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The Clarke County Historical Society has
published its Historical Quarterly since 1976. Issues are available
on-line through the Museum bookstore.
CONTENTS OF
HISTORICAL QUARTERLIES
VOLUME 47, NO. 4 – Spring, 2023
Cemetery News
Scrapbook from State Secondary
Agricultural School, 1928
Whatley Alabama Schools
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 47, NO. 3 – Winter, 2022-2023
Editor’s Notes
History of Clarke County Training School
Clarke County’s First Oil Well
My Whatley Home
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 47, NO. 2 – |Fall, 2022
Museum News
Airmoumt
Grave Shelter Restored
Correction
Editor’s Notes
1935
Suggsville Election Voter List
Alabama Folk Potters’ Creation
on Display at
the Museum
Early Alabama Governor’s Grave Off the Beaten Path
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 47, NO. 1 – |Summer, 2022
In Memory of Louis Malone Finlay, Jr.
My Time in the Military
Jackson Street Baptist Church
Scrapbook Details: Work of NYA in Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 46, NO. 4 – Spring, 2022
U. S. Postal Service, Whatley, AL
The Index: Suggsville
John Coffee: The Man for Whom Coffeeville
Was Named
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 46, NO. 3 – Winter, 2021-2022
Claiborne Murphy Bridge Dedication
History of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Failetown Cemetery
Glimpses of 1925 Thomasville Yearbook
(Continued
from VOL. 46, NO. 2)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 46, NO. 2 – Fall, 2021
Historical Marker Dedicated
Photos from 20th Annual Pioneer Day
Preservation News
Vanity Fair’s Arrival Brought First
Manufacturing Jobs to Jackson
Failetown Cemetery
Glimpses of 1925 Thomasville Yearbook
(Continued
from VOL. 46, NO. 1)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 46, NO. 1 – Summer, 2021
Early Memories of Jackson and Living in the Kimbell
House
Heirs of Sarah Loftin
Before Fame, Elvis Played Show in Jackson
Glimpses of 1925 Thomasville Yearbook
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1887
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VOLUME 45, NO. 4 – Spring, 2021
Bob & Josephine Megginson
Peacock Post Office
History of Presbyterian Church of Jackson, AL
Nicknames for Whatley – Calhoun Family Whatley
Community
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 45, NO. 3 – Winter, 2020-2021
Historic Marker Erected
What is the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register &
What Clarke
County Cemeteries are Listed
Good Roads Movement in Clarke County
The Craft Highway and Its Namesake,
John Craft
of Mobile
Clarke County Scrapbooks Show Glimpses of
School days
in the 1920’s & 1030’s
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 45, NO. 2 – Fall, 2020
Cemetery News
Diary of William Bodey Coleman, Continued
The Photographs of William Samuel Jones
History of Walker Springs School
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 45, NO. 1 – Summer, 2020
Cemetery News
Spanish Flu Pandemic in Clarke County
Horeb Baptist Church & the Creighton Family
William Bodey Coleman: WWI Diary
Memorial to Mrs. Mary Wanda Coleman Johnson
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 44, NO. 4 – Spring, 2020
Infare in Little Scotland
A. A. Hicks, Clarke’s Assistant County Farm Agent
Coffeeville Hi-Lites
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 44, NO. 3 – Winter, 2019-2020
Museum News
The Great fire, The Echo and John L. Sullivan
A Tale of Two Weddings:
One
Moon-Shiney Night in Old St. Stephens
A Creek War
Wedding
A Frontier
Shivaree in Old St. Stephens - 1819
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 44, NO. 2 – Fall, 2019
Old Photo of Fulton School Group
Memories of Beloved Thomasville Teacher:
Mr. T. L.
Griffin
Barbarians at the Gate or Did Clarke County
Suffer an
Invasion by Union Forces in
The War
Between the States?
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 44, NO. 1 – Summer, 2019
Miss Adele Rivers Homeplace:
Rivers’
House Oldest in Thomasville
The Pugh & Washington Families of Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 43, NO. 4 – Spring, 2019
Harry Harrison Kroll
Mid-20th
Century Writer had Clarke County Connections
Clarke County High School Newspaper from 1925
Clarke County High School Artifacts
From the
Elizabeth Jackson Collection
A Man Named “McGrew”
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 43, NO. 3 – Winter, 2018-2019
Historical Timeline for John White Family
Choctaw Trading House – The Choctaw Chiefs
The Keeper of the Bridge
Dyer,
Farrington, Lide, Keel, Curtis
Profiles of Clarke County World War I Casualties
The Grove Hill Cemetery:
A Brief
History
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
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VOLUME 43, NO. 2 – Fall, 2018
Historical Society Dedicates Marker
Pioneer Day Photos
Museum News
Old Photo
Dramatic Military History of Jackson Native
Establishing the Choctaw Trading House:
Choctaw Trading House – The Waste Book
& the
Arrival of Cherokee Chiefs
Choctaw Trading House, Ft. St. Stephens:
Goods
Purchased for the Cherokee
Treaty of
Tellico
Cemetery Art & Symbolism
VOLUME 43, NO. 1 – Summer, 2018
Museum News
Cemetery News
Some Early Families of Clarke County:
Dyer,
Farrington, Lide, Keel, Curtis
Profiles of Clarke County World War I Casualties
The Grove Hill Cemetery:
A Brief
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VOLUME 42, NO. 4 – Spring, 2018
A Letter from the Great War
Talk of Stock Law Creates Controversy in 1913
Barlow Bend Post Office
Henri Mayton
The Allman Brothers Band
Jailed in
Clarke County in 1971
VOLUME 42, NO. 3 – Winter, 2017-2018
A History of Memorable Clarke County Floods
The Counselman Family
Interesting Letter from a Clarke County Boy in
France
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 42, NO. 2 – Fall, 2017
Editor’s Notes
Profiles of Clarke County’s WW I Casualties
Walter
Marion Luker
John Alver
Friddle
James Will
Deas
Private
James Gibby
Letter from the Front Lines
Fort White
A Glass Fort
Lillie Mae Fendly Knight:
An
Autobiography
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 42, NO. 1 – Summer, 2017
Queries
The Life and Achiements of
Joseph
Linyer Bedsole
James Caller Family
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 41, NO. 4 – Spring, 2017
Sixteen Clarke County Confederates
Lost Post Offices of Clarke County
The Booster
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 41, NO. 4 – Spring, 2017
Sixteen Clarke County Confederates
Lost Post Offices of Clarke County
The Booster
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 41, NO. 3 – Winter, 2016-2017
Thomas Figures 1787-1863
We are the Storytellers
John Caller’s Deposition:
1807
Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
Timeline for John Callier
(Caller),
1756-1816
A Tale of Three Letters:
The Aaron
Burr Affair
Arrest of Aaron Burr in 1807 by Lieut. Edmond
P. Gaines,
U.S. Army, Miss. Territory
Map of Early Forts of Alabama
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 41, NO. 2 – Fall, 2016
Old Man River Conquered By
Uncle Sam’s
Lock & Dam
W. W. Waite Family Bible Records
David Daniel Coleman & John Henry Glenn
Whatley, AL
News of Early Whatley
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 41, NO. 1 – Summer, 2016
Syrup Making in Clarke County
Historical Society Dedicates
Mt. Nebo
Historic Marker
1855 Clarke County Census
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 40, NO. 4 – Spring, 2016
Cemetery Report
Morvin and the 20th Century
Circa 1905, Morvins’s Finest and the 20th
Century
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 40, NO. 3 – Winter, 2015-2016
Interview with Odie Benson
Greasy Spoon Fed the Hungry
History of the Toddtown Community
1926 Train Accident Detailed
Advertisement for Grove Hill School
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 40, NO. 2 – Fall, 2015
The Field is Ripe for Harvest:
Biship TJ
Toolen, Father Frank Giri, and
the Sacred
Heart Mission Field of
Southwest Alabama
in the 1940’s
The McLeods of Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 40, NO. 1 – Summer, 2015
Pugh Family Bible
Courting on a Sunday Afternoon
at “The
Rocks”
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 39, NO. 4 – Spring, 2015
Dunn Mercantile Building
Taps to be Sounded for Vet Aged 104
Old Photos of Stave Creek
A Brown House View from the Bull Pen
(Continued
from Vol.39, No. 3)
Pine Chapel Missionary Baptist No. 1
Old Photo of Fulton School
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 39, NO. 3 – Winter, 2014-2015
Return to Woodlands
From Paris to Poverty
A Brown House View from the Bull Pen
(Continued
from Vol.39, No. 2)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 39, NO. 2 – Fall, 2014
Local Cemeteries in the News
New Marker Dedication
A Million Dollar Trumpet
A Brown House View from the Bull Pen
(Continued
from Vol.39, No. 1)
Old Photo
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 39, NO. 1 – Summer, 2014
Parkertown School Photo
A Brown House View from the Bull Pen
The Bedsole School
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1886
VOLUME 38, NO. 4 – Spring, 2014
Museum News
Clarke County Heroes
Scourge of the South:
Pellagra in
the Land of Dixie
Thomasville Public School
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 38, NO. 3 – Winter, 2013-2014
Clarke County Warplanes
Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church
An 1862 Visit to the Clarke County Salt Works
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 38, NO. 2 – Fall, 2013
The Jewett House at Gainestown
Jacksons in Early Clarke County
Walker Springs
When Cotton was King
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 38, NO. 1 – Summer, 2013
200th Anniversary of
Ft.
