t h e p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y o f James Preston w i t h H(ardy) Doya l a s t h eJ u s t i c e o f Peace.EDITOR'S NOI'E: I n 1830, D r . Lemuel G i l l i a m was p o s t m a s t e r a t D o y a l ' s M i l l(became B o l i v a r p o s t o f fi c e ) . According to . 1834 H u n t s v i l l e newspaper, t h eadministrator of Hardy D o y a l , deceased, was surmoned to Jackson County Cour t .D o y l e ' s ( D o y a l ' s ) M i l l was a Jackson County v o t i n g p r e c i n c t i n 1821.

Page 162. L i s t of a r t i c l e s belonging to t h e esta te of John G u l l a t t , dec'd:1 4 head o f c a t t l e5 featherbeds, 5 bedsteads, 4 p o t s , 1 wheel, 6 cha i rs , 2 chests , 1 t a b l e , 5head o f horses, 1 c a r r y a l l , 1 churn, 1 p a i r hand mi l l : stones, 1 g r i n d stone,1 10cm, 1 no te on Nicholas B r i l e s f o r $147, one note’ on John Boyd f o r $30,one no te o n James Lawless f o r $7.50, 1 t r a c t o f l a n d i n t h e 7 t h d i s t r i c to f Gwinnett County, Georgia 250 acres, one note on Whi tfie ld H. Owens f o r$77.50, one no te on Will iam G u l l a t t f o r $63.57, oneinote on P e t e r Arehar tf o r $ 5 0 . ‘

W i l l i am G u l l a t t , g u a r d i a n i n lunacy f o r John Gullatt, Sen ior, r e p r e s e n t e dt h a t h i s ward had l a t e l y depar ted t h i s l i f e and t h a t the a b o v e l i s t o f a r t i ‑c l e s was a t r u e r e t u r n of a l l t h e p r o p e r t y remaining at h i s ( John G u l l a t t ,S r . ' 5 ) dea th a f t e r payment of h i s debts and t h e necessary expenses f o r t h es u p p o r t of h i s f a m i l y in h i s l i f e t ime. Wi l l iam L. Compton, Judge of t h eJackson County Cour t c e r t i fi e d h e had examined t h e l i s t o n March 1 , 1830.EDITOR'S NOTE: See page 69 of t h e Jackson County Probate Minutes, 1820-1830,JACKSON COUNTY CHKJNICLES Volume 3, Number 7, A p r i l , 1990, f o r o r i g i n a l i n ‑ven to ry o f es ta te o f John G u l l a t t c e r t i fi e d b y h i s son, Wi l l i am G u l l a t t ,on September 28, 1824.

Page 163. Statement of p r o p e r t y of e s t a t e of James Preston, deceased, s o l dby h i s administrators, Lemuel G i l l i a m and David Cawlfield, and p r e s e n t e dto Judge Wi l l iam S. Compton on Dec 26, 1829:Matthew Young, Esqu i re , bough t :b i s c u i t baker, 20 b a r r e l s of corn , 1 l a r g e spinning wheel $26.25Gideon Walkers bought : ,s k i l l e t , p o t tramiel, h a l f dozen l a r g e p l a t e s , s a l t seller and pepper box, 4p l a t e s and l d i s h , 1 d i s h and cups and saucers, 6 wineiglasses, 15 b a r r e l s ofco rn 23.31 3/4Alexander G i l l i l a n d bought:oven and l i d , f r y i n g p a n , fi r e shovel , s t r a i n e r, 2 s p l i t bottcmed cha i r s , onedressing g l a s s 4.19 3/4Page 164. James Preston s a l e continued:Edward Maxwell bought:1 g r i d i r o n , p o t and l i d , 1 0 b a r r e l s corn , 1 p i t c h e r 13.68 3/4Benjamin S. Parsons bought :t eake t t l e , ch ina p ress , gray horse 137.37%

McKinzey Coats bought fi r e dogs and 2 bowls 2.75

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820-1830 ( c o n t )

Page 164. James Pres ton s a l e continued:

Wi l l i am Long bought fl a t i r o n and c o f f e e b o i l e r i 1 .37%

Sanders McMahan bought s p i c e m o r t a r and 1 dozen c a n d l e molds , c o f f e e p o t 2. 43 3/4

James Doran, J r . bought fl a t i r o n and b i s c u i t oven E 3 .4 3 3/4Wi l l i amJenk ins bought 2 l a r g e p o t s = 4.18 3/4

Page 165. James Preston s a l e continued:

B e r r y Johnson bough t :o v e n and l i d , broken p o t , s tone j a r s , t i n p a n , s i r e shovel and tongs, handbe l lows, c o f f e e m i l l , mat tock , weeding hoe, bureau, t a b l e 26.19%

J o e l Wimberley bought.‑p a i r fi r e dogs , s e t cups and saucers, 1 dozen l a r g e plates, s e t of lmives andf o r k s , c a n d l e s t a n d « 7 . 06%

Mered i th P r i c e bought :j a r , churn and l a d l e , bucket and p a i l , l l b a r r e l s o f corn , 2 p i t c h e r s 15.30%

James Leeper bought horse c o l l a r , t r a c e cha ins , G i g , and harness 53.87%


John K . Young bought f a l l i n g axe ‘ 1.87%

Andrew Jenkins bought s k i l l e t t : .50

John Maxwell , S r . bought : ‘weeding hoe, c rock , cow and c a l f , washing t u b and p a i l , and t i n bucket 12.81%

David Campbe l l bought l o o k i n g g l a s s , b o w l and cups 1.81%

W i l l i a m Ake bought p l o w, s i n g l e t r e e and c l e v i s ' 4.31%

W i l l i a m Dawson bought b u l l tongue p l o w, l a r g e p o t , bedstead & cords 5.68 3/4Jessee W .Bond bought c lock , hymn book, b u t l e r h a n d i _ , 3 b o t t l e s 14.37%

Stephen Armstrong bought bedstead 2.25

Samuel L. Doran bought3 s p l i t bottcmed cha i r s , 1skillett_ , I _ 1,62%,

Page 167. James Preston s a l e continued:

Wi l l iam Maxwel lbought r e a p hook ’ .62%

Danie l Camron bout B i b l e , 2 g lass tumblersS wine glasses 2.57%

John G i l l i l a n d bought p i s t o l ' 1.12%

Robert Coats bought horse 50.00

John Klepper bought r i fl e gun , beds and furniture, candle s t i c k s 70.50

Char les B l a l o c k boughtcrock, cane baskets, t e a board, dishes 3.00

James Doran, S r . bought 1 cu t t ene r, 2 p a i l s , wash bow l 1 .51

E l d r i d g e Gunn bought cow and y e a r l i n g , 1 0 b a r r e l s c o r n , cups & saucers 19.50

Joseph Thomas bought cow & c a l f , 1 0 b a r r e l s o f c o r n 19.81%


W i l l i a m S m i t h bought s m a l l s t e e r 3.25

Thomas Boaz (Boase) bought y e a r l i n g , dozen g l a s s tumblers 2.31%

D a n i e l P r i c e bought d i n i n g t a b l e 7.50

Samuel Welsh bought p l a t e s , kn ives, f o r k s , S t a l l t e a board 2.00

Hugh Pogue bought teapot and sugar bowl .81%

Solcman F a r r i s bought 6 g l a s s tumblers, 3 p l a t e s 1.06%

M r s . Jane L . Preston bought beds and f u r n i t u r e and mare 65.00

$664.28%C e r t i fi e d by Lemuel G i l l i a m and David Caw lfie ld , Administrators

'10 BE CONTINUED

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STANLEY JONES REMEMBERS WHENb y S t a n l e y Jones

"No man i s a n i s l a n d u n t o h i m s e l f.......John Donne"

A b s o l u t e l y n o one who h a b i t e d Hodges D r u g S t o r e can f o r g e t t h e s h i n i n g p e r ‑s o n a l i t i e s o f ; t h e Hodges b o y s , Mess, R . L . , and C l e s ! Such d e l i g h t f u lcha rac te rs and f r i e n d s - se rv ing t h e c i t y a t Hodges ,Drug S t o r e and p l a y i n gpranks on a l l newcomers......teach ing now Mayor Walter Harmer, b u t fi r s ta p h a r m a c e u t i c a l salesman, how t o s e l l d rugs i n Sdottsboro..... t h e h a r dway! They were a l s o t h e team t h a t o r i g i n a t e d and PAID FOR t h e Mickey O ' B r i e nt r o p h y ( a f t e r Coach O ' B r i e n ' s p a s s i n g ) g i v e n t o the most v a l u a b l e p l a y e ra t t h e Alabama s t a t e b a s k e t b a l l tournament h e l d i n Tuscaloosa each y e a r . . . . . .g i v e n f o r some fi f t e e n y e a r s . . . . a f t e r 1 9 4 4 . . . . u n t i l t he schoo ls were r e ~ c l a s ‑s i fi e d accord ing to s tudent body s i z e .

Who can remember when John T. McBay and E l i z a b e t h Parks (now Page) begana t t e n d i n g s c h o o l i n , S c o t t s b o r o and p a r k e d t h e i r buggy and horse i n t h e b a c k ‑y a r d o f A l i c e Jones? John W i l l C o r d e l l a l s o r o d e h i s p o n y t o s c h o o l....... . .h i t c h i n g i t t o a t r e e i n t h e Jones' y a r d , a l s o .

Remember when t h a t handsome "bearded bunch" o f b a s k e t b a l l p l a y e r s t o u r e dt h e South. . . . p l a y i n g teams i n e v e r y nook and cranny o f Alabama. They werec a l l e d t h e "House of David, " and t h e y t o o k on a l l teams. In f a c t , G u r l e ywas a p r i v i l e g e d t e a m . . .and W. R . Henshaw and H o l l i s Hambrick were two s t a r so n t h e G u r l e y team. W.R. a l l o f fi v e f e e t and n i n e inches was chosen t o"jump c e n t e r " a g a i n s t t h e seven f o o t c e n t e r o f t h e "House o f David" gang.W. R . ' 5 head reached t h e "David" c e n t e r ' s b e l t l i n e . Wonder i f anyone t o o ka snapshot of t h a t b i z a r r e s igh t??

And there was a l a r g e s t r a p l i n g fe l low. . .Ben Sanford . . . who walked up tot h e basebal l p l a t e . . . . c a r r y i n g a homemade " s h i l e l a g " j baseba l l b a t . . .we igh ingat l e a s t fi V e pounds. Immediately t h e opponents screamed f o u l p l a y ! Sucha f u r o r occu r red t h a t i t t o o k t h i r t y minutes t o settle, t h e b a t was " i l l e g a l "b u t no one. . . n o one cou ld u s e t h a t ba t . . .Heck , Ben §was t h e o n l y one s t r o n genough to swing i t . They fi n a l l y l e t him use i t and he prompt ly h i t a homerw i t h i t ! Someone should have taken a p i c t u r e of ; t h a t mighty f e a t ! Benwas a n u n f o r g e t a b l e character and i s s t i l l showing that charisma t o d a y !

Another u n f o r g e t t a b l e character. . . c h d "Gul ley Jumper" Turner. . . p r i n c i p a lo f Sco t tsboro Grammar Schoo l . . . c a l l e d " g u l l e y jumper" because he was so t a l land skinny and a g i l e . . . h e c o u l d jump over any stream o r g u l l e y . . . r e g a r d l e s so f t h e w i d t h ! L a t e r became a s u c c e s s f u l hardware s t o r e d e a l e r and extendedcharm and enthusiasm to everyone. . . l a u g h i n g and pok ing o u t a huge paw. . . t og r e e t s o l d i e r s r e t u r n i n g home f rom World War I I . Oh, h e c o u l d charm anyonein h i s s i g h t . He c o u l d , a l s o , swing a mean, scorch ing, ' l a r g e p a d d l e ona misbehaving b o y ' s r e a r . . . t h a t was j u s t a s u n f o r g e t a b l e a s h i s u n f o r g e t a b l esmi le !

How about a l l o f those fi n e f o l k s who came to Sco t tsboro . . . f rom "up in t h ev a l l e y , " seeking t h e i r fame and fo r tune and spouses! Joe and Dorsey A u s t e l l ,Lou ise Pr i nce Henshaw, Am C o l l i n s and Harvey Henshaw, A l i c e C o l l i n s and JohnJones, S h o r t y Robertson, E. J. P r i nce , S a l l i e H a l l P r o c t o r , Jack Reid, E r n e s tSwaim, F r a n k and W. R. Henshaw, and Ruby Henshaw Green. . . .And t h e n f r o mWoodville.Gene Thomas, B i l l Jones, and "Waffle" Hodges came to t h e b i g "burg"to p l a y on Mickey O'Br ien 's American Leg ion baseba l l team. . . . a l l stars.I mean, STARS!

And who can f o r g e t t h e l a t e Judge J im P r o c t o r, l i v i n g a t t h e c u r r e n t s i t eof t h e Scottsboro - Jackson County H e r i t a g e Center! . . g i v i n g h i s twe lve y e a ro l d paper b o y (Chattanooga Times) a box of candy on Christmas D a y. . . i n 1934!!a fi r s t . . . a n d a s u r p r i s e . ..and t h e b i g g e s t g i f t o f love I have e v e r learned.

And moving on up to t h e 19705.....Who can f o r g e t Stevenson's most generousp h i l a n t h r o p i s t , t h e f u n l o v i n g . . .one and o n l y Kathryn Armst rong . . . . r i d i n gin a mule drawn c a r t w i t h Jack Caper ton . . . . in Stevenson 's Bicentennial parade. . . l a t e r s t a t i n g i t was THE most f u n she e v e r had i n h e r l i f e ! . . . . . . . . a wholel o t more f u n t h a n showing h e r pr ize ‐winn ing pony in Madison Square Gardensi n New Yo r k C i t y .I d i d n o t remember i t , b u t I have j u s t been t o l d t h a t E l l e n Hess Rudder wast h e fi r s t female to d r i v e a c a r across t h e brand new B. B. Comer B r i dge whenit was opened f o r t r a v e l across t h e g r e a t Tennessee River in 1936. It wasone of h e r fondest remembrances.

And who can remember h e a v i e r r a i n f a l l and more and h i g h e r fl o o d waters in O l eH i g h Jackson t h a n in December of 1990? F i f t y y e a r s f r om now t h e y may c a l l itH i g h Jackson's Grea t Flood.

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W W???CHRONICLESVOLUME 3, NUMBER 11 . ' APRIL, 1991

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING

APRIL 21, 1991, 2:30 p . m .

ROBERT E. JONES COMVIUNITY CENTER

WOODVILLE, ALABAMA

SPEAKER: CAREY OAKLEY, SI'ATE AKHAEOLOGIST

SUBJECT: CATHEDRAL CAVERNS

APRIL REMINDER

Have y o u p a i d y o u r 1991 dues? Annua l dues a r e $10.00 and L i f e Membership

is $100.00 . P lease m a i l y o u r check to J .C.H. A . Treasurer E l i z a b e t h Thcmas,

P o s t O f fi c e Box 1494, Scot tsboro, Alabama 35768. Yo u r J .C.H.A. needs y o u r

cont inued s u p p o r t .

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NON‐PROFIT ORGANIZATIONP o s t O f fi c e Box 1494 U. S. -POSTAGE PAIDScot tsboro , AL 35768 Scot tsboro , AL 35768

PERMIT NO. 11


JACKSON COUNTY, THE SWITZERLAND OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA

PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE:

W i t h renewed i n t e r e s t i n t h e p o s s i b l i t y o f r e o p e n i n g C a t h e d r a l C a v e r n s ,i t i s a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t t h e Assoc ia t i on have a program r e l a t i v e t o t h e C a v ‑e r n s . Such a program h a s been p lanned f o r t h e A p r i l 2 1 , 1 9 9 1 , 2:30 p . m .meet ing at t h e Bob Jones Community C e n t e r in Woodville. Carey O a k l e y,S t a t e A r c h a e o l o g i s t , w i l l b e t h e gues t s p e a k e r.

It is good to know t h a t in t h e m i d s t of excitement o v e r t h e many b e n e fi t st o b e r e a l i z e d s h o u l d t h e caverns b e opened t h a t members o f t h e Kennamerf a m i l y have t a k e n s t e p s t o p r e s e r v e t h e h i s t o r i c a l s i g n i fi c a n c e o f t h ea r e a . H i g h l y v i s i b l e b l a c k and y e l l o w markers have been p l a c e d a t t h r e es t r a t e g i c l o c a t i o n s c a l l i n g a t t e n t i o n t o V i s i t o r s and p a s s e r s b y t h a t t h i si s " H i s t o r i c Kennamer Cove."

H o p e f u l l y , t h i s e f f o r t w i l l s e r v e t o encourage o t h e r s t o mark o t h e r h i s t o ‑r i c coves and h o l l o w s . P l a n to be in Woodv i l l e on A p r i l 21 f o r an i n t e r e s ‑t i n g p r e s e n t a t i o n .

Rubi lee Smith , President

STANLEY JONES REMEMBERS WHENb y S t a n l e y Jones

O n A p r i l 1 , 1991, t h e l a t e l e g e n d a r y, S c o t t s b o r o and G e r a l d i n e H i g h S c h o o lb a s k e t b a l l coach was inducted i n t o t h e new Alabama H i g h S c h o o l S p o r t s H a l lo f Fame. . . i n Montgomery. Many members of t h e Jackson Coun ty H i s t o r i c a lAssoc ia t i on p a r a t i c i p a t e d i n t h e e v e n t s and a c t i v i t i e s w h i c h he lped shapeM i c k e y O ' B r i e n ' s phencmonal , b r i e f c a r e e r in t h e 19305 and 19408...Andt h e n aga in i n t h e 19808 and 1990s, t h e s e same f o l k s w r o t e l e t t e r s , madec o n t a c t s w i t h i n fl u e n t i a l p e o p l e , g a v e encouragement to those “work ingin t h e t renches, " and n e v e r gave up u n t i l t h e i r Coach Mickey O ' B r i e n r e ‑c e i v e d t h e r e c o g n i t i o n h e t r u l y dese rved . I n 1989, J u l i a Thomas Rober tsopened h e r memory b a n k and penned a moving s t o r y about t h e Mickey O ' B r i e ns u p e r v i s e d p i c n i c t o T a t e r Knob i n 1938. H e r v i g n e t t e r e fl e c t e d M i c k e y ' sv e r s a t i l i t y a s w e l l a s h i s a p p e a l and c a r i n g f o r s t u d e n t s and t h e i r p a r e n t s .

Now t h a t s t o r y t h a t began i n 1938 w i l l b e r e l i v e d and r e v i s i t e d . The 1940JCHS graduat ing c l a s s w i l l h o l d i t s annual reunion on A p r i l 27, 1991. .and Claude Baker Jones has cha l l enged h i s classmates to c l imb Ta t e r Knob. . .one more t i m e and b reak bread t o g e t h e r . John C l o p t o n , a t fi r s t , suggestedt h a t would be n i g h imposs ib le . Those who r e a l l y knew Baker knew such astatement would he igh ten h i s d e s i r e . . . . S o , John C l o p t o n and Wilson “Snake"Ashmore have been r e c o n n o i t e r i n g o l ' Ta t e r Knob. . . t r y i n g t o fi g u r e outi f a p a t h can be c u t . . . f o r a f r o n t a l at tack. . . . . .An_d t h e idea has caughtl i k e w i l d fi r e . L. V. Geren and Wanda McClendon of Birmingham have a l readypurchased ch ic ‐des igned j o g g i n g o u t fi t s . . . . . A n d Mose Brannum and S t a n l e yJones have new " o v e r h a l l s . " L a v i l l a Ferguson has s a i d she c o u l d b e t h efi r s t one t o t h e t o p . . . a l o n g w i t h Annie M a r i e S m i t h......D r . Robert Wannh a s o f f e r e d to be n u r s e and t r e a t t h o s e who f a l l down t h e mountain. . . Th i sis n o t a r a c e b u t more of a t e s t o f courage, g r i t , and s u r v i v a l.....Beinga b e t t i n g f e l l o w , I w i l l l a y odds t h a t H i l d a Page and Buron Themas andHedy Snodgrass w i l l p l a n t t h e 1940 JCHS fl a g a t t h e t o p.....S p e c t a t o r sa r e welcene. . . . .Ccme h e a r c l a s s members r e c a l l when Mickey O ‘B r i en t a u g h ts k a t i n g o n Sunday a f t e r n o o n s.....H e w o u l d g a t h e r scme 1 0 g i r l s and 1 0 boysf o r m i n g a t r a i n i n tanden, e a c h h o l d i n g o n t o t h e h i p s o f his/her p a r t n e rand ska te down t h e cement w a l k in f r o n t of dea r o l e Jackson County H i g hS c h o o l t i m e and t i m e a g a i n.....Some c a n s t i l l h e a r Jane S t a r k e y and GeorgeDicus e x c l a i m i n g . . . " Aw, come o n Coach O ' B r i e n , l e t ' s d o i t one more'time!"And w e d i d and d i d and d i d . What g l o r i o u s moments i n h i s t o r y !

In t h e January CHRONICLES, we remembered same w o n d e r f u l n a t i v e s of P a i n tRock V a l l e y . How about resound ing cheers f o r t h e grandes t l a d y o f thema l l , Sue Mae Freeman P o w e l l.....Tha t b e a u t i f u l , e l e g a n t , renaissance l a d ywho sough t h e r fame and f o r t u n e i n S c o t t s b o r o . . . . fi r s t a s a s c h o o l t e a c h e rYo u a l l know h e r and l o v e h e r . . . f o r many o f y o u have been t a u g h t b y h e rin schoo l o r in c h u r c h.....S e v e r a l o f y o u have worn h e r marve lous ly c r e a ‑t i v e l y des igned h a t s . . . f o r e v e r y occasion.....She i s s t i l l a w o n d e r f u ladv ise r and f r i e n d t o s o many. . . i n c l u d i n g h e r second cousin, S . Jones .....

ANCESTOR SEARCHING TN JACKSON COUNTY ‘Ka th l een M a r t i n Ru the r f o rd , Briarwood E s t a t e s , 411 H i g h Po in t D r i ve , C a l ‑houn, GA 30701‐‐0411, is seek ing p r o o f of p a r e n t s o f , JAMES OLIVER CULBERSON,b o r n February 11 , 1829, presumably in P a i n t Rock' Va l l e y . Mar r ied MaryJane '2, b o r n O c t o b e r 31, 1845. Who were h e r p a r e n t S ? James O l i v e r C u l b e r ‑son d i e d May 7, 1904 and M a r y Jane d i e d May 7 , 1 9 0 1 . Accord ing to f a m i l yt r a d i t i o n , semetime i n t h e l a t e 18503 o r e a r l y 18605 James O l i v e r Culbersonl e f t t h e P a i n t Rock a rea and m ig ra ted fi r s t t o Troup Co, GA, and t h e n toChambers Co, AL. T h e i r second c h i l d , Edward Lee b. Aug 14, 1868, is M r s .Ru the r f o rd ' s ma te rna l g r a n d f a t h e r . W i l l exchange i n f o f o r a SASE.

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS,

S I XTH IN STALLMENT

A b s t r a c t e d b y CHRONICLES E d i t o r :I

T h i sA l a b a m a ,F o r t h e1990 CHRONICLES.Page 169.

