IORTHEAST ALABAMA IETTLER NICHOLS MEMORIAL LIBRARY Registered National Historic Landmark Headquarters of NORTHEAST ALABAMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 8268 Gadsden, Alabama 35902 VOLUME 46 JULY, 2007 NO. 2 NORTHEAST ALABAMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. P.O. Box 8268 Gadsden, Alabama 35902-8268 Http//www.geocities.com/neags2001 / President 1st. V.P Program Chairman Gail Brown 256.546-2249 RoseMary Hyatt 256-538-1122 [email protected] [email protected] 2nd. V.P. Membership Chairman Recording Secretary Leon Young 256-547-8477 Anne Batie 256-492-2739 [email protected] [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Wayne Milam 256-442-2099 Julia Young 256-547-8477 wmilam 1 @j uno.com [email protected] Librarian Editor Carolyn Parrish 256-547-3638 Vickie Whorton Vaughn 256-538-1917 [email protected] LIBRARY HOURS Nichols Memorial Library is the home of Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society. Volunteer's are available to provide help from 10 am - 3 pm every Thursday. The Society is proud of it's 5000 plus family file collection. MEETINGS The Society meets the 2nd. Saturday, September thru May at 1:30pm at Nichols Memorial Library. MEMBERSHIP Any person who is genuinely interested and actively participating in genealogical and historical research shall be eligible for membership. There are no residency requirements. Non-members may submit queries at $4.00 per issue. Queries are free to members. Dues are $20.00 per year. OBJECT AND PURPOSES 1. To aid in the preservation of family Bible records, military records, cemetery records, and other genealogical and historical records. 2. To promote historical and genealogical research and the study of history and genealogy. 3. To promote interest and encourage people who are interested in genealogical and historical research. 4. To cooperate to the extent practical with other societies that are interested in genealogy and history and preservation. 5. To collect and preserve historical and genealogical data relating to Alabama, particularly, but not limited to the counties of Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, DeKalb, Etowah, Marshall, Randolph, St. Clair and Talladega. NORTHEAST ALABAMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC P.O. BOX 8268 GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35902 Volume 46 July 2007 Number 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS President's Page 4 New Members 4 Member Spotlight 5 Moo's News 6 If Memory Serves by Will I. Martin 8 Etowah County Confederate Pensioners and Post office Address 9 Articles from Little Book of Gadsden 12 Wedding Announcements From 1894 13 DeKalb County War Dead -War Between the States 1861 -1865 16 July 4, 1907 - One Hundred Years Ago 17 Probate Court Record - Town of Walnut Grove 19 Books for Sale - By Members of NEAGS 21 The Blount County Journal, 3 September 1909 22 The Writing of Jerry B. Jones ( James Banks) 24 Queries 26 Our Old People - St. Clair County, Alabama 28 Family Pedigree Charts 31 Sardis City, Public Library 36 William Thomas Briscoe 37 First Settlers of Baine-Etowah County 39 Membership Application 38 Index 40 Publications and Gifts for Sale Back Cover Copyright, Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. ISSN 0742583 X Indexed in Genealogical Periodical Annual Index PRESIDENT'MESSAGE Gail R. Brown I hope all of you are having a good summer. Lots of good things have been going on since my last letter. As most of you know the Ancestor Swap Meet is over and was a great success, our speaker, Linda Woodward-Geiger, did such a great job on the work shop and also for the swap meet. RoseMary Hyatt and her committee did a great job this year. We want to thank all of you that worked. We are already looking forward the Ancestor Swap Meet in 2008. Our building is taking on a new look, the back of the building had never been bricked but was covered with some type of shingles. With the help of a grant from Community Development, our whole building is bricked. We want to take this opportunity to say "HATS OFF" to our grant chairperson Julia Young for all the hard work she has done to make this possible. There are several more grants in the works so just keep an eye on the building to see the nice changes that are taking place. SUMMER HOURS The library will have extended hours on the first and third Thursdays for the months of June, July, and August. We will remain open on these days until 8 p.m. We will be putting names of new members as we receive, along with the names they are researching., also remember if you join the society you can have a pedigree chart and queries run in the quarterly free to members. NEWMEMBERS: Deborah Barnes: 70 Armetale Luster, Webster, NY 14580- ROBERT, PRICE, ALEXANDER, BOWER PALMER