Sinquefield Attack
Elizabeth Coker and Reuben Hickson
U.S. Geological Survey No. 43
Published
1887
John A. Hare
Childhood Memories of Dickinson
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 37, NO. 4 – Spring, 2013
Old Photos
A Road to Prosperity: The Choctaw
Corner-to-Woods Bluff Road
Pine Chapel, #1 Missionary Baptist
Church
History
Memories of Jackson
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 37, NO. 3 – Winter, 2012-2013
King Institute & William Allen McLeod
Early Household Journals & Diaries
Salipta – A Brief History
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 37, NO. 2 – Fall, 2012
Gray and Blue
The Clarke County Creighton Family
History of the Union Baptist Church
Clarke County Salt Works
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 37, NO. 2 – Fall, 2012
Gray and Blue
The Clarke County Creighton Family
History of the Union Baptist Church
Clarke County Salt Works
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 37, NO. 1 – Summer, 2012
Old Photos
Tombigbee River Crossings at Jackson
The Grove Hill Cemetery:
A Brief
History
Clarke County’s Largest Slaveholders
From 1860
Slave Census Schedules &
Surname
Matches for African Americans
On 1870
Censujs
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1885
VOLUME 36, NO. 3 – Winter, 2011-2012
The Old Grey Ghost
Wilson Chapel AME Church
Pages from the “KLARKCOUNTIAN” 1916
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1884
VOLUME 36, NO. 2 – Fall, 2011
Wilson Mill Pond School Photo
Jim Folsom Visits Jackson Photo
A Walk Down Glover Road
History of Cedar Point Baptist Church
The Origins of the Clarke County Presnalls
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1884
VOLUME 36, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2011
In Memory of Kathryn Tucker Windham
Mitford M. Mathews’ Education in Clarke County 100 Years Ago
The Woodards Go to War
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1884
VOLUME 35, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2011
Clarke County Cemeteries Added to Register
The Steamboat Cotton Plant & The Salt Works in Civil War Times
Do You Know About These Old Photos
Ma & Pa Pugh (Continued)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1883
VOLUME 35, NO. 3 – WINTER, 2010-2011
Clarke-Washington EMC Was First Electric Cooperative Organized in Alabama
Ma & Pa Pugh
Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery Records (Continued)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1883
VOLUME 35, NO. 2 – FALL, 2010
Clarke County Lynchings: Alabama Recorded 347 From 1882-1968
Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery Records (Continued)
Clarke County World War II Hero
James Landing Cemetery at Barlow Bend
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1883
VOLUME 35, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2010
Isaac C. Fuller: Master Builder of Clarke County
Emile Barnes, Grant Gillis & Clarke County High School’s Impact on
College Football
My Hero: Clayton Benjamin Baugh
Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery Records
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1882
VOLUME 34, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2009
145th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Chickamauga - September
19-21, 2008
DuBose Cemetery
John Loftin of Clarke County, Alabama
A Louisville Slugger
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1880
VOLUME 34, NO. 3 – Winter, 2008-2009
Glover Landmark is Gone: Fire Claims Once-Popular Hub of Forgotten Part of
Clarke County
The Story of Caroline (Carrie) Hickson & John Morris McLeod (As Told
by the Late Addie Mae Moore)
Memoirs of Captain William J. Lambard, Part II
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1881
*VOLUME 34, NO. 2 – FALL, 2009
Dr. McCrary Established South Alabama Infirmary
History of the Church of Christ in Clarke County
Milly Francis: “The Creek Pocahontas”
History of the Clarke County High School Band
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1881
*VOLUME 34, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2009
Old Rockville Cemetery
The Life of Margaret Ervin Eades Austill
Abner James
John Edmund Adams, Sr.
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1881
*VOLUME 33, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2009
145th Anniversary Re-enactment of the Battle of Chickamauga
DuBose Cemetery
John Loftin of Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1880
*VOLUME 33, NO. 3 – WINTER, 2008-2009
Glover Landmark is Gone: Fire Claims Once-Popular Hub of Forgotten Part of
Clarke County
The Story of Caroline (Carrie) Hickson & John Morris McLeod (As told
by the late Addie Mae Moore)
Memoirs of Captain W.J. Lambard, Part II
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1881
*VOLUME 33, NO. 2 – FALL, 2008
John Scarbrough: An Early Clarke County Preacher
Sam Dale Monument, Daleville, Mississippi
E.H. Gordy and Steamboat Belfast v. Boon & Co.
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1880
*VOLUME 33, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2008
Stewart O’Neal “Lefty” Bolen: Professional Baseball Player from Clarke
County
Creek War Soldier’s Grave Marked by Daughters of 1812
John Cox, 1764-1842: Revolutionary War Veteran and Early Settler of Clarke
Co.