Waggon and br i t chbands $40.00P a r t o f a c a r r y a l l 1.0028 head of hogs 15.0064 head of hogs 64.003 rawhides/leather 9.002 saddles/saddle bags 12.00B i g w h e e l / p a i r o f g e a r s 5.505 bee s tands /p lows/hoes 20.00P a r c e l of household

f u r n i t u r e 30.00

Page 170.1 2 % b a r r e l s c o r n 18.75

E s t a t e a p p r a i s a l o f Jacob Smi th , d e c e a s e d ;by t h e Orphans C o u r t of Jackson C o u n t y. ( N o t d a t e d . )

1 1 head o f c a t t l eBay mareb a y h o r s e / g r a y c o l t9 geese8 coon s k i n s / s t e e l y a r d sbox t o o l s / s c y t h e / c r a d l et runk/barre l of p l u n d e r5 p o t s & ovens/saddle/briile

Page 169 T o t a l

1 cow and c a l f

L i s t of s a l e s of e s t a t e of Jacob S n i t h , deceased:Bought b y Henry B y f o r d :Waggon $30.00

Bought b y George B y f o r d :C o l t 30.00

Bought b y E l i z a b e t h Smi th ( w i d o w ) :2 r e d cows 15.00Grubb ing hoe .3l%3 b e e l u y e s 3.56%2 tubs/2 t i n buckets .93 3/42 beds & f u r n i t u r e 16.62%

Page 171.Bought b y W i l l i a n Weaver:Red cow and c a l f 10.00B a r shear p l o w 3.06%Trunk _ .25

Bought b y Vance Ti p t o n :2 s t e e r s 14.00Cow 10.50

Bought by James Gibson:Ye a r l i n g 1.25

Bought by Zachariah Warren:C a r r y a l l body .25Bought by Nathan B y r d :28 head of hogs 5.50

Bought b y :James L. H u r t :10 head of hogs 6.37%Ax/ rasp .8l%Bought b y Samuel T i p t o n :1 l o t of hogs 57.00

Page 172. ’Bought by Washington H. Smith:h o r s e 70.002 p ieces l e a t h e r 2.00f r e e / d r a w i n g k n i f e .75l o g c h a i n 2.06%1 box .12%

Bought by John Hambleton:S c y t h e / c r a d l e 5.50h o r s e shoes .51%3 b a r r e l s ANDL I F E OF WASHINGTON .43 3/4

Bought by Thonas Jones:S h o v e l p l o u g h / l i n e 2.31%

Geese/clevers

M a r es h o v e l p l o u g hax/reaphookPot/saddle/bridle/wheelGeese/kettlefinisc. a r t i c l e s

Hoe‘hand sawBed

p a i r sadd le bags

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i s t h e e a r l i e s t e x t a n t p r o b a t e r e c o r d i n J a c k s o n C o u n t y ,( a l s o c a l l e d O r p h a n s C o u r t r e c o r d s i n some e n t r i e s . )

i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h i s s e r i e s , p l e a s e r e f e r t o J a n u a r y ,

Appra isers appoin ted

$47.0040.0095.00

4.504.50

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25.00

$ 437.125

10.00

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36.06%1.81%1.37%

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.501.37%

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2.75.25

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820-1830 (Cont inued)

Page 172 continued:Bought by Henry Smith:h o e / c u t t i n g k n i f e 1.75 Haines/saddle . 9.6875

Page 173.Bought by Joseph Bur ton :3 bee h ives 5.00

Bought by William B r y a n t : ‑A x / s i n g l e t r e e 2.50 Hymn Book .50Saw 1.00 F l a x , .3735

Bough t by Jesse Weaver:I r o n wedge .25

Bought by Joseph Snodgrass:1 b a r r e l o f p l u n d e r 1.00

A l i s t o f n o t e s belonging to t h e deceased at t i m e of h i s d e a t h in hands oft h e administrators:Robert Chi ldress 5.00Washington H. Smi th n o t e f o r 125 bushels of c o r nW i l l i a m Weaver 20.12% w i t h a c r e d i t of 14.72% l e a v i n g $8.121§.

R(owan) A . and Eliston Smi th c e r t i fi e d t h e above was a t r u e l i s t o f s a l e sof a l l p r o p e r t y t h a t had come i n t o t h e i r hands as administrators of e s t a t eof t h e deceased, Jacob Smith.

Page 174.A d d i t i o n a l r e t u r n o f s a l e s o f Jacob Smi th e s t a t e made o n August 27, 1828,included w i l d hogs , a t r i s k p r o p e r t y, and bought b y George B y f o r d , John Ham‑b l e t o n , and John H o l l i s on c r e d i t u n t i l 2 8 t h succeeding M a r c h f o r $15 .50 .

John Hambleton bought 30;: bushe ls of c o r n f o r $ 9 . 5 1 ;W i l l i am Weaver bought 1 cow and c a l f f o r $11 .63 ; .

One l o t i n t h e Town o f Be l l e f on te was sold to E . Smith f o r $25.00.

EDITOR'S NOTE:On A p r i l 1 , 1816, John H o l l i s mar r ied Sarah Smith in Rutherford County, 'IN.On Augus t 3 , 1817, George B y f o r d mar r ied Jane Smi th in Ruther fo rd County,'IN. B o t h John H o l l i s and George B y f o r d purchased goods at Jacob Smith e s t a t es a l e . Were t h e y h i s brothers-in-law? E l i s o n Smi th was one of t h e adminis ‑t r a t o r s o f t h i s e s t a t e , and a l s o purchased t h e l o t in Be l le fon te . In 1835,E l l i s o n Smith was Postmaster at Bel le fonte. In 1830 Jackson County census,3 males, age 20-30, and 1 female, age 15-20, a r e enumerated in household ofE l l i s o n Smith. Was t h i s E l l i s o n , Rowan, and ano ther Smi th b r o t h e r, and t h eE l i zabe th , widow of Jacob Smi th who probab ly d i e d by mid-1828? The Smiths'

_ neighbors were Vance B. T i p t o n , David Snodgrass, G. W. H igg ins , ThompsonMason R e c t o r, and McNary H a r r i s who were a l l known e a r l y s e t t l e r s o f B e l l e ‑f o n t e .

Page 175.Joseph F r a z i e r , admin is t ra tor o f e s t a t e o f Samuel F r a z i e r , e n t e r e d accounto f p r o p e r t y s o l d a t e s t a t e s a l e as :Note on Rober t Ch i ld ress f o r $4 .00Account on Richard Burgess f o r $2 .00N o t e on John McGuire f o r $3 .00Memucan Wade 's n o t e f o r $ 8 . 0 0

Joseph P. F r a z i e r had p a i d o u t t h e f o l l o w i n g amounts:To James Parks - $6 .00To W i l l i a m C u n d i f f p e r Voucher No. l ‐ $3.00To Joseph K i r b y p e r Voucher No. 2 ‐ $3 .00To Benj C l a r k p e r Voucher No. 3 - $7 .25To Jacob Gross p e r Voucher No . 4 - ' $ 2 . 7 5To Jesse Fondren p e r Voucher No. 5 ‐ $3.00To A . R . Ba rk l ey p e r Voucher No. 6 ‐ $2 .50To Thomas P a t e p e r Voucher N o . 7 ‐ $12.00To W i l l i a m L.I-Iornbuckle p e r Voucher No . 8 - $10.00To B. L. Parson p e r Voucher No. 9 ‐ $3 .50To B e n j . Pendergrass p e r Voucher No . 10 ‐ $1.371:To John C o l e p e r Voucher No. 11 ‐ $2.00

Page 176. ’To Jesse Graham p e r Voucher No. 12 ‐ $3 .00To E . B r i d g e s p e r Voucher N o . 1 3 ‐ $ 5 . 0 0To Joseph P. Fraz ie r, t h e admin., p e r Voucher No. 14 ‐ $33.25To p r i n t e r f o r adve r t i s i ng fi n a l settlement - $3.50

: JACKSO‘J CCIJNTY, ALABAMA PHDBATE REX'IORDS, 1820‐1830 (Cont inued)

6.Pa id to C l e r k C a r t e r f o r reco rd i ng inventory & l i s t o f sa les ‐ $1.50Pa id C l e r k C laay ton f o r admin. records and fi n a l settlement ‐ $ .50P a i d Judge f o r admin. and fi n a l settlement - $2 .50

By a n o t e on John McGuire due t h e e s t a t e - $3 .00B y n o t e o n Menucan Wade due t h e e s t a t e which cannot b e c o l l e c t e d - $8 .00 .

Samuel F raz ie r ' s e s t a t e sett lement was audited and ordered to be recordedby Wi l l iam L. Compton, Jackson County C l e r k .

Account of the'estate of Hugh McElyea, deceased, by Jesse McElyea:Pa id D r . Anderson, Voucher No. 1 - $4 .00Paid James Smith, Voucher No. 2 - $4.00Pa id Jesse Wa l l i s , Voucher No. 3 - $2.62!:

Page 177.P a i d T r i g g & Simmons, Voucher No. 4 - $32.18 3/4P a i d Jesse Wal l ice , .Voucher No. 5 - 33.06%P a i d Caperton, Voucher No. 6 ‐ $3.873:P a i d Henderson & Howel l , Voucher No. 7 - $30.89;;P a i d John Fox, Voucher No. 8 ‐ $1.00Pa id John Dr iske l , Voucher No. 9 - $10.00Pa id D. S i s k , Voucher No. 10 - $40.87!:Pa id D. S isk , Voucher No. 11 - $6.66 2/3Paid L. Bishop, Voucher No. 12 - $9.28Pa id D. S i s k , Voucher No. 13 - $6.00Pa id f o r services and h i r e of hands to t a k e care of c rop - $43.50Paid f o r Judge's Fees - $6.25Paid t o Car te r f o r c l e r k ' s fees - $3.00P a i d f o r p r i n t e r ' s fees ‐ $3.50Pa id to D a n i e l S i s k , Voucher No. 14 - $7 .93Pa id f o r c r y i n g s a l e - $5.00Page 178.A l i s t of s a l e s of t h e e s t a t e of Hugh McElyea:Zachariah A u s t e l l , hogs, $14.00Rachel McElyea, sow, $2.50James Dale, 5 head of hogs, $10.25Moses Swaim, r i fl e gun & shot pouch, $15.00James P i t t s , ixrprovement, $70.00Z . Aus te l l , feather bed & furn i tu re , $13.50Hiram McElyea, feather bed & furn i tu re , $7.25John G r i f fi n , 2 sows & 5 p i g s , $6.00Jeremiah Burks, 7 head of hogs, $9.12!:Rachel McElyea, 8 head of hogs, $5.00 ,Thcmas Hencl'ey, 2 hogs, $5.095 ( s h o u l d t h i s Henchey be Henshaw?)Themas Henchey, 1 hog , $2.315;Jeremiah Burks, 7 shoats, $6.83.;David I v y , f r o e , $1 .25Dav id I v y , i r o n wedge, $1.06%Rachel McElyea, sow & p i g s , $2 .00George F r a z i e r, 4 hogs, $5 .00Robert Langham, s t e e r , $ 4 . 2 5Rachel McElyea, 30 b a r r e l s of c o m & 1 h e i f e r , $16.00Hugh McElyea, h e i f e r , $11 .50RobertLangham, b u l l , $1.50Wi l l iam Sparks, 10 ba r re l s corn, $13.56;;Thomas Henshaw, 7 barre ls corn, $8.50A l l e n S i s k , 5 barre ls corn, $6.50Moses Swaim, S r . , 10 bar re l s corn, $12.62;:

Page 179.Moses Swaim, J r . , 5 ba r re l s corn, $6 .25Hiram S i s k , 7 head of hogs, $15.75 .Rachel McElyea, cooking u tens i l s , fi r e dogs, p o t , wa te r vesse ls , 5 cha i r s ,saddle, cow, 2 ewes & lambs, $29.75Hugh McElyea, book, $.37}:James P i t t s , s t e e r, $7 .25Wesley S i s k , cow, $11.00Hugh McElyea, s t e e r, 2 he i fe rs , $15.37!:Hiram S i s k , 3 y e a r l i n g s , $6 .50George Fraz ie r, h e i f e r , $6 .25Frances F e l p s , b u l l , $12.50Richard Burks, 2 cows & c a l f , $28.12!;Robert Langham, s tee r, $10.37;;Jeremiah Burks, hand saw, $2.00Middleton Finch, c h i s e l and auger, $ . 5 0Jesse McElyea, drawing k n i f e , $ . 2 5John Howelton, 2 axes, $1.87!: 5W n e l p v R i c k h o n S ‘30

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS, 1820‐1830, Cont inued

0. Con t inua t ion o f e s t a t e s a l e o f Hugh McElyea, deceased:Jeremiah B u r k s , doub le t r e e , $1 .00Hiram McElyea, h a r r o w, $ 3 .00A l l e n S i s k , p l o u g h , $2.00Rachel McElyea, f a r m i n g t o o l , sadd le , mare, 4 fi r s t cho ice hogs , books, s h e l fware, f e a t h e r bed and f u r n i t u r e , warping spoo l s , $73.06;;W i l l i a m McCluskey, gear ing . $3.00

Richard B u r k s , f a r m i n g t o o l s , 3 bee s tands , $3.621§John Brown ing , mare , $47 .50Hugh McElyea, fi l l y , fl a x w M e l , $30.50George F r a z i e r , fi l l y , $85.25W i l l i a m A u s t e l l , fi l l y , $46.00John Lakey, 4 fi r s t choice hogs , $25.75James Crage, 9 fi r s t cho ice hogs , $29.25Joseph N o r r i s , 9 sheep, $20.00Richard Burks , 3 bee s tands , $3.50George F r z i e r , book, $ . 5 0Hiram S i s k , book, $ .50R o b e r t Langhan, fl a x h a c k l e , $ .50Jesse McElyea, 2 books , $1.121»,Rober t McElyea, s l a t e , t r u m p e t , $ .50

Page 181. Con t inua t ion o f e s t a t e s a l e o f Hugh McElyea, deceased:Rober t McElyea, c h e s t , $ . 50Rache l McElyea, p o t hooks, d raw ing k n i f e , s h e l f ware , loam, $1.75T o t a l amount of s a l e - $773.00

Appra ise rs appo in ted by t h e Orphans C o u r t o f Jackson C o u n t y met a t t h e houseof Jeremiah P r o c t o r , deceased, and apprais lred h i s p r o p e r t y as f o l l o w s :P r e s s and con ten ts , c h e s t , w a t e r u t e n s i l s , f o u r c h a i r s , r a z o r / b o x , 2 f e a t h e rbeds and f u r n i t u r e , 2 ovens, s k i l l e t , p o t , smoothing i r o n , fi r e shove l , man'ssadd le , s i d e saddle, 2 p loughs , p a i r o f g e a r s , ax , 10 head of hogs, 7 geese,8 b a r r e l s o f c o r n , 9 sheep, 3 cows, 2 h e i f e r s , b l a c k mare, c o l t , fodder s tockTo t a l a p p r a i s a l o f e s t a t e o f Jeremiah P r o c t o r - $225.75.

Page 182. Cont inuat ion of e s t a t e s a l e of Jeremiah P r o c t o r , deceased:S m a l l f o d d e r s t a c k and l raw h i d e - $2.00, f o r a t o t a l of $227.75. H. H.H u r t , W i l l i a m M. B e r r y , and B. L . Smi th , appra ise rs . W i l l i a m Compton, Judgeo f t h e Coun ty C o u r t c e r t i fi e d t h a t t h e w i t h i n statement was a t r u e l i s t o fa l l t h e p r o p e r t y of Jeremiah P r o c t o r , J u n i o r, deceased, on December _, 1829.

L i s t of s a l e of p r o p e r t y of Jeremiah P r o c t o r , deceased:Henry Frunk, 3 bar rows , l cow, $11.75W i l l i a m H . P r o c t o r , 2 hogs , $2.873:Henry T u r n e r , 1 g u i l t , $1.62!;N a t h a n ( i e l ) B y r d , 3 hogs and 1 sow, $4.87‘§James P r o c t o r , man's sadd le , cow, $12.62%E l i z a b e t h P r o c t o r , s i d e s a i d l e , 2 sheep, $11.00James Gibson, cow, $ 5 . 2 5

Page 183. C o n t i n u a t i o n o f e s t a t e s a l e s o f Jeremiah P r o c t o r , deceased:James Gibson, h e i f e r , shove l , t r i p l e d , $5.00J . H . B e r r y , 2 p loughs , suga r can , $2.75Jesse Tu r n e r , p a i r g e a r s , 5 sheep, 7 geese , $9.13 3/4Robert P r o c t o r , weeding hoe, $ . 5 0N a t h a n ( i e l ) B y r d , 2 sheep, c h u r n , 3.31%Rober t P r o c t o r , r a w h i d e , $1 .25 ,H . H . H u r t , 2 p i g g i n s , washing t u b , p a i l , $1.8715E l i z a b e t h P r o c t o r , smoothing i r o n , 2 beds and f u r n i t u r e , c h e s t , 2 c h a i r s ,

p r e s s & conten ts , $19.75M a r s h a l l Vaughn, 2 c h a i r s , p o t , $1 .68 3/4Samuel P r o c t o r , r a z o r and b o x , $ . 6 8 3/4J . B e r r y , s k i l l e t , $ 1 . 11 , oven $1.621;W i l l i a m H . P r o c t o r , oven, 4 b a r r e l s c o r n , $6.00

Page 184. M a r s h a l l & Samuel Vaughn, c o r n & c o l t , $12.2 5James Gibson, b l a c k mare, $76.00Joseph B u r t o n , f o d d e r s t a c k , $ 2 .0 0John H . B e r r y , f o d d e r s t a c k , $.62}:E l i z a b e t h P r o c t o r, h e i f e r , $4.00T o t a l e s t a t e sa les of Jeremiah P r o c t o r ‐ $199.61

6

GUNTER FAMILY HISTORY

researched and chronicled byKay Wrage Gunn o f D a l l a s , Texas

( s u r m a r i z e d b y Ann B . Chambless)

I n t h e "Journals o f t h e Juan Pardo Exped i t i ons , 1556‐1567," a n e x p e d i t i o nmember viewed t h e Tennessee R i v e r v a l l e y n e a r what came to be t h e Tennessee‑Alabama s t a t e l i n e and w r o t e : "There a r e leagues of v e r y fi n e l a n d . . . I ti s an a n g e l i c land." No d o u b t , Augus tus Gun te r I echoed these t h o u g h t s whenh e e s t a b l i s h e d h i s homestead h e r e i n t h e mid‐1820s.

Augus tus Gun te r I ' s s t o r y is as r i c h and broad as t h e l a n d . I t beg ins l o n gb e f o r e h i s r e l o c a t i o n to t h e Sequatch ie Va l l e y . I t has been met icu lous lyc h r o n i c l e d b y Kay Wrage Gunn, who g r a c i o u s l y shares many y e a r s o f a r d e n tf a m i l y r e s e a r c h .

Kay Wrage Gunn i s the daugh te r o fK a t i e B e l l e L e e Wrage, t h e d a u g h t e r o fM a r y Susan GUNTER L e e , t h e d a u g h t e r o fW i l l i a m T. G u n t e r, t h e s o n o fJohn G. Gun te r, t h e son o fA u g u s t u s G u n t e r I ( b o r n 1760‐1770 and d i e d a n t e 1843 in Mar ion Coun ty, T N . )

Kay Wrage Gunn b e g i n s t h e s t o r y o f Augus tus Gun te r I :

J o e l Gun te r i s t h e keys tone and John G u n t e r a t G u n t e r s v i l l e i s t h e " s t a rof t h e show" in t r a c i n g o u r G u n t e r l i n e of Midd le Tennessee and N o r t h A l a ‑barma.

We have t o g o back t o C h e s t e r fi e l d Coun ty, V i r g i n i a , f o r t h e fi r s t g r i p o nt h e l i n e . I n C h e s t e r fi e l d County ( t h a t p a r t o f Henr i co Coun ty, V i r g i n i a ,l y i n g b e l o w t h e James R i v e r and made i n t o a s e p a r a t e c o u n t y i n 1 7 4 9 ) , t h ei n i t i a l r e c o r d s a p p e a r : December 10, 1766, L a s t W i l l and Testament of JohnT i l l o t s o n who names h i s c h i l d r e n and GRANDSON JOEL GUNTER (when h e comeso f a g e ) . Among o t h e r s u r v i v i n g r e c o r d s o f John T i l l o t s o n i s a g i f t o f l a n dto JOHN GUNTER and AME h i s w i f e , my daughte r, f o r advancement of t h e i r c h i l ‑d r e n to t h e fi r s t daughte r o f h e r body (Ame's) by t h e s a i d John Gunter.John Ti l l o t s o n fo l l ows t h i s statement, con fus i ng l y, w i t h another, "and f o rsuch h e i r s t o h e r YOUNGEST CHILD she s h a l l have b y t h e s a i d G u n t e r. . . " I ti s c l e a r t h a t John and Ame a r e a l i v e and t h e p r o p e r t y i s meant f o r t h e i ryoungest daugh te r. T h i s r e c o r d makes t h e case f o r descent in my l i n e o fGunters, b u t leaves us unsure whether t h e c h i l d is l i v i n g .

John Gunter 's p r o p e r t y l i n e i s mentioned i n C h e s t e r fi e l d County deeds a sl a t e as 1764. Then, s i lence , u n t i l November, 1784, when John Gunter andB e t s y "Guntyr " h i s d a u g h t e r o f t h e COUNTY OF GUILFORD AND STATE OF NORTHCAROLINA s e l l t h e p r e v i o u s l y bequested l a n d i n C h e s t e r fi e l d C o u n t y, VA t oone Edward Loafman. The deed is wi tnessed by John G u n t e r ' s in laws , ThcmasTi l l e r s o n , W i l l i a m Ti l l e s o n , and Thcmas Ti l l e s o n , J r .

T h i s l a t t e r deed o f C h e s t e r fi e l d County ment ions John G u n t e r a s a c o u r t e s y,a s t h e p r o p e r t y belongs t o h i s daughter b y w i l l o f h e r g r a n d f a t h e r . Be t syis unmarr ied in 1784, and b o t h John and B e t s y a r e t h e n in G u i l f o r d C o . , NC.B u t what o f Ame (Amy i n o t h e r r e c o r d s ) ?

The former l a n d bequest h i n t s at " c h i l d in esse , " 1757, which, i f B e t s y u n ‑bo rn , wou ld make h e r about 26 in 1784. However, were B e t s y, s a y, about 18in 1784 , perhaps r e c e i v i n g h e r ent i t lement on t h e eve of marr iage, i t wouldg i v e u s a l i v i n g Amy T i l l o t s o n G u n t e r a s l a t e a s c i r c a 1766. Amy i s n o tmentioned in h e r f a t h e r ' s w i l l of t h e y e a r 1766 - j u s t h e r SON JOEL GUNTER,s o w e d o n o t know i f she i s l i v i n g o r dead.

F r a n t h i s p o i n t onward, o u r l o d e s t a r i s JOEL GUNTER, t h e e l d e s t son o f Johnand Amy T i l l o t s o n Gunter. J o e l Gunter, Revo lu t ionary War s o l d i e r (S ‐ 38780) ,in 1818 in Warren C o u n t y, Tennessee, g i v e s depos i t i on of h i s RW serv i ce asfo l l ows : E n l i s t e d in s e r v i c e in 1776, discharged n e a r H a l i f a x , NC, a f t e rt h r e e y e a r s o f s e r v i c e . H e s t a t e d h e was 6 4 y e a r s o f age , i . e . , b o r n c i r c a1754. T h i s w o u l d have made J o e l G u n t e r about 1 2 y e a r s o f age a t t h e w r i t i n go f h i s g r a n d f a t h e r T i l l o t s o n ' s w i l l . A second group o f papers were issuedb y J o e l i n A u g u s t , 1825, i n Warren Coun ty, TN, when h e was t h e n 7 1 y e a r sof age ( b . c1754) , in wh ich t h e f o l l o w i n g persons a r e t e l l i n g l y mentioned:"One n o t e o n HAWKINS GUNTER f o r 1 5 d o l l a r s . . . 6 d o l l a r s borrowed money o fC l a i b o r n GUNTER. . . "

T h i s "borrowed money of CLAIBORN GUNTER" is t h e k e y to c i rcumstant ia l e s t a b ‑l ishment o f a s t r i n g o f b r o t h e r s r e l a t i o n s h i p s between these r a m b l i n g Gun ‑t e r s , who a l l w i n d up in Warren C o u n t y, Tennessee.

