by Steve Parrish Immediately before the Civil War began many of the general officers who were to ride into history were on active duty in the United States military service. I have discovered that there are some interesting stories related to how some of these generals fulfilled their destiny in the annals of American history. Let me tell you…
by Doug Preston Jacob Beverett served during the Revolutionary War from 17 October 1781, to July 1783. “Revolutionary Records Book V-4501, State Archives, Raleigh, N. C., Payments by Wilmington District Militia, No. 303 Militia, 6.12.” When Jacob came home he brought the bayonet he had used in the war as a memento. Jacob’s oldest son Joseph served during the…
by Steve Parrish Most of us at one time or another has heard the song, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” It is a folk song written in 1969, by Robbie Robertson of the group, The Band. We have heard the song many times and from artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and John…
bySteve Parrish My visit to the battlefield at Murphreesboro, Tennessee several years ago means more to me now than I ever thought it would. A man that I never even knew existed was killed on the very ground I walked upon. His name was Thomas Q. Stanford. I would once again walk where he walked…this time, it was where…
First Formal School for Colored Youth in NewvilleByJohnnie Mae Anderson After the Civil War, and the end of slavery, it seems that some funds were appropriated for the education of black children. Churches in the area organized the first colored schools in the vicinity of Newville and the schools were housed in these churches. Two such churches were Sweet…
Surveyed on the 2nd & 16th of December 06 by:Doug Preston, Sheila McClendon Preston, Roberta Whiddon Childs Located at the intersection of Henry Co. road 89 & 109. Directions to the cemetery from Newville: NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS Mixon, J. H. 27 Mar 1904 11 Jan 1925 Woodman of the World Marker Sessions, Mina T. 22 Oct 1901 6…
By Julia Watford Tye This small cemetery is located alongside State Highway 95 N in Henry County and is the final resting place of Washington Hamilton Peacock and his wife, Elizabeth Pennington, two pioneers who settled here soon after this area was declared the state of Alabama. They homesteaded on land located in the northeast part of the county…
1890 – 1998Tumbleton, Alabama by T. Larry Smith Presented today will be short brief synopsis of The History of the New Zion Freewill Baptist Church in Henry County, Alabama. No church records are available before circa 1922. Early church information is difficult to obtain and is an on-going process. Anyone with church information prior to 1922, please share it…
By Roberta Whiddon Childs In 1876, a group of people began meeting under a brush arbor in this community. I can just see those people in wagons or walking down dirt roads coming to Sunday meeting. They did this for five years. Tired of the wet and the cold, the little congregation decided to build a church in 1881….
By Linda Sowell The New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church began its existence in 1874 when a traveling preacher named Chesshire rode through and determined that this community south of Texasville was in need of a church. At the time, the area was thickly populated and the site had a cemetery known as the Cook graveyard which made it…
