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Bryant Johnson & wife Sarah Johnson, Covington, AL & Walton, FL

kenjohnson57 — 2009-11-03 15:01:19Z

Find Bryant Johnson on the 1850 and 1860 Covington County, AL censuses:

Byrant - born about 1815 GA
Sarah - born about 1820 GA
Josiah N. - born about 1834 GA
Martha E. - born about 1838 GA
George W. - born about 1842 GA
Elizabeth - born about 1844 GA
Micajah - born about 1845 GA
Melissa Ann - born about 1848 GA
Sarah - born about 1850 AL
John H. - born about 1853 AL
Susan A. - born about 1855 AL
Samuel H. - born about 1860 AL

Find the widow Sarah Johnson on the 1870 and 1880 Walton County, FL censuses.

I can deduce that Melissa married Thomas Miller and she died in Walton County in Jan. 1923 and buried at Cluster Springs.

John H. married Mary Frances ?? and he died 1914 in Walton County.

Samuel H. maried Mary J. Truett. He died Jan. 3, 1930 in Gadsden County, FL, but buried in Defuniak Springs, Walton County.

On the 1850 census, Bryant Johnson is only a few households away from William and Polly Johnson, whom I feel sure are my ggg-grandparents and are possibly the parents of Bryant.

Would love to hear from anyone researching this family.

Now be careful, for there is another Bryant Johnson born about 1809 NC on the 1850 Early County, GA census & the 1860 & 1880 Conecuh County, AL census & on the 1870 Santa Rosa County, FL census, who also has a son named Micajah born about 1851 GA. This 2nd Bryant, about the same age, son with same name, and living in roughly the same area, led me on a WILD goose chase for a while. Would make you think that somehow the 2 Bryants are connected....

Blessings,

Ken Johnson

Re: Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

anniemiller1 — 2009-10-31 14:50:20Z

This finley hit home"
1850 Coffee Co.John M. Coon had married Sarah, There was Hutsons, William, Martha, and Wesley Listed. Next door in the HH of Henry and Amelia Coon was listed Willis Hutson..
1860 Covington Co
John Coon was listed with Children, Jackson, Caroline, Henry, Isaac, and Simeon.
The Hutson / Hudson Is my Linage. The Coon twins Isaac and Simon could very well be the half brothers to my Hudsons.
I would love to know when and where Sarah died and was burried.
Do you have any of this info?

Re: Kelley Family Book

conniebozeman2 — 2009-10-27 18:45:10Z

this came to me via email...I resent the profanity as I am not connected to this family that I know of.

Re: Kelley Family Book

kelleytylor — 2009-10-26 06:46:25Z

hey Im part of the kelley family my real grandpas name is chareles kelley i hope this helps listen my dad neal kelley is about ready to die and i need to know the history of my proud hard core famly and I know were hard core please help your a kelley so lets get the shit we need thanks

Re: Teel / White / Brown Families

DAYTONTEEL — 2009-10-24 23:20:57Z

saw your older listing. I am searching for my great grandfather Thomas Allen Teel, 1833 in Georgia married Melissa Hazletine Gutherie. All I can find is he died before 1880. No mention on Melissas death and my father never mentioned him. His grand father was Lodrick Teel
1754 - 1867 burried in talapossa county. alabama. My mother said he was nicknamed club foot and died in jail for killing a man over an political argument.

al teeel al@alteel.com

John William Calhoun of Coffee County Alabama

debrapolster — 2009-10-19 23:49:24Z

I am looking for the family of my grandfather John William Calhoun b. 1886. He was born in Coffee County Alabama and lived in Elba, Opp, Victoria, Deanville, and Mobile Alabama. I have located one record (WWI draft registration card). He is listed as married with 7 children and 30 years old. He was married to Esther Kendricks b. 1888 in Alabama. There were several brothers who also registered at the same time James C. b. 1880, John William b.1886, Thomas b. 1887, Monroe 1888, John b. 1889, Alto Daniel b. 1898, & Ambros Powell b. 1900. There was also a census which listed the younger brothers with a brother named Shelby b. 1902 and a sister Fannie b.1898. The family was living with their mother, Julia or July, and their father James J Calhoun in Deanville, Coffee Cty. Alabama in 1910 and 1920..

