Were making a few stops in Mississippi and Alabama, and our Furman list includes Old Snow Hill Cemetery, Bethsaida Baptist Church, Wakefield plantation, and the Furman historical marker (since it lists some family names). It was one of only six Wallace counties[a] to vote for George McGovern against Richard Nixons 3,000-plus-county landslide of 1972. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. We toured Furman first, and Mr. Donald pointed out many of the homes and gave us some history about the area. W.J. Pleasant Ridge - Jon Kohler & Associates Miss Minnie Presley, who has been teaching music in N.C., returned to Oak Hill on the 19th inst. Thomas G. Jones to fill the unexpired term of Cyrus D. Hogue as State Auditor, and in November of that year was elected for a full term and re-elected in 1894. Mr. Dudley graduated from Auburn University in 1949 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Neita Sellers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sellers of Upland, Calif., formerly of Camden, has one of the top roles in The Come-On Man presentation of the Valley Community Theatre at Claremont, California. Address all correspondence to Joe H. Bonner, Oak Hill, Ala. A meteor which flashed across South Alabama may have fallen in Wilcox County, the Pensacola, Fla. In that year, Dr. John Miller, father of Alabama Governor Benjamin Meek Miller, bought and taught there several years. The brides host of friends regret to see her departure. As if that were not enough, our Tour generates thousands of dollars in tax revenue for the county and is a big weekend for our local business owners as well. After emancipation, freed Blacks who stayed on at the plantation worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. The Mobile Daily Tribune (Mobile, Alabama). M. Carstarphen, Toledo, OH. And welcome to new Life Members Linn and Trisha Pritchett of Minter, Alabama! Three or four weeks ago Greensboro, Alabama organized a State Guard Company. The septic system was replaced when we inadvertently let trucks delivering 32,000 bricks for fireplace and pier repairs crush our septic field. We would like to make a correction to the article in our last newsletter regarding the history of Furman and the wording on the Furman National Historic District historical marker that was erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the Community of Furman in April 2010. [3] Geography [ edit] Her first husband was Jack Fisher. Up until two years ago I rented Garland Cook Smiths house across from their home on Clifton Street (the Sterrett-McWilliams Home, c. A trip back in time. This is a nationally known Wilcox County, AL plantation home. Kathy replied that they did not know 30 people in Camden, but Lance Britt does. The exhibition will recreate spaces that were found in homes of the 19th-century Gulf South with furnishings that would have been used there. 400 sq. The more comments, likes and shares also help our posts be viewed by more people. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia in 1859. This is one of the oldest documented homes still standing in Wilcox County and is a fine example of late Federal style double-pile house form containing examples of folk versions of Federal style woodwork. Many dignitaries were present for this occasion which included Mr. Milo Howard who ran interference for us all the way. The discount is not available through eventbrite.com. Atkins killed the animal with two loads of buckshot when dogs drove it past his stand. The Wilcox Company has an enrollment of 55 men, with an average drill attendance. Or if you prefer, please mail dues to: P O Box 464, Camden, AL 36726 and be sure to include your name, mailing address, email address and phone number. From a WHS Facebook post shared from Lee Peacock Wilcox County Alabama News Flashback for October 13, 2021 featuring a photo of Martha and John Lamkin and Mr. Lamkins obituary, Albert Blochs obituary along with news from Pine Hill, Bellview, Camden and Allenton: I treasure each of these posts with sneaks into past residents in Wilcox County! It will be the Harvest Arts Quintet to include three string players, flute, and harp. Box 464, Camden, Alabama 36726. [1] Its county seat is Camden. Remember, with all the interest in our Tour of Homes and Lady Carnarvons visit, we are going to need your help to make it run well. Built c. 1858, contributing property to the, Built 183550s, destroyed in 1980s. It was razed in 1939. The three teachers offered the school for next year. Patterson, Claude Hardy, W.R. Mills, J.F. Roughly along Old Depot, County Roads 59, 7, and 61, Broad St., Banana St., Northern side of County Road 26, northwest of Snow Hill, Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, Wilcox County Courthouse Historic District. It was believed that it might have been one of the deer at large from the Henderson Bros. plantation at Millers Ferry, of which, there are said to be several hundred, but those deer attain a weight of only about a hundred pounds, it was said. He was appointed to the board of directors and served as the president of the new Town-Country United Bank, a position he held until his death. By the early 30s life was taking on a pleasantly settled character for the Duke and Duchess of York and their two little daughters. Start your day with an exclusive luncheon where you will meet and have a photo opportunity with our guest of honor, The Right Honorable Countess of Carnarvon. Queen Mary saw the danger of all of this on one occasion, at Herrods one of Londons most prestigious stores, Queen Mary saw the little princess wriggling and asked if she wanted to go home. