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Alabama Chat--Part I

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December 31, 2001

<AlaNana> 

hi Granny I am a PADGETT

<Granny> 

Who are your Padgetts, AlaNana?

<Granny> 

Hi MizB...how you doing tonight?

<AlaNana> 

All I know are they came from around Talladega or thereabouts, Benjamin Franklin Padgett, George Washington Padgett

<huntsvilleADM> 

did anyone have trouble getting in here tonight?

<MizBt> 

Alanana Corkie said would be here hope

<MELLOWN> 

no, trouble....

* huntsvilleADM 

MOTIONS/playful.gif Patriotic Padgetts!

<MELLOWN> 

this is my first time here

<Granny> 

AlaNana, can you trace any of your Padgett line back to Rutherford County, NC?

<MizBt> 

just me I signed in then it took me back and I had to sign in again first time with birthdate then without

<AlaNana> 

yes, Yahoo was giving me a hard time

<Granny> 

MELLOWN...welcome! We love new comers!

<huntsvilleADM> 

Let's start off with a ROLL CALL--list your SURNAMES (all caps--easier to read) and the counties that you are researching.

<MizBt> 

POTTER, Johnathan----PACE, William (father of Eliza) ----COWARD/T, Elihu (father of Erasmus)-----MORGAN, John B. (father of James Adkins)----NICHOLSON/NICKOLSON, Mary Ann----HOLDRIDGE, John H. (father of John Henry)-----JACKSON, Martha Adlade----COLEY, John S. (father of Edith)-----CAVER, Joel (father of Harriett Ann E.) from Jackson , Randolph, DeKalb and Talladega Counties

<huntsvilleADM> 

MizB--I think the first time it asks your birthdate--and after that it doesn't ask again (for that day)

<Granny> 

PADGETT, MORGAN, WEBB, HORTON, SNODGRASS, NICHOLSON, McCORD, THOMPSON, BRIDGES, Jackson, DeKalb and Cherokee Counties

<huntsvilleADM> 

DILL, DREGER, EVANS, McGILL, SPRAGUE--Madison Co.

<huntsvilleADM> 

HALL, SANDERS, COX, EVANS, LINDSEY--Jackson Co.

<Granny> 

MizB, I had to sign in twice too, but just used Granny both times and it accepted that!

<AlaNana> 

PADGETT, TALLADEGA & CLAY, HALSEY, RANDOLPH & CHAMBERS, RICHARDSON, RANDDOLPH, AND HENRY, RANDOLPH

<huntsvilleADM> 

hi, Corkie--welcome!

<Granny> 

Welcome, Corkie2450!

<MizBt> 

Hi Corkie welcome

<AlaNana> 

Hi corkie

<CORKIE2450> 

HI ALL DO I NEED TO MAKE MY LETTERING LARGER

<Granny> 

AlaNana...can you trace any of your Padgett line back to Rutherford County, NC?

<CORKIE2450> 

GUESS NOT GOT BIG

<huntsvilleADM> 

Corkie--we only use caps for SURNAMES......

<MizBt> 

I met Corkie and AlaNana in another place and invited them here

<CORKIE2450> 

okay sorry

<huntsvilleADM> 

gosh, MizB--thanks.....

<Granny> 

Good work, MizB!

<AlaNana> 

Don't have anything on them any further than Talladega, but I think that I have heard that they came from the Carolinas

<Granny> 

I keep inviting people, but then they don't show up!

<irishred> 

MONK, LACY, HARDY, FRANKLIN, PUGH ALL WOUND UP IN COLEMAN CO.TX BUT ALL FROM AL...NO IDEA WHICH COUNTY

<huntsvilleADM> 

Corkie--we do a roll call--surnames in caps, then the counties you are researching in Alabama.

