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Generation No. 1
1. JOSEPH7 STAPP, JR. (JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2,
JOHN1) was born Abt. 1780 in ROSWELL CO, GA, and died Aft. 1816.
Notes for JOSEPH STAPP, JR.:
THE EARLIEST STEPP/STAPP RECORD IN PICKENS CO, SC WAS IN AN 1809 DEED
WHEREIN JESSE STEPP PURCHASED LAND OF LEWIS SHELDON ON THE TUGALOO RIVER.
ALTHO THE DEED WAS EXECUTED BEFORE PICKENS CO WAS CREATED IT WAS DULY
RECORDED IN PICKENS IN 1829, THREE YEARS AFTER THE NEW COUNTY WAS FORMED.
JESSE, THE NAME NOW WRITTEN AS STAPP, AND HIS WIFE NANCY LATER CONVEYED
THE LAND TO JAMES R. WYLEY. IN 1833, JESSE CONVEYED LAND ON VILLAGE CREEK
TO JACOB SCOTT. HE DISAPPEARS FROM THE RECORDS ABOUT 1850.
OCONEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
OCONEE COUNTY WAS CREATED IN 1768 OUT OF THE VAST AREA OF PENDLETON COUNTY
IS SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE TUGALOO AND SENECA RIVERS. WALHALLA IS THE
COUNTY SEAT. OCONEE, LYING IN THE EXTREME NW BEAK OF THE STATE, ADJOINS
RABUN CO, GA, JUST ACROSS THE TUGALOO RIVER. THE OCONEE RECORDS ARE
COPIOUS WITH THE NAME OF STEPP ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE DEEDS AND
INDENTURESARE COPIES OF RECORDS TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER COUNTIES AFTER
OCONEE WAS FORMED. THE DEEDS ARE FOR LAND ON TOXAWAY, MILL, RICHLAND,
VILLAGE, CHAUGA CREEKS AS WELL AS ON THE TUGALOO RIVER. JESSE STEPP
EVIDENTLY REMOVED TO GEORGIA FOR HE IS DESIGNATED AS A RESIDENT OF THAT
STATE WHEN MAKING CONVEYANCES.
DEED OF BENJAMIN CLEVELAND TO JOSEPH STAPP, APRIL 22, 1794, FOR 100 ACRES
ON TOXAWAY CREEK. CONSIDERATION, 20 POUNDS. DEED BOOK 8, PP 42, (SEE
CHAPTER, MOSES STEPP). Note: I believe that Joseph Stapp, Sr. and Moses
Stepp are brothers, sons of James Stapp and Lucy Gholston. According to
research on Moses Stapp.Stepp, in 1780/81 he found the beautiful Tugaloo
River Valley in Sc while it was still indian territory and decided to stay
there. However, after being captured and tortured by the Cherokee Indians,
he left the area and returned to North Carolina where he married Sally
Jackson in 1782. It is unknown if Joseph Stapp was there at the same time
as Moses or if he moved there much later after hearing from his brother
how wonderful the land was.
DEED OF JAMES MILWEE TO JESSE STEP, DEC 15, 1803, LAND ON TOXAWAY CREEK,
TUGALOO RIVER, 176 ACRES. ORIGINAL PATENT WAS GRANTED TO MILLWEE BY GOV
CHARLES PINCKNEY ON NOV 7, 1791. "BOUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY VACANT LAND..."
dEED bOOK 7, PAGE 440.
DEED OF JAMES ROBERTSON TO JOSEPH STEPP, AUG 1794, FOR 200 ACRES ON CHAUGA
CREEK, CONSIDERATION 50 POUNDS. LAND "ON CHAUGA CREEK BY THE NAME OF THE
HORSE SHOAL..." DEED BOOK 8, PP 53
DEED OF JOSEPH STEPP, SR. TO JOSEPH STEPP, JR., AUGUST 23, 1794, FOR 200
ACRES ON CHAUGA CREEK, CONSIDERATION 50 POUNDS. LAND ON CHAUGA CREEK BY
THE NAME OF HORSE SHOAL. DEED BOOK 8, PP 53.
DEED OF JOSEPH STEPP, SR. TO JESEPH STEPP, JR., JUNE 11, 1795, FOR 100
ACRES ON TOXAWAY CREEK. CONSIDERATION 50 POUNDS. JOSEPH IS "OF PENDLETON
COUNTY" LAND IS ON "SOUTH SIDE OF TOXAWAY CREEK...BEING PART OF 975 ACRE
BENJAMIN CLEVELAND GRANT...INTERSECTS COL. CLEVELAND'S SOUTH LINE."
MENTIONS CONDITIONAL LINE BETWEEN JAMES BLAIR AND JOSEPH STEPP, SR. "DOWN
TOXAWAY CREEK TO BEGINNING, INCLUDING THE PLANTATION WHERE THE SAID JOSEPH
STEPP, SR. NOW LIVES." DEED BOOK 8, PAGE 293. RECORDED NOV 2, 1796.
JAMES BLAIR TO JOSEPH STEPP, NOV 5, 1798, FOR 100 ACRES ON TOXAWAY CREEK,
PENDLETON COUNTY. CONSIDERATION $250. "CONDITIONAL LINE OF JAMES AIRWICK",
TOXAWAY CREEK. "CONDITIONAL LINE BETWEEN DANIEL MCMILLAN...". DEED BOOK 8,
PP 268
WILLIAM TONEY TO JOSEPH STAPP, APRIL 8, 1802, 100 ACRES, MILL CREEK,
"WATERS OF TUGALOO", DEED BOOK 10, PP 113
VINCENT SHELTON AND ISAAC LYNCH TO JESSE STAPP, NOV 8, 1809, 150 ACRES ON
TUGALOO RIVER, PENDLETON DISTRICT, S.C. CONSIDERATION $861. ISAAC BLAIR
SIGNS AS ONE GRANTOR ALTHOUGH NOT MENTIONED AS GRANTOR. STEPP IS ALSO
WRITTEN STEPT. DEED BOOK 2, PP 22
JOSEPH STAPP TO JAMES YOWELL, RECORDED SEPT 23, 1812, 41 ACRES ON RICHLAND
CREEK ON WATERS OF TUGALOO. CONSIDERATION WAS $60. LAND WAS ORIGINALLY
GRANTED TO COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND. IT WAS STATED THAT INDENTURE WAS
"RELEASE CLAIM OF DOWER OF JOSEPH STAPP". DEED BOOK 8, PP 599.
JOHN MCMILLAN, SHERIFF, TO SAMUEL DENNIS, MAY 2, 1814, SALE OF LAND OF
JOSEPH STAPP ON EXECUTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER ISSUED FROM PENDLETON DISTRICT
IN FAVOR OF SAMUEL MAVERICK. DEED BOOK 8, PAGE 632
JOSEPH STAPP TO JOEL NOEL AND JABEZ JONES. TRACT ON MILL CREEK, WATERS OF
CHAUGA, PENDLETON DISTRICT. MARCH 23, 1816. DEED BOOK 10, PP 105
JESSE STEPP TO JAMES JACKSON, FEB 6, 1822, 300 ACRES ON TOXAWAY CREEK,
PENDLETON COUNTY, S.C. " ON TOXAWAY CREEK OF CHUGA CREEK, WTERS OF TUGALOO
RIVER..." CONSIDERATION WAS $520. DEED BOOK 10, PP 213
JESSE STEPP TO JAMES R. WYLEY, APRIL 8, 1829, 150 ACRES ON TUGALOO RIVER.
CONSIDERATION $875. NANCY STEPP AND JESSE STEPP BOTH SIGN AS GRANTORS.
JESSE STAPP "OF HABERSHAM COUNTY, STATE OF GEORGIA," TO JACOB SCOTT, FEB
28, 1833. TRACT OF LAND, ACREAGE NOT SATED, WAS IN PICKENS COUNTY,
FORMERLY PENDLETON COUNTY, S.C. ON VILLGE CREEK. CONSIDERATION WAS $100.
DEED BOOK 1, PP 143
JESSE STEP "OF CASS COUNTY "(NOW BARTON), STATE OF GEORGIA, TO ALEX
MOORHEAD, 1847, 27 ACRES ON CHAUGA CREEK, PICKENS DISTRICT. CONSIDERATION
WAS ONE DOLLAR. DEED BOOK 4, PP 166
FIVE SONS MOVED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO PICKENS CO, ALA: COLBAY, WILLIAM,
JOHN, JESSE AND JAMES. Daughters also moved to Alabama; first to Jefferson
Co., AL then to Pickens Co., AL
More About JOSEPH STAPP, JR.:
Comment 1: 1794, found in deed records on Tugaloo River, SC
Fact 1: 1795, JOSEPH IS REFERRED TO AS BEING FROM PENDLETON CO, SC
Children of JOSEPH STAPP, JR. are:
2. i. JAMES8 STAPP, b. 1815, South Carolina; d. 1857, Pickens County, AL.
3. ii. MARY (POLLY) STAPP.
iii. SARAH STAPP, m. LABAN OAKS, 1823, JEFFERSON CO, ALABAMA.
More About LABAN OAKS and SARAH STAPP:
Marriage: 1823, JEFFERSON CO, ALABAMA
4. iv. COLBAY STAPP, b. 20 Mar 1800, Charleston, Pendleton District, S.C.;
d. 04 May 1892, PIckens Co., Ala.
5. v. WILLIAM STAPP, b. 30 Nov 1802, Chester District, SC; d. 05 Aug 1880,
Pickens Co., Ala.
6. vi. JOHN STAPP, b. 03 Aug 1808, PENDLETON DISTRICT, SC; d. 31 Aug 1852,
Garden, PICKens Co., Ala.
7. vii. JESSE MARTIN STAPP, b. 1813, South Carolina; d. Bef. 30 Jan 1855,
PICKens Co., Ala.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2,
JOHN1) was born 1815 in South Carolina, and died 1857 in Pickens County,
AL. He married LURENA/LAVENIA _____________. She was born 1817 in Georgia.
Notes for JAMES STAPP:
ORPHANS COURT, MARCH TERM OF 1842. JAMES STAPP, EXECUTOR FOR ESTATE OF
LITTLETON BELCHER, ENTERED VOUCHER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT. COULD THIS HAVE
BEEN HIS FATHER-IN-LAW?
IN 1853; LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED JAMES STAPP ON ESTATE OF JOHN
STAPP (HIS BROTHER).
IN 1857, LURENA STAPP IS ADMINISTRATOR FOR ESTATE OF JAMES STAPP.
1861 - PUBLIC NOTICE: LEONA STAPP, ADMIN. OF ESTATE OF JAMES STAPP, DEC'D
FILED ACCOUNT CURRENT AND VOUCHERS FOR ANNUAL SETTLEMENT. APPARENTLY THERE
WERE STILL MINOR CHILDREN.
1866 - LURENA STAPP, ADMINISTRATRIX OF ESTATE OF JAMES STAPP, FILED
ACCOUNT CURRENT AND VOUCHERS FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT. APPARENTLY CHILDREN
WERE OF AGE.
More About JAMES STAPP:
Fact 1: Aug 1857, ESTATE OF JAMES STAPP, LURENA STAPP, ADMIN.
Fact 2: 22 Mar 1860, LURENA STAPP ADMIN OF JAMES STAPP ESTATE FILED ANNUAL
SETTEMENT
Children of JAMES STAPP and LURENA/LAVENIA _____________ are:
i. SAMUEL9 STAPP, b. 1838.
ii. SARAH STAPP, b. 1842.
iii. CAMELIA STAPP, b. 1845.
8. iv. DELILAH STAPP, b. 1847.
v. LAURENA STAPP, b. 1851.
vi. JOHN STAPP, b. 1853.
vii. JAMES STAPP, b. 1856.
3. MARY (POLLY)8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) She married CHRISTOPHER NATION 1821 in JEFFERSON CO,
ALABAMA.
More About CHRISTOPHER NATION and MARY STAPP:
Marriage: 1821, JEFFERSON CO, ALABAMA
Child of MARY STAPP and CHRISTOPHER NATION is:
i. HARRIETT9 NATION.
4. COLBAY8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2,
JOHN1) was born 20 Mar 1800 in Charleston, Pendleton District, S.C., and
died 04 May 1892 in PIckens Co., Ala. He married (1) RACHAEL NATION Abt.
1821 in JEFFERSON CO, ALABAMA. She was born 1800 in NC, and died 25 Aug
1852 in PIckens Co., Ala. He married (2) MARY MARGARET CONNOR MILLER 16
Sep 1855 in PICKens Co., Ala, daughter of WILLIS MILLER and NANCY BRANDON.
She was born 29 Jan 1820 in charleston, SC, and died 07 Apr 1908 in
PIckens Co., Ala.
Notes for COLBAY STAPP:
COLBAY STAPP MARRIED FIRST TO RACHEL NATIONS AND HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. I DO
NOT HAVE THE NAMES OF ALL OF COLBAY'S CHILDREN WITH RACHEL. AFTER RACHEL
DIED, COLBAY MARRIED 2ND TO MARY MARGARET CONNOR MILLER, WIDOW OF PETER ON
16 SEPT 1855. MARY MARGARET MILLER HAD TWO CHILDREN FROM HER FIRST
MARRIAGE.
THE STORY WAS RELATED TO ME BY JAMES HOWELL....AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
STAPP FAMILY...THAT COLBAY GOT THE STEP-DAUGHTER PREGNANT. I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THE DATE WAS, BUT THE STORY GOES THAT THE GIRL WAS SENT AWAY TO HAVE
THE CHILD AT RELATIVES OFF SOMEWHERE. AT ANY RATE, BECAUSE OF THE SCANDAL
INVOLVED., THE OLDER SET OF CHILDREN...NOW PRESUMEABLY GROWN...LEFT
PICKENS COUNTY AND MOVED ELSEWHERE. THE SECOND SET OF CHILDREN LOST TRACK
OF THEM. YEARS LATER, THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER, NAMED LUCY, RETURNED TO
PICKENS COUNTY...NOW A GROWN WOMAN. LUCY WAS REJECTED BY THE OTHER STAPP
CHILDREN BUT JOHN JAMES STAPP AND HIS FAMILY TOOK HER IN. [SHE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A HALF-SISTER TO HIM...AS WELL AS A HALF-NIECE]. INDEED, HIS
DESCENDANT STATED THAT LUCY IS BURIED IN JOHN STAPP'S CEMETERY PLOT IN THE
GORDO CEMETERY.
Note: In the Gordo Cemetery, where Colbay's son John Stapp is buried, lies
the grave of another that I don't recognize. Annie Elizabeth Stapp, b. Oct
11, 1883, d. March 19, 1940.
Note: from an old newspaper article "from AGE HERALD" dated October 1,
1884. (Believe this paper must have been located in the Birmingham area]
"An Age reporter was entertained yesterday with some interesting
reminiscences of the state of things in this part of the country half a
century ago, by Mr. Colby Stapp, a venerable citizen of Pickens County,
who moved from this country in 1834. He was born in Pendleton District, SC
in 1800 and came here in 1817. He passed through then prospecting but in
1821 returned and settled near the big spring in southside. There were
Creek Indians and deer and other wild game in abundence.
Mr. Stapp mentioned several old neighbors: Judge E. W. Peck, now age 86
and living in Tuscaloosa; Hosea Holcumbe, Baptist Minister; and Gibson
Murray, Presbyterian minister; Mr. Hunnicutt, school teacher and Billy
Colley, Blacksmith and a Mr. McAdory.
Mr. Stapp did not find what he came to see. He wanted another look at his
old home but to his amazement he cannot even tell where it stood.
Messrs. Green Carver and Phillip Noland, elderly neighbors of Mr. Stapp
are with him. All are guests of Colonel John T. Terry."
[Note: It appears to me that this article proves that Colbay (and probably
his brother William) moved from S.C. to Alabama ca 1817 (or shortly after
their father died ca 1816); settled in 1821 in Birmingham area but in
1834, took land in Pickens County and moved there. The two gentlemen with
Colbay were Green Carver (married to Martha Stapp...dau of William) and
Phillip Noland (married to Annie Stapp...dau of William, nephews by
marriage of Colbay Stapp). Both are ancestors of mine...Green being my
gr-gr grandfather and Phillip Noland being my gr-grandfather.
COLBAY STAPP IS LISTED IN "EARLY SETTLERS OF PICKENS CO, ALABAMA 1850"
ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY AS HAVING 80 ACRES OF LAND PURCHASED 2/10/1836 AND 4
ACRES 10/6/1830.
UNITY CEMETERY IS ON THE SITE OF COLBAY'S FARM IN PICKENS CO., ALA.