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000", "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections", "Private white academies struggle in changing world", "International Paper Co. plans $27 million maintenance project for Pine Hill mill", "Crews Clearing Site of Golden Dragon Copper Plant in Wilcox Co", Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, Wilcox County Courthouse Historic District, List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilcox_County,_Alabama&oldid=1124417215, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 20:36. A resident of Ontario, she attended Chaffey College and played the part of St. Agnes in Saroyans The Beautiful People, and that of Mrs. Levi in The Merchant of Yonkers. The John Coleman House, also known as Grassdale, is a two-story wood-frame I-House built by John Coleman on property that he settled in 1819. (To be continued in the WHS Winter newsletter.). He married Miss Lucy Gaines of Lower Peach Tree. Thank you to Ms. Billie Gibbs for being the first to volunteer to help this cause. Rev. A large crowd attended the concert sponsored by the WHS. The community is also served by one private school, Wilcox Academy, founded in 1970 as a segregation academy. I come through the line of his son named Seneca Bloxom. Tom Paul from Grove Hill was the last pastor. The original building became delipidated and had to be replaced. We sincerely hope that it can be placed on the National Register of Historic Places for its preservation.. As of the 2020 United States census, there were 10,600 people, 3,854 households, and 2,284 families residing in the county. Cabins 10, 11, 24, 31, & 40 are est. The home, circa 1856, was built for the Peter Early Mathews family on roughly 2,000 acres of land. Her biggest disappointment back in the 1970s was the destruction of the Train Depot building. He bought fabulous jewels for her form Cartier in Paris, and as if that were not enough, to which hurt King George and Queen Mary especially was that many of the jewels that Mrs. Simpson paraded were royal heirlooms from the priceless collection of the Kings mother Queen Alexandra, who bequeathed them to the Prince of Wales to be worn by his future wife. Also open was the old Furman Post Office and Furman General Store both of which are currently being restored. bethyoder14, He delivered my mother-in-law when they lived in the cottage. Brittany House is located at 5931 Highway 21 in Oak Hill about 15 minutes from Furman. nsanedayne, Monroeville, AL, You all really out did yourselves! -Hotel availability in nearby Greenville Best Western, Comfort Inn, Days Inn, Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express. Preston, J.B. We installed all new plumbing, wiring and HVAC and a front and back porch. All guests, including WHS Members, will register at Furman Methodist Church (across the street from the Post Office) upon arrival either Friday or Saturday to receive their arm band for the weekend. When he returned to the area, the man had died.If someone could give me some clue as to the location of Foxs Mills, ED 185, Wilcox, AL as listed on the 1880 census I would sincerely appreciate the help.I have also bookmarked your site for information on the 2023 tour. What I know so far is that my great-great-great-grandfather Horace Carmichael was living in Pine Hill (source 1880 Census); he was originally born in Dillon, South Carolina and I surmised that he was brought to Pine Hill by the Carmichaels of Dillon; William Carmichael (1817-1888) buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery. The Tour this year will include the Purifoy-Lipscomb Home, c 1840; Moore-Burson-Rushing Home, c 1885; Wakefield Plantation, c 1840s; Magnolia Glen the Palmer-Barlow-Britt Home, c 1833; Laura Ann the Watson-Moorer-Tabor Home, c 1860; Rockwood the Cox-Robbins-Kennedy-Snyder Home, c 1855; Deerfield the Perdue-Williams-Estes-Suggs Home, c 1895, Fox Hill, c 1840s and Patience Plantation, c 1841. King George V died on January 20th, 1936; his death had taken everyone by surprise even tho he had been in bad health for sometimes. I am curious if there are records that are accessible via internet or at a physical location. It was demolished in 1939. Yellow Bluff, in Wilcox County, Alabama was a river landing on the Alabama River and was named for the steep red or yellow clay bank just below the landing. Neita is a native of Camden, and is the granddaughter of Mrs. W.H. Fred Henderson, Lt. Wirt Moore, Sgt. She is an archaeologist specializing in the late prehistory and history of the Southeastern United States. The marker states that The towns most notable citizens have included persons such as Elkanah Burson, an attach to General Robert E. Lee and John Purifoy, a member of Company C who later served Alabama as Secretary of State. However, there were two men named John Purifoy from Furman; they were first cousins and about the same age. All tickets holders will be provided breakfast Saturday Morning at The Brittany House Antiques in Oak Hill. We made it there and had a GREAT time. She was born February 1, 1932. The group met again at Moore Academy May 19, 1921. Wilcox County - Ancestry.com Questions? Everybody is invited to come early Friday night. Although he is not buried here, his son, Wherrit D. (Wherry) Lewis is. Email us at wilcoxhistoricalsociety@gmail.com. Built in 1836 for Richard Henry Adams and