JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES

“WM!13. IIIMBHH ISM-10714348 IMIIIMIV 2001 IABKSBII BOUNTY IIIS'I'IIIIIBIIIISSIIBII'IIIIIIWlllMEET SIIIIIIIY,MIMI"21. 2001. 2:00 PM, SCOTTSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1002S. BROAD STREET, SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA. The JCHA, Northeast Alabama Community College,andtheScottsboro Public Library will co-sponsor a monthlyseries of programs relatedto Jackson County history. Thefirst speaker will be Attorney Stephen Kennamerwhowill addressseveralfacets of Jackson County’searly history on Sunday,January 21, 2001. Mr.Kennamer has been a student of Jackson County historyfromhisyouth and hasa talent for seasoning his discussions with humorous anecdotes gleaned from research and personal conversations with hiselders. Duringthe JCHA business meetingon January 21 (following the program), Dr. Ron Dykes, Library BoardChairman and JCI-IA member, will announce the complete schedule forthis series which will take place at the library during the first halfof 2001. Other speakers will include Dr. David Campbell of NEACC whowill discuss the depression years in this area (in March); Dr. LeahRawlsof Auburn University whowill discuss the nationalimportanceof the ScottsboroBoys case; and Dr. Hardy Jackson of Jacksonville State Universitywhowill address the impact of TVA and Guntersville Lake/Reservoir in this area. All meetings and discussions areopen to the public andwill also be announced in The Daily Sentinel.

2001 JCHA ANNUALDUES NOWPAYABLE If you have not paid your dues for2001, please mailyour checkin the amount of $1 0.00payable to JCHA Treasurer, PO. Box 1494, Scottsboro, _ AL 35768, to assure receipt of all quarterly issues of THE JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES. PLEASE Include nine numberzip code. Also, pleasesend any change of address to: JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION P. 0. BOX 1494 SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768 JCHA 2001 OFFICERS President DRENDA KING ProgramVice President PattyWoodall Membership Vice President RubyeHahn Secretary Dr. Barbara Jacobs Treasurer KatyeTipton Board of Directors Clyde Broadway Dr.David Campbell John H. Graham Ralph Mackey John F. Neely CHRONICLES Editor Ann B. Chambless email: [email protected]

CIVIL WAR NEWS FROM JACKSON COUNTY shared by William D. Page from 1864 HUNTSVILLE CONFEDERATE Recent advises from Jackson County, Ala., represent devastation throughout the county, except where there are mountain defiles andfastnesses favorable forguerrilla operations. We are told that Maj.Lemuel G. Mead is operating in that county withfive companies, andthat he recently captured and brought out20 prisoners. There arethree Tory companies there - theYankees feel contempt forthem and stigmatize them as the 1stAlabama Tory Battalion. We aretold that oneof the miscreants- Samby name- not longsince went to the house of Elias Barbour(Barber),a true Southerner, and beat Mrs. Barbourwith a hickorywithe, and only desisted when ..herdaughter heroically seized an axeand drove himoff. We are also told that an old ”Rebel” woman living near BellefOnte was struck by a Yankee with a stick on the back of herneck, breaking it. The Courthouse andallof the block on the West side of the Squarehave been burntby theYankees. CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE

by Ann B. Chambless andPattyWoodall (witha great deal of information gleaned from Eliza Mae‘Woodall’s THE STEVENSON STORY)

._Business was brisk at Caperton Store in Pleasant Grove as Iearly as 1839 ( 15 years beforeactual settlement of thetown of Stevenson.) Customers’ names arepreserved in an old account ledger. It is interestingto notethe merchandisethe store carried, the prices, andwhat peoplebought.....whosmoked, who chewed, who drank, andwhowore store-bought clothes.

Since the Pleasant Grove underdiscussion no longerappears on a contemporary map,today’s readers mayrightfully ask: Where was the Pleasant Grove of the 1820-1900 era? EarlyJackson County mapsshow Pleasant Grove in CrowCreek Valley just south of theTennessee-Alabama state line. In THE STEVENSON STORY, author Eliza MaeWoodall stated Pleasant Grove was Jackson County voting Beat8 in 1865. She also referred to T. Boyd Foster’smemoirs (written in 1878) when she documented theearly history of PleasantGrove. In 1878,T. Boyd Fosterwrote that he taught school in the “village of Pleasant Grovein CrowCreekValley in 1840.”

Mrs.Woodall alsowrote aboutthefirst church in thevillage of PleasantGrove, the MountGilead Primitive BaptistChurch whichwasestablished in 1821,according to extant minutes of the MudCreek Primitive BaptistAssociation. Thefirst church waslocated on present-day Alabama Highway 117 about one-halfmilesouth of theTennessee state line. The church building no longerexists, butthe adjoining old church cemetery’s well markedgraves spell out the names of the area’s early settlers. Isaacand Frances (Wilson) Goncewere buried here in rectangularsarcophagi. Mrs.Gonce’sdates are 1775-1842, and Isaac’sdates are1770-1853. 3 CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE (Continued)

After theirfirst cousins (John E. andGeorge W. Caperton), movedto Texas, John Clay Caperton andhis brother, James 'VGibson Caperton, operated Caperton Store in Pleasant Grove for a numberof years. At thetimeof the1850Jackson County, Alabama census, John Clay andJames Gibson Caperton were . enumerated as merchants. Robert(Bob) Rogers and Dennis Gamble were recorded as blacksmiths, Solomon Sparks was listed as a grocer, Dr. Alfred A. Russell was recorded as a physician, andThomas Overstreet was enumerated as a shoemaker - all in the Pleasant Grovecommunity.

James Gibson Caperton also performed as a Justice of the Peace in hisprecinct. His Day Book, beginning June 4, 1839, reads likea rollcall of menwholived in thenorthern halfof Jackson County. Another interesting insight from James G. Caperton’s 1839 Day Book is his“receipt” (recipe) for making vinegar: “4 gallons of rainwater, 2 quarts of molasses, and 112 gallonof whiskey .”

The Caperton Day Book entries weredivided intoWRlTS Served and CAPIASes Served. According to Attorney John Graham, a WRIT is an order issued from a court requiring the performance of a specified actor giving authority to have it done. A CAPIAS is a WRIT, andtheword is still usedin Tennessee. Forinstance in a court in Tennessee, if thecriminal defendant fails to appear, thejudge will announce “capias served.” ' This directs the properauthority to pickup andholdthedefendant untilthe nextsessionof court. Basically,it is a writ of arrest. Therefore, Capias Served would meanthat morethan one arrest warrant was served on a single defendant or defendants.

Black's LawDictionarysays theliteralmeaning of capias fromtheLatinis “thatyoutake.” It is “thegeneralnameforseveralspeciesof writs, the common characteristic of whichis theyrequiretheofficer to take thebody of thedefendantintocustody.” 4 CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES W (Continued)

W James Mundy W John McMahan 13311 Joseph N. Calvert/Calvert D.J. Calfetholvert ? vs John Wiley A. Fletcher Fletcher George W. Keath/Keith Benjamin Dotsonvs James Lazarus Fletcher Mundy Thomas Busby Robert Dotson vs W.M. King Thomas Williams Andrew Kelsoevs William EdwinAshley Weatherly Arthur Matthews Joseph Fears vs John John McReynolds McMahan William D.Sutton Alexander Read/Reid vs W. I. John Sutton Longacre Alexander H. Price Griffin Keath/Keith vs Will Weatherly John McMahan ‘ John McMahan_ W. l. Longacre W W John McMahan Harrison H. Hurt William M. King James Winn (Wynne) James Mundy Joseph D.Smith John F. Cloud Moses L. Pinkston John McDaniel W KingL. Henderson John Hanes/Haynes James L. Bolton Henry Carlton Isaac D. Alan/Allen Jackson Reynolds Andrew Collins E. Stark (?Elijah Starkey) Leroy Hammon(d)s JohnWright Simeon Kirkpatrick Allen K. Hays 5 CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES G. CAPERTON’S DAY BOOK (Continued) V W STATE -vs- STATE -vs! Mr.A(ndrew) Briggs Jeremiah Coats Anderson Hawk Jesse King George Smith John Hames/Haynes Samuel Welch David Caufield Thomas Scruggs William Smith STATE -vs! Archibald White James Chambers Berry Johnson James Hardwick Thmas Hill George Scruggs STATE -vs! William Moore, Jr. John Pate Alex(ander) McFarlane James Dicus Thomas Scurggs, Esq. Charles Justice John Callfield/Caufield STATE -vs! GEORGE MILLS -vs- MosesL. Pinkston John F. Baldridge John MckDaniel Young Sellers S.M.Cowan James Munday James Munday William Marten (1’) Carter (1’) Thomas Longacre STATE -vs! Warrington Gentry STATE -vs- Charles M. Hall King L. Henderson Eden/Edwin Price RICHARD GRIFFIN Elijah Starky/Starkey -vs! McNary Harris STATE-vs- Thomas Hawkins Josiah B. Woodard Edmond Reaves Leroy Hammons Hiram Baily Charles Barrier b Pleasant and Elijah Jones CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES G. CAPERTON’S DAY BOOK (Continued)