Memoirs of Captain William J. Lambard, Jr.: United States Merchant Marine
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1880
*VOLUME 32, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2008
Place Names in Clarke County
Rockville School Photos
Whatley School Photos
Tate Shoals
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1879
*VOLUME 32, NO. 3 – WINTER, 2007-2008
A Few Still Carry on Syrup Making Tradition
Aaron Burr and History’s Lingering Questions
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1879
*VOLUME 32, NO. 2 – FALL, 2007
History of Nealton & McVay Communities
Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1879
*VOLUME 32, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2007
Clarke County: A Perspective
1971 Democrat Reports on Last Clarke County Confederate Widow
King Institute
Clarke County Civil War Flag Presentations
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1879
*VOLUME 31, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2007
Thomas Bradford and the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mathews Family Reunion
The Canoe Battle by Jeremiah Austill
Robinson Family
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1878
VOLUME 31, NO. 3 – WINTER, 2006-2007
T.H. Ball: The Best Alabama Historian You’ve Never Read
Historic Treasures Found in Old Trunk
Clarke County Centennial Celebration
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1878
VOLUME 31, NO. 2 – FALL, 2006
Captain Jim Vick
Gainestown: A Brief Look at its Early History, Part II
The Prenuptial Agreement of Eliza Hearin Davis and James A.B. Flinn
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1878
VOLUME 31, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2006
Old Union Cemetery (Methodist)
Tombstone Preservation in Clarke County: A Tompkins Family Cemetery Story
Efforts to Maintain the Pugh Cemetery
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1877
*VOLUME 30, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2006
Sawdust in Your Veins: The Legacy of Croatian Stavemakers in Clarke
County, Alabama
The Josiah Allen-Lucy Martin Mathews House
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1876
*VOLUME 30, NO. 3 – WINTER, 2005-2006
The P.O.W. Camp in Jackson
Memories of Thomasville Normal School
James Pugh: Pre-Revolutionary Soldier
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1876
*VOLUME 30, NO. 2 –FALL, 2005
Museum Celebrates 25 Years of Existence
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Clarke County’s Unsung Heroes
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1876
*VOLUME 30, NO. 1 –SUMMER, 2005
Southerners at War: The 38th Alabama Infantry Volunteers
Community Schools in Clarke County
Clarkesville: Boomtown that Might Have Been
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1876
*VOLUME 29, NO. 4 –SPRING, 2005
Dr. Benjamin Sorsby Davis, Unfortunate Man of Fortune
Gold Found in Rockville
Archeological Investigations at the Rock Wall Site: Early Settler Forts
& Summer Homes In Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1874
*VOLUME 29, NO. 3 –WINTER, 2004-2005
Presnall-Fluewellyn Families
Thomasville, An Air Force Town?
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1874
*VOLUME 29, NO. 2—FALL, 2004
Lock One Dedicated
Class of 1927: State Secondary Agricultural College
John Lavender: Clarke County’s First WWI Casualty
Green, Rhoades, Gates Cemetery South of Lower Peach Tree
Packer’s Bend Cemetery
John Ewing
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1874
*VOLUME 29, NO. 1 – SUMMER, 2004
State Secondary Agricultural School Program, 1936
Huggins Family Cemetery
Confederate Soldiers from Clarke County Who Died in Union POW Camps
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1874
*VOLUME 28, NO. 4 – SPRING, 2004
Captain John C. Kimball’s Company “G” 32nd Alabama Infantry, CSA
George Carleton Recalls Old Jail
Personal Letters of Edwin Orlando Calhoun to Minnie Eunice Palmer Calhoun,
1886-1924
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat
*VOLUME 28, NO. 3-WINTER, 2003-2004
The House that Daniel Built (Daniel and Matilda Robinson McLeod)
The Story of Fort Sinquefield
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1873
*VOLUME 28, NO. 2-FALL, 2003
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Our Grandmother, the Life of Lucretia Jacqueline Davis Rawls
Shugan Ranson Davis Plantation House
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1873
*VOLUME 28, NO. 1-SUMMER, 2003
Major Origin Sibley Jewett
Papers of the Mississippi Territory, Register of Appointments
Judge William Crawford
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1873
*VOLUME 27, NO. 4-SPRING, 2003
Mississippi Territorial Paper, Petition from the Citizens of Clarke,
Monroe, Washington, Mobile and Baldwin in the Alabama Territory – 1817
Flukers of Clarke County
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1873
*VOLUME 27, NO. 3-WINTER, 2002-2003
Elijah Pugh, Soldier of the Revolution
Counselman Family History
News from the Creek War/The War of 1812
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1872
*VOLUME 27, NO. 2-FALL, 2002
Samuel Thomas, His Life and Times, A Short History of the Man for Whom
Thomasville Was Named
1813 Letter, James Caller to F.L. Claiborne
Excerpts from the South Alabamian, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1923
*VOLUME 27, NO. 1-SUMMER, 2002
Gainestown, A Brief Look at its Early History:
The Sizemore Family
The Bailey Family
Durant, Bailey and Fisher
The Randon Family
The Fisher Family
Creek Indian War Ends – 1814
Gainestown, the Origin of the Name
Who Were the Earliest Land Owners?
The Staples Club
*VOLUME 26, NO. 4-SPRING, 2002
Clarke County Historical Society Stages Living History for its Visitors
The Rock Wall of the Former Flinn Plantation
Robert Hearin Flinn
Jackson, Alias Pine Level
Timeline for John McGrew, II
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1872
*VOLUME 26, NO. 3-WINTER, 2001-2002
William Wallace Huggins
The David Taitt Map of Mobile Bay, the Delta, Cut off and North
Alexander – Shackleford House, Choctaw Bluff
The Bashi Skirmish and Timeline for Col. William McGrew
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat
*VOLUME 26, NO. 2-FALL, 2001
Country Doctor on the Tombigbee
Gainestown United Methodist Church
Descendants of John McGrew (cont’d)
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1872
*VOLUME 26, NO. 1-SUMMER, 2001
Louis Hughes – A Slave at the Upper Salt Works
Patriots in the Tombigbee River Swamp in 1809
A Trip to the Saltworks near Jackson, Alabama, 1863
The McGrew Reserve and McGrew Family (cont’d)
The Clarke County Wildcat Strikes Again
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1871
VOLUME 25, NO. 4 –SPRING, 2001
The Daniel Lewis Morgan Family in Clarke County
The McGrew Reserve, Clarke County
McGrew Family
Daniels Family Story
Under Two Flags
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1871
*VOLUME 25, NO. 3-WINTER, 2000-2001
2nd Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA, Rather Than Co. 1, 38 AVC
Fort Lavier
Dedication of Admiral Semmes Bridge, Tombigbee River, Jackson
Excerpts From the Clarke County Democrat, 1871
*VOLUME 25, NO. 2-FALL, 2000
The Saltworks of Clarke County, Alabama
Steamboat River Landings Along the Alabama River – 1851
Old St. Stephens, Rodney, Franklin and the Tombigbee River Settlers
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1870
*VOLUME 25, NO. 1-SUMMER, 2000
The Mitchell Reserve
Who Are All Those People Buried in Marked Graves in the
Darrington-James Cemetery?