Thanks,

Debra Calhoun Polster

Re: Mrs. Joe Raley

rebelleigh1 — 2009-10-16 11:47:22Z

Joe Raley is probably Joseph Abraham Raley, son of Abraham Raley. Joseph married a Barnes. One of his wife's brother's(Newton A. Barnes) married Mary Savannah Henderson, daughter of Allen Henderson and Tempy Sasser.

Re: Mrs. Joe Raley

rebelleigh1 — 2009-10-16 11:43:47Z

There is a burial plot in Bethany Cemetery at Heath, Covington County, with the name "Sally Henderson GANUS"..if anyone knows her identity; please let me know.

Re: George family

JudyCaden11 — 2009-10-14 16:09:31Z

I am a descendant, too. Zeb's sister, Parthenia Melvinie GEORGE married Green J. Cadenhead in 1881, Pike Co., ALA. They settled in NWFlorida. I have been looking for more on their father, Hugh ("Hughie") L. GEORGE. I have a photo of his gravestone (south of Opp, AL in Hickory Grove Cem) but have not been able to find Hugh L GEORGE's father...have you seen the Biography on the Pike County Alabama GENWEB site? I have more family info and am willing to share as you wish...contact me directly at guragaith@cox.net
Judy

Re: Murder in Covington County, Alabama

LisaFranklin369 — 2009-10-13 13:23:31Z

Eliza Curry, widow, died
11 Jul 1922 in Covington, Alabama
She was buried in Oakey Streak-I'm betting he was buried there too.

Lisa R Franklin

Re: George family

HueyDeanGeorge — 2009-10-13 01:56:07Z

Zebulon Perry George was my Grandfather. Tillary Rostia George(July 4,1900-Nov. 1987) was my Father. I have many times heard stories from my Father concerning his Father who
was known by everyone as "Zeb".

Re: Mrs. Joe Raley

rebelleigh1 — 2009-10-11 16:41:01Z

found information in the Pike County, Al library about Abraham Raley..and I believe that this is the son of Abraham Raley in Covington County. This lists the children of Milton Barnes, from Red Level Alabama..one of the girls: Amanda E., born 1855, married Abraham Raley. I believe her middle name was "Estelle" and that she married Joseph Abraham Raley, son of Abraham Raley and Elizabeth Jones. Another Milton Barnes children : Sidney, married Elizabeth C. Raley, another Newton A.Barnes married Sara Ann Henderson(they went to Texas) and Margaret Barnes married John Henley.

All of this makes sense..the Raley's and the Kilpatricks were connected and the older kilpatricks married into the HENDERSON family..and I have a picture of NEWT Barnes with one of my Kilpatricks taken in Texas.

Re: Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

SherryJEdgar — 2009-10-10 23:52:18Z

Shelby:
Just wanted to give you an update on my quest for info on Kitty Lee. I received Granny Lucy's (Kitty's daughter) death certificate today which confirmed Bud Coon and Kitty Lee Hancock as her parents.
FYI, I had been told that Lucy died from a bedsore which left questions in my mind. However, the death certificate pretty much confirmed that info. Cause of death: arthritis and sepsis. To me, that translates to blood poison from bed sore (Mizell Memorial). Sad, very sad! I do miss her...she was a very good granny! :-}

Re: Archilles/Archilus

winn — 2009-10-05 18:42:47Z

There was a John Green Barrow born c.1777 in Lenoir Co. NC Wife named Susan. I believe this John Green Barrow was the son of Revolutionary Soldier, Reuben Barrow and his wife Milbre Bledsoe.

Re: Archilles/Archilus

skippertate — 2009-10-05 18:25:30Z

Hello,

would love to find more information regarding Green Barrow and
Julia Emily Achilles. Green Barrow was my gggrandfather.
I am trying to find out his father's and mother's name. He was born in 1798 in N.C.. His first wife, Tamar ? is my line.

Karen

Re: Shiloh Cemetery/Cemeteries

gregandwinn — 2009-10-03 18:16:39Z

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I appreciate your kindness.