STATE -vs! JAMES C. HARDWICK -vs! Simon Kirkpatrick William Cameron Josiah B. Woodard H. B. Caperton Charles Barrier - witness John E. Caperton Joseph McFarlane DANIEL McCOY -vs! James Coats Benjamin H. Price Hamilton Anderson Samuel BriantlBryan Archibald Jacoway Jefferson Herron Matilda Cameron Edwin Price Meredith Price Samuel Keys FrancisYoung William Marshall Thomas Longacre

STATE -vs! STATE-vs! Calvin Thornton Daniel Norman John Starkey Wiley B. Nicholas witness Preston Halfacre Berry Ledbetter STATE-vs! James Shepherd STATE -vs! John Justice witness King L. Henderson Edwin Price STATE -vs! A. J. Cheshire Lazarus Dodson Adam DannellDaniel JohnJustice witness Alexander Blancet(t)' Allen Nichols STATE-vs! JohnAlright RICHARD GRIFFIN -vs! James Justice McNary Harris JohnJustice Charles Justice Drury Thompson Henry Blancett WILLIAM 3. PRICE~3! MeridylMeredith Price Samuel GillemlGilliam CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES G. CAPERTON DAYBOOK (Continued)

STATE -vs! JAMES COPELAND - vs King L. Henderson Owen Roark Edwin Price Gates Glasscock Josiah B. Woodard Daniel Hill Thomas Nicholas Edmond Bray William Ladd STATE -vs! Hiram Bailey HARDEN BLANCETT -vs! Josiah B. Woodard Anderson Kent Absalom Marshall James Blancett James Maxwell Josiah B. Woodall Samuel L. Kitchens Solomon Langston Margaret Langston STATE -vs! Caldean D. Gunter RICE or REED MONEY -vs! Andrew Collins Joseph Wallace Nathan Smith Moses H. Glasscock Pryor Lawson Samuel Christian

STATE -vs! STATE-vs! William Wheeler Wiley Fletcher William McNeil George Keith witness Charles Hall ARCHIBALD WHITE -vs! GEORGE MILLS-vs! MartinTeeters, Sr. John F. Baldridge MartinTeeters, Jr. Joel Wimberly Thomas Hill Peter Tailor/Taylor Berry Johnson William Mills Nancy Riddle

STATE -vs! STATE-vs! A. K. andW. S. Hays Thomas Busby John Marshall William Anderson Thomas H. Brack CAPERTON STORE A l' PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES G. CAPERTON’S DAY BOOK (Continued)

JAMES G. HARDWICK -vs! ISAAC D. WANN -vs! William Cameron Elijah Inglis Thomas Busby Arnold Wann William Anderson Thomas Scott STATE -vs! Calvin Thornton STATE -vs! John Glover James D. Justice Joseph Frazier STATE -vs-Joseph Lagety Wiley B. Nicholas WILLIAM J. PRICE -vs! STATE -vs! Meredith Price Andrw J. Briggs andothers James Munday James Munday Samuel Welch JAMES G. HARDWICK -vs! William Cameron JOHN McEFEE -vs! H. T. and F. E. Caperton Oliver Charles Joseph McFarlane Adam Caperton’ Meredith Price FrancisYoung STATE -vs! Thomas Longacre Moses L. Pinkston Thomas Busby John McDaniel Wm. & Hamilton Anderson H. T. Caperton Matilda Cameron James Coats STATE -vs! Archibald Jacoway David andJohn Pullam James Smith WILLIAM PRICE -vs! Meridith Price JAMES McDUFF -vs! Joseph McFarlane William Baity James Price William Cameron Samuel Gilliam John Cameron Wm. W. McFarlane James Munday Richard Price CAPERTON STORE AT PLEASANT GROVE: JAMES G. CAPERTON’S DAYBOOK (Continued)

WILLIAM PRICE -vs- CALDEAN D. GUNTER -Vs! Jacob Tally John McMahan George Hardwick Jacob G. Glazier William McFarlane Moses H. Glasscock John F. Cloud Richard Price, Sr. STATE -vs! Joseph McFarlane John J. Low James D. Price William Gunter Willaim Cameron William Woosly Henry Norwood Jacob Tally

STATE -vs! JOSEPH N. CALVERT -vs! Andrew J. Briggs Joseph 6. Shepherd ARchibald White Peggyand Nancy Calvert William Smith Thomas Scruggs DANIEL McCOY -vs! Price Bryant John Caulfield Jefferson Herron Anderson Hauk William Marshall George Smith '1 Edwin Price James Welch ISAACWANN -vs! STATE -vs! Elijah Inglis A. J. Briggs EdwinWann William Fagg Arnold Wann James Munday Wiley 0. Taylor- Samuel Welch Charles Hall Joseph Barnett John Russell Adam Caperton Mary Lipscomb Thomas Scruggs, Esq}. Pleasant Ledbetter Phil. Loyd AARON ROSS -vs! John McReynolds William Longacre John Blancett Alfred M. Hill Wm. 8:John Hall 10 WOODVILLE, ALABAMA COUPLE ELOPE IN 1880 (AnInvaluablePictureof CityversusAgrarian SocialLifein the 18805) by Ann 3. Chambless He was theteacher in a one-room school. She was his pupil. He was23. She was 15 andsaid to be the prettiestyoung lady in Woodville. (Mr.J. R. Kennamerrecorded in THE KENNAMER FAMILY HISTORY: “Shewasa very beautifulwoman.”) They were in love! Earlyone November morning,they slipped awayfrom home, dressed in very ordinary,“everyday” clothes. They dared not invoke family questions by “dressing up”that day. At the Memphis andCharleston Railroad Depot in Woodville, he purchased twotickets, destination: Tennessee. Upon arriving in Chattanooga, theywalked to the Read House where he inquiredabout procuringa marriage license. Their daughter, Bessie (Chambless)Webb, told your author thefirst part of this story. RecentlyWilliam D. Pageshared “the restof the story” which he found in a November 1880 edition of THE GADSDEN TIMES: “Sunday eveninga novelwedding wasperformedat theREADHOUSE. The contractingpartiesliveat Woodville, Ala., nearScottsboro, thegroom, J. L. Chambless, havingbeenthe teacherof thebride, MissJulia Lewis. They came to the city(Chattanooga)‘on theMCCRRtrainandrepairedto theRead House. Thegroomwasa perfectpictureof country verdancy, withhisbig slouchhat,pantsstufi'edin hisboots..."The bride wasa blushingtype of unsophisticatedrusticity, of notmorethan 14years of age, hergaments reachingonly to hershoe tops. Thegroomat oncedesireda license. He was takenin charge by about20 membersof the Chattanooga Cadetsand theygavehimthemostthoroughcourse of drilling he everbefore experienced. They walked, trotted, andranhimnearlyovertheentirecity andat lastprocureda licenseforhim. A ministerwasprocuredandthen, in chargeof theboys, thegroomexpectant wasmarchedbackto thehotel. The bride was taken in chargeby theladiesof thehotelandfittedoutin neaterandlongergarments. Thegroomwassuppliedby theboys with various articles, among other things a pasteboardcollar, 6 inchesin width. Comfortablyburiedin this, he wasjoinedin holymatrimonyto hislittlepupil. The entire corps of cadets attended him,andone by onetheycongratulated him...... they were honored witha genuineserenadeby theboys.” He wasJames Lawson Chambless (1857-1940), andshewasJulia Felicia Lewis (1865-1908). Two of their manygrandchildren are Beulah (Chambless) Shelton andthe lateJoe D. Chambless. Two of their greatgrandchildren are Sandra (Shelton) Burney and Robert HeathChambless. 11 RENEWMEMBERSHIPJA NUARY I

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The April 22 meetingwill conclude the 2001 Jackson County History Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Jackson County Historical Association, the Scottsboro Public Library, and Northeast State Community Collegeand chaired by Dr. Ron Dykes, Library Board of Trustees Chairman andJ.C.H.A. Lecture Series Committee Chair. Dr. Dykes is pleased to announce that Dr.SamWebb, history professor at UAB, will address the national and international impact of the Scottsboro Boys case. Dr.Webb served as a consultant forthe recently aired PBSAcademy Awards nominated documentary and plans to touch on the documentary in his presentation. Dr.Webb is no stranger to Scottsboro, as he was one of thespeakers in the Scottsboro Public Library’s1998 lectureseries regarding former GovernorGeorge C. Wallace’s impact on Alabama politics. Dr.Webb graduated from the University of Alabama LawSchool and engaged in a successful lawpracticeforabout ten years before he decided to seek his Ph.D. in historyfrom the University of Arkansas. He has great interest in manyaspects of Alabama history.