Views of Yesteryear
Excerpts From the Clarke County Democrat, 1870
*VOLUME 24, NO. 4-SPRING, 2000
Jared E. Groce: Gone to Texas
Letters From Rock Castle-cont’d from vol. 24, no. 3
Excerpts from The Clarke County Democrat, 1870
*VOLUME 24, NO. 3-WINTER, 1999-2000
Clarke County Photographic Archive
Letters from Rock Castle
Indigent Families of Soldiers of Clarke County
Extracts from The Clarke County Democrat, 1869
*VOLUME 24, NO. 2-FALL, 1999
McIntosh Bluff: Alabama’s First County Seat
Indigent Families of Soldiers of Clarke County
Slavery in the Clarke County Saltworks, 1861-1865
Extracts from The Clarke County Democrat, 1869
*VOLUME 24, NO. 1, SUMMER, 1999
National Register Listing: Thomasville Historic District
The Bixler House, Gosport
Alabama’s Governors: John Murphy, 1825-1829
Sarah Darrington Carter Murphy
38th Alabama Infantry
Excerpts from the Clarke County Democrat, 1869
Where is it Now? The William Douglas King Mansion
VOLUME 23, NO. 4, SPRING, 1999
The Halcyon and Tombigbee Public Advertisers, St. Stephens, List of
Letters in the Post Office
Burial Spot of One of the Indian Treaty Line Surveyors, Levin Wailes
Extracts from The Clarke County Democrat, 1869
VOLUME 23, NO. 3, WINTER, 1998-99
The Sample-Williams Clay and Color Company
The Will and Testament of Robert Darrington
Fort Madison-From the Thomasville Echo
Excerpts from The Clarke County Democrat, 1869
Cemetery Records: Howell (Howle) Cemetery
Symbolism in the Carvings in Old Gravestones
*VOLUME 23, NO. 2, FALL, 1998
Cemetery Records:
England Cemetery
Vaughan Grave
The Story of the Portraits of Samuel and Martha Jane Forwood
*VOLUME 23, NO. 1, SUMMER, 1998
Memorial Service for Hugh Buchanan Calhoun
National Register of Historic Places Announcements:
Grove Hill Courthouse Square
Whatley Historic District
Vanity Fair Mill
The Wilson-Bumpers House
The Will of Mary Darrington James or “Ruling From the Grave”
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat –1867
*VOLUME 22, NO. 4, SPRING 1998
National Register Announcement
Jackson Historic District
The Jackson Mill Company
Willis Derusha Council, Adventurer, Farmer, Freelance Writer
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat –1867
VOLUME 22, NO. 3, WINTER, 1997-98
Cemetery Records
The Old Country Stavemakers
The Croatian Community of Clarke County, Alabama
Maria Darrington Bracy Matheson
The White (Wyte, Whyte) Family of England, Scotland, Ireland and
America Namely Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina and Alabama
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat -1866
VOLUME 22, NO. 2, FALL, 1997
Clarke County Jails
Fort White and the Creek War
The Clarke County Post, Suggsville
1836 Excerpts
Articles from the Clarke County Journal, 1865-1866
Cemetery Records
Slaughter Cemetery
Records of Washington County, Alabama
VOLUME 22, NO. 1, SUMMER, 1997
The Great Storm at Lower Peach Tree
Journal of James Leander Cathcart
Extracts from the Clarke County Post, Suggsville, Clarke County’s
First Newspaper
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1865
*VOLUME 21, NO. 4, SPRING, 1997
Colonel James Caller and His Clarke County, Alabama Family
Aunt Pearl – Memories of the Marks Family
The Family of John Kelley and Hannah Moon
Nancy Cox and Lewis Henderson
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1864
*VOLUME 21, NO. 3, WINTER, 1996-97
First United States Marshal, District of Alabama, David Jasper Files
The Griffin Page in History
Colonel James Caller and His Clarke County, Alabama Family
Articles from the Clarke County Journal Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 21, NO. 2, FALL, 1996
Marshall Greene Candee
Colonel James Caller and His Clarke County, Alabama Family
Creagh Family Reunion
Articles from the Clarke County Journal
*VOLUME 21, NO. 1, SUMMER, 1996
Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson of Greensboro, Alabama, American
Naval Hero
Confederate Fortifications at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs, Clarke
County, Alabama, 1862-1865
Colonel James Darrington, Soldier and Planter
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1864
VOLUME 20, NO. 4, SPRING, 1996
Confederate Fortifications at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs, Clarke
County, Alabama, 1862-1865
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Cemetery Records
Old Rockville Cemetery
Johnson Cemetery
Cherry Cemetery
Creighton Cemetery
Davis Cemetery
VOLUME 20, NO. 3, WINTER, 1995-96
Confederate Fortifications at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs, Clarke
County, Alabama, 1862-1865
Colonel James Darrington, Soldier and Planter, Part 2
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1863
VOLUME 20, NO. 2-FALL, 1995
James Shelton Dickinson and the Dickinson Guards of Clarke County,
Alabama
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1863- Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
VOLUME 20, NO.1-SUMMER, 1995
Colonel James Darrington, Soldier and Planter, Part 1
Tell Me of the Past –Reminiscences of the Darrington and James
Families
Articles from the Clarke County Journal –1863-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 19, NO. 4-SPRING, 1995
The First Survey Through Hal’s Lake Swamp in 1809 Under the Treat of
Mt. Dexter
Articles from the Clarke County Journal-1862-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 19, NO. 3-WINTER, 1994-95
Cammacks of Clarke County
David Moniac: The Clarke County Farmer Who Was the First Indian West
Point Graduate
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1862-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 19, NO. 2-FALL, 1994
The C.C. Coffee Murder Mystery at Hal’s Lake in 1928
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1862-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 19, NO. 1-SUMMER 1994
Dr. Memorable Walker Creagh
Jowers Genealogy
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat –1861- Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Cemetery Records
The Goode Cemetery
The Hamilton Cemetery
*VOLUME 18, NO. 4-SPRING, 1994
Exploring the Tales of Hal’s Lake
Index-A Working History of Hal’s Lake
A Working History of Hal’s Lake
*VOLUME 18, NO. 3-WINTER 1993-94
Champion Log Cabin
Prim-Kimbell Family History
The Armistead Line
The Kimbell Line
The Prim Line
The Kimbell-James Massacre
Reminiscences of Isham Kimbell, The Second
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1861-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
The Alabama Historical Association Award
*VOLUME 18, NO. 2-FALL, 1993
The Early Life of Margaret Eades Austill
John Robbins Williams: Pop’s Stories
The Meaning of Early Gravestone Art
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1861-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Cemetery Records
Duncan McCaskey Family Cemetery
Duncan McCaskey Family Bible Record
*VOLUME 18, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1993
William Barrett Travis, In Claiborne and Texas Before the Alamo
Tallahatta Springs
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Opine, the Old Coate Home, A Clarke County Bed and Breakfast
*VOLUME 17, NO. 4-SPRING, 1993
History of the William C. White Family in Alabama
Articles from the Clarke County Democrate-1860-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 17, NO. 3-WINTER , 1992-93
