S.F1, D3, Folder 1
- Baldwin
- Baldwin boasts champion trees, by Jean Marie McDonnell
- Early Alabama inhabitants from the 1816 Mississippi Census
S.F1, D3, Folder 2
- Bibb
- Alabama records – volume 166, compiled by Kathleen Paul Jones and Pauline Jones Ganrud
S.F1, D3, Folder 3
- Choctaw
- 1850 Census, Choctaw County, AL
- Bladon Springs was once a world famous resort
- Brannon, Peter, untitled article with a picture of a house called Oakchia
- Choctaw County Courthouse picture
- Genealogical Research in Choctaw County
- Index, Choctaw County, AL, County seat – Butler
- Business Directory
- County Index
- Facts about land descriptions
- General Highway map
- Index to owners
- Illustrated map of Choctaw County
- Mason, Ware picture
- Sims War [Butler, AL] by Terry Keeter
- Sims War shootings shocked Bladon Springs
S.F1, D3, Folder 4
- Clark
- One index card listing three marriages
S.F1, D3, Folder 5
- Green County
- Alabama Genealogical Register, September – December 1963
- Greene County was created in 1819 Historical Chronicles
- Greene County, AL records, orphans court book A
- Index to Green County, AL marriages
- Maubila
- Records of Green County, AL, wills and estates
S.F1, D3, Folder 6
- Soil Survey, Green County, AL
S.F1, D3, Folder 7
- Marengo
- Marengo County, AL, French settlement and land grants
- Marengo County, AL marriages, 1818-1828
- Marengo County Alabama, settlement of estates
- Marengo County Directory for 1860-1861
S.F1, D3, Folder 8
- Marengo County History articles
o Administration gives way to organized labor, Joel D. Jones, March 28, 1946
o Agee family scatters over state, Joel D. Jones, June 15, 1933
o Alabama establishes first school in 1779, Joel D. Jones, October 12, 1944
o Austill settles at Tallapoosa, St. Stephens, Joel D. Jones, April 5, 1945
o Base running highlights early baseball games, Joel D. Jones, April 12, 1945
o Beesons rear four college presidents, inventor, Joel D. Jones, June 1, 1944
o Blood thirsty Indians massacre Ogleys, Joel D. Jones, July 20, 1944
o Bolen family migrates from South Carolina to Wilcox, Joel D. Jones, Oct. 11, 1945
o Boy leaves home because parents won’t mind, Joel D. Jones, August 3, 1944
o Brave man will walk into jaws of death, Joel D. Jones, September 12, 1946
o Buggy days saw road accidents, no deaths, Joel D. Jones, May 30, 1946
o Cade brothers endured dangers, toils, hardships, Joel D. Jones, January 6, 1943
o Cade brothers helped drive Creek Indians from their land in Clarke County before 1825, Joel D. Jones, October 18, 1990
o Calhoun builds ‘Tulip Mill’, log school house, Joel D. Jones, April 27, 1944
o Canebrake, level sandy lands bring settlers, Joel D. Jones, November 4, 1943
o Captain Webb serves Confederate, Joel D. Jones, December 15, 1932
o Carltons settle in McKinley, Linden, Joel D. Jones, April 19, 1945
o China trees planted in 1821 mark Eaglesville, Joel D. Jones, October 28, 1943
o Claim Andrew Jackson cut through Marengo, Joel D. Jones, October 21, 1943
o Changes in 60 years seem like new world Joel D. Jones, June 29, 1944
o Cherry case proves right of paper to criticize, Joel D. Jones, August 31, 1944
o Clark family migrates from Virginia, Joel D. Jones, February 16, 1932
o Clouds break, sun rises upon Southerners effort, Joel D. Jones, March 23, 1944
o Colonel Moody led county home guards, Joel D. Jones, March 2, 1944
o Colonials throw heretical preacher Drinkard in jail, force family to flee to Virginia, Joel D. Jones, February 10, 1944
o Confederate veterans gather for last reunion, Joel D. Jones, May 24, 1945
o County builds first courthouse of logs in Linden, Joel D. Jones, November 18, 1943
o County candidate’s jolly fellow of vain conceit, Joel D. Jones, September 27, 1945
o County soldier writes about life in Holland, Joel D. Jones, January 11, 1945
o Demopolis site recalls romantic history, Joel D. Jones, November 23, 1944
o DoC erects memorial to faithful negroes, Joel D. Jones, April 26, 1945
o Dr. Barnes writes, carves wood with skill, Joel D. Jones, June 21, 1945
o Dr. Griffin assists in getting railroad in arena, Joel D. Jones, May 11, 1944
o Dr. Huggins serves south in war; farms, Joel D. Jones, February 15, 1945
o Drinkards emigrate from Scotland to Marengo, Joel D. Jones, February 10, 1944