The subject matter andquality of thelecture series presentations have produced record attendance. You will notwant to miss this final lecture by Dr. SamWebb of Birmingham, Alabama. J.C.H.A. LIFE MEMBERS

BARBARA AKIN HARRY CAMPBELL JOANN T. ELKIN Scottsboro, AL Section, AL Huntsville, AL

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ETHLYN BARTLE JIM N. CLEMONS MAURINE GAY Albertville, AL Scottsboro, AL Scottsboro, _ AL

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MARTHA HUNT HUIE BEULAH C. SHELTON FAMILY HISTORY Memphis, TN Scottsboro, AL CENTER, Salt Lake City, Utah DENTON KENNAMER MARK S. SKELTON Woodville, AL Scottsboro, AL MEMORIAL and JAN P. MACKEY JOHN DAVID Scottsboro, AL SNODGRASS HONORARIUM Huntsville, AL RALPH MACKEY The Jackson County Scottsboro, AL HistoricalAssocia! tion gratefully WALTER SUMNER J.D. MATTHEWS, JR. acknowledges Mrs. Gurley, AL Wichita, KS Sandra Burney’s gift of $100.00 in memory MARIE H. MITCHELL JOHNW. THOMPSON of the lateJoe D. Scottsboro, AL Kingsport, TN Chambless and in honor of Ann B. NORMA J. MOORE T’LENE TILLOTSON Chambless. Roswell, GA Dalton, GA

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John Neely,J.C.H.A. Scottsboro Freight Depot Restoration Committee Chairman, is pleasedto announce the receipt of a $39,800 State grant whichwillprovide preservationfunds for the rehabilitation and restoration of the 1860 vintage Scottsboro Freight Depot. This meanstheJackson County HistoricalAssociation will needto raise$10,000 in MATCHING FUNDS. CAN You HELP?

The Restoration Committee is presently developing specifications priorto soliciting bidsforexterior workwhich will include painting thebuilding’s exterior, removingthe temporary dock on theeast side, repairing thedock on the south side, erecting s security fence between thetracks and the depot, andairconditioning.

To refreshthereader’s memory, theScottsboro Freight Depot was built in 1860. It wastheobject of and center of a CivilWar skirmish. The building received littlemaintenance attention for a number of years before it was retired by Norfolk Southern in the early 1990s. When thedepot sitewasdeeded to the City of Scottsboro andthe management of thesitewasplaced in the hands of theJ.C.H.A., every inchof the building needed immediateattention, including a leaking roof.

YOUR HELP is needed to raisethe matchingfunds as specified in thegrant. ‘To enter the Depot Hallof Fame,youcanchoose to becomea section handor evena TRAINMASTER: $1.00 to $99.00 Section Hand $100.00 to $249.00 Flagman $250.00 to $499.00 Breakman $500.00 to $999.00 Fireman $1000.00 to $2499.00 Conductor $2500.00 to $5000.00 Engineer $5001.00 andabove TRAINMASTER Checks should be payableto J.C.H.A. DepotAccount and mailed to J.C.H.A., P.O. BOX 1494,SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768-1494, ATI'N: John Neely.

'5a ECHOES OF THE PAST FROM SHELTON CAVE by Ann B. Chambless The cool, gentle breezesand rockformations of SHELTON CAVE have always drawn the adventurous to itsalmost hidden location (offthe Old Larkinsville Roadsomewhat northeast of the residence of the late Robert E. (Bob)Jones.)

Today the property is gated to protect boththe current landowneranduninvitedvisitors. However, in the early settlement of Jackson County,cavesof this sizewere consideredgreat natural assets due to their utilitarian uses and constant cooltemperatures.

The early history andvarious usesof Shelton Cave were recorded in theJuly 17, 1879 edition of THE ALABAMA HERALD. The Editorinterviewed “GrandmaShelton” (Mrs. Shepard Shelton, nee Rosinah Chapman, 1802-1886) aftera mid-summer visit to Shelton Cave. “Grandma Shelton” told of several early uses of the cave when she stated: “oldJosephSnodgrasshada stillhousenearthemouthof the caveanda horsemillnotfaraway. (A streamof purewater flowed from themouthof thecave.) Shealsostated, “Old manSnodgrass wouldpreserve (inthecave), in a fine pure state, hogsslaughteredin August.”

The 1830 Jackson County census recorded“old” Joseph Snodgrass’ ageas 50 to 60 (born 1770-1780). In checking the census for his 1830 neighbors,onefinds he lived in general area of Thomas J. Woods andWilliam Mordah (known to be thefirst settlers of Woods Cove) and nextdoor to Absalem Coffey,Sr. who purchased 80 acres in Section 14,Township 4, Range5 East in 1830. A fewyears later, Robert Hamlet (namesake of Hamlet Bottomsalsojust offOld Larkinsville Road),Shepard Shelton, and Carey Staples purchased land next to Absalem Coffey. These land-owning neighbors of Joseph Snodgrass offer proofthat Joseph Snodgrass did, in deed, live in the area which is hometo Shelton Cave. 6 ECHOES FROMTHE PAST FROMSHELTON CAVE (Continued)

In July of 1879, extremely hotweather prevailed. THE ALABAMA HERALD editorwrote: “Inthe basement of Judge Brown’sstorehouse, the thermometer averaged nearly95 degrees on Friday and Saturday last,from 10 o’clock a.m.to 6 p.m.and reached 98 degrees at 3 p.m...... There is an atmosphere, easily accessible, within one anda halfmilesfrom here, in which persons need their coats andshawls and canstand around a fire without discomfort at anyhourof the hottest days we have. We allude to themouthof what is knownas theSHELTON CAVE nearthehomesteadof Shepard Shelton, deceased (1791-1876), nowoccupied by hisvenerable widow andtheirworthy daughter, Mrs. Hunt. Thewatertank (forthe railroad) a halfmilewest of here is supplied through iron pipefrom a rock basin of purecoldwater in the mouthof the cave. The cave is notfar up the mountain and has notmorethan 200feet elevation. The cave widens at the mouthto afford roomenough fora considerable hotel.The bottom and roofrocks are quitesmooth. Butout immediately in front there is a terrible chasm or fissure in the bottom rocks making an opening below of some30 feet or moreof a circular shape, where sheep and goats occasionally drop below, to rise no moreandwhichfillsthe mindsof those there with children undertheir care with constant apprehension, as it is nearand there is nothing obstructing their passageinto it. There is a constant, gentle breeze from thecavethat soon makesthose whoenter it forget theweather is hot, causes them to increase their clothing, andinclines themto approach a blazingfire. It soon becomes necessary to avoidthemaincurrent, forwhich good opportunity is afforded by thesudden great widening of the cave at the mouth, leavingconsiderable space at each side that is out of thedirect current, but,of course, rendered cool by the proximityto it...... As we write nowin the mid-day heat,we are sensibleof a strong inclinationto mount our Dr.Womack pony and hasten to avail ourselves of this antidote for hot weather.” 7 CHARLES LEWIS: FIXINGALABAMA EASTERNBOUNDARY LINE

compiled by Thurman H. Jackson, Jr. edited by Ann B. Chambless

AftertheAlabama Territory wascreated in 1817, theState of Georgiaspasmodically raisedcontentions about itslegal jurisdiction. Continuously the Governors of Georgia and Alabama battled the boundary question. Finally, in thespring of 1826 a surveyingcommission wasappointed by Governor George M. Troup of Georgia andGovernor John Murphy of Alabama to settle thequestion once andforall. Governor Troup namedCol. Richard Blount, Maj.Joe Crawford, andCol. Edward Hamilton. Governor Murphy of Alabama appointed Arthur P. Bagby andmmmmmmguunwm

Nickajack, a CherokeeIndiantown site located nearthe point where the states of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama were soon to share a common boundary, was chosen as the starting point.

Col. Richard Blount wasnamedChairman of the commission. Col. Blount’sjournal, found in theAlabama Department of Archives and History,recordsthetrials and success of the five-man commission. Hisnotes areinteresting, detailed, and give a good“description of somecharacter traits of hisfellow surveyors as they completed their assignment. On June 26, 1826, Col.Blountgets rightto the point: “Webeganat themouthof UcheebelowFortMitchellandrun No. 10 andstruckthe Tennessee Rivertwoanda halfmileseast of Nickajack- thenranto Nickajackandfinallyputup a square stoneat the Tennessee line- to divide Georgia andAlabama where I wouldgo intothose threeStates by goingaroundthe stonein lessthan threeminutes.” The surveyorsrodepacing horses which costabout$41.00each. Theyalsohiredan Indianguide forfourdays at $1.00perday,since theywere traveling through countryunknownto thecommissioners. 8 WHO WAS CHARLES LEWIS of Bellefonte,Alabama, in 1826?

CharlesLewiswas born about 1778 in Augusta or Botetourt County, Virginia, anddied in 1845 in Barbour County, Alabama. He was one of four children of Martha “Patsy” Briscoe Love and John Lewis and the grandson of General Andrew Lewis. Charles Lewis married Juliet Trigg (daughter of General Abraham Trigg and Susan lngles) on July 19,1800, in Montgomery County, Virginia. .

Charles and hisfather-in-law, Abraham Trigg, were both attorneys. They movedfrom Montgomery County,Virginia, to Franklin County, Tennessee in 1813. Bothappear in land and court records in Franklin County. Around 1819, Charlesbegan to sell hispossessions in preparation fora move to North Alabama, as seen in recordsrecorded in Franklin Co, TN.

Charles had been professionally active in Alabama priorto his move. As early as 1815, he is on record as representing Isaac Mallet in the estate of John Mallet in Madison County,Alabama. He apparently relocated to Bellefonte in Jackson County in very early 18205. NOTE: It is interestingto notethatBellefontewasalsothe nameof his great-grandfatherJohnLewis’homein Virginia.