The Castle Plantation
Marion DeKalb Mott-1815-1894-An Early Clarke County Pioneer
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1860-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Cemetery Records
The Albert J. Wilson Cemetery
*VOLUME 17, NO. 2-FALL, 1992
Judge John Gates Creagh
Summary of Facts Concerning Thomas Pinkney Kelley
Memories of Downtown Jackson
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1859-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
VOLUME 17, NO.1-SUMMER, 1992
The Loranz-McCrary House (The Jackson Chamber of Commerce)
Old Morvin School
A Trip to the Saltworks
An 1855 Democratic Meeting in Clarke
The Dames and Coates of Old Clarkesville, Clarke County, Alabama
Euplena Lucinda Batley – One Hundred and One Years Old
Genealogy of the Dame Family
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat – 1859- Devoted to
Politics, Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
*VOLUME 16, NO. 4-SPRING 1992
Early Drinkard Settlers in Clarke County, Alabama
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1858-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Cemetery Records
Davis Cemetery, Whatley
*VOLUME 16, NO. 3-WINTER 1991-92
Wood’s Bluff
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat-1857-Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
The Rocks, Tallahatta Creek
*VOLUME 16, NO.2-FALL, 1991
The Syphrit Coin
The Hearin-Bush-Mathews House
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence-1857
*VOLUME 16, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1991
Oven Bluff Shipyards
Brooke Cannon-CSA, S-96
Articles from the Clarke County Democrat Devoted to Politics,
Literature, Agriculture and General Intelligence-1856
Cemetery Records
Bassett’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
*VOLUME 15, NO. 4-SPRING, 1991
History of the Files Family of Clarke County, Alabama
Rate of Charges at Murrell’s Ferry
Sheehan-Minard House
Allen School Souvenir
Cemetery Records
Walker Cemetery-Jackson
Finley’s Crossing Cemetery-Thomasville
*VOLUME 15, NO. 3-WINTER, 1990-91
The Creagh Law Office
Macon-Plat of Town
James William Waldrom and his Descendants
Settlement of the Estate of Thomas Finley
*VOLUME 15, NO. 2-FALL, 1990
Whatley Centennial, 1890-1990
Schools at Whatley
Spiritual Life in the Community
Families of Whatley
VOLUME 15, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1990
Old Gainestown Schoolhouse
1911 Cyclone Plays Havoc in Clarke and Monroe
Doctor Henry George Davis, 1832-1912
Cedar Creek Falls
Young Brothers Pearson
Inventory of all Historic Markers in Clarke County
*VOLUME 14, NO. 4-SPRING, 1990
Mavilla Research, 1986-1990
The South Alabama Institute
Rogers Family of Clarke County, Alabama
Old Round Top School, Bethel Church Community
*VOLUME 14, NO. 3-WINTER, 1989-90
The Pickens Family of Clarke County, Alabama
Photo of Pickens Home in Campbell
Photo of Pickens Store in Campbell
100th Anniversary of Clarke County’s Oldest Law Firm, 1888-1988
The Trial and Execution of Harbart “O’ Harb” The Slave
VOLUME 14, NO. 2-FALL, 1989
Archeological Investigations of the Soto and Luna Routes-An
Update-October, 1989
Mathews School
Then and Now-The Adams-Coate-Cauley House
The Jones Family
Obituary of James Waldrom, 1854
Cemetery Records
Evergreen Baptist Cemetery
Bethel Cemetery
Mt. Giliead Cemetery(partial listing)
Hopewell Cemetery
*VOLUME 14, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1989
The Barefield-Moore House, Gosport
The Carney Family of North Carolina and Clarke County, Alabama
VOLUME 13, NO. 4-SPRING, 1989
A Texan Returns to Clarke County, 1910
Wilson Guards of St. Stephens; or the Travail of Company A, 32nd
Alabama Infantry, CSA
The Portis Family of North Carolina and Clarke County, Alabama
*VOLUME 13, NO. 3-WINTER, 1988-89
First District Agricultural School and Experiment Station, 1912-1913
Photo of School and Farmhosue
Holidays
Calendar
Board of Control
Faculty and Officers
General Information
Special Information
Course of Study
Testimonials
The Watsonians
The Enrollment, 1911-12
Graduates
Photograph of Auditorium
Program for Oratorical Contest
Mobley-In Search of the Missing Link
A Davis Family of Clarke County
Cemetery Records
French’s Chapel
Mt. Zion
VOLUME 13, NO. 2-FALL, 1988
The DeSoto Route Debates: A Presentation for the General Public
Captain John C. Kimbell’s Company G
Clarke County Civil War Note Discovered
Robert Blount Rivers Family
For My Family-A Gullette-Eades History
Cemetery Records
Austill Cemetery, Carney’s Bluff, 7 miles south of Jackson
Gullett Cemetery, Possum Bend
*VOLUME 13, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1988
Progress Report No. 3-The Soto Mauvila Project
Clarke County Masonic Records, Coffeeville
Robert Stake Armistead
Dr. Edwin R. Armistead
Clarke County Buried Treasure
Rockville Baptist Church, 1879-1979
Cemetery Records
Payne Cemetery, Rockville
*VOLUME 12, NO. 4-SPRING, 1988
The Noble-Agee House, Opine
Noble Family History
Clarke County Masonic Lodge Records
Morvin Lodge No. 732
Morvin Lodge Charter
Choctaw Corner Lodge No.216
A Tragic Incident
Cemetery Records
Noble Family Cemetery, Opine
David Packer Cemetery, Packer’s Bend
*VOLUME 12, NO. 3-WINTER, 1987-88
Two Confederate Records
Clarke County Masonic Lodge Records
No. 205 –Gainestown Lodge
No. 791- Daffin Lodge, Walker Springs
When a Smith Marries a Jones (Or One Branch of the Smith Family of
Clarke County, Alabama)
Bassett Family of Washington County, Alabama
Cemetery Records
River Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Salitpa
*VOLUME 12, NO. 2-FALL, 1987
A Progress Report Concerning the Soto/Mauvilla Project in the Forks
John Clark of Georgia-A Portrait
A Biography – John Clark
Muster Roll of the Suggsville Greys
Report of J.S. Dickinson, Esq.
Obituary-Lieut. Alonzo B. Cleveland
Marengo Military Academy – Memorabilia
Fort Stonewall- Choctaw Bluff
W.L. Mitchell Store-Grove Hill
Inquest – Clarke County Commissioner’s Records
Cemetery Records
Old Choctaw Corner Cemetery
*VOLUME 12, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1987
Madame La Baronne, A Daughter of Clarke County, Alabama
Photo of Woodlands at Gosport
Additional Photos of Woodlands
Emily and the Baron
Photo of the Baronne
Photo of the Baron
De Riviere Wedding Announcement
Photo of Blount Plot, Choctaw Bluff
Cemetery Records
Hopemont Cemetery
Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
*VOLUME 11, NO. 4-SPRING, 1987
Letter About Gov. Murphy
Portrait of Gov. John Murphy
Alabama Masonic Lodge No. 3
Confederate Reunion – 1890s
John Hill, A Soldier of the Revolution
A Tribute to Lillian Seale
Ishmael Sterling Harwell- A Biography
*VOLUME 11, NO. 3-WINTER, 1987
Salt Works of Clarke County
A Brief History of the Railroad River Bridge and Depot at Jackson
Photograph of First Bridge
Photograph of Second Bridge
Bridge Dedication
Photograph of Old Depot
Address by Mr. Vernon Pace of Forrest, Mississippi, to the White
Family Reunion of Clarke County, Alabama –1986
Forgotten Story of Clarke County
*VOLUME 11, NO. 2-FALL, 1986
The Story of King Institute
DeSoto in Clarke County
In Search of DeSoto’s Trail
Cosa
Ulibahali and Toasi
The Chroniclers
Talisi
Tascalusa
Mauvilla
Pafallaya
Chicaza