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1GUNTER FAMILY HISTORY by Kay Wrage Gunn (Continued)

Here a t t e n t i o n should b e g i v e n t o o t h e r r e c o r d s o n t h e l i n e . J o e l Gunte rwas g r a n t e d 274 acres in Davidson County, TN, on t h e head branches of F i r s tC reek and ass igned t h i s g r a n t to Char les Dixon, May 18, 1789. J o e l e l e c t e dto s e t t l e f o r a t i m e in South Caro l i na , and a p p e a r e d on 1790 census o f S p a r ‑t anbu rg Co, SC, a t about 36 y e a r s o f a g e . I n 1800, J o e l Gunter l i v e d inGreenv i l le Co, SC. In t h e same county is one Charles Gunter, a n o t h e r Revo ‑l u t i o n a r y War veteran, who c a r r i e s t h e name "Claborson" ( b e l i e v e d to be ag a r b l e d version o f C l a i b o r n e ) i n h i s descent.

Meanwhile s t i l l in N o r t h Caro l i na in Morgan D i s t r i c t of Burke Co, NC, 1790:l s t Company: A g u s t a Gunter2nd Company: Ben Ti l l o t son ( o n l y s u c h surname in NC1790 c e n s u s . )6 t h Company: Claybon Gunter13 th Company: Jno Gunter.

Burke Coun ty, NC, 1800 census:Gust Gunter, C l a y b u r n Gunter, and James Gunter. ‘

Deeds e x i s t in t h i s NC area on t h e same men: ;Burke Co, NC: John Gunter, 100 acres, l s t b i g branch of I v e y R i v e r, e n t e r e dO c t 22, 1789.A u g u s t i n Gunter, 6 0 acres, wes t s i d e French Broad r i v e r , mouth o f a branch,e n t e r e d 1790. :Buncombe Co, NC ( c r e a t e d o u t of Burke/Rutherford in 1791 ) :A u g u s t i n e Gunter, 6 0 acres French Broad R ive r, 1794.Wi l l i am Gunter, 50 acres, Bear Creek, 1807David Gunter, 50 acres, Pine Creek, 1810Wil l iam Gunter, 23 acres, B i g I v y Creek, 1815.

The r e a d e r w i l l n o t e t h a t JOHN GUNTER of t h e 1790 census of Burke/BuncombeCounty, NC, i s ABSENT, i n 1800. What i s most germane t o t h e t r a c i n g , here,is found in PASSPORTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PIONEERS 1770-1823 ( b y D.W. P o t t e r ) ,pp 328‐329:

"His excel lency Governor Sev ier, Knoxvi l le, 11 March, 1797S i r :

My instructions from t h e Honorable Secretary of War r e q u i r e d t h a t I r e p o r tto y o u thenames of ALL PERSONS RESIDING IN THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY N O TN A T I V E S OFTHE LAND. F o r t h i s purpose I have col lec ted t h e fo l l ow ingSchedule of t h e i r names and employments.. .

Dan ie l Ross, Scotch Trader ; John Rogers, Trader ; Clement Vann (employ‑ment unknown) ; Caleb S t a r r , l icensed h i r e l i n g to H a r l i n ; JOHN GUNTER, TRADER;Pe te r, at Gunter 's, Span( ish ) . . . . . '

In E'Imett S t a r r ' s HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS, p.:472, S t a r r stated"JOHNGUNTER was a Welcl'man and o p e r a t e d a powder m i l l in t h e Cherokee c o u n t r yin 1814." Of Welsh descent would be more accurate. '

The 1812 Warren County, Tennessee Ta x l i s t enumerated by Joseph E l ledge ,Esq . includes: JAMES GUNTER, CLAIBOURN GUNTER, AGUSTA GUNTER, JOHN GUNTER,a second JOHN GUNTER, Wi l l i am Thomasson, John Denton, Hugh French...JamesGunter is s e p a r a t e d f r om t h e o t h e r Gunters by th ree intervening persons ,b u t Claibourn, Augus ta , John and John a r e l i s t e d s i d e by s ide in t h e enumer‑a t i on . Since no one e l s e bear ing t h e name of John Gunter has e v e r been u n ‑ear thed in t h i s area of Tennessee, I presume to assume t h a t John Gunter,founder of Guntersvi l le, Alabama, who marr ied G h i ‐ g o ‐ n e ‐ l i (whom he renamedK a t e ) , is t h e self‐same "trader" and shown in 1812 as p r o p e r t y owning inWarrren County, TN. However, by 1814, "trader" John Gunter re located att h e bend o f t h e Tennessee R i v e r a n d e s t a b l i s m d Gunters Land ing . I a l s opresume to assume he is t h e same John Gunter appear ing on 1790 Burke/BuncombeCos, NC, b u t absent in 1800. Apparently John was fol lowed by h i s "brother"Augus tus Gunter, who re located in mid-18205 on t h e Tennessee‐Alabama l i n e ,Marion County, ' IN - a few mi l es n o r t h of Gunters Landing, b o t h men on t h eTennessee River. B u t , I am g e t t i n g ahead of my s t o r y a b i t .

Backing up and p i ck ing up on e l d e r J o e l Gunter ( b o r n c i r c a 1754) in Smi thC o . , TN, J o e l Gunter was discharged f rom payment of p o l l t a x in 1807. 1808Smith County, TN Minutes of t h e Cour t , J o e l Gunter vs Jno Harmin. S u i t com‑p r o m i s e d . I

White County, T N ( c r e a t e d 1806 o f Overton, Jackson, and SMITH C o u n t i e s ) :S t a t e vs JAMES GUNTER, 2 cases, submitted and fi n e d 12% cen ts , 1807.S t a t e vs AUGUSTUS GUNTER, 3 cases, submitted and fi n e d 12% c e n t s damagesand c o s t s , 1807. These fragments show J o e l , James,: and Augustus fo l lowingon t h e hee ls of John Gunter who e n t e r e d Tennessee fi r s t in c i r c a 1797.

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AUGUSTUS GUNTER Ib. 1760 ‐ 1770(1 . a n t e December 4, 1843, Marion C o . , TNI n .

Children :( P o l l y )

Augus tus , J r . . Female John G. Mary W i l l i a m Thomas James G.b. 1790/91 b. 1793 NC m 1' ' b. 1800‐ b. 1790‐ b. 1794 NCNC to TN Pleasant m;2 1810 1800 m. Mary K i n gt o C l i n t o n Garden, N C m 3 W m l i v e d l i v e d To CamdenCo, M O ( G u i l f o r d C o ) H a r g i s Mar ion Mar ion Co, M O1840 census m . L a v i n i a 1 2 C h Co, T N Co, T Nw i f e , 4 m4 f C H A r l i n e l i v e d 1830 1830

Thcmasson Tr a c y. b . 1795 T N C i t y, T N

d. 1849Bothburied in Sou th P i t t s b u r g , TNcemetery

ThomasTa l i t h a Augustus Wi l l iam T. Caldeen D. Louisa E d i t h Montague M i l t o n P e a r l H. I n f

b. Mar 19, b. 1817 TN b. Mar 20, b. 1819 ? b. 9/18/ b.1826 b.18291815 TN d. Summer 1818 TN d. 1840 1824 d. 1862d. 1859

d. 1894 of 1869 d. 1898 d. 1904 CSA m. 1851bu r i ed D a l e Co, ARK ARK to RebeccaMount AL P r i c eCarmel m . C y n t h i aCemetery H a n k s ,Jackson Co dau. ofm. E l i z a ‐ Benjaminb e t h Hobbs Franksin 1843 '

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Lavina Ann Char les F. {Mary Susan Horace B. Ta y l o r B. Malinda A l i c e

b. 1843 M0 b. 1845 AL b. 1847 AL b. 1849 AL b. 1859 b. 1863m. Charles (1. 1861 m. S- J. m. Jesse MewsM. Ha ley Manassas, Grubbs l i v e d in Texasl i v e d i n V i r g i n i a m 2 LovardARK & TX Lycurgus Lee,

M.D.l i v e d i nTexas(grandparents of Kay Wrage Gunn)

John G. Gunter (1793‐1853) who mar r ied L a v i n i a A r l i n e Thcmasson was a l s ot h e f a t h e r of Augustus Gun te r, b o r n March 9, 1815, in TN, d i e d May 4, 1894,in Jackson County, Alabama. Augustus Gunte r I I mar r ied E l i zabe th Hobbs,who d ied in 18 90 in Jackson County, Alabama. T h e i r ch i l d ren were:

W i l l i a m Montague Rufus Caldeen John H a l e y J e r r y Clemensb. 4‐20‐1844 b. 5‐8‐1846 b. 5-30-1848 b. 2‐18-1849Jackson Co, AL Jackson Co, AL Jackson C o , AL d. 3-14‐1856 .d. 9‐10‐1919 d. 8‐4-1907 d. 9‐7‐1920 b u r i e d M t . C a m e l Cemeterym. Sophron ia B . m. Fannie Johnson Jackson Co, ALR i d l e y b u r i e d i n m . Mary L . Hughsbur ied in Mount Carmel on 12‐23‐1869Mount Carmel Cemetery b u r i e d inCemetery Jackson Co, AL Mount Carme lJackson Co, AL Cemetery

Jackson Co, AL

W i l l i a m Montague and Sophron ia B a l s o r i a (Rid ley) Gunte r had t h e f o l l o w i n gch i ld ren:John Warren (1868 ‐ 1889); C a l l i e Blanche (1872‐1881); A l e s Augustus (1877 ‑1945) ; Wi l l i am Montague, J r . (1880 ‐ 1881); and Frances Blanche (1885 ‐ 1953).

John Ha ley and Mary (Hughes) Gunter had t h e f o l l o w i n g chi ldren:O r l e n e E. (1870 ‐ ?) ; S a l l i e L. (1873‐1943); J u l i u s Cald ien (1876‐1937); P e a r lH. (1882‐1962); Mary E. (1886-1889); I n f a n t s who d ied young.P e a r l Hughes Gunter (1882‐1962) mar r ied Samuel A. Gay on Sep 13, 1912,

and t h e i r ch i l d ren were Samuel A. Gay, J r . (1915‐1978) and Mary GunterGay (1919 ‐ 1973.)

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Augustus Gunter I does n o t appear in t h e 1820 Warren Coun ty, TN census whichmeans he was e i t h e r missed by t h e census enumerator or he had removed tot h e new c o u n t y of Marion ( c r e a t e d in November, 1817,, f o l l o w i n g t h e cess ionof t h e southern p o r t i o n of t h e Sequatch ie V a l l e y by t h e Cherokee Tr e a t y ofJ u l y , 1 8 1 7 . )

Augustus I and h i s sons, Thomas and Wi l l iam, a r e found on t h e 1830 Mar ionCounty, TN census. H i s sons, Augustus , J r . and James, had a l ready movedto Missouri. Augustus I does n o t appear on t h e 18 0 Marion County censusas head of a household, b u t in son Thomas' househ 1d t h e r e is a male t h er i g h t age to be f a t h e r Augus tus I. Most l i k e l y Augustus' w i f e had d i e d ,and Augustus had moved in w i t h h i s s o n ' s f a m i l y . This may a l s o e x p l a i n t h ep o s s i b l e c o n t e s t i n g o f Augus tus I ' s n u n c u p a t i v e (orj‘al) w i l l i n 1843. O nDecember 4 , 1843, an o r d e r was issued to h i s son, FJohn G . , and daughter,P o l l y H a r g i s , to come to t h e n e x t Marion County Court and "contest t h e n u n ‑c u p a t i v e w i l l o f Augus tus Gunter i f t h e y t h i n k p r o p e r . " ( M a r i o n Coun ty,' IN Cour t Minutes Book 1, p . 1 3 2 . ) :

One o ld - t imer s a i d t h e r e used to be a wooden marker w i t h t h e name "Augustus"i n t h e P a t t o n Cemetery i n South P i t t s b u r g , TN, where Augus tus ' son and daugh ‑t e r - i n ‐ l a w, John G . and Lavina, a r e bur ied. John and Lav ina 's d a u g h t e r,Lou i sa ( b . 1819) was bu r i ed here i n 1840. I t seems l o g i c a l t h a t Augus ‑t u s I was b u r i e d here t h r e e y e a r s l a t e r , i n 1843. ‑

When g o v e r n m e n t l a n d i n Jackson County, Alabama, was fi r s t o f f e r e d f o r s a l ein 1830, Augus tus I ' s son, John G . , p a t e n t e d 58 acres in Sec t ion 5 , TownshipOne, Range 9 Eas t . John G. and Lavina Gunter 's f a m i l y was enumerated int h e 1830 Jackson County, Alabama census. John G. and two of h i s sons boughtcont iguous acreage in Jackson County on November 27, 1834, as fo l lows:

John G. 118.73 acres, Sec t ion 6, Township 1, Range 9 Eas tAugustus 117 acres, Sec t ion 6, Township 1, Range 9 EastWi l l i am T. 40 acres, Sec t ion 5, Township 1, Range 9 E a s t

Thomas Monticue 161 acres, Sect ion 6, Townshipgl, Range 9 E a s t , onJanuary 23, 1847. i

aThe combined 542 acres extended .5 m i l e sou th of t h e Tennessee l i n e ( t o ap o i n t near Newton's c u r v e ) and from t h e base of Cumberland Mountain to t h eTennessee River. i

Wi l l i am T. Gunter (1817‐1869), son of John G. and Lavina Gunter, served inC a p t . Norwood's Company, Jackson County Mounted Gunmen in t h e Creek I n d i a nWar f o r th ree months. He was mustered in on J u n e l , 1836, and h i s horsewas valued at $125. He was enro l l ed at Montgomery and mustered out on Aug.

‘ 17, 1836, at Huntsvi l le, AL. He served in Company B ( R o z e l l ' s ) , Snodgrass'R e g t , N o r t h Alabama Mounted Volunteers in t h e F l o r i d a I n d i a n War. He wase n r o l l e d a t Be l le fon te , AL f o r a p e r i o d o f s i x months and was mustered o u ta t F o r t M i t che l l , AL, on A p r i l 9 , 1838. About fi v e weeks l a t e r , he wase n r o l l e d in C a p t . Wann's Company, Norwood's Ba t ta l i on , Alabama M i l i t i a , onJune 14, 1838 f o r t h e Cherokee Removal of 1838. He was mustered o u t on J u l y17, 1838, a t Gunters Landing, Alabama (Guntersv i l l e ) . On June 29, 1852,Wi l l iam T. Gunter rece ived Warrant No. 18 443 f o r 160 acres of bounty l a n df o r h i s t h r e e t o u r s o f d u t y i n t h r e e I n d i a n Wars.

Cherokee I n d i a n Removal 1838: Such a n i r o n y ! Tha t h e p a r t i c i p a t e s i n t h eCherokee I n d i a n Removal when members of h i s own n u c l e a r f a m i l y w i l l be p a r t ‑Cherokee intermarried. At age 19, he s e r v e d in t h e Creek War and at age20, he s e r v e d in t h e Seminole I n d i a n War. In 1838 when he was 21 he s e r v e di n t h e e x p e d i t i o n a g a i n s t t h e Cherokees. And t h a t , w i t h i n 4 ‐5 y e a r s , h ew i l l b e mar r ied h imsel f , t o a p a r t - C h e r o k e e woman. é B y t h e t ime h e was 2 1y e a r s o f age, he had served in t h r e e I n d i a n Wars. Ifhave looked at h i s p o r ‑t r a i t and wondered ( a s my r e a d e r w i l l p robab ly do as well) , b u t he doubtlessh a d seen what y o u and I w i l l NEVER see. '

IW i l l i am T. Gunter marr ied C y n t h i a Mal inda Franks (daughter of Benjamin andE l i zabe th (Vaught) F r a n k s ) c i r c a 1840-41, and they moved to Missour i f o ra s h o r t p e r i o d . T h e i r fi r s t c h i l d was b o r n in Mifssori in 1843, b u t t h e ywere back in Alabama by 1847, when t h e i r second c h i l d , Char les, was born.

Char les Gun te r d i e d o f t y p h o i d f e v e r comp l i ca ted by pneumonia at Manassas,V i r g i n i a . A t t h a t t ime, h i s f a t h e r h e l d t h e r a n k o f Cap ta i n and Charleswas a Corpo ra l , b o t h fi g h t i n g f o r t h e 6 Alabama Regiment I n f a n t r y , CSA.The c o n g r u e n t r e c o r d s o f t h e two men show t h a t i n December, 1861, Wi l l iamT. Gunter was "Absent as Escor t w i t h corpse of h i s son. "

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GUNTER FAMILY HISTORY by Kay Wrage Gunn (Cont inued)I n 1862, Wi l l i am T. Gunter r e e n l i s t e d a t I s l a n d Creek a s a p r i v a t e and s u b ‑s e q u e n t l y became a M a j o r o f t h e F i r s t B a t t a l i o n Alabama P a r t i s a n Rangers.Th i s u n i t became known as "Gunter 's Pa r t i sans , " and a t h i s re t i r emen t , W.T.Gunter c a r r i e d t h e rank o f L t . C o l o n e l ( O f fi c i a l Records o f t h e War o f t h eRebe l l ion , Chapter XXV, p . 4 5 . )

Numerous r e c o r d s in t h e OFFICIAL RECORDS (ORs) a t t e s t to t h e Federa l occupa‑t i o n of t h e Br idgepor t area d u r i n g The War. Many area res iden t s were f o r c e dto fl e e t h e i r homes and fi n d sanctuary in a l e s s h o s t i l e domic i le . The Fed ‑e r a l s cons tan t f o r a g i n g t o o k i t s t o l l on a rea farms.

The complete devasta t ion of W i l l i a m T. G u n t e r ' s f a r m prompted t h e f a m i l yremova l t o Da le Coun ty, AL a f t e r The War. H i s daugh te r, Ma ry Susan Gun te r,and t h e f a m i l y ' s head s l a v e swam t h e horses and f a m i l y s i l v e r t o a n i s l a n din t h e Tennessee R i ve r and b u r i e d t h e i r s i l v e r t h e r e d u r i n g t h e Yankee occu ‑p a t i o n ( t o l d t o Kay b y h e r g r a n d m o t h e r. ) From a n o t h e r f a m i l y source comest h e s t o r y t h a t t h e y l e f t B r i d g e p o r t w i t h l a r g e sacks o n t h e i r p a c k mules ,heading s o u t h ( w i t h t h e s i l v e r ? ) What i s su re i s t h a t W i l l i a m T. Gun te rd i d own l a n d in Da le Coun ty, AL , a n d d i e d t h e r e in t h e summer o f 1869. Ihad heard f rom my grandmother t h a t he was t r a p p e d in h i s c o r n fi e l d by c a r p e t ‑baggers and sho t . The newspaper o b i t s imply s ta tes he was " k i l l e d " .

By 1870, Wi l l i am T . ' s o l d e s t daughter, Lav ina Ann ( b . 1843) had mar r ied Chas.M a t l o c k H a l e y, and t h e y a c t e d a s f a m i l y a g e n t s f o r t h e s a l e o f h e r f a t h e r ' sD a l e County lands . L a t e r t h e y moved to Arkansas and t h e n to Leon Coun ty,Texas. The 1880 Leon Coun ty, TX census a l s o shows C y n t h i a Malinda Gunter(widow of Wrm. T . ) in t h e house of Lav ina Gunter H a l e y, and t h i s is t h e l a s tr e c o r d of C y n t h i a . She is presumed to have l i v e d o u t t h e remainder of h e rl i f e in Texas.

Wi l l i am T. and C y n t h i a ' s d a u g h t e r, Mary Susan Gunte r, m a r r i e d fi r s t S . J .Grubbs and second D r . Lova rd L e e . The Lees c h i l d r e n a r e :

Lova rd Lake L e e , b . 1905Mary Susan L e e , b. 1906K a t i e B e l l e Lee, b . 1908A l i c e Eu l ine Lee, b . 1912.

A l l t h e Lee Children a r e a l i v e and w e l l at t h i s w r i t i n g except Lovard LakeLee who is deceased.

K a t i e B e l l e Lee marr ied fi r s t Lou i s Alexander Wrage, and Kay Wrage Gunn wasb o r n in 1932, in San Antonio, Texas. Kay s t a t e s , "The Wi l l i am T. Gun te rf a m i l y removal to South Alabama c u t t h e i r f a m i l y o f f to a l a r g e ex ten t f romt h e i r r o o t s in N o r t h Alabama. However, my grandmother t o l d me enough ath e r knee to send meon t h e search t h a t never ends."

( 1817-1869)W i l l i a m ' I ‘ . G u n t e r , L t . C o l . , CSA shown i n h i s “ ‘ 6 ‘ ;U . S . M i l i t i a u n i f o r m . b . 1847 i n Jackson Co, A L

S o n o f John G , ; L a v i n a M a r y S u s a n G u n t e r G r u b b s L e e , d a u g h t e r o f{ggnassom and g r a n d s o n of Augustus G m t e r 1 (1760 ‐177 W i l l i a m '1‘. G u n t e r & w i f e , C y n t h i a M a l i n d a

) and g r e a t g r a n d s m o f J o n ; I and Amy (Ti l lo tson) cigar, F r a n k s G u n t e r . G r a n d m o t h e r o f K a y Wrage Gunn.of Chesterfield Co, VA and Guilfozd Co, N C . )

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John G. and Lavina (Thomason) Gun te r ' s l a s t f o u r c h i l d r e n were b o r n a f t e rt h e y removed to Alabama. F l o s s i e G u n t e r Carmichael t e l l s of t h e i r homesteadi n h e r i n f o r m a l accoun t o f t h e f a m i l y :

"Sometime in t h e e a r l y 18208 John Gunter acqu i red a v a s t s t r e t c h ofl a n d bo rde r i ng t h e Tennessee R i ve r and l y i n g across t h e Alabama-Tennesseel i n e f rom S o u t h P i t t s b u r g , TN, t o B r i d g e p o r t , AL. H e b u i l t h i s home j u s tacross t h e state l i n e in Alabama and moved h i s family the re about 1824.The o l d homesite can s t i l l be loca ted by a clump of; t r e e s l e f t a round t h eo l d w e l l . The o l d house was r a z e d many y e a r s ago , presumably by t h e S t a t e ,p r e p a r a t o r y t o t h e b u i l d i n g o f U . S . Highway 72." i

In a d d i t i o n to W i l l i a m T. Gunter p r e v i o u s l y documented, John & Lav ina had:

Ta l i t h a T. and E d i t h : No f u r t h e r information.

Caldeen D . b o r n M a r c h 2 0 1818 i n TN: Went t o M i s s o u r i i n 1839 t o v i s i t r e l ‑a t i v e s . In 1844, he s e t t l e d in Arkansas, and on September 21, 1845, he m a r ‑r i e d Nancy Ward, d a u g h t e r o f James and L u c y (Hainey) Ward. Nancy was 1/8Cherokee. H e r p a r e n t s removed to I n d i a n Te r r i t o r y when she was s m a l l c h i l d .

Lou i sa b o r n in 1819 in TN and d i e d in 1840. Bur ied in P a t t o n Cemetery inS o u t h P i t t s b u r g , TN.

Thomas Montague b o r n September 18, 1824: He at tended I r v i n g C o l l e g e n e a rMcMinnvi l le, TN. I n 1852 h e went t o F a y e t t e v i l l e , ARK, where h e s t u d i e dl a w in t h e o f fi c e of h i s cousin, Hugh French Thomason. Thomas M. mar r iedM a r c e l l a Jackson i n 1854, and t h e y had J u l i u s C a l d i e n i n 1858. M a r c e l l ad i e d s h o r t l y a f t e r h i s b i r t h , and Thomas M . m a r r i e d Jennie Bragg . They hadtwo ch i l d ren : Walker Gun te r, who became a lawye r and l i v e d in S a l t LakeC i t y , U t a h , and a d a u g h t e r, Ger t rude G u n t e r, who m a r r i e d C h a r l e s Forbes o fChicago. I n s c r i p t i o n on g r a v e s t o n e in Fayet tev i l le , ARK cemetery reads :THOMAS MONTAGUE GUNTER, b o r n in Warren C o u n t y, Tennessee, 1824‐1904, C o l .CSA, Member U S . Congress 1872‐1882.

