I am trying to gather any information possible on my family which has stong ties to Orrville, AL. I myself was born in Orrville in 1954. My Grandfather (David Jones) married my Grandmother (Sally Eva Smith) date unknown. Their children were Hattie Mae, Bernice, Hattie Lee, Doris, David, Eugene and Phillip Jones. I still have some relatives living in Orrville today. I also understand that there is a cemetery with the Smith family name on it. When I was young we placed my uncle there. The house I was born in still stands next to the cemetery. Some of the relatives in Orville are: Roberta (William) Thomas and a host of Smiths and Jones. Please provide any information you can I am always away and it's hard for me to search the way I would like to. Thank you.

I am looking for information regarding my husband's great grandparents, David READY or REED and Sallie MITCHELL. They are found on the 1880 Dallas Co. census in the household of Sallie MITCHELL's parents, William and Mary MITCHELL. David and Sally's daughter, Sallie, married Littleton Harwell SMITH.

I have done quite a bit of research on this branch on this Norris branch in Selma. I am particularly interested in finding out information on the son of William, Thomas Norris, who was in Co. F, of the 3rd Alabama Cavalry in the Civil War. Also any other soldier who was in this unit.

     1850 Dallas Co. Census
     1048/1048
     Wm. J. Norris  42M  Merchant  12,000    Geo
     R. T.          29F                      AL
     Thos.           9M                       "
     Ada             6F                       "
     Franklin        3M                       "
     Sela            1F                       "

I am looking for Henry Fluellen and wife Bethsheba Lived Dallas 1830, to Kemper Co, Miss by 1837. All children had Creed last name.

Liz Hicks would like to contact descendants of William Basset 1847-1860 Old Cahaba, Dallas Co., Al. Also, and info. on his brother, Joseph, who died during Civil War. Have info. to share. Would like to contact anyone researching Loftis in pre 1850 Dallas, Greene, Marengo and Clarke Cos., AL.

Seeking info on CAPPS: Bertha C. born 24 July 1898 and her brother Marvin Ellis born 18 April 1900 in Selma, Dallas Co., Alabama - children of Marion CAPPS and Emma WEAVER CAPPS - no birth or death info available on parents.

I am looking for anyone with information on the LEWIS FREEMAN and ROBERT ALLEN families who were listed in Dallas Co. on page 094 of the 1830 Alabama census. I am interested in knowing the names of their children.

I am looking for information on Thomas Luther Brown b 1826 in Alabama, married Rhoad Jane Jackson. They are listed on the 1850 census for Dallas County with 2 children - Calvin Andrew Jackson Brown and Mary Jane Elizabeth Brown. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Howell Family -- Bride Church Cemetery

Grover C. Howell was born in 1888 in Coffee Co., TN, to James Howell and Malinda Hopkins. He died in 1921 in TN, and was buried at Bride Church Cemetery. I've heard this cemetery is in or around Selma, AL, but haven't been able to locate it in TN or AL. Thank you.

Seeking information on George Tilton HOWELL, who lived at Hamburg Station or Marion Junction, Alabama. He may be my great-great-grandfather. He had at least three sons and one daughter, Frank HOWELL (died in Birmingham around 1920), George HOWELL, Ira Clinton HOWELL (my great-grandfather), and Nanie HOWELL (died in Birmingham around 1939, was married to Waldo Finch). Ira Clinton HOWELL was born March 21, 1874 in Marion Junction, married Robert (Robbie) Etter LIDDELL in Harrels Crossroads, Alabama on May 4, 1896, and died in Montgomery, Alabama on April 22, 1952. Robbie died in Montgomery on August 21, 1956. I am positive about Ira Clinton and Robbie. Any more information on any others mentioned here would be apprecitated. Thanks to all. PS - will the lady from Texas please contact me again? I lost your e-mail address.

We are looking for the ancestors and descendants of Job SELF, b. 1815 in GA and residing in Dallas County, AL before 1835. He married Martha (maiden name unknown). Children: Arthur (1835), P. L. (1838), Martha (1843), W. H. (1846), and W. L. (1848).