Winn

Re: Shiloh Cemetery/Cemeteries

BamaRose61 — 2009-10-03 17:20:31Z

This is probably too late, but didn't see it till now, sorry. One of the Shilohs (not the one near Florala but the one that is T5N R16E S23) is near Straughn School on a dirt road. I think the old stone block church building (what is left of it) was Baptist. Me and my little girl rode by there back a few months ago and it was in terrible shape and the cemetary was very grown up. I can't remember if the churh was still in use when I was a child or not, but it seems like it was. Also seems like some family use to have reunions there. Acording to the listing for it on Tracking your Roots, the last burial was about 1962. The one near Florala I know nothing of.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

BamaRose61 — 2009-10-03 16:35:03Z

There is a listing at Tracking Your Roots>> http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/covcem4.htm If the young boy was blond, had a few freckles and about 10 to 12 years old, your answer does tell me about where is is and who now owns the property.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

conniebozeman2 — 2009-10-03 16:00:25Z

Yes that is where it is. At the front of the school there is a row of houses. It is about the 4th one down, back in a pasture behind the house. I had to stop and ask a young boy to show it to me....do not know whose land that is. Trees growning all up in cemetery, but there is a fence around it---chain link. Dogs could get through, but I could not. Curtis Thomasson at the Andalusia paper says he has a list of who is buried there. I have not been able to get it. But found on internet that my Robbins relative and Bradleys are buried there.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

BamaRose61 — 2009-10-03 15:36:51Z

I am trying to place where this is in my head and not doing a good job. I have lived close by all my life and never knew this cemetery was there. Is the pasture you are refering to behind about 4 houses across where 57 runs into the Straughn School rd.? If it is, I know who owns it and will ask about it. Also, I don't know who you talked to at the church, but if it was a woman in a her early 30's, that was the former pastor. We have a new pastor now.

Re: Help Identifying 2 Photos

JanetGaston69 — 2009-10-02 20:54:15Z

Those are wonderful photos and some family member would love to have them. I hope you are able to identify them. I only wish I could help you. Good Luck! Bless you for trying.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

rebelleigh1 — 2009-10-02 02:03:30Z

We will see what we can do as soon as the weather gets a little cooler and the vegetation dies down some. I want to get in there and take pictures. Some of Sarah F. Green's children are buried there and Jonathan Jackson Harrelson. Do you know that I lived within walking distance of that cemetery..went to Straughn from the 1st to the 12th..and never knew that cemetery was there until I started doing genealogy? I don't know who owns the land there..when we went there, there was a very nice man who had horses in the pasture that the cemetery was in and he let us drive through to the cemetery. We SAID we were going back to clean it up..but you know how that is..we never did..that was about two or three years ago.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

conniebozeman2 — 2009-10-02 01:53:05Z

I live in Georgia and have had by pass surgery since I wrote that message!
I would be willing to give $100 toward helping clean it up. It is my
understanding that it is the Bradley cemetery and that there are none of them around. (Nor any of my Robbins clan from that area.)
I tried to get that big church in Straughn to take it on, but no luck there also. Finding someone to be responsible for it would be the problem....don't know whose land it is. The historical society has older
members who cannot do it either...but they may be willing to get the judge to help. Ask Curtis Thomasson at the Andalusia paper what he thinks...this is his last email I have :
Thomasson, Curtis (Andalusia...
E-mail Address(es):
cthomasson@centurytel.net
thanks for your interest.

Re: Straughn School, 1928-1932

rebelleigh1 — 2009-10-01 22:35:33Z

Connie, I have been in the cemetery twice..fighting briars and spiders. I too, want to clean it up. Someone suggested that we go to probate court and get the cemetery put in someone's name that would be responsible for keeping it clean. There needs to be a direct access to it, besides having to go through people's yard to get there. The people who live there now have two big dogs..I don't even want to get out to knock on the door. Should see if who ever owns that big pasture close to the house would allow a path through the pasture to the cemetery. I am willingly to help clean it up..just let me know. Donna Chisum Fountain

Help Identifying 2 Photos

SherryJEdgar — 2009-10-01 08:50:28Z

Can anyone offer any help identifying the folks in these photos? I believe they are of the Morgan family.

Re: Spicer Ancestors

19T60 — 2009-09-30 11:41:38Z

Ms.Joanie,do you still have the photos of Mollie?Sure would love a copy for my tree if at all possible.
Thank you,crabdaddy@cox.net
T

Re: Spicer Ancestors

19T60 — 2009-09-30 11:39:15Z

If I recall correctly,I seen a Jim Spicer buried in Okaloosa county Florida,and A mary there also.