M i l t o n D. Gunter b o r n , in 1826 in Alabama and d i e d in 1862, unmarried. Ano l d fam i l y r e c o r d , w r i t t e n by h i s b ro the r Augustus reads: "M. D. Gunterd ied i n 1862 ‐ was k i l l e d . " T h i s concurs w i t h h i s CSA C i v i l War reco rd . I n1860 M i l t o n D. Gunter was l i v i n g w i t h h i s brother, . Wi l l iam T. Gunter, ast h e i r mother had d i e d in 1849 and t h e i r f a t h e r in 1853. M i l t o n D. servedw i t h 1 8 B a t t a l i o n , Alabama, P v t , f r o m June 12, 1862 t o September 6 , 1862.

P e a r l H. Gunter bo rn 1829 d i e d J i l y 16, 1859, in Honey Grove, Texas. He hadone known c h i l d , Lou isa who md. a Prov ine P e a r l y Ha ley Gun te r marr iedRebecca P r i c e in 1851.

I n f a n t unnamed was t h e l a s t c h i l d .

Augus tus b o r n M a r c h 19, 1815 in TN: Served in Company G, Snodgrass Company,Alabama Mounted Volunteers , F l o r i d a I n d i a n War (Semino les) , 6 months, 1837‑1838. I n h i s bounty l a n d a p p l i c a t i o n made i n A p r i l , 1855, h e dec lared, "hei s t h e i d e n t i c a l Augustus G u n t e r who was a B u g l e ri n t h e Company commandedby C a p t a i n Henry Norwood. . . t h a t he volunteered and was mustered i n t o s e r v i c eat Montgomery, Alabama 1 d a y of June, 1836.. . . . and was discharged at H u n t s ‑v i l l e . " O n A p r i l 21, 1893, Augustus Gunter, age 78, r e s i d e n t o f B r i d g e p o r t ,Jackson Coun ty, A l a a p p l i e d f o r boun ty l a n d s t a t i n g he s e r v e d as a P r i v a t ein t h e company commanded by C a p t . Norwood in t h e Creek War. He e n l i s t e da t B e l l e f o n t e and served about 3 months. H e s t a t e d h e had p r e v i o u s l y r e ‑ce ived 8 0 acres bounty l a n d b u t b e l i e v e d t h e r e was a balance o f 8 0 acress t i l l due him.

In 1843 A u g u s t u s Gunter mar r ied E l i zabe th Hobbs who bore h im 4 sons. S'eef a m i l y c h a r t , page 10 . When Br idgepo r t was occupied by t h e Federa ls , Augus ‑t u s and E l i zabe th t o o k youngest l i v i n g son, John Ha ley, and went to Georg iaf o r t h e d u r a t i o n o f The War. I n 1865, t h e f a m i l y r e t u r n e d t o B r i d g e p o r twhere t h e y found n o t h i n g : t h e i r house, fence r a i l s , and fa rm animals had a l lbeen “appropriated" f o r Fede ra l use. Augus tus and sons s t a r t e d o v e r , farmed,and soon opened a s m a l l f a rm s u p p l y business. F o r many y e a r s Augustus wast h e a g e n t f o r t h e N . C . & S t . L . Ra i l road i n B r i d g e p o r t . H e was a l o y a l mem‑b e r of t h e Methodis t Church. H i s descendants have s a i d he gave much of h i st i m e as a l a y p r e a c h e r and is remembered as a good and k i n d man. He d i e di n 1894 and i s b u r i e d beside h i s w i f e who d i e d i n 1890 i n Mount Carmel Ceme‑t e r y which was g i v e n in 1888 a l o n g w i t h a f u l l y equipped church by h i s t h r e esons.

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Time f o r a n " a l l d a y s i n g i n g a n d d i n n e r o n t h e g r o u n d " a t t h eH o l l a n d s C h a p e l M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h.....S a r a h B r a n d o n F e r g u s o n s t i l lh e l p s p r e p a r e t h e f o o d a n d fl o w e r s f o r s u c h w o n d e r f u l f e a s t s .

O n e o f t h e m o s t p o p u l a r m u s i c a l l y t a l e n t e d f e l l o w s i n a l l o f J a c k ‑s o n C o u n t y was t h e g e n i a l , s h a r p s h o o t i n g p h o t o g r a p h e r , R o y G i s t .Endowed w i t h a b e a u t i f u l t e n o r v o i c e , M r . R o y s h a r e d h i s t r e m e n ‑d o u s g i f t . . . v o i c i n g c o m f o r t a n d assurance. . .as h e s a n g t h e s u r ‑v i v i n g f a m i l i e s ' f a v o r i t e hymns a t s o m a n y f u n e r a l s . When h er a n f o r c o u n t y commiss ioner, R o y w a s a p o l i t i c a l f a v o r i t e . . . . . n od o u b t because o f ‘ h i s s i n g i n g a n d s i n c e r e i n t e r e s t i n o t h e r s i nt i m e s o f d i s t r e s s .

S p e a k i n g o f g i f t i n g t h e i r l i s t e n e r s , r e m e m b e r t h e p l e a s u r e p r o ‑v i d e d t h r o u g h t h e y e a r s a s E v e l y n C o u c h P r o c t o r , W i l l i e H . ShookA r m s t r o n g , a n d G r a c e P a y n e Wa l e s j o i n e d M i s s S y d Te l f o r d i n p l a y ‑i n g a t t h e c h u r c h e s i n S c o t t s b o r o ? Some moments s h o u l d l i n g e rf o r e v e r l i k e B r o o k s M o o d y S t o n e s i n g i n g t h o s e g l o r i o u s s o l o s a tt h e B a p t i s t C h u r c h a n d C o r n e l i a P e a r l C a m p b e l l G r i f fi n b r i n g i n gt e a r s t o h e r d a d ' s c h e e k s ( T u r n e r C a m p b e l l ) a n d a l l t h e w o r s h i p ‑p e r s a t t h e C u m b e r l a n d P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h a s s h e s a n g " P r e c i o u s

-Memor i es , How T h e y L i n g e r . " Many c a n s t i l l h e a r h e r t o d a y . A h ,y e s , p r e c i o u s memor i es ! A n d o v e r a t t h e M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h . . . T y s o nS l o a n a n d H a r v e y Henshaw p r o v i d e d d e l i c a t e , p e r f e c t h a r m o n y f o r"Were Yo u There?" .

Who c a n f o r g e t t h e h a p p y, i n n o c e n t v o i c e s o f t w o h u n d r e d k i d sa t t h e g r a m m a r s c h o o l a s P r i n c i p a l B o y d T u r n e r l e d them i n t h ec l a s s i c r o u n d , "Row, Row, Row Yo u r B o a t ? " T h a t tow-headed l a d ,C l a u d e J o n e s ( b e f o r e h e became B a k e r ) w i t h t h e n i c e t e n o r v o i c e . .p a s s i n g t h e h a t f o r p e n n i e s a n d n i c k l e s t o b u y a b i c y c l e f o r h i sg o o d f r i e n d , Reuben M i l l e r c r i p p l e d b y p o l i o . . a n d , y e s , t h i s wasi n t h e s e v e r e s t moment o f t h e d e p r e s s i o n . M u s i c b r i n g s o u t t h eb e s t i n a l l o f u s !

Can y o u h e a r t h a t p i e r c i n g s o u n d f r o m C u r t i s “ B u s t e r " R a i n e s 'horn...'-;heard a l l o v e r town as he p r a c t i c e d d a i l y ? A n d t o d a y ,B u s t e r h a s h i s own b a n d . . . o p e r a t i n g f r o m H u n t s v i l l e . T h e n t h e r ewas M a r y J a n e s H o d g e s Thomas p l a y i n g b a c k g r o u n d m u s i c f o r t h a tt a l e n t e d , t a p d a n c i n g g e n i u s , " R e p t i l e , " t h e s h o e s h i n e man a tW h e e l e r P e t e r ' s b a r b e r s h o p . To d a y R e p t i l e w o u l d b e o n B r o a d w a y !A h , y e s , I c a n s t i l l h e a r t h o s e g r a n d p i a n o n o t e s . . . c o m i n g f r o mS y b i l J o n e s ' home o n B r o a d S t r e e t . . . S y b i 1 , a n a t u r a l , c r e a t i v eg e n i u s , n e v e r t o o k a l e s s o n i n h e r l i f e . . . A n d now a s M r s . C l y d eM o n e y o f B i r m i n g h a m , s h e i s m a k i n g c i r c u l a t i n g t a p e s t h r o u g h o u tt h e S o u t h ! S y b i l was o n c e c o m p l i m e n t e d b y t h e c e l e b r a t e d v o i c eo f R o b e r t M e r r i l l when s h e w a s p l a y i n g a t a f a n c y h o t e l i n C h i c a g om a n y moons a g o .

Then t h e r e was a g o r g e o u s 1933 " G o l d d i g g i n g Q u a r t e t " . . . E r a , Ve r a ,a n d A u g u s t a R e i d a n d Rebecca H o l l i s . . . w h o w o u l d s i n g a n d dancea t t h e d r o p o f a g o l d c o i n ! B e a u t i f u l g r o u p . A n d how a b o u t ar o u n d o f a p p l a u s e f o r t h e y o u n g l a s s w h o p u t t h e m o s t n i c k l e si n t h e "Nickelodeon" a t R e i d s S u n d r i e s . . . o n e M a r i e D o v i e L i p s c o m b .

M u s i c q u i e t s , s t i r s , c o m f o r t s , a n d c h a l l e n g e s t h e S o u l .....A n do n e v e r y S a t u r d a y n i g h t , e v e r y r a d i o i n J a c k s o n C o u n t y was fi x e do n N a s h v i l l e ' s WSM 6 5 . . . f o r t h e G r a n d 0 1 ' O p r y ! E n t i r e f a m i l i e sg a t h e r e d r o u n d t o l i s t e n i n , p a t t h e i r f e e t , c l a p t h e i r h a n d s . . . .What a t r e a s u r e !

A n d t h e n t h e Wa r c a m e . . . . U S O C e n t e r s , n a t i o n w i d e , a r ranged f o rdances , g i v i n g t h e s o l d i e r s a b i t o f r e s p i t e , j o y , a n d exc i t emen ta s t h e y p r e p a r e d f o r b a t t l e . . . . . A n d e v e r y t i m e Ta p s was p l a y e d ,i t w a s one t i m e t o o m a n y !

Y e s , m u s i c i s a l a s t i n g p a r t o f o u r c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e . B o o k sa n d t o y s c a n b e l o s t o r d e s t r o y e d b u t n e v e r t h e s o n g i n t h e y o u n g

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T h e F l o r i d a I n d i a n Wa r Which b e g a n i n 1835 h a d e s c a l a t e d b y 1 8 3 7 .S e v e r a l h u n d r e d N o r t h A l a b a m a M o u n t e d V o l u n t e e r s w e r e m u s t e r e di n t o s e r v i c e i n O c t o b e r , 1 8 3 7 , a n d t w o ‐ t h i r d s o f t h e v o l u n t e e r sw e r e f r o m J a c k s o n C o u n t y . F o r a I n o r e d e t a i l e d i n t r o d u c t i o n ,s e e JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES, Vo l u m e 3, Number 5, O c t o b e r , 1989 .

NAMEP a g g e t t , J e r e m i a hP a g e n s t e i c k e r , C h a r l e sP a i n e , M o r t i m e rP a r k e r , J a m e sP a r k e r , L e w i sP a r k h i l l , D a v i dP a r k s , J a m e sP a r r i s , J o h n s o nP a r s l e y , G r e e n b u r yP a r s o n s , A n d e r s o nP a r s o n s , L a b o nP a r s o n s , W i l l i a mP a r t o n , N a t h a n i e lP a r t o n , P a t t e r s o nP a r t o n , W i l l i a mP a r t o n , W i l s o nP a s l e y , C h a r l e sP a t e , ThomasP a t t e r s o n , J a m e sP a t t e r s o n , JamesP a t t e r s o n , J o h nP a t t e r s o n , W i l l i a mP a t t e r s o n , W i l l i a mP e n d e r g r a s s , A t h aP e n d e r g r a s s , B e n j a m i nP e n d e r g r a s s , J a c k s o nP e n d e r g r a s s , J a s o nP e n l a n d , W i l l i a m ,P e n n i n g t o n , J o e lP e n n i n g t o n , R e n a g eP e n n i n g t o n , W i l l i a mP e n t l a n d , W i l l i a m A .

‘ P e r a g i m , G i l b e r tP e t e r s , G e o r g eP e t e r s , H i r a mP h i l l i p s , W i l l i a mP h i l l i p s , C h a r l e sP h i l l i p s , J o h nP h i l l i p s , L e w i sP h i l l i p s , W i l l i a mP i e r c e , W i l l i a mP i t m a n , M o s e sP i t m a n , M o s e sP o g u e , H u g hP o s t o n , J a m e sP o t t e r , J o e lP o t t e r , J o n a t h a nP o t t e r , J o s e p hP o t t e r , M o r g a nP o w e l , F r a n c i sP o w e r s , G e o r g eP r e c i s e , W i l l i a mP r i c e , A b n e rP r i c e , A b n e rP r i c e , D a n i e lP r i c e , D a v i dP r i c e , J o h nP r i c e , M e r e d i t hP r i c e , R i c h a r dP r i c e , R o b e r tP r i c e , ThomasP r i c e , W i l l i a mP r o c t o r , M . A .P r o c t o r , R o b e r tP r o c t o r , S t e p h e nP r o c t o r , W i l l i a m

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SEVENTH IN STALLMENTA b s t r a c t e d b y CHRONICLES EDITOR: A n n B . Chambless

T h i s i s t h e e a r l i e s t e x t a n t p r o b a t e r e c o r d i n J a c k s o n C o u n t y ,A labama, ( a l s o c a l l e d O r p h a n s C o u r t r e c o r d s i n some e n t r i e s . )F o r t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h i s s e r i e s , p l e a s e r e f e r t o J a n u a r y ,1990_CHRONICLES.)

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P a g e 1 8 6 . E s t a t e o f SOLOMON GERIN, d e c e a s e d , a c c o u n t o f C h a r i t ya n d S a m u e l G e r i n , a d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d a d m i n i s t r a t r i x :P r o p e r t y s o l d a t e s t a t e s a l e ‐ $979.11%Two h e a d o f c a t t l e a n d t h r e e h o g s s o l d ‐ $ 2 1 . 3 3Yo k e o f s t e e r s ‐ $ 2 0 . 0 0S i x h e a d o f c a t t l e a n d o n e waggon ‐ $ 3 7 . 7 5N o t e s b e l o n g i n g t o e s t a t e ‐ $ 2 4 6 . 0 0Tw o N e g r o e s a t $ 3 6 . 0 0 e a c h ‐ $ 7 2 . 0 0D e b t d u e e s t a t e f r o m J o h n s o n G i b s o n - $ 1 . 5 3T o t a l ‐ $1377.72%

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P a g e 187. C o n t i n u a t i o n o f a c c o u n t o f Samue l a n d C h a r i t y G e r i n :Amount p a i d S k i l l e r o n , H i l l & L e v e r t p e r v o u c h e r 1 - $ 5 5 . 3 31 2 m o n t h s i n t e r e s t o n same - $ 4 . 4 2 'Amoun t p a i d V e i t c h & M c C a r t n e y p e r v o u c h e r 2 - $ 1 3 . 2 6Amoun t p a i d N . C a r r i n g t o n p e r v o u c h e r 3 ‐ $9.12%Amount p a i d F o r s e y & P i k e p e r v o u c h e r 4 ‐ $ 1 9 . 2 3Amoun t p a i d N . C a r r i n g t o n & C o . p e r v o u c h e r 5 ‐ $ 1 4 . 2 5Amount p a i d A . G . M o r g a n & F a c k l e r p e r v o u c h e r 6 ‐ $63.97%Amoun t p a i d J . o r I . W . G e r i n p e r v o u c h e r 7 ‐ $97.07%Amount p a i d E . B y r a m p e r v o u c h e r 1 0 ‐ $7.12%Amount p a i d E . B y r a m p e r v o u c h e r l l ‐ $ 2 . 5 0Amoun t p a i d J o n a t h a m L a t h a m p e r v o u c h e r 1 2 ‐ $1.87%Amount p a i d J o h n Redmond p e r v o u c h e r l3 - $ 6 . 0 0Amoun t p a i d B r i t t i a n J o n e s p e r v o u c h e r l 4 ‐ $3.81%Amount p a i d I s a a c K i r k s e y p e r v o u c h e r 1 5 ‐ $3.47%Amount p e r v o u c h e r l 6 ‐ $ 2 . 4 6 3 / 4Amoun t p e r v o u c h e r 1 7 ‐ $1.57%

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$103.25%Amount p a i d C o x a n d N o b l e p e r v o u c h e r 2 3 ‐ $ 7 2 . 0 3Amoun t a l l o w e d S a m u e l Ge rd r l b y a g r e e m e n t be tween f fl fl l a n d a g e n to f t h e w i d o w, E. B y r a m , f o r c a s h advanced by S imeon G e r i n to p a yt h e e x p e n s e s o f p a r t n e r s h i p c a t t l e d r i v e n t o t h e N o r t h ‐ $ 7 5 . 0 0Amount p a i d C l e r k C l a y t o n p e r v o u c h e r 2 4 - $ 1 . 7 5Amount p a i d C o x & N o b l e p e r v o u c h e r 2 5 , 2 6 , & 2 7 ‐ $ 2 1 . 3 1Amoun t a l l o w e d S a m u e l G e r i n a s p e r a g r e e m e n t ‐ $24.12%Amount c h a r g e d a g a i n s t a d m i n i s t r a t o r b y m i s t a k e s ‐ $ 1 0 5 . 2 5S u b t o t a l ‐ $ 7 3 0 . 3 5 3/4P a g e 189 . T h e d o w e r o f C h a r i t y W i l s o n a s s e t a p a r t f o r h e r b yt h e C o u r t a n d allowances m a d e to W i l l i a m W i l s o n to t h e w idow f o ro n e - fi f t h o f t h e e s t a t e ‐ $ 3 9 8 . 9 5

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P a g e 1 9 0 . H u g h G e n t r y , a d m i n i s t r a t o r o f t h e estate o f HENRY MAR‑T I N , deceased:A m o u n t o f p r o p e r t y s o l d a t e s t a t e s a l e ‐ $ 7 2 . 2 5 'Amount p a i d S . C a r t e r , C l e r k o f C o u n t y f o r c l e r k ' s a n d j u d g e ' sf e e s f o r s e t t l e m e n t o f s a i d e s t a t e - $ 6 .00Amount p a i d J o h n M a t h e w s p e r Mathews' v o u c h e r ‐ $12.00Amoun t p a i d f u n e r a l expenses a n d o t h e r s m a l l d e b t s ‐ $ 1 2 . 0 0 ,l e a v i n g a balance'of $ 4 2 . 2 5 i n h a n d s o f t h e a d m i n i s t r a t o r . S i g n e db y Wm. L . C o m p t o n , J u d g e C o u n t y C o u r t .

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P a g e 1 9 1 . Wm. L . S n o d g r a s s , A d m . , c o n t i n u e d :Amoun t o f j u d g m e n t o n T h o m a s J o n e s w h o h a s t a k e n t h e i n s o l v e n to a t h ‐ $ 7 . 5 0 .Amount p a i d Wm. B l a c k f o r a d e b t c o l l e c t e d b y a j u d g m e n t i n C o u r ta g a i n s t Wm. L . S n o d g r a s s , a s A d m . , o n accoun t o f J o h n Hoskins$ 4 2 . 6 6 3 / 4 .Amount o f W i l l i a m H e n d l e y ' s p r o v e n accoun ts ‐ $ 11 5 . 2 5F e e p a i d S i l a s P a r s o n s f o r a t t e n d i n g s e v e r a l cases ‐ $ 3 0 . 0 0C o s t s i n t h e case o f W i l l i a m B l a c k , a b o v e - $4.37%C o s t s i n C i r c u i t C o u r t i n c a s e o f a b i l l i n e q u i t y v s H o s k i n sand B l a c k and w h i c h c o s t s b y d e c r e e o f C i r c u i t C o u r t was t o b ep a i d o u t o f t h e proceeds of s a l e o f t h e N e g r o e s in t h e possess iono f W. L . S n o d g r a s s , a s a d m i n i s t r a t o r o f h i s f a t h e r - $ 9 2 . 3 3 3 / 4 .Adver t isement of t h i s settlement ‐ $ 3 . 5 0C o u n t y C o u r t c o s t s i n t h e case o f Wm. B l a c k v s W . L . S n o d g r a s s ,Adm. -,§21.87%O n e n o t e o n J o h n H o s k i n s w h i c h canno t b e c o l l e c t e d 7 $ 1 0 . 7 5 .S u b t o t a l ‐ $ 4 6 2 . 1 2 .A m o u n t c o l l e c t e d o f J o h n 0 . B u r t o n - $ 4 7 . 0 8

P a g e 1 9 2 . Wm. L . S n o d g r a s s , A d m . , A c c o u n t :Amoun t on account of 3 N e g r o e s c l a i m e d by J o h n H o s k i n s a n d g a i n e db y h e i r s i n a s u i t i n C h a n c e r y . N e g r o e s w e r e dec reed t o b e s o l db y W. L . S n o d g r a s s , a s a d m i n i s t r a t o r o f J o h n S n o d g r a s s , d e c e a s e d ,s o l d a s f o l l o w s :A n n a , a N e g r o w o m a n , s o l d t o W . L . S n o d g r a s s - $350 .00H a n n a h , a g i r l c h i l d , s o l d t o J o h n B . S t e p h e n s ‐ $160 .00M a r y , a g i r l c h i l d , s o l d t o J o h n S n o d g r a s s - $166 .00D e d u c t f r o m t o t a l s a l e s o f $725 .00 t h e sum o f $462 .12 f o r adm in ‑i s t r a t o r ' s c o s t s a n d a l s o d e d u c t t h e w i d o w ' s o n e ‐ fi f t h o f $ 5 2 . 1 9 ,l e a v i n g a t o t a l o f $ 2 0 8 . 7 7 , t o w h i c h a d d t h e amount a g a i n s t admin ‑i s t r a t o r a t t h e l a s t s e t t l e m e n t o f $3080 .50 3/4 m a k i n g a s u b t o t a lo f $ 3 2 8 9 . 2 9 3 / 4 , f r o m w h i c h d e d u c t t h e f o u r p e r c e n t a l l o w e d t h ea d m i n i s t r a t o r b y l a w o f $ 1 3 1 . 5 7 , l e a v i n g b a l a n c e o f $3158.72%,w h i c h w h e n d i v i d e d i n t o e l e v e n p a r t s l e a v e s t h e p a r t d u e e a c hh e i r of $287.15%.

