Materials Concerning Sumter County PDF

Received from various families since 2010                                                 

Held in brown archival box in Archives Room

  1. Abernethy, Barrett (cf Stillman, Charles, Stillman College) 
  2. Abrams Descendants “Lest we forget our families” by Shirley Brown-Reeder 
    Family surnames: Abrams, Brown, Johnson, Sampson, Whitfield and Williams 
  3. Abstracts of Deeds involving slaves 
  4. Aduston Hall photograph n.d. 
  5. Black and Delaine families (African American trailblazers) 
  6. The Brewer Families of Sumter County 1837-1860 
  7. Brewersville Cemetery 
  8. John Boyd family descendants 
  9. The Boyds of Kilmarnock 
  10. The Cedars : a Brown family treasure 
  11. Century farm – Centennial farm – home certificate (copy) – to Robert & Cynthia Parker
    a. Certificate (copy) from Alabama Heritage Farms 11/11/1976. 
  12. Churches in Sumter County – color photographs 
    a. Belmont Methodist, Belmont Alabama 
    b. Beulah Baptist, Kinterbish, Alabama 
    c. Brewersville Methodist 
    d. Cedar Grove Presbyterian, Epes, Alabama 
    e. Church of God – Holiness, Cuba, Alabama 
    f. Coatopa Presbyterian, Coatopa, Alabama 
    g. Cuba Baptist 
    h. Cuba Presbyterian 
    i. Elizabeth Presbyterian 
    j. Epes Methodist, Epes, Alabama 
    k. Liberty Baptist 
    l. Livingston Methodist, Livingston, Alabama 
    m. Mt Gilead Baptist 
    n. Oxford Presbyterian, Oxford, Alabama 
    o. Reeds Chapel 
    p. Shorts Baptist, Shorts, Alabama 
    q. Zion Baptist, Rosser, Alabama 
  13. Cobb, Nathaniel: Family compilation by Freddie Simmons Erickson 
  14. (Miscellaneous) correspondence pertaining to Sumter County 
    a. Letter to columnist from Mettie Seale about Bored Well 
    b. Letter to columnist from Martha Culp about Nut Grass 
    c. Letter to columnist from E. Rosenbush about J. C. Herman’s good 5 cent cigars
  15. Cuba High School Commencement (1943) 
  16. Davidson, Augustus Cleveland (Baptist biography form) 
  17. Derby, Frank I. Senior thesis by Rev Lyle Meador 
  18. (The) D.U.D. in Livingston, Al (booklet); also transcribed clipping from Mobile Register 1884 referencing D.U.D.’s in Camden AL. 
  19. Emelle, Alabama 1933 map, and legend 
  20. Emelle, Alabama school picture 
  21. Extant Antebellum Churches of Sumter County by Horace (buddy) Hunt 
  22. Gilbert, Bill (Geiger) (memories of old Geiger School) 
  23. Good Night, The A short story by Boyd Cobb (Tyrus Cobb) 
  24. Green, Aubrey and Ellen 
  25. History of Cuba by Mrs. Ida M. Stallworth 
  26. Home Record (The) August 7th 1974 fire 
  27. Jack White and The Sucarnochee Review 
  28. Larkin family from Maryland 
  29. Letters from Robert Boyd (1864) (2 copies) 
  30. Lions Club Calendar for 2011 with Birthdays 
  31. Lists of Sumter County Churches with addresses – some old 
  32. Livingston analysis of the water 
  33. Livingston Presbyterian Church Files 
  34. Luke and McLain (descendants buried in Myrtlewood Cemetery) 
  35. May, Steven 
  36. McMillan & Co. Bankers check 
  37. Millville High School Annual 1894 (2 copies) 
  38. (The) Muses Cookbook 
  39. Munoz, Linda and Charles 
  40. Notes from Historical Records in Probate office of Sumter County, Alabama mostly regarding churches and homes (1 page, 5 copies) 
  41. Obituary: Julia Stewart Killingsworth Ivey 
  42. Obituary: William Russ Simpkins M.D. 
  43. Our Southern Home newspaper clippings 
  44. Pickens: Champ Pickens 
  45. Poole House : Old House Journal 
  46. Port Epes Engineering Reports (1987) 
  47. Recipes of the Ladies of the Presbyterian Church (historical) 
  48. Reed, Violet clippings 
  49. Schools: Livingston Male Academy from Mrs. Abbe) 
  50. Siloam Baptist Church, York, AL history 
  51. (the) Spotlight – Livingston High School newspaper (1934 & 1935) 
  52. Sumter County brochures and flyers 
  53. Sumter County Fine Arts Council Brochures 
  54. Sumter County Historical Points of Interest 
  55. Sumter County Journal & Livingston Edition 1975 (in folder 2nd range shelving) 
  56. Sumter County residents biography & other lists 
  57. Sumter County Sun 1899 (bound volume on 2nd range shelving) 
  58. Sumter Theater Pizza 
  59. Tombstone inscriptions from the Methodist Cemetery, Sumterville 
  60. The Wallace Record advertising supplement to The Birmingham News April 26, 1970. (Photos of Wallace visiting York and Linden on p. 14) 
  61. White: Jack White and The Sucarnochee Review 
  62. Will of James D. Long (probate date 20 April 1859) 

Family and executors named: Peter Wier; James H. Neely; Sarah A. Pope; Henry Long; Polly Smith; Nancy Kiser; Sally Counts; Joseph Counts; Richard B. Long; Andrew A. Kiser Samuel Neely; John Long; Andrew Long; Thomas Long. 

Slaves named: Old Elsick?; Old Charity; Henry Benton; Jim; Sarah; Charles; Scott; Young Sally Jane; Nelson; Martha; Dorothy; Mary: John; Tom; Charlotte; Sellick; Stith; Maria; Wilson; William; Young Charity; Sarah Jane; Ned; Callidony; Harriet; Easter; Frank; Phillip; Penny; Virginia; Parker; Fanny; Lewis; Young Selick; Sam; Perry; Eliza; Dic; Old Sandy; Diana; Old Sally; Moses; Van Buren; Andy; Catherine; Rojo; Queen; Dasil; Brany; Emiline; Qusan; Indiana; Sami;