<MELLOWN> 

BLACK,MELLOWN(MALONE),DOWDLE,KYZER,LEWIS,COLBERT,HOWARD,SHUTTLESWORTH,THOMPSON,CARNES,TOLBERT all around Blount, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Jefferson Counties

<MizBt> 

POTTER, Johnathan----PACE, William (father of Eliza) ----COWARD/T, Elihu (father of Erasmus)-----MORGAN, John B. (father of James Adkins)----NICHOLSON/NICKOLSON, Mary Ann----HOLDRIDGE, John H. (father of John Henry)-----JACKSON, Martha Adlade----COLEY, John S. (father of Edith)-----CAVER, Joel (father of Harriett Ann E.) from Jackson , Randolph, DeKalb and Talladega Counties

<huntsvilleADM> 

If anyone wants on the reminder list, be sure and send me an email: huntsville2@home.com

<MizBt> 

Hi Ron

<huntsvilleADM> 

hi, Ron--welcome!

<Granny> 

AlaNana, my Padgett line all settled in Jackson County, coming from NC by way of Franklin Co., TN. I know that a lot of the Padgetts settled in Alabama, and am probably related in some way.

<MELLOWN> 

Colbert could be around Walker county

<Granny> 

Hi Ron...welcome!

<huntsvilleADM> 

Please share your SURNAMES with people as they enter the chat room....they can't see what was posted before they came in.......

<MizBt> 

Sad news tonight my 92 yr old Aunt passed away this afternoon She was a POTTER by marriage my mother's oldest brother's wife

<huntsvilleADM> 

If you have genealogy books or CD's to share lookups with us, just let us know!

<Granny> 

MizB...sorry to hear that.

<huntsvilleADM> 

Sorry to hear that, MizB!

<CORKIE2450> 

I have been doing genealogy for 3 years and I have some ancestors that I can't locate in Alabama hoping you can help looking for MCILWAIN, WILLIAM married in Washington, Alabama his wife was WHEELIS, EDNA born 1813 Washington, ala.

<AlaNana> 

PADGETT, Talladega, HALSEY, RICHARDSON, AND HENRY , all Randolph Co

<MizBt> 

I have Robert Casey's book Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families

<huntsvilleADM> 

AlaNana, we have a lot of RICHARDSON researchers that come here....have you connected to any of them? You might want to hear old transcripts.......

<Ron> 

Hi everyone. This is my first time on. I have been doing genealogical research for about 25 years. Counties of particular interest are Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Calhoun, Marshall, and DeKalb.

<AlaNana> 

There are some Pace families here in Chambers Co.

<CORKIE2450> 

MCILWAIN,WHEELIS,LEWIS,PULLEY,DOUGLAS

<huntsvilleADM> 

Ron--glad you made it! Are you on my chat reminder list?

<huntsvilleADM> 

Corkie--who are your LEWIS's?

<CORKIE2450> 

will you put me on the chat reminder list please

<AlaNana> 

I tried to read over a lot of the transcripts and will try to read more tomorrow

<huntsvilleADM> 

Be sure to read and POST your surnames in the forum, too--lots of SURNAMES there: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville There are TWO genealogy folders, one just for Huntsville/Madison Co. and another one for the rest of Alabama.

<CORKIE2450> 

WILLIAM WILEY LEWIS married to MARTHA ANNA MCILWAIN B.8-12-1835 Choctaw , ala.

<huntsvilleADM> 

Corkie--just send me an email : huntsville2@home.com

<huntsvilleADM> 

I have the Jackson County Marriages Books if anyone needs a lookup.

