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BJS22> Hi folks. are you all here for the Wilcox County chat?
[jimhuggins] Ouida, thanks for the lead on the Wilcox Co Heritage Book.
BJS22> Ouida, are you hiding using another name today?
[Charlotteguy] So about that Reconstruction politics....
[jimhuggins] I don't think Ouida is on the net.
BJS22> Folks, I'm just checking in to see whether the server was up
BJS22> but the actual time of the chat is 9:30 CT
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BJS22> That's when I expect Ouida to log on
[Charlotteguy] Oops! I'm sitting here at 9:30 EASTERN time.
[jimhuggins] Sorry, I looked at the clock and forgot I was in the eastern - zone.
BJS22> Right :-) See you later then
BJS22> You can continue chatting if you like
[jimhuggins] See you at 10:30 EST
[Charlotteguy] BJ, is there a place to reach Ouida online at another time? - She did some genealogy work for me a few years ago and I'd like to get back - in touch with her.
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[jimhuggins] I will look for her email address, she gave me some help in - locating info on the Wilcox History document.
BJS22> her email address is owoodson@frontiernet.net
[jimhuggins] Thanks
BJS22> I'm leaving. Hope to see you all later.
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[georgecarrolljr] Yes their names were Noah Alexander Carroll
[owoodson] Hello B.J.
BJS22> Hello again folks
[VickyAL124] hi BJ
[georgecarrolljr] sorry bj hello
BJS22> we had some early birds. I hope they make it back.
[JimHuggins] Hello, I was just listening.
[VickyAL124] MORGAN,MANESS SIMMS HICKS
[owoodson] We had some that came on before 9:30?
BJS22> yes, 9:30 ET
[VickyAL124] they dont read very well do they
[JimHuggins] VickyAL124: we have some connection from my pearsons to morgans - and from huggins to maness.
[VickyAL124] hum wouldnt doubt it
[VickyAL124] morgan an maness are so tied together its not funny
[VickyAL124] dont see any huggins or pearsons but will keep eye out
[JimHuggins] I'll check in on the next chat schedule and try to have more - info available.
[VickyAL124] k
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[georgecarrolljr] Quida do you have dates on Dempsey Carroll?
[georgecarrolljr] Excuse my typing!!
[owoodson] I will have to check. I remember that he was here early. There is - a connection to some of my family in Wilkes County Ga to the Carrolls and I - think it is the same family.
[georgecarrolljr] Sara Carroll of Furmon is the only of my dads siblings left - in that area
[georgecarrolljr] excuse my Sara Carroll Jackson
[owoodson] Yes, I know Miss Sara
[georgecarrolljr] she is my aunt
[VickyAL124] MORGAN ,MANNESS ,SIMMS,HICKS
[georgecarrolljr] Ouida, If you get any info I would appreciate Iif you would - e-mail me at gcarroll@alltel.net
[owoodson] I will see what I have.
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[georgecarrolljr] Thanks
[owoodson] Hello,NMshel
[NMshel] Good evening, Anyone researching Bloxom, Powell or Lee
[VickyAL124] sorry not me NM
[VickyAL124] MORGAN,MANESS,SIMMS,HICKS
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[VickyAL124] wb bj
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BJS22> Is it me or this server very slow tonight?
[owoodson] It seems about the same to me.
BJS22> OK, it is me then.
[VickyAL124] seems ok to me just not one sayin anything
[owoodson] How many were on earlier, B.J.
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BJS22> I came at 9:30 to check the server and there were about 6 people - waiting
BJS22> Only a couple made it back
[owoodson] Hello 84568
[VickyAL124] hi 84
[owoodson] I started to check about a quarter to none, then decided not to.
[owoodson] that should be nine.
[84568] Hi Ouida!
[84568] What is the topic for this evening?
[owoodson] Any topic you choose.
[84568] Let's talk about the courthouse in Camden. Are there any early death - records there?
[owoodson] No, only the probate records.
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[84568] Where can one find early death records before 1908
[VickyAL124] hum for those i think ya have to hold breath an stand on head an - pray in most cases
[owoodson] Only by searching the probate records in the county of residence.
[84568] What exactly do the probate records tell you?
