Butler County, Alabama

The Story of the
Brushey Creek Community
Part 3

by Lillian Shell Morgan
[Permission to reproduce this history was provided by Rev. Wilson Shell (brother to Mrs. Morgan)
to Mrs. Lucile Smith Stinson, a former pupil and second cousin to Rev. Shell.]

Appendix

Population of Brushey Creek

1954

White

298

Colored

10

1956

White

354

Colored

14

1958

White

326

Colored

27

Ecomonic Status of Families in Brushey Creek

Description

Home Owners
Tenants
Renters
Welfare
Old Age Pensioners
Social Security
Vacant Houses
Tobacco Barns
Fish Ponds
Tractors
Cars
Trucks
Television Sets
Refrigerators
Home Freezers
Electric Irons
Radios
Bath Rooms
Washing Machines
Vacuum Cleaners
Telephones
Gas Heat
Mules
Chickens
Cows
Horses
Hogs
Sheep
Daily Paper (School Children Only)

 1954

44
13
21
17
19
0
7
22
5
15
36
17
2
53
5
57
56
13
4
9
1
0
30
1252
162
3
549
0
1

1956

50
28
22
17
11
5
4
23
6
19
53
26
18
52
21
60
82
14
36
11
2
8
35
1870
216
5
248
90
6

1958

54
8
12
17
8
18
4
28
7
26
56
28
44
77
33
87
62
23
62
14
7
12
29
4497
375
8
683
0
15

Educational Level of People in Brushey Creek

Education Level

High School Graduates
College Graduates
In School
Under School Age
Cannot read or write

 1954

26
13
72
38
4

1956

30
15
78
30
4

1958

29
17
89
32
3

Occupations of People in Brushey Creek

Occupation

Farmers
Saw Mill
Sewing Room
Salesmen
Teachers
Beauticians
Bus Brivers
Lunchroom Workers
Bookkeepers
Telephone Company
Poultry Farms
Forestry
Mechanics
Surveyors
Unemployed
Drugstore
Ministers
R.E.A.
Storekeepers
Carpenters
Day Laborers
Barbers
Pipe Fitters
Truck Drivers
Seamstresses
Cotton Mill
Welfare Workers

 1954

29
8
0
0
4
0
2
3
1
0
1
1
3
1
1
0
3
1
1
2
8
1
1
2
2
1
1

1956

39
28
2
1
6
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
5
1
3
2
2
3
10
2
1
2
2
0
0

1958

15
18
2
4
4
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
28
0
1
1
1
1
4
0
0
1
0
0
0

This concludes the original story as written by the late Mrs. Lillian Morgan, former teacher at Brushey Creek School. This story was written in 1958. The Community of Brushey Creek is now one of Alabama's almost forgotten communities.

History of Brushey Creek, Part 1

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Page updated 9 Jan 2008.