Charles Lewis representedJackson County in theState Legislature in 1825-1826. When he was appointed to the commission to set the boundary between Alabama and Georgia, he was referred to as “MajorCharles Lewisof Belle Fonte, Alabama.” Col. Blount indicated Charles Lewiswas nota surveyor, but“hecould drink andswear.” Most likely Charles’ appointment to the commission was political. The title “Major” mayhave some merit, as that title appears in other records. In 1799, Charles took an oathas Cornet of Troop of Cavalry in Montgomery County, VA. In 1814,there was a Capt. Charles Lewis in theSecond Regiment of Volunteer MountedGunmenof Tennessee. 9 WHO WAS CHARLESLEWIS of Bellefonte,Alabama in 1826?

In 1831, CharlesLewiswastheattorney forJohn Berry in a slander suit against James Latham. Latham requested the suit be movedfrom Jackson Countyto Madison County. Hisreason wasthat he suspected Major Charles Lewisof being a member or friend of W an early Alabama vigilante group. Charleswasalleged to have said he would put Slicks on theJury and ruinLatham. The suitwas movedto Madison County; however, Charles Lewiswonthesuit andthe appeal,according to Madison County court records.

WHO WAS CAPTAIN SLICK, ARBITER OF EARLY ALABAMA MORALS? In theApril 1958 edition of THE ALABAMA REVIEW, James W. Braggwrote: “Captain Slick and hiscommand In North Alabama wielded the rodof correction against the lawless andthetransgressors of thestate’s early moralcode. Details of their activities arefew. They leftno minutes of meetings held, no recordsof sinners exhorted to repentance or Iawbreakers rebuked.” Mr. Bragg quoted EdwardC. Bettswhowrote in his EARLY HISTORY OF HUNTSVILLE as saying: “The name of Captain Slick,to give the story a proper setting of the picturesque,” it hasvirtually become a legend ratherthan a reality.” However, Mr.Bragg pointed out that theterrible punishments metedout by theSlicks under the severe territorial lawswere“farfrom legendary. Rather,they represented, in essence, theharshcodeof theoldfrontier.”

Mr. Braggalso quoted John J. Coleman, editor of Huntsville’s SOUTHERN ADVOCATE, in a November 1833 edition which “declared that in Jackson Countythe local lawswere powerless. Roguesandcounterfeiters were unafraid, having ‘aboutseventy’ accomplices preparedto perjurethemselvesas witnesses or, as jurors,to acquittheguilty. Slick’s lawwasthe only effective lawthere.” 10 WHO WAS CAPTAIN SLICK, Arbiter of EarlyAlabama Morals?

Mr.Bragg elaborated on twotrials In Jackson County as follows: “InJuly 1831, the Slicks seized andtiedAlanson Huffto a tree and flogged himunmercifully, “without any reasonableor probablecause.” Huff’s attorney filed suit for $5,000 againstthe4 Slicks recognized by Huff- Major John Cowart, Richard Duff, andJohnandCharles Justice. Huffswore that attending his lawsuitat Bellefontewouldjeopardize his life, since hisaction was against the ‘captainand members of the Slick Company,’ believed to number about five or six hundred.” William Hall also feared thescales of justice would be weighted againsthim in Jackson County’s Circuit Court and soughta changeof venue. According to Hall,on the‘Sabbath,’ April 24, 1831, about20 men‘rode up to hisdoor.’ Hiswife remembered the‘SlickCompany hadthreatened’ himandshe shut the door, but it gaveway underthe‘rude andviolent assault’ of the intruders. When Hall attempted to shoot thefirst manto enter, hisgun misfired. Duringtheensuing melee, a'thumb of Mrs. Hallandthe gunwere broken. Unmoved by hiswife’s tears and hisownprotestations of innocence, they carried Hallabout two miles ‘into a swamp.’ There ‘bya mock trial,’ upon the testimony of one Neely, Hall’s brother-in-law, the band condemned Hall to receive 50 lashes upon hisbare back. They flogged himso that he was ‘hurt, bruised, and wounded, and became...sick, lame, and disordered, and so remained... for the space of sixweeks.’ William Hallvs. John Cowart et aliaswastried at Huntsville in April 1833. Hall had served notice on the defendants to produce at the trial ‘the article of agreement’ in which they ‘bound eachother in punishing those judged worthy of it,and so divide the responsibility and pay equal propotions (sic) to carry on the work of the ....Companyof Slicks.’ (Ifsuch a document existed, it apparently was not producedat thetrial.) The defendant Slicks admittedon thewitness stand they had‘severely flogged’ Hall. The Slicks accused Hallof being ‘attached’ at the timeof his ‘chastisement’ to a bandof counterfeiters, whowere flooding Jackson County with ‘spurious currency’ butthecourt excluded evidence that Hall possessedboththe ‘instrumentsformakingcounterfeit coin’ and‘a quantity of the spurious coin’ itself. Their counsel argued the Slicks ‘had done muchgood,’ were menof the best character and knowndiscretion.’ Sixof those implicatedwere acquitted! James Russell,William Thornton, Caleb andJohn Hudson,Stephen Carter, andJohn M. Bruce. Ten werefound guilty of trespass assault and battery upon Hall and assessed damages of $100.00 plus court costs of $216.34 ! John Cowart; Daniel Martin; PeterKeener; James Carter; John, Charles, and George Justice; FrancisCloud; EdwardRorex; andFielding Rector.” 11 WHO WAS CAPTAIN SLICK, arbiterof EarlyAlabama Morals?

Mr.James Braggwrote: “On October 4, 1831, the caseof John Berry vs.James Lathamwas transferred from Jackson to Madison County. Justice of the Peace Latham hadfailed to ‘return’ a recognizance, or bailbond, to theJackson Circuit Court, and he wastried for hisnegligence in October 1830, butwas acquitted. As a state witness at Latham’strial, John Berrytestified that Latham hadexecuted the bondat hisownhouse. Lathamcontended it had been at ‘the house of one Barbary Latham,two and a halfmiles’ from hisown residence. Soon afterthe trial, during a conversation with Berry and a certain Ball, in October 1830,Lathamtold Ballthat Berryhadtestified falsely. Lathamthen turned to Berryandsaid, “You... swore a liein thecase of the state against myself.” Berry’s attorney, CHARLES LEWIS, immediately filed suit against Lathamforslander, requesting $3,000.”

Mr.Bragg further recorded: “Inhispetitionfor change of venue, Lathamadmitted he had himself been ‘so unfortunate as to fall underthe lawof a company of menknownas ‘Captain Slick’s Company’ and hadonce beenwhlpped by them. He (Latham) understood that Berry and hisattorney were either Slicks or ‘very friendly’ to them. Lewis had made ‘his brags’ that he would ‘put Slicks on the Jury’ and \J ‘ruin’ Latham.

The case of John Berryvs.James Lathamwent to trial in Madison’s circuit court on November 3, 1831. Thejury awarded Berry $500 damages, butthe trial afforded littledrama. Berry offered in evidence depositions of his former neighbors in Franklin County,Tennessee, that hisgeneral character had been ‘unquestionable as it (respected) truth and honesty.’ Latham’s witnesses proved that Barbary Latham’s house,,and not hisown, hadbeen the place of execution of the bondresponsible for the whole squabble. He did not deny having accused Berry of perjury. Latham’sattorney appealed the Circuit Courtjudgment to theAlabama Supreme Court, butthat body affirmed the lowercourt’s ruling(Juneterm, 1834). Latham’s failure ‘to bridle histongue’ cost him$803.74, besides hisattorney fees andyears spent in litigation.”

FINAL NOTE: By 1833, Charles Lewishadmovedto Barbour County, Alabama, where he served as Justice of the Peaceand County Commissioner. Charles Lewisdied In 1845. Hisheirs included: Allen T. Lewis; Stephen Lewis; MaryAnn LewisSmith; RodaLewisJackson; Susan Lewis Calloway; andthe minorchildren of hisdeceased son John Lewis, John andVirginia Lewis whowere living in Jackson County, Alabama. 12 RENEW MEMBERSHIPJANUARY I

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ProgramVice President PattyWoodall and Amber House Owner Sarah Gamble invite you to enjoy ourguest speaker and a tour of the Amber House. Celia Walker, a great-granddaughter of Jesse Z. Schultz who hadthe house built before 1920,will speak about the lifeand family of Jesse Schultz and display some itemsthefamily possessed as she talks about the early history of the house. In 2000, Sarah Gamble purchased the house and began extensive renovations. In 1999, a tragic accident took the lifeof Sarah’s granddaughter, Amber. Thus, the nameof the house....The Amber House is Stevenson’s first and only Bedand Breakfast. The original walls had been painted and covered with only one layer of wall paper at a later time. The wallpaper was removed, andthewalls were repainted in a pattern similar to the original. On thefirstflooris a ladies and gents parlor across a wide hallway from eachotheras well as the dining room, kitchen, and butler’s pantry. There arefour bedroomsand baths on the second floor where theAmber Roomis decorated in Amber’s favorite color....bubble gumpink. Come join the tour and experience a touch of Southern elegance! JCHA LIFE MEMBERSHIPS (Addendum to April 2001 List)