1850 CENSUS:
377 - 393 COLBY STAPP 51 SC
RACHEL 51 NC
COLBY P. 26 AL
MARY 19 A
MALINDA 18
MARTHA 16
ELIZA 16
RACHEL 12
375 - 396 JOSEPH M. STAPP
More About COLBAY STAPP:
Burial: Olney[unity] Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1817, Moved to Alabama ca 1817, shortly after his father died
in 1816
Fact 1: BURIED AT UNITY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, AL
Fact 2: BURIED OFF TO ONE SIDE; STONE HAS GHOSTLY FACE ON IT
Fact 3: FOLLOWING SCANDAL IN FAMILY, 1ST CHILDREN LEFT COUNTY
Fact 4: Unity Cemetery located on Colbay's former farm
Fact 5: William's farm to the northeast of Colbay's farm
Fact 6: occupation: farmer
Fact 7: 1872, His child born out of wedlock/his stepdaughter
Fact 8: 1860, in post office dist: Pleasant Grove census
More About COLBAY STAPP and RACHAEL NATION:
Marriage: Abt. 1821, JEFFERSON CO, ALABAMA
More About MARY MARGARET CONNOR MILLER:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: HAD 2 CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND, MILLER
Fact 2: GEORGE MILLER, B. 1848; JANE MILLER, B. 1849
More About COLBAY STAPP and MARY MILLER:
Marriage: 16 Sep 1855, PICKens Co., Ala
Children of COLBAY STAPP and RACHAEL NATION are:
i. DOXIE9 STAPP.
ii. SALENA STAPP.
iii. DOC STAPP.
iv. JIM STAPP.
9. v. JOSEPH M. STAPP, b. 1823, Alabama.
10. vi. ABRAHAM WASHINGTON STAPP, b. 1824, Georgia; d. 1877, fannin Co,
TX.
vii. MARY STAPP, b. 1831.
viii. MALINDA C. STAPP, b. 1832.
11. ix. COLBY PULLEN STAPP, b. 1834, Alabama; d. 1907.
x. MARTHA STAPP, b. 1834.
xi. ELIZA H. STAPP, b. 1836.
xii. RACHAEL C. STAPP, b. 1838.
Children of COLBAY STAPP and MARY MILLER are:
12. xiii. JOHN JAMES9 STAPP, b. 30 May 1856, PICKens Co., Ala; d. 10 Apr
1927, Pickens County, AL.
13. xiv. JESSE MARTIN STAPP, b. 07 Oct 1857, PICKens Co., Ala; d. 18 Dec
1927, Northport, Ala.
14. xv. POSTELL ADDICUS STAPP, b. 22 Jul 1859, PICKens Co., Ala; d. 25 Oct
1935, Pickens Co., AL.
15. xvi. ELIZABETH BEAUGARDE STAPP, b. 15 Jul 1861, PICKENS Co., Ala; d.
09 Mar 1938.
16. xvii. ROBERT LEE STAPP, b. 05 Apr 1864, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 20 Sep
1934, PICKENS Co., Ala.
xviii. LUCY LAVENDER STEWART ( STAPP), b. 27 Dec 1872; d. 28 Jan 1958,
gordo, AL.
More About LUCY LAVENDER STEWART ( STAPP):
Comment 1: 1872, Colbays dau with his step-dau, illeg.
Comment 2: lucy returned to Gordo as grown woman
Comment 3: lived with her half-brother, John James Stapp
Comment 4: remainder of stapp siblings would have nothing to do with her.
Comment 5: 1958, when Lucy died, grandson of John James bured her in
John's burial plot
Comment 6: 1960, Story re Lucy told to me by James Howell, grandson of
John James Stapp
5. WILLIAM8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2,
JOHN1) was born 30 Nov 1802 in Chester District, SC1, and died 05 Aug 1880
in Pickens Co., Ala1. He met (1) SARAH DANIEL 1822 in Jefferson Co,
Alabama. He met (2) MARY MAXWELL 26 Feb 1824 in Jefferson Co., Ala2,
daughter of RICHARD MAXWELL. She was born 19 Oct 1804 in Georgia3, and
died 11 Apr 1885 in Pickens Co., Ala3.
Notes for WILLIAM STAPP:
26 JULY 1860; ON LIST OF THOSE OPPOSED TO MOVING COURTHOUSE TO
PICKENSVILLE WERE: BOSTICKS: PHILIP NOLAND
OLNEY: WILLIAM STAPP
STAPPS FOUND IN RECORDS OF PICKENS CO:
1841 - UNCLAIMED LETTERS AT PICKENSVILLE:
JESSE STAPP
JOHN STAPP
1841 - JAMES STAPP, EXECUTOR OF LW&T OF LITTLETON BELCHER; FINAL
SETTLEMENT
1855 - R. T. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR OF WILL OF JESSE STAPP; LAND IN MEMPHIS TO
BE AUCTIONED.
NOTE: R. T. JOHNSTON WAS AN ATTORNEY IN PICKENSVILLE.
1857 - ESTATE OF JAMES STAPP; LURENA STAPP, ADMINISTRATOR
`858 - R. T. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR OF WILL OF JESSE STAPP VS. CHARLES FORT,
ADMINISTRATOR OF WINFRED J. STAPP, DEC'D. WANTS HARRIETT NATIONS, JULIA
FLETCHER, JOSEPH STAPP, SARAH JOHN POLK AND PORTER MCALLISTER TO APPEAR IN
COURT.
1860 - R. T. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR OF WILL OF JESSE STAPP, SOLD SLAVES AT
AUCTION IN PICKENSVILLE.
1853 - LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED TO JAMES STAPP ON ESTATE OF JOHN
STAPP
Found on 1850 Slave list/as slave owners in Pickens Co., AL
James Stapp
John Stapp
Joseph M. Stapp
William Stapp
Early in History of Pickens County...1820s...Bonner's Mill was built by
Abner Cotton; sold to H. Townsend. Later William Stapp owned it and it was
called Stapp's mill on Bear Creek.
April 1865, Union forces rampaged through Pickens County, burning
courthouse in Carrollton. Following that they turned southeast toward
Stapp's Mill and burned that; raiders also terrorized the nearby Noland
Plantation and family members' homes and farms.
Note: Also buried at Unity Cemetery are the following. These are buried
near William Stapp and Colbay Stapp so have to be some relation.
Oscar Anderson Stapp, 11/1/1902 - 3/4/1966
James M. Stapp (father of Lillie) 1868 - 1938
Lillie E. Stapp (unmarried) 1/14/1902 - 8/1/1965
Flodie N. Stapp 1871-1952
Mary A. Stapp, 4/20/1875 - 9/23/1938
Robert Wallace Stapp 3/16/1916 - 3/21/1955
Oscar Evalgus Stapp 3/9/1866 - 3/1/1904 (suspect that this is son of Wm.
Maxwell Stapp)
Thomas J. Stapp 12/16/1869 - 3/7/1887
A newspaper article about Colbay Stapp in one of the Birmingham papers
indicated that Colbay left SC in 1817 and passed through Birmingham area
going west to look for gold. After a few years, however, he returned to
Birmingham and settled there. In 1834, he moved his family to Pickens
County. Family tradition says that William Stapp was with him when he came
to Pickens Co, Alabama.
Note: During the Civil War, many of the Stapp family served. Those that we
KNOW of are as follows:
John Thomas Stapp, son of William, died in service
William Maxwell Stapp, son of William
Joseph Dandridge Stapp, nephew of William (son of John)
Several Claytons - one is son-in-law
John Stapp, nephew
Wash Stapp, nephew (son of Colbay)
Philip Noland, later to be son-in-law
Green Carver, son-in-law
V W Jones, son in law
Abel Strickland, later to be son-in-law
More About WILLIAM STAPP:
Burial: Olney (Unity) Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1850, Lived next door to brother, Colbay Stapp and family
Fact 1: owned and operated a mill and general store at Olney, AL
Fact 2: 1880 CENSUS: LIVED NEXT DOOR TO PHILIP NOLAND
Fact 3: THIS WAS IN PLEASANT GROVE PRECINCT
Fact 4: 1860 CENSUS: LIVED IN OLNEY PRECINCT
Fact 5: ATTENDED UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH, OLNEY
Fact 6: BURIED IN UNITY CEMETERY, OLNEY, PICKENS CO, AL
Fact 7: 1860, Dau Mary Jones and gr-son Alex living in household/census
More About WILLIAM STAPP and SARAH DANIEL:
Single: 1822, Jefferson Co, Alabama
Notes for MARY MAXWELL:
MARY MAXWELL, B. 1804, IN GEORGIA. MOVED AS A CHILD WITH PARENTS TO
BIRMINGHAM AREA. REACHED MATURITY IN JEFFERSON CO, ALA. MARRIED IN 1824 TO
WILLIAM STAPP, A WIDOWER, IN JEFFERSON CO, AL. AFTER MARRIAGE, BEGAN
MAKING A HOME AND RAISING A FAMILY IN JEFFERSON CO., ALA. THEN IN LATE
1830'S, HUSBAND UPROOTED FAMILY AND MOVED TO PICKENS COUNTY, TO THE OLNEY
AREA....AND BEGAN A MILL AND STORE. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A SON DIED AND
ALL OF HER SONS-IN-LAW FOUGHT WITH THE CONFEDERACY. HER SONS ALSO SERVED
IN THE CONFEDERACY ARMY. THE YANKEES PARTIALLY BURNED THE MILL AND STORE
DURING A RAID THROUGH PICKENS CO. MARY AND FAMILY LIVED THROUGH THE ROUGH
YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. MARY MAXWELL STAPP DIED IN 1884.
More About MARY MAXWELL:
Burial: Olney [Unity] Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: 1824, BONDSMAN AT WEDDING: RICHARD MAXWELL
More About WILLIAM STAPP and MARY MAXWELL:
Single: 26 Feb 1824, Jefferson Co., Ala4
Children of WILLIAM STAPP and MARY MAXWELL are:
17. i. ELLEN FRANCES9 STAPP, b. 04 Mar 1825.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH STAPP, b. 13 Jan 18275; m. (1) ANDERSON CLAYTON, 07
Sep 1845, PICKens Co., Ala; d. 1865; m. (2) ABLE STRICKLAND, Aft. 1865; b.
17 Oct 1803, franklin County, NC; d. 19 Jan 1892, Near Union Grove,
Pickens Co, AL.
More About SARAH ELIZABETH STAPP:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1900, census shows her living in household of niece, Mollie
Kirk, in Gordo, AL
More About ANDERSON CLAYTON:
Fact 1: DIED IN CIVIL WAR
More About ANDERSON CLAYTON and SARAH STAPP:
Marriage: 07 Sep 1845, PICKens Co., Ala
Notes for ABLE STRICKLAND:
40th Regt Ala, Co "B"; Col. Coleman in command; organized on 13 March 1862
at Speed's Mill.
Wesley Carver
Morgan Freeman
Isham A. Freeman
John F. Hicks
Daniel N. Hicks
Henderson Hicks
John R. Hicks
John Kirk
James Speed
Abel Strickland
May 17, 1862 - Wesley H. Carver died of measles while serving with
company.
August 14, 1862; discharged due to illness and disability: Henderson Hicks
and Abel Strickland
Co. "B", continued...joined in 1863
Charles Elmore
Anderson Elmore
William Elmore
James Elmore
Bowman Elmore
Jno T. Elmore
Jordan J. Elmore
Joined after Vicksburg:
Chris Elmore
Jacob Elmore
M.M. Freeman
More About ABLE STRICKLAND:
Comment 1: 1826, Abel and brothers moved to Pickens Co. AL
Comment 2: A religious man
Comment 3: Involved in building the Liberty Church near Pleasant Grove
More About ABLE STRICKLAND and SARAH STAPP:
Marriage: Aft. 1865
18. iii. MARY STAPP, b. 25 Feb 1829.
iv. JAMES STAPP, b. 26 Mar 18315; m. WILLISON _________________, 18 Jul
1860, PICKens Co., Ala.
More About JAMES STAPP and WILLISON _________________:
Marriage: 18 Jul 1860, PICKens Co., Ala
19. v. MARTHA STAPP, b. 01 Mar 1836, Alabama; d. 14 Jan 1896, PICKENS CO.,
ALA.
20. vi. WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP, b. 18 Feb 1838, Pickensville, Pickens Co.,
AL; d. 13 Apr 1909, PICKENS Co., Ala.
vii. JOHN THOMAS STAPP, b. 08 May 1840, Pickens Co., AL5; d. 12 Jan 1862,
Pickens Co., AL.
Notes for JOHN THOMAS STAPP:
JOHN THOMAS STAPP WAS IN McCAU RANGERS, CO. D., 8TH CONFEDERATE REGIMENT
CALVARY. HE MUSTERED IN NOV 14, 1861 UNDER GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER, SHILOH,
TENN IN N. GEORGIA.
More About JOHN THOMAS STAPP:
Fact 1: buried at Unity Cemtery, Pickens co., AL
Fact 2: SERVED IN CSA DURING EARLY DAYS OF CIVIL WAR
21. viii. ANNIE STAPP, b. 17 Sep 1844, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 18 Sep 1928,
Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala.
6. JOHN8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2,
JOHN1) was born 03 Aug 1808 in PENDLETON DISTRICT, SC, and died 31 Aug
1852 in Garden, PICKens Co., Ala. He married MARY AGNES PORTWOOD Abt.
1838. She was born 09 Jul 1809 in South Carolina, and died 14 Apr 1879 in
Alabama.
Notes for JOHN STAPP:
JAN 1853; LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED TO JAMES STAPP IN ESATE OF
JOHN STAPP, DEC'D.
19 MAY 1858 - J.R.S. WOOLDRIDGE, GUARDIAN OF HARRIETT C. STAPP AND JOSEPH
DANDRIDGE STAPP, FILES ANNUAL SETTLEMENT.
More About JOHN STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: BURIED AT GARDEN CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
Fact 2: Ancestor of William Jordan of Tuscaloosa, AL
Fact 3: occupation: farmer
More About MARY AGNES PORTWOOD:
Fact 1: HAD TWO SONS BY FIRST MARRIAGE
More About JOHN STAPP and MARY PORTWOOD:
Marriage: Abt. 1838
Children of JOHN STAPP and MARY PORTWOOD are:
i. HARRIETT CATHERINE9 STAPP, b. 31 May 1840, Memphis, Pickens Co., AL; d.
21 Jul 1858, Pickens Co., AL.
More About HARRIETT CATHERINE STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: buried at Garden Cem, hwy 14 West, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 2: SINGLE, DIED YOUNG
22. ii. JOSEPH DANDRIDGE STAPP, b. 21 Feb 1842, Memphis, Pickens Co., AL;
d. 12 Oct 1902, Pickens Co., Al (buried at Garden Cemetery, Pickens Co).
7. JESSE MARTIN8 STAPP (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1813 in South Carolina, and died Bef. 30 Jan
1855 in PICKens Co., Ala. He married WINIFRED JANE FORT, daughter of
CHARLES FORT and MARY WOOLRIDGE. She was born 02 Oct 1827 in Jefferson
Co., GA, and died 22 Jul 1856 in PICKens Co., Ala.
Notes for JESSE MARTIN STAPP:
NOTICE IN THE PICKENS REPUBLICAN, AT CARROLLTON: ON 30 JAN 1855. BY VIRTUE
OF THE WILL OF JESSE STAPP, CERTAIN LANDS WILL BE AUCTIONED AT MEMPHIS,
ALA.
CHANCERY COURT, PICKENS CO, ALA; JAN 19, 1858. ROBT T. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR
OF JESSE STAPP VS CHARLES M. FORT, ADMININISTRATOR OF WINFRED J. STAPP,
DEC'D. COMPLAINANT ASKS THT HARRIET NATIONS, JULIA FLETCHER, ADULTS AND
RESIDING IN MISSISSIPPI AND VARIOUS NAMED MCALLISTERS APPEAR IN COURT.
16 FEB 1860; R. T. JOHNSTON, EXEC. OF ESTATE OF JESSE STAPP SELLS AT
PUBLIC AUCTION IN PICKENSVILLE SOME SLAVES.
IN 1841, AT PICKENSVILLE POST OFFICE IS UNCLAIMED LETTER FOR JESSE STAPP
AND JOHN STAPP.
In 'Pickens County Alabama History and Families", " In 1874, the Tombigbee
went on a rampage and destroyed land, animals and buildings. Many lives
were lost. Warehouses in Pickensville were washed away. All the houses on
the Stapp, Gilkey, Crim and Caraway farms were destroyed. In some place
the soil for a depth of 10 feet was swept away with sand and gravel
covering the once cultivated land. The U.S. government sent 1000 tents
into the area to house the homeless." I am not sure which Stapp farm this
is referring to.