P a g e 1 9 3 . A c c o u n t o f R o w a n a n d E l l i s o n S m i t h , a d m i n i s t r a t o r so f t h e e s t a t e o f JACOB S M I T H , d e c e a s e d , i n accoun t w i t h J u d g eo f t h e C o u n t y C o u r t o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y :A m o u n t p a i d F r a n c i s C l o u d , v o u c h e r 1 , $ 2 5 . 0 0Amoun t p a i d T h o m a s F o n d r e n , v o u c h e r 2 , $10.37%A m o u n t p a i d J o h n V i n i n g , v o u c h e r 3 , $.62%A m o u n t p a i d J o h n M c R e y n o l d s , v o u c h e r 4 , $ 2 8 . 0 0A m o u n t p a i d J a m e s G i b s o n , v o u c h e r 5 , $ 7 . 7 5A m o u n t p a i d J o h n H . S n e e d , v o u c h e r 6 , $1.81%A m o u n t p a i d J o s e p h S n o d g r a s s , v o u c h e r 7 , $6.12%A m o u n t p a i d B . M . B r a d f o r d & C o , v o u c h e r 8 , $15.41%A m o u n t p a i d J e f f e r s o n W i l s o n , v o u c h e r 9 , $ 5 . 0 0A m o u n t p a i d T r i g g & A n d e r s o n , v o u c h e r 1 0 , $ 3 . 1 8 3/4A m o u n t p a i d R . M a s s e n g i l l & C o , v o u c h e r 1 1 , $3.62%A m o u n t p a i d G . W . H i g g i n s , v o u c h e r 1 2 , $ 5 5 . 0 0

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P a g e 1 9 3 . ( C o n t i n u e d )Amount p a i d J o h n Hamble ton, v o u c h e r 1 3 , $ 8 . 0 0Amount p a i d G e o r g e B y f o r d , v o u c h e r 1 4 , $ 6 . 5 0Amount p a i d J o h n H o l l i s , v o u c h e r 1 5 , $ . 2 5Amount p a i d R . A . S m i t h , v o u c h e r 1 7 , $ 2 2 . 0 0Amount p a i d Ganum C . McBee, v o u c h e r 1 8 , $ 6 . 3 9

P a g e 194.: Amount b r o u g h t f o r w a r d $204.04%Amount paid J o h n L u s k , v o u c h e r 1 9 , $.37%Amount p a i d A . J . P r e s t o n , v o u c h e r 2 0 , $14.87%Amount p a i d ' C l e r k C a r t e r , v o u c h e r 2 1 , $ 2 . 2 5Amount p a i d J u d g e C o u n t y C o u r t , v o u c h e r 2 2 , $ 8 . 2 5Amount b e i n g a n a l l o w a n c e o f 4 p e r c e n t b y t h e C o u r t ‐ $ 1 9 . 0 0Amount p a i d p r i n t e r s f o r a d v e r t i s i n g t h i s s e t t l e m e n t ‐ $ 3 . 5 0Amount p a i d C l e r k C l a y t o n f o r r e c o r d i n g fi n a l s e t t l e m e n t ‐ $1.87%Amount o n a c c o u n t o f t r o u b l e & 6 d a y s r i d i n g o n a c c o u n t o f e s t a t ea t $ 6 . 0 0 . 'T o t a l - $ 2 7 1 . 1 7

Amount o f s a l e s a t fi r s t s a l e ‐ $ 4 0 9 . 7 5Amount of s a l e s at s e c o n d s a l e ‐ $ 1 5 . 5 0Amount of s a l e s at t h i r d s a l e ‐ $29.81%R o b e r t C h i l d r e s s ' n o t e ‐ $3.12%Wa s h i n g t o n H . S m i t h ' s n o t e f o r 52% b u s h e l s o f c o r n w h i c h i s n o ty e t p a i d a n d n o t k n o w i n g a t w h a t p r i c e t o assess t h e v a l u e o ft h e c o r n t h i s c h a r g e i s c a r r i e d o u t a t $ 1 2 . 5 0 .W i l l i a m Weaver ' s n o t e f o r $ 2 5 . 7 5 w h i c h i s c r e d i t e d by t h e d e c ' df o r $14 .62%, l e a v i n g b a l a n c e of $8.12%

P a g e 195 . Amount b r o u g h t f o r w a r d ‐ $478.81%Amount r e c e i v e d o f W i l l i s S a n d e r s o n a c c t ‐ $ 1 . 5 0$480.31% t o t a l a m o u n t of e s t a t e t h a t came to t h e h a n d s of t h eadmin is t ra to rs f r o m w h i c h d e d u c t $ 2 6 1 . 1 7 in ‘ v o u c h e r s , l e a v i n ga b a l a n c e of $219.14%. A u d i t e d , a l l o w e d , a n d o r d e r e d to be r e ‑c o r d e d b y Wm. C o m p t o n , J u d g e C o u n t y C o u r t .

E s t a t e of THOMAS BERRY, deceased, a p p r a i s e d a s :B e d a n d f u r n i t u r e , t w o s a d d l e s , s p i n n i n g w h e e l , g e a r s , 2 c o l t s , ‑m a r e , b e l l , c o w, 2 p l o w s , s i n g l e t r e e s , c l e v i s , 2 p a i r s t e e l y a r d s ,p l o w , p i g g i n a n d p o t , l o o m a n d w e a v i n g u t e n s i l s - $ 6 3 . 2 5 'Two s e t s b r i t c h e n s , c l o c k , w a g g o n , 2 cows a n d c a l v e s , l o g c h a i na n d s t r e t c h e r s , g r i n d s t o n e , h o r s e , 5 N e g r o e s , 3 p a i r g e e s e , p o t ,k e t t l e , s h o v e l a n d t o n g s , b a r r e l s a n d c a n , a x a n d s h o v e l , s p i n n i n gw h e e l , s i d e s a d d l e , l a r g e w h e e l a n d r e e l , s u n d r i e s c a s t i n g s a n do t h e r k i t c h e n f u r n i t u r e , 1 4 c h a i r s , c o o p e r s ' w a r e a n d o t h e r a r t i ‑c l e s , s a d d l e 3 a n d i r o n s , b u r e a u a n d g l a s s ‐ $ 1 1 8 9 . 0 0

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P a g e 197 . E s t a t e o f Thomas B e r r y ‐ b r o u g h t f o r w a r dTwo t a b l e s , 4 bedsteads a n d f u r n i t u r e , s u n d r y b o o k s , c a n d l e s t i c k sa n d b a s k e t s , s u n d r i e s o f d r e s s e r w a r e , c h e s t , b o x , c o f f e e p o t ,a x , w e d g e , 2 p o t r a c k s , 1 6 h e a d o f c a t t l e ‐ T o t a l ‐ $ 1 3 8 2 . 3 0 .

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1 e p r o p e r ‐ty of t h e deceased on M a y 17, 1830. S i g n e d b y Wm. C o m p t o n , JCCP a g e 198. S a l e of e s t a t e of THOMAS BERRY, deceased:W i l l i a m Hancock, c l o c k , $ 1 7 . 0 0Thomas E u s t a c e , l o o m , c o w & c a l f , $ 9 . 2 0B . F . J . T h o r n h i l l , p l o w , h a r n e s s , m a r e , s a d d l e , $ 8 . 1 8 3 /4E l i z a b e t h M ( c F e r r i n ) B e r r y ( w i d o w ) b o u g h t :s i d e s a d d l e , h o r s e , mare , h a c k l e & w h e e l , g e a r s , p l o w , b e d , b e l l ,2 cows & c a l v e s , l o g c h a i n , k e t t l e , t u b s , m a t t o x , b e l l , s m a l lp o t , s p o o l s , c h a i r s , 2 a x e s , p i t c h e r , d i a l s h o v e l & t o n g s , t w owhee l s & r e e l , 2 c r o c k s , t e a , k e t t l e , c a s t i n g s , bu reau , b o o k s ,d r e s s e r w a r e , t a b l e , ( c o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 1 9 9 )P a g e 199. Amount b r o u g h t f o r w a r d $140.35%.4 b e d s a n d f u r n i t u r e , t a b l e , c h a i r s , s a d d l e , s u n d r i e s p o t s , g r i n d ‑s t o n e , 2 N e g r o e s ( C e l i a & M a r g a r e t ) ‐ $403.06%J o h n B e r r y , w a g g o n , 3 N e g r o e s ( P h i n d a , N i c y , a n d E m e l i n e ) , $ 6 1 7 . 0 0R i c h a r d Whi twor th , 2 cows & a c a l f , b r i d l e & c l e v i s , $18.31%J o h n Sande rs , 2 cows , $ 1 3 . 0 0M a r s h a l l M . Va u g h n , c o w, $ 4 . 0 0James G i b s o n , 2 c o w s , 3 s t e e r s , b e l l , sheep s h e a r s ,$24.12%J o h n P. D a v i s ,

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P a g e 2 0 0 . C o n t i n u a t i o n o f Thomas B e r r y e s t a t e s a l e . A m t b r o u g h tf o r w a r d ‐ $1226.14%.

S a m u e l B e r r y , 2 c o l t s , 527.37%B. H. B e r r y , c o l t , $10.37%H e n r y N o r w o o d , p l o w , $ 2 . 5 0J o h n C u n n i n g h a m , p l o w , $1.06% / ‘ %P h i l i p H e n r y A r m b r i s t e r , 1 p a i r s t e e l y a r d s , $ 1 . 7 5 .J o h n Edmiston; p a n , a x , d i s h e s , $ 1 . 7 2 I r JV a l e n t i n e A l l e n , c o w & c a l f , c o f f e e m i l l , $ 8 . 2 5 ' ‘ fJ o h n M i t c h e l l , c a n d l e s t i c k , $ . 5 1 f 1 7 }R o b e r t P r o c t o r , j u g . $ . 1 8 3/4 i f ~54J o h n H u d s o n , k e g . $ . 2 5 u JT o t a l ‐ $1280.12%E . M . a n d J o h n B e r r y , A d m i n i s t r a t o r s , c e r t i fi e d t h e f o r e g o i n gi s a t r u e l i s t o f a l l t h e p r o p e r t y s o l d a t t h e e s t a t e s a l e .

P a g e 2 0 1 . S e t t l e m e n t o f e s t a t e o f JAMES L . H U RT, d e c e a s e d :V o u c h e r 1 , p a i d A & J P r e s t o n - $ 1 4 . 4 0Voucher 2, p a i d Thomas S m i t h ‐ $ 1 0 . 0 0V o u c h e r 3 , p a i d A l e x a n d e r P r e s t o n ‐ $ 6 . 0 0V o u c h e r 4 , p a i d S k i l l e r n & L e b e r t - $ 1 2 . 4 2V o u c h e r 5 , p a i d J e f f e r s o n W i l s o n ‐ $ 5 . 0 0V o u c h e r 6 , p a i d W i l l i a m L . S n o d g r a s s ‐ $11.12%V o u c h e r 7 , p a i d L u s k & F o w l e r ‐ $ 2 . 0 0V o u c h e r 8 , p a i d N a t h a n i e l H u d s o n ‐ $ 2 . 0 0V o u c h e r 9 , p a i d A l e x a n d e r R . P r e s t o n ‐ $ 2 6 . 7 5V o u c h e r 1 0 , p a i d H i g g i n s & S w i n k ‐ $ 3 . 1 8 3 /4V o u c h e r 1 1 , p a i d W i l l i a m W a l k e r ‐ $ 1 0 . 0 0V o u c h e r 1 2 , p a i d J o h n C . A y r e s ‐ $ 3 . 7 5V o u c h e r 1 3 , p a i d J u d g e & C l e r k ‐ $ 5 . 0 0V o u c h e r 1 4 , p a i d C . B . H u d s o n ‐ $ 4 . 7 1V o u c h e r 1 5 , p a i d a u c t i o n e e r - $ 1 . 0 0V o u c h e r 1 6 , p a i d t a x e s f o r s l a v e s - $ 1 . 2 5V o u c h e r 1 7 , p a i d J u d g e s a n d c l e r k s ' f e e s o n s e t t l e m e n t - $2.62%V o u c h e r 1 8 , p a i d L a w l e s s & F o w l e r f o r c o f fi n - $ 1 0 . 0 0

W i d o w ' s h a l f of t h e e s t a t e ‐ $194.79%R e g i s t e r e d b y R . B . C l a y t o n o n S e p t 1 5 , 1830.

P a g e 202 . W i l l i a m W a l k e r , J e s s e F o n d r e n , a n d A ( b r a h a m ) H a r g i s s ,t h e commiss ioners a p p o i n t e d by t h e O r p h a n s C o u r t o f J a c k s o n C o u n t yt o make p a r t i t i o n o f t h e N e g r o e s b e l o n g i n g t o t h e e s t a t e o f JamesL . H u r t , d e c e a s e d , made t h e f o l l o w i n g r e t u r n s . They m e t a t t h es h o p o f D r . H a y n e s a n d made d i v i s i o n o f t h e p r o p e r t y a s f o l l o w s :P o l l y a n d h e r c h i l d r e n a t $ 6 0 0 . 0 0 t o W i l l i a m R . H a n c o c kK i t t y a n d F r a n k a t $ 6 0 0 . 0 0 t o E l i z a b e t h A . H u r t , m i n o r h e i r o fJ a m e s L . H u r t , deceased . D a t e d A u g u s t 3 1 , 1830 .

P a g e 2 0 3 . J a c o b Gross, g u a r d i a n a c c o u n t , c o n t i n u e d f r o n l p a g e1 8 5 . A m o u n t b r o u g h t f o r w a r d $ 2 1 7 . 8 7 L .P a i d W i l l i a m B . G r e e n f o r s u p p o r t o f N e l s o n , W a s h i n g t o n , J a c k s o n ,a n d A l e x a n d e r f r o m 1 S e p t 1828 t o 1 S e p t 1829 a n d f o r b o a r d i n gN e l s o n a t s c h o o l ‐ $ 3 6 . 6 6 2 /3P a i d J . P . P o s t o n f o r p h y s i c i a n f o r J e f f e r s o n ‐ $ . 5 0P a i d T a t e R o b i n s o n f o r s c h o o l i n g J e f f e r s o n & A n n ‐ $ 4 . 0 0P a i d f o r t u i t i o n o f I s a a c & W i l l i a m ‐ $ 2 . 0 0P a i d f o r b o a r d i n g w h i l e a t s a i d s c h o o l ‐ $ 1 9 . 5 0P a i d H . D e r r i c k f o r s p e l l i n g b o o k s ‐ $ . 2 5P a i d J . P. P o s t o n f o r p a p e r - $ .37%P a i d W i l l i a m B . G r e e n f o r s u p p o r t o f N e l s o n , W a s h i n g t o n , J a c k s o n ,a n d A l e x a n d e r f r o m 1 S e p t 1829 t o 1 S e p t 1830 ( $ 1 0 e a c h ) ~ $ 4 0 . 0 0

P a g e 2 0 4 . A m o u n t b r o u g h t f o r w a r d ‐ $ 3 2 1 . 1 6 3 / 4 /P a i d D r . Wa s s o n f o r m e d i c i n e ‐ $ . 2 5P a i d f o r s e r v i c e s i n h i r i n g t h e N e g r o e s ‐ $ 3 . 0 0F o r o n e t r i p t o B e l l e f o n t e i n D e c , 1829 o n b u s i n e s s o f t h e e s t a t ea c t u a l e x p e n s e s ‐ $ 1 . 5 0P a i d J u d g e o f C o u n t y C o u r t - $ 9 . 0 0P a i d S t e p h e n C a r t e r , f o r m e r C l e r k o f C o u n t y ‐ $ 3 . 0 0P a i d b y d r a w i n g o f f t h e a c c o u n t ‐ $ . 2 5P a i d b y c o l l e c t i n g o n a c c o u n t o n James O r e ‐ $ . 2 5P a i d J u d g e o f C o u n t y C o u r t f o r f e e s ‐ $ 1 . 0 0T o t a l ‐ $ 3 3 4 . 4 1 3 / 4 .

P a g e 204 i s l a s t p a g e o f t h e s e P r o b a t e C o u r t r e c o r d s ; t h e r e f o r e ,t h i s i n s t a l l m e n t c o m p l e t e s t h e a b s t r a c t o f t h e s e 1820 ‐ 1830 r e c o r d s .

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The annua l d i nne r mee t i ng of t h e Jackson County H i s t o r i c a l Association w i l lbe h e l d on Monday, October 21, 1991, at 6:00 p . m . , in t h e L i b e r t y RestaurantAnnex, Wi l l ow S t r e e t , Scottsboro. D r . Wi l l i am Barnard, Pro fessor of H i s t o r yat t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Alabama, w i l l be t h e g u e s t speaker. F o r reservat ions,c a l l E l i zabe th Thomas (574‐2469) or Rubi lee Smi th (574-1299) be fore October14. To prepay, m a i l y o u r check to M r s . El izabeth Thomas, P. O . Box 1494, S c o t t s ‑boro , A L 35768. Th i s i s a n open meet ing and v i s i t o r s a r e welcome.

PRESIDENT' S MESSAGE:T h i s l a s t statement a s y o u r p r e s i d e n t i s a n e x p r e s s i o n o f a p p r e c i a t i o n t oeach o f y o u who has made a con t r i bu t i on to t h e on ‐ going e f f o r t s o f t h e Assoc i ‑a t i o n toward p r e s e r v a t i o n . Yo u r h e l p and suppor t have p layed a v i t a l r o l ein t h e accomplishments of t h i s administration, and I thank y o u .

A p r o j e c t t h a t was implemented some t i m e ago has n o t been mentioned l a t e l y ,a n d perhaps i t i s one o f which many o f y o u a r e unaware. A camera was p u r c h a s e df o r u s e by t h e Scottsboro P u b l i c L i b r a r y to c r e a t e a r e p o s i t o r y f o r n e g a t i v e sand p r o p e r ident ificat ion of o l d photographs. P ic tures should be taken tot h e L i b r a r y, and t h e n e g a t i v e s a r e made w h i l e y o u w a i t . Yo u r p i c t u r e s a r eback in hand in a f e w minutes. If p r i n t s a r e desired, o rders can be p l a c e dand these obtained at a nominal c o s t . The L i b r a r y encourages us to t a k e advan‑tage o f t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o p r e s e r v e t h e s e p r i c e l e s s photographs should. some‑t h i n g happen t o t h e o r i g i n a l . Th i s o f f e r i s n o t l i m i t e d t o members, and w ea r e ask ing t h a t y o u pass t h i s information to non-members who w a n t to be s u r et h e i r p i c t u r e s a r e p r e s e r v e d .

D o make y o u r p l a n s to a t t e n d t h e annua l d i n n e r meet ing on Monday, October21, 1991, at 6:00 p . m . , at t h e L i b e r t y Restaurant Annex.

Rubilee Smith, President

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSWIATION NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATONPost O f fi c e Box 1494Scottsboro, AL 35768

U.S. POSTAGE PAIDSCOI'I‘SBORO, ALABAMA 35768PERVIIT NO. 11



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INSTALLMENT SEVENT h e F l a r i d a i n d i a n War w h i c h b e g a n i n 1835 h a d e s c a l a t e d b y 1837 .S e v e r a l h u n d r e d N o r t h A labama M o u n t e d V o l u n t e e r s w e r e m u s t e r e di n t o s e r v i c e i n O c t o b e r , 1837 , a n d t w o ‐ t h i r d s o f t h e v o l u n t e e r sw e r e f r o m J a c k s o n C o u n t y . 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P v tS e x t o n , W i l l i a m W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n p v tS h e l t o n , J e s s e W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tS h e p h e r d , James W i t t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tS h e p h e r d , L a w r e n c e C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS h e p h e r d , O l i v e r C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS h i e l d s , J a c o b C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS h e f f e t t , L i t t l e t o n C o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS h r a d e r , S a m u e l C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m p s o n , G e o r g e C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m p s o n , W i l l i s C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m s , J o h n C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m s , M e s s e r C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m s , R . B . C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m s , W i l l l i a m C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS i m s , W i l l i a m , J r . C o A , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS l o a n , W i l l i a m P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tS l o n e , J a m e s C o G , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m a r t , J o s e p h S m i t h C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n C p lS m a w l e y, H a r r i s o n C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , B a r t h o l o m e w C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , B i r d C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , D a n i e l C o K , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , E l i j a h C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , G e o r g e P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n P v tS m i t h , H a r r i s o n C o L , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , J o h n H u n t C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n C a p tS m i t h , J o h n C o D , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , J o n e s C o I , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , M . C o E , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , N a t h a n P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n S g tS m i t h , N a t h a n P r i c e C o , C a w l fi e l d B a t t n ' l L tS m i t h , Owen C o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS m i t h , S i m p s o n C o C , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS n o d g r a s s , B e n j a m i n F&S C o , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n C o lS n o d g r a s s , J o h n F&S C o , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n l L tS p a r k s , S o l o m o n C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS p u r l o c k , S t e p h e n C o B , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS t a p l e r , J o s e p h C o F, S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tS t a p l e s , G e o r g e C o H , S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v tSEenEett, Magon CoM, S n o d g r a s s B a t t n P v t

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"The C i v i l Wa r : C r o s s r o a d s o f O u r B e i n g , " a s c h o l a r ‐ l e d r e a d i n g ‑d i s c u s s i o n p r o g r a m , w i l l b e g i n i n 1992 a t t h e S c o t t s b o r o P u b l i cL i b r a r y . L i b r a r i a n P e g g y McCu tchen i s p l e a s e d t o announce t h a tS c o t t s b o r o i s o n e o f o n l y 2 1 p u b l i c l i b r a r i e s i n Alabama c h o s e nt o h o s t t h i s l 5 ‐ s e s s i o n p u b l i c h u m a n i t i e s p r o g r a m be tween J a n u a r y,1992, a n d M a r c h , 1993.

P a r t i c i p a n t s w i l l t a l k a b o u t m i d ‐ n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y A m e r i c a nc u l t u r e t o u n d e r s t a n d how c o n fl i c t i n g v a l u e s o f t w o s o c i e t i e s‐ t h e S o u t h a n d t h e N o r t h - came t o b e a n d h o w t h e y l e d t o w a r .T h e C i v i l War w i l l b e d i s c u s s e d i n t e r m s o f t h e d i s c i p l i n e s o ft h e h u m a n i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g r e l i g i o n , p h i l o s o p h y , l i t e r a t u r e , m u s i c ,p o e t r y , a n d h i s t o r y . T h e p l a c e a n d e x p e r i e n c e s o f women, t h e i rc o n t r i b u t i o n s a n d t h e i r s a c r i fi c e s , i n a w a r ‐ t o r n w o r l d w i l lb e h i g h l i g h t e d .

T h e p r o g r a m s a r e n o t d e s i g n e d t o r e p l a y t h e W a r , b a t t l e b y b a t t l e ,b u t d i s c u s s i o n s a r e p l a n n e d t o i n c l u d e :

( 1 ) W h e t h e r t h i s c o n fl i c t w a s i n d e e d i n e v i t a b l e a n d i r r e ‑p r e s s i b l e , o r w h e t h e r t h e r e w a s a t i m e i t c o u l d h a v e b e e n a v o i d e da n d h o w.

( 2 ) T h e m i l i t a r y a n d p o l i t i c a l l e a d e r s h i p , b o t h t h e humanf r a i l i t i e s a n d s t r e n g t h s o f c h a r a c t e r " t h a t l i m i t e d i n d i v i d u a l so r h e l p e d t h e m a c h i e v e g r e a t n e s s .

( 3 ) B l a c k c u l t u r e u n d e r s l a v e r y a n d t h e j o y t h a t f o l l o w e df r e e d o m a l o n g w i t h t h e d i s a p p o i n t m e n t a n d u p h e a v a l t h a t a l s oa c c o m p a n i e d i t .

P e g g y McCutchen a n d Ann Chambless a t t e n d e d a two -day ' workshops p o n s o r e d b y t h e A u b u r n U n i v e r s i t y C e n t e r f o r t h e A r t s a n d Human‑i t i e s t o p r e p a r e f o r t h i s upcoming p r o g r a m . The S c o t t s b o r o P u b l i cL i b r a r y e x t e n d s a s p e c i a l i n v i t a t i o n t o J . C . H . A . t o a t t e n d a n yo r a l l fi f t e e n s e s s i o n s . C o p i e s o f t h e c o r e r e a d i n g s w h i c h i n ‑v o l v e fi c t i o n , n o n fi c t i o n , a n d p o e t r y may b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h eS c o t t s b o r o P u b l i c L i b r a r y .