I am searching for my grandfather's parents and siblings. Thomas Armstrong Mitchell b. 30 October 1861 in Selma, Dallas Co., AL d. 11 October 1934 in Palmetto, Manatee Co., FL. Family lore says his father was hung from a tree in his own front yard by Yankees during The War Between the States. I would be grateful for any info.

Thomas A.'s father was b. in SC his mother was b. in AL according to the 1900, Manatee Co., FL census.

Need information on a "S.Jackson" enumerated in "Harrells Cross Roads" precinct of the 1870 Census in Dallas Co. Also, George Jackson b.1843, enumerated in the 1900 census in Dallas Co, Marion Junction precinct along with his wife. "Angeline" b.1835 in AL. S.Jackson may have been Georges slave owner.

I am looking for information on Rufus COCHRAN b. 7-8-1858 Selma AL Dallas Co. I am seeking the names of his parents and any siblings. Somewhere between his birth and marriage in 1879 he moved to Waco TX, so I do not know how long he resided in AL. Any help would be appreciated -- thank you.

Need parents of Benjamin Vanderslice and Margaret Scott. They married 1795 Mercer Co., KY, moved to Christian Co. by 1810 and to Dallas and Perry Counties, AL before 1820. Also need information on their daughter Deborah who married John Marsh. Deborah lived next door to her widowed mother in 1840 Perry County but they were listed in the Ocmulgee Church records as late as 1843.

Would like to correspond with any of the descendants. My Jacob Vanderslice married Sarah Jane Jackson about 1825 in Dallas Co., AL. They stayed there until about 1834 after Jacob's father died in 1833. His mother died in 1855.

I am looking for information on William B. Reed who was born in Salem, Dallas Co., Al in April, 1851. He married Martha Alzada Wood, daughter of Benjamin Wood and Jannet ______. One of their 7 children was born in Salem also: Calvin Homer Reed, b. Jan. 27, 1888. I would like to know anything about this family. Calvin was my grandfather.

Brothers Joseph Maxwell(SC 1783-1860 AL) and James W. Maxwell (dates unk) and their families came from SC in the 1820s and settled in the Carloville area. They lived near their sister, Sarah, Mrs. Thomas David Rumph and her family. We are seeking information on the ancestors and descendents of the brothers. Other names involved in our search are: William Maxwell (b. 1820) and Thomas L. Maxwell (AL 1829- AL 1903) sons of Joseph. Also William A. Maxwell (SC 1850- AL 1870), James Franklin Maxwell (SC 1832-AL 1903) and David Rumph Maxwell (AL 1832-1908 TX).

I am searching for the parents of my gggg grandfather David Moore. He was born in Georgia in 1798 and migrated to Tyler in Dallas County probably after 1822 when he married Martha ______ who was also born in Georgia. David was a Primitive Baptist Minister and a farmer with 200 acres. He was buried on the farm. He and Martha had 8 kids, Tyra Glen, Lucy Martha, Joseph, David, William, Luther, Nathan, Mary. Thanks for any help you may be able to give.

Searching for ggg grandfather Joseph D.Tommee and wife Sarah who was in Dallas Co.,in 1842.Their daughter Rachal Francis married Henry McBride Feb.03, 1842 in Dallas Co.

Samuel NEW; 1820; Dallas County, AL. Later resided in St. Clair County. Daughter Nancy NEW md. Starling Mosely in Dallas Co on 12 August 1839. Name of Samuel's first wife is unknown. His second wife was a Mary HOWIE, also of AL. They later moved to Texas.

I am looking for any information on my gg-grandfather and g-grandfather. My gg-grandfather's name was Morris Mills, the family beleives he came from the Carolinas to Dallas County. He made plows out of wood for a living. He had a daughter name Dorthy. She married a man named John Henry Smith. She had several children, one was my grandfather. He was fathered by a white man named Hawkins, but he was named after his grandfather Morris, and he kept his mother's married name Smith. Morris Smith was born September 17, 1885 in Dallas County. When he married Ethel Rebecca Moss, they moved to a small town called Karo, where Morris worked in the coal mines and ran a small grocery store and raised three children -- Ethel Mae, Thelma, and Morris Smith. Any information on the Hawkins, Moss, or Smith would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!!!!!!! Ethel R. (Smith) Fennell

I am researching Stephen Morgan who died in August of 1838 in Dallas County, Alabama. His wife was named Elizabeth. His children were James J, Silas (my line-Texas), Daniel W., Elizabeth, Malinda, Martin, Isom or Isham, Asa T., Eppy, Stephen Jr., and Malissa. Any additonal information is appreciated.