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ELIZABETH BEARD PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU HAVE PAID P. O.Box506 YOUR 2001 DUES AND YOUR NAME Scottsboro, AL 35768 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE APRIL OR JULY LIST. CHARLES A. SMITH WRITE: JCI-IA, 435Barbee 265 Cherrry Creek Lane Lane, Scottsboro,AL 35769, Scottsboro, AL 35769 or email: [email protected] LOCATION OF BOLIVAR IN JACKSON COUNTY, AL by PattyWoodall

Through the years there has been controVersy about the location of Bolivar. It hasbeenclaimed to be nearNorth VJackson Hospital andto be nearthe Steam Plant and perhaps other places. Actually, there were two Bolivars. Forthe purpose of this article, theoriginal will be called Old Bolivar and the latercalled NewBolivar. Old Bolivarwas located on thenorthside of the NC&StL (later L&NandnowCSX) railroad tracks in the Edgefield area northeast of Stevenson. This canbe proven as follows: 0 ln William Henderson Shoemake’s PetitionforPerCa'pita dated December 1, 1853 (Fl-IL film #1,018,415) is stated, “...where John Binge (sic)took hisreservation, nowcalled Bolivar.” The Shoemakes livedon the Shoemake Reservation in Crow Creek Valley and hadfirst-hand knowledge about the location of John Benge’s reservation and of Bolivar. o The 1838 Latourette Mapshows Bolivaron John Benge’s reservation that was also on theoldstage roadfrom Bellefonte to Jasper, Tennessee. 0 An 1863 mapof Stevenson andvicinity shows Bolivaron the north side of the railroad in thevicinity of John Benge’s reservation. (The reservation was notshown on this map.) John Benge’s reservation wasmostly'In Section 5, Township 2, Range8 East. Benges Creek runsthrough the reservation. The west side. is bounded by theoldMt.Carmel Roadthat runs by the Cargile Cemetery; the northside is on the road in front of Edgefield Union Church; theeast side is east of County Road75 andtouches or crosses the railroadat the-southeast comerof the reservation;the south is hardto describe since no road goes where the linewas. Brown’s Spring is in or nearthe middle of the reservation. Bolivar might have been located nearthe spring. A springwasusuallylocated nearthe'center of the reservation because that is where the reservee Iived...nearwater. Water would also have been a pre-requisite forthedevelopment of anyvillage or town. 6 LOCATION or BOLIVAR IN JACKSON couNTY' (Continued)

In 1821, Doyal’s Millwasa voting precinct in Jackson county, Alabama. Hardy Doyalwhodied in Jackson County'In 1834 ' owned Doyal’s Mill. A post office wascreated"In 1823 called Doyal’s Mill. The nameof thepostoffice waschanged on . September 28,1833 to Bolivar. The earliest map(known by the author) showing the location of Bolivar"Is dated 1835. g ' The earliest postmaster of recordwas (Dr.) Lemuel Gilliam who was appointed on December25,1829. Bolivar Post Office was discontinued on April 18,1855,withthe mailgoing to Stevenson. However, thepost office wasre-established-on June 8, 1855,with John E.'Wallace as the postmaster. Theni the postoffice wasdiscontinued on April 25, 1859,with-the mail going'to Stevenson. ' On the 1850 Jackson Countycensus these merchantswere listedat Old Bolivar: William M. King,Johnand James Augenbaugh, JohnA. Swann, and Thomas Eli McMahan. John MontgomeryandWilliam Freeman were blacksmiths. William S. Allen wasa tailor. Joseph Barrier was a miller. John M'cMahan (brother to Eli)was a grocer. Thomas Morris Was a stonemason. John Shirleywasa schoolteacher. John Augenbaugh wasthe postmaster. There werefour phySicians living'In thevicinity: Dr.William Mason, Dr.GeorgeY. Lemon, Dr.William Edminson, andDr. HughPogue. The building of the railroad in 1852-1853 caused thedemise of Old Bolivar. As a result of thejunction of thetwo railroads, the town of Stevenson sprang up. Old Bolivar was noton the railroad and could not compete with Stevenson. Probably someof the merchants/store owners in Old Bolivar moved their businessesto Stevenson. William M. King movedto Missouri. With the building'of the railroad, a train stop wasmadecalled Bolivar. The author does not knowif this happenedwhen the railroad was builtvor later"on. However, by 1873a Nc&StL RailroadTime Table stated Bolivar wasfive milesfrom Stevenson. This was NewBolivar andwas located in the vicinity of NorthJacksonjHospital and near Widow’s Creek.

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On March 12, 1880, a post office was opened at Widow’s “v (Widow’s Creek) with Thomas Golston as postmaster. The name of the post office was changed to Bolivar on March 4, 1890. On .July 12, 1904 the post office was discontinued and the mail passed to Stevenson. James R. Graham, David B. Waldrop, and Joe Delzell were other postmasters from 1890 until the closing of the post office in 1904. There was probably a store located at New Bolivar that housed the post office. Did any of the above postmasters have a store there? Doesanyoneknowif a store waslocatedthere? If so, pleaseadvise PattyWoodall, 206HarrisAvenue, Stevenson, AL 35772, (256)437-9451, or email: pattywoo@bellsouth.‘net.

SOURCES not mentioned above: 0 THE STEVENSON STORY, by Eliza B. Woodall 9 JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES, “Jackson County, Alabama Orphans Court Records, 1820-1830” abstracted by Ann B. Chambless, January 1990.

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Recently discovered recordsfrom the U. S. Legislative Branch have opened newwindows forexploring thefirst public land sales in Jackson County, Alabama. Heretofore, it was assumed that Jackson County’s earliest landsales were conducted in Huntsville. However, recent researchvia the internet has proved this assumption wrong. H.R. Bill 28 established a Bellefonte Land Office in 1830. Mr. Clement C. Clay (ofHuntsville, AL) took thefirst step on December 17, 1829, when he madethis motion in the U. S. House of Representatives: “Resolvedthatthe Committee onpublicLandsbe instructed to inquire into theexpedienceof establishinga landofficein the town of Bellefonte, in Jackson County,Alabama, forthe sale of alllandssituatedin saidcounty.” On December23, 1829, Mr.Clay reported the following Bill H.R. 28: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the sale of the unappropriated lands in the said County of Jackson, in the State of Alabama, there shall be, and is hereby, established, a Land Office, at thetown of Bellefonte, in said county. And be it further enacted, that there shall be a Registerand Receiverof Public Moneys appointed to said Land Office, to superintend thesale of the public lands in said county, who shall reside in thetown of Bellefonte....” H.R. 28 set the Register’s salary at $250.00 perannum and specified that the appointee should reside in Bellefonte. The bill also stated the Land Office “shall continue at the said town of Bellefonte three years, and no longer,from and after the first sale of public lands in said county....” After the three year period,the Bellefonte Registerand Receiverwasdirected to transfer overto the Registerand Receiver of Public Moneys, at the Huntsville Land Office all the books/ records and thereafter land sold in Jackson County wasto be sold in Huntsville. BELLEFONTE LAND OFFICE IN 1830 (Continued)

- At this time, no absolute proofhasbeenfound, but a preponderance of circumstantial evidence points to Jacob Tipton Bradford’s appointment as the Registerand Receiver of the.Bellefonte Land Office in 1830. Jacob T. Bradford resided in Bellefonte at the time of the.1830 census. Jacob Tipton Bradford married Louisiana Taul, daughter of Attorney Micah Taul who hadmoved hisfamily from Wayne County, Kentucky, to Winchester, Tennessee, in 1826. Micah Taul had represented a Kentucky district in the U.S. Congress. He was a close personalfriend andcolleague of Henry Clay of Kentucky (Speakerof the House.) MicahTaul would certainly have had enough political clout to secure this Bellefonte “political plum”for his newson-in!law. ' Jacob Tipton Bradford hadanother strong family ally in Jackson County, Alabama. His sisterwas Sarah (Bradford) Roach, the Secondfinrwife of the Reverend Charles Lewis Roach (an early settler and wealthy Jackson County landowner.) The son of Benjamin and Mary (McFarland) Bradford, Jacob Tipton Bradford was born February 25, 1807, in Fauquier County, Virginia and was named in honor of'Capt. Jacob Tipton who hadmarried Benjamin Bradford’s sister Mary circa 1788. About the time the Bellefonte Land Office was to be closed, Jacob T. Bradford was appointed to be Registerof the district of lands subject to sale at Montevallo (Page405, Senate ExecutiveJournal datedJune 14, 1834.) Fouryears later, MartinVan Buren nominated Jacob T. Bradford to be Registerof the Mardisville LandOffice (Page 117, Senate Executive Journal, datedJune 5, 1838.) Fouryears later,Jacob T. Bradfordwas appointed to serve as Registerof the Lebanon Land Office (DeKalb County, AL) (Page 103, Senate Executive Journal, dated July 11, 1842.) On December 29, 1845, the U.S. Senate appointed Hugh P. Caperton as Registerof the Lebanon Land Office and removed Jacob T. Bradford (Page20,Senate Executive Journal dated December 1845). An 1843 Jackson CO, AL deed recorded Jacob T. Bradford as a business partnerof John R. Coffey.

