Materials Concerning Sumter County PDF
Received from various families since 2010
Held in brown archival box in Archives Room
1. Abernethy, Barrett (cf Stillman, Charles, Stillman College)
2. Abstracts of Deeds involving slaves
3. Black and Delaine families (African American trailblazers)
4. The Brewer Families of Sumter County 1837-1860
5. Brewersville Cemetery
6. Century farm – Centennial farm – home certificate (copy) – to Robert & Cynthia Parker
a. Certificate (copy) from Alabama Heritage Farms 11/11/1976.
7. (Miscellaneous) correspondence pertaining to Sumter County
a. Letter to columnist from Mettie Seale about Bored Well
b. Letter to columnist from Martha Culp about Nut Grass
c. Letter to columnist from E. Rosenbush about J. C. Herman’s good 5 cent cigars
8. Cuba High School Commencement (1943)
9. Davidson, Augustus Cleveland (Baptist biography form)
10. (The) D.U.D. in Livingston, Al (booklet); also transcribed clipping from Mobile Register 1884 referencing D.U.D.’s in Camden AL.
11. Emelle, Alabama 1933 map, and legend
12. Emelle, Alabama school picture
13. Extant Antebellum Churches of Sumter County by Horace (buddy) Hunt
14. Gilbert, Bill (Geiger) (memories of old Geiger School)
15. Good Night, The A short story by Boyd Cobb (Tyrus Cobb)
16. Green, Aubrey and Ellen
17. History of Cuba by Mrs. Ida M. Stallworth
18. Home Record (The) August 7th 1974 fire
19. Letters from Robert Boyd (1864) (2 copies)
20. Lions Club Calendar for 2011 with Birthdays
21. Lists of Sumter County Churches with addresses – some old
22. Livingston analysis of the water
23. Livingston Presbyterian Church Files
24. Luke and McLain (descendents buried in Myrtlewood Cemetery)
25. May, Steven
26. Millville High School Annual 1894 (2 copies)
27. Munoz, Linda and Charles
28. Obituary: Julia Stewart Killingsworth Ivey
29. Obituary: William Russ Simpkins M.D.
30. Our Southern Home newspaper clippings
31. Poole House : Old House Journal
32. Port Epes Engineering Reports (1987)
33. Reed, Violet clippings
34. Schools: Livingston Male Academy from Mrs. Abbe)
35. Siloam Baptist Church, York, AL history
36. (the) Spotlight – Livingston High School newspaper (1934 & 1935)
37. Sumter County brochures and flyers
38. Sumter County Fine Arts Council Brochures
39. Sumter County Historical Points of Interest
40. Sumter County Journal & Livingston Edition 1975 (in folder 2nd range shelving)
41. Sumter County residents biography & other lists
42. Sumter County Sun 1899 (bound volume on 2nd range shelving)
43. Sumter Theater Pizza
44. The Wallace Record advertising supplement to The Birmingham News April 26, 1970.
(Photos of Wallace visiting York and Linden on p. 14)
45. Will of James D. Long (probate date 20 April 1859)
Family and executors named: Peter Wier; James H. Neely; Sarah A. Pope; Henry Long; Polly Smith; Nancy Kiser; Sally Counts; Joseph Counts; Richard B. Long; Andrew A. Kiser Samuel Neely; John Long; Andrew Long; Thomas Long.
Slaves named: Old Elsick?; Old Charity; Henry Benton; Jim; Sarah; Charles; Scott; Young Sally Jane; Nelson; Martha; Dorothy; Mary: John; Tom; Charlotte; Sellick; Stith; Maria; Wilson; William; Young Charity; Sarah Jane; Ned; Callidony; Harriet; Easter; Frank; Phillip; Penny; Virginia; Parker; Fanny; Lewis; Young Selick; Sam; Perry; Eliza; Dic; Old Sandy; Diana; Old Sally; Moses; Van Buren; Andy; Catherine; Rojo; Queen; Dasil; Brany; Emiline; Qusan; Indiana; Sami;