Anna Carter Harrison, both natives of Virginia. More information coming soon! Collections. In fact, the first courthouse was held in my ancestral great grandfathers home in Old Clarkesville in the early 1800s. All ticket holders will get breakfast at The Brittany House Antiques in Oak Hill Saturday morning from 8:30 10:00. In the adjoining beat, Foxs Mill, DeWitt Sadler, accidently killed a Mr. Harrison, with a shot gun, on the 19th inst. I have a genealogy book that says John Jared Roach is buried there but I notice his grave is not listed on FindAGrave. Miss Olivia McArthur entertained the high school department Friday evening from 7:30 until 11 oclock. And because of their stability the Indians here had reached a high degree of civilization before the white man came. For every 100 females, there were 87.20 males. Early in his legal career he served as an assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency and as chief of new bank chartering. Messrs. J.N. Tickets are now available locally in Camden at The Pecan on Broad, Fox and Hen, and in Oak Hill at The Brittany House Antiques. I am looking for contact info for Snow Hill Institute. Lunch at the Furman School and KayBri from 11:00 am 2:00 pm. Shannon Douglas Cotham, West Columbia, SC. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Our most exclusive option. I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season with family and friends. Laura worked in Port Everglades and I learned to install carpet and then run a warehouse. J. and Z. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Club encouraged the planting of trees and shrubs on private property. Settlers began coming into the County in 1816, most coming from Virginia via of the Carolinas and Georgia. M.F. Church are busy getting ready for a Bazaar to be had early in December. We celebrated our 50-year anniversary for our 1971 National Championship team recently. A member of the senior Club always acted as Director. In her Will she directed that her daughters and husband all be exhumed and reburied with her in Live Oak Cemetery in Selma. Wilcox Historical Society Newsletter - Winter 2022 Schedule for Saturday, March 26th: Breakfast at The Brittany House Antiques in Oak Hill from 8:30 -10:00 am. She told me to hold on. We know You will make the 1964 Wil-Co-Hi Annual more attractive. ft., two bedrooms, with a queen bed in one room and two sets of bunk beds in the other room. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 11,670 people living in the county. Several options for lunch will be available in Pine Apple on Saturday with vendors set up at the Moore Academy Gymnasium. Mortises and pegs hold the original structure together. Dues are renewed in January. Adams Vice President, H.C. DuBose Cashier. There was not a poor performer in the entire cast, and the wonderful acting made each part a stellar role. Prohibitionists declared themselves entirely satisfied with the morning showing, and predictions as to the prohibition victory ranged from two to one to five to one. Five young men left very early Wednesday morning on a three-day boat trip which will take them to Cahaba and Selma before their return to the Camden landing Friday. Cant wait for the 2022! We always look forward to spending time in Camden and building on our friendships. Appreciation was expressed to Mrs. William Darwin for arranging assembly room. Page 2 of 3. Plans were completed for entertainment and supper Friday night, March 13th. In the early 1800s, the William Snow family settled on a high hill north of present-day Furman, now the site of Old Snow Hill Cemetery. M. Baldwin, Americus, GA. Im looking for a contact for Old Snow Hill Cemetery. At that time, Mr. Dudley accepted a consulting job to restore the Huntsville Depot. Built 1842, also known as the Oden-Bledsoe-Kelly Plantation. According to this scrapbook a copy of the deed for the Institute shows that the indenture was made and entered into June 29, 1850, transferring the property from John P. Fairley and his wife Martha Fairley and James A. Tait to L.W. Cocktail Attire Required. A County scholarship by the Federated Clubs of Wilcox County was established in 1937. Three years had passed since the splendid Duke of Yorks wedding in Westminster Abbey to Elizabeth Bowes Lyon in 1924. Queen Mary, who was more than an ordinary grandmother set out to play the most active role in the upbringing of Princess Elizabeth and her influence on her life, work and personality was to emulate that of her royal Grandfather. My friends, together we will Raise the Bell at the Institute, host another successful Tour of Homes, and together we will show a Countess what Southern Hospitality is. We look forward to seeing you soon in Camden! With the encouragement of my niece, Elizabeth Grimes, (then Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce Director), plans for an annual WHS Tour of Homes were renewed in 2017. She is going to be a valuable resource moving forward in this process. From two great meetings and a fabulous Harvest Arts Concert to receiving another big grant and announcing Lady Carnarvons visit, we are making a big impact in Wilcox County. Kandace was born in Germany, 1978, and was seven weeks premature. In 1925 it was decided to erect a library building. Before visiting the cemetery, my friend and I visited Camden. She can be reached at 334.324.9353 or m2kyser54@aol.com. Between her visit and our nine gracious homeowners, we are going to have a fantastic weekend. He had fought to get close to the trenches