[owoodson] It was late--1920s or 30s when AL started keeping death records. - There are a few mortality schedules on microfilm you might try.
BJS22> i have microfilm of a death register 1908-1915
[owoodson] The wills and probate minutes tell you when an estate was brought - to the probate court for settling and who brought it.
BJS22> very detailed. I found an infant uncle that died early that no one - knew about
[84568] How would I access the microfilm? If you are poor and have no - property, then you would not have anything in probate. Correct? Hi Vicky!
[owoodson] There is that death register, I had forgotten it.
[VickyAL124] hi 84568
BJS22> Is the original in the CH or at ADAH?
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[owoodson] It was at the courthouse, but I haven't looked for it in a long - time.
[84568] Thank you.
BJS22> 84, the microfilm can be ordered at any LDS FHC
[84568] I will call them right away.
[VickyAL124] what names are you searchin 84
[84568] Gaston Grace Handley Hayes---BJ and Ouida have been very helpful to - me when I was really stuck!
[VickyAL124] dont reconize those
[VickyAL124] my trouble is i live in tuscaloosa co AL so dont get to wilcox - co AL that often
BJS22> 84, do the names Bennett, Glover or Kelly pop up in your research?
BJS22> or Dansby?
[84568] BJ, not so far on the first three. I grew up in Birmingham and went - to school with a girl named Helen Dansby.
[owoodson] Did you learn anything about the Graces from the Allenton Graces - there now?
BJS22> Refresh my memory, what area of the county are you researching
[84568] We are exchanging emails right now. My Ned Grace is older than any of - their relatives so far. I am not sure if they are related to Ned. They did - know of a Jacob Grace but all of the descendants that they knew are dead. I - think that Jacob is related to me.
[VickyAL124] me - pinehill,lowerpeachtree,lamison,camden
[84568] BJ, it turns out that the Graces are in Allenton. But my grandparents - lived in Midway, Prairie, Catherine, Alberta, Camden
[owoodson] Did Katie have any information for you?
[84568] Yes. She called her brother who gave me the information about Ned - and Jacob.
[84568] I have just given them all of the information that I have about the - Graces. They are reviewing that information to see if there is a connection.
[owoodson] Good, perhaps y'all can make the connection.
BJS22> 84, if those hayes were from upper Wilcox you might want to contact - Clara Daniel, claragen@aol.com . She has some info on Hayes.
BJS22> And my ggM was buried on the Hayes Place in Boiling Spring. I believe - it was the same as the Kekkey place on HWY 28
BJS22> Kekkey=Kelley
[84568] Thank you, BJ. I will contact her. I didn't know about the Hayes - place in Boiling Spring. Why was your ggM buried there?
[84568] Who lives on the Hayes property now?
BJS22> Dunno. I think it part of the land owned by the Strothers family. - Ouida, you know the area.
[owoodson] 84, Did you learn anything about the Prairie Mission School from - Mrs. McCall?
[owoodson] I am slightly familiar with the land around Boilings Springs. I - know the Strothers own a large acreage there, so it very well could be.
[84568] I spoke to her this morning. My gM spoke of a Dr. Stratmon who was - affiliated with Selma University. Mrs. McCall knew Dr. Stratmon. She is - checking her sources to see if she can find information on my gM who taught - at the school.
[84568] I'm eternally grateful for that lead, Ouida.
[owoodson] Glad I could help point you in her direction.
[84568] Who are the Strothers?
BJS22> I also need to talk to J McCall but haven't had the chance. All my - family attended Prairie and my aunt taught there.
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[owoodson] The Strother family is an old Wilcox family and are connected to a - number of the pioneer families of the county.
[84568] Do you have to contact them before snooping around the cemeteries on - their property?
BJS22> Millers Ferry was the upper school for kids who went to Prairie
[VickyAL124] would be nice gesture but by law i believe they have to let you - see em
[VickyAL124] millers ferry went there many times as child while grampa worked - the docks
BJS22> There is a cemetery on the "Hates Place" one was the original Kelley - cemetry and the other is still used by Blacks.
[84568] BJ, is that the one in Boiling Springs?
BJS22> They're both up in the woods, hard to find. And the Kelleys were all - moved to a cemetery in McKinley in the 1980s so I'm sure that ones - totallyovergrown.