McELRATH, WHEELER, COUCH, PAGE, BLAKE, JERDON, PARKER, KEMPT, DAVIS, MILBURN, McNEIL Deborah Brooks - 2139 Rock Mt. Dr., McCalla, AL 35111 - McKLEROY, TUCKER HARRIS, HARPER, ASHER, NELSON Tony and Mem Dooley - 5399 Story Rd., Hiram GA, 30141 - DOOLEY, HALES Patricia A. Ness, P.O. Box 1853, Florence, OR 97439 - RANKIN, JONES Donna Osteen - 6905 Brandford, Rowlett, TX 75089 - COLLINS Janice Sanders -511 Thornton Ave., Huntsville, AL 35901 - DOOLEY, SOUTHERLAND, HARRIS Bobby Sims - 10500 Hanging Moss Trail, Charlotte, NC 28227 - SIMS, COBB, REYNOLDS, ROBINSON, BONDS Susan Gill Smith - 11154 Greensport Rd., Ashville, AL 35953 - GILL, CROW Blanche Wallace - 1420 W. Harvard St., Orlando, FL 32804 - WALLACE, CLIFTON, DAMERON. More in the next quarterly Volume 46 Northeast Alabama Settlers Number 2 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Sybil Talley McCluskey Atkins is a founding member of N.E. Alabama Genealogical Society. Her love of history and genealogy is apparent in the articles we find in our quarterlies. If someone needs to know the history of Nichols Library we refer him or her to several of Sybil's articles. Those articles are in a file readily accessible when needed. Sybil has transcribed and preserved numerous records over the years. She has made sure that records were preserved for any researcher who happens to need them. If not for her diligence many records would have been lost years ago. You will find Sybil's articles in numerous historical publications. She served as an officer of N.E. Alabama Genealogical Society for many years. Most notable Sybil was the editor of this publication before computers, printers and copy machines. Sybil had to print everything using a mimeograph machine. Sybil and her husband Lee Atkins live in Chattanooga, where she is a member of several organizations. Sybil comes to Gadsden as often as weather and health allow attending the meetings of The James Gadsden Chapter of DAR, UDC Etowah Chapter 1620 and N.E. Alabama Genealogical meetings. I can personally say that I've had no greater sense of accomplishment than when Sybil tells me, that we are doing a good job. She always tells us how proud she is that we (the society) are doing well. We must do our best to keep the traditions and follow the example of Sybil and others who worked so hard to make our society the success it is today. Sybil, we love you and hope that good health and beautiful weather allow you to come back to see us soon. Book for Sale By: Sybil Talley Atkins 439 Mauldeth Road Chattanooga, TN 37415 Email [email protected] ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE COURT FILES: 1866 - 1900 (Wills and Administrations) Etowah County, Alabama Volume 1 Established as Baine County on December 7, 1866. Abolished December 3, 1967. County restored and renamed Etowah on December 1, 1868. Other books for sale by members listed on page 21 Volume 46 Northeast Alabama Settlers Number 2 Moo's News Selected News Articles Sherry "Moo" Butler Clayton The Attalla Herald Bristow's Cove and these turnips are a December 31, 1908 fair sample of his crops. R. J. Womack Disappears R. J. Womack, a miner residing Man Murdered in Gadsden in the northern part of the city, left his home about two weeks ago while his William H. Hawkins was wife was away on a visit. Nothing has murdered on Broad Street in Gadsden since been heard of him and Mrs. on Christmas eve night by unknown Womack is very anxious to learn of his parties. whereabouts. He is a young man about He was found lying on the 27 Or 28 years of age and no reason sidewalk with his scull crushed and was can be given for his strange departure. picked up and carried to a hospital where he died with unregaining consciousness. He had been to town Miss Clyde Shaw Weds and made some small purchases and was returning home when he was struck Miss Clyde Shaw and Mr. Sam down near Ninth street with the purpose Jones Massengale were of robbery as all of his pockets were married in Tuscaloosa Tuesday. Both turned when found. are from Aliceville, Ala., but owing to Mr. Hawkins was about 73 years parental objections they could not be old and was well liked by all who knew married at home. Miss Shaw was in him. No clue has been discovered to the Attalla on a visit to her cousin, Mrs. guilty parties. John Walker, when Mr. Massengale came up and persuaded her to marry at once and they departed for Tuscaloosa Lost His Life in where they were united in marriage. Miss Shaw was quite well known in Attempt to Board Train. Attalla, having visited her aunt, Mrs. G.W. Wilson frequently and her Ed Russell, a Negro furnace marriage will cause much surprise hand was run over and killed by an L & among her friends. N switch engine near the Consolidated furnace in Gadsden Friday morning. Russell was going to town in Large Turnips company with several other Negroes.