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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 314
than some part of his men first discerned the Indians crouched down in the shrubbery. He halted. Gave the precautionary commands, then fire. COL. CAPERTON, then CAPT. CAPERTON, not being sufficiently high to see the enemy exclaimed to his company, "Stop boys--don't fire until you see the object that you shoot at." Their fire was reserved--but twas for a short time for the firing of the first company caused the Indians to rise from their ambushade with hideous yells and gestures as they rushed toward our encampment, when CAPT. CAPERTON repeated the COLONEL'S orders to his company, the Indians were shocked and checked in their impetuous course and filed off in a different direction.
(See "History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contigious Territories, page 388.)
April 26, 1836
Blount County. Estrays: taken up by CORNELIUS GILLESPIE and HENRY TIDMORE.
St. Clair County: Estray: taken up by WILLIAM CLARK sworn to before G. G. BEASON Esq. appraised by WM. LOWE and GILES DUBERRY.
St. Clair County: JOEL CHANDLER SR. administrator of E. G. BISHOP deceased petitions to sell land.
St. Clair County: WILLIAM H. SHOTWELL, administrator of WINN B. GOWEN deceased will make final settlement.
Married in Pulaski, Tennessee on the 15th inst. by REV. MR. COLLINS, MR. PLEASANT J. MITCHELL to MISS JANE A. BLACK, both of Huntsville. Note: Is this PLEASANT JONES MITCHELL b. Apr. 19, 1815. Bible rec in
poss. of MRS. ADELLE OLNEY, 1974.
Died at the residence of her husband in Madison County on the 15th inst. MRS. ELIZABETH CALHOUN; deceased has left two small children, one an infant at breast. JOHN CALHOUN, the late husband of deceased, being absent on business and place of destination unknown. Papers of Morgan, Madison and adjoining counties are requested to copy in order to find said husband.
State of Alabama--St. Clair County--Orphans Court. Mar. 7, 1836. WILLIAM H. SHOTWELL, administrator of estate of WINN B. GOWEN, deceased; also JOEL CHANDLER, SENR, administrator of estate of H. G. BISHOP, dec'd.
May 3, 1836
Departed this life on Monday evening the 11th of April in the 68th year of her age MRS. FLORA KEY, consort of the late JOB KEY. MRS. KEY was born in the state of Maryland, when small moved to the county of Sullivan, Tennessee, and to this county in 1812. She has left seven children. Knoxville Register requested to publish the above.
May 17, 1836
Jackson County: JAMES G. McELYEA purchased land from JOHN P. McELYEA who has departed this life, JESSE McELYEA, adm'r.
WILLIAM GREEN of Bolivar, Jackson County, states his wife SARAH has withdrawn from his abode.
State of Alabama--Jackson County. Orphans Court. May 6, 1836. JAMES G. McELYEA petitions for title to land bought from JOHN P. McELYEA, now deceased. JESSE McELYEA, administrator of estate of said JOHN P. McELYEA, deceased.
May 24, 1836
Jackson County: FULDEN A. HANCOCK, administrator of LEWIS HAYNES will make final settlement.
Died, at Columbus, Mississippi on the 4th instant CAPT. BEVERLY B. PRYOR aged 20 (or 29-blurred) years 7 months; was an only child.
Runaway slave--Commited to jail at Jasper, Tennessee. Says he belongs to DAVID WILLIAMS near Natchez, Miss.
May 31, 1836
Estray taken up by GILES C. JONES, three miles south of the Tennessee River on road from Blountsville to Deposit.
June 7, 1836
Died in this place on Friday morning last, MR. ANDREW CROSS, an early settler in this place.
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