More About JESSE MARTIN STAPP:
Fact 1: LISTED IN JAMES STAPP HOUSEHOLD IN 1850
Fact 2: occupation: farmer
Notes for WINIFRED JANE FORT:
CHARLES FORT WAS ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF WINFRED FORT STAPP. IN 1858,
R. T. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR OF ESTATE OF JESSE STAPP (HER LATE HUSBAND) SUED
CHARLES FORT AS EXECUTOR OF HER ESTATE. WANTED HARRIETT NATIONS, JULIA
FLETCHER, JOSEPH B., SARAH, JOHN, POLK AND PORTER McALLISTER TO APPEAR IN
COURT. UNKNOWN WHO THESE PEOPLE MIGHT BE.
More About WINIFRED JANE FORT:
Fact 1: buried at Garden Cem, hwy 14 West, Pickens Co., AL
Child of JESSE STAPP and WINIFRED FORT is:
23. i. JESSE C.9 STAPP, d. 25 Jul 1854, Pickens Co., AL.
Generation No. 3
8. DELILAH9 STAPP (JAMES8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1847. She married JOSEPH DEKALB BALL, son of
PARKS E. BALL.
Notes for DELILAH STAPP:
Joseph DeKalb Ball and Delilah Stapp Ball had ten children.
Child of DELILAH STAPP and JOSEPH BALL is:
i. SAM HOOD10 BALL, m. ANNA KATE BAILEY.
More About SAM HOOD BALL:
Fact 1: served as Sheriff of Pickens Co., AL
9. JOSEPH M.9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1823 in Alabama. He married SUSAN. She was born
1821 in SC.
More About JOSEPH M. STAPP:
Fact 1: 1850, on 1850 slave list/as owner of slaves
Fact 2: 1860, Census: sshown in Carrollton
Children of JOSEPH STAPP and SUSAN are:
i. MARY A.10 STAPP, b. 1845.
ii. JOHN W. STAPP, b. 1847.
iii. JAMES C. STAPP, b. 1851.
iv. JOSEPH M. STAPP, b. 1852.
v. W.C. STAPP, b. 1860.
10. ABRAHAM WASHINGTON9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5,
JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1824 in Georgia, and died 1877
in fannin Co, TX. He married POLLY J..
More About ABRAHAM WASHINGTON STAPP:
Burial: Sears Chapl Cem near Whitewright, Fannin Co., TX
Comment 1: moved from Noxubee Co, MS in arly 70s to N. Texas area
Comment 2: younges child born around Sulfur Springs, TX
Comment 4: after 2nd wife died, lived with 3 sons in dugout husee east of
Whitewright, TX
Commnt 3: Lost his first wife in either Pickens Co, Al or MS
Fact 1: 1850, 1850, shown as overseer in census
Children of ABRAHAM STAPP and POLLY J. are:
i. SAMPSON10 STAPP, b. 1846.
ii. ROBERT FREEMAN STAPP, b. 1848.
iii. SAMUEL NOLEN STAPP.
More About SAMUEL NOLEN STAPP:
Comment 1: only child from first marriage to move to Texas
Comment 2: LIved IN Leonard, Fannin Co., TX all his life.
Comment 3: His descendants still live in the area
Comment 4: They were farmers, ranchers, businss people
11. COLBY PULLEN9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1834 in Alabama, and died 1907. He
married MARY ANGELINE SANDERS. She was born 1837 in Alabama.
More About COLBY PULLEN STAPP:
Fact 1: 1860, in census, shown living in Pickensville dist
Children of COLBY STAPP and MARY SANDERS are:
i. MARTHA ADELLA10 STAPP, b. 1856.
24. ii. VIRGIL STAPP.
12. JOHN JAMES9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 30 May 1856 in PICKens Co., Ala, and
died 10 Apr 1927 in Pickens County, AL. He married MARTHA JANE FREEMAN 11
Jan 1883 in PICKens Co., Ala, daughter of MARQUIS FREEMAN and MARY
BALLARD. She was born 03 Mar 1859, and died 01 Feb 1949 in Pickens County,
AL.
Notes for JOHN JAMES STAPP:
Grandson, James Howell, told us that Colbay Stapp had gotten his
step-daughter pregnant. She was sent away to relatives to have the child.
Many years later, the child...now a fully grown woman...showed up in
Gordo. None of the other family members would have anything to do with
her, but John James Stapp took her into his home. Lucy Lavender Stewart
was, after all, his half sister. At her death, James Howell allowed Lucy
to be buried in the plot of John James Stapp, lying next to James Howell's
lot. According to her stone, Lucy Lavender was born Dec 27, 1872 and died
Jan 28, 1958. James Howell was born August 20, 1911 and died Aug 6, 1990.
He was raised primarily by his grandparents, John James Stapp and Martha
Freeman Stapp.
More About JOHN JAMES STAPP:
Burial: GORDO CEMETERY, GORDO, AL
Comment 4: Took care of his illeg. 1/2 sister when she showed up in
Pickens Co., as a grown woman
Fact 1: BURIED IN GORDO CEMETERY, GORDO, ALA
Fact 2: HIS GRANDSON, JAMES HOWELL, LIVED WITH HIM MOST OF TIME
Fact 3: prob named after his uncles
More About MARTHA JANE FREEMAN:
Burial: GORDO CEMETERY, GORDO, AL
More About JOHN STAPP and MARTHA FREEMAN:
Marriage: 11 Jan 1883, PICKens Co., Ala
Child of JOHN STAPP and MARTHA FREEMAN is:
25. i. ADA GERTRUDE10 STAPP, b. 07 Aug 1888; d. 05 Sep 1990.
13. JESSE MARTIN9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 07 Oct 1857 in PICKens Co., Ala, and
died 18 Dec 1927 in Northport, Ala. He married (1) MARY ETTA HICKS. He
married (2) MARY ALABAMA FREEMAN 06 Dec 1885 in PICKENS Co., Ala, daughter
of MARCIUS M. (MARK) FREEMAN. She was born 17 Jun 1864 in Pickens Co., AL,
and died 25 Oct 1916 in Pickens Co., AL. He married (3) MARY ALABAMA
FREEMAN 06 Dec 1885 in Pickens Co., AL, daughter of MARQUIS FREEMAN and
MARY BALLARD. She was born 17 Jun 1864 in Pickens Co., AL, and died 25 Oct
1916 in Pickens Co., AL.
More About JESSE MARTIN STAPP:
Fact 1: BURIED IN SALEM CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
Fact 2: prob named after his uncle
More About MARY ALABAMA FREEMAN:
Fact 1: Buried at Salem Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
More About JESSE STAPP and MARY FREEMAN:
Marriage: 06 Dec 1885, PICKENS Co., Ala
More About JESSE STAPP and MARY FREEMAN:
Marriage: 06 Dec 1885, Pickens Co., AL
Children of JESSE STAPP and MARY FREEMAN are:
26. i. MARY MAUDE10 STAPP, b. 13 Jan 1887; d. 08 Feb 1942.
ii. DONA MAE STAPP, b. 1889; d. 1891.
27. iii. JAMES/JESSE OTIS STAPP, b. 1894; d. 1948.
28. iv. COLBY EDGAR STAPP, b. 27 Aug 1897, Pickens Co., AL; d. 12 Aug
1960, Staten Island, NY.
v. OLA NOICE STAPP, b. 1899; d. 1982; m. BUCK ROBERTSON.
vi. VELMA BURMA STAPP, b. 17 May 1901, GORDO, Pickens Co., AL; d. May
1996, Pasco, FL; m. JACK PEEL.
Children of JESSE STAPP and MARY FREEMAN are:
vii. OTTICE10 STAPP.
viii. COLBY EDGAR STAPP.
ix. NOICE STAPP.
x. BURMA STAPP.
14. POSTELL ADDICUS9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 22 Jul 1859 in PICKens Co., Ala, and
died 25 Oct 1935 in Pickens Co., AL. He married MATTIE ELLEN LANCASTER.
She was born 05 Dec 1874 in Pickens Co., AL, and died 31 Oct 1939.
More About POSTELL ADDICUS STAPP:
Comment 1: lived for awhile in Raleigh/Liberty Church area before moving
to Tuscaloosa
Comment 2: 1900, children in household are: Albert B. and Harvey Stapp
Fact 1: BURIED AT FRANCONIA CEM, ALICEVILLE, ALA
Fact 2: "POSS" RAN A GENERAL STORE IN TUSCALOOSA, ALA
Fact 3: SON, ALBERT, RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA
Children of POSTELL STAPP and MATTIE LANCASTER are:
i. ALBERT BENNETT10 STAPP, b. 24 Oct 1896, GORDO, Pickens Co., AL; m. MARY
ETTA ABERCROMBIE.
Notes for ALBERT BENNETT STAPP:
According to newspaper article and pic dated July 29, 1917, "Four Cousins
from West Alabma who Volunteered for the Navy", were Monroe Freeman of
Gordo; Albert Stapp of Gordo; William Stapp of Tuscaloosa; and Edgar Stapp
of Tuscaloosa. Albert was sent to the hospital training camp at Newport,
R.I. and the others went to Norfolk, VA for Training. They enlisted
together at the Montgomery, Ala recruiting office. Monroe Freeman was son
of Andy Freeman and Elizabeth Stapp Freeman (dau of Colbay Stapp); Albert
Stapp was son of Postell Stapp (son of Colbay Stapp) and Mattie Lancaster;
Edgar Stapp was the son of Jesse Martin Stapp (son of Colbay Stapp) and
Mary Alabama Freeman; William Stapp was son of Robert Lee Stapp (son of
Colbay Stapp) and Theodocia Scott Carver. [Note: Postell also had a son
named William but since the article specifically said cousins...I am
assuming that this is the son of Robert Lee Stapp]
More About ALBERT BENNETT STAPP:
Fact 1: Ran for Governor of the State of Alabama
ii. HARVEY M. STAPP, b. 1898.
iii. ADDIE MAE STAPP, b. 1900; m. CHARLES B. DOWDY.
iv. ROBERT STAPP, b. 05 Aug 1902; d. 16 Sep 1972.
More About ROBERT STAPP:
Fact 2: buried at Franconia Cem, Aliceville, AL
v. WILLIAM COLBAY STAPP, b. 1905; m. JESSIE KATRINE (KATIE) STAPP.
More About WILLIAM COLBAY STAPP:
Comment 1: called "Willie" Stapp
vi. LAURA O. STAPP, b. 1908.
vii. NEAL STAPP.
15. ELIZABETH BEAUGARDE9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5,
JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 15 Jul 1861 in PICKENS Co., Ala,
and died 09 Mar 1938. She married ANDY MONROE FREEMAN 13 Mar 1887, son of
MARCUS FREEMAN and MARY BALLARD. He was born 31 Oct 1852 in Pickens Co.,
AL, and died 13 Sep 1902 in Pickens Co., AL.
More About ELIZABETH BEAUGARDE STAPP:
Fact 1: BURIED AT SALEM CEM, PICKENS CO, ALA
Notes for ANDY MONROE FREEMAN:
"I AM TOLD THAT THE MOTHER OF THE FREEMANS...THAT MARRIED FOUR STAPPS...
WAS ELIZABETH (BETTIE) LOVE, DAU OF HENRY O'NEILL LOVE. BETTIE LOVE WOULD
HAVE BEEN FIRST COUSIN OF SALENIA LOVE CARVER. BETTIE LOVE WAS THE
GRAND-MOTHER OF COUSIN ALMA HICKS, WHO IMPARTED MUCH GENEALOGY INFORMATION
YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, THE NAME GIVEN ON CHART IS THAT OF "MARY BALLARD". ALL
THE MEMBERS OF MOTHER'S (MELBA NOLAND) FAMILY CALLED ALMA HICKS "COUSIN".
WHEN I BEGAN ASKING OLDER MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP OF STAPPS, JIM HOWELL,
ALBERT STAPP, ETC....THEY GAVE THE RELATIONSHIP ABOVE. PERHAPS MARY
BALLARD IS THE 2ND WIFE....OR THE FIRST WIFE. COUSIN ALMA WOULD HAVE BEEN
SECOND COUSIN ONCE REMOVED OF REBECCA ELIZABETH CARVER...AND THIRD COUSIN
OF MELBA NOLAND. NOTE: I HAVE SINCE LEARNED (2002) THAT IT WASN'T A "LOVE"
THAT MARRIED MARCUS FREEMAN BUT MARY JANE BALLARD. HER SISTER, REBECCA
BALLARD, MARRIED ROBERT B. LOVE AND WAS THE MOTHER OF HANNAH SALENIA LOVE.
THEREFORE MARY JANE BALLARD FREEMAN WAS THE GRANDMOTHER OF "COUSIN ALMA"
HICKS. Mary Jane's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Freeman, married a Clanton.
One of their daughters was "Cousin" Alma. Rebecca's daughter, Hannah
Salenia Love, married Jim Carver and one of their daughters was Rebecca
Elizabeth Noland. Cousin Alma and my grandmother, Rebecca Elizabeth
Noland, were second cousins.
Note: The first above conjecture is incorrect. Information of booklets of
Samuel Andrew Hannah
IN THE BOOKLET "A THIRTEENTH BOOK ABOUT HANNAH", BY SAMUEL ANDREW HANNAH,
HE WRITES THE FOLLOWING: The oldest child of Mary Jane [Ballard] Freeman
and Marcus M. Freeman was Andrew "Andy" M. Freeman (Oct 31, 1852 - April
13, 1902] His name is cometimes written as anderson "Andy" M. Freeman but
according to U.S. Census data his first name was Andrew and not Anderson.
I have recently learned that his middle intial "M" stands for Monroe so
his correct full name was Andrew "Andy" Monroe Freeman. As written in
previous booklets, Andy Freeman on Mar 12, 1887 married Elizabeth "Betty"
Beauregard Stapp [July 15, 1861 - March 9, 1938] who was a daughter of
Colbay Stapp [Mar 20, 1800 - May 4, 1892] and his second wife Mary
Margaret Conner [Miller] Stapp (Jan 29, 1820 - April 7, 1909] of Raleigh
Beat of Pickens Co., Ala. Colbay Stapp [1800-1892] was buried in the Unity
Cemetery in Pickens Co., AL and Mary Margaret Conner [Miller] Stapp
[1820-1909] was buried in the Liberty Church Cemetery in Pickens Co., AL.
In census of 1880, Andrew Freeman, age 28, lived in his mother's household
and suffered from dyspepia.
More About ANDY MONROE FREEMAN:
Fact 1: HE AND WIFE BURIED AT SALEM CEM, PICKENS CO, AL
More About ANDY FREEMAN and ELIZABETH STAPP:
Marriage: 13 Mar 1887
Children of ELIZABETH STAPP and ANDY FREEMAN are:
i. ELIZABETH/LIZZIE10 FREEMAN, b. Aug 1889.
ii. TRANNIE M. FREEMAN, b. 19 Sep 1890, Pickens Co., AL; d. 03 Jun 1941,
Pickens Co., AL; m. ADRON C BILLINGS; b. 06 Oct 1889; d. 25 Apr 1958.
More About ADRON C BILLINGS:
Burial: liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
iii. OPHELIA FREEMAN, b. Oct 1892, Pickens Co., AL.
iv. BLANCHE FREEMAN, b. Dec 1893, Pickens Co., AL.
v. JAMES MONROE FREEMAN, b. May 1897, Pickens Co., AL.
More About JAMES MONROE FREEMAN:
Comment 1: 11 Apr 1917, Along with three cousins enlisted in the U.S.
military service
Comment 2: 1917, Served in U.S. Navy during WWI
Comment 3: 2017, The 3 cousins were: Colby Edgar Stapp, Albert Stapp, and
William Colby Stapp
vi. ESTHER FREEMAN, b. Apr 1896, Pickens Co., AL; m. PRESTON DUREN.
vii. MARTIN FREEMAN, b. Jan 1899.
viii. EARNEST TRUMAN FREEMAN, b. 16 Jan 1901; m. LUCILLE JONES.
ix. REVIS C. FREEMAN, b. 15 Feb 1888; d. 24 Jul 1890, Pickens Co., AL.
More About REVIS C. FREEMAN:
Burial: Salem Church Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
16. ROBERT LEE9 STAPP (COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 05 Apr 1864 in Pickens Co., Ala, and
died 20 Sep 1934 in PICKENS Co., Ala. He married THEODOCIA SCOTT CARVER 02
Jan 1887 in Pickens County, AL, daughter of WILLIAM SCOTT and LUCRETIA
TIDWELL. She was born 20 Jan 1857, and died Bet. Jan 1932 - 1935 in
Tuscaloosa, AL.