The discussions w i l l be l e d by M r s . McCutchen, Mrs. Chambless,a n d o u t s t a n d i n g s c h o l a r s f r o m m a j o r S t a t e u n i v e r s i t i e s . C i v i lWa r h i s t o r i a n s a n d m u s i c i a n s a s w e l l a s t h e S t a t e A r c h i v i s t o fC i v i l War a r t i f a c t s h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d t o s h a r e t h e i r C i v i l Ware x p e r t i s e . O t h e r p r o g r a m t o o l s o f i n t e r e s t w i l l b e l e t t e r s ,d i a r i e s , b i o g r a p h i e s , s h e e t m u s i c , a n d l o c a l a r t i f a c t s a l o n gw i t h K e n B u r n s ' PBS fi l m documenta ry, I'The C i v i l W a r . "

"The C i v i l Wa r : C r o s s r o a d s o f O u r B e i n g " w a s d e v e l o p e d b y D r .L e a h A t k i n s R a w l s , D i r e c t o r o f t h e A u b u r n . A r t s and. H u m a n i t i e sC e n t e r a n d is f u n d e d by a g r a n t f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l Endowment f o rt h e Human i t i es . D r . A t k i n s w i l l l e a d t h e o p e n i n g s e s s i o n inJ a n u a r y . Y o u w i l l n o t w a n t t o m i s s t h i s e n e r g e t i c , i n t e l l e c t u a l ,a n d e n t e r t a i n i n g d i r e c t o r a n d c h a m p i o n o f t h e Alabama human i t ies .

W r i t e r S h e l b y F o o t e h a s s a i d , “ T h e R e v o l u t i o n made u s f r e e , . b u tt h e C i v i l Wa r i s w h a t made u s w h a t w e a r e . I t w a s t h a t w a r t h a td e c i d e d w h i c h w a y t h i s c o u n t r y w a s g o i n g , n o t o n l y i n t h e a b o l i ‑t i o n o f s l a v e r y , b u t i n a l o t o f ' d i f f e r e n t a s p e c t s , g o o d a n db a d . T h e C i v i l Wa r d e fi n e d u s . " Genea logy p r o v e s t h a t no f a m i l yi n J a c k s o n C o u n t y , A labama, was l e f t u n t o u c h e d b y t h e C i v i l W a r .T h e r e f o r e , a s a p r e l u d e t o I'The C i v i l Wa r : C r o s s r o a d s o f O u rB e i n g , " t h e f o l l o w i n g d i a l o g u e w a s a b s t r a c t e d f r o m s e v e r a l p u b ‑l i s h e d C i v i l Wa r d i a r i e s in t h e home l i b r a r y of CHRONICLES E d i t o rA n n B. Chambless. T h e s e s p e c i fi c e x c e r p t s w e r e c h o s e n becauset h e y r e l a t e t h e C i v i l Wa r t o t h e n o r t h e a s t e r n c o r n e r o f Alabamaa n d , s p e c i fi c a l l y , J a c k s o n C o u n t y .

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA: SEEN THROUGH THE VIS ION OF INTRUDERS

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T h e introduction to Memoirs of a ‘Volunteer 1861‐1863} by J o h nB e a t t y, b e g i n s :

"Looking at h i s C i v i l Wa r d i a r y in 1878,wha t t h e r e was i n i t t o make t h o s e p r i n t e r

, " W r o t eB e a t t y , "what an army is u n l e s s he m i n g l e s w i t h t h e ind iv idualswho compose it a n d l e a r n s how t h e y l i v e , t h i n k , t a l k , a n d a c t ? "

A f t e r r e a d i n g a l l o f B e a t t y ' s d i a r y ,was w i t h t h e r e s o l u t e p r i v a t e s a l t h o u g h h e h e l d t h e r a n k o fL t . C o l o n e l u p o n e n l i s t m e n t a n d i n t w o y e a r s was p r o m o t e d t oGenera l . "Many o f t h e o f fi c e r s , " h e d e c i d e s a r e "more s e l fi s h ,d ishonest , a n d g r a s p i n g f o r n o t o r i e t y t h a n t h e m i s e r f o r g o l d . ”I t i s h i s e n t r i e s a b o u t o f fi c e r s t h a t r e v e a l m o s t c l e a r l y h i sd i s t i n c t i o n between t h e romance a n d t h e r e a l i s m o f w a r .

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J o h n B e a t t y was b o r n n e a r S a n d u s k y, O h i o , i n 1828. I n t h e m i d1850s, h e a n d h i s b r o t h e r founded t h e B e a t t y B r o t h e r s B a n k w h i c h ,i n 1863, w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d a s t h e F i r s t N a t i o n a l B a n k o f C a r d i n g ‑t o n , O h i o . B e a t t y w a s a p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t o r f o r Abraham L i n c o l ni n 1860 a n d r e s p o n d e d a t once t o L i n c o l n ' s fi r s t c a l l f o r v o l u n ‑

2 1 , 1861. What f o l l o w e d a f t e r w a r d i s t o l d i n t h e d i a r y b e g i n n i n go n J u n e 2 2 , 1861, o n V i r g i n i a s o i l . F r o m V i r g i n i a , h i s D i v i s i o nmade i t s w a y t h r o u g h West V i r g i n i a i n t o K e n t u c k y a n d t h e n i n t oTennessee a n d Alabama. The a b s t r a c t s chosen f o r t h i s ; p a p e rb e g i n in Tennessee o n :

M a r c h 1 8 , 1862. S t a r t e d f o r Murfreesboro ( T N ) . Encamped f o rt h e n i g h t n e a r L a v e r g n e . I c a l l e d O n m y f r i e n d , M r s . H a r r i s .She r e c e i v e d me c o r d i a l l y a n d introduced me to her" d a u g h t e r ,handsome y o u n g l a d y o f 1 7 o r 1 8 . T h e y were b o t h e x t r e m e l y s o u t h ~e r n i n t h e i r v i ews b u t c h a t t e d p l e a s a n t l y o v e r t h e s i t u a t i o n .M r s . H a r r i s s p o k e of t h e g u a r d furn ished h e r on o u r fi r s t v i s i tin v e r y compl imentary terms. In f a c t , she was s u r p r i s e d to fi n ds u c h men i n t h e r a n k s o f t h e F e d e r a l a r m y. I a s s u r e d h e r t h e r ew e r e s c o r e s l i k e h i m i n e v e r y ' r e g i m e n t a n d t h a t o u r a r m y ' wasmade u p o f t h e fl o w e r o f t h e n o r t h e r n p e o p l e .

M a r c h 2 2 , 1862. M e n a t w o r k : r e b u i l d i n g t h e r a i l r o a d b r i d g e .M y s e r v a n t h a s i m p o s e d o n m e f o r a b o u t a m o n t h . H e a r i s e s i nt h e m o r n i n g when h e p l e a s e s a n d p r e p a r e s m y m e a l s when i t s u i t sh i s p l e a s u r e . T h i s m o r n i n g I became s o p r o v o k e d a t h i s insolencea n d l a z i n e s s t h a t , i n a moment o f p a s s i o n , I knocked h i m down.S i n c e t h e n t h e r e h a s been a d e c i d e d improvement in h i s b e a r i n g .

M a r c h 2 5 , 1862. Soon a s t h e r a i l r o a d i s r e p a i r e d , a n immenseamount o f c o t t o n w i l l b e s e n t E a s t f r o m t h i s s e c t i o n . The c r o p so f t w o seasons a r e i n t h e hands o f t h e p r o d u c e r . W e a r e e n c a m p e din a c o t t o n fi e l d . P e a c h t r e e s a r e in b loom a n d e a r l y flowersa r e to be seen .

M a r c h 3 0 , 1862. Murfreesboro is an a r i s t o c r a t i c t o w n . Manyo f t h e c i t i z e n s h a v e a s fi n e c a r r i a g e s a s a r e t o b e s e e n i nc i n n a t i o r Wa s h i n g t o n . T h e p o o r w h i t e s a r e a s p o o r a s r o t , a n dt h e r i c h a r e v e r y r i c h . T h e s l a v e s a r e , i n f a c t , t h e m i d d l ec l a s s h e r e . T h e y a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d a s g o o d a s t h e i r m a s t e r sb u t a g r e a t d e a l b e t t e r t h a n t h e w h i t e t r a s h .

A p r i l 3 , 1862. Struck o u r t e n t s a n d s t a r t e d s o u t h .

lMemoirs of a Vo l u n t e e r 1861‐1863, by J o h n B e a t t y was e d i t e dby H a r v e y S. F o r d , w i t h an int roduct ion by" L l o y d LeWiS, andp u b l i s h e d b y W . W . N o r t o n & Company, I n c . , New Yo r k , New Yo r k ,i n 1946. J o h n B e a t t y w a s a b a n k e r b y p r o f e s s i o n and a p o e ta n d a u t h o r b y a v o c a t i o n . B e a t t y s e r v e d t h e 8 t h Oh io Dietr ict>i n t h e House o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m F e b r u a r y 5 , 186% K g Marc“3 , 1873. H e a l s o d e v o t e d m u c h t i m e t o w r i t i n g . H e w r o t e t h r e en o v e l s : T h e B e l l e o f O ' B e c k e t ' s L a n e ( 1 8 8 3 ) , T h e Acolhuams (1902),a n d McLean , A Romance o f t h e W r 1 H e a l s é Wféié a r t i é l é so n s u b j a e t s s f w e a l h . s e x y a s War. ‑

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l ine f w e fi n d f e w e r - , ’ b u t h a n s o m e r h o u s e s ; l a r g e r p l a n t a t i o n s ;a n d f n e g r o e s m o r e numerous. We saw d r o v e s of women w o r k i n g int h e fi e l d s . When t h e i r e a r s c a u g h t t h e fi r s t n o t e s o f o u r m u s i c ,t h e y w o u l d d r o p t h e h o e a n d .come r u n n i n g t o t h e r o a d . M a y w en o t h o p e t h a t t h e i r d a r k e n e d m i n d s c a u g h t a g l i m p s e o f t h e s u no f a b e t t e r l i f e n o w ‘ r i s i n g f o r t h e m . W e e n t e r e d S h e l b y v i l l ea t n o o n . T h e r e w e r e m o r e U n i o n p e o p l e h e r e t h a n a t M u r f r e e s b o r o .T h e b a n d made t h e s k y r i n g w i t h m u s i c . O n e o l d woman c l a p p e dh e r h a n d s a n d t h a n k e d h e a v e n t h a t w e had come a t l a s t .

A p r i l 6 , 1862 . L a t e i n t h e e v e n i n g t h e o f fi c e r s , w i t h t h e s t r i n gb a n d , s t a r t e d o n a s e r e n a d i n g e x p e d i t i o n . O n t h e way W e d r o p p e db y t h e s t o r e o f a M r . A r m s t r o n g a n d n u b i b e d r a t h e r c o p i o u s l yo f a p p l e j a c k , t o dzptect u s a g a i n s t t h e n i g h t a i r , w h i c h b y t h ew a y , i s a l w a y s d a n ‘ r o u s w h e n a p p l e j a c k i s c o n v e n i e n t .

A p r i l 1 0 , 1862 . ,Resumed thgwgparqg,umv,eachegwaayetteville ( a tH4 {’99- v . , vn oon . Passed t h r o u g h ' the t o w n a n d e n c a m p e d o n e m i l e b e y o n d .

G e n . M i t c h e l l , w i t h T u r c h i n a n d S i 1 ' s b r i g a d e s a n d t w o b a t t e r i e sl e f t f o r H u n t s v i l l e o n o u r a r r i v a l .

A p r i l 1 5 , 1862. Resumed t h e m a r c h . P a s s e d t h e p l a n t a t i o n o fL e o n i d a s P o l k W a l k e r . H e i s s a i d t o b e t h e w e a l t h i e s t man i nN o r t h e r n A labama. Reached H u n t s v i l l e a t 5 o ' c l o c k p . m .

A p r i l 2 8 , 1862. O r d e r e d t o move t o S t e v e n s o n . To o k a f r e i g h tt r a i n a n d p r o c e e d e d t o B e l l e f o n t e , w h e r e w e f o u n d a b r i d g e h a db e e n b u r n e d . L e f t t h e c a r s a n d m a r c h e d u n t i l m i d n i g h t . Camped .

A p r i l 2 9 , 1 8 6 2 . Resumed t h e m a r c h a t d a y l i g h t . O n e m i l e b e y o n dS t e v e n s o n w e f o u n d t h e N i n t h B r i g a d e , S i l l ' s , i n l i n e o f b a t t l e ;f o r m e d t h e 3 r d i n s u p p o r t o f L o o m i s ' b a t t e r y " a n d r e m a i n e d i nt h i s p o s i t i o n u n t i l 2 p . m . w h e n G e n . M i t c h e l l a r r i v e d a n d o r d e r e dt h e N i n t h and. m y r e g i m e n t t o I n o v e f o r w a r d . A t W i d o w ' s C r e e kw e m e t a d e t a c h m e n t o f t h e enemy ; a f e w s h o t s f r o m t h e b a t t e r ya n d a v o l l e y f r o m o u r s k i r m i s h l i n e d r o v e i t b a c k a n d w e h a s t e n e do n t o w a r d B r i d g e p o r t , e x c h a n g i n g s h o t s o c c a s i o n a l l y w i t h t h eenemy o n t h e w a y . , . A b o u t 5 p . m . w e f o r m e d i n l i n e o f b a t t l e ,o n h i g h g r o u n d i n t h e w o o d s , o n e - h a l f m i l e f r o m B r i d g e p o r t , t h e3 r d h a v i n g t h e r i g h t o f t h e c o l u m n , a n d moved s t e a d i l y f o r w a r du n t i l we came in s i g h t o f t h e t o w n a n d t h e enemy. The o r d e rt o d o u b l e ‐ q u i c k w a s t h e n g i v e n , a n d w e d a s h e d i n t o t h e v i l l a g ein a run. The enemy s t o o d f o r a moment a n d t h e n l e f t as f a s ta s l e g s c o u l d c a r r y h i m ; i n f a c t , h e d e p a r t e d i n such h a s t e t h a tb u t f e w m u s k e t s a n d one s h o t f r o m a s i x - p o u n d g u n w a s fi r e d a tu s . O n e p i e c e o f a r t i l l e r y w a s f o u n d s t i l l l o a d e d . W e c a p t u r e d5 0 p r i s o n e r s , a n u m b e r o f h o r s e s , 2 p i e c e s o f a r t i l l e r y , a n dm a n y m u s k e t s . T h e b r i d g e o v e r t h e Te n n e s s e e h a d a l r e a d y b e e nfi l l e d w i t h c o m b u s t i b l e m a t e r i a l , a n d when t h e r e a r o f t h e r e b e lc o l u m n p a s s e d o v e r , t h e m a t c h w a s a p p l i e d ; t h e fi r e e x t e n d e dr a p i d l y , a n d w e f o u n d i t i m p o s s i b l e t o p r o c e e d further.2 A l i t t l em o r e c o o l n e s s o n t h e , p a r t o f o u r ' t r o o p s w o u l d h a v e e n a b l e d u st o c a p t u r e 2 5 o r 3 0 c a v a l r y m e n , who_came r i d i n g i n t o B r i d g e p o r t ,s u p p o s i n g i t t o b e s t i l l i n t h e h a n d s o f t h e i r f r i e n d s .

1The invas ion of Alabana was undertaken on cmfiers of B u e l l . Gen. O.M. M i t c h e l lwas p l a c e d i n charge w i t h a n i n i t i a l f o r c e o f 8000. L a t e r a l l t roops i n middleTennessee were p l a c e d a t M i t c h e l l ' s d i sposa l , doubl ing h i s f o r c e . A s soonas M i t c h e l l hean i of S h i l o h , he connenced to move, and h i s advance elementsreached H u n t s v i l l e , A p r i l 11 , 1862. H i s prnnary o b j e c t i v e was t o c o n t r o l t h eM&C .Rai l roai and c u t t h e Confederate east ‐ west connunications th rough N o r t hAlabana. To d o s o , M i t c h e l l moved sane o f h i s t roops f r o n H u n t s v i l l e t o B e l l e ‑f o n t e , Stevenson, and B r i d g e p o r t . ( O f fi c i a l Records, S e r . I , V o l 10, p p 6 4 1 ‐ 2 )

OFFICIAL RECORDS, S e r . I , V o l 10, pp 656‐59: A p r 29, 1862, H . L . C l a y w i redGen. D . Leadbet ter (CSA): B e s u r e t h a t y o u b l o w u p o r e f f e c t i v e l y b u r n t h e(Bridgeport) b r i d g e be fo re t h e enemy g e t s to i t . The f a r t h e r ,side should beburned by a l l means. Gen. Leadbe t te r r e p o r t e d to Gen. E . K i rbySmi th : I havet h e honor to r e p o r t t h e enemy 1100‐1200 s t r o n g advanced aga ins t B r i dgepo r ton t h e 29. My connand consisted of 450 i n f a n t r y w i t h 150 c a v a l r y, employedo n l y as scou ts . . .You a r e aware t h a t a defense o f t h e p l a c e by a s m a l l f o r c ewas v e r y d i f fi c u l t . . . F i n d i n g t h e eneny were c l o s e a t h a n d . . . I c r o s s e d t o t h ee a s t end o f West B r i d g e . . . p r e p a r e d f o r b l o w i n g u p a s p a n . . .The charge wh ichexp loded cons is ted o f 200 l b s . g r m d e r i n one n e e s . . . t h e span d i d n o t f a l l .I determined to c a r r y o u t t h e s p i r i t o f y o u r instruct ions and b u r n t h e Eas tB r i d g e . . . i t was soon i n flames and nnpassable t o t h e enemy. The enemy (Union)s e t fi r e t o t h e west B r i d g e a t B r i d g e p o r t , and " i t was w h o l l y des t royed . "Soulaffix:theyeaacmfled‘flmaplaxh“

JKBSEJGIHY,NEBMR:SENTHIUEIEE\ESDNCFJNHUDHB(CctflnnflA p r i l 3 0 , 1862. T h e t r o o p s a r e s h o r t o f p r o v i s i o n s ; t h e r e i sa g r i s t m i l l n e a r ( B r i d g e p o r t ) , b u t t h e o w n e r c l a i m s t h a t i t i so u t o f r e p a i r a n d c a n n o t b e p u t i n r u n n i n g o r d e r f o r some d a y sa s p a r t o f t h e m a c h i n e r y i s m i s s i n g . O n e n q u i r y , I f o u n d t h a tt h e o w n e r o f t h e m i l l w a s a r e b e l a n d t h a t t h e m i s s i n g m a c h i n e r yh a d p r o b a b l y b e e n h i d d e n b y h i m s e l f . T h e r e f o r e , I s a i d t o h i mt h a t i f h e d i d n o t h a v e t h e m i l l g o i n g b y n o o n , I w o u l d b u r ni t d o w n ; b y 1 0 o ' c l o c k i t w a s r u n n i n g , a n d a t 3 p . m . w e h a d a nabundance o f c o r n m e a l . A de tachmen t o f t h e T h i r d c r o s s e d t h er i v e r a n d r e c o n n o i t e r e d t h e c o u n t r y b e y o n d ( H o g j a w V a l l e y ) .I t f o u n d no enemy b u t r e t u r n e d to camp w i t h an abundance of b a c o n‐ a n a r t i c l e g r e a t l y n e e d e d b y o u r t r o o p s . S t a r t e d a t 9 p . m .f o r S t e v e n s o n ; m a r c h e d a l l n i g h t . Whenever~ w e w o u l d s t o p o nt h e w a y t o r e s t , t h e b o y s w o u l d f a l l a s l e e p o n t h e r o a d s i d e ,a n d w e f o u n d m u c h d i f fi c u l t y i n g e t t i n g t h e m t h r o u g h .

M a y 1 , 1862 . M o v e d t o B e l l e f o n t e .

M a y 2 , 1862 . T o o k t h e c a r s f o r H u n t s v i l l e . A t PA I N T ROCK t h et r a i n w a s fi r e d u p o n a n d 6 o r 8 w e r e w o u n d e d . I h a d t h e t r a i ns t o p p e d a n d , t a k i n g a fi l e o f s o l d i e r s , r e t u r n e d t o t h e v i l l a g e .T h e t e l e g r a p h l i n e h a d b e e n c u t a n d t h e w i r e w a s l y i n g i n t h es t r e e t . C a l l i n g t h e c i t i z e n s t o g e t h e r , I s a i d t o t h e m t h a t t h i sbushwhack ing m u s t c e a s e . T h e F e d e r a l t r o o p s h a d t o l e r a t e d i ta l r e a d y t o o l o n g . H e r e a f t e r e v e r y t i m e t h e t e l e g r a p h w i r e w a sc u t w e w o u l d b u r n a h o u s e ; e v e r y ' t i m e a t r a i n w a s fi r e d . u p o nw e s h o u l d h a n g a I n a n ; and. w e wou ld . c o n t i n u e t o ( d o t h i s u n t i le v e r y h o u s e w a s b u r n e d a n d e v e r y m a n h a n g e d b e t w e e n D e c a t u r a n dB r i d g e p o r t . I t h e n s e t fi r e t o t h e t o w n , t o o k t h r e e c i t i z e n sw i t h m e , r e t u r n e d t o t h e t r a i n , a n d p r o c e e d e d t o H u n t s v i l l e .P a i n t R o c k h a s l o n g b e e n a r e n d e z v o u s f o r bushwhackers a n d b r i d g eb u r n e r s . O n e o f t h e m e n t a k e n i s a n o t o r i o u s g u e r r i l l a a n d w a so f t h e p a r t y t h a t made t h e d a s h o n o u r w a g o n t r a i n a t N a s h v i l l e .

M a y 5 , 1862. C a p t . C u n a r d w a s s e n t y e s t e r d a y t o P a i n t R o c k t oa r r e s t c e r t a i n p a r t i e s s u s p e c t e d o f b u r n i n g b r i d g e s , t e a r i n gup t h e r a i l r o a d t r a c k , a n d bushwhack ing s o l d i e r s . To d a y he r e ‑t u r n e d w i t h 2 6 p r i s o n e r s . G e n . M i t c h e l l i s w e l l p l e a s e d w i t hm y a c t i o n i n t h e P a i n t R o c k I n a t t e r . The b u r n i n g o f t h e ' t o w nh a s c r e a t e d a s e n s a t i o n a n d i s s p o k e n o f a p p r o v i n g l y b y t h e o f fi ‑c e r s a n d e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y b y t h e m e n .

M a y 1 0 , 1862. I h a v e b e e n a p p o i n t e d p r e s i d e n t o f a board. o fa d m i n i s t r a t i o n f o r t h e p o s t o f H u n t s v i l l e . C o u l d n ' t g e t t h e b o a r dt o g e t h e r s o I s t r o l l e d o v e r t o t h e h o t e l , t o o k a b a t h , a t e d i n n e r ,smoked, r e a d a n d s l e p t u n t i l s u p p e r t i m e , d i s p a t c h e d t h a t m e a l ,a n d r e t u r n e d t o m y q u a r t e r s i n t h e c o o l o f t h e e v e n i n g . W e h a v ea s u p e r a b u n d a n c e o f n e g r o e s i n o u r c a m p . O n e f e l l i n t o o u r h a n d si n B r i d g e p o r t a n d h a s a t t a c h e d h i m s e l f t o m e . Whence t h e o t h e r scame o r w h i t h e r t h e y a r e g o i n g , i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o s a y . T h e yl i e a r o u n d c o n t e n t e d l y a n d a r e d e l i g h t e d w h e n w e g i v e t h e m a no p p o r t u n i t y t o s e r v e u s . A l l t h e c o l o r e d p e o p l e o f A labama a r ea n x i o u s t o g o " w i d y e r a n d w a i t o n y o u f o l k s . " T h e r e a r e n o t5 0 n e g r o e s i n t h e S o u t h w h o w o u l d n o t r i s k t h e i r l i v e s f o r f r e e d o m .