Artifacts in Alabama from 16th Century Expeditions
About Treasure Hunting
For Further Reading
A Story of Jackson’s Schools
Bible Records of Rosa Elizabeth Rogers Vaughn
*VOLUME 11, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1986
Memories of Old Suggsville
The Rivers House
The Goodloe-Moriss House
Notes and Thoughts on the James E.A. Bishop Family of Clarke County
Bishop-Rivers Letters
Bishop Census Records in and Around Clarke County, Alabama in
the Early 1800s
Cemetery Records
Hoboken Church Cemetery
*VOLUME 10, NO. 4-SPRING, 1986
The Whisenhunt Family Reunion
Photo of Suggsville Methodist Church, 1925
Whisenhunt Reunion Photo
Photo of the Rev. and Mrs. John F. Whisenhunt
Whisenhunt Home
The River Plantation of Thomas and Marianne Gaillard
Photo of Thomas and Marianne Gaillard
Genealogy of Thomas Gaillard
Cemetery Records
Suggsville Cemetery
*VOLUME 10, NO. 3-WINTER, 1986
The Miel Ezell House
Miel Ezell Biography
Christopher Pritchett Ezell
Robert Lenoir Ezell
Harwell Family Pilgramage
Map of Harwell, England
Cemetery Records
Webb Cemetery
Barnes Cemetery
Rivers Cemetery
*VOLUME 10, NO. 2-FALL, 1985
The Cornish House
Archibad Lonzo McLeod
Students at the Macon Academy, Grove Hill
The Hearin, Hill and Related Pioneer Families
Photo of Nancy Hearin Morris
Photo of Armistead-Stallard House
Morriss and Hearin Family Bible Records
Springtime
*VOLUME 10, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1985
The John French House
John French Biography
Jackson Bible Record
Alston
Map Showing Location of John French House
French Family Cemetery
United States Territorial Census of Monroe County –1816
Map of Territory-1818
Megginsons, Clarke County Pioneer Families
Thomas Bassett Land Grant-1807
Washington, D.C. –Poem by members Mrs. Steven Anderson, 1985
In Memorium
Obituary of Dr. Mitford M. Mathews (The New York Times)
*VOLUME 9, NO. 4, SPRING, 1985
Democrat Finishes 100
Years Publication on January 31
Article Gives History of The Clarke County Democrat From its Own
Anniversary Issue of Feb. 2, 1956
One Hundred Years of Service
From Same Paper as Above. Editorial With Personal
Reminiscences by
Long-time Editor George Carleton
Isaac Grant
Page From Alabama Newspaper Hall of Honor Booklet Honoring The
Democrat’s Founding Publisher
Wales: A Family Pilgrimage
Interesting Account by Dr. David Mathews of his family’s origins in Wales
*VOLUME 9, NO. 3, WINTER, 1985
Brief History of Thomasville
Written by Mrs. J.W. Tucker for the Diamond Jubilee held in 1963
Thomasville Newspapers
Revealing and little known facts about Thomasville’s Earliest
Newspapers
The Clarke County News
Front Page of Vol. 1, No. 1 of Short-Lived Thomasville Paper; Dated March
8, 1894
Naming Thomasville
Historical Article Relates Discussions Surrounding the Naming of
Thomasville
Tucker’s 3-Day Work Week
Humorous Article About Earl Tucker, Editor of the Thomasville Times.
Written by the late Allen Rankin of the Montgomery Advertiser
*VOLUME 9, NO. 2, FALL, 1984
E.T. Hall Column
Reproduced from The Clarke County Democrat; Concerns Museum Project
Letters to Joseph Henley from His Sons During the Civil War
Letters Written Home to Clarke County During Civil War
The Taylor House
History of 1840s Jackson Home; Moved and Restored as the Branch Bank for
the Washington County State Bank in Jackson
Taylor House Photos, Arwork
Original Site Photos
Floor Plan Drawing
Kitchen, House on New Sites
1817 Map of Jackson Showing Original Location
*VOLUME 9, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1984
Jacob Stabler Obit
Livingston Lines
Portion of Genealogical Work on Joe Henry Livingston and Family.
Livingston Lived in Clarke County Before the Civil War; Served in the War;
and Afterwards Moved to Texas Where He Died.
Photo of Early Jackson School
Submitted by Mrs. Aubrey Moore Along with Lists Below
Turn of Century Students
Lists of 1903, 1904 and 1905 Students
*VOLUME 8, NO. 4-SPRING, 1984
Taylor-Hall Family Record, 1864-1965
Contains Family History of Halls of Thomasville, Other Early
Families. Compiled by the Late Janie Hall Jones
Oak Grove Cemetery
Listing of Old Cemetery in New Prospect/Mitcham Beat Area. Many Old
Settlers Buried There.
*VOLUME 8, NO. 3-WINTER, 1984
Uncle Kirk Pugh
Story of Former Slave of the Pugh Family Who Lived to be at Least 100
years old
James A. Doyle
Clarke County Printer and Newspaperman. Worked for Papers in the
County. Includes Obituary that Tells Story of His Life
William McGrew
Descendant Provides Additional Information on the Early Countian
Spelling Variations
How Many Ways to Spell Tattilba? Old Newspaper Article Concerns
Spelling of this Indian Name, as well as Others.
Marks and Brands
Page from Old Record Book Located in Probate Office. Shows What Mark
and Brand Great-Great-Grandpa Registered and Used on His Livestock
Cemetery Records
Elam Baptist Church Cemetery. Over 300 Graves of Many Early
Settlers
Part of the County
Pictures of Elam Church
*VOLUME 8, NO. 2-FALL, 1983
Zimco, The Town That Was
History, Photos of Old Logging Community
1893 Courthouse Fight, Election
Article Recalls Intense Argument that Resulted in an Election to Determine
if the County Seat Would Remain in Grove Hill or be Moved to Jackson or
Whatley
Tabulation of Boxes on 1893 Courthouse Question
1899 Clarke County Courthouse
Architect’s Description from Clarke County Democrat of the Time
Poems From the 1893 Courthouse Election Fight
Newspaper Art Associated With Election Fight
1847 Letter From J. Austill to A.J. Pickett
*VOLUME 8, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1983
To Coffeeville in Clarke
From the 1933 Issue of Alabama Highways, Written by the Late Peter Brannon
Newspaper Items Concerning Coffeeville
Columns from South Alabamian Newspapers of the Late 1800s Concerning the
Town and its Residents
1819 Plat of Coffeeville
Murrell’s Ferry Flyer
1845 Flyer Gives Rate of Charges of Ferry Located at Coffeeville
1911 Roster of Students
Practicing Medicine in Clarke County, 1987-1941
Story and Photos of Dr. John Talbert Pugh
Mystery Photo Solved
Old Newspaper Article Apparently Tells Story Behind Photo
Obituary of Jas. S. Dickinson
*VOLUME 7, NO. 4-SPRING, 1983
Landmark Falls
Story From 1941 Newspaper About Removal of 1830s County Office Building in
Grove Hill
Sixty-Nine Years in the World
By the Late Rev. J.H. Fendley; Sketch of His Early Boyhood
J.H. Fendley Obituary
Fendley’s Civil War Letter
*VOLUME 7, NO. 3-WINTER, 1983
Marriage Document Recorded 156 Years Late
Armistead-Carney Marriage Document Among Discarded Courthouse Papers
Robert Starkey Armistead Family
Includes Photos
Old Courthouse Papers Saved by the Late L. R. Tucker
Featuring Polling Lists for Confederate Presidential Election of 1861 for
Following Locations: Grove Hill, Choctaw Corner, Indian Ridge, Jackson,
Rockville, Gates, Campbell, Gainestown and Walker Springs. Also
Justices of Peace and Constable Election for Coffeeville in 1829
Tallahatta Springs Once Resort Area
Report of Marker Dedication, Includes Photos
VOLUME 7, NO. 2-FALL, 1982
CSA Army Deaths
As Reported in Clarke County Democrats of 1860s
Col. John Wesley Portis and Family
Photos of Portis Family and Suggsville Scenes
Suggsville Collegiate Institute
Report Card for John Portis
The Senator From Clarke
Newspaper Account of Civil War Period State Senator, John Y.