More About ROBERT LEE STAPP:
Burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1900, in census, household found in Raleigh Precinct, Pickens
Co., AL
Comment 2: Theodocia eventually divorced Robt L Stapp and remained in
Tuscaloosa
Fact 1: MARRIED WIDOW OF JOSEPH STAPP
Fact 2: SHE HAD FOUR CARVER CHILDREN
Fact 3: EVENTUALLY HAD 7 STAPP CHILDREN
Fact 4: BURIED AT LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO.
Fact 5: buried next to cousin Annie Stapp Noland
Fact 6: step-father to Green Carver's grandchildren
More About ROBERT STAPP and THEODOCIA CARVER:
Marriage: 02 Jan 1887, Pickens County, AL
Children of ROBERT STAPP and THEODOCIA CARVER are:
i. ERNESTINE JUANITA "ERNIE"10 STAPP, b. 1891; d. Sep 1980; m. CHARLES
EDWARD MOORE.
ii. MATTIE GERTRUDE "TRUDIE" STAPP, d. Mar 1991.
More About MATTIE GERTRUDE "TRUDIE" STAPP:
Comment 1: unmarried
iii. GLENNIE STAPP.
iv. ANNIE LAURA STAPP, b. 1900; d. 1907, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Notes for ANNIE LAURA STAPP:
ANNIE LAURA STAPP, DAU OF R. L. STAPP AND THEODOCIA SCOTT WAS POISONED BY
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, LOLLIE JONES.
More About ANNIE LAURA STAPP:
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa
Comment 1: died of poisoning by friend of her mother's, Mollie Jones
17. ELLEN FRANCES9 STAPP (WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 04 Mar 18255. She married JAMES C.
CLAYTON 18 Jan 1844 in PICKens Co., Ala.
Notes for JAMES C. CLAYTON:
1850 CENSUS OF PICKENS COUNTY:
424-443 JAMES C. CLAYTON 32 FARMER 200 NC
ELLEN FRANCES CLAYTON 26 ALA
(THIS IS DAU OF WILLIAM STAPP[
WILLIAM D. CLAYTON 6
JOHN W. CLAYTON 5
JAMES M. CLAYTON 2
JANE CAHALL 43 [AUNT OF ELLEN STAPP; JANE MAXWELL CAHALL]
1626-1673 JOHN ANDERSON CLATON 30 FARMER 300 NC
ELIZABETH CLATON/CLAYTON 33
(DAU OF WILLIAM STAPP)
WILLIAM J. CLAYTON 7
1612 - 1638 STANFORD CARVER 38 FARMER 360 NC
NANCY CARVER 39 VA
JAMES CARVER 14
WILLIAM CARVER 12
MARY CARVER 7
JOHN CARVER 6
AMANDA CARVER 4
1615-1661 JOHN CARVER 31 FARMER 300 NC
MARY CARVER 31
WILLIAM CARVER 4
COLUMBUS CARVER 3
1618-1664 WILLIAM W. CARVER 33 FARMER 800 NC
MARY CARVER 26
(PROB DAU OF LUCY POWELL)
JAMES CARVER 7
JOSEPH CARVER 3
LUCY POWELL 60
1619-1665 NANCY CARVER 63 1880 NC
1620-1666 JOHN R. CLATON/CLAYTON 73 NC
FRANCES CLAYTON 60
1621-1667 ABSOLEUM ? J. CLAYTON 26 FARMER NC
MARTHA CLAYTON 16
MARY F. CLAYTON 1
1625-1671 KINCHEY POWELL 47 FARMER 350 NC
SARAH POWELL 27 NC
LOUISA POWELL 7
JAMES N. POWELL 5
JOHN H. POWELL 3
More About JAMES C. CLAYTON:
Comment 1: Thought to be son of John R. Clayton
More About JAMES CLAYTON and ELLEN STAPP:
Marriage: 18 Jan 1844, PICKens Co., Ala
Children of ELLEN STAPP and JAMES CLAYTON are:
i. WILLIAM DALLAS10 CLAYTON, b. 31 Jan 1845.
ii. JOHN W. CLAYTON, b. 1846.
iii. JAMES M. CLAYTON, b. 1848.
18. MARY9 STAPP (WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 25 Feb 18295. She married _________ JONES 09 Dec
1849 in PICKens Co., Ala.
More About _________ JONES and MARY STAPP:
Marriage: 09 Dec 1849, PICKens Co., Ala
Child of MARY STAPP and _________ JONES is:
i. ALEXANDER10 JONES, b. 03 Aug 1852.
19. MARTHA9 STAPP (WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 01 Mar 1836 in Alabama5, and died 14 Jan 1896 in
PICKENS CO., ALA. She married GREEN CARVER6 21 Nov 1855 in PICKENS CO.,
ALA, son of JOHN CARVER and NANCY CLAYTON. He was born 09 Jan 1828 in
Person Co., NC7, and died 30 Dec 1904 in PICKENS CO., ALA7.
More About MARTHA STAPP:
Burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Cause of Death: DIED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE
Fact 1: 1896, First person buried in 'new' Liberty Church Cem./Pickens Co
Notes for GREEN CARVER:
ACCORDING TO GREEN'S GRAND-DAU, HE AND PARENTS CAME FROM WAKE CO., N.C.,
OR RALEIGH, N.C., ABOUT 1836 (WHEN GREEN WAS ABOUT 8 OR 9). [ACTUALLY IS
ABOUT 1833] THEY WERE WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF SETTLERS; STOPPED FIRST AROUND
ELYTON AND THEN ON TO PICKENS CO. [Actually, the Carvers were from Person
Co., NC. It is entirely possible, however, that their trek to Alabama
originated in Raleigh, NC. The small community in which this branch of
Carvers settled was called "RALEIGH", supposedly after the place they came
from in NC.] JOHN CARVER, OF AN AGE TO BE GREEN'S FATHER IS SHOWN IN THE
1840 CENSUS OF PICKENS CO, BUT IS DECEASED BY 1850, AT WHICH TIME HIS
MOTHER NANCY CARVER, IS SHOWN AS LIVING NEAR GREEN. IN THE 1850 CENSUS,
GREEN LISTS HIMSELF AS BEING AGE 22, A FARMER, PROPERTY VALUE IS $300. IN
THE 1860 CENSUS HE LISTS HIMSELF AS A GROCER, PROP VALUE AT $5000. HIS
MOTHER, NANCY, DIED IN 1855. GREEN SERVED WITH MCCAA RANGERS, CO. "D", 8TH
CONFED REGT CAVALRY. MUSTERED INTO SERVICE NOV 14, 1861. THEY SERVED UNDER
GEN. JOE WHEELER. GREEN WAS LISTED AT MUSTER AS 3RD SGT. LATER HE IS
LISTED AS BEING IN CO. "I" OF THE 7TH ALA. CAV., UNDER COMMAND OF COLONEL
HODGSON'S REG., OF THE NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST BRIGADE. RECORDS INDICATED
THAT HE FURNISHED HIS OWN HORSE....AND A VALUABLE ONE, AT THAT.
McCaa Rangers: Co. "D, 8th Regt Cavalry; mustered: Nov 14, 1861.
Green Carver, 3rd Sgt
J. H. Carver...son of Green Carver
S. A. Carver
G. W. Carver
J. T. Hughes
V. W. Jones, relation of Stapps
Mabry Noland....son of Samuel Noland; died early in war
J. T. Stapp..died early in war...brother of Ann Stapp
James Turner ...son-in-law of Samuel Noland
7TH ALA CAV, CO. "I", under command of Nathan Bedford Forrest:
James Ballard
Green Carver
John Clayton
Jack Clayton
Doc Clayton
Thomas Goodson
Wash Stapp
John Stapp
GREEN MARRIED THIRD TO NANNIE AND THEY AGREED THAT WHEN THEY DIED, THEIR
RESPECTIVE PROPERTY WOULD GO TO THEIR OWN CHILDREN. HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T
HAVE IT IN WRITING. GREEN DIED FIRST AND NANNIE CLAIMED ALL HIS PROPERTY
AS HERS. GREEN'S HEIRS PROTESTED AND FOUGHT IT, BUT THE WIDOW PREVAILED.
THEY WERE VERY BITTER ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.
1850 CENSUS OF PICKENS COUNTY, ALA
1571-1615 GREEN CARVER 27 FARMER 300 NC
LOUISA CARVER 23 NC
JOHN W. CARVER 2
JOSEPH CARVER 6/12
1572-1616 LEVI CARVER 25 FARMER NC
DORCAS CARVER 23
HENRY CARVER 1
1615-1661 JOHN CARVER 31
MARY
WILLIAM 4
COLUMBUS 3
1617-1664 WILLIAM CARVER 33
MARY
JAMES 9
JOSEPH 3
LUCY POWELL 60
1619-1665 NANCY CARVER 63
1620 - 1666 JOHN R. CLATON 72
FRANCES 60
1621 - 1667 A. G. CLAYTON 26
MARTHA 16
MARY
IN 1833/1835 TIME FRAME, THE CARVERS (FROM PERSON CO, NC) MOVED INTO AND
TOOK LAND IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE PRESENT LOCATION OF LIBERTY PRIMITIVE
BAPTIST CHURCH. TO THE SE, ADJOINING CHURCH PROPERTY, WAS JOHN CARVER. TO
THE NW, ADJOING CHURCH PROPERTY WAS WILLIAM W. CARVER (JOHN'S SON). TO THE
NE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, STANFORD CARVER (JOHN'S SON) ACQUIRED LAND IN 1837.
THIS LAND IS WHERE JAMES MONROE CARVER, GRANDSON OF JOHN CARVER AND SON OF
GREEN CARVER, LATER LIVED.
ABOUT 1837, JOHN CARVER AND HIS FAMILY WERE LISTED AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF
LIBERTY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE FIRST CEMETERY FOR THAT CHURCH WAS
LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE FIRST CHURCH...WHICH ITSELF WAS
LOCATED SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF THE PRESENT CHURCH BLDG. ACCORDING TO "OLD
TIMERS", INTERVIEWED BEFORE 1960, THE FIRST CHURCH HAD DIRT FLOORS WHEN IT
WAS FIRST FOUNDED AND BUILT. THEY WERE UNSURE WHEN THE SECOND CHURCH WAS
BUILT OR WHY. PERHAPS THE FIRST CHURCH BURNED. IT IS THOUGHT THAT JOHN
CARVER AND HIS WIFE, NANCY, WERE BURIED IN THE ORIGINAL CEMETERY ALTHO
THERE ARE NO LONGER STONES THERE... AND THE GROUND IS BEING FARMED BY
SOMEONE. [THIS INFO FROM A DESCENDANT OF JOHN CARVER]. STILL ANOTHER
DESCENDANT OF JOHN CARVER STATED THAT WHEN SOMEONE NAMED BURKHALTER
ACQUIRED THE OLD CEMETERY PROPERTY, THE STONES WERE TAKEN UP AND STACKED
UNDERNEATH A LARGER TREE ON THE PROPERTY. THE BALANCE OF THE PROPERTY WAS
FARMED. JOHN CARVER DIED IN 1848 [PER CHURCH RECORDS] AND NANCY DIED IN
1855 [PER CHURCH RECORDS]. THE CURRENT LIBERTY CHURCH CEMETERY LAND WAS
GIVEN TO THE CHURCH PRIOR TO 1896 BY JOHN'S SON, GREEN CARVER, B. 1828, D.
1904, AND THE FIRST ONE BURIED THERE WAS HIS 2ND WIFE: MARTHA STAPP
CARVER, IN 1896.
TO THE EAST OF THE CHURCH, SAME ROAD, AND VERY NEAR TO THE CHURCH, WERE
SEVERAL OLD HOMES. THE FIRST HOUSE, A LOG HOUSE IS WHERE GREEN CARVER AND
MARTHA STAPP CARVER LIVED IN 1871 WHEN THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER, MOLLIE
CARVER, WAS BORN [PER HER GRANDDAUGHTER]. PERHAPS THIS WAS ORIGINALLY THE
HOME OF JOHN CARVER AND NANCY CARVER [GREEN'S PARENTS]. CERTAINLY, THE
ORIGINAL LAND OF JOHN'S WAS THIS AREA. IN ALL PROBABILITY, GREEN CARVER
RAISED ALL HIS CHILDREN IN THIS HOUSE. HIS FIRST FOUR CHILDREN WERE:
JOSEPH, B. 1849; JOHN, B. 1848; JAMES, B. 1851 AND NANCY, B. 1853. BY HIS
SECOND MARRIAGE (IN 1855) HE HAD THREE DAUGHTERS: ANN ELIZABETH, B. 1866;
SALLY, B. 1867 AND MOLLY, B. 1871. WE KNOW THAT JAMES MONROE CARVER
[MARRIED HANNAH SALENIA LOVE, DAU OF ROBERT B. LOVE] WOULD LATER LIVE DOWN
THE ROAD FROM THE CHURCH [FORMERLY LAND PURCHASED BY BROTHER STANFORD
CARVER] AND HOUSES #1 (GREEN'S HOUSE] AND HOUSE #2 (POSTELL STAPP'S HOUSE,
LATER LESTER NOLAND'S HOUSE], WHERE HE RAISED HIS FAMILY. I NOTE IN
RECORDS THAT THIS AREA IS REFERRED TO AS THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. JIM CARVER
WAS THE PREACHER AT LIBERTY CHURCH [AND SALEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH].
MY GRANDMOTHER, REBECCA ELIZABETH CARVER, WAS RAISED IN THIS HOUSE.
THE WILLIAM STAPP FAMILY, B. 1802-D.1880, FAMILY SETTLED IN PICKENS COUNTY
ABOUT 1839/40 IN THE OLNEY AREA. THIS COMMUNITY WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
LIBERTY CHURCH. WILLIAM STAPP WAS THE FATHER OF MARTHA STAPP CARVER.
WILLIAM STAPP WAS THE BROTHER OF COLBAY STAPP {BOTH THESE MEN ARE BURIED
AT UNITY CEMETERY AT OLNEY}. COLBAY STAPP, B. 1800, D. 1892, WAS MARRIED
TWICE. IN HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, HE HAD FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER. ONE OF
THOSE SONS WAS POSTELL STAPP. POSTELL LIVED FOR A TIME IN HOUSE #2.
ACCORDING TO JEWELL NOLAND, WIFE OF J. L. NOLAND, JR., HOUSE #2, NEAR
LIBERTY CHURCH WAS PURCHASED BY PHILIP NOLAND AND HIS WIFE, ANNIE STAPP
NOLAND...FORM POSTELL STAPP, B. 1859. [ANNIE AND MARTHA STAPP WERE FIRST
COUSINS TO POSELL STAPP] FURTHER, POSTELL'S BROTHER, ROBERT LEE STAPP,
WOULD MARRY THE WIDOW OF JOSEPH CARVER, SON OF GREEN CARVER ABOUT 1887.
BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY?
HOWEVER, IN A LETTER DATED JAN 3, 1996, J.L. NOLAND, JR, STATED THAT
PHILIP AND ANNIE NOLAND NEVER OWNED HOUSE #2. HE SAID HE THOUGHT SO FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT LEARNED WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED FROM OLD RECORDS, ETC.,
THAT ANNIE STAPP NOLAND HAD ALWAYS LIVED IN THE HOUSE AT PLEASANT GROVE,
ALA. ACCORDING TO CENSUS RECORDS, THE HOUSEHOLD OF PHILIP AND ANNIE STAPP
IN 1870 AND 1880 WAS IN PLEASANT GROVE...IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT HOUSE
THAN HOUSE #2... AND ONE POINTED OUT BY MY GRANDFATHER, JOHN THOMAS
NOLAND, B. 1875, AS HIS HOME WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP. AS STATED ABOVE, THEY
NEVER BOUGHT THE #2 HOUSE. J.L. NOLAND STATES THAT HIS FATHER J.L. NOLAND,
SR., AND WIFE LULA LIVED WITH ANNIE WHEN THEY FIRST MARRIED... AND THEIR
FIRST FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN THE HOUSE AT PLEASANT GROVE. FOLLOWING
THAT, THEY MOVED FROM THE PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY TO LIBERTY CHURCH
COMMUNITY AT KENNY HILL...AND AFTER THAT TO HOUSE #2. JAMES LESTER NOLAND
PURCHASED THE HOUSE FROM THE MARTIN BROTHERS (TED MARTIN AND WIFE VIOLA
KIRK MARTIN AND HIS BROTHER FORMED THE MARTIN BROTHERS LUMBER MILL IN THAT
AREA]. VIOLA KIRK MARTIN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MOLLIE CARVER WHO MARRIED MR.