Re: Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

sheb212 — 2009-09-27 22:22:39Z

Good detective work there Sherry, I will change my files to reflect that "Bud's" wife was Kitty Lee Hancock.
Now, I have tried to find Kitty on the 1900 census, she would have been in her mother or father's HH but I can't find any Hancock families in Covington County on that census.
However, the 1910 Covington County census does show a widowed Mollie Hancock, age 63, born in GA. She was living with a 31 year old daughter named Bertha Hattaway. They were living next to Archie W. McPherson & his wife Melvina Coon and next to them lived Henry Coon and wife Nancy (my line). Bud's father Isaac Gideon Coon was a brother of Henry Coon.
BTW, I guess you know that Isaac Gideon had a twin brother named Simeon Travis Coon?
Then on the 1920 Covington census Mollie's daughter Bertha is married to a man over twice her age named John Newby (John Newby is often found near the Coon family on the censuses). Anyway, what I'm getting at is that Mollie Hancock might be Kitty's mother. If you find out anything more I would appreciate the information.

Morgan Family of Covington/Crenshaw Counties

SherryJEdgar — 2009-09-27 04:51:21Z

I have recently unearthed a reproduction of two photos that I believe are of the Morgan family of Crenshaw and later Covington County. If I can attach the file correctly, can anyone offer any help identifying them?
Do the names John Green Morgan, Annie Myrtie Morgan or William Dexter Morgan ring any bells?
Thanks to all.

Re: Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

SherryJEdgar — 2009-09-27 04:10:11Z

Thank you very much for the info you provided. Just a couple of days ago I discovered a document at trackingyourroots.com that seems to have answered one of my questions. Covington County, Alabama Marriages Volume A (1895-1905) shows on page 232 a marriage between S. Coon (would be Isaac Simion Coon) and Kitty Lee Hancock on January 20, 1901. Yippee...finally a document that shows her maiden name! I'm still digging for more info on her family but I feel like I just struck gold!

Re: Williams family

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-20 15:17:32Z

My half-sister's grandmother was Carrie Diamond..she married Burnice Williams in Jay, Florida. Carrie's parents were John Allen Diamond and Cordelia Penton. My sister said she was told that Carrie was full-blooded Choctaw. Burnice and Carrie moved to Rose Hill and they had a son, Maurice Q. Williams..this is my half sister's father. Maurice, Carrie, and Burnice are suppose to be buried in Mobile. I am searching for Maurice's date of death. We "think" it was in 1960, at the veteran's hospital in Biloxi. If you have info on this family..please share.

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

jhidle1351 — 2009-09-18 17:11:54Z

In 1880 Leon, Crenshaw co.AL census was family of A.C. Jordan b. 1824 GA, wife Mary C. b. 1832 GA; daughters, Francis b. 1860 AL, Mary M. b. 1863 AL, Idie b. 1864, AL. Narcissus b. 1870, AL, Victory, b. 1873, AL; sons, Robert b.1866, AL & I. C. b. 1874, AL.

Daughter, Mary M. married L. J. Etheridge 26 Jan 1885 in Crenshaw Co. AL. An aunt told that Mary want to travel with her family to Texas but L. J. did want to go. So she left with her family on covered wagons. I haven't found this family again. L. J. Etheridge married again in Crenshaw Co.AL & fathered nine children.

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

winn — 2009-09-18 13:24:49Z

You will probably have to copy and paste the link into your browser.....

http://genforum.genealogy.com/owen/messages/4760.html

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

winn — 2009-09-18 13:21:29Z

Try this link
Jan 31, 2008 ... Samuel Tine Owen was chosen on November 24, 1837 by the Alabama ... Samuel Tine Owen, soon after his arrival in Texas, was elected in 1852 Chief ... A large wagon train of the family crossed the mountains of Eastern ...
genforum.genealogy.com/owen/messages/4760.html

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

mewexler — 2009-09-18 12:59:06Z

First, where in Texas did they go? Then when they came back from there, where did they settle? I imagine you will find several families from SE AL and NW FL who went to Texas between the end of the civil war and 1900. My Crawford/Goodwin family went out there and then back to Walton Co., Florida.

me@wexonline.net

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

mewexler — 2009-09-18 12:57:58Z

Re: Wagon Train to Texas

Sue_PetersFerree — 2009-09-18 02:54:27Z

If you ever get a reply to this, please let me know. I have some Jordans who went to Texas about that time too. Thanks.

Re: Mitchell children

winn — 2009-09-14 17:57:47Z

If you are serious about Tuberville, you might want to show it in the subject line. Not once has it been changed to reflect that name.