M a y 2 3 , 1862 . T h e m e n o f H u n t s v i l l e h a v e s e t t l e d d o w n t o a p a t i e n te n d u r a n c e o f n fi l i t a r y r u l e . T h e y s a y b u t l i t t l e a n d t r e a t u sw i t h a l l p o l i t e n e s s . T h e women, h o w e v e r, a r e o u t s p o k e n i n t h e i rh o s t i l i t y a n d m a r v e l o u s l y b i t t e r . A d a y o r t w o a g o o n e o f o u rC o n f e d e r a t e p r i s o n e r s d i e d . T h e l a d i e s fi l l e d t h e h e a r s e t oo v e r fl o w i n g w i t h fl o w e r s , a n d a l a r g e n u m b e r o f t h e m a c c o m p a n i e dt h e s o l d i e r t o h i s l a s t r e s t i n g p l a c e . T h e f o o l i s h , y e t a b s o l u t e ,d e v o t i m n o f t h e women t o t h e s o u t h e r n c a u s e d o e s m u c h t o k e e pi t a l ive. I t e n c o u r a g e s t h e y o u n g m e n t o e n t e r t h e a r m y . B u tw e m u s t n o t j u d g e t h e s e H u n t s v i l l e women t o o h a r s h l y . H e r e a r et h e f a m i l i e s o f t h e l e a d i n g m e n o f A labama. T h e i r w i v e s , d a u g h ‑t e r s , s i s t e r s , a n d s w e e t h e a r t s f e e l , d o u b t l e s s , t h a t t h e h o n o ro f t h e s e g e n t l e m e n , a n d p o s s i b l y t h e i r l i v e s , d e p e n d s u p o n t h esuccess o f t h e C o n f e d e r a c y. Tw o y o u n g n e g r o men f r o m J a c k s o nC o u n t y came i n w i t h t h e i r w i v e s t o d a y . T h e y w e r e n e w l y m a r r i e da n d t a k i n g t h e i r w e d d i n g j o u r n e y . T h e v i s i o n o f a b e t t e r a n dh i g h e r l i f e h a d l u r e d t h e m f r o m t h e o l d p l a n t a t i o n w h e r e ' t h e yw e r e b o r n . T h e y h a d s l i p p e d a w a y ' a t m i d n i g h t , c o n fi d e n t t h a tt h e r a i n b o w a n d i t s b a g o f g o l d w e r e i n t h e F e d e r a l a r m y c a m p .

J u n e 5 , 1862 . G o home o n s i c k l e a v e .

J u n e 2 7 , 1862. Reached H u n t s v i l l e . Regiment i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n ;w e a t h e r h o t .

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JACKSON QOUNT¥, ALABAMA: SEEN THROUGH THE V I S I O N O F I N T R U D E R S ( C o n t )

J u l y 3 , 1862. M y h o r s e i s a s f a t a s a s t a l l ‐ f e d o x . H e h a sh a d a v e r y e a s y t i m e d u r i n g m y a b s e n c e . To m o r r o w i s t h e 4 t h ,h i t h e r t o g l o r i o u s , b u t n o w , l i k e t o d a y ' s m e r i d i a n s u n , c l o u d e da n d s e n C s o u t a somewha t u n c e r t a i n l i g h t . H a s t h e g r e a t e x p e r i m e n tf a i l e d ? S h a l l w e h a i l t h e F o u r t h a s t h e b i r t h d a y o f a g r e a tn a t i o n , o r w e e p o v e r i t a s t h e b e g i n n i n g o f a p o l i t i c a l e n t e r p r i s et h a t r e s u l t e d i n d i s s o l u t i o n , a n a r c h y , a n d r u i n ? L e t u s l i f tu p o u r e y e s a n d b e h o p e f u l . ' T h e d a w n m a y b e e v e n n o w b r e a k i n g .

J u l y 4 , 1862 . T h i r t y ‐ f o u r g u n s w e r e fi r e d a t n o o n .

J u l y 5 , 1862 . A n A t l a n t a p a p e r o f t h e 1 s t says t h e C o n f e d e r a t e sh a v e w o n a d e c i s i v e v i c t o r y a t R ichmond. No n o r t h e r n p a p e r sh a v e b e e n a l l o w e d t o come i n t o c a m p .

J u l y 1 4 , 1862 . T h e r e a r e a g r e a t m a n y w e a l t h y p l a n t e r s i n t h i ss e c t i o n . T u r c h i n ' s b r i g a d e h a s s t o l e n a h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s 'w o r t h o f w a t c h e s , p l a t e , a n d j e w e l r y i n n o r t h e r n A l a b a m a . T u r c h i nh a s g o n e t o o n e e x t r e m e , f o r w a r c a n n o t j u s t i f y t h e g u t t i n g o fp r i v a t e h o u s e s a n d t h e r o b b e r y o f p e a c e a b l e c i t i z e n s f o r t h eb e n e fi t o f i n d i v i d u a l o f fi c e r s o r s o l d i e r s .

J u l y 1 9 , 1862 . R e t u r n e d t o H u n t s v i l l e t h i s a f t e r n o o n ; G e n e r a lG a r fi e l d w i t h m e . G e n e r a l R o u s s e a u s e n t t h e R e v e r e n d M r . R o s st o j a i l t o d a y f o r p r e a c h i n g a s e c e s s i o n s e r m o n l a s t S u n d a y .

J u l y 2 9 , 1862 . O u r f o r c e s a r e h o l d i n g t h e g r e a t s c o p e o f c o u n t r yb e t w e e n M e m p h i s a n d B r i d g e p o r t , g u a r d i n g b r i d g e s , r a i l r o a d s ,a n d t o w n s , f r i t t e r i n g a w a y t h e s t r e n g t h o f a g r e a t a r m y , a n dw a s t i n g o u r m e n b y p e r m i t t i n g t h a n t o b e p i c k e d u p i n d e t a i l .T h e c l i m a t e , a n d t h e i n s a n e e f f o r t t o g a r r i s o n t h e w h o l e c o u n t r yconsumes o u r t r o o p s , a n d w e Inake n o p r o g r e s s . 0 L o r d , g r a n ta l i t t l e e v e r y d a y s e n s e t o t h e i l l u s t r i o u s g e n e r a l s who h a v eo u r a r m i e s i n h a n d !

A u g u s t 8 , 1 8 6 2 . T h e e n e m y i s c o n c e n t r a t i n g a h e a v y f o r c e b e t w e e nB r i d g e p o r t a n d C h a t t a n o o g a . O u r camp l i e s a t t h e f o o t o f a l o wr a n g e o f m o u n t a i n s c a l l e d t h e M o n t e S a n o ; t h e s k y seems s u p p o r t e db y t h e m . A c a v a l r y p a t r o l i s j u s t c o m i n g d o w n t h e r o a d o n i t sr e t u r n t o c a m p , a n d t h e men a r e s i n g i n g :

A n e x i l e f r o n hone, s p l e n d o r d a z z l e s i n v a i n ,Oh, g i v e m e m y l o w l y t h a t c h e d c o t t a g e a g a i n ;The b i n d s s i n g i n g g a y l y , t h a t came a t m y c a l l ,G i v e m e them, w i t h t h e peace o f mind d e a r e r t h a n a l l .

Hone, hone, sweet hone, t h e r e is no p l a c e l i k e hone.There is no p l a c e l i k e hone.

Augus t 29, 1862. We a r e at Decherd, T n . I am weak, discouragai,and worno u t w i t h id leness. F i f t y o f t h e T h i r d went t o Stevenson y e s t e r d a y ; o n t h e i rr e t u r n t h e y were fi r e d upon b y g u e r i l l a s . Jack Boston s h o t a man and c a p t u r e da ho rse .

May 31, 1863. Received a l e t t e r f r o n m y d a u g h t e r, N e l l i e , a l i t t l e s c h o o l ‑g i r l . She wishes " t h e w a r was o u t . " So do I.

June 26, 1863. We l e f t Beech Grove (TN) or Jacob's S t o r e , at 5:00 a J n . a n dt r a v e l e d t o w a r d Manchester. we a r e now 12 m i l e s f r o n Tul lahona.

J u l y 7, 1863. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Tennesseans have deserted t h eSouthern army and a r e now wander ing about in t h e mountains, endeavor ing tog e t to t h e i r hones.

J u l y 11, 1863. w e h e a r n o t h i n g o f t h e r e b e l army. A f e w o f t h e enemy mayb e l i n g e r i n g i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f Stevenson and B r i d g e p o r t , b u t t h e main bodyis doubt less beyond t h e Tennessee R i v e r.

J u l y 12, 1863. O u r s o l d i e r s , I a m t o l d , have been e n t e r i n g t h e house o f p r i ‑v a t e c i t i z e n s , t a k i n g whatever t h e y saw fi t , and c o n n i t t i n g many ou t rages .I t r u s t , however, t h e y have n o t been d o i n g so b a d l y as t h e p e o p l e would haveu s be l i eve . I f a rmmgry s o l d i e r s q u i n t s w i s t f u l l y a t a chicken, soneone i sr e a d y to compla in t h a t t h e f o w l s a r e in danger and t h a t t h e y a r e t h e p r o p e r t yof a l o n e MKHBD, a widow, w i t h n o t h i n g under t h e s u n to e a t b u t chickens.In 9 cases o u t of 10, t h e husbands of t h e s e l o n e wonen a r e in t h e Confederatea r m y ; b u t s t i l l t h e y a r e wonen a n d shou ld b e t r e a t e d w e l l .

J u l y 16, 1863. Wehave blackberr ies and m i l k f o r b reak fas t , d i n n e r, and suppe r.W e have extended o u r l i n e s o v e r t h e most p r o d u c t i v e r e g i o n o f Tennessee andhave p o s s e s s i o n a l s o o f a l l N o r t h Alabama, a r i c h t r a c t o f c o u n t r y , t h e l o s so f which must b e s o r e l y f e l t b y t h e r e b e l s .

J u l y 21, 1863. N o one e v e r more d e s i r e d t o l o o k a g a i n o n h i s w i f e and babiest h a n I ; b u t a l a c k and a l a s ! I a n bound w i t h a cha in t h a t seems t o t i g h t e nmore and were e a c h d a y and draw m e f a r t h e r and f a r t h e r f r o n where I d e s i r eto b e . B u t I t r u s t t h e t i m e w i l l soon%aone when I s h a l l be f r e e a g a i n .

JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA: SEEN THROUGH THE VISION OF INTRUDERS (Con t )

A u g u s t 1 6 , 1863. W e m o v e a t 1 0 a . m . A f e w d a y s w i l l t a k e u st o t h e Te n n e s s e e ( R i v e r ) . G e o r g i a w i l l b e w i t h i n a f e w m i l e so f u s . A g r e a t s t r u g g l e w i l l u n d o u b t e d l y t a k e p l a c e , f o r i ti s n o t p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e r e b e l s w i l l g i v e u s a f o o t h o l d s o u t ho f t h e Te n n e s s e e u n t i l c o m p e l l e d t o d o i t .

A u g u s t 2 1 , 1 8 6 3 . W e a r e e n c a m p e d o n t h e b a n k s o f CROW CREEK,t h r e e m i l e s n o r t h e r l y f r o m S t e v e n s o n . T h e t a b l e o n w h i c h I w r i t ei s u n d e r t h e g r e a t b e e c h t r e e s . C o l . H o b a r t i s s i t t i n g n e a rm e . T h e l i g h t o f t h e n e w moon i s e n t i r e l y e x c l u d e d b y f o l i a g e .O n t h e r i g h t a n d l e f t t h e v a l l e y i s b o u n d e d b y r a n g e s o f m o u n t a i n s800 o r 1000 f e e t h i g h . C r o w C r e e k i s w i t h i n a f e w f e e t o f m e ;i n f a c t , t h e s a n d u n d e r m y f e e t w a s d e p o s i t e d b y i t s w a t e r s .T h e a r m y ( U n i o n ) e x t e n d s a l o n g t h e Te n n e s s e e , f r o m o p p o s i t e C h a t t ‑a n o o g a t o B e l l e f o n t e . B e f o r e u s , a n d j u s t b e y o n d t h e r i v e r ,r i s e s a g r e e n ‐ m o u n t a i n w a l l , w h o s e s u m m i t , a p p a r e n t l y a s u n i f o r ma s a g a r d e n h e d g e , seems t o m i n g l e w i t h t h e c l o u d s . B e y o n d t h i sa r e t h e l e g i o n s o f t h e e n e m y, w h o s e s i g n a l l i g h t s w e s e e n i g h t l y .

A u g u s t 2 2 , 1863. O u r b o a r d h a s r e s u m e d i t s s e s s i o n s a t t h eA labama H o u s e , S t e v e n s o n . T h e w e a t h e r i s i n t e n s e l y h o t . G e n .R o s e c r a n s w a s a t B r i d g e p o r t y e s t e r d a y l o o k i n g o v e r t h e g r o u n dw h e n a s h a r p s h o o t e r b l a z e d a w a y a t h i m a n d p u t a b u l l e t i n at r e e n e a r w h i c h h e a n d h i s s o n w e r e s t a n d i n g .

A u g u s t 2 9 , 1863 . I r o d e down t o t h e Te n n e s s e e t o l o o k a t t h ep o n t o o n b r i d g e t h a t h a s b e e n t h r o w n a c r o s s t h e r i v e r . ( 3 n t h ew a y m e t G e n e r a l s R o s e c r a n s , McCook , N e g l e y , a n d G a r fi e l d . G a r fi e l dg a v e u s a g r i p t h a t s u g g e s t e d " v o t e r i g h t , v o t e e a r l y . " N e g l e ys m i l e d a f f a b l y , a n d t h e c a v a l c a d e m o v e d o n . I c r o s s e d t h e T e n n e ‑s s e e o n t h e b r i d g e o f b o a t s a n d r o d e a f e w m i l e s i n t o t h e c o u n t r yb e y o n d . N o t a g u n w a s fi r e d a s t h e b r i d g e w a s b e i n g l a i d . D a v i s 'd i v i s i o n i s a l r e a d y o n t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e r i v e r . T h e Te n n e s s e ea t t h i s p l a c e i s b e a u t i f u l . T h e b r i d g e l o o k s l i k e a r i b b o n s t r e t ‑c h e d a c r o s s i t . T h e i s l a n d b e l o w , t h e h e a v i l y ' wooded b a n k s ,t h e b l u f f s , a n d m o u n t a i n , p r e s e n t a s c e n e t h a t w o u l d d e l i g h tt h e s o u l o f t h e a r t i s t . A h u n d r e d b o y s w e r e f r o l i c k i n g i n t h ew a t e r n e a r t h e p o n t o o n s , t u m b l i n g i n t o t h e s t r e a m i n a l l s o r t so f w a y s , k i c k i n g u p t h e i r h e e l s , d u c k i n g a n d s p l a s h i n g e a c h o t h e ra n d h a v i n g a g l o r i o u s t i m e g e n e r a l l y .

A u g u s t 30, 1863. T h e b r i g a d e moved i n t o S t e v e n s o n .

A u g u s t 3 1 , 1863. I t c r o s s e d t h e Te n n e s s e e .

S e p t e m b e r 1 , 1863 . C l o s e d u p t h e b u s i n e s s o f t h e b o a r d a n d l e f tS t e v e n s o n . O n t h e w a y t o t h e r i v e r , t h e a i r w a s t h i c k w i t h d u s t .I t w a s q u i t e d a r k when I c r o s s e d t h e b r i d g e . T h e b r i g a d e h a ds t a r t e d o n t h e m a r c h h o u r s b e f o r e . A f t e r g e t t i n g o n t h e w r o n gr o a d a n d r i d i n g c o n s i d e r a b l y o u t o f m y w a y , I fi n a l l y f o u n d t h er i g h t o n e a n d o v e r t o o k t h e r e a r o f t h e c o l u m n . T h e t w o a r m i e sw i l l f a c e e a c h o t h e r b e f o r e t h e e n d o f t h e w e e k . ( B a t t l e 13fC h i c k a m a u g a . )

S e p t e m b e r 3 , 1863 . W e m o v e d f r o m M o o r e ' s S p r i n g o n t h e Te n n e s s e ei n t h e m o r n i n g a n d a f t e r l a b o r i n g a l l day. a d v a n c e d l e s s t h a no n e m i l e a n d a q u a r t e r . W e w e r e a s c e n d i n g Sand M o u n t a i n ; m a n yo f o u r w a g o n s d i d n o t r e a c h t h e s u m m i t .

S e p t e m b e r 4 , 1863 . W i t h t w o r e g i m e n t s I d e s c e n d e d i n t o L o o k o u tV a l l e y a n d b i v o u a c k e d a t B r o w n ' s S p r i n g a b o u t d a r k .

E D I T O R ' S NOTE: G e n . J o h n B e a t t y l e f t J a c k s o n C o u n t y a n d N o r t hA labama n e v e r t o r e t u r n . J o h n B e a t t y s u r v i v e d t h e B a t t l e o fCh ickamauga a n d w a s commended by h i s commanding o f fi c e r s in D e c e m ‑b e r o f 1 8 6 3 . H e r e s i g n e d f r o m t h e a r m y a t t h e e n d o f J a n u a r y ,1864 , w h e n t h e o u t c o m e o f t h e ‘ w a r " w a s n o l o n g e r i n q u e s t i o n .H e c l o s e d h i s C i v i l W a r d i a r y o n J a n u a r y 1 , 1864 , t h u s l y :"S tand ing o n a p e a k o f M i s s h m i f fi d g e t o d a y, w e had s p r e a d o u t b e f o r e u s oneo f t h e g r a n d e s t p r o s p e c t s t h a t e v e r d e l i g h t e d t h e e y e o f man. . .The f a c t t h a t150,000 men, w i t h a l l t h e app l i ances o f w a r, have s t r u g g l e d f o r t h e possess ionof these g l o r i o u s mountains, r i v e r s , a n d r i d g e s g i v e s a solemn i n t e r e s t tot h e scene, and r e n d e r s i t one o f t h e most i n t e r e s t , a s i t i s one o f t h e g r a n d ‑e s t hi t h e vmmld. Look ing on t h i s panorama of nmmntains, r i d g e s , r i v e r s ,and v a l l e y s , one has a j u s t e r concep t ion o f t h e power o f God. R e fl e c t i n gupon t h e deeds t h a t have been done here , he obta ins a t r u e r knowledge of t h echaracter o f m a n . . . . S t a n d i n g h e r e t o d a y, I t a k e m y h a t o f f t o t h e r e a d e r i f b yp o s s i b i l i t y t h e r e b e one who has had t h e p a t i e n c e t o f o l l o w m e t h u s f a r , and,as I b i d hhn good ‐by, w i s h h f “ "A Happy New Ye a r. "

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JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA: SEEN THROUGH THE V I S I O N OF INTRUDERS ( C o n t )

T h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e C i v i l W a r D i a r y o f J a m e s T. A y e r s s t a t e sA y e r s r e c e i v e d h i s a p p o i n t m e n t t o r e c r u i t N e g r o e s f o r t h e U n i o nm i l i t a r y o n C h r i s t m a s D a y , 1863 . H i s o r d e r s w e r e t o s e e k r e c r u i t sa l o n g t h e Te n n e s s e e V a l l e y a r o u n d B r i d g e p o r t , S t e v e n s o n , H u n t s ‑v i l l e , T r i a n a , a n d D e c a t u r . T h e s e t o w n s w e r e o f u n u s u a l i m p o r ‑t a n c e s i n c e t h e y w e r e o n t h e m a i n l i n e o f t h e r a i l r o a d c o n n e c t i n gM e m p h i s a n d N a s h v i l l e w i t t 1 C h a t t a n o o g a . J a m e s T. A y e r s b e g a nh i s j o u r n a l a n d d i g e s t o f t r a v e l s :

December 2 8 , 1863 . R e p o r t e d a t S t e v e n s o n t o C a p t . ( W i l l i a m F . )W h e e l e r r e a d y f o r d u t y .

December 2 9 , 1863 . F i n e p l e a s a n t d a y . S tephenson i s a s m a l lp l a c e s u r r o u n d e d b y h i l l s and. r o c k s . N o t h i n g i n v i t i n g i n i t sa p p e a r a n c e f o r a t o w n t h o u g h i t s e e m s t o b e a g o o d s h i p p i n g p o i n ta s t h e r e i s a t t h i s t i m e . A l a r g e a m o u n t o f G o v e r n m e n t s t o r e sa n d p r o p e r t y h e r e a n d s e v e r a l r e g i m e n t s o f s o l d i e r s a n d mud w i t hn o e n d t o i t f r o m k n e e d e e p d o w n w a r d .

D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 1863 . A t B r i d g e p o r t . Came h e r e y e s t e r d a y . T h et o w n h a s s t e p p e d o u t i f a n y t h e r e e v e r w a s ( n o l o c a l r e s i d e n t si n s i g h t . ) I w o u l d s u p p o s e f r o m n u m b e r o f e n c a m p m e n t s s c a t t e r e da l l r o u n d t h e r e m u s t b e o v e r 1 5 , 0 0 0 t r o o p s h e r e . T h e Te n n e s s e eR i v e r p a s s e s b y t h i s p l a c e . B e a u t i f u l . T h i s p l a c e i s n o t m o u n ‑t a i n o u s b u t c o n s i d e r a b l e b r o k e n . H a v e b e e n r o u n d some l o o k i n ga f t e r N i g g e r R e c r u i t s . A m g o i n g t o m a k e t h e m a s p e e c h t o n i g h ta n d b e a t u p f o r v o l u n t e e r s . T h i n k t h e c h a n c e r a t h e r d u l l h e r e .I h a d m y r e v o l v e r s t o l e n l a s t n i g h t w h i c h l e a v e s m e d e f e n s e l e s s .A b o a t h e r e . E v e r y t h i n g i s i n a s t i r . E v e n t h e m u l e s s t i r i n gi n t o b o n e s o r n o t h i n g b u t b o n e s . I t w a s s o r a i n y t o n i g h t I c o u l dn o t s p e a k a n d l a i d i t o v e r t i l l t o m o r r o w e v e n i n g .

J a n u a r y 1 , 1864 . I t t u r n e d c o l d a s G r e e n l a n d i n a f t e r p a r t o fn i g h t a n d i s v e r y c o l d t h i s m o r n i n g . I a m i n a t e n t a l l a l o n e .The day’ h a s b e e n c l e a r " a n d c o l d ; f r e e z i n g a l l d a y . H a v e b e e nt o t h e R i v e r a n d t o Q u a r t e r m a s t e r s E s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d t o C o l .M c D u g a l ' s h e a d q u a r t e r s w h e r e I l a i d m y c a s e b e f o r e h i m . L e a r n e df r o m t h e C o l o n e l t h a t s e v e r a l s o l d i e r s t h a t h a d b e e n d i s c h a r g e df r o z e t o d e a t h l a s t n i g h t h e r e .

J a n u a r y 2 , 1864 . L a s t n i g h t v e r y ' c o l d . N o n i g g e r s e n l i s t e dy e t . T o o c o l d f o r n i g g e r s h e r e . Just h u r a n g e d a p p a t c h o f D a r k i e sb u t g o t n o r e c r u i t s a s y e t .

J a n u a r y 4 , 1864. We n t b a c k t o S t e v e n s o n .

J a n u a r y 7 , 1 8 6 4 . A t S c o t t s b o r o u g h ( N 1 r o a d f r m n S t e v e n s o n t oH u n t s v i l l e . S t a i d h e r e l a s t n i g h t . T h e r e i s o n e b r i g a d e o fs o l d i e r s h e r e a n d p a r t o f a b r i g a d e a t B e l l e f o n t e . C l o u d y t h i sm o r n i n g a n d s t i l l c o l d . S t a y e d w i t h P a r s o n Wo o d . ( T h i s w o u l d b eThomas J. Wood f o r whom Wo o d s C o v e is n a m e d . T. J. Woods r a i s e da l a r g e f a m i l y :u1 Woods C o v e b u t h a d I n o v e d h i s f a m i l y t o t h ev i l l a g e o f S c o t t s b o r o b y 1 8 6 0 w h e r e h e o p e r a t e d a g r o c e r y o nF r o n t S t r e e t [ n o w M a p l e A v e n u e ] . T . J . Woods w a s a N o r t h e r nM e t h o d i s t m i n i s t e r w h i c h p r o b a b l y a c c o u n t s f o r h i s w i l l i n g n e s st o p r o v i d e l o d g i n g f o r a n U n i o n N e g r o r e c r u i t e r o f s a m a f a i fl n )

J a n u a r y 7 , 1864 . L a n d e d t o d a y efl: H u n t s v i l l e . H u n t s v i l l e i sa p r e t t y p l a c e w i t h some 4000 i n h a b i t a n t s . R i c h fi n e c o u n t r ya n d 1 2 f o u n d q u a r t e r s i n a l a r g e b u i l d i n g o n s o u t h s i d e o f t h es q u a r e w i t h a g o o d fi r e p l a c e a n d c o m f o r t a b l e .