BJS22> Yes, off Hwy 28
[84568] How do you find these places?
[VickyAL124] bye all catch ya next time
[84568] bye vicky
[owoodson] Bye Vicky
BJS22> The Kelley were a pioneer family and Mt Wizard a Jones-Kelly - researcher has written extensively about them
[84568] Oh, so they are very receptive to inquiries such as these.
BJS22> The Black cemetery was shown to me about 2 years ago. You really need - a guide to get to it.
[84568] Scratch that one for me!
[84568] The Graces told me that there was a cemetery behind her house. I - hope that it won't be too difficult to get to. I am not the outdoors type - anymore.
[84568] What do you know about the Tait plantation?
[owoodson] Which Tait plantation?
[84568] I'm not sure. According to the family history of Joshua Betts Grace, - he came to Wilcox from Burnt Corn and worked on the Tait plantation. This was - before he got his own place in allenton.
[84568] I didn't realize there was more than one.
[owoodson] That would have to be the James Asbury Tait plantation--or at - least one of his.
[owoodson] What year did he come from Conecuh to Wilcox?
[84568] One moment. I'll check.
[84568] 1816
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[84568] Actually, that was when he came to Burnt Corn from Georgia with his - parents. It states in his family history that he came to Wilcox after the - Indians were cleared out.
[Hisakosan] Type HERE Hi, this is my first time to chat. I am trying to - identify my gggrandfather william Roberson//Robinson among all the other - William Robersons. I research Lee, Solomon, Sills, and others.
BJS22> hi hisakosan
[owoodson] That would be James Asbury and probably the original place in or - near Black's Bluff where Tait's home Dry Fork is located. Tait came from GA - to Wilcox about that same time.
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[84568] Where is Black's Bluff in relation to Allenton?
[84568] Are there still Taits in the area?
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BJS22> hisak, what are of th ecounty are yur robersons from?
[owoodson] He must have come here in the 1820s or so then. A good - distance--Allenton is 24 miles east of Camden and Dry Fork is a good 12 - miles south of Camden.
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[owoodson] Yes there are Tait descendants here.
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[Hisakosan] Type HERE Is anyone chatting? Would like to learn how to talk - with you.
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[owoodson] Just type in your comment or question and we will respond.
[owoodson] At least I will attempt--I am still learning also.
[Hisakosan] VickyAl, where is your message? Hisakosan
[owoodson] Vicky has left us.
[Hisakosan] I would like to talk with anyone who is researching the Sills, - Buffington, Roberson, Lee families.
[owoodson] Are you families from east Wilcox--old Snow Hill-Furman area?
BJS22> Have you been in touch with freda Noble? She's a Roberson researcher - but I don't know where hers are from.
[owoodson] I did research on a Buffington family from Lowndes County several - years ago. I think maybe they were connected to the Lavenders in some way. - Haven't thought about it in a while.
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BJS22> hisak is having trouble staying connected
[84568] Good Night all. Thanks for your assistance
BJS22> Nite 84
[owoodson] Good Night.
[Hisakosan] Type HERE Hello???? Is anyone chatting?
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[owoodson] B.J. and I are still here.
[owoodson] Hisakosan, did you see my question?
BJS22> I think the chat server is hanging a little. I have a fast DSL - connection and it seems slow to me.
BJS22> Can you see us Hisak?
BJS22> Hmmm, something must be wrong Ouida
[owoodson] Yes, I agree something must be wrong. When do we go again--week - after next?
BJS22> Yes, you see I had to send out 3 announcements. The mail list is still - screwy.
BJS22> How about Thurs nite again
BJS22> and can we go an hour earlier -- 9:30 ET?
[owoodson] I noticed that you did send three. Thurs. will be fine and yes to - the time also.
BJS22> OK, which 3/15 or 3/22?
[owoodson] Lets try for the 22 and see how it goes. If we get many on we can - go back to every week.
BJS22> Sounds good. I really enjoyed tonight. glad you're back.
[owoodson] Thanks, glad to be back. I enjoyed it also.
BJS22> Nite now.
[owoodson] Good night.
BJS22> Nite Hisakason
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