KIRK {WHO DIED EARLY} AND LATER MARRIED JOHN DANIEL. VIOLA KIRK WAS SISTER
OF NANNIE MAE KIRK, AND THEY WERE GRANDDAUGHTERS OF GREEN CARVER. POSTELL
STAPP AND FAMILY EVENTUALLY MOVED TO TUSCALOOSA AND OPENED A GENERAL
STORE. DESCENDANTS OF MOLLIE SAY THAT SHE LIVED WITH PHILIP AND ANNIE
STAPP NOLAND PART OF HER CHILDHOOD BECAUSE OF HER MOTHER'S ILLNESS.
[UNLESS MARTHA STAPP CARVER WAS ILL FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I QUESTION THIS.
MARTHA DIED IN 1896 AND IS BURIED AT LIBERTY CEMETERY. MOLLIE MARRIED TO
MR. KIRK IN 1890 AND LIVES NEXT DOOR TO GREEN CARVER AND MARTHA STAPP
CARVER IN 1891 WHEN HER FIRST CHILD WAS BORN. SO PERHAPS IT WAS MOLLIE
KIRK AND HER HUSBAND THAT BOUGHT THE HOUSE FROM POSTELL STAPP.... AND THE
MARTIN BROTHERS BOUGHT THE HOUSE MUCH LATER FROM MOLLIE AND HER NEW
HUSBAND, MR. DANIEL. [AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT TED MARTIN WAS MARRIED TO
MOLLIE'S DAUGHTER, VIOLA] JAMES LESTER NOLAND AND HIS FAMILY DIDN'T MOVE
INTO THE HOUSE UNTIL ABOUT 1920 OR A LITTLE AFTER. IN THE PLEASANT GROVE
AREA IS FOREST BAPTIST CHURCH. PHILIP NOLAND'S OBIT SAID HE WAS A MEMBER
OF THIS CHURCH.
PHILIP NOLAND DIED SUDDENLY IN 1889, LEAVING ANNIE WITH TWO SONS AT HOME.
PHILLIP WAS BURIED AT UNITY CEMETERY AT OLNEY... WHERE HIS SON AND
DAUGHTER WERE ALREADY BURIED. ANNIE'S PARENTS, WILLIAM AND MARY MAXWELL
STAPP, DIED AFTER PHILIP AND THEY WERE BURIED NEXT TO PHILIP AND ANNIE'S
CHILDREN... AND PHILIP. ANNIE DIED IN 1928 AT GORDO AT THE HOME OF HER
SON, JOHN THOMAS NOLAND. HER SONS CHOSE TO BURY HER AT LIBERTY CEMETERY
NEXT TO HER COUSIN, R. L. STAPP.
GREEN CARVER'S DAUGHER MOLLIE MARRIED ROBERT KIRK IN 1890. KIRK DIED IN
1899. THEY APPARENTLY MOVED INTO THE HOUSE NEXT TO GREEN CARVER AFTER
THEIR MARRIAGE...HOUSE # 2. MOLLIE'S DAUGHTER NANNIE MAE KIRK WAS BORN IN
THAT HOUSE IN 1891 (ACCORDING TO NANNIE'S DAUGHTER}. ANOTHER DAUGHTER OF
MOLLIE'S, VIOLA KIRK, PROBABLY WAS BORN IN HOUSE #2, TOO. VIOLA KIRK
MARRIED TED MARTIN AND LIVED IN HOUSE #2... AND THIS WAS FAMILY THAT SOLD
HOUSE TO JAMES LESTER NOLAND....NOT POSTELL STAPP. [PER J.L. NOLAND, JR.]
MOLLIE CARVER KIRK REMARRIED 2ND TO JOHN DANIEL [BROTHER-IN-LAW OF JAMES
LESTER NOLAND, SON OF PHILIP AND ANNIE STAPP NOLAND], IN 1901. REMEMBER,
IT WAS JAMES LESTER NOLAND THAT BOUGHT THE #2 HOUSE FROM TED AND VIOLA
KIRK MARTIN...DAU OF MOLLIE CARVER KIRK DANIEL, FIVE OR SO YEARS AFTER
1915. IN ALL PROBABILITY, IT WAS ROBERT KIRK AND MOLLIE CARVER KIRK THAT
BOUGHT HOUSE #2 FROM POSTELL STAPP IN 1890. ACCORDING TO FAMILY SOURCES,
GREEN CARVER'S DAUGHTER ANN ELIZABETH JORDAN DIED OF MALARIA IN 1898,
LEAVING SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN WHO WERE RAISED FOR A TIME BY THEIR AUNT
MOLLIE.
THE SON OF PHILIP AND ANNIE STAPP NOLAND, JAMES LESTER NOLAND, MARRIED
LULA DANIEL (GRAND-DAUGHTER OF ROBERT B. LOVE) IN 1900. APPARENTLY J.L.
AND LULA LIVED WITH ANNIE STAPP NOLAND {PER J.L. NOLAND, JR.} AND THEIR
FIRST FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN HER HOME. THEIR SON, J. L. NOLAND, JR.,
WAS BORN IN 1915. HE STATES THAT AS A SMALL CHILD, HIS PARENTS MOVED INTO
HOUSE #2. IN THE MEANTIME, GREEN CARVER AND HIS SONS HAVE MOVED TO GORDO,
AL AND OPENED A GENERAL STORE. GREEN CARVER WAS LIVING IN GORDO BY 1901
WHEN HE WAS MANAGER OF THE FIRST CITY ELECTION. IN 1900, REBECCA ELIZABETH
CARVER, DAU OF JIM CARVER, MARRIED TOM NOLAND. HER FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
GREEN CARVER BUILT THEM A HOME ON "CARVER ROAD" IN GORDO. JIM'S SONS ALSO
LIVED ON THAT ROAD, AS DID GREEN CARVER. GREEN DIED IN GORDO IN 1904. J.
L. NOLAND, JR., ALSO STATES THAT HIS GRANDMOTHER, ANNIE STAPP NOLAND, AT
TIMES LIVED WITH THEIR FAMILY. HE ALSO STATES THAT WHEN ANNIE STAPP NOLAND
SOLD HER HOME IN PLEASANT GROVE, ALA, SHE MOVED IN WITH HER SON, JOHN
THOMAS NOLAND, IN GORDO, ALA. SHE DID, FROM TIME TO TIME, STAY WITH HER
SON, JAMES LESTER NOLAND. ANNIE STAPP NOLAND WAS CRIPPLED, ACC TO J.L.,
AND HAD TO USE CRUTCHES TO GET AROUND.
ANNIE DIED IN 1928, AT TOM NOLAND'S HOUSE IN GORDO. JAMES LESTER AND LULA
STILL LIVED IN THE HOUSE NEAR LIBERTY CHURCH IN THE 40S WHEN I WAS A CHILD
BECAUSE WE WOULD GO THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME TO GET WATERMELONS.
Note: Many in the Carver family served in the CSA during the Civil War.
Those that we KNOW served are:
Green Carver, in cavalry
John Carver, son; died at Vicksburg, MS (POSSIBLY NOT, SINCE WE REC'D
COMMUNICATION FROM A CARVER LIVING IN INDIANA OR OHIO, WHICH STATED THAT
HIS GR GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN A "JOHN CARVER", FORMERLY OF PICKENS COUNTY,
WHO HAD SURRENDERED AT THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG, MS BECAUSE HE WAS
DESPERATELY HUNGRY. HE WAS ONLY ABOUT 16 YRS OLD. THE DESCENDANT SAID HE
ALWAYS TOLD HIS 'NORTHERN' FAMILY THAT HE WAS ASHAMED TO RETURN TO PICKENS
COUNTY BECAUSE HE HAD SURRENDERED TO THE YANKEES AND LATER HELPED THE
YANKEES IN THE WAR.
G W Carver, cousin
S.A. Carver, cousin
Wesley Carver, cousin
I am also told that members of his brothers' families served. These
brothers had moved to Texas by time of Civil War and probably served from
that state.
More About GREEN CARVER:
Burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1850, Shown in census as farmer
Comment 3: 1900, living in household of dau, Mary/Mollie Kirk
Fact 1: GAVE LAND FOR NEW CEMETERY AT LIBERTY PRIM BAPT CHURCH
Fact 2: WIFE MARTHA CARVER FIRST ONE BURIED THERE
Fact 3: SON, JAMES CARVER, PREACHED AT LIBERTY CHURCH
Fact 4: 1901, DATE OF FIRST CITY ELECTION OF GORDO, ALA
Fact 5: 1901, GREEN CARVER WAS MANAGER OF ELECTION
Fact 6: 1901, GREEN CARVER CHOSEN AS COUNCILMAN
Fact 7: Jun 1879, JOINED LIBERTY CHURCH BY LETTER
Fact 8: Jul 1881, GREEN CARVER CHOSEN AS DEACON IN CHURCH
Fact 9: 1900, Lived in Gordo, AL on "Carver Road"
Fact 10: 1860, Shown in census as "grocer"
Fact 11: 1862, served in CSA in Cavalry; with Nathan Bedford Forrest
Fact 12: 1850, shown in Pickens Co., AL slave census records
More About GREEN CARVER and MARTHA STAPP:
Marriage: 21 Nov 1855, PICKENS CO., ALA
Children of MARTHA STAPP and GREEN CARVER are:
29. i. ANN ELIZABETH10 CARVER, b. 01 Jan 1866, PICKENS CO., ALA; d. 19 Oct
1898, PICKENS CO., ALA.
30. ii. SARAH JANE/SALLY CARVER, b. 11 Oct 1867, PICKENS CO., ALA; d. 19
Dec 1938, PICKENS CO., ALA.
31. iii. MARY ELLEN/MOLLIE CARVER, b. 03 Dec 1871, PICKENS CO., ALA; d. 07
Sep 1945, Pickens Co., Ala.
20. WILLIAM MAXWELL9 STAPP (WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 18 Feb 1838 in Pickensville, Pickens
Co., AL8, and died 13 Apr 1909 in PICKENS Co., Ala. He married (1) LAVICY
ELIZABETH GOODSON 06 Jul 1859 in PICKens Co., Ala, daughter of JOHN
GOODSON and ELIZABETH DOOLEY. She was born 18 Mar 1842, and died 19 Aug
1876 in PICKens Co., Ala. He married (2) MARY JANE PHILLIPS Aft. 1876. She
was born 14 Jul 1836, and died 08 Sep 1900 in Pickens Co., AL. He married
(3) A. C. POWELL Aft. 1900 in Pickens Co., AL.
Notes for WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP:
IN 1966, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO "COUSIN" ALMA HICKS, B. 1880,
[had been a Clanton] A COUSIN OF MY GRANDMOTHER NOLAND. SHE WAS QUITE
ELDERLY AT THE TIME, BUT ALERT AND SEEMED TO HAVE TOTAL RECALL OF THE
PAST. ONE OF THE STORIES HAD TO DO WITH "OLD MAN BILL STAPP", AND HIS SON
OSCAR. SHE INDICATED THAT "OLD MAN STAPP" WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM STAPP, B.
1802 (WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP) AND HAD TAKEN OVER THE RUNNING OF THE STORE
OR FARM AND WAS FAIRLY WELL TO DO. AT ANY RATE, LIVING ON HIS FARM IN A
RENT HOUSE WAS A LADY SCHOOL TEACHER AND HER DAUGHTER. OSCAR AND THE GIRL
GREW UP TOGETHER AND WHEN OSCAR WAS IN HIS EARLY 20'S AND THE GIRL WAS IN
HER TEENS, THEY FELL IN LOVE. OSCAR WENT TO HIS FATHER TO TELL HIM THEY
WERE GOING TO BE MARRIED AND "OLD MAN BILL STAPP" HAD A FIT AND ABSOLUTELY
REFUSED HIM PERMISSION TO MARRY. HE WAS SO ADAMANT THAT OSCAR CONTINUED TO
PRESS HIM FOR A REASON....AND FINALLY BILL TOLD HIM THAT HE AND THE GIRL
WERE BROTHER AND SISTER! SEEMED THAT AFTER HE HAD CAUSED THE TEACHER TO BE
PREGNANT, HE LET THEM LIVE IN THE RENT HOUSE FOR FREE AND HELPED THEM
ALONG FINANCIALLY. OSCAR, HORRIFIED, RUSHED TO TELL THE GIRL WHAT THE
PROBLEM WAS. THE GIRL WAS, OF COURSE, HEART-BROKEN AND ASHAMED AND FLED
INTO THE WOODS. THEY FOUND HER LATER....AFTER SHE HAD KILLED HERSELF.
OSCAR WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS FATHER THEREAFTER, BEGAN DRINKING
HEAVILY, NEVER MARRIED AND DIED A FAIRLY YOUNG MAN. ALMA SAID THAT THE
REASON SHE REMEMBERED THIS SO CLEARLY WAS THAT OSCAR WAS A LITTLE OLDER
THAN SHE, AND THAT SHE AND HER FRIENDS THOUGHT HE WAS VERY HANDSOME AND
THAT THE STORY WAS VERY ROMANTIC. AT ANY RATE, OSCAR, MY GRANDMOTHER AND
ALMA WOULD ALL BE OF THE SAME GENERATION AND I PRESUME THAT ALMA KNEW WHAT
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
In Nov 1889, a Confederate Veterans Association was formed in Pickens Co,
AL in an effort to come up with money to help ill and disabled veterans.
Listed were:
W. N. Goodson, 40th, Ala; Co. "G"
H. Hicks, 40th ala, Co. "B"
John Hicks, 40th Ala, Co. "B"
I. M. Noland, 11th Ala, Co. H
T. H. Noland, "D", 16th Ala Cav
W. M. Stapp, 40th Ala, "G"
M. V. Ballard, 19th Ala, "A"
J. D. Stapp, 40th Ala, Co. "C"
A. P. Powell, 7th Ala Cav, "I"
Note: In 1890, Veterans held meeting/rally and there were approximately
4500 people there.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE LISTED FOR WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP IS SPEEDS MILL. AS OF
1996, SPEEDS MILL IS OWNED BY MARCELL HOUSE'S FAMILY. IT IS ON THE ROAD TO
SALEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND CEMETERY WHERE MANY STAPP RELATIVES ARE
BURIED INCLUDING COLBY EDGAR STAPP.
After William Stapp's death in 1880, his son William Maxwell Stapp took
over the store and mill. According to an old store ledger found in trunk
belonging to Annie Stapp Noland, in the years following the civil war and
up until the death of her husband in 1889, her brother W.M. Stapp helped
them out financially with loans and credit at the store. Wm. Maxwell Stapp
was also a veteran of the civil war and served in the same Regt. as
Annie's husband, Philip Noland.
More About WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP:
Burial: Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Comment 1: 1900, in 1900 census, he is found in Carrollton precinct
Comment 2: 1900, in household are Mary, wife; Oscar, son; Julia daughter
Fact 1: BURIED AT UNITY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, AL
Fact 2: Bet. 1961 - 1965, SERVED WITH CO "G", 40TH ALABAMA INF
Fact 3: took over his father's mill and store
More About LAVICY ELIZABETH GOODSON:
Fact 1: 1876, buried in Bethesda Cemetery, Pickens Co
More About WILLIAM STAPP and LAVICY GOODSON:
Marriage: 06 Jul 1859, PICKens Co., Ala
More About MARY JANE PHILLIPS:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 2: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
More About WILLIAM STAPP and MARY PHILLIPS:
Marriage: Aft. 1876
More About WILLIAM STAPP and A. POWELL:
Marriage: Aft. 1900, Pickens Co., AL
Children of WILLIAM STAPP and LAVICY GOODSON are:
i. JOHN WALTERS10 STAPP, b. 22 Sep 1861, Carroll Co, Miss..
More About JOHN WALTERS STAPP:
Fact 1: no sons; 4 or 5 daughters
ii. OSCAR EVALCUS STAPP, b. 09 Mar 1866, Pickens Co., AL; d. 01 Mar 1904,
Pickens Co., AL.
More About OSCAR EVALCUS STAPP:
Fact 1: this is man the story was about - re school teacher
Fact 2: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
32. iii. JAMES M. STAPP, b. 12 Jan 1868, Pickens Co., AL; d. 1938.
iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON STAPP, b. 16 Dec 1869, Pickens Co., AL; d. 20 Jun
1881, Pickens Co., AL.
More About THOMAS JEFFERSON STAPP:
Fact 1: died at age 11
Fact 2: buried at Bethesda Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
v. MARY E. STAPP, b. 31 Jan 1872; d. 05 Apr 1947; m. W. C. KIRKPATRICK.
vi. WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP, JR., b. 28 Nov 1873, Pickens Co., AL; d. 07 Dec
1900, Pickens Co., AL.
More About WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP, JR.:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 2: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
vii. JULIA A. STAPP, b. 07 Feb 1875; d. 1912.
Child of WILLIAM STAPP and MARY PHILLIPS is:
33. viii. ROBERT ARTHUR10 STAPP, b. 29 Oct 1877; d. 19 Nov 1943.