I am totally confused as to who is actually looking for whom.

Re: James Henry Colvin

bbryan84 — 2009-09-14 17:01:31Z

See post dated 14 Sep 2009 on Mitchell Children for more info on this.

Re: Mitchell children

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-14 17:00:11Z

Thank you! It does help clear up the mystery.

Re: Mitchell children

bbryan84 — 2009-09-14 16:57:43Z

Here is some information that may help with this Mary Turbeville who is buried at Pilgrim's Rest. Accorting to a note in "Covington County, Alabama People" [SRS is Scott R. Smith who compiled this book]

Tombstone Inscriptions, Pilgrim Rest Cemetery [SRS]
Mary Turbeville (August 8, 1802-January 13, 1897) “Our Mother’
Mary Ann Bowers (November 25, 1844-February 20, 1937)
William H. Bowers, Co. K, 37th. ALA INF (no dates)
[The Bowers graves are in the same plot with Mary Turbeville; I assume that Mary Ann Bowers
was the daughter of Mary Turbeville.

The above note is corroborated by the 1880 census which shows this Mary Turbeville in the household of William Bowers.

1880 United States Federal Census Record for William Bowers:
1880 United States Federal Census
Alabama > Covington > Westover And Rose Hill > District 53 > Page 2

158/158
Bowers, William, w, m, 40, married, farmer, FL/NC/SC
Mary, w, f, 35, wife, keeping house, AL/SC/SC
Charley, w, m, 13, son, AL/FL/AL
Almarine, w, m, 10, son, at school, AL/FL/AL
Mollie, w, f, 7, dau, at school, AL/FL/AL
Samuel, w, m, 73, father, works in farm, NC/VA/England
Sarah, w, f, 68, mother, SC/England/SC
Turberville, Mary, w, f, 76, mother in law, wd, SC/NC/NC

1870 United States Federal Census Record for William Bowers1870 United States Federal Census
Alabama > Covington > Township 6 Range 17 > Page 5
30/30
Turbeville, Mary 65, f, m, keeping house, 600, SC,
Bowers, William, 27, m, w, farmer, 297, FL
Mary A., 24, f, w, AL
Charles W., 3, m, w, AL
Eleand E. 6/12, m, w, AL
Tener, 14, f, b, FL

There is also a Mary Turbeville of the approximate age as the one married to William Bowers living in Covington County in the 1850 census in the home of Archibald Turbeville:

1850 United States Federal Census Record for Mary Turbervill1850 United States Federal Census
Alabama > Covington > Not Stated > Page 46 [next house is Jesse Turbeville, 44, and wife Ceily, 42.]
299/299
Turbeville, Archibald, 43, m, Meth pastor, 150, SC
Martha, 33, f, GA
Emily, 12, f, AL
Sarahan, 10, f, AL
Nancy, 8, f, AL
Martha, 6, f, AL
Mary, 4, f, AL>>>>>>>>>could this be her?
Talatha, 2, f, AL
Moody, Theophilus, 15, m, AL
Turbervill, John, 45, m, SC, farmer

I could not find Mary Turbeville who married William Bowers in the 1860 census. William and Mary were probably married shortly after the close of the war based on the age of their children in the 1870 census.

Still a lot of unanswered questions but this may help put the puzzle pieces together.

Re: Mitchell children

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-14 14:18:06Z

I am trying to identify this Mary Turbeville..buried in Pilgrim's Rest, Rose Hill, Covington County..born in 1802-1897..I found this at Trackingyourroots/ Rose Hill history..maybe you tell me who she is,scroll down..and you will see an ARCHIBALD and a MARY Turbeville

OLD CAULEYSVILE STORE

James B. Parker operated a sore at Cauleysville, on the old Three Notch Road, in the 1830's. This store was in the vacinity of the Bill Butler place on the Rose Hill-Burnout Road. In this store was the old Cauleysville post office, established in 1839.

Listed are some of the customers names who had accounts appearing in the records of James B. Parker's store in Cauleysville. These are among the pioneer settlers of Covington County, many of whom have decendents living today in this county.