<Granny> 

PADGETT (Nehemiah father of William John Bryson), MORGAN (John Benton, father of John Malon), WEBB (Charles Augustus), HORTON (Henry Hollis, father of Margaret ""Maggie"" Louella), SNODGRASS (Abigail, mother of Alexander and Margaret), NICHOLSON (Mary Ann, wife of John Benton Morgan), McCord (Mary Ann, daughter of James), Thompson (Daniel A., husband of Matilda Padgett), BRIDGES (Elizabeth ""Betsy"", wife of Nehemiah Padgett, daug [msg continues in 20 secs]

<huntsvilleADM> 

I also have the Maple Hill Cemetery book...for Madison County

<Granny> 

hter of Isaac Bridges) in Jackson and DeKalb Counties [msg complete]

<AlaNana> 

Granny no one has ever been interested enough to write anything down and I am trying to get this done for my husband, we have nothing

<Ron> 

Yes, I'm on the chat reminder list. This is just the first chance I've had to get on. I'll post my surnames in the folders. I also have some Madison County connections with the families of Byram, Hinds, & Caldwell.

<huntsvilleADM> 

Please post all the info you have on your ancestors--someone might read the transcripts months/years from now and connect to you. They are instructed to post to you in the forum.....so be sure and check there often for messages: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville

<huntsvilleADM> 

Ron--I have the Maple Hill Cemetery book--would you like me to look your SURNAMES up in there--or have you already?

<Granny> 

Hi MartieLee...welcome!

<MizBt> 

Hi MartieLee

<huntsvilleADM> 

hi, MartiLee--welcome!

<MELLOWN> 

corkie I have a William Wiley Lewis married 3 times

<CORKIE2450> 

Hi martielee

<AlaNana> 

hi MartiLee

<CORKIE2450> 

what year mellown and to whom

<MartieLee> 

Hi, y'all!

<Ron> 

How far back does the cemetery book go?

<MizBt> 

Hi Chica

<Chica> 

Hello

<huntsvilleADM> 

hi, Chica--welcome!

<Chica> 

Thank you

<AlaNana> 

Hi Chica

<huntsvilleADM> 

Ron--it is the oldest section of the cemetery....Maple Hill is the oldest and biggest cemetery in Alabama.

<AlaNana> 

PADGETT, TALLADEGA; HALSEY, RICHARDSON AND HENRY, ALL RANDOLPH CO.

<MELLOWN> 

forgive me if I am a little slow...I am looking at my notes back and forth

<huntsvilleADM> 

that's fine, Mellown--and you can check the transcripts later to see if you missed anything.

<CORKIE2450> 

also have RILEY,NANCY suppose to be Cherokee Indian had child named Edna died at Choctaw , ala.

<MELLOWN> 

WILLIAM WILEY LEWIS married CAROLYN MCREYNOLD,MARTHA SUMNER,FRANCES LOCKE

<CORKIE2450> 

NANCY RILEY married to CHARLES LEWIS b. abt 1802

<CORKIE2450> 

do you know his birth date mellown

<MELLOWN> 

WILLIAM WILEY LEWIS born 1/28/1809 died 12/01/1887

<huntsvilleADM> 

Ron, I lost your SURNAMES now....if you want me to check for them, just list them again. This part of the cemetery has the oldest section--but some earlier burials were in the old section, too.

<Granny> 

AlaNana, you can email me at granny1463@yahoo.com and I'll check to see if I have anything on your Padgett group in my files.

<CORKIE2450> 

my WILLIAM WILEY LEWIS was born 12-10=1837 in early co. ga. and married MARTHA ANNA MC ILWAIN from Alabama

<huntsvilleADM> 

hey, marfa!

<AlaNana> 

I thought I did already Granny, I got your email address from the transcript earlier today and sent you ahead of the chat, I thought

<MizBt> 

Hi Marfa

<Chica> 

Alanana would a Clarisa Jane Henry died 20 Dec 1887 be yours?

* Granny 

MOTIONS/playful.gif Hey, Chica...welcome! You came in while I wasn't looking!

<AlaNana> 

from Randolph Co.? Chica

<marfa> 

Hi to all and hope everyone has a Happy New Year

<Chica> 

Yes Alanana in Randolph.

<Granny> 

Maybe you did, AlaNana...haven't checked that email since about noon. I will check right after the chat and email you back!

<Chica> 

Hi Marfa

<Granny> 

Hi Marfa...welcome!

<CORKIE2450> 

MC ILWAIN, LEWIS, RILEY, WHEELIS,PULLEY

<huntsvilleADM> 

Let's post our ROLL CALL again.....a few new ones slipped in.

<MizBt> 

POTTER, Johnathan----PACE, William (father of Eliza) ----COWARD/T, Elihu (father of Erasmus)-----MORGAN, John B. (father of James Adkins)----NICHOLSON/NICKOLSON, Mary Ann----HOLDRIDGE, John H. (father of John Henry)-----JACKSON, Martha Adlade----COLEY, John S. (father of Edith)-----CAVER, Joel (father of Harriett Ann E.) from Jackson , Randolph, DeKalb and Talladega Counties

<AlaNana> 

right off I didn't recall that name Chica but if she is from there she is one of mine

<AlaNana> 

thanks Granny

<AlaNana> 

PADGETT, TALLADEGA; HALSEY, RICHARDSON, AND HENRY, ALL RANDOLPH

<marfa> 

RICHARDSON, TURMAN, HALES, CARPENTER, LIVELY, HALEY, LOGAN, KIRSCHSTEIN in Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson co.

<Granny> 

PADGETT, MORGAN, WEBB, HORTON, SNODGRASS, NICHOLSON, McCORD, THOMPSON, BRIDGES, Jackson and DeKalb Counties.

<MartieLee> 

BREWER, CARTER, LEE, PETTEY, QUALLS, GOLLIHER from Morgan, Madison, Limestone, Lawrence Co.

<AlaNana> 

Marfa, I didn't mean to not say Hi was looking for that name...HI

<CORKIE2450> 

mc ilwain, riley, Lewis, pulley, lewis, wheelis

<MartieLee> 

I'm looking for MOSSIE MILLER BREWER and baby who died in and is buried in Decatur (1902). Not listed in Decatur City Cemetery book - do any of you know of other cemeteries in that Morgan Co. area?

<Chica> 

Alanana she was 35, white and single. She is in my Randolph Death Register.

<huntsvilleADM> 

Marfa, AlaNana has RICHARDSON's!

<Ron> 

I guess some of the people I'm looking for in Madison County are Levi Hinds, and the Byram, and Caldwell settlers that came to Madison County in 1808.

<marfa> 

Yes, I noticed she had Richardson. Chica what Richardson are you looking for?

<CORKIE2450> 

MARFA, your CARPENTER'S do you have their names

<AlaNana> 

Marfa does the names, Frances Marion Richardson or J.C. Richardson sound familiar?

<marfa> 

Corkie I have a John and Thomas Carpenter, but know a lot of others

<MELLOWN> 

boy, this is fun...sorry, but I got to go, one of my twins not feeling well....maybe next time....happy new year everyone

<Chica> 

Marfa. I do not have a Richardson, Alanana does.

<AlaNana> 

I noticed in a transcript someone mentioned the surname Teel, my F.M. Richardson married Samantha Teel from S.C.

<marfa> 

AlaNana, I have William Churchwell, James Kelly, Samuel Churchwell, and William Hillary Richardson

<huntsvilleADM> 

AlaNana--we used to have RICHARDSON chats.....I think some of the transcripts are still up....just type in ""Richardson"" on any page of this site and it'll spit it up.

<Chica> 

AlaNana do you have a first name for your Richardson??

<Granny> 

That was MizB probably, Alanana.

<AlaNana> 

thanks will do that ....

<MizBt> 

AlaNana, my maiden name was Teel and I have a huge book on ""Our Teel Kin"" by Muriel Teel Cooter

<Chica> 

AlaNana the Randolph Birth Register has several Richardson’s, do you have a first name that you are looking for?

<Ron> 

Bearden, Jenkins, O'Barr, Hoyle, Byars, Jacobs, Kerr, Watson, Goodwin, Caldwell, Byram, Hinds, Alden, Colvin, Adair, and many others.....

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