21. ANNIE9 STAPP (WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3,
ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 17 Sep 1844 in Pickens Co., Ala8, and died 18
Sep 1928 in Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala. She married PHILIP AUBREY NOLAND 25
Jul 1866 in Pickens Co., Ala, son of SAMUEL NOLAND and NANCY WARREN. He
was born 10 Jan 1836 in Conecuh Co., Ala, and died 21 Sep 1889 in Pickens
Co., Ala.
Notes for ANNIE STAPP:
ON JULY 25, 1866 ANNIE STAPP MARRIED PHILIP AUBREY NOLAND AT THE HOME OF
HER PARENTS. PHILIP AUBREY NOLAND WAS A CONFEDERATE VETERAN AND HAD BEEN A
PRISONER OF WAR. PHILIP BUILT A LOG CABIN A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE STAPP
MILL/HOME. THEY BEGAN RAISING A FAMILY DURING THE HARSH TIMES OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION ERA. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR A "REBEL" TO FIND WORK. THE CASH
BOOK OF HER FATHER'S REFLECTS THAT OFTEN HE WOULD LOAN MONEY TO PHILIP
NOLAND. FAMILY TRADITION STATES THAT PHILIP WAS A MEMBER OF THE KKK (AS
WERE MOST OF THE FORMER REBELS IN PICKENS CO) AND SHE MUST HAVE LIVED A
FRIGHTENED LIFE WONDERING IF HE WOULD BE CAUGHT AND HUNG. PHILIP WAS ALSO
A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE AND WOULD RIDE HORSEBACK TO COLUMBUS, MISS
FOR MEETINGS...BUT AGAIN, I AM TOLD THAT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS WERE KKK
MEETINGS. IN 1889, PHILIP DIED OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS. TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS
DEATH, ANNIE HAD LOST HER ONLY DAUGHTER, THE LOVELY OPHELIA. AFTER THE
DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, ANNIE REMAINED IN HER SMALL LOG HOUSE WITH HER TWO
YOUNGEST CHILDREN. I WONDER HOW SHE SURVIVED? HER PARENTS WERE ALREADY
DEAD AND HER BROTHER, WILLIAM MAXWELL STAPP, OWNED THE STORE AND MILL.
PERHAPS HE HELPED HER, I DON'T KNOW. HER TWO YOUNGEST SONS MARRIED IN
1900. ONE OF THEM, JAMES LESTER, BROUGHT HIS WIFE TO LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER
AND THEY BEGAN THEIR YOUNG FAMILY WHILE LIVING THERE. THE OTHER SON, JOHN
THOMAS NOLAND, MARRIED REBECCA ELIZABETH CARVER, A WELL-KNOWN PREACHER,
AND MOVED INTO A HOME BUILT OR THEM BY HER FATHER IN GORDO, AL. ANNIE
BEGAN TO HAVE HEART PROBLEMS AROUND 1915 AND BECAME CRIPPLED AS WELL. SHE
WALKED THE REST OF HER LIFE ON CRUTCHES. SHE LIVED OUT HER LIFE AT HER
SON'S HOME IN GORDO. FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME, SHE WOULD STAY WITH JAMES
LESTER AND HIS FAMILY AT HIS HOME NEAR LIBERTY CHURCH IN PICKENS CO. ANNIE
DIED AT THE HOME OF JOHN THOMAS NOLAND IN GORDO OF A HEART ATTACK. MY
MOTHER, MELBA, FOUND HER GRANDMOTHER AFTER SHE HAD DIED.
September 17, 1998
In my cedar chest is a special coverlet. This coverlet was woven over one
hundred years ago by Annie Stapp Noland, my great grandmother. She was a
lady of iron will, deep roots and strong convictions and this week marks
the anniversary of her birth in 1844 in Pickens County, Alabama. She was
also a gentle lady, with a loving disposition to her family.
She was born into a well-to-do family. Her father had a mill and a general
store near Olney, Pickens Co., AL. They were slave owners but the members
of the family were expected to work within the family businesses and learn
how to do the menial jobs that slaves normally did. When the civil war
began, several of her brothers joined the CSA. Most of the young men in
the county also left home to fight for the Confederacy. In 1864, the
yankees made a raid through Pickens County, burning the courthouse at
Carrollton and on into the southern part of the county and burned the
Stapp mill and store. About this time, too, the slaves were freed and
their slaves left. Times became extremely hard. One brother was dead. Her
father began to put together another mill and store with what little help
he could find in the vicinity. At the end of the war, Annie married Philip
Noland when he returned home from a prisoner-of-war camp in Illinois. His
father had recently died and his mother and sisters lived on a nearby
plantation.
Philip and Annie set up housekeeping in a log house they built on a piece
of land which had belonged to her father. They lived there throughout
their married life. She had her children in the log house. And, she spun
the thread there for the clothes for her family, the linens for their beds
and their other needs. Raising a family in Pickens County at that time was
rough. Reconstruction was particularly harsh in Pickens County (according
to family stories and publications) and they struggled daily to survive.
The returning Rebs were denied jobs and carpetbaggers came and seized
farms for taxes. The Confederate currency was, of course, worthless; the
families lived hand to mouth.
It took long days and hard, back-breaking work to get a crop of cotton out
of the field....or to grow enough food to feed your family. The
environment bred individuals who were strong and determined. Even though
they worked as hard as they could...it was indeed fortunate that her
father and brother had a store and a mill. Receipts were found that
indicated that they helped Annie and Philip frequently with food items and
flour from the mill to help them get by.
Annie learned to read and write as a child. Her father had seen to it that
all his children were educated. She passed that love for reading and
writing down to her children and grandchildren. Her husband, Philip, had
been a school teacher prior to the civil war so he, too, helped to instill
the love of reading into their children. As was common in the south in
those days, her husband was a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of
the Ku Klux Klan. I am sure that those years following the war and during
the height of reconstruction were terrifying ones. Research shows that
much killing and harrassing of former Rebs went on in Pickens County.
During the 70s and early 80s, the KKK fought back against the
carpetbaggers and eventually life in Pickens County began returning to
normal. The former soldiers were able to get work and things became a
little easier. In 1873, her small son, Luther Burton, died. Then in the
early 80s, her parents died as well as her beloved only daughter, Ophelia,
at age 18. When Philip, her husband, died in 1889 of appendicitis, she was
left alone in the log house with her two younger sons. But she survived
with tenacity, courage and love. In her later years, she became crippled
and lived the last few years in Gordo with her son, John Thomas Noland. My
mother, Melba, spent a great deal of time with her grandmother and
listened to Annie's stories about her early days and what she went through
after the war and after she was widowed. Annie brought the coverlet from
the log house and used it on her bed in Gordo. She had woven it during the
worst of the reconstruction period and mother always felt it was precious
because of the love and care Annie had put into it.
When my grandfather died and we went through a lot of the stuff in his
house, Mother found the beloved coverlet in a trunk containing much of
what had belonged to Annie. She took it home with her. She also found in
Annie's trunk a little box full of Confederate money. There, too, was an
old journal...obviously from her father's store, in which she had pasted
numerous poems and obituaries. She had used the old journal as a scrapbook
in which to save things she wanted to keep.
More About ANNIE STAPP:
Burial: Liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Comment 1: 1900, lived in Pleasant Grove precinct; son, James Lester lived
with her
Comment 2: 1900, also in household was a servant, Samuel Ballard
Comment 3: 1900, Son, John Thomas and new wife lived next door to Ann
Fact 1: Lived with her son, Tom Noland, at the time of her death
Fact 2: used crutches in later years
Fact 3: died of a heart attack
Fact 4: buried at LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO.
Fact 5: son, James Lester, lived across the road from cemetery at time
Fact 6: her sister, Martha Carver, also buried there.
Medical Information: HAD ARTHRITIS SEVERELY
Notes for PHILIP AUBREY NOLAND:
Taken from diary of Willett, "Lane Guards", 42nd Regt and 40th Regt.
Philip Noland, 3rd Sgt.
Mike L. Gaskin [married to Noland girl]
C. H. Hughes
J. J. Locke [cousin of Nolands]
Thomas Locke [cousin of Nolands]
J W Love
James Noland [
More About PHILIP AUBREY NOLAND:
Burial: Olney Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Cause of Death: RUPTURED appendicitis
Fact 1: 1860, Pickens Census said he was school teacher9
Fact 2: 1861, Served with CSA; 42nd Inf Ala Regt, CO B10
Fact 3: Captured at fall of Vicksburg, MS and paroled10
Fact 4: Captured again at Battle of Chattanooga11
Fact 5: Inprisoned in Rock Island, Ill (Union Prison) until end of war11
Fact 6: Philip Aubrey was a Mason12
Fact 7: Philip Aubrey was a member of Ku Klux Klan13
Fact 8: Buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., Ala14
Fact 9: 1860 CENSUS: PLEASANT GROVE PRECINCT
Fact 10: 1870 CENSUS: PLEASANT GROVE PRECINCT
Fact 11: 1880 CENSUS: PLEASANT GROVE PREC
Fact 12: 1880 CENSUS: LIVED NEXT DOOR TO WM. STAPP
Fact 13: died of ruptured appendix
Medical Information: Had blue eyes, dark hair and dark complexion
More About PHILIP NOLAND and ANNIE STAPP:
Marriage: 25 Jul 1866, Pickens Co., Ala
Children of ANNIE STAPP and PHILIP NOLAND are:
i. OPHELIA HOLLOWAY10 NOLAND, b. 20 Jul 1867, Pickens Co., AL; d. 06 Dec
1886, Pickens Co., Ala.
More About OPHELIA HOLLOWAY NOLAND:
Fact 1: Buried at Unity Cemetery
Fact 2: Tombstone has been destroyed by hunters' target practice
Fact 3: Relatives said she was an extremely beautiful girl
Fact 4: Died suddenly just prior to her marriage
Fact 5: NAMED HOLLOWAY FOR SOME COUSIN FROM MISSISSIPPI
34. ii. WILLIAM SAMUEL NOLAND, b. 28 Aug 1868, Ollenny, (Olney?) Pickens
Co., AL; d. 22 Apr 1955, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
iii. LUTHER BURTON NOLAND, b. 14 Mar 1870, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 05 Aug
1873, Pickens Co., Ala.
More About LUTHER BURTON NOLAND:
Fact 1: BURIED AT UNITY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, AL
Fact 2: NEXT TO HIS FATHER AND SISTER, STAPP GRANDPARENTS
35. iv. JOHN THOMAS NOLAND, b. 30 Mar 1875, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 23 Jun
1951, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
36. v. JAMES LESTER NOLAND, b. 11 Sep 1880, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 13 Apr
1950, Pickens Co., Ala.
22. JOSEPH DANDRIDGE9 STAPP (JOHN8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 21 Feb 1842 in Memphis, Pickens Co.,
AL, and died 12 Oct 1902 in Pickens Co., Al (buried at Garden Cemetery,
Pickens Co). He married LEONA ESTELLE RICHEY 14 Nov 1867, daughter of
DAVID RICHEY and DIADEM LYNCH. She was born 14 Aug 1848 in Alabama, and
died 17 Jan 1925 in Pickens Co., Al (buried at Garden Cemetery, Pickens
Co).
Notes for JOSEPH DANDRIDGE STAPP:
WAS IN "PICKENS GREYS", MUSTERED AT PICKENSVILLE, MAY 6, 1862. 41ST
REGIMENT (VOLUNTEERS) UNDER COL. MARTIN L. STANSEL, MURFREESBORO, TENN.
More About JOSEPH DANDRIDGE STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
More About JOSEPH STAPP and LEONA RICHEY:
Marriage: 14 Nov 1867
Children of JOSEPH STAPP and LEONA RICHEY are:
i. MARY BEATRICE10 STAPP, b. 12 Nov 1868, Garden Ala; d. 26 Apr 1926,
Aliceville, Ala.
More About MARY BEATRICE STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
37. ii. MARGARET DEAL STAPP, b. 20 Aug 1870, Garden Ala; d. 04 Aug 1945,
Aliceville, Ala.
38. iii. ALICE BLANCHE STAPP, b. 27 Mar 1873, Garden, Alabama; d. 24 Jul
1955, Aliceville, Alabama.
iv. JOHN DAVID STAPP, b. 1875, Garden Ala; d. 17 Feb 1945.
More About JOHN DAVID STAPP:
Fact 1: CALLED UNCLE JOHN
v. LEONA ESTELLE STAPP, b. 21 Jun 1886, Garden Ala; d. 28 Feb 1969,
Aliceville, Ala.
More About LEONA ESTELLE STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: CALLED STELLA
vi. JOSEPH D. STAPP, JR., b. 24 Aug 1881, Garden Ala; d. 26 Dec 1951,
Aliceville, Ala.
More About JOSEPH D. STAPP, JR.:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: CALLED "TOOG"
Fact 2: buried at Garden Cemetery, Pickens Co
23. JESSE C.9 STAPP (JESSE MARTIN8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4,
JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) died 25 Jul 1854 in Pickens Co., AL. He married
LAVENIA. She was born 1817.
More About JESSE C. STAPP:
Fact 1: died as infant; 1 yr, 6 mos,, 3 days
Fact 2: buried at Garden Baptist Church Cem, Hwy 14
Children of JESSE STAPP and LAVENIA are:
i. SAMUEL10 STAPP, b. 1838.
ii. SARA STAPP, b. 1842.
iii. CORNELIA STAPP, b. 1845.
iv. LAURENCIA STAPP, b. 1851.
v. JOHN STAPP, b. 1853.
vi. DR. JAMES T. STAPP, b. 1856.
Generation No. 4
24. VIRGIL10 STAPP (COLBY PULLEN9, COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5,
JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) He married AMANDA JOSEPHINE STANLEY.
Child of VIRGIL STAPP and AMANDA STANLEY is:
i. GAY11 STAPP, b. 1909.
25. ADA GERTRUDE10 STAPP (JOHN JAMES9, COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 07 Aug 1888, and died 05
Sep 1990. She married HIRIAM HOWELL.
More About ADA GERTRUDE STAPP:
Fact 1: nicknamed "Gertie"
More About HIRIAM HOWELL:
Fact 1: cattle trader, logging, store owner
Children of ADA STAPP and HIRIAM HOWELL are:
i. JAMES11 HOWELL, m. JOSEPHINE BURKHALTER.
More About JAMES HOWELL:
Fact 1: gordo AL postmaster
ii. CLYDE HOWELL.
More About CLYDE HOWELL:
Fact 1: musician
iii. CLIFTON HOWELL.
More About CLIFTON HOWELL:
Fact 1: killed in car accident
iv. HAYES HOWELL.
v. CONRAD HOWELL.
vi. MARTHA LOU HOWELL.
vii. SARAH HOWELL.
viii. HENRY HAYES HOWELL.
26. MARY MAUDE10 STAPP (JESSE MARTIN9, COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 13 Jan 1887, and died 08
Feb 1942. She married JAMES EULIE CARTER 05 May 1907 in Pickens Co., AL.
He was born 01 Jan 1888, and died 24 Dec 1964.
More About JAMES CARTER and MARY STAPP:
Marriage: 05 May 1907, Pickens Co., AL
Children of MARY STAPP and JAMES CARTER are:
i. WILMER INEZ11 CARTER, b. 1907.
ii. WILLARD LEON CARTER, b. 1909.
iii. ARNOLD HILTON CARTER, b. 1912.
iv. MARY EARLE CARTER, b. 1913.
v. JAMES MURRAY CARTER, b. 1914.
vi. LETHA MARGARET CARTER, b. 1916.
vii. JESSIE EDWIN CARTER, b. 1918.
viii. NORMAN CARTER, b. 1920.
ix. EARNEST CARTER, b. 1924.
x. JOE THOMAS CARTER, b. 1928.
27. JAMES/JESSE OTIS10 STAPP (JESSE MARTIN9, COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 1894, and died 1948.
He married MARGARET CATHERINE REYNOLDS 1919.
More About JAMES/JESSE OTIS STAPP:
Burial: Salem Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
More About JAMES/JESSE STAPP and MARGARET REYNOLDS:
Marriage: 1919
Children of JAMES/JESSE STAPP and MARGARET REYNOLDS are:
39. i. MARY CELIA11 STAPP, b. 1924.
ii. MARTHA STAPP, b. 1928.
iii. MARGARET OTIS ODETTE STAPP, b. 1931.
28. COLBY EDGAR10 STAPP (JESSE MARTIN9, COLBAY8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 27 Aug 1897 in Pickens Co.,
AL, and died 12 Aug 1960 in Staten Island, NY. He married DAISY IRENE
TEMPLE Abt. 1919 in New York. She was born 01 May 1898 in Boston, Mass,
and died 19 Jan 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Notes for COLBY EDGAR STAPP:
According to newspaper article and pic, Edgar Stapp, together with his
cousins...Monroe Freeman of Gordo; Albert Stapp of Gordo and William Stapp
of Tuscaloosa....joined the U.S. Navy together...article dated July 29,
1917....Albert Stapp sent to hospital training camp at Newport, R.I. and
the other three went to Norfolk for training.
More About COLBY EDGAR STAPP:
Comment 1: Ancestor of Kathy Needham, Selma, AL
More About COLBY STAPP and DAISY TEMPLE:
Marriage: Abt. 1919, New York
Children of COLBY STAPP and DAISY TEMPLE are:
40. i. COLBY EDGAR11 STAPP, JR., b. 06 Nov 1923, Staten Island, NY; d. 31
Jan 1995, Selma, Ala.
ii. GENEVIEVE STAPP, b. 1921.
29. ANN ELIZABETH10 CARVER (MARTHA9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 01 Jan 1866 in
PICKENS CO., ALA, and died 19 Oct 1898 in PICKENS CO., ALA. She married
WILLIAM RUFUS JORDAN 07 Jan 1889 in PICKENS CO., ALA, son of ELBERT JORDAN
and MARY HOUSTON. He was born 06 Mar 1855 in Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala, and
died 28 Oct 1908 in 28 Oct 1908.
More About ANN ELIZABETH CARVER:
Burial: liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., Ala
Cause of Death: MALARIA FEVER
Fact 1: BURIED AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, PICKENS CO
Fact 2: died at age 32 of malaria fever
More About WILLIAM RUFUS JORDAN:
Cause of Death: PNeumonia
Fact 1: BURIED AT LIBERTY PRIM BAPT CHURCH CEMETERY
More About WILLIAM JORDAN and ANN CARVER:
Marriage: 07 Jan 1889, PICKENS CO., ALA
Children of ANN CARVER and WILLIAM JORDAN are:
i. WILLIAM HARVEY11 JORDAN, b. 13 Nov 1889, PICKENs Co., Ala; d. 16 Feb
1917, PICKENs Co., Ala; m. IDA MAE.
More About WILLIAM HARVEY JORDAN:
Fact 1: HAD ARM CUT OFF IN SAW MILL ACCIDENT
Fact 2: NEVER MARRIED
Fact 3: fatal forestry accident, age 28
Fact 4: buried AT LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO.
41. ii. AMANDA FLORENCE JORDAN, b. 03 Feb 1892, GORDO, ALA; d. 22 Mar
1977, NORTHPORT, ALA.
42. iii. JOHN BRYANT JORDAN, b. 18 Jan 1894, GORDO, ALA; d. 05 Jan 1954,
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
iv. JAMES ELBERT JORDAN, b. 12 Jul 1895; d. 17 Aug 1940, COVINGTON, ALA.
30. SARAH JANE/SALLY10 CARVER (MARTHA9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 11 Oct 1867 in
PICKENS CO., ALA, and died 19 Dec 1938 in PICKENS CO., ALA. She married
ROBERT BRADSHAW BAILEY 19 Jan 1888 in Pickens County, AL, son of LAWRENCE
BAILEY and ANNIE BOON. He was born 21 Mar 1866 in PIckens County, AL, and
died 23 Nov 1945 in pICkens County, AL.
Notes for SARAH JANE/SALLY CARVER:
My uncles, Thomas Edgar Noland and Cayce Noland, sons of Lizzie Carver
Noland, told me that Sallie Carver Bailey, their aunt, lived across the
street from Lizzie. Apparently, Sallie's son-in-law Dr. Kirk, gave her a
great deal of paragoric [an addictive pain killer]. At any rate, when the
boys needed a little spending money, they would crawl under Aunt Sallie's
house and retrieve paragoric bottles to sell. They were 'returnable' at
the drug store. Sallie apparently threw them under the house when she
finished with them. Grandmother learned what they were doing and forbade
them to do it again. Uncle Dutch said that when Sallie died, there was a
"mountain" of paragoric bottles under her house. And that was after the
boys had taken many, many bottles from beneath the house.
Uncle Cayce said that Sallie was "such fun" to be around. She had a great
sense of humor, laughed and kidded the children. She had flaming red hair.
(inherited from the Carvers, no doubt).
More About SARAH JANE/SALLY CARVER:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: BURIED AT LIBERTY PRIM BAPT CHURCH CEMETERY
Fact 2: SALLY WAS A "FIREBALL"
Fact 3: DIPPED SNUFF (AND MAYBE OTHER THINGS)
Fact 4: WAS RED HEADED
Notes for ROBERT BRADSHAW BAILEY:
Believe that this is the brother-in-law that was in business with James
Monroe Carver with the general store.
More About ROBERT BRADSHAW BAILEY:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: buried at Liberty Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 2: named after Rev. R. Bradshaw, who presided over L.D. & Annie's
marraige
Fact 3: Proprietor of Cloverdale Stock and Poultry Farm, Rt 2, Gordo, AL
Fact 4: Played the violin/fiddle
More About ROBERT BAILEY and SARAH CARVER:
Marriage: 19 Jan 1888, Pickens County, AL
Children of SARAH CARVER and ROBERT BAILEY are:
43. i. LOIS JEAN "BOBIE"11 BAILEY, b. 19 Feb 1889, PICKENS CO., ALA; d. 16
Dec 1958, PICKENS CO., ALA.
44. ii. HURLEY MARTIN BAILEY, b. 29 Nov 1891, Pickens County, AL; d. 31
Jan 1973, Pickens County, AL.
45. iii. MATTIE GERTRUDE "BEP" BAILEY, b. 30 Mar 1893, Pickens County, AL;
d. 22 Feb 1983, PICKENS CO., ALA.
iv. HERMAN CARVER BAILEY, b. 20 Jul 1895, Pickens County, AL; d. 11 Oct
1918, France (WWI).
More About HERMAN CARVER BAILEY:
Fact 1: DIED IN WWI
Fact 2: buried AT LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
Fact 3: Private in 323rd Infantry, Serial #3206981
46. v. ANNIE KATE BAILEY, b. 12 May 1897.
47. vi. MARY EDNA "RED" BAILEY, b. 23 Feb 1903, Gordo, Pickens Co., AL; d.
28 Jul 1987, Northport, AL.
31. MARY ELLEN/MOLLIE10 CARVER (MARTHA9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 03 Dec 1871 in
PICKENS CO., ALA, and died 07 Sep 1945 in Pickens Co., Ala. She married
(1) ROBERT EARLY KIRK 02 Jan 1890 in PICKENS CO., ALA. He died 10 Dec
1899. She married (2) JOHN HENRY DANIEL 27 Jun 1901 in PICKENS CO., ALA.
He died Abt. 1940.
Notes for MARY ELLEN/MOLLIE CARVER:
In 1900 census, Mary Carver Kirk is found living in Gordo precinct. Listed
in household is: Mary Kirk, head of household
Nannie Kirk, dau
Mattie Kirk, dau
Green Carver, father
Sarah E. Strickland, aunt
They lived next to household of Arthur Kirk and family, including his
brother, Albert Kirk.
More About MARY ELLEN/MOLLIE CARVER:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: BURIED AT LIBERTY PRIM BAPT CHURCH CEMETERY
Fact 2: kept house for her nephew after his wife died
More About ROBERT EARLY KIRK:
Fact 1: fatal vehicle accident; killed by truck at age 36
Fact 2: buried AT LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
More About ROBERT KIRK and MARY CARVER:
Marriage: 02 Jan 1890, PICKENS CO., ALA
Marriage date: one record says they married: December 31, 1889
More About JOHN HENRY DANIEL:
Fact 1: WAS DEPUTY SHERIFF IN WILCOX CO, ALA
Fact 2: KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY THERE
More About JOHN DANIEL and MARY CARVER:
Marriage: 27 Jun 1901, PICKENS CO., ALA
Children of MARY CARVER and ROBERT KIRK are:
48. i. NANCY MARY "NANNIE MAE)11 KIRK, b. 24 Jan 1891; d. 1976.
ii. MARTHA "MATTIE" VIOLA KIRK, b. 16 Jul 1894; d. 1976; m. WILLIAM
CASWELL "TED" MARTIN.
More About MARTHA "MATTIE" VIOLA KIRK:
Fact 1: HAD NO CHILDREN
More About WILLIAM CASWELL "TED" MARTIN:
Fact 1: OWNER OF MARTIN BROTHERS LUMBER CO.
Fact 2: married granddaughter of Green Carver
Fact 3: lived in Raleigh Community, close to Liberty Church
Fact 4: had no children
Fact 5: co-owner of Martin Bros Lumber Co
Child of MARY CARVER and JOHN DANIEL is:
49. iii. HURDIS LEON11 DANIEL, b. 05 Feb 1906.
32. JAMES M.10 STAPP (WILLIAM MAXWELL9, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 12 Jan 1868 in Pickens Co.,
AL, and died 1938. He married FLORIDE (FLODIE) N. HOLLIMAN, daughter of
JOSEPH HOLLIMAN and HARRIETTE COLVIN. She was born 29 Sep 1871, and died
25 Oct 1952.
More About JAMES M. STAPP:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: 1938, buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
More About FLORIDE (FLODIE) N. HOLLIMAN:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
Children of JAMES STAPP and FLORIDE HOLLIMAN are:
i. COHEN E.11 STAPP, b. 22 Sep 1896; d. 16 Jun 1983; m. LILLIE SEAY; b. 02
Jan 1897.
ii. LAVICA M. STAPP, b. 22 Jan 1900; m. WHIT M. WINDHAM, 11 Apr 1920.
More About WHIT WINDHAM and LAVICA STAPP:
Marriage: 11 Apr 1920
iii. LILLIE E. STAPP, b. 14 Jan 1902; d. 01 Aug 1965, Pickens Co., AL.
More About LILLIE E. STAPP:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: single, built house for brother Willard
Fact 2: unmarried
Fact 3: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
50. iv. WILLARD STAPP, b. 28 Feb 1904; d. 1976.
v. ANNIECE STAPP, b. 27 Jun 1908; d. 07 Apr 1974, Pickens Co., AL.
More About ANNIECE STAPP:
Burial: unity Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: buried at Unity Cemtery, Pickens co., AL
vi. SARA FRANCIS STAPP, b. 17 Jun 1912; d. 19 Oct 1978; m. JOHN WATT.
33. ROBERT ARTHUR10 STAPP (WILLIAM MAXWELL9, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 29 Oct 1877, and died
19 Nov 1943. He married MARY ALMA "MOLLIE" STRICKLAND.
More About ROBERT ARTHUR STAPP:
Fact 1: called "Bob"
Fact 2: had 10 children
Children of ROBERT STAPP and MARY STRICKLAND are:
i. OSCAR ANDERSON11 STAPP, b. 01 Nov 1902, Pickens Co., AL; d. 04 Mar
1966, Pickens Co., AL.
More About OSCAR ANDERSON STAPP:
Fact 1: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
ii. MARY AGNES STAPP, b. 1904.
iii. LUCILLE STAPP, b. 1905.
iv. DONA MAE STAPP, b. 1907.
v. EDGAR EUGENE STAPP, b. 1909.
vi. JESSIE STAPP, b. 1909.
vii. ROBERT WALLACE STAPP, b. 16 Mar 1916, Pickens Co., AL; d. 21 Mar
1955, Pickens Co., AL.
More About ROBERT WALLACE STAPP:
Fact 1: buried at Unity Cemetery, Pickens Co, AL
51. viii. JOHN WILLIAM STAPP, b. 1918.
34. WILLIAM SAMUEL10 NOLAND (ANNIE9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 28 Aug 1868 in
Ollenny, (Olney?) Pickens Co., AL, and died 22 Apr 1955 in Tuscaloosa,
Ala. He married (1) HENRIETTA CHARLOTTE KIRK 11 Jan 1893 in Pickens Co.,
Ala. She was born 11 Oct 1873 in Raleigh, Pickens Co., AL, and died 06 Apr
1913 in Pickens Co., Ala. He married (2) "MISS PATTY" PATTON 1915.
Notes for WILLIAM SAMUEL NOLAND:
At varying times William Samuel Noland owned a large farm and country
general store in area called Flat Woods Community. Also owned a corn mill,
a store in Elrod, a barber shop and a cotton warehouse (with is brother
John Thomas Noland). He was a member of the Woodmen of the World Lodge and
belonged to the KKK (per his daughter).
More About WILLIAM SAMUEL NOLAND:
Burial: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL
More About WILLIAM NOLAND and HENRIETTA KIRK:
Marriage: 11 Jan 1893, Pickens Co., Ala
Notes for "MISS PATTY" PATTON:
Miss Patty had four children by a previous marriage. She lived with her
grown children in Columbus, Miss for quite a few years before William
Samuel Noland died. Unknown if they were divorced or not, but he spent his
last few years in a nursing home in Tuscaloosa.
More About WILLIAM NOLAND and "MISS PATTON:
Marriage: 1915
Children of WILLIAM NOLAND and HENRIETTA KIRK are:
52. i. JOHN PHILIP11 NOLAND, b. 24 Jan 1894, Temple, Pickens Co., AL; d.
14 Nov 1965, Montgomery, Ala.
53. ii. WILLIAM HERMAN NOLAND, b. 24 Apr 1895, Temple, Pickens Co., AL; d.
17 Jun 1951, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
54. iii. VIVIAN INEZ NOLAND, b. 27 Jan 1897; d. 18 Apr 1990, Anaheim,
Calif.
55. iv. ANNIE EUGENIA NOLAND, b. 19 Feb 1899, Raleigh, Pickens Co., AL; d.
05 Jan 1968.
56. v. VERA OPHELIA NOLAND, b. 07 Mar 1901, Pleasant Grove, Pickens Co.,
AL.
vi. MILDRED AUDRY NOLAND, b. 16 Oct 1903.
vii. ALBERT SAMUEL NOLAND, b. 06 Dec 1905; d. 18 Feb 1944, following
battle of Midway; m. CLAUDINE.
57. viii. BEATRICE IRENE NOLAND, b. 29 Feb 1908; d. 27 May 1943,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
58. ix. HAROLD HUGH NOLAND, b. 08 Sep 1910, Raleigh, Pickens Co., AL.
x. ETTA LOUISE NOLAND, b. 18 Mar 1913.
Children of WILLIAM NOLAND and "MISS PATTON are:
xi. EVELYN LUCILLE11 NOLAND.
xii. PATTIE FLORINE NOLAND.
xiii. ELIZABETH NELL NOLAND.
35. JOHN THOMAS10 NOLAND (ANNIE9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1)15 was born 30 Mar 1875 in Pickens
Co., Ala, and died 23 Jun 1951 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He married REBECCA
ELIZABETH CARVER16 03 Jan 1900 in Pickens Co., Ala, daughter of JAMES
CARVER and HANNAH LOVE. She was born 06 Nov 1878 in Pickens Co., Ala, and
died 19 Oct 1945 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Notes for JOHN THOMAS NOLAND:
John Thomas Noland, orphaned as a teen-ager when his father died. At age
23, working at Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa. In 1903, he was
appointed postmaster of Mabel, Ala near his childhood home. In Gordo,
James Carver (his father-in-law) built them two houses on "Carver Road".
Tom had a problem with a morphine addition for awhile. Owned a cotton and
fertilizer warehouse until it burned down ca 1922. Tom had no insurance on
the warehouse and family suffered financial woes thereafter. At other
times, owned a cleaning establishment, a cafe, etc. Children said he was
"self-centered and spoiled". His older sons all left home very young due
to father's abusiveness. Easily depressed and suicidal. Finally was
committed to Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa to halt suicide attempts.
Buried at Gordo Cemetery,
Gordo, Ala.
Note: In the same cemetery where John Thomas Noland is buried lies a grave
for: Sam M. Noland, b. Feb 2, 1902, d. Feb 20, 1968. I do not know how
this individual fits into the Noland line.
COPY OF LETTER POSTMARKED TUSCALOOSA, AL - NOV 22, 1897; ADDRESSED TO MISS
LIZIE CARVER, RALEIGH, PICKENS COUNTY, ALABAMA
Miss Lizzie Carver
Dear Friend:
I will try after so long a time to write you a few lines, but I feel like
it is useless for me to be writing to you for I know you have forgotten me
and care nothing for me, but I am so lonely here on the hall that I have
to do something to pass off the time and I am sure there is only one way I
could pass off the time better than writing to you and that is to be with
you and it seems that I will never have the chance to be with you again
for I know you could come up here and stay awhile if you would and if you
cared anything for me I'm sure you would. I'm sure there is nothing that
would afford me more pleasure than to be with you but if you have
foresaken me I will make the best of it I can.