Hi:

My great-great grandfather, George William Carvill, was a planter near Carlowville, in Dallas County in the mid 1800's (about 1835-1843). I'm looking for maps of the area from that time period. We have recently discovered a treasure trove of letters from GWC and his family members to relatives in London, written from 1834 to 1867 (the originals are in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri). I have copies of those letters, and we are in the process of transcribing them and posting them to our family web site. If you are interested, you are welcome to link to that site at http://www.fitzhugh.org. In any case, please feel free to visit the site. Thanks for your time.

--Jordan Fitzhugh

I have done a good bit of research on the Craig family, especially Robert and Martha Hayes Craig family from near Selma before, during and after the Civil War. I have had most of my questions answered about them and would be glad to help someone else who is researching some of these people.

The Craigs originally came to Charleston from County Antrim, Ireland in 1789. The moved to Tennessee about 1807 and lived in Tennessee until 1817, 1818, 1820 when each of them moved to near Selma. Craig Hill Cemetery was named for this family. The matriarch of the family, Catherine ( Katy) Craig, was buried in Craig Hill in 1824 at the age of 84 years.

Some of Robert and Martha (Patsy) Craig's children moved to Texas, some to Mississippi and some are buried at Prosperity Cemetery in Dallas County.

Robert and Martha Hayes Craig are buried at Prosperity Cemetery. Most of these people were Associate Reformed Presbyterians.

I will be glad to share my information with anyone who needs it.

Suzanne Shuttleworth Coats
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Suzanne Coats
Greetings from Mississippi!

Seeking information on the following Dallas County ancestors:

   * WILLOUGHBY TODD  1813-1865
   * HARRIET THOMAS TODD  1814-1835
   * JOHN THOMAS SR.  1790-1851
   * TELITHA THOMAS MELTON (wf/ Langston Melton)  1811-?
   * LEWIS JEFFERSON TODD  1833-1864
   * NANCY CATHERINE STRINGER TODD  1835-1856
   * ELIZA E. BOGAN TODD  1815-1871
   

Willing to exchange information and/or photographs. Eager to hear from you. Thanks.

I am researching the family of Jesse Langley. He married Sarah Carter on February 19, 1893 in Wilcox Co., AL and had one known daughter: Thelma (?) Langley . I am told they or their daughter ran a boarding house in Selma. Any information of this family would be greatly appreciated!

I would like any information on:

William Fatheree, b 1817 in Ga. Married: Dec 29, 1840 in Wilcox Co. Al to: Mary Stuart, b abt.1825 in Wilcox Co. Al. They were in Dallas Co. Al in 1850, 1860 & 1870. I would like to know when they died and where they are buried. Also who are William Fatheree's parents?

Their children:

     #1,  Isabella Ann Fatheree, b Sept. 28, 1841 in Dallas Co. Al. d March 15,
     1916 in Young Co. Tx.
     Spouse: Thomas Fickling
     #2, Elizabeth P. Fatheree, b 1843 in Carowville, Dallas Co. Al.
     Spouse: John R. Wood
     #3,  Mary J. Fatheree, b 1845 in Dallas Co. Al
     #4,  Amanda Caroline Fatheree, b 1849 in Dallas Co. Al.
     Spouse: John A. Wood
     #5,  John Fatheree, b 1853 in Dallas Co. Al
     #6,  Diddie Keenan Fatheree, b 1856 in Dallas Co. Al, d 1930 in Lowndes Co.
     Al
     Spouse: David Wood
     #7,  Arabella Fatheree, b 1858 in Dallas Co. Al
     Spouse: George Wood
     

I would like to hear from anyone that has information on this family. Thank You,

If anyone has access to the 1860 Dallas Co. Census, I would appreciate a look-up of the following: J (or T.) W. McKerney on page 863. Thank you very much.