o Driver Sam gave nickname ‘Yellowhammer’, Joel D. Jones, January 18, 1945
o Duggar family comes from Virginia in 1800’s; Robert Henry Duggar serves as physician in war, Joel D. Jones, May 13, 1943
o Dunaway offers unusual marriage ceremony, Joel D. Jones, September 28, 1944
o Dunning family men serve Confederacy, Joel D. Jones, January 13, 1944
o Dunning family settles in Marengo, serves in army, Joel D. Jones, January 13, 1944
o Early politicians kept promises, clear records while in office, Joel D. Jones, February 21, 1946
o Early settlers locate at White Hall, establish lodge, Joel D. Jones, November 11, 1943
o Early settlers were Agee, Allen, Alston, Jackson, Jones, Hosea, Skinner, Webb…, Joel D. Jones, November 4, 1943
o Early Sweet Water settlers establish church, store, Joel D. Jones, December 2, 1943
o Early towns see hopes perish, glory fade, Joel D. Jones, September 20, 1945
o Ex Governor’s remarks free potential killer, Joel D. Jones, January 3, 1946
o Family observes goats with strange fits, Joel D. Jones, February 1, 1945
o Famous circus celebrity corn in Linden in 1940, Joel D. Jones
o Farm boys form habits like squirrels, Joel D. Jones, May 25, 1946
o First Alabama settlers travel Indian paths, Joel D. Jones, October 4, 1945
o First public school opens in 1852, Joel D. Jones, November 3, 1932
o Former countian wonders about families, Joel D. Jones, July 5, 1945
o French Huguenots move to settle Demopolis, Joel D. Jones, October 28, 1943
o Ft. Toulouse thrives after 1714 erection, Joel D. Jones, July 6, 1944
o Gaines settle in Marengo, become citizens, Joel D. Jones, December 30, 1943
o Gambling politics can ruin a man’s life, Joel D. Jones, October 5, 1944
o General Grant surrenders to death in 1885, Joel D. Jones, January 31, 1946
o Germans indicate will to fight to death in war, Joel D. Jones, December 28, 1944
o Grammar makes conversation difficult, Joel D. Jones, November 29, 1945
o Grant family were early settlers, Joel D. Jones, February 23, 1933
o Griffin enjoys ‘old times’ not ‘present times’, Joel D. Jones, January 4, 1945
o G.W. Gaines lived in Demopolis in 1835; owned plantations, established landings, [Joel D. Jones], October 11, 1990
o Hand combat wards off Indian attack in river, Joel D. Jones, March 29, 1945
o Haven’t seen better place to live than Marengo, Joel D. Jones, June 29, 1946
o History of Marengo County to begin, Joel D. Jones, October 7, 1943
o History proves American leaders wrong, Joel D. Jones, September 13, 1945
o Huckabee family becomes early Marengo settlers, Joel D. Jones, May 4, 1944
o Indians continue battle with settlers for land, Joel D. Jones, March 22, 1945
o Inflation already develops in America, Joel D. Jones, September 19, 1946
o Jail Rube Burrows in Linden, Joel D. Jones, November 29, 1934
o Jeremiah Austill recounts hardships, Joel D. Jones, March 15, 1945
o Judge Elmore dies in Demopolis after law career, Joel D. Jones, February 17, 1944
o Joe Gallion from Tennessee helped build railroad to county; village took his name, Joel D. Jones, September 1, 1943
o Joel D. Jones dies; writes own obituary as column, Joel D. Jones, July 4, 1946
o Joel Jones begins History of Marengo County with this column written October 14, 1943
o Joel Jones writes final ‘Old Times’, Joel D. Jones, September 26, 1946
o John Ball saves baptizing suit for funeral, Joel D. Jones, June 7, 1945
o John Privitt’s dogs hunted more than possums, Joel D. Jones, August 24, 1944
o Jones adds Hasty family record to county history, Joel D. Jones, July 27, 1944
o Jones break dam during typhoid outbreak, Joel D. Jones, January 27, 1914
o Jones closes history with sketch of his life, Joel D. Jones, June 8, 1944
o Jones names Dunnings as one of best families, Joel D. Jones, January 20, 1944
o Jones continues descriptive trip to Mobile, Joel D. Jones, March 14, 1946
o Jones describes small communities in Marengo, Joel D. Jones, November 25, 1943
o Jones gives ‘don’ts’ about marriage, Joel D. Jones, Nov. 1, 1945
o Jones lists Marengo County officers for 65 years, Joel D. Jones, April 6, 1944
o Jones obliges friend with election results, Joel D. Jones, January 17, 1946
o Jones recalls Alliance election of 1890, Joel D. Jones, August 22, 1946
o Jones recalls judges Taylor, Cunningham, Prowell, etc., Joel D. Jones, Dec. 27, 1945