Lizzie, I am not satisfied here by any means and I don't know that it
would be any better at home, or anywhere else for you have said you would
not have a boy that worked at the hospital. But I knew it before I came
here and I sometimes wish that I had taken your advice and never come to
this place for I know I placed myself where my life will never be any
pleasure to me.
I had jut about as soon be dead as to live as I am living.
Lizzie, tonight eleven weeks ago I was with you althugh it seems almost
like a lifetime with me. But I guess the time has been pleasantly spent
with you, or at least I hope so.
Lizzie, you told me when I was with you last that you was coming up about
the first of November and stay a month. But I guess you forgotten it, or
won't come because I am here.
Lizzie, I guess you went to Union today it was such a beautiful day, and I
hope passed off the time much pleasanter than I have for the day has
seemed almost a week long to me.
Lizzie, I wish you could be here next Sunday. I will be off duty and I
would love to talk with you once more.
Well, I will have to close as it is about locking up time and I am about
half sick anyway with the headache.
Lizzie, please come up as soon as you get this and stay until Christmas.
Bring your fellow with you if you can't come without him. I guess I will
spend a day or two at home Christmas if nothing happens. I mentioned it to
Mr. Crawford today and today he said he would let me off a few days.
I didn't close when I said I would but I will now, hoping to see you soon.
Write if it suits you. So, bye-bye.
Thomas Noland
P.S. Lizzie, I was about to forget to tell you that I have had some
pictures made and if the hawks are bothering your chickens, I will send
you one.
Goodnight, sweet dreams. J.T.N. (Please come)
Note: The hospital he refers to in his letter is Bryce Hospital - where he
eventually died.
On January 3, 1900 John Thomas Noland and Rebecca Elizabeth Carver were
married in Pickens County. Her wedding dress was a beautiful satin and
lace creation with many, many tiny buttons down the back. They moved to
Gordo where her father and grandfather built them a home on Carver Road.
The dress was stored in a trunk which was stored at house after John
Thomas died. Apparently, the tenants living in the house later stole the
dress for it disappeared out of the trunk
More About JOHN THOMAS NOLAND:
Burial: Gordo Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co., AL
Cause of Death: complications from removal of foot due to hardening of the
arteries.
Fact 1: 1898, At age 23, working at Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa
Fact 2: 1903, appointed postmaster of Mabel, Ala.
Fact 3: 1910, In Gordo, James Carver built them two houses on "Carver
Road"
Fact 4: Had a problem with a Morphine addiction for awhile
Fact 5: 1920, Owned a cotton and fertilizer warehouse until it burned down
ca 1922
Fact 6: at other times owned a cleaning establishment, a cafe, etc
Fact 7: Children said he was "self centered" and "spoiled".
Fact 8: His older sons all left home very young due to father's
abusiveness
Fact 9: Easily depressed and suicidal
Fact 10: Finally was committed to Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa
Fact 11: BURIED AT GORDO CEMETERY, GORDO, ALA
Fact 12: HAD DARK HAIR AND BLUE EYES
Fact 13: 03 Jan 1900, Married Rebecca Carver
Medical Information: Tom had suicidal tendencies and was easily depressed;
had blue eyes, dark hair. Heart problems; dipped snuff; amputation due to
circulation; died from gangrene complications
Notes for REBECCA ELIZABETH CARVER:
Lizzie died of ruptured colon complications. Had red hair and hazel eyes.
Her father was a preacher, well known in the South.
More About REBECCA ELIZABETH CARVER:
Burial: Gordo Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co., AL
Cause of Death: ruptured colon complications
Fact 1: HAD RED HAIR, HAZEL EYES
Medical Information:
More About JOHN NOLAND and REBECCA CARVER:
Marriage: 03 Jan 1900, Pickens Co., Ala
Children of JOHN NOLAND and REBECCA CARVER are:
i. JAMES PHILIP11 NOLAND, b. 03 Aug 1900, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 04 Aug
1900, Pickens Co., Ala.
More About JAMES PHILIP NOLAND:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: DIED AS NEWBORN INFANT
Fact 2: BURIED AT LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
ii. MABEL OPHELIA NOLAND, b. 04 Oct 1901, Pickens Co., Ala; d. Apr 1975,
Tuscaloosa, Ala; m. FELIX E WOODWARD, 16 Oct 1926, Birmingham, AL; d.
1936, Birmingham, AL.
Notes for MABEL OPHELIA NOLAND:
Mabel had red hair and hazel eyes. Called 'Red' by her family and friends.
After she left home, she went to work for an attorney in Birmingham, AL.
She married Felix Woodward. They had a daughter that died as an infant.
Felix died shortly thereafter. When WWII began, Mabel went to work for the
Civil Service in Virginia. She was the secretary of General Mark Clark in
Norfolk following WWII. She worked for the civil service until she retired
in 1965. She never remarried. In 1965, she moved to Tuscaloosa and bought
a house. She lived there until she died of bone cancer in 1975. As the
oldest in the Noland family, she was the domineering one. She helped
everyone in her family financially many times. At one point in her life,
she drank to excess but overcame that. She seemingly disliked her father,
John Thomas Noland, intensely. Primarily because of the way he treated her
mother, Lizzie Carver, the whole time she was growing up. After the death
of her mother and after several suicide attempts on the part of her
father, she had him put into an institution where he died.
More About MABEL OPHELIA NOLAND:
Burial: Tuscaloosa, Ala
Cause of Death: Bone Cancer
Fact 1: had red hair/ called "red" by her friends & family
Fact 2: worked for civil service large part of life
Fact 3: had daughter die as an infant
Fact 4: living in Birmingham when widowed
Fact 5: retired from civil service/moved to Tuscaloosa, AL
Fact 6: died of bone cancer
Medical Information: also had cancer of the breast earlier and had a
breast removed; at one time, had a drinking problem.
More About FELIX WOODWARD and MABEL NOLAND:
Marriage: 16 Oct 1926, Birmingham, AL
59. iii. CURTIS HENLEY NOLAND, b. 31 Oct 1903, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 06 Apr
1959, Northport, Ala.
60. iv. SAMUEL CAYCE NOLAND, b. 04 Feb 1905, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 30 May
1976, Warner Robins, GA.
61. v. THOMAS EDGAR NOLAND, b. 22 Aug 1907, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 20 Dec
1980, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
62. vi. MELBA ELIZABETH NOLAND, b. 03 Nov 1911, Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala;
d. 17 Jun 1965, Wharton, Texas.
vii. OVELLA MAY NOLAND, b. 16 May 1915, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 02 Aug 1918,
Pickens Co., Ala.
More About OVELLA MAY NOLAND:
Cause of Death: colitis when a small child
63. viii. HAROLD BURTON NOLAND, b. 10 Aug 1919, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 30
Jun 1948, Berlin, Germany.
64. ix. GERALD HERSCHEL NOLAND, b. 14 Feb 1922, Gordo, AL; d. 15 May 1991,
California.
36. JAMES LESTER10 NOLAND (ANNIE9 STAPP, WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES
E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 11 Sep 1880 in Pickens Co.,
Ala, and died 13 Apr 1950 in Pickens Co., Ala. He married LULA DANIELS 19
Dec 1900 in Pickens Co., Ala, daughter of WILLIAM DANIELS and SARAH LOVE.
She was born 01 Oct 1885 in Pickens Co., Ala, and died 12 Dec 1975 in
TUSCALOOSA, ALA.
More About JAMES LESTER NOLAND:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: BURIED IN LIBERTY CEMETERY, PICKENS CO, ALA
Fact 2: LIVED FOR A TIME CLOSE TO LIBERTY CHURCH
More About LULA DANIELS:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Pickens Co., AL
More About JAMES NOLAND and LULA DANIELS:
Marriage: 19 Dec 1900, Pickens Co., Ala
Children of JAMES NOLAND and LULA DANIELS are:
65. i. WILLIAM AUBREY11 NOLAND, b. 24 Sep 1902, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 21
Jan 1967, Mobile, AL.
66. ii. SAM HILL NOLAND, b. 22 Aug 1903, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 16 Jun 1959.
67. iii. JAMES PHILIP NOLAND, b. 05 Jul 1905, pickens Co., Ala; d. 12 Dec
1978.
68. iv. MARIE ANN NOLAND, b. 07 Oct 1910, Pickens Co., Ala; d. May 1995.
v. HOWARD NOLAND, b. 30 Dec 1911, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 03 Mar 1929.
More About HOWARD NOLAND:
Cause of Death: killed when train hit his car
69. vi. SALLIE JANE NOLAND, b. 04 Feb 1913.
70. vii. JAMES LESTER NOLAND, JR., b. 18 Dec 1915, Pickens Co., Ala.
71. viii. ALBERT GLENN NOLAND, b. 27 Oct 1917; d. 20 Jan 1982.
ix. HERMAN NOLAND, b. 24 Nov 1920, Pickens Co., Ala; d. 16 Sep 1921,
Pickens Co., Ala.
72. x. ROBERT GILLIS NOLAND, b. 19 Jan 1923; d. 25 Jan 1996.
73. xi. MARION JEAN NOLAND, b. 19 Sep 1924, Pickens Co., Ala.
74. xii. MARY FRANCES NOLAND, b. 17 Aug 1926.
75. xiii. DOROTHY LAZELLE NOLAND, b. 06 Mar 1927.
37. MARGARET DEAL10 STAPP (JOSEPH DANDRIDGE9, JOHN8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 20 Aug 1870 in Garden
Ala, and died 04 Aug 1945 in Aliceville, Ala. She married JOHN RICHARD
SANDERS 26 Dec 1893. He was born 1869, and died 1931.
More About MARGARET DEAL STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
Fact 1: CALLED AUNT MAGGIE
More About JOHN SANDERS and MARGARET STAPP:
Marriage: 26 Dec 1893
Children of MARGARET STAPP and JOHN SANDERS are:
i. EMMETT MORRIS11 SANDERS, b. 1894.
ii. HOMER LEE SANDERS, b. 1896.
iii. JOHN RICHARD SANDERS, b. 1898.
iv. JOSEPH DITMER SANDERS, b. 1900.
v. MABEL CLAIRE SANDERS, b. 1903.
vi. MAUDE EVELYN SANDERS, b. 1906.
vii. ALBERT DEWEY SANDERS, b. 1909.
38. ALICE BLANCHE10 STAPP (JOSEPH DANDRIDGE9, JOHN8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6,
JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 27 Mar 1873 in
Garden, Alabama, and died 24 Jul 1955 in Aliceville, Alabama. She married
JOSEPH DITMER SANDERS 04 Dec 1895 in Garden, Pickens Co., Ala. He was born
22 Feb 1867 in Booneville, Prentiss Co., MS, and died 25 Nov 1947 in
Aliceville, Alabama.
More About ALICE BLANCHE STAPP:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Ala
More About JOSEPH DITMER SANDERS:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Pickens Co., AL
More About JOSEPH SANDERS and ALICE STAPP:
Marriage: 04 Dec 1895, Garden, Pickens Co., Ala
Children of ALICE STAPP and JOSEPH SANDERS are:
76. i. ISABEL LOUISE11 SANDERS, b. 1897, Garden Ala; d. 20 Apr 1984,
Carrollton, AL.
77. ii. MAGGIE BLANCHE SANDERS, b. 26 Oct 1902, Garden Ala; d. 06 Aug
1985, deRidder, LA.
78. iii. MARY EARLYNE SANDERS, b. 22 Jun 1904, Carrollton, AL; d. 26 Oct
1950, Aliceville, Ala.
79. iv. JOSEPH EVERETT SANDERS, b. 29 Sep 1908, Aliceville, Ala; d. 16 Sep
1993, Carrollton, AL.
80. v. LEONA ESTELLE SANDERS, b. 21 May 1899, Garden, Pickens Co., Ala; d.
31 Dec 1929, Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala.
Generation No. 5
39. MARY CELIA11 STAPP (JAMES/JESSE OTIS10, JESSE MARTIN9, COLBAY8,
JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born
1924. She married (1) CLARENCE J. VAN VELKINBURGH. She married (2) WILLIAM
WALTER AGNEW.
Children of MARY STAPP and CLARENCE VAN VELKINBURGH are:
i. MARGARET ANNE12 VAN VELKINBURGH, b. 07 Mar 1943.
ii. DAVID MARTIN VAN VELKINBURGH.
Children of MARY STAPP and WILLIAM AGNEW are:
iii. MARY CELIA12 AGNEW.
iv. KRISTEN RENE AGNEW.
40. COLBY EDGAR11 STAPP, JR. (COLBY EDGAR10, JESSE MARTIN9, COLBAY8,
JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 06
Nov 1923 in Staten Island, NY, and died 31 Jan 1995 in Selma, Ala. He
married THUVIA CATHERINE WILLETS 28 Apr 1946 in Nutley, New Jersey. She
was born 20 Nov 1923 in Davenport, Iowa.
More About COLBY EDGAR STAPP, JR.:
Fact 1: Occ: textiles general manager
Fact 2: Educ: high school and some college
Fact 3: Reli: Lutheran/Catholic
More About COLBY STAPP and THUVIA WILLETS:
Marriage: 28 Apr 1946, Nutley, New Jersey
Children of COLBY STAPP and THUVIA WILLETS are:
i. BARBARA ANN12 STAPP, b. 1947.
ii. KATHLEEN MARIE STAPP, b. 1950.
iii. MARK STEVEN STAPP, b. 1955.
41. AMANDA FLORENCE11 JORDAN (ANN ELIZABETH10 CARVER, MARTHA9 STAPP,
WILLIAM8, JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1)
was born 03 Feb 1892 in GORDO, ALA, and died 22 Mar 1977 in NORTHPORT,
ALA. She married JOSEPH NANCE SHEPHERD.
Child of AMANDA JORDAN and JOSEPH SHEPHERD is:
i. JOSEPH RUFUS12 SHEPHERD, b. 24 Jun 1914.
More About JOSEPH RUFUS SHEPHERD:
Fact 1: PLAYED FOOTBALL AT UNIV OF ALABAMA
Fact 2: CAREER U.S. ARMY OFFICER
Fact 3: RETIRED AS COLONEL
Fact 4: LIVED IN KNOXVILLE, TN
Fact 5: HAD DAU NAMED SUSAN
42. JOHN BRYANT11 JORDAN (ANN ELIZABETH10 CARVER, MARTHA9 STAPP, WILLIAM8,
JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, JAMES E.5, JOHN4, JOSHUA3, ABRAHAM2, JOHN1) was born 18
Jan 1894 in GORDO, ALA, and died 05 Jan 1954 in MONTGOMERY, ALA. He
married LEONA ESTELLE SANDERS 29 Mar 1921 in Aliceville, Alabama, daughter
of JOSEPH SANDERS and ALICE STAPP. She was born 21 May 1899 in Garden,
Pickens Co., Ala, and died 31 Dec 1929 in Gordo, Pickens Co., Ala.
More About JOHN BRYANT JORDAN:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Ala
Comment 1: Was a veterinarian
Fact 1: AUNT MOLLIE (CARVER) KEPT HOUSE FOR JOHN JORDAN
Fact 2: THIS WAS AFTER HIS WIFE DIED.
Fact 3: HIS SMALL CHILDREN WERE LIVING WITH OTHER RELATIVES.
Fact 4: His house, on Carver Road, in Gordo was close to Noland's home
Fact 5: And across the street from Green Carver's house
More About LEONA ESTELLE SANDERS:
Burial: Garden Cemetery, Aliceville, Ala
Fact 1: LEONA DIED WHEN CHILDREN WERE VERY YOUNG
Fact 2: WILLIAM LIVED WITH HIS AUNT FLORENCE
Fact 3: JAMES ERSKINE AND GLEN SANDERS LIVED WITH THEIR MATERNAL GR-MOTHER
Fact 4: JOHN BRYANT, JR. LIVED WITH HIS MATERNAL AUNT
More About JOHN JORDAN and LEONA SANDERS:
Marriage: 29 Mar 1921, Aliceville, Alabama
Children of JOHN JORDAN and LEONA SANDERS are:
81. i. WILLIAM DITMER12 JORDAN, b. 05 Feb 1922, Selma, Dallas Co., Ala.
ii. JAMES ERSKINE JORDAN, b. 1924, Gordo, Alabama; m. BARBARA BRIDGES, 27
Jul 1980, Gordo, AL.
More About JAMES JORDAN and BARBARA BRIDGES:
Marriage: 27 Jul 1980, Gordo, AL
iii. JOHN BRYANT JORDAN, JR., b. 19 Apr 1929, Gordo, Alabama; d. 18 Jan
1985, Birmingham, AL; m. BETTY JO GILLILAND, Abt. 1958, Fulton,
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