USGenWeb:
AlGenWeb :
County Index :
Marion County
County Coordinators: J. W. Johnson
and Allison Saxman
Webmaster: Allison Saxman
|
|
|
Nearby County Sites
|
Court adjourns at Pikeville The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 7 COURT ADJOURNS AT PIKEVILLE According to the memory of William Randolph WHITE, the youngest member of the Jury and Postmaster at Toll Gate, Alabama (now Hamilton), the following is a list of officials including the Judge, Sheriff, Lawyers and Jury, present at the last court held at Pikeville, Alabama the last week in October 1882. Circuit Judge - H. C. SPEAK of Huntsville, Alabama, Sheriff - Bob HUGHES, Pikeville, Alabama, Jury - I. B. ARNOLD, Bexar, Alabama, William CARNES, Toll Gate, Mack HALL, Buttachatchee, Meade CANTRELL, Pikeville, John r. PHILLIPS, Bear Creek, William Parker SHOTTS, Bexar, John McCarty SHOTTS, Shottsville, John SPEARMAN, Bexar, Unknown first name, TIDWELL, Bear Creek and William R. WHITE, Toll Gate. The lawyers were: Thomas B. NeSMITH of Lamar County, M. A. SMITH, Fayette County, Francis JUSTICE, Marion County, and J. D. McCLUSKEY, Lamar County. Mr. WHITE also remembered that on the first day of court William KING was shot by Ira STANFORD on a store front across the road from the courthouse and died. The Judge recessed the court for an inquest in the case. They were supposed to have been friends before the altercation. |
|
All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged in researching their family origins. Any commercial use, or other electronic posting of any files/pages without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission. ALGenWeb is a part of
the USGenWeb Project. USGENWEB and/or ALGENWEB makes no claims as to the validity of the