10 BELLEFONTE LAND OFFICEIN 1830 (Continued)

On November 16, 1831, Jacob 1'. Bradford purchased the southeast part (148.28acres) of Section 33 in Township 4, Range 6 East. This landjoined thewest side of the McNary Reservation.

WHO WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO PURCHASE LAND AT THE BELLEFONTE LAND OFFICE IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 1830?

A check of Margaret Cowart’s OLD LAND RECORDS OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA (takenfrom the Government Land Tract Book) shows one purchase on June 25, 1830, to PeterMcClanahan: 81.51 acres in theWest 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and 81.51 acres in the East 1/2 of the SW 1/4 in Section 5, Township 3, Range6 EastunderCertificate Nos.2189 8.2190.

On June 26, 1830, John M. Moore purchased 160.25 acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 4, Range 3 East, Certificate No. 2195.

The following purchaseswere madeon June 28, 1830: 1. Catherine Babb purchased 160.5 acres (SW 1/4 of Section 4, Township 5, Range3 East)Certificate No. 2196 2. John Redman purchased 80.435 acres (West 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 4, Range3 East) Certificate No.2199. 3. John Lewis purchased79.09 acres (East 1/2 of NE 14 Section 32, Township 3, Range3 East) Certificate No.2209 4. Joel D. Lewis purchased 78.75 acres (West 1/2 of NW 14 Section 33, Township 3, Range 3 East) Certificate 2211 5. Henry Lewis purchased 159.78 acres (SW 1/4 of Section 28, Township 3, Range3 East) Certificate No.2222. On June 29, 1830, Josiah Maples purchased 80.72 acres (E1/2 of NE1/4 of Section 2, T5, Range3 East) Certificate No. 2259 and Moses Maples purchased 80.72 acres (West 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 3, Range3 East) Certificate No.2260. June 30, 1830, Jacob Talley purchased 80.01 acres in Section 27, Township 1, Range7 East. Certificate Nos. 2309 and 2310.

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON! 11 INTERESTING TIDBITS FROM THE U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS AND DEBATES, 1774-1873, CONCERNING JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA CITIZENS 3/ researched andcompiled by Ann B. Chambless

On motion of Mr. Moore of Alabama, Resolved that the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructedto inquire into the proprietyof establishing a post routefrom Bellefonte in Jackson County, Alabama, by the way of Gunter’sLanding,to Blountsville (AL.) Reference: Page 201, H.R. Journal, dated Feb 2, 1824.

Mr. Moore of Alabama presenteda petition of Hardy Doyal and George Caperton of the State of Alabama praying forthe right of pre-emption in the purchase of a tract of public land, on which they have erected a mill. Ordered that the said resolution andpetition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reference: Page 216, H.R. Journal, dated Feb 9, 1824.

On motion of Mr.Chapman, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire intothe expediency of establishing a mail route from Winchester (TN) passing the settlements on Crow Creek and Coon Creek, to Bolivar, in Jackson County, in the State of Alabama; also, a route from Bolivar, to Rawlin(g)sville, in (DeKalb CO) Alabama. Reference: Page 735, H.R. Journal, dated April 9, 1838.

The undermentioned petition and memorials'here presented were again presented and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The petition of: ISAAC WELBORN presented May 26, 1834 JAMES A. WILLIAMS presented Dec 12,1836 JOEL CHANDLER presented April 28, 1834 ABRAHAM WOODALL presentedJan 16,‘1836 WILLIAM WALKER presented Dec 30, 1834 Reference: Page 87, U.S. HouseJournal, dated December 14, 1837.

Mr. (Clement C.) Clay presentedthefollowing petitions on Dec 17, 1829: 1. Petition of CAPTAIN JOHN WOOD, a Cherokee Indian, prayingthat the land secured to him, during life, by treaty withthe Cherokee tribe of Indians, may be granted to him in fee (simple.) 2. Petition of Giles McAnuIty and Alice, his wife, praying to be permittedto dispose of their right to land, secured to them during life, by treaty between the U.S. and the Cherokee Indians. Reference: Page 60, U.S. Senate Journal dated Dec 17, 1829.

On Jan28, 1841, Mr. Clay presentedthe petition of a number of the citizens of Jackson County, Alabama, praying the enactment of a bankrupt law. Reference: Page 922, U.S. Senate Journal dated Jan 28, 1841.

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VOLUME I3, NUMBER4 OCTOBER 200| ISSN-I07I-2348

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WILL MEET SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 200.I ,2:00 PM, SCOTTSBORO MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON FREIGHT DEPOT, corner Maple and Houston Streets. Program Vice President Patty Woodall and the jCHA Scottsboro Depot Restora! tion Committee invite members and the public to enjoy a tour of the restoration in progress at the I860$ vintage depot in Scottsboro. MAKE YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND. Committee Chairman JOHN F. NEELY WILL POINT OUT THE SPOT WHERE CIVIL WAR CANNON BALLS DAMAGED THE DEPOT IN I865.

Patty Woodall and Sarah Gamble will serve light refreshments in keeping with the

time and place. The building still does nothave a new heating/air conditioning sys! tem, so dress appropriately for the day’s weather and wear comfortable shoes. Chairs will be available for the seated part of the agenda.

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PLEASE INCLUDE 9 DIGIT ZIP CODE with your ANNUAL DUES: $|0.00 (due Jan I) membership renewal. IF LIFE MEMBERSHIP: $ |00.00 YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES, Please mail your check to: K, please notify the JCHA to JCHA TREASURER Jackson County Hislorical Association Posl Office Box I494 assure continuity in mailings. P. O. Box I494 Scottsboro, AL 35768 Scottsboro. AL 35768 ‘ NCESTOR SEARCHIN’ IN Alabama with his brothers and hisfather, name JACKSON COUNTY, AL unknown (Judy’s brick wall). She suspects the 3 Johnson GALLOWAY-PATTERSON menreceiving land patents Willie FayeWoolsey, 2631 here in the 1830s maybe Darwin St, Sacramento, CA brothers of John Johnson. 95821-5524, telephone: 800! John Johnson and hiswife, 770-8972, would liketo Lovie Pullen, migratedto correspond with others who Missouri by 1850. Their are researching family of children were: Thomas M.R. Gallowaywho SALLYwhomd a manin NE married Nancy M. Patterson AL and did not go to M0; on Jan 12, 1862, Jackson Co. CANADY who md Lodicia Also, Solomon Pattersonwho Hankins in 1832 in Morgan married Lydia Galloway on Co, AL; ELIZABETH whomd Oct 22, 1854. Solomon Haws, son of Sampson Haws; WILLIAM , HOLLAND-BEVIL (BEVELL) born 1823, md Obedience CarrieHolland Garms, 106 Clark in 1845 in Dade Co, GA; McLean, Crockett, TX 75835, ELIZA ANN who rnd email: [email protected], Needham Lee Harris in 1844 ls searching for info on John in DeKalb Co, AL; HARVEY Alcaney Hollandwho married who 'md Jane (Scott) Elizabeth Bevil. John Musgrove in DeKalb Co, AL; Alcaney Holland was son of MATILDA JANE who md William G. Hollandwho James Silvester Nelson; owned landin Jackson and/or THOMAS MARION, b. 1834in Marshall County, AL. She Jackson Co, AL, md (1) also needs infoon Elizabeth’s Virginia Craddock & (2) Julia Bevil/Bevell family. Ann Clark; AARON FRANCIS, b. 1839 in AL, md Alabeth JOHN JOHNSON Woods. Judy Johnson Erickson, 506 JOHN JOHNSON operated CR4590, Boyd,TX 76023, grist mill(s) in NE Alabama. email: [email protected], is Can you help Judy identify his searching for info on JOHN parents? JOHNSON who cameto NE LOOKING BACKAT SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA By Ann B. Chambless

Doyou knowthis Scottsboro landmark? I am a byproduct of a revolutionary idea introduced in NorthAlabama in the early 1850s. Only a small group of peopleenvisioned a needformy existence. Although I was notthefirst of my kind in Jackson County, I became Scott’s Mill’s first brick building. When I was built in 1860-1861, I had no electricity, no runningwater, no telephone or telegraph system, andonly one manto dispense the services I provided. When I was less than a year old, a great war elevated my importance in thecommunity, the state, andthe nation. Before that warended, menfought in armed combat to control my premises. I was shot at and abused in other ways.

Despite my warscars, my ageandmy post-warservice record prove I am a survivor. In fact, I nevermissed a day of work for 132years. I was placed on the National Registerof Historic Places on February 20, 1998. WHOAM I?

ANSWER: The Memphis and Charleston Scottsboro Freight Depot located at thejunction of North Houston Street and Maple Avenue (thevital center of Scottsboro’s first business district.)