o Jones recalls jury, ‘being own grandfather’, Joel D. Jones, May 31, 1945
o Jones recalls Sam Nelson family for reader, Joel D. Jones, Oct. 25, 1945
o Jones reflects on past at 85th birthday, Joel D. Jones, January 24, 1946
o Jones returns to ‘old times, present times’, Joel D. Jones, June 15, 1944
o Jones settle Marengo County at Jefferson, Joel D. Jones, February 3, 1944
o Jones travels by steamboat up Tombigbee from Mobile, Joel D. Jones, April 4, 1946
o Jones writes humor is a funny thing, Joel D. Jones, April 18, 1946
o J.N. Lister operates telegraph in Demopolis, Joel D. Jones, April 27, 1944
o Judge Clarke serves county, state politics, Joel D. Jones, September 6, 1945
o Klan organizes in Tennessee in 1866, Joel D. Jones, July 25, 1946
o Lack of relatives causes neglect of old cemetery, Joel D. Jones, September 24, 1944
o Lady records Fourth of July train ride, Joel D. Jones, Oct. 18, 1945
o Large crowd attends unveiling of memorial, Joel D. Jones, April 13, 1944
o Legislature passes first public school law in 1826, Joel D. Jones, October 19, 1944
o Letter warns friend of storm in Tuscaloosa, Joel D. Jones, May 9, 1946
o Linden has resources to make it one of best, Joel D. Jones, November 8, 1945
o Linden should keep old cemetery clean, Joel D. Jones, August 23, 1945
o Lists Confederate soldiers from Marengo, Joel D. Jones, June 27, 1946
o Luxuries include fresh home grown foods, Dec. 20, 1945
o Lyons family become early Marengo settlers, Joel D. Jones, December 23, 1943
o Many changes take place since 1879, Joel D. Jones, May 16, 1946
o Marengo Convention of 1890 picks delegates, Joel D. Jones, August 29, 1946
o Marengo County soldiers fight for Confederacy, Joel D. Jones, March 9, 1944
o Marengo loses brave historic men in war, Joel D. Jones, February 24, 1944
o Marengo loses brave, heroic men in armed aggression by invaders from the North, Joel D. Jones, February 24, 1945
o Marengo’s Millers come from German origin, Joel D. Jones, April 20, 1944
o Masons have become indifferent, Joel D. Jones, December 1, 1932
o Men always carried guns in early days; cared little for money – loved dogs, hunting, Joel D. Jones, November 11, 1943
o Miller graveyard found in railroad survey, Joel D. Jones, June 17, 1943
o Minge family moves to Alabama in 1833, Joel D. Jones, December 14, 1944
o Morgan champion southern cause, Joel D. Jones, June 8, 1933
o Most Alabama forts have been abandoned, lost, Joel D. Jones, July 13, 1944
o Most Millers are related in US, Joel D. Jones, August 16, 1934
o Mule refuses to be caught, Joel D. Jones, Dec. 13, 1945
o Name Marengo compliments, Joel D. Jones, November 24, 1932
o Not many interested in cleaning up cemetery, Joel D. Jones, June 22, 1944
o Old Dave works steady at 126, [Joel D. Jones], November 17, 1932
o Old families will interest future generations, Joel D. Jones, November 22, 1945
o Old Spring Hill features rich canebrake lands, Joel D. Jones, November 25, 1943
o Old times change in Monroeville to present, Joel D. Jones, June 28, 1945
o People pile war wreckage from homes, Joel D. Jones, August 16, 1945
o Peppenhorst holds reunion near Magnolia, Joel D. Jones, May 2, 1946
o Perry serves state as first superintendent, Joel D. Jones, October 26, 1944
o Picturesque wedding highlights life in 1890, Joel D. Jones, November 30, 1944
o Pitts family has close Marengo ties, Joel D. Jones, July 26, 1934
o Pitts family settle near Uniontown, serve in war, Joel D. Jones, May 18, 1944
o Poellnitz, statesman, farms at Rembert Hills, Joel D. Jones, November 16, 1944
o Praise the good while they’re alive, Joel D. Jones, December 22, 1932
o Present war will bring reconstruction period, Joel D. Jones, March 16, 1944
o Progress causes game to find new territory, Joel D. Jones, August 30, 1945
o Recalling George Gaines Lyon’s family ties to early Marengo County settlers, Joel D. Jones, December 23, 1943
o Reconstruction causes deeper scars than war, Joel D. Jones, June 6, 1946
o Relics of Sam Bass crop up after war, Joel D. Jones, September 5, 1946
o Remember what June [1]4 [, Flag Day,] stands for and be proud, Martin J. Johnson, no date
o Scalawags took control after war, Joel D. Jones, September 15, 1932
o School board member shows ‘intelligence’, Joel D. Jones, January 10, 1946