Kilpatrick
Death of James Magoffin
1867 Newspaper Obituary
VOLUME 7, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1982
A.B. Cooper’s Letter Concerning Isaac Hayden
Joseph Cowan’s Letter Concerning Civil War Days
Clarke Records
Name of Macon Changed to Smithville
Tallahatta Creek Rock Formations, Includes Photos
Col. Robert Brodnax
Interesting Sketch of Former Suggsville Resident and Some of His
Family
Pictures of Brodnax, Son and Daughter-In-Law
Southerners In Brazil
Information on Ex-Confederates Like Col. Brodnax Who Fled to South America
After Civil War
“Old Tubbs”-Dr. T.B. Savage
Newspaper Account of Correspondent Concerning Early Days in Jackson; Also
Obituary of Author
Murder in Alabama
Newspaper Account Relates 1849 Murder in Grove Hill
*VOLUME 6, NO. 4-SPRING, 1982
The Baptist Who “Held Up” the Tower of London
Story About Clarke, Marengo County Timber Used to Repair Famous
England Landmark
Pictures Concerning Above
Clarke Records: Continuing Transcripts of Clarke’s Earliest
Commission Court Records
Suggsville Masonic Lodge Records, 1822-1875
Photo of Restored Suggsville Methodist Church
Sketch of B.G. Shields
Death of A.B. Cooper
Index of Cemetery Listings in Volumes 1-5
*VOLUME 6, NO. 3-WINTER, 1982
Clarke Records: Commissioner’s Minutes, Book Proceedings Book A
Continued
From the Fall Quarterly
Obituaries: Caleb Moncrief and Enoch S. Cobb Death Notices, From Old
Clarke
County Democrats
Pleasant Hill Church History
Newspaper Articles Concerning Early Courthouses, Courts
Interesting Tidbits Gleaned From Old Clarke County Democrats
The F. B. Whatley Family
Civil War Letters of S.P. Chapman
Case of the Missing Kimbell Child Revisited
Cemetery Listings
Chance, Alabama Cemetery
VOLUME 6, NO. 2-FALL, 1981
Old Clarke County Letterheads
Clarke County Records: Earliest Commissioner’s Court Records
Historical Sketch of Salem Baptist Church, Scyrene
Background on Ball’s Map
The Map Itself
The Map: Text From Ball’s Clarke County History
Cemetery Records
Gates Cemetery
Cobb-Wilson Cemetery
Bashi History
War, War, to Arms!: Text of the Clarke County Democrat’s
Announcement, April
25, 1861
*VOLUME 6, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1981
Suggsville Loses Landmark
Williams of Coffeeville
Picture of Williams Home and Information
History of The South Alabamian: Includes Illustrations
Sketches of the Two Earliest Publishers of The South Alabamian
Early Paper in Jackson?
Surname Index to Volume 5
Cemetery Records
Bradord Cemetery
Coleman Cemetery
*VOLUME 5, NO. 4-SPRING, 1981
Gone With the Wind: The Wm. Morris Gordon Home
T.H. Ball Dead: Newspaper Obituary of Historian’s Death
Clarke County Records: Overseers of the Roads Appointed in February
1835
Early Methodism in Clarke County and the History of the Grove Hill
Methodist
Church
Samuel Forwood: Autobiography of Early Gosport Settler
Descendents of Forwood
S. Forwood Letter Concerning Old Claiborne
Cemetery Records
Forwood Family Cemetery
*VOLUME 5, NO. 3-WINTER 1981
Clarke County Featured in History Publication
Clarke County Records
Appointments of Election Managers for 1832 Election
Jesse P. Pugh Home
History of Bassett’s Creek Church
Captain Luck Wainwright
Short Sketch on the Life of a Noted Riverman
Obituaries from the Clarke County Democrat
Cemetery Records
Witch Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Josiah White Family Cemetery
*VOLUME 5, NO. 2-FALL, 1980
Application of West Bend Church to Prohibit Sale of Liquor in
Vicinity Of
Application of Tallahatta Church to Prohibit Sale of Liquor in
Vicinity Of
Items from Territorial Papers
Search of Descendants of First University of Alabama Class
Mathews Resolution
Questions and Answers on Scruggs-White Families
Books of Interest
Surname Index to Volume 4
*VOLUME 5, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1980
Descendant of Turner’s Fort
Old Lock One
Construction Photos
Other Early Photos
History of Hopewell Baptist Church
Sketch of Log Church
Sketch of Frame Church
Cemetery Records
Coate-Newman
Shewmake Place
Tompkins
VOLUME 4, NO. 4-SPRING, 1980
Timothy H. Ball
Photograph of Timothy H. Ball
Alabama River Landings
Eanes Records
Photograph of Edwin Eanes
White-Lambard House
Photograph of White-Lambard House
Photograph of White-Norris House
Photograph of Original Lambard House
Gainestown Mystery Grave Revisited
Photograph of General William T. Rossell
Photograph of Thomas Eastin
Cemetery Records
Eanes Cemetery, Barlow Bend
James Landing Cemetery, Barlow Bend
Gainestown Methodist Church Cemetery, Gainestown
Norris Family Cemetery, Gainestown
VOLUME 4, NO. 3-WINTER, 1980
Aerial Photograph –Clarke County During the Great Flood of 1979
Roll of Members of Company E, 11th Alabama Infantry – Yancy Rifles –
Clarke
and Washington Counties, Alabama
Sarah Ann Haynesworth of Clarke County
Portrait of Governor John Gayle
Petition to the President and Congress by the Inhabitants of
Washington County
Major Origin Sibley Jewett
Portrait of Mrs. Thomas James
Photograph of Foundation of the Jewett Mansion
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Photograph of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Photographs of Mt. Nebo Cemetery Tombstones
Cemetery Records
Cunningham Cemetery
Putnam Cemetery
VOLUME 4, NO. 2-FALL, 1979
Old Bassett’s Creek Baptist Church
Genealogy of John James Family of Clarke County, Ala.