To betterunderstand the impact of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, one mustfirst lookat snapshots of this area before the “ironhorse” entered itsmaiden raceacross Jackson County. The Memphis and Charleston RailroadCompany (M&C) was chartered through Alabama in 1850. By 1855,one could travel by train from Memphis, Tennessee, to Huntsville, Alabama. The next spring the track was completed intoStevenson, AL, which became the eastern terminus forthe M&C. The M&Csold stock to finance itstracks, andseveral menin Jackson County purchased shares in the company.

To celebrate the completion of the eastern section of the tracks, the M&Coffered an excursion ridefrom Huntsville to Stevenson and return for allstockholders. LOOKING BACK AT SCOTTSBORO by Ann B. Chambless (Cont.)

The 300 passengers madethe sixty miletrip in four hours. A newspaper reported noted: “Stevenson is THE town of Jackson County. It is only four or five years old, and already it contains a numberof very pretty private residences, three hotels, andseveral largewholesale and retail houses which are doing a thriving business.” Although 35 years old by 1856, Larkinsvillewas notmentioned in this newspaper article even though it wasJackson County’s largest town at that time. In 1856, the M&Cbuilt a brickfreight house in Larkinsville and a woodenfreight office with a ticket window in Woodville.

In 1856Scott’s Millwas still in itsinfancy. With the M&Cas the active midwife, Robert T. andElizabeth Ann Scott gave birth to their namesake in 1854 or 1855. Most likely Scott’s Millwas only a M&Cwater station untiltheScottsboro brickfreight house (which included a ticket office) was completed in 1861.

The original depot buildings at Woodville, Larkinsville, and Bellefonte Station (latercalled Hollywood), were all destroyed during the Civil War, but the Scotttsboro depot miraculously survived. It was repaired in 1866 andwas remodeled in 1885, according to M&C records. The 1895 M&C minutes recorded: “The Scottsboro Freight Depot needs repairs and painting.”

Formanyyears the M&Cfreight depot defined Scottsboro’s city limits: at the time of incorporation in 1868, the corporate limits extended one-half mile, in alldirections, from thefreight depot. This means the northern limitwas nearPoplarAvenue, the southern border was nearCollege Avenue, the eastern edge was KyleStreet, and thewestern border fell along present-day Cedar Hill Drive. The first business district was located on either side of the railroad tracks (between present-day Mountain Street and Broad Street.) Cows sometimes roamedthe dirt streets, and strays were tied to the ropewhich rangthe town bell to announce their errant ways. (Source: Elizabeth Snodgrass) SCOTSBORO, ALABAMA 1850! 1870 - First court house 1902TIME LINE building in Scottsboro completed at cost of $37,000 1850 - RobertThomas & Elizabeth Ann Scott were 1870-1871 - First building on living in vicinity of present! public square (by M.P. Brown day RobertT. Scottfamily & John Parks, NW corner of cemetery (near Hwy35 Market and Laurel Streets) overpass over Hwy72.) 1875 - Charlotte (Scott) 1855 - Scott’s Mill Post Skelton gave land for Cedar Office established (James M. Hill Cemetery. Parks, son-in-Iaw of R.T. Scott, wasfirst postmaster.) 1881 - Scottsboro business area conflagration, north and 1860-61 - M&CDepot built south of M&CRR. Many relocated on Public Square. 1863 - Robert T. Scott died 1881 - THEALABAMA HERALD 3 1865 - CivilWar skirmish at Sunday Schools. “Frequently M&C Depotin Scott’s Mill bells ring simultaneously which gives the placea 1868 - Scottsboro First metropolitan appearance.” Baptist Church organized 1883 - THE SCOTTSBORO CITIZEN 1868 - First incorporation of “Scottsboro needs a first Scottsboro. (This actwas class school, an artesian well repealed, and another act on thesquare, city hall, tin passed January 1869.) shop, tailor, moremoney.”

1868 - Elizabeth Ann Scott 1889 " “More building going on and John & Sarah Whitfield than any time in itshistory” all donated landto Jackson County Commissioners on 1897 " 2 wells dug on square condition Scottsboro was selected as future county 1902" THE scorrssono CITIZEN dated DECEMBER 4, 1902 seat First Monday began Dec 1902 Villages in Jackson County in 1880 and populations at that time: Population Village ? + Alto (on Crow Mountain) Key: + indicates Post Office 33 Barnett’s Factory x indicates Express Office 30 + Bass Station (N of Stevenson) * community still exists 150 + Bellefonte ? + Berry’s Store (W of Libelty Cemetery) 83 + BigCoon 200 x Bridgeport* 100 Carpenter ? Carrick’s Mills (N of Tupelo) 80 + Coffey’s Store (between Stevenson & Anderson, TN) 100 Copenhagen (N of Bridgeport) 50 + Dodsonville (S of Mink Creek) 50 + Doran’s Cove 60 + Dry Cove (N of Dodsonville) 40 + Estill’s Fork" 40 + Fabius* 36 x Fackler* 75 x Fern Clifi'(SE of Pisgah) 100 + Francisco* 100 + Garth“ 60 Granthain’s Landing 75 + Gray’s Chapel* ? + Greerton 50 + Higdon“ 50 + Holly Tree“ 300 + Kirby’s Creek ? + KOSh -> Flat Rock* 46 y x Langston* 90 + Larkin’s Fork (N of Tupelo) ~300 x Larkinsville* 200 x Lim Rock* x Long Island (E of Bridgeport) 50 + Maynard’s Cove 50 Menlo (N of Lim Rock) 60 x Paint Rock* 50 x Park’s Store (near Goosepond) 25 + Pisgah“ 25 + Press 100 + Princeton* (originally named “Birmingham”, 1847-1849) + Samples (between Bellefonte & Scottsboro) 56 + Sauta (W of Goosepond) 800 x Scottsboro* (only designated “town” in the Countyin 1880) 300 x Stevenson* 50 + Trenton* 25 + Tupelo (inMaynard’s Cove) + Wallston 78 x Widows (between Bridgeport & Stevenson) 50 Wilboume 600 x Woodville* ONE TOWN, ONE RAILROAD, TWO DEPOTS By Alan Maples. _ ! All photos by Alan Maples except as no

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My grandfather, Houston L. Maples, hailed from and their threat to Bellefonte’s Tennessee River Scottsboro, Alabama, nestled in the beautiful trade. 80 the M&Cbypassed that town and estab! Tennessee Valley and between Chattanooga lisheda stop on landceded by RobertT. Scott. Huntsville. His father, Dr.W.C. Maples, was a “Scotts Station" soon became Scottsboro and respected physician who moved his family to a Bellefonte would regret its intransigence when the large house across from the train station sohe latter’s status asthe county seat transferred to the could conveniently travel to neighboring commu! newsettlement along the railroad. nities tending to the ill, and, according to family legend, simply because he liked trains.While the The Memphis & Charleston soon provided Scottsboro of today has witnessed decades of Scottsboro with an appropriate depot. A sturdy economic and social change since my brick buildingwas constructed in 1861 (some grandfather's time, it remains one of small, those . sources say 1860) for both freight and passenger friendly, courthouse-and-town-square communi! use. Control of the Scottsboro station alternated ties typical of the south. between Confederate and Uniontroops more than once during the CivilWar, but the structure sur! Scottsboro's development can be traced to the vived, unlike anumber of M&C depots elsewhere 1858 arrival of the Memphis & Charleston Rail! which were destroyed during the conflict.After the road. The neighboring community of Bellefonte war years the building faced adifferent threat wanted trains nothingto dowith the noisy, smoky when agreat fire swept through the no7rth side Scottsboro in 1881. According to Wendell Page of to this day on the depot’s side door entrance. the Jackson County Heritage Museum,it is be! The frame passenger depot was considered for lieved the depot was saved by heroic volunteers preservationby the Smithsonian Instituteandwas who climbed the roofand extinguished burning later saved by a local attorney, relocatedto private embers with wet blankets. propertyand restored for use asa guest house.

