St. Clair County, Alabama – brief history

Encyclopedia of Alabama: St. Clair County

St. Clair County was created from portions of Shelby County by the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on November 20, 1818. Two years later, part of St. Clair County was used to create Jefferson County. Then, in 1836, a portion of St. Clair was divided to establish Cherokee and DeKalb counties. After the Civil War, a northeast section of the county was used to create Etowah County, resulting in St. Clair’s present boundaries. The county was named in honor of General Arthur St. Clair who traveled to America from Scotland as an ensign in the British Navy. St. Clair settled in Pennsylvania and became a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress. Most of St. Clair County’s early settlers came from Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Some of the county’s earliest settlements and towns were Ashville, Odenville, Riverside, and Springville.

Hot Day

7 July 2010
One very hot day.
Dave and I delivered groceries to Mom; then headed back home.
Stopped at a few thrift/antique stores along the way.
Since getting in the AC, and starting to cool off, have been reading messages, and adding/correcting more items on my websites (someone set in havoc by my previous computer dying); as well as blogs, and misc. stuff.
Need to get things sorted out with this new laptop, get it behaving the way I want it; so I will be able to create a backup set of RECOVERY disks — then get Dave to set it for dual-boot (Windows 7 and Linux).
My head is pounding, so I won’t do much more for now.
How has your week been?
Would love to hear from my readers.
– Cathy

Death of a computer…a new beginning

(Take two…)
Attempted this post just but a few minutes ago — stepped away from the keyboard — came back the automatic Windows 7 update had re-started my computer. [growl!]
I lost all the text I had written (now have settings a bit different, to prevent this problem from occurring again) — I hate having to re-write things when software/OS updates cause me to lose them.
——————–­——
Now, where was I?
Ahhh, heck — I think I’ll do something else and come back to this post. There are things needing to be added, set-up; and yet to be test-driven on this computer.
I promise to return – soon.
“And to continue…”
– Cathy

Alabama Governor – Joseph Forney Johnston

National Governors Association

Alabama Governor Joseph Forney Johnston
Born: March 23, 1843
Died: August 8, 1913
Birth State: North Carolina
Party: Democrat
Family: Married Theresa Virginia Hooper; three children

Periods in Office: From: December 1, 1896
To: December 1, 1900

State Web Site

Higher Office(s) Served: Senator

War(s) Served: Civil War

JOSEPH FORNEY JOHNSTON, Alabama’s 30th governor, was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on March 23, 1843, to Dr. William and Nancy Johnston. He was educated in public schools, and moved in 1860 to Talladega, Alabama, where he attended high school. In 1861, Johnston enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private, served as captain of the 12th North Carolina Infantry, and was wounded in four battles.

Moses AYERS , Sr | Rootsweb.com Database

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: David S. Payne Genealogy

# ID: I05492 View Post-em!
# Name: Moses AYERS , Sr.
# Sex: M
# Birth: 11 SEP 1747 in VA?
# Birth: 11 SEP 1747 in Pittysylvania Co. VA
# Death: 25 AUG 1833 in Franklin Co Georgia
# Event: Kinship Robert Edward Ayers
# Event: Kinship “Neal Ayers”
# Event: Kinship
# Event: Kinship Charles Whiting
# Event: Kinship Jane Kinzle
# Event: Kinship Jim Skelton
# Burial: Old Reed Creek Ch. Cemetery
# Military Service: Rev. War
# Note:

From the “Surry County, North Carolina County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1790-1795″ compiled by A.M. Wells and I. M. Harvey, the following is found for the session of court meeting Fri. 16th May, 1793: “Moses Payne, aged 15 years the 28th of November last, a step son of Moses Ayers is bound unto Brice Jackson until he arrives to the age of twenty-one, who agree to learn him to read,write, and cypher, as far as the rule of three, also give him f10 worth of tools, also to learn him the art of a carpenter and give him f10 worth of cloathes at his freedom. no fee paid.”
A later entry in the Surry County P & Q Sessions 1790-1795 (Volume 1) reads as follows ; Weds. 12 February, 1794—- “Ordered that the indenture binding Moses Payne to Brice Jackson made heretofore be recinded and that said Moses Paine continue to live with Moses Ayres his stepfather.”

