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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 339
September 12, 1840 Died in Bellefonte, Jackson County, on Thursday the 27th ult. WYATT COFFEE Esq. late editor of the Bellefonte Courier in the, 34th year of his age. Mobile County: Runaway slave, belongs to JAMES COX of Montgomery County, Ala. Committed to jail by WALTER SMITH, Esq. Recorded of the City of Mobile. September 19, 1840 DT. JOHN D. SALE having recently returned from the Louisville Marine Hospital has located himself at the Cross Roads, Madison County. Notice: application to be made for duplicate receipt issued 20 February 1821 to THOMAS BLACK of St. Clair County for certain land assigned to me 23rd Jany 1822 and burnt in my house. LAWRENCE SCOTT Regimental orders, signed by FERD. HAMMOND, Adj. 2 Regt. 1st Brigade, 1st Division A.M. Morgan County: HENRY FENNELL administrator of THOMAS SUTHERLAND will make final settlement. Morgan County: H. D. MORROW sheriff and administrator of DAVID BALLEW dec'd reports estate insolvent. Marshall County: JOEL HIGGINS, sheriff, administrator of WM. FORSYTH dec'd; also of ROBERT DICKEY dec'd. Jackson, Mississippi, September 1. Died at his residence in Jefferson County on Sunday the 23rd of August MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS HINDS, native of the State of Mississippi, aged about 58 years. During the late war GENERAL HINDS commanded a regiment of Mississippi Cavalry and served under GENERAL JACKSON in the Creek War. In the fall of 1814 he returned home and in December of that year received orders to repair by forced marches to New Orleans. He assembled his soldiers consisting of four companies, one from each of the counties of Jefferson, Amite, Adams and Wilkinson at Woodville and marched 75 miles per day thence to New Orleans and arrived just in time to participate in the bold attack on the British encampment on the night of the 23rd of December. During the period intervening between that engagement and the glorious and decisive victory of the 8th of January he frequently led his troops up to the British lines and charged them with distinguished success and in the language of the order of the day "excited the astonishment of one army and the admiration of the other" GENERAL HINDS represented this state in the U.S. Congress three sessions...wife died many years since and he leaves an only child, a son. September 26, 1840 DR. E. M. HUSSEY having been Physician and Surgeon in the Cincinnati Hospital 12 months and afterwards attended a full course at the Alma House of Philadelphia will now faithfully attend to the duties of his profession when called on in Mooresville or its vicinity. Died at her residence in this county on the morning of the 11th ult. MRS. SARAH STEELE late consort of JOSEPH STEELE in the 60th year of her age. MRS. STEELE was born in the State of N. Carolina--early attached herself to the Methodist Episcopal Church...she has left a husband and two children. Died at his residence near New Market on the 18th instant MR. REUBEN DONABY, a respectable and honest citizen. Departed this life on the 13th instant in Limestone County, Ala. MRS. CHARLOTTE F. LANKFORD, consort of WILLIAM LANKFORD; became a subject of converting grace in the 14th year of her age and soon after united herself to the M. E. Church; she left a husband and four children. Departed this life on the 16th instant in Madison County, Ala. MRS. SUSANNAH ROUTT in the 48th year of her age, consort of CAPT. ROUTT... left husband and a large family of children. Departed this life on the 15th instant in Madison County, Ala. MARY TURNER TAYLOR, infant daughter of MARTHA A. TAYLOR, aged about four years. Executor's sale; Estate of MAJOR JOHN DUNN dec'd known as the residence of the late L. D. SMITH, lying 4 miles NW of Florence adjoining JAMES JACKSON and P. F. ARMISTEAD, 1200 acres. WM. B. DUNN, RICHARD A. WIGGINS, DAVID F. BLACKWELL, executors. Marshall County; RICHARD BOWHANNON, administrator of NEWTON BUCHANAN will make final settlement. 339 - (3639)