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Farming For A Better Future, page 441
1830s, so this most likely is an error and indicates that he was born in Decatur, Alabama. Rogers was 19 years old when he enlisted on November 1, 1863 in Gallatin, Tennessee. Before enlisting, he was a waiter. Isham Troup was 23 years old when he enlisted on December 15, 1863 in Gallatin, Tennessee. Before the war, he was a farmer in Morgan County.
Records of all the USCT regiments reveal that 96 men recorded their birthplace as Morgan County, Alabama. The men are listed below, grouped by their regiments.
Regiment Soldier
3rd USCHA (Heavy Artillery) Aleck Fields
Ephraim Morris
Elliott Walker
3rd USC Calvary George Johnson
5th USCHA Frank Dancy
Alexander Fields
James McReynolds
James Moore
9th USCHA Emanuel Hodges
Alexander Fields
William Mitchell
Elliot Walker
11th USCI Jacob Wilson
12th USCI Andrew Davis
Samuel Kimball
Jack Kimball
Green Thompson
Rufus Thompson
Van Thompson
13th USCI Daniel Doss
Alexander Smith
Samuel Thompson
Willis Thompson
14th USCI James Raven
Thaddeus Rogers
Isham Troup
15th USCI Alex Bell
Henderson Croskey
Regiment Soldier
15th USCI Daniel Donaldson
Jackson Donaldson
Thomas Donaldson
Toney Donaldson
Washington Donaldson
Abraham Fletcher
Robert Fowler
Jordan Jacobs
Pratt McCrosky
Jeremiah Morron
Robert Roberts
Henry Russell
Anderson Turney
Pleasant Williams
Charles Wise
17th USCI Warner Ashland
Porter Baker
Cornelius Campbell
Simon Culp
Pleasant Davidson
James Edwards
William Field
Aaron McCrosky
Henry Ryan
Grant Troup
Jason Troup
William Wallace
28th USCI Alexander Graves
29th USCI James Morrison
40th USCI Alexander Edwards
Hiram Emerson
Ebonson Foster
George Garth
Scott Gill
Clark Holland
40th USCI Ephraim King
Silcrias King
Robert Livingston
David Long
William R. McConnell
Regiment Soldier
40th USCI Level Mosely
Plummer Murphy
John Patterson
Baalam Pearson
Bramfield Pointers
Buck Pointers
James Points
James Scroggs
Edward Speere
Samuel Tate
Edmond Thompson
Stephen Troup
Jack Troup
Daniel Umstead
Lee Wadkins
Charles Wadkins
George Walker
Joshua Watson
Beverly Wilkerson
Aaron Wilhite
Anderson Wilhite
42nd USCI Richard Gomar
William Richards
44th USCI William Payton
Henry Sugars
Henry Wilson
45th USCI William Stewart
55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Elijah Gibbs
The Old State Bank
The oldest bank in the state of Alabama, what is commonly referred to as the Old State Bank opened on July 29, 1833. The construction cost less than $10,000 due to the use of slave labor by the bank's first president, James Fennell. The enslaved laborers are said to have cut the stone for the large pillars on the front of the Greek Revival building and hauled them to their location on the north end of Bank Street with only ox drawn wagons.
Morgan County
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Though a 1920 Alabama State law addressed the need for county hospitals to treat tuberculosis. It took until 1934 for Morgan County to get its hospital. The Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium was located in Flint. The exact location of the Morgan County Tuberculosis hospital is unclear. However, by the 1950s, the need for a hospital with more beds was pressing, and it was replaced by a larger hospital. The new hospital may have
(Below) “New TB Sanatorium to Open Near Decatur,” The Montgomery Advertiser, November 23, 1951.
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