WILL: Presented and proved 4 Nov 1833 Franklin Co., GA RG 1599-2-39 Vol 10 pg 44-45/Bk A.

Mr. Clarence F. “Sugar” Pate III — Anniston Star, March17, 2010

Clarence Pate Obituary: Clarence Pate’s Obituary by the The Anniston Star.

Mr. Clarence F. “Sugar” Pate III
Memorial service for Mr. Clarence “Sugar” F. Pate III, 52, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tony Thrower officiating. Mr. Pate is survived by his daughter, Melissa A. Schlerf and husband, David, of Weaver; parents, Clarence F. Pate Jr. and Patricia Meyer Pate, of Weaver; sisters, Denise M. Sparks and husband, Jim, of Lineville, Tina M. Wood, of Weaver, Julie A. Winfrey, of Oxford; grandchildren, Dillon M. Schlerf and Joshua D. Schlerf. Mr. Pate was a native of Pennsylvania and resident of Alabama for the past 17 years. He was a graduate of Weaver High School where he was the drum major of the Marching Matadors for 4 years. He was also an avid bowler at Anniston Bowling Center. He was a musician who loved to play the bass guitar. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clarence “Chief” and Cora Etta Pate, of Anniston and Ammon and Marceline Meyer, of Fredericksburg, Pa. Chapel Hill Funeral Home will be servicing the Pate family 256-820-5151 www.chapelhillfh.com
Published in The Anniston Star on March 17, 2010

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Gwendolen Mary Speir (1870-1934)

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: My relatives all over the world

# ID: I25885
# Name: Gwendolen Mary SPEIR
# Given Name: Gwendolen Mary
# Surname: Speir
# Sex: F
# Birth: 29 Aug 1870
# Death: 2 Dec 1934
# _UID: D37DBAD98C154FF2AD4876FF1D35E159BB10

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3 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

Father: Robert Thomas Napier SPEIR
Mother: Emily GIFFORD b: 1847

Marriage 1 Charles Thomas BRUCE b: 21 Feb 1865

* Married: 7 Jul 1914 Verheiratet
* Change Date: 31 Aug 2009

Abernethy – Scotland/France Connection

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: My relatives all over the world

# ID: I20724
# Name: John STUART
# Given Name: John
# Surname: Stuart
# Suffix: Regent Von Schottland
# Sex: M
# Birth: Abt 1481 in Auvergne, Frankreich
# Death: 2 Jul 1536 in Mirfleur, Frankreich
# Event: Regent von Schottland Regent von Schottland Bet 1514 And 1524
# _UID: 388584D32B8C47E0B83C4146DBF487E3A669

Father: Alexander STUART b: Abt 1454
Mother: Anna VON TOUR b: Abt 1463

Marriage 1 Anna VON TOUR b: 1501

* Married: 8 Jul 1505 Verheiratet
* Change Date: 31 Aug 2009

Marriage 2 Jean ABERNETHY

* Married: NOT MARRIED
* Change Date: 31 Aug 2009

Children

1. Has No Children Eleanor STUART b: 1520

Anniston Star: Second mound report released

Anniston Star – Second mound report released

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OXFORD — A University of Alabama archaeologist has released a report stating a pile of stones in Oxford was created by natural forces and not American Indians centuries ago — a report written two months after he signed another report stating the opposite.

Robert Clouse, director of the Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama and director of the University of Alabama Museums, mailed the second report on the mound behind the Oxford Exchange to The Star at a reporter’s request.

The report cites different geologic surveys of the area and other American Indian archaeological excavations for comparison. Clouse is not a geologist, though he says he minored in geology as an undergraduate student.

The report states the mound is a natural formation and is not culturally significant.

The stone mound became the center of a dispute last summer, which ended with the City of Oxford backing away from plans to level the mound and use dirt beneath it for fill at a nearby construction site. City officials have repeatedly stated the mound was not man-made. They also later claimed they had not touched the mound, a claim contradicted by pictures contained in Clouse’s second report which show heavy equipment dismantling it.

The second report concluding the mound was natural was produced in July during the thick of the controversy over the site which began in June. The first report, which said the site was significant, was produced in April.