Followingthe fire muchof the business commu! That buildinggained modest fame when it served nityrelocated around the town square to the south asa patternfor a station constructed in of the railroad. In 1891, the M&C (thenunder lease Robbinsville, NC,when the Graham County to the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad) Railroadentered the steam tourist business in constructed an attractive frame depot on the 1966.The beloved Graham County and its excur! south side of the tracks and ablock east of the old sion train are butamemory now, but their replica station.This became the passenger stop, while the “Scottsboro” depot has survived and enjoys a first buildingwas relegated to freight handling similar afterlife asa residence. only. BillBorden once recalled that the Scottsboro For the younger generation it is hard to appreciate agent's job was hardwork in the early days and that oncethe railroadcatered to allcomers,butin that noneof the menwithseniority wanted the anearlier age nearly every community along the post.The localtextile industry contributed consid! rails hada depot and an agent.An oldSouthern erable LCLbusiness and after tending to the Railway employee timetable provided by Carl morningpassenger train the agent was respon! Ardrey shows that between Stevenson and Huntsv sible for unloadingboxcars on the house track, ville, a distance of 59 miles, the Southern main! lookingup rates, preparingbills, and then repeat! tained passenger ticket offices in no less than ten ingthe whole process in the afternoon for out! station buildings (plus the NC&STL depot in boundshipments. Borden also recalled part of the Stevenson).Towns with depots, from east to west, daily routinewas depositing the passenger ticket included Fackler, Hollywood, Scottsboro, receipts in the bank.After about aweek on the job Larkinsville, LimRock,Woodville, Paint Rock, he was approached by the townsheriffwho Gurley, Brownsboro, Chase (jointwith NC&STL), wanted to knowjust who he was andwhat busi! and Huntsville. ness he hadat the bank every day! Borden assured the lawmanthat he was on proper business for the Bill Borden, nowretiredafter over 40 years of Southern Railway and that he was notengaged in service with the Southern and NS, first came to nefarious activity. _ Scottsboro on “temporary” assignment as Southern’s agent in 1964 " andended up holding Bordenalso handledfreight billingfor the large the post for 29years. According to Borden, priorto Reynolds aluminum plant which hadbeen built his arrival three people had staffed the freight on the Tennessee River in the early 1960’s and to depot, but a cutback reduced that to just onejob which the Southern constructed a lengthy spur and nobody would bidon it.Bordenwould start track. Other duties includedbillingand inter! the day by opening the “ticket office” (as he called change work with the L&Nat Stevenson, which the passenger depot) about a halfhour before provided reciprocal switching service for the train 35 arrived from Chattanooga. After taking Southern to the Mead paperboard milllocated care of any passenger business, he would close up there. At one time Scottsboro was aloadingpoint and head down the street to the freight depot. for potatoes; the bagging shed was demolished When local passenger trains 35 and 36 were dis! years ago and in its place is a concrete loading continued January 30, 1967, Borden simplified this dock for occasional team track freight. Longgone routine by closing the “ticket office" for good and too are the stock pens andloadingchute for cattle converting the back of the freight depot into a that once contributed revenue to the Southern. waiting room.Thus theoldbuilding, havingbeen constructed asacombination station, came full Scottsboro closed asa freight agency on December circle.Trains 45 and 46, the Tennessean, came off 1, 1993 after which Borden transferred Huntsville, March 30, 1968 and despite its freight-only status andthen later to Decatur.Today agency work for since then, a small “Waiting Office" sign remains Scottsboro is handled by Norfolk Southern’% TIES” 24 customer servicecenter in Atlanta. CSX now With its peeling paint, deteriorating roofand handles any Mead cars for NS's account via Chat! collapsing brickwork, time almost ranoutfor the tanooga, so the local no longer runs to Stevenson. Scottsboro freight depot. Fortunately, modest The old freight depot continued to be employed as structural repairs anda newmetalroofhave a sign on - sign offpoint bycrews for localtrain 80, stabalized the building, and the city is nowapply! which still ties up overnight at Scottsboro, until ingfor a $50,000 federal grant to further restora! newfacilities were provided afew years ago. After ‘tionefforts. Persons interested'1nassisting may NSvacated the station it was deeded to the city of make donations to the Jackson County Historical Scottsboro. Society, PO. Box 1494, Scottsboro, AL, 35768. My thanks to BillBorden, CarlArdrey, and the Jackson County HistoricalSociety. '

The contemporary replace! ment provides train crews with a sign-on point but lacks ’ the photogenic qualitiesof th 5 1861 depot. Scottsboro, Alabama, Dec., 1997. Photo Above: The freight depot has seen better days as evidenced by this December 14, 1997 view.

Photo at Left: Back side of the depot showing dock and loading doors for LCLfreight

Photo at Right: An eastbound freight passes the Scottsboro, Alabama freight depot on Dec. 14, 1997. The Jackson County Histori! cal Society has since removed the train order signal mast and has provided the building with a new roof.

TIES® 26 4Myfather’s cousin, William L. Heath, was raised in Scottsboro, Alabama. Followingdistinquished DEPOT MEMORIES service in theArmyAir Corps in World War II,he By Bill Heath returnedstateside andfinished a degree in English Literatureat the Universityof Virginia. Although When I was a boy growingup in Scottsboro in the Billspenta numberofyears in thefamily textile . early ‘thirties, the railway station, with its environs, business, his truepassion was writingandhe ~was the garden spot of the town. Well-kept and authoredseveral novels themedaroundlife in a clean, (despite six passenger trains a day and smallsouthern town. His 1955book “Violent numerous freights allbelchingsmoke from coal! Saturday"was made intoafeature motionpicture burningengines), it was such an attractive locale it by20th Century Fox. “The Good OldBoys’; pub! gave rise to asocial custom known as“meeting the lishedin 1971, hadan illustrationof the Scottsboro train.” Every Sunday afternoon carloads of people passenger depot on the dustjacket. Nowretired, would show up to await the arrivalof the “36" for Billat my requestonce again satdown at the Memphis - notbecause they knewsomeone typewriter to share his memories of life andtimes getting on or off, but simply it was a around the Scottsboro passenger depot. because place and suitable occasion conviv! -Alan W.Maples pleasant a for ialfolks to share their leisure.

The depot, asit was commonly referred to, was typical of small-town station houses up and down the line. It had deep eaves and steep gables, and dual waiting rooms, one designated WHITE, the other COLORED. As I recall, the buildingwas painted a mustardy shade of yellow with dark green trim, and inside there were heavy oak benches like church pews, varnished and polished to ahigh gloss. The ticket office, with its character! istic bay window, was in the middle. The station master,wearing sleeve garters and a green cellu! loideyeshade, reposed in a swivel chair, reading pulp magazines (whenhe wasn’t busy), while the telegraph sounder clacked away in its wooden box.

Outside, along the platform there were shade trees, and across the tracks, directly opposite the depot, there was a lilypondstocked with goldfish andskewbald carp. This area, a landscape of rocks and ferns and carefully tended flower beds, was a pretty asany garden in town. In a photo album commemorating the events of my family’s history there’s a picture of me sitting among the rocks and flowers of that beguiling place - - abarefoot boy of nine or ten, gazing expectantly up the track. Both the old station house and the boy are gone now,‘ and the last passenger train has longsince de! parted. But I remember them well, andwith much affection.

WL. Heath - 1999

NOTE: This materialfirst appeared in Vol 14, No 5, Sept-Oct 1999 edition of SRHATIES Magazine as submitted by Alan Maples

11 TWO SCOTT FAMILY CEMETERIES by Ann B. Chambless

ROBERT THOMAS SCOTT (1800-1863) andWILLIAM A. SCOTT, JR. (1798-1859) were two of thesons of William A. and Jane (Thomas) Scott, Sr.who movedfrom Raleigh, NC, to Madison County, AL, circa 1820. William A. Scott, Sr.died in 1829 and was buried on hisfarm nearBrownsboro in Madison County, Alabama. After the death of theirfather, RobertThomas and William A. Scott, Jr.movedto Jackson County. William A. Scott, Jr. purchased land in Section 23, Township 4, Range 5 East in the western part of present-day Scottsboro. Robert Thomas Scott first settled at Bellefonte andthen purchased muchof the land which became thecenter of Scottsboro, planned by and named for Robert T. and Elizabeth Ann Scott.

William A. Scott, Jr.married Elizabeth Knoxon Feb 1, 1827, in Madison Co, AL. They are both buried on their farm in the family cemetery which overlooks St.Jude Catholic Church. Their children Henry Scott (1844-1859); Elizabeth Scott (diedyoung); and Ann P. (Scott) Gordon Morris (1833-1897) are buried here. Other family members buried in theWilliam A. Scott, Jr.family cemetery are: Frank andJenny McKissack; Wayne Morris; and Robert Thomas and Mattie (Wood) Morris.' RobertThomas Morris wasa grandson of William A. and Elizabeth (Knox) Scott, Jr.

Robert Thomas Scott married ElizabethAnn Parsons of Anson Co, NC in 1826 in North Carolina. At thetime of the 1850Jackson County, AL census, they livedon the ridgejustwest of the junction of present-day U.S.Highway 72 andAL Highway 35 (near the Hwy35 overpass.) Robert T. Scott died on June 18, 1863, andwas buried in hisfamily cemetery which must have been adjacent to his home. ElizabethAnn, (Parsons) Scott died on October 14, 1873, andwas buried beside herhusband. Three of their Bynum grandchildren arealso buried in the RobertT. Scott Cemetery. They areJohnWilliam Bynum (1867-1868); Lillie Bynum (1868-1868); and KatieMayBynum (1880-1881), infants of Hugh and Lucy(Scott) Bynum.

12 RENEW MEMBERSHIPJA NUARY I

MEMBERSHIP DUES NEW OR RENEWAL ANNUAL DUES - $10.00 LIFE MEMBERSHIP - $100.00 MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS ARE WELCOMED

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION P. O. BOX 1494 SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768-1494 Please provide: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP NEW RENEWAL! The membership year begins January 1. Any dues received before October 1 will be for the current year. Dues received after October 1 will accrue to the following year. Members receive the JACKSON COUNTY CHRONICLES quarterly in January, April, July, and October. .

J.C.H.A. BOOK FOR SALE The Jackson County Historical Association has republished THE HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John R. Kennamer, Sr., 1935 edition. The price of the book is $20.00. If mailing is required, please add $3.00 for each book order. Allow ten (10) days for processing. Please complete the following order blank and mail to: HISTORY BOOK P.O. BOX 1494 SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768-1494 NAME STREET CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE