Muster Roll of a Detachment of Georgia Cavalry Mounted Riflemen under my command stationed at Fort Mitchell, Hartford and on an Indian Scout from the 9th of November to the 22d of December 1814. Both dates included. Allen Tooke, Co. Lt., commencement of service Nov. 9, 1814; expiration of service Nov. 22, 1817; stationed Ft. […]
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Person Interviewed: Martha King Location: McAlester, Oklahoma Age: 85 They hung Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! They hung Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! They hung Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! While we go marching on!” Dat was de song de Yankees sang when they marched by our house. They
Person Interviewed: Eliza Evans Location: McAlester, Oklahoma Age: 87 I sho’ remember de days when I was a slave and belonged to de best old Master what ever was, Mr. John Mixon. We lived in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. My grandma was a refugee from Africa. You know dey was white men who went slipping
Person Interviewed: Issac Adams Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Place of Birth: Louisiana Age: 87 I was born in Louisiana, way before the War. I think it was about ten years before, because I can remember everything so well about the start of the War, and I believe I was about ten years old. My Mammy belonged
E. Y. Salmon, M. D., was born in the “Palmetto State,” on the 26th of June, 1830. His father, William H. Salmon, was a physician and immigrated to Alabama in 1833, and afterward removed to Texas in 1863, where he died. He was identified with public interest in Alabama, and held the office of clerk,
Person Interviewed: Mary Grayson Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Age: 83 I am what we colored people call a “native.” That means that I didn’t come into the Indian country from somewhere in the Old South, after the war, like so many Negroes did, but I was born here in the old Creek Nation, and my master
Person Interviewed: Stephen McCray Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Place of Birth: Huntsville County, Alabama Date of Birth: 1850 Age: 88 Occupation: Fisherman I was born in Huntsville County, Alabama, right where the Scottsboro boys was in jail, in 1850. My parents was Wash and Winnie McCray. They was the mother and father of 22 chillun.
Person Interviewed: Nancy Gardner Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Place of Birth: Franklin, Tennessee Date of Birth: 1858 Age: 79 Well, to tell you de truth I don’t know my age, but I was born in 1858, in Franklin, Tennessee. How, you can figger for yourself and tell how old I is. I is de daughter
Person Interviewed: John Brown Location: West Tulsa, Oklahoma Place of Birth: Taloga County, Alabama Age: 87 (about) Most of the folks have themselves a regular birthday but this old colored can just pick out any of the days during the year one day just about as good as another. I been around a long time
Person Interviewed: Tom W. Woods Location: Alderson, Oklahoma Place of Birth: Florence, Alabama Age: 83 Lady, if de nigger hadn’t been set free dis country wouldn’t ever been what it is now! Poor white folks wouldn’t never had a chance. De slave holders had most of de money and de land and dey wouldn’t let
Interviewer: Esther S. Pinnix Person Interviewed: Betty Cofer Location: North Carolina Date of Birth: 1856 Age: 81 Negro Folk Lore Of The Piedmont. Sources of Information: Aunt Betty Cofer–ex-slave of Dr. Beverly Jones The ranks of negro ex-slaves are rapidly thinning out, but, scattered here and there among the ante-bellum families of the South, may
Dr. Quitman U. Newell, gynecologist and obstetrician, has followed the tendency of the age. toward specialization and in this branch of the profession has developed wide capability and power, bringing him to a prominent position in the ranks of the medical fraternity in St. Louis. He was born in Whistler, Mobile county, Alabama, June 14,
Charles Pope O’Fallon, a representative in the third generation of the O’Fallon family in St. Louis, giving his attention to the management of estates, and invested interests, was born in Madison county, Alabama, August 3, 1868, and is a son of John Julius O’Fallon, mentioned elsewhere in this work. His ancestral line is one of
Mobile Bay, that pear shaped body of water, with its far reaching system of water tributaries, has been a scene of settlement and fortification since the early days of French attempts at settlement in the New World. There was, to begin with. Fort Louis de la Mobile, which protected the infant first settlement of Mobile,
ABBOTT, Nathan R., Cpl., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Nathan R. Abbott, 5220 First Avenue, Birmingham. ABRAMS, Chester Lee, Shipfitter 3c, usn. Father. Mr. Claude Astor Abrams, Rt. 1, Crichton. ADAMS, Earl Newman, Jr., Machinist’s Mate 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Newman Adams, Sr., 919 South 81st, Birmingham. ADAMS, George O., Cpl., USMCR. Parents, Mr.
BAGWELL, Samuel Melvin, Aviation Radioman 3c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Roxie Bagwell, Rt. 2, Brewton. BAGWELL, Wilford Thomas Seaman 2c. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Bagwell, Oakman. BAKER, Freeman Wilton, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cater M. Baker, Rt. 1, Box 49-A, Atmore. BALAKO, Jimmy, Lieutenant (jg), USNR. Parents,
CALHOUN, Bill Brandon, Seaman 1c, USNR. Father, Mr. S. J. Calhoun, Rt. W, Abbeville. CALHOUN, Frank, Officer’s Cook 3c, USN. Father, Mr. Simon Calhoun, 2126 Short K. Ensley, Birmingham. CALVERT, Charles Franklin, Motor Machinist’s Mate 2c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Russel Calvert, Rt. 1, Cullman. CAMPBELL, Cornelius R., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Margaret
DANFORD, Dewey Junior, Seaman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Calvin Danford, 613 Comer Street, Eufaula. DANIEL, Calvin Coolidge, Steward 3c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Daniel, 3142 30th Court, North, Birmingham. DANIELS, Francis Everett, Electrician’s Mate 3c, USN. Father, Mr. James Francis Daniels, Rt. 2, Parrish. DANIELS, James L., Pfc., USMCR. Father,
EASTER, Clarence E., Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Dillard Easter, 1132 West 9th Street, Birmingham. EASTIS, Truman D., Jr., Cpl., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Mattie V. Eastis, 4310 Main Street, Brighton. EDMONDS, Richard A., Captain, USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Richard A. Edmonds, c/o Mr. Mack Medders, Rt. 1, Tuscaloosa. EDWARDS, Gerald Lowell, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Bertha
FAISON, Leonard, Seaman 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsay Faison, Rt. 1, Eufaula. FANCHER, Charles L., Pfc., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Charles L. Fancher, Rt. 4, Box 625B, Bessemer. FANIEL, Alfonso, Steward’s Mate 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hall Faniel, Rt. 1, Box 18, Perote. FARMER, Lewis, Jr., Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs.
