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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 315
June 14, 1836 Runaway slaves committed to jail on Lawrence County; one belongs to WILLIAM McMILLON, other to MR. O'RILY of Franklin County. D. H. VALLIANT, sheriff. Morgan County: THOMAS PRICE, sheriff will sell property of WILLIS GRIFFIN for lease Lane. Departed this life on the 10th inst. at her residence in Triana, MRS. MARTHA A. WILLIS, consort of the late JOSHUA WILLIS... left six small children--devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Note: She was dau of REV. ISAAC HALL. June 21, 1836 Long letter from COL. BARTLEY COX to JOHN J. McMAHON, Courtland, date New Orleans, 7 June; "We had arrived last evening from Texas and to my astonishment ISAAC HAMILTON of the Red Rovers and JAMES LAMPKINS came passengers. HAMILTON was wounded in the massacre of Shackelford's men...LAMPKINS was saved by the General of the Mexicans. LAMPKINS informs me our friend DR. SHACKELFORD was alive the 15th of May." Runaway slaves from NATHANIEL EVANS of Morgan County; one was raised in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and one by MR. SPESART of Botetourt County, Va. June 28, 1836 Married on Tuesday evening at the City Hotel by the REV. DR. EDGAR, LEROY P. WALKER Esq. of Huntsville, Ala. to MISS ELIZABETH HUDNELL of Mississippi (Nashville paper). July 5, 1836 Married Tuesday the 28th of June by REV. MR. BELL, MR. WILLIAM C. JAMES to MISS NANCY F. VINING, daughter of JOHN VINING, Esq. both of this county. July 12 1836 Jackson County: estrays: taken up by JOEL D. LEWIS; by CHARLES PARTON; by LAZARUS FLETCHER near BOZE's old mill. July 19, 1836 Married Thursday evening 7th inst. by JOHN T. HADEN, Esq. MR. JESSE LAWLER to MISS JULIET C. daughter of BENJAMIN RAGAN all of this co. Letter from DR. JACK SHACKELFORD (Courtland) late CAPTAIN of the Red Rovers, with a long list of the killed and wounded of his company. St. Clair County; AMOS ROLAND appointed administrator of ANDREW SMITH on 12th March 1836. July 26, 1836 "Another swindler out." "One WILLIAM SPILLMAN borrowed $500 from my father in law ARCHIBALD COBB of Knox County.... CLAYTON T. ABERNATHY, Morgantown, E. T. (Note: There are several advertisements some signed by SPILLMAN and some by ABERNATHY; controversy seems to have seen over which had the right to prepare and sell a certain remedy.) Plantation for sale; two and a half miles south of Russelville, lately property of COL. RICHARD S. JONES, residence late property of JOHN B. NOE Esq. deceased, and occupied by MR. P. O'REILLY. MR. JOHN P. IRWIN manager on the premises. Martin, Pleasants & Co. Franklin Female Institute: Trustees, PETER WALKER, JOHN HOGAN, JOHN BRADLEY, JACOB HAIGH* *, CHAS. COOPER, ISAAC WINSTON, WM. HUDSON, C. T. BARTRON, M. TARVER, A. S. CHRISTIAN, G. W. CARROLL, N. J. HOUSTON. *Miss. Memoirs (Goodspeed, pub. 1890; JACOB HAIGH b ca 1788, merchant in Tuscumbia, Ala. at 1 time; moved to Miss, ca 1836, to Arkansas Co. Ark. in 1857 where he d 1870. dau. ELIZ. b Tuscumbia Ala. ca 1818 raised in Miss. m. CALVIN A. TAYLOR in Tishomingo Co. Miss). Athens Female Academy; J. L. McIRLIN, A. DEDUS, WM. RICHARDSON, JAMES CRAIG, WILLIAM T. GAMBLE, MICAJAH THOMAS, J. K. MURRAH. Mooresville Female Academy. Trustees J. M. S. JONES, J. H. GAMBLE, T. H. THACH, ED WALTON, W. K. ADAMS, WM. DeWOODY. IRWIN SMITH of Greene County advertises runaway slave. August 2, 1836 Noxubee County, Mississippi; HEZEKIAH W. FOOTE versus SIMEON GERON, attachment. 315 - (3615)