E D I T O R ' S NOTE: A y e r s goes o n t o d e s c r i b e h i s r e c r u i t i n g e f f o r t s i n t h eH u n t s v i l l e a rea a s w e l l a s t h e s o c i a l and econon ic c o n d i t i o n s i n 1864. H ee n t e r e d h i s new w o r k w i t h t h e z e a l w h i c h h e had shown a s a l o c a l p r e a c h e r( N o r t h e r n M e t h o d i s t ) and an t i s l ave ry advocate i n I l l i n o i s . I n each town, J . T.A y e r s wouLi n a i l 1K) a t t r a c t i v e p o s t e r s wh i ch announced I n a s s meetings wherehe spoke to assembled Negroes and u r g e d them to j o i n t h e Army. Ika t o l d t h a no f " t h e i r m o r a l o b l i g a t i o n t o fi g h t s l a v e r y t o e x t e n d t h e b l e s s i n g s o f f r e e d a nto t h e i r unfor tunate b ro the rs . " The o t h e r enticement used was t h e mun ificen ts a l a r y o f $10 p e r month, t o g e t h e r w i t h f r e e issues o f food and c l o t h i n g .In r u r a l areas Ay e r s was compel led to r i d e f r o n fa rm to farm. H i s s u p e r i o rdescribed A y e r s ' r e c r u i t i n g a s eminently* s u c c e s s f u l and s t a t e d , "sane 300were obtained. f o r t h e 17th U . S . Colored I n f a n t r y and t h a t s laves f r e q u e n t l yr a n away f r a n t h e i r owners t o e n l i s t . " However, t o A y e r s , t h e p r o g r e s s o fhmrmmfimgmsmthfimmq,mdfimr thmmmmsdrmmfimqh e went t o N a s h v i l l e e a r l y i n October a n d r e s i g n e d . H i s z e a l w o u l d n ' t t o l e r a t eh a l f measures. To h i s s u r p r i s e , many Negroes were n o t in te res ted in fi g h t i n gf o r freedan. A l s o , A y e r s was n o t in t h e p o s i t i o n to see t h e r e s u l t s of r e ‑c r u i t i n g i n t h e e n t i r e area. A t h i s d e a t h i n S e p t , 1865, Ay e r s was c h a p l a i nw i t h t h e 104th Regiment o f t h e U . S . Colored Troops assigned t o B e a u f o r t , S . C . ,where Ay e r s d i e d o f t y p h u s . 9

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I n h i s P r e f a c e t o h i s R e c o l l e c t i o n s o f a P r i v a t e S o l d i e r i n t h eA r m y o f t h e P o t o m a c , c o p y r i g h t e d b y F r a n k W i l k e s o n i n 1 8 8 6 , h es t a t e d : "Much o f t h i s w a r h i s t o r y h a s b e e n w r i t t e n t o r e p a i rdamaged o r w h o l l y r u i n e d m i l i t a r y r e p u t a t i o n s . I t h a s b e e n m a d ea d d i t i o n a l l y u n t r u s t w o r t h y b y j e a l o u s y w h i c h s e e k s t o b e l i t t l et h e w o r k o f o t h e r s o r t o f a l s i f y o r o b s c u r e i t . " H e t h e n g o e so n t o s t a t e : " T h e m e n w h o c a r r i e d t h e m u s k e t s , s e r v e d t h e g u n s ,a n d r o d e i n t h e s a d d l e h a d n o I n i l i t a r y ' r e p u t a t i o n s t o ( i e f e n d

o r c r e a t e , a n d t h e y b r o u g h t n o t o u t o f t h e Wa r p r o f e s s i o n a l j e a l ‑o u s y o f t h e i r c o m r a d e s . Who b e s i d e s t h e e n l i s t e d men c a n t e l lh o w t h e fi e r c e C o n f e d e r a t e s l o o k e d a n d f o u g h t b e h i n d t h e i r e a r t h ‑w o r k a n d i n t h e o p e n ; how t h e h e r o i c s o l d i e r s o f t h e i m p o v e r i s h e dS o u t h w e r e c l o t h e d , a r m e d , a n d f e d ? Who b e s i d e s o u r e n l i s t e d m e nc a n o r w i l l t e l l t h e i r c o u n t r y m a n how t h e v o l u n t e e r s who s a v e dt h e r e p u b l i c l i v e d i n c a m p a n d i n t h e fi e l d ; o n t h e m a r c h ; w h a tt h e y t a l k e d a b o u t ; h o w t h e y c r i t i c i z e d t h e c a m p a i g n s a n d t h e i ro f fi c e r s a n d commanders ; how o f t t h e y h u n g e r e d a n d t h i r s t e d a n ds l e p t u n s h e l t e r a fl o n t h e g r o u n d t o o o f t e n i n snow o r m u d ; h o wt h e y f o u g h t f o r g l o r y ; a n d h o w t h e y d i e d ? I w a s o n e o f t h o s es o l d i e r s . "

C h a p t e r 1 4 o f W i l k e s o n ' s R e c o l l e c t i o n s b e g i n s w i t h h i s a r r i v a li n S t e v e n s o n , Alabama. H e r e h e v i e w e d a l a r g e r e f u g e e c a m p ,w h e r e many women a n d c h i l d r e n a n d a f e w c r i p p l e d o r a g e ‐ e n f e e b l e dmen h a d s o u g h t r e f u g e f r o m a t t a c k s b y m u r d e r o u s b a n d s o f g u e r ‑r i l l a s . These p r e t e n d e d s o l d i e r s d i s g r a c e d u n i f o r m s o f b o t ha r m i e s a n d s t o l e , p i l f e r e d , a n d m u r d e r e d t h e i r d e f e n s e l e s s n e i g h ‑b o r s t o e n r i c h t h e m s e l v e s . Fa rm ing ' w a s l i m i t e d t o v e r y ' s m a l lp l o t s . N o o n e d a r e d t o t i l l l e a n fi e l d s f o r f e a r o f b e i n g s h o ta n d n o s t a c k o f c o r n o r g r a i n w a s s a f e f r o m t h e t o r c h o r p l u n d e r .T h e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t e s t a b l i s h e d c a m p s f o r t h e s e w a r ‐ s t r i c k e nS o u t h e r n e r s . W i l k e s o n ' s d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e S t e v e n s o n camp f o l l o w s :

" I saw h u n d r e d s o f t a l l , g a u n t , f r o u z y - h e a d e d , s n u f f ‐ d i p p i n g ,p i p e ‐s m o k i n g , u n c l e a n women. Some w e r e c l a d i n homespun s t u f f s ,o t h e r s i n c a l i c o , o t h e r s i n b a g g i n g . M a n y w e r e u n s h o d . T h e r ew r e hundreds a n d hundreds o f v e r m i n - i n f e s t e d a n d s u p r e m e l y d i r t yc h i l d r e n i n t h e c a m p . Some f a m i l i e s l i v e d i n t e n t s , some i nfl i m s y b a r r a c k s . A l l d r e w r a t i o n s f r o m t h e G o v e r n m e n t . . . . S u n ‑b u r n t women s a t o r s t o o d i n g r o u p s . T h e i r f e a t u r e s w e r e a s e x ‑p r e s s i o n l e s s a s w o o d , t h e i r e y e s l u s t r e l e s s . I t a l k e d t o manyo f t h e s e women w h o t b l d s t o r i e s o f m u r d e r , o f a r s o n , o f b l o o d ‑c u r d l i n g s c e n e s . . . . . I t w a s e a s y t o f o r e s e e t h e y e a r s o f b l o o d s h e d ,o f a s s a s s i n a t i o n , o f f a m i l y f e u d s , t h a t w o u l d s p r i n g f r o m t h er e c o l l e c t i o n s o f t h e w a r , h a n d e d f r o m widowed m o t h e r s t o s a v a g e ‑t e m p e r e d s o n s , i n t h e I n o u n t a i n : r e c e s s e s o f G e o r g i a , Te n n e s s e e ,K e n t u c k y , a n d A labama. T h e s e women who h a d b e e n d r i v e n f r o mt h e i r home b y t h e m o s t s a v a g e w a r f a r e o u r c o u n t r y h a s b e e n c u r s e dw i t h , k n e w w h a t w a r w a s , a n d t h e y i m p r e s s e d m e a s l i v i n g w h o l l yt o r e v e n g e t h e i r w r o n g s . “

" I s t a r t e d f o r H u n t s v i l l e t h e n e x t m o r n i n g . T h e s o l d i e r s s a n gw i l d a n d p r o f a n e s o n g s , a n d k e p t t i m e b y s o u n d i n g t h e i r r a m r o d si n t h e i r I n u s k e t b a r r e l s , or- b y s o f t l y t a p p i n g then ! w i t h s t e e lb a y o n e t s . A b o u t m i d n i g h t t h e t r a i n h a l t e d a t P a i n t R o c k R i v e r( t h e r a i l r o a d b r i d g e o v e r t h e r i v e r h a d b e e n b u r n e d t h e p r e v i o u sn i g h t b y CSA a n d some U n i o n a r m y b r i d g e ‐ b u i l d e r s w e r e r e p l a c i n gi t ) a n d t h e s o l d i e r s c l a m b e r e d o f f t h e c a r s . E a g e r t o g e t a c r o s s ,t h e y b u i l t a r a f t a n d f r e q u e n t l y o v e r l o a d e d t h e r a f t w h i c h s a n kd e e p l y i n t h e w a t e r . T h e n t h e s o l d i e r s w o u l d s p r i n g a s h o r e o rf a l l i n t o t h e r i v e r , o u t o f w h i c h t h e y swam, o r w e r e p u l l e d b yt h e i r c o m r a d e s . . . . B u t I s a w fi v e men w h o w e r e h e a v i l y l a d e n w i t hc a r t r i d g e s , o r c o u l d n o t s w i m , s i n k i n t o t h e c o l d . w a t e r t o b es e e n n o m o r e . N o o n e p a i d t h e s l i g h t e s t a t t e n t i o n t o t h e d r o w n e dmen. A t h o u s a n d s o l d i e r s w e r e g r o u p e d a t t h e r i v e r , a n d a s t h e ys t o o d i n t h e r a i n t h e y s a n g , " J o h n B r o w n " a n d k e p t t i m e w i t hs o u n d i n g r i fl e s . T h e n e x t d a y I a r r i v e d i n H u n t s v i l l e a n d l e a r n e dt h a t t h e r e g i o n w a s i n f e s t e d w i t h g u e r i l l a s , a t t h e h e a d o f whomwas a m u r d e r o u s r u f fi a n , named D i c k C o t t o n ( E d . N o t e : p r o b a b l yD i c k . W h i t e c o t t o n o f W o o d v i l l e . ) T h e n u u l w a s d e s c r i b e d ' t o b ew h o l l y d e v i l i s h . I t w a s a l l e g e d t h a t h e m u r d e r e d e v e r y U n i o ns o l d i e r t h a t f e l l i n t o h i s hands, ' a n d t h a t h e i n v a r i a b l y a c t e do n t h e max im t h a t d e a d men t e l l n o t a l e s . "

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- g o o d many p e a c h e s b u t t h e y a r e - n o t y e t r i p e . T h e s c e n e r y i sg r a n d . T We r o d e i n a c o n s t a n t c l o u d o f dust w h i c h s t i c k s t o t h ep e r s p i r a t i o n a n d makes e v e r y t h i n g d i r t y . The r e b s h a v e p u t ' u po n e v e r y g o o d f o r t ( i n S t e v e n s o n ) . A b o u t 5 m i l e s o f f i s a r e b e ls i g n a l s t a t i o n o n t h e t o p o f t h e m o u n t a i n . I t c a n b e s e e n f r o mh e r e . T h e y s e e a l l t h a t i s g o i n g on h e r e . We a r e camped nowi n a s m a l l p i e c e o f woods b u t w a t e r i s r a t h e r d i f fi c u l t t o g e t .T h r e e v e r y s m a l l l o a v e s o f b r e a d c a n b e b o u g h t h e r e f o r a q u a r t e r ,c h e e s e a t - 5 0 ¢ l b . The thermometer i s 98 in t h e s h a d e ‘ t o d a y .To d a y I g o t m y d i n n e r i n t o w n f o r 5 0 ¢ , p o t a t o e s , c a b b a g e , b e e t s ,b r e a d , b u t t e r a n d I n o l a s s e s a n d v e a l . a n d I t e l l y o u I ' t o o k i na p r e t t y g o o d q u a n t i t y . T h e r e a r e v e r y f e w I n o s q u i t o e s h e r e .S e v e r a l r a t t l e s n a k e s , h o w e v e r, h a v e b e e n k i l l e d . Gen . M c C o o k ' sh e a d q u a r t e r s a r e a f e w y a r d s f r o m o u r c a m p . A b o u t 5 0 r e b e l d e ‑s e r t e r s came i n t o h e a d q u a r t e r s . One o f t h e m t o l d m e t h a t t h em o s t o f h i s company w o u l d h a v e d e s e r t e d i f p o s s i b l e . ‘

A u g u s t 2 5 , 1863. Rode t o B r i d g e p o r t . T h e r e i s nbt a d w e l l i n ghouse i n t o w n . C a n n o n a r e p l a n t e d p o i n t i n g across t h e r i v e r .T h e r e b e l s l e f t t h e o t h e r s i d e y e s t e r d a y. T h e scenery i s fi n e .T h e g e n e r a l was g o i n g t o i n s p e c t t h e s a l t p e t r e w o r k s a t N i c k a j a c k .A t B r i d g e p o r t t h e r e b e l s b u r n t t h e l a r g e ra i l road b r i d g e . I cameb a c k w i t h Cummings i n t h e G e n e r a l fi s c a r . "

A u g u S t 2 7 , 1863. F i n e d a y . T h e r o a d s a r e a w f u l d i r t y . Wento u t f o r a g i n g w i t h t h e w a g o n s f o r c o r n . O b t a i n e d g o o d l o a d s .One man h a d p r o t e c t i o n p a p e r s s o w e h a d t o l e a v e . ‘

S e p t e m b e r 3 , 1863. U p a t 3 a . m . A r r i v e d a t B r i d g e p o r t a n d c r o s s e dt h e r i v e r o n t h e p o n t o o n b r i d g e ( r a i l r o a d b r i d g e h a d b e e n b u r n e d . )T h e n p r o c e e d e d t o C a v e S p r i n g w h e r e w e c a m p e d .

S e p t e m b e r 4 , 1863. Passed ( ” 1 u p I s l a n d C r e e k t o C a v e S p r i n g ,n e a r t h e h o u s e of a M r . Edwards , w h o is a U n i o n g u i d e . A c o u r i e rl i n e was e s t a b l i s h e d b e t w e e n S t e v e n s o n a n d B r i d g e p o r t , w i t h 1 5men ( a t e a c h p o s t ) p l a c i n g p o s t s a t Widow C r e e k ( B i g S p r i n g )a n d B e a v e r ' s M i l l . A c o u r i e r l i n e w a s a l s o e s t a b l i s h e d f r o mC a v e S p r i n g ( n o t t h e C a v e S p r i n g a t R a s h b u t n e a r I s l a n d C r e e k )t o B r i d g e p o r t w i t h p o s t a t Edwards ' a n d C l u b f o o t M o o r e ' s .

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S e p t e m b e r 5 , 1 8 6 3 . , Many o f t h e m e n , B a l l included, v i s t e d H i l l ' sC a v e ( n o w c a l l e d L o n g I s l a n d C a v e ) , a n d d u r i n g a v i s i t t o t h i sc a v e b y G e n e r a l R o s e c r a n s a n d s t a f f , t h e G e n e r a l ' s r a t h e r b u l k yf o r m became w e d g e d i n t h e n a r r o w p a s s a g e . F o r a f e w m i n u t e si t w a s a q u e s t i o n o f w h e t h e r t h e c a m p a i g n m i g h t n o t h a v e t o b ec o n t i n u e d u n d e r t h e n e x t s e n i o r ' g e n e r a l . Ba l l s a i d h e seemedp r e t t y w e l l f r i g h t e n e d . W e g u i d e d h i m o u t .

B ) a l e t t e r t o h i s m o t h e r , B a l l w r o t e : "The B r i d g e p o r t d e p o tr a n s h o r t o f sa l t o n c e . W e h a d n o n e f o r a w e e k a n d t h i s wast h e g r e a t e s t h a r d s h i p t h a t e v e r came t o u s . I t i s a n e c e s s i t y ,a n d w e r e i t poss ib le f o r e i t h e r t h e N o r t h or t h e S o u t h to d e s t r o yt h e s t o c k o f i t , w h i c h t h e o t h e r h a d , t h e c l a m o r f o r t h e w a r t oc e a s e w o u l d b e s o g r e a t t h a t 4 8 h o u r s w o u l d b r i n g i t t o a c l o s e . "

M e a n w h i l e t h e B a t t l e o f C h a t t a n o o g a w a s w o n b y t h e U n i o n f o r c e sb u t t h e v i c t o r y. w a s l o s t because t h e C o n f e d e r a t e a r m y f o r c e dt h e i r enemy o n a s t a r v a t i o n d i e t w h i l e t h e y w e r e " h o l e d u p " i nC h a t t a n o o g a . The U n i o n s o l d i e r s w e r e i n t h e h a b i t o f s a y i n gt h a t t h e y "were l i v i n g o n h a l f r a t i o n s o f h a r d b r e a d a n d b e e fd r i e d o n t h e h o o f . “ When G e n e r a l G r a n t a r r i v e d i n C h a t t a n o o g a ,h e i s s u e d o r d e r s f o r o p e n i n g " a c r a c k e r l i n e " t o B r i d g e p o r t .

G e n e r a l W. F. S m i t h , c h i e f e n g i n e e r o f t h e Army o f t h e Cumber land ,e s t a b l i s h e d : 3 saw m i l l o n t h e b a n k s o f t h e Tennessee R i v e r i nB r i d g e p o r t ‘ and b e g a n b u i l d i n g s teamers . The fi r s t o n e b u i l tc o n s i s t e d o f a a s c o w, made o f t h e p l a n k sawed o u t a t t h e m i l l ,housed i n , w i t h . a s t e r n w h e e l a t t a c h e d wh ich . was p r o p e l l e d . b ya s e c o n d e n g i n e t a k e n f r o m some s h o p o r f a c t o r y . O t h e r I n o r e

s o p h i s t i c a t e d steamers w e r e b u i l t , a n d t h e r i v e r w a s o p e n e d f r o mB r i d g e p o r t t o C h a t t a n o o g a . T h e r e w a s a n abundance o f f o r a g e ,c l o t h i n g , a n d p r o v i s i o n s s h i p p e d o n B r i d g e p o r t ' s " c r a c k e r l i n e " ,a n d soon t h e Union t r o o p s w e r e r e c e i v i n g f u l l r a t i o n s . B a c kt o B a l l ' s d i a r y :

O c t o b e r 30 , 1863. A s teamer r a n t h e b l o c k a d e l a s t n i g h t , Ib e l i e v e s a f e l y . She was fi r e d a t . Gen . H o o k e r ' s h e a d q u a r t e r sa r e near t h e new b r i d g e ( r e b u i l t b y U n i o n f o r c e s . )

By December, 1864, t h e A r m y of t h e Cumberland was c h a s i n g CSAGenera lv H o o d in t h e i r s e c o n d Tennessee c a m p a i g n . W i l l . C o l t o no n c e a g a i n f o u n d h i m s e l f in Jackson C o u n t y , Alabama:

December 2 2 , 1864. M a r c h e d f o r B r i d g e p o r t . . . f o u n d t h e R e g i m e n tc a m p e d o n t h e i s l a n d i n t h e same p l a c e i t w a s when h e r e b e f o r e .A t d a r k we m a r c h e d f o r S tevenson . . . .The m a i n r o a d w a s i m p a s s a b l eo n a c c o u n t o f t h e h i g h w a t e r i n t h e c r e e k . . . . t o o k t h e b a c k r o a da l o n g t h e e d g e o f t h e m o u n t a i n s , b u t o u r g u i d e was d r u n k a n dw e c a m p e d a b o u t 4 m i l e s f r o m B r i d g e p o r t . W e b ivouacked b y t h es i d e o f a ~ r a i l f e n c e a n d s o o n h a d b l a z i n g fi r e s .

December 2 4 , 1864. P a s s e d t h r o u g h S t e v e n s o n , c r o s s e d C r o w C r e e ka n d o v e r a l a r g e swamp, w h i c h w a s l i g h t l y f r o z e n . M y companyh a d t o b u i l d a b r i d g e o f r a i l s a t o n e p l a c e . To o k t h e r o a d u pCoon C r e e k w h i c h r u n s down - f r o m t h e Cumberland M o u n t a i n s a n de m p t i e s i n t o t h e Tennessee R i v e r . Marched a b o u t 16 m i l e s a n dc a m p e d i n a n o r c h a r d a t t h e h e a d o f t h e c r e e k a n d one m i l e a b o v et h e N a r r o w s , near M r . K n i g h t ' s home. I t b e i n g C h r i s t m a s E v e ,a r a t i o n o f w h i s k e y w a s issued t o t h e men. H a d c h i c k e n f o r s u p p e r !( M r . K n i g h t ' s ? ? ? ) M a d e a b e d o f l e a v e s a n d s l e p t b e a u t i f u l l y .

December 2 5 , 1864. R a i n y . A m i s e r a b l e d a y f o r C h r i s t m a s . H a dc h i c k e n i n l i e u o f t u r k e y f o r b r e a k f a s t . M a r c h e d a t d a y l i g h t .Went u p t h e m o u n t a i n , c r o s s e d a s p u r a n d down a g a i n t o t h e h e a dw a t e r s o f H u r r i c a n e F o r k o f L a r k i n s F o r k w h i c h e m p t i e s i n t o t h eP a i n t R o c k R i v e r . C a m p a i a t d u s k d u r i n g : 3 h e a v y r a i n o n M r .Ta l l i e r f f e r o ' s p l a n t a t i o n . O u r mess g o t s u p p e r c o o k e d b y a M i s sPutman, a s e c e s h y o u n g l a d y . I t c o n s i s t e d o f 3 c h i c k e n s , s t e w e dw i t h p o t a t o e s a n d o n i o n s , c o f f e e , b r e a d , b a c o n , a n d s w e e t c a k e s ,a l l o f w h i c h e x c e p t t h e s w e e t c a k e s , w e f u r n i s h e d . A f t e r s u p p e r ,n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e h e a v y r a i n , w e t u r n e d i n t o o u r s h e l t e r s b e f o r ea b l a z i n g fi r e a n d d i d w e l l . S o e n d e d C h r i s t m a s , 1864.

December 2 6 , 1864. M a r c h e d a t d a y b r e a k ,R i v e r a s h o r t d i s t a n c e t o T r e n t o n , t h e n u p a s m a l l c r e e k , o v e rt h e m o u n t a i n , w h i c h i s v e r y l o w h e r e , s t r u c k a n o t h e r s m a l l c r e e k ,a n d cam ed on F l i n t R i v e r at Brownsboro. I b o u ht a f ' n t kweighing 15 p o u n d s f o r $1.00 a l o n g t h e r o a d 9 1 e ur ey

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