Mathews,James Henry
Nancy MacKinzie Mathews
Margaret Mackinzie Salter Whatley
These people lived around Benton/Old town and Selma prior to 1860. Any information or suggestions to look will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

My father, Davis D. Garrison, moved to Selma, Dallas Co. in the early 20's from Perry County, where he was born. His father or grandfather (Edward W., Jr. and Sr.) moved there from Laurens County, SC. My mother was Necie Ellen Parten, who moved to Selma from Nanafalia, Marengo Co., AL. Her grandfather, John Manley Parten, moved to Marengo County from Laurens Co. SC. My father was a fireman at one time and then went into construction. Siblings of my father were Walter, Mollie, Ada and Zada (twins) They all married and stayed around the area. My grandfather married Minnie Davis in Perry County. Hoped someone sees a connection somewhere.

I am looking for information on Thomas Norris of Selma who served in Co. F, 3rd Alabama Cavalry during the war. His father was William Jefferson Norris, a wealthy businessman in town from Georgia. I am trying to get in touch with his descendents and find out more about his family. Also if anyone else has relatives that served with the 3rd, I am trying to put together information for a book and would like to hear from them. Thanks, Ernest Dollar, Raleigh, NC

Charles MacKinzie married to Lucinda Daniel was from the Selma area. Moved to Lauderdale Mississippi (early 1820's - ?). Any info will be appreciated. Thanks.

John Skipper - parents Hayes and Emma Skipper - siblings included Bliss, Eunice and Claude. John Skipper traveled alone by train to Pennsylvania Dutch area (Landisville?)at the age of about thirteen in the early 1900s. Could be from around the Selma area.

Looking for the family and parents of Julia Foster Cooke, born Dec. 30, 1879, died Oct. 10, 1965.

Seeking any information concerning Dempsey James and Elizabeth (Sanders) Coley family who lived in Dallas Co AL 1850 to 1853, prior to moving to Robertson Co TX. Dempsey James was the nephew of Obediah Coley who lived in Dallas Co AL from 1840s until his death. Will exchange and correspond information.

I am interested in any information on Eliza Eisnach. Died Aug. 1, 1874, Dallas Co. Daughters Cathrine Smoke, wife of Lewis R. Smoke and Eliza A. Smoke wife of D. C. Smoke.

MACK, John Christopher - John C. Mack and his wife Mary Jane RUSSELL were counted in the 1830 census for Dallas Co., AL. They bought property in the corner that later became Lowndes Co., AL. The children in the home for the 1830 census were: 2 males under 5, 1 male 5 to 10, 1 male 10 to 15, 2 females under 5, 2 females 5 to 10, and 1 female 10 to 15. Only the two males under 5 have been identified, they were John Bishop MACK b. 1828 AL and Ezra R. MACK b. abt. 1830 AL. Who were the other children? The other children were not in the home to be counted for the 1840 census of Lowndes Co., AL. Had they died or were they already married and gone? Both John Bishop and Ezra R. MACK married DRISCOL or DRISKILL women, where they related?

JOHN G. BAILEY - Looking for any family information on John. He received Land Patents in 1832 and 1837 in Dallas & Perry Counties. Thank you for any consideration to othis query.

I am seeking information on the Earl B. Grantom family. I have information that he may have lived in Dallas County for a long number of years. I shall be grateful for any information you may refer to me. Thank you.

Seeking transcript of data contained in the 1860 census of Dallas County, AL town of Selma on Eli Shortridge and Joel Shortridge. Your assistance in greatly appreciated.

Seeking transcript of data contained in the 1860 census of Dallas County, AL, Town of Selma on George Shortridge. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

4/21/99 

Seeking transcript of data contained in the 1870 census of Dallas County, Selma, AL on Ann Shortridge, Betty Shortridge, Ella Shortridge and Howard Shortridge. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Seeking transcript of data contained in the 1870 census of Dallas County, Union Pct., AL on James Shortridge, Eliza Shortridge and Henry Shortridge. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

4/27/99 

Seeking transcript of data contained in the 1870 census of Dallas County, Selma Township, AL on Antney Shortridge, Bettie Shortridge, Eliza Shortridge, Ella Shortridge, George D. Shortridge and Henry Shortridge. Thank you

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