Robert Himphill Henry Kimbro Andrew Feagin
Jesse Gainer Hiram Johnson William Wasdon
Henry Parker Asa Moody John Holley
Samuel Jones Wesley Barrett Micheal Moody
Thomas H. Hendley Sampson Robbins Richard Norton
Richardson Feagin Jacob Rials Harvey Jones
Jerimiah Darby Archibald Tubberville William Luker
Zaza Lownsberry Harris Branham J.W.Barnet
Bartholmew Cauley Simeon Beaufored Richard Singleton
Wiley Williams Joseph Branham MitcheJohn
David Row Josiah Jones Giles Bryan
Martha Barret Council D. Taylor Calvin Holly
David Cauley Needham Parker Sarah C. Barrett
Seth Boyett William H. Danielly Samson Banham
Barrett D. Joyner Jonathan Carter Jesse Bryan Sr.
Edmond Price Jesse Adams John G. Carpenter
Lazure Blackmon Harrison Jones James M. Thompson
David Donaldson Sr. Issac Prescott Benjamin Davis
James Branham William Singleton John Chamlis
Archibald M. Furshon Rebecca Colvin James B. Robbins
Charles King Allen Perry Elizabeth King
Abraham Fannin Jr. Thomas Robbins Jr. Daniel Barrett
Nelson Moody John A. Sims John Jones Sr.
Eli Parker Stephen Carter Jesse Dubose
Aaron Andres John Davis Desire P. Tillman
John Tubberville Archibald Rials John H. Harrison
James D. Taylor Henry Robbins William M. Sasser
Thomas Hanes John Carter Richard Smith
Bryan McDonald Simeon Manscill Leroy Straughn
Anguish Malloy Mathew Burt Joshua Dickson
Jesse Bryan Jr. John Hall James Nelson
Ichabard Robbins Thomas Robbns Jr. Levi Moody
William Boyett Elizabeth Singleton Charles Jones
King James David Blair F.J. Barrett
Margaret Parker William Blair Samuel Wetherford
William Willaims Solomon Moody Giles Tricky
John Browder C.J. Drake William Smith
Thomas King Jordon Clark William Holley Jr.
James A. Smith David Wood Asa Carter
Asa Moody Jr. John B. Sasser William Oglesby
Lloyd Butler Thomas Feagin Abraham Fannin
Daniel Maloy Lewis Stricklin Willis Smith
John A. Owen Henry M. Harrison William Holley Sr.
Thomas Jones Kade Robbins Richard Williams
Minor Williams John W. Jones Mary Robbins
Stanley Hall Vinson Underwood Noah Carroll
Paul Auten William H. Hillbun Sr. Edmond Russell
Mastin Sawyer Wilson Williams Byrd Sasser
James T. Cannon William A. Sexton Stephen Hogg
Bennet F. Boyett John Perret Enos Tubberville
Peoples C. Jordan Joseph Singleton Eliza Mitchell
John Coon Miss Nancy Cauley Hugh Adams
Jonathan O. Ballard William F. Rodgers John Boyett
John Maloy Bennett Boyett Sr. Isaah King
Simon Williams David Dun Eliza Martin
Edwin Turmon Jordan Lindsey Lewis Harrelson
William Blair Sr. John Murphy Wiley Underwood
William Robbins Josiah Jones Sr. John W. Gates
B.L. Jordan Burrel Boyett Thomas H. Hendley Sr.
George Clark Emanuel Boyett Miss Elizabeth Cauley
Miss Rebecca Cauley Allen Williamson George Reace
L.B. Rodgers Furney Tisdale Isaiah Mitchel
Silan Jernigan Winaford Jernigan J.C. Bozeman
William Carpenter Jesse B. Rice D.L. Cauley
G.B. Higgs Mary Tubberville C.T. Stewart
D.H. Ganey J.H. Rowell J.E. Rowell
James Graves William Graves Henry Owens
G.G. Carter A.C. Straughn J.R. Stewart
John Turmon J.T. Richards O.A. Dauphin
Andrew Row Moses Carter Annen Boyett
Sampson Branham Jackson Chanler Zebedee Taylor
David Donalson Lewis Harrelson John McLaughlin
Duncan McLaughlin Martin Green James Jackson
Elisha Harrell L.R. Moody James T. Drake

Re: Murder in Covington County, Alabama

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-13 23:59:56Z

I replied to before..but I don't see it..so here is the obit from the Covington Times

Re: James Henry Colvin

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-13 22:37:22Z

I couldn't find her either..but was wondering if she might be kin to the Elizabeth Turbeville that you mentioned in your post.