o Schools hold oyster supper, tacky party, Joel D. Jones, August 15, 1946
o Settler describes packing cotton, traveling to Louisiana, Joel D. Jones, February 22, 1945
o Settlers build forts to await Indian onslaught, Joel D. Jones, March 1, 1945
o Settlers organize Alabama’s first Baptist Church – Flint River, near Huntsville in 1808, Joel D. Jones, September 9, 1943
o Seven Remberts drown when [steamer] Gardner burns, Joel D. Jones, December 16, 1943
o Seventeen claim to be Jesse James, Joel D. Jones, June 13, 1946
o Shiloh Baptists organize in July, 1827; become Bethel Association member in 1840, Joel D. Jones, August 26, 1943
o South celebrates independence Christmas, Joel D. Jones, July 12, 1945
o Southern people rise to free themselves of oppression, Joel D. Jones, March 23, 1944
o Schools differ in log houses, low salaries, Joel D. Jones, April 25, 1946
o Screamersville holds circuit court in Mrs. Irby’s home, blacksmith shop, Joel D. Jones, February 14, 1946
o Soldier continues narration of war times, Joel D. Jones, July 26, 1945
o Soldier in Germany writes of experiences, Joel D. Jones, July 19, 1945
o Soldier’s letter: ‘Grass grows between cobblestones’, Joel D. Jones, August 9, 1945
o Soldiers fight for clean county for children, Joel D. Jones, February 8, 1945
o St. Albans Lodge hosts first Masonic conference, Joel D. Jones, August 10, 1944
o Star of Bethlehem appears every 315 years, Joel D. Jones, Dec. 6, 1945
o State archives house Demopolis collection, Joel D. Jones, June 14, 1945
o Strikers sacrifice life of son for few more dollars, Joel D. Jones, November 2, 1944
o Sturdivants settle in old White Hall, Joel D. Jones, August 5, 1943
o Sudden scare makes goats ‘epileptic’, Joel D. Jones, January 25, 1945
o Surveyor learns to say no to railroad promoter, Joel D. Jones, September 7, 1944
o Tait family survives Indian uprising, Joel D. Jones, August 8, 1946
o Territorial legislature creates Marengo County, Joel D. Jones, October 14, 1943
o Thomas H. Dunning settles near birthplace; after wife’s death, moves to Thomaston, Joel D. Jones, January 20, 1944
o Three denominations are principle in area, Joel D. Jones, April 11, 1946
o Through Indian attacks, lives continue, Joel D. Jones, March 8, 1945
o Tornado of 1890 leaves path of destruction, Joel D. Jones, November 9, 1944
o Tornado sweeps destruction through Hoboken, Joel D. Jones, September 14, 1944
o To succeed one must venture, risk, Joel D. Jones, December 7, 1944
o Tower couldn’t duck, buzz proves fatal, Joel D. Jones, August 2, 1945
o Traveler journeys from Marion to Faunsdale, Joel D. Jones, March 7, 1946
o Treaty marks Choctaw – Creek line, Joel D. Jones, September 7, 1934
o Tuckers descend from Troy king, Joel D. Jones, November 10, 1932
o Typhoid breaks out, Mrs. Jones destroys mill dam, Joel D. Jones, January 27, 1944
o Vineland, Surginer make up Pineville Precinct Joel D. Jones, December 9, 1943
o We love to think of great men, [Joel D. Jones], December 29, 1932
o West Alabama has 75% of state’s slaves, Joel D. Jones, February 7, 1946
o William Weatherford led raids, Joel D. Jones, March 7, 1933
o Wood emigrates to Alabama, Joel D. Jones, February 9, 1933
o Woolf family serves community in politics, war, Joel D. Jones, May 25, 1944
o World has little use for a quitter, Joel D. Jones, November 15, 1945
o Writer rambles readers along rural route, Joel D. Jones, February 28, 1946
o Young people toted shoes, Joel D. Jones, October 26, 1932
S.F1, D3, Folder 9
- Miscellaneous
- A few pages from the Alabama Census, 1831-1839
- Alabama map, no date
- Alabama map, no date
- Alabama map, December 1819
- Alabama map, part of Mississippi territory 1800-1808
- Alabama map, 1812-1816
- Alabama map, 1823
- Alabama map, 1861-1865, from official war records atlas
- Alabama map with the roads and distances from place to place along the stage and steam boat routes
- Alabama ranges, townships, and sections; plat showing location of townships and ranges within the Huntsville and St. Stephens meridians, in the state of Alabama
- Background on Ball’s map, Southwestern Alabama past and present
- Clarke County map
- John Melish map of Alabama, October 29, 1818, superimposed on a modern map showing lines formed by the last Indian Treaties and boundaries fixed before that date.
- Memorial Record of Alabama, Historical and Biographical, by Hilary A. Herbert
- Memorial Record of Alabama, Historical and Biographical, Volume 2 -1893, by Hilary A. Herbert,
- Memorial Record of Alabama, Historical and Biographical, Volume II – 1893, by Hilary A. Herbert, Sumter County, Pickens County, and Marengo County
- Per capita income estimates for states, counties, and sub county areas, July 1, 1988, population and calendar year 1987
S.F1, D3, Folder 10
- Miscellaneous early Alabama
o Alabama map with the roads and distances from place to place along the stage and steam boat routes
o Alabama map, 1816
o Early Alabama inhabitants from the 1816 Mississippi census
o Gulf of Mexico map in French
o Jackson County, AL 1860 Mortuary Schedule
o La Floride map (old map of the South in French)
o Marengo County, AL French Settlement and Land Grants
o Mobile County, Alabama tombstone inscriptions
o Tombigbee River survey showing British patents and other claims, 1806
S.F1, D3, Folder 11
- Mobile
o Ellicott Stone
o Mobile County Cajuns by Laura Frances Murphy, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Spring issue 1930
o Oakleigh Garden Historic District
S.F1, D3, Folder 12
- Monroe
- Alabama courthouses destroyed by fire
- Historic Marker – U.S. Hwy 11, York, AL
- Some 1819 residents of north Alabama in the Cherokee nation from the United States territorial papers, Alabama territory
S.F1, D3, Folder 13
- Pickens County
o Memorial Record of Alabama, a concise account of the state’s political, military professional and industrial progress together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, Chapter 7: Alabama in Federal Politics by Hon. Hilary A. Herbert
o Pickens County pensioners
o The Southern Country Store Revisited: A Test Case by Kenneth R. Wesson
S.F1, D3, Folder 14
- Sumter County articles
o Continuation of Sumter’s early towns from early voting lists
o Frank Grove remembers much about Sumter County
o History of Sumter County, A.W. Dillard
o History of Sumter County, AL, Livingston Journal, April 15, 1886
o History of Sumter County, talk delivered over WAPI by Hon. Jenkins Jackson at the time of the salute to Sumter County by Protective Life Insurance Co., Oct. 20, 1932
o Old Times, Livingston Journal, March 19, 1880
o The Race War in Sumter, AL, The News, Aug. 6, 1870
o Significant Facts about Sumter County and Livingston, AL by Ralph M. Lyon
o A Sketch of the Early History of Sumter County [series of newspaper articles, circa July 30, 1959
o The Choctaw Nation
o The Okchoys
o The French
o The British
o The Spanish
o The French
o The White Settlers
o A New County Organized
o Flush Times in Sumter County
o Religious Life
o Education
o Social Life
o A Summary of the History of Sumter County, prior to the Civil War
o Sumter County, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume 15, 1953
o Sumter County – Its advantages and a bit of its history, Alabama State Journal, Aug. 9, 1869
S.F1, D3, Folder 15
- Sumter Bridges
- Appropriations approved by commissioner’s court of Sumter County, AL for building or repairing county bridges. February 1837 to August 1858.
- Map reproduced from map of Livingston, AL which was recorded on the 6th, day of May 1839. Deed record E page 1, by Roberts and Sons of Birmingham, AL. Filed for record 26thof June 1953. Wilbur E. Dearman, Judge of Probate – Sumter County, AL
S.F1, D3, Folder 16
- Sumter Buildings
o Building Alabama’s Courthouses – Sumter County Courthouse, Samuel A. Rumore, Jr., The Alabama Lawyer, September 1994
o Four Courthouses in [Sumter] County, Jenkins Jackson
o Sumter County, AL Jails
o Sumter’s Third Courthouse
o Sumter’s Four Courthouses compiled by Jud K. Arrington
S.F1, D3, Folder 17
- Sumter Census
o 1855 Census, Sumter County, AL
o 1866 Census
o Census of Sumter County, AL 1866 by D. L. Ayers
o Letter to Aubrey dated April 22, 1987
o Sumter County [brief facts from 1980]
o Population
o Communications
o Government
o Education
o Labor Force
S.F1, D3, Folder 18
- Sumter Election Results
o Bagby’s Mill election
o Consolidated return of the general election in Sumter County, Aug. 7, 1837
o Constable election, July 8, 1843
o Election returns, August 1859
o General Election precincts list, July 2, 1844
o Hugh L. White for President, Livingston Journal, August 9, 1836
o List of the votes at Black Bluff
o Magistrate election, August 28, 1841
o Official returns of the election in Sumter County, August 1843
o Official returns of the election, for Sumter County, August 5, 1844
o Official vote of Sumter County, AL, August 6, 1877
o Official vote of the county of Sumter, election Nov. 3, 1874
o Progress of registration, Livingston Journal, 7/20/1867
S.F1, D3, Folder 19
- Sumter Folk History
- Rich Amerson (1893-)
- Earthy Anne Coleman (1889-)
- Vera Hall (1906-1964)
- List of Christian songs
- Dock Reed (1898-1979)
- Slave Sayings
S.F1, D3, Folder 20
- Sumter – Historical Resources
1. Historical Record – Sumter County , AL vol. 1-6
2. Inventory of contents of probate court vault
3. List of NC people who went to AL (1823-1833)
4. Map of Sumter County
5. Newspaper loan agreement
6. Price Quotations for printing
7. Publications Committee Projects
8. Sumter County , AL county records brought to archives
9. Sumter County , AL , Joseph E. Stegall and Jud K. Arrington
- Index Wills and Estate Administrations 1834-1884
- Register of Deaths 1881-1892
- Cemetery Records
- Early County History
10. Sumter County , AL probate records inventory as of June, 1977
11. Sumter County newspapers inventory
- The Cuba Advertiser
- Cuba Advertiser and Sumter Enterprise
- The Cuba Banner
- The Gainesville Dispatch and Reporter
- The Gainesville Messenger
- The Gainesville Reporter
- The Gainesville Time
- The Geiger Times
- The Livingston Journal
- The News
- Our Southern Home
- Sumter County Banner
- Sumter County Call and Sumter Enterprise
- Sumter County Journal
- The Sumter Record
- Sumter County Sentinel
- Sumter County Sun
- Sumter County Whig
- Sumter Democrat
- Sumter Enterprise
- Voice of Sumter
- York Herald
- York News
- York Times
- York Weekly Press
S.F1, D3, Folder 21
- Sumter Historical Society
o A Bibliography of writings about Sumter County, AL and its people, by Ralph M. Lyon
o Letter from Jud Arrington to Richard Holland about the six volumes of Sumter
o Certificate of Incorporation of the Sumter County Historical Society
o County History compiled by the late Judge Wilbur E. Dearman
o Gainesville – Sumter Heritage Days brochure and pictures, May 14, 1994
o The Newsletter of the Sumter County Historical Society, July 1994
o Sumter County Heritage Days pictures, 1993
o Sumter County Heritage Days Brochure, April 26-28, 1996
o Welcome to Sumter Counter, AL 150th Birthday Party brochure
S.F1, D3, Folder 22
- Sumter History
o Alabama Records by Pauline Jones Gandrud and Kathleen Paul Jones
o An Act to establish Sumter County
o A Coloring Book Honoring Sumter County’s Sesquicentennial Celebration
o Early History of Sumter County, Sumter County Journal – Aug. 10, 1939
o Historic Sumter County Brochure
o Historical Atlas of Alabama, vol. 1, Historical locations by county, edited by W. Craig Remington and Thomas J. Kallsen
o History of Sumter County – talk delivered over WAPI by Honorable Jenkins Jackson at the time of the salute to Sumter County by Protective Life Insurance Co. Thursday, Oct. 20th 1932
o History of Sumter County newspaper articles, Gainesville Times, beginning Nov. 10, 1932
o A sketch of the early history of Sumter County
o The Choctaw Nation
o The Okchoys
o The French
o The British
o The Spanish
o The French
o The United States of America
o The Choctaw Treaty of 1830
o The White Settlers
o A New County Organized
o Flush Times in Sumter County
o Transportation and Communication
o Pushmataha
o Brigadier General Thomas Sumter, 1734-1832
o Stream that flows five ways during a rain
o A summary of the History of Sumter County, prior to the Civil War
o Sumter County Historical Data and other items of interest in Sumter County and its towns from County Newspapers and County Public Records compiled by Jud K. Arrington
o Sumter County from Riley’s Guide Book of Alabama
o Sumter County History note cards
o Sumter County – Its advantages and a bit of its history, Aug. 9, 1869
o Sumter County Revolutionary War Soldiers collected by Elizabeth B. Stegall
S.F1, D3, Folder 23
- Sumter Land
- Indian Mounds
- Mineral Springs and Wells in Sumter County, AL, Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D, History of Alabama, Vol. II
o Beavers’ Well
o Hales’ Well
o Hightowers’ Well
o Jones’ Spring
o Livingston Well
o Mills’ Well
o York Mineral Well
o Mineral Springs – Sumter County, AL
o Those above plus Altman Well
S.F1, D3, Folder 24
- Sumter List of Licenses
- List of licenses issued to the close of the first week in June 1869
- Register of Motor Vehicles Sumter County
S.F1, D3, Folder 25
- Sumter Mail
- Discontinued Post Offices
o Bluffport
o Bodka
o Bond
o Boyd
o Brewersville
o Dial
o Derby
o Dove
o Gaston
o Hamner
o Jamestown
o Ivy
o Lilita
o McDowell
o Ramsey
o Rosser
o Sumter
o Sumterville
o Suydenham
o Thornville
o Walk
- Early Post Roads
- Early United States Mail to and through Sumter County, AL
- Post office at Gaston, Livingston Journal, January 1867
- Post office at Jones’ Bluff, Livingston Journal, May 25, 1867
- Sumter County Early Towns
o Ash Grove
o Bagby’s Mill
o Big Rock
o Candy’s Landing
o Chiles
o Coke’s Chapel
o Geiger
o Grant’s Store
o Hickory Hill
o Ivy
o Milton
o Roper
o Livingston
o Millville
o Moscow
o Penola
o Tompkinsville
o Quilby Town
o Warsaw
o Whitfield
o Yarbrough’s
- Sumter County Post Offices
o Belmont
o Bennett Station
o Berlin
o Curl
o Fair Oaks
o Intercourse
o Kinterbish
o Payneville
o Pearceville
o Peel’s Mill
o Penola
o Preston
o Sherman
o Sumterville
o Walk
S.F1, D3, Folder 26
- Sumter Maps
- Alabama Courthouses destroyed by fire
- Demopolis Land Dist.
- Estate of John H. Sheread Land Sale
- General Highway Map of Sumter County, AL, 1950
- Guide to Sumter County on back of Gainesville – Sumter Heritage Days brochure, 1993
- Lake Gainesville Estates, 1985
- McLemore’s map of Sumter County, AL, 1917
- Mills, Altman, and McConnell Survey
- North Highlands, a residential park for York, AL, 1923
- Pinehurst addition to town of York, AL
S.F1, D3, Folder 27
- Sumter County Maps
o Cobb’s Crossing Hunting Club
o Jones Lot addition to Grant City
o Map showing property of Mary Smith and Allison Smith, 1910
o Sumter, The Game Cock County since 1735 under six flags
S.F1, D3, Folder 28
- Sumter Maps
o General Highway Map, Sumter County, AL, drawn by L.W. Hardin
o Map of the town of Livingston, AL, May 6, 1839
o McLemore’s map of Sumter County, AL, 1917
o Swamp map of Sumter County
o Sumter, the Game Cock County since 1735 under six flags
o Sumter County map – 1853, from J.H. Colton and Co. m
o Sumter County, AL Original Plat map, township 20, range 1 west
o Welcome to Sumter County, AL Guide to Tourist and Historic Sites brochure
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- Sumter Plat Maps
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- Sumter History
o A Coloring Book Honoring Sumter County’s Sesquicentennial Celebration, made by the fourth grade class at Sumter Academy, York, AL December, 1982
o Alabama Records by Pauline Jones Gandrud and Kathleen Paul Jones
o An Act to establish Sumter County
o Arrington, Jud K., Talk made to York Progressive Study Club, March 10, 1983
o Early History of Sumter County, Sumter County Journal, Aug. 10, 1939
o Historic Sumter County brochure
o Historical Atlas of Alabama vol. 1, Historical Locations by County, edited by W. Craig Remington and Thomas J. Kallsen
o History of Sumter County talk delivered over WAPI by Hon. Jenkins Jackson at the time of the salute to Sumter County by Protective Life Insurance Co., October 20, 1932
o Index Cards of Sumter County History
o A Sketch of the Early History of Sumter County
o The Choctaw Nation
o The Okchoys
o The French
o The British
o The United States of America
o The Choctaw Treaty of 1830
o The White Settlers
o A New County Organized
o Flush Times in Sumter County
o Transportation and Communication
o Pushmataha
o Stream that flows five ways during a rain
o A Summary of the History of Sumter County, prior to the Civil War
o Sumter, Brigadier General Thomas (1734-1832)
o Sumter County – its advantages and a bit of its history, Gainesville, AL, Aug. 9, 1869
o Sumter County from Riley’s Guide Book of Alabama
o Sumter County Historical Data and other items of interest in Sumter County and its towns from County Newspapers and County Public Records, compiled by Jud K. Arrington
- Brewersville
- Coatopa
- Cuba
- Epes
- Gainesville
- Geiger
- Livingston
- Panola
- Sumter County
- Ward
- Warsaw
- York Station
o Sumter County Revolutionary War Soldiers collected by Elizabeth B. Stegall
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- Sumter and Choctaw Maps
- Choctaw County
- Gainesville, AL map, 1947
- Geiger Map
- Greene County Map by Snedecor, 1856
- Sumter County, AL, 1853, J.H. Colton and Co.