Reminiscences of My Early Life and Relatives (James)
The Warner Place
Photograph of the Warner Place
Petition to Congress by Inhabitants of the Tombigbee and Tensaw
Cemetery Records
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Photograph of Friendship Baptist Church
VOLUME 4, NO. 1, SUMMER, 1979
The Hearin-Armistead House
Familes Connected with the Hearin-Armstead House
The Hearin Family
The Armistead Family
Revolutionary service Record of Captain William Armistead
Lost Clarke County- The Westwood Armistead House
Reminiscences of the old Westwood Armistead Home in Clarke County,
AL
A Register of the Officers and Students at the University of Alabama
from Clarke
County, 1831-1901
Steamboat Days
More Lost Clarke County – History of Hickory Hall
Sketch of Hickory Hall
Cemetery Records
Forest Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
*VOLUME 3, NO. 4-SPRING, 1979
Fort Landrum
1816 Census, Clarke County (Miss. Territory), now Alabama
Membership List – Old St. Stephens Historical Society (1899)
Miss Mary J. Welch’s Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens of More Than
60 Years Ago
Photograph of U.S. Revenue Cutter “Wynona” at St. Stephens in 1899
Photograph of Grave of Caroline Medora Crawford Brown
Photograph of Old Courthouse, St. Stephens
Map of Old St. Stephens
The Bumpers Family With Some of the Families Who Are Related to Them
and the Lineage of U.S. Senator Dale Leon Bumpers of Arkansas
Photograph of First Courthouse, Grove Hill
Photograph of Second Courthouse, Grove Hill
Early Explorers – Joseph Stephen Noble Family
VOLUME 3, NO. 3-WINTER, 1979
Old Waite House
Photographs of Old Waite House
Families Connected with the Old Waite House
Homemade Medicine
The Smoke Stacks of the Blees
Photograph of the Mary S. Blees
Alphabetical List of Company 1, 38th AVC
The Grant-Carleton House
Photographs of the Grant-Carleton House
Axiom Lewis, Clarke County Revolutionary War Soldier
Advertisement – Bevill Mercantile Company (1921)
Cemetery Records
Scruggs Old Plantation Cemetery, 1827-1864
Photograph – Scruggs Chimney
Addendum
The Jabez York Family (Vol. 2, No. 4)
VOLUME 3, NO. 2-FALL, 1978
Fort Madison
Marker and Map of Fort Madison
The Night Courier
The Austill Family
Portrait of Major Jeremiah Austill
Photograph of Jeremiah Austill Grave and Homesite
The Austill Cemetery
U.S. Pension Records – Jeremiah Austill
Historical Sites –Early History – North Clarke County – Indian
Choctaw Corner –
And Thomasville Area
Photographs of Choctaw Corner Markers
Photograph of Early Thomasville SchoolHouse
Photograph of Early Thomasville Street Scene
The Lambert Family
Cemetery Records
White Swamp Cemetery
Tallahatta Springs Cemetery
VOLUME 3, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1978
The Alston-Bettis-Cobb-Bumpers-Postma House
Families Connected With the Old Alston-Bettis-Cobb-Bumpers-Postma
House
Original Purchase of Town Lots-Jackson
Plat of Jackson – 1817
The Face in the Well
1873 Obituary of Mrs. Chaste Ester Love Turner
Cemetery Records
Coffeeville Cemetery, Coffeeville
VOLUME 2, NO. 4-SPRING, 1978
The Alabama Catalogue Project of the Historic American Buildings
Survey
The Figures-York-Cox Mansion
Familes Connected with the Figures-York-Cox Mansion
Albert Wilson House
The Wilson-Campbell Family
A Recipe for Making Wine
Gypsies and Pack Peddlers in Clarke County
Church Records of the Suggsville Circuit Methodist Church, Clarke
County
Suggsville Church
Gosport Church
Whatley Church
Marvin Chapel
Puryear Chapel
Gainestown Church
Bethel Church
Lucas Chapel
Hopewell Church
Perry Chapel
Fort Madison Church
Register of Pastors
Varnadoe Log Cabin
Cemetery Records
Cammack Cemetery, Allen
The Unusual Burial of David Cammack
Portis Cemetery, Suggsville
VOLUME 2, NO. 3-WINTER, 1978
The Wilson-Finch-Mason Log House
The Wilson-Finch Families
Map of the Town of Claiborne
History of the Baptist Church of Ulcanush, Clarke County, Alabama
New Prospect – “A Photographic Glimpse Backward into 19th c. Clarke
County”
Old Clarkesville
An Authentical Account of the Willis Bishop Hicks Family
1830 Census of Clarke County – Heads of Families
Cemetery Records
Wilson-Frank Cemetery, Gainestown
Caller Cemetery, Barlow Bend
Turner Cemetery, West Bend
Powers Cemetery, Manila
VOLUME 2, NO. 2-FALL, 1977
The Dickinson House
Colonel James Shelton Dickinson
Act for the Relief of John Randon
The Descendants of Peter Randon
An Authentical Account of the Lineage of Josiah Allen
Mathews(1803-1859) of
Edgefield District (later Saluda County), South Carolina - Georgia –
Clarke County, Alabama
List of Members of Company E, 32nd Regiment of Alabama Volunteers,
CSA
Cemetery Records
White-York Cemetery
West Bend Cemetery
VOLUME 2, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1977
Marriage Records-Clarke County, Alabama
1814-1834, Vol. A (cont’d)
Wing-Hundley House
The Wing Family
The DuBose Family of Clarke County
Governor John Murphy
The William and Mary Allen Family and the Lineage of Bishop and Caty
Hicks
Sarah Merrill’s Miracle
Gainestown Methodist Church
Cemetery Records
Old Clarkesville Cemetery
Gainestown Mystery Grave
Mathews Cemetery
King Cemetery
Addenda
J.W. Estis Cemetery
Brewer Cemetery
Isham Kimbell House
VOLUME 1, NO. 4-SPRING, 1977
The Lodge
Marriage Records, Clarke County, Alabama
1814-1834, Volume 1
The Clarke County Sea Serpent
The Basilosaurus
Joel Rivers of Claiborne, Alabama and Some of His Descendants
Ruffin’s Dragoons
Suggsville Methodist Church Centennial
Macon Male and Female Academies, Advertisement
Cemetery Records
Haden-Rivers Cemetery
Shamburger Family Cemetery
Cox Cemetery
Deas Cemetery
Wiggins Cemetery
Friddle Cemetery
Estis Cemetery
Brewer Cemetery
Tarleton Cemetery
Old Salem Cemetery
Mitchell Field Cemetery
Bettis Cemetery
Elijah Pugh Chapman Cemetery
VOLUME 1, NO. 3-WINTER, 1977
Wilson’s Mill
The Explosion of the James T. Staples
Colonel David Love
Clarke County Descendants of Col. David Love
Amity Schoolhouse Programme
The Clarke County Tragedy
Death of Mrs. Files---Recovery of Her Daughter Hoped For
Clarke County’s Disappearing Architectural Heritage
Sabe’s Well
Clarke County Indian Villages
News Items of Clarke County from Neighboring Newspapers
Cemetery Records
French Family Cemetery
Gainestown River Grave
Boroughs Family Cemetery
Jones Cemetery
Hearin Hill Cemetery
Portis Cemetery
Carleton Cemetery
VOLUME 1, NO. 2-FALL, 1976
Timothy H. Ball’s Letter
The Wilson-Finlay House
Old St. Stephens
Neal Smith, MD
Smith Bible Records
Kimbell-Rivers-Woodson House
Isham Kimbell Autobiographical Letter
History of the Coffeeville Masonic Lodge
West Bend Academy Advertisement
The Franklin Academy Advertisement
1818 Letter from Joseph Noble
Cemetery Records
Spinks Cemetery
New Creighton Cemetery
Hill Cemetery
Old Union Cemetery
Murrell Family Cemetery
VOLUME 1, NO. 1-SUMMER, 1976
“Woodlands” at Gosport
Petition to Congress by Inhabitants of the Counties of Clarke,
Monroe, Washington, Mobile and Baldwin in the Alabama Territory – October,
1817
Christian Ministers Descended from a Branch of the Calhoun and
McLeod Families in Alabama
Bladon Springs
My Recollections by Vera Coate Stringer
William Bartram and the Spirit of ’76
The Salt Works of Clarke County, Alabama
Cemetery Records
Pugh Family Cemetery
Carney Cemetery
Darrington-James Cemetery
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