Re: James Henry Colvin

bbryan84 — 2009-09-13 21:02:20Z

I do not know. A quick search on ancestry.com census records shows only two Mary Turbevilles that might fit based on her birth date. Both are in Marion, SC and many Covington County folks came from Marion, SC.

1850 United States Federal Census
about Mary Turbeville
Name: Mary Turbeville
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
Birth Place: Marion
Gender: Female
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Marion, South Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
William Turbeville 32
Mary Turbeville 47
Robert Turbeville 11

1860 United States Federal Census
about Mary Turbeville
Name: Mary Turbeville
Age in 1860: 59
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Marion, Marion, South Carolina
Gender: Female
Post Office: Marion
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Wm Turbeville 40
Mary Turbeville 59
Rachael Ammons 29
Allen Swipes 28

I could not find her in 1870 or 1880 so this is a long shot.

Bob

Re: James Henry Colvin

rebelleigh1 — 2009-09-13 19:22:39Z

bob, do you know who this lady is..buried at Pilgrim's Rest?

Re: Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

sheb212 — 2009-09-09 20:19:05Z

Don't know if I can help or just add to the confusion.....
(was Bud's wife's maiden name Raley, as my records show or Hancock, as your records show?)...
Most of my information is from other researchers but some is my own research and I am not good at noting exactly where each piece of my information came from.
That being said, my COON files show the following info:
Isaac Simeon "Bud" Coon (5th son of Isaac Gideon Coon & Elizabeth “Betts” Hattaway) was b. 07 Jun 1880 - d. aft 1930 (on 1930 census). The 1900 census shows Isaac was born in Jun 1881.
m. abt 1901 (per 1910 census)
m. Martha Lee "Kitty" Raley - b. abt 1881 AL - d. aft 1930 (on census)
“Bud” and “Kitty" are buried in Cool Springs Cemetery, Opp, Covington Co., AL
11/17/05 - WW1 draft record shows a Isaac Simion Coon, age 38 of Opp, AL - b. 07 Jun 1880 - self farmer - nearest relative: Kittie Lee Coon of Opp, AL
made his X - medium height - medium build - brown eyes - light hair - Registered 12 Sep 1918

Children (8 per census records) of Isaac Simeon "Bud" Coon & Martha Lee "Kitty" Raley:
1. Lula V. Coon - b. abt 1903 (1910 census)
2. Lucy E. Coon - b. abt 1905 (1910 census)
3. Elizabeth Lee "Lizzie" Coon - b. abt 1907 (1910 census)
4. Harlan J. Coon - b. 24 Apr 1909 - d. 28 Sep 1995
5. Ruby Irene Coon - b. abt 1912 (1920 census)
6. Woodrow Coon - b. abt 1918 (1920 census)
7. Ather Coon (son) - b. abt 1920 (1930 census)
8. Nathan Coon - b. abt 1924 (1930 census)

This family was in Covington Co., AL on the 1910 & 1920 census but are in Montgomery Co., AL on the 1930 census (working in the cotton mill there).
Please let me know if my information is wrong and I would also appreciate it if you could add any information.

Isaac "Bud" Coon and/or wife Kitty Lee Hancock

SherryJEdgar — 2009-09-08 04:56:25Z

Does anyone have any info. on "Bud's" wife Kitty or Kittie Lee Hancock. They both are buried in nearly unmarked plots at Cool Springs in Opp. I have obtained his death certificate but it created more questions than it answered. They were the parents of Lucy Coon who married John Taylor "Fox" Edgar. Fox and Lucy were the parents of my father (William) David Edgar.
Also, does anyone know where dad might have gone to school? It seems that he grew up in the Onycha(?) Horn Hill areas but I dunno. His childhood is a complete mystery to me and this saddens me greatly! FYI, dad was first married to Sharron Lloyd and later to Helon Morgan Thompson Woodyard.

Re: Murder in Covington County, Alabama

SherryJEdgar — 2009-09-08 04:08:25Z

A good website for reading old news articles for a multitude of southern counties is TrackingYourRoots.com.
I've found that it takes quite a bit of reading but even the stuff that I'm not looking for is still VERY interesting.
Hopes this helps someone.
Sherry from Opp

Levi A. Leonard

olahumphries — 2009-09-04 20:33:22Z

Levi A. Leonard is said to be a "surveyor" in Covington Co., Al about 1820-22. How can I get more documentation on this? Who would be surveying? Thanks.