- Sumter County, AL before 1847
- York Map, 1888
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- Sumter and Choctaw Maps
- Choctaw County, AL map 1950
- Gaston Map
- Greene County
- Hurricane Tracking Map
- Sumter County, AL general highway map
- Sumter County Swamp map
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- Sumter and Choctaw County Maps – ownership
- 1917 McLemore Map
- Adams and Treadway
- Choctaw County Land Ownership map
- Sumter County Land Ownership map
- Township 16, Range 1, East
- Township 17, Range 1, W, circa 1835
- Township 17, Range 3, W
- Township 23 North
- Valuable Land Sale, Sumter County Whig, Oct. 24, 1843
- Warsaw
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- Sumter Marriage Records
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- Sumter Marriage – Women
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- Sumter – Miscellaneous
- 1850 Mortuary Schedule
- Beats
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- Bound volumes – county newspapers at Coleman Center
- Various newspapers from 1892-1989
- Nelle Morris Jenkins’ notes for Pioneer Families of Sumter County, AL
- Sumter County, AL County newspapers inventory, Probate Record Room, July 1, 1996
- Sumter County Newspapers and Their Editors, 1836-1900, Nelle Morris Jenkins
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- Sumter Organizations
o D.U.D.’s of Livingston, AL
o Knights of Pythias, R.H. Hale, York Times, 6/20/1891
o Knights of Pythias, Melvin M. Ewen
o [Ku Klux Klan], J.G. Hester, U.S. Detective
o Sparkman Hunting Club
o Sumter County Fine Arts Council
o Sumter County Nature Trust
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- Sumter Places
o Fort Tombecbee 1735-1822 pamphlet
o Historical Fort Being Devastated, Sumter County Journal, June 24, 1921
o History of Fort Tombecbee, The Epes Tribune, May 27, 1915
o Manuscript of place names
o Much History Surrounds Fort Tombecbee, Sumter County Journal, July 27, 1939
o Old Fort Tombecbee
o British Occupation (1763-1768)
o Spanish Occupation (1794-1797)
o Old Fort Tombecbee, B.F. Riley, Livingston Journal, April 30, 1885
o Sandtuck
o Sumter County Early Towns, taken from early voter lists
o Ash Grove
o Bagby’s Mill
o Big Rock
o Candy’s Landing
o Chiles
o Coke’s Chapel
o Geiger
o Grant’s Store
o Hickory Hill
o Ivy
o Livingston
o Millville
o Milton
o Moscow
o Penola
o Quilby Town
o Roper
o Tompkinsville
o Warsaw
o Whitfield
o Yarbrough
- Sumter County Place Names: a selection, by Virginia Oden Foscue
o Alamuchee
o Alexander
o Anvil
o Arrington
o Bell Station
o Black Bluff
o Bluff Port
o Charcone
o Hixon
o Hobby
o Lacy
o Millville
o McCainville
o McConnell
o Patton’s Hill
o Red Level
o Shelbyville
o Standard
o Stonewall
o Tombecbee, Sumter County Whig, July 4, 1855
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- Sumter – Professional Occupations
- Early Doctors of Sumter County, AL compiled by Jud K. Arrington
- Former Sheriffs of Sumter County
- Judges of Probate Court, from organization in 1832 through 1977
- Malarial Fevers in Sumter County from The Appendix of Medical Papers
- Medical Men of Sumter County, AL, by R.D. Spratt, M.D.
- Pack, Dr. Robert W.
- Medical Notice Livingston Journal, January 20, 1866
- Meeting of Physicians, Livingston Journal, January 24, 1866
- Modern Dentistry in Livingston in 1917
- [Physicians of Sumter County]
- Scholl, Dr. E. H.
- Sketches of the Lawyers of West Alabama, A.W. Dillard, 1871
- Sumter County Doctors of 1840’s
- Sumter County Hospitals, 1985, a talk made by Jud K. Arrington from the files of Nelle Morris Jenkins and book, Medical Men of Sumter County, AL by R.D. Spratt
- Sumter County Lawyers in 1845
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- Sumter – Taxes
- Assessment of taxes on real estate, Sumter County, 1859
- List of taxable property
- Tax collectors returns for 1834
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- Sumter Voter Lists
- Constable Election, December 9, 1834
- County Elections, 1844
- County Elections, 1845
- County Elections, 1846
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- Sumter Voter Lists
o Congress of the Confederate States of America, Nov. 6, 1861
o Election, 1833
o Election, 1834
o Election, 1835
o Election, 1836
o Election, 1841
o Election, 1842
o Election, 1843
o Election, 1844
o Election, 1847
o Election, 1849
o Election, 1850
o Election, 1852
o Election, 1853
o Election, 1856
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- Sumter – Voter Lists – 1834-1861
- Old Voter Lists, Sumter County, AL, 1834-1861
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- Sumter Voter Records, most without dates, few 1835 and 1837
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- Washington County
- Old St. Stephens, The Territorial Capital
- Washington County, AL, Marriages, 1826-1856
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- Kemper County, MS
- Building warehouses Kemper History, Dorothy Thompson, Meridian Star, August 14, 1988
- The Dekalb Tragedy
- Kemper County Historical Association, Dedication of Kemper County Historical Museum pamphlet, August 14, 1988
- Kemper County Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1833-1983 pamphlet
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- Lauderdale County, MS
o Alphabetized List of Marriages – Male Name
o Alphabetized list of Marriages – Female Name
o County Officials who received Mississippi Laws (1824-1838)
o Justices of Peace who received Mississippi Laws
o Lands in Lauderdale County, MS which were taxable March 1, 1841 compiled under the direction of James T. Dawson, 1986
o Name of Jurors – May Term 1839
o Names of Jurors drawn for November Term 1839
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- Newton, MS
o Sales receipts for land
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- Nash County, NC
o Map of Nash County, NC by Johnston – Wilson, 1965
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- Marion County, SC
o Map of Marion County, SC, original survey made by Harllee about 1815, enlarged and improved May 1882 by P.Y. Bethea
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- Newberry County, SC
- Newberry County, SC, Equity Records 1818-1844, Will Book M&N with annual returns, Will Book 1, Miscellaneous annual returns, by Sandra J. Lee, M.D.