in World War I and had won. The Rev. As they say, Genealogy is not a hobby, it is an obsession. I am an active contributor to FindAGrave memorials and have transcribed and published the Friendship Baptist Church of Pine Apple records for the years 1862-1907. THE HIGHCLERE PACKAGE$200 per person 240 tickets available ONLY 20 available as of February 24th! The Sadie, Kaleb, Brett, & Avery are 1-bedroom (2 full), 1 bath cabins. I am 69 years old, never had a fight or been in court at anytime. Drawing in pencil and crayon, $12.50. The Montgomery Advertisers headlines on January 22 read Roosevelt Won by Tumultuous Welcome Here. The headline went on to read Visit Brings Largest Crowd Ever Seen In Streets; Governor Gives Dinner. Open to young ladies and gentlemen, and solicits patronage in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Commercial Arithmetic, Book Keeping, English Grammar, Latin Grammar, Composition and Rhetoric, Phonography and Elocution, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and Plain and Ornamental Penmanship. The presidents train was to get in at seven so I went up to the capitol grounds early and got me a good place to stand where I could see and hear well. Nearly 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The Parade came up Dexter and then went around back of the capitol and they came in to the capitol from the back and on to the porch. Help us locate corporate partners, grant sources, or private donations. After the War he taught school for several years; engaged in farming; and in 1880 he was elected probate judge of Wilcox County, serving until 1886. In 1919, he volunteered for service during World War I, or as it was known, the Great War. I live in northwest Arkansas, and my parents live in southeast Arkansas. We are also the proud G Daddy and Marmee of little granddaughters, Lucy Clare Lampkin and Julia Frances Lampkin. He graduated from Moore Academy in 1943. Nearly all her relatives including brother, father and grandfather worked for W.T. Dry Fork is a historic plantation home located in the Sedan community near Camden, AL. My great, great grandmother Letitia Roberts Grimes, bought the home in 1869, two years after the death of her husband, my great, great grandfather, Wiley Grimes. Greek Revival style plantation house, built for Joseph Richard Hawthorne in 1854. Do you have any info on who to contact to get access to shoot some photographs? We are excited to welcome the Right Honorable Countess of Carnarvon of Downton Abbeys unforgettable Highclere Castle as the Guest Speaker of our 2023 Tour of Homes in Pine Apple! A membership form is available on our website: WilcoxHistoricalSociety.org. We need your help! Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. N.O. These photos are now available for purchase with the proceeds going to the Furman Historical Society for the work the group is doing to preserve its historic structures. Being elected from the girls are Nell Tait, Pug Hayes, Martha Sue Philpott, and Jackie Capell. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2023. Please see below for lunch menus. He was very intelligent and very dignified, always wearing the garb of a preacher of his day, a Prince Albert coat of broadcloth. The Club did various things to supplement the dues. We will be happy to review it for a future issue! We would like to thank members Tom and Sylvia Rushing for opening their home to us for this special event. The Golden Package includes: Private luncheon and photo opportunity w/ Lady Carnarvon Friday 3/24 11:00 am 1:00pm, Ticket to Tour of Homes, Pine Apple, AL Saturday 3/25-10:00 am-5:00pm. I am a documentary and fine art photographer. In other cases, furnishings locally crafted sought to mimic the styles of these imported pieces with more rudimentary craftsmanship. The amt. With your help we will make this years Tour another success. What a treasure. A fence is maintained around the cemetery. Mrs. M.F. To date, we have already sold over $10,000 in tickets to this years Tour. But in the early 1800s the Alabama River became a red carpet for the River Queens which churned and hooted through Alabamas cotton kingdom taking out the white gold and bringing in all the kingdom needed to sustain and enhance it from needles and plows to Italian marble and Parisian gowns. Various games were enjoyed, and an ice course was served. So, is this something you do every year? FELIX TAIT PLANTATION. We are very thankful for their continued support as a Platinum Sponsor of Tour this year as well as the Fox and Hen. Wed be interested in any other recommendations you might have. Once bustling points of traffic and travel, so much so that a typical one Prairie Bluff was at one time considered for the capitol of the state now largely obliterated by the onslaughts of time and neglect, they are still bleak reminders of a past which, though brightly embroidered by nostalgia, will ever be cherished as places of refined and gracious living. The two-story wood-frame house was built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of Federal style architecture. Together, the $77,500 in grant monies along with those pledged and raised through our Matching Fund Campaign, have generated over $100,000! But all will for years to come sprinkle the conversation of our native inhabitants: Yellow Jacket, Prairie, Clifton, Walnut and Hurricane Bluffs; Taits, Burfords, Ellis and Bridgeport landings; Cobbs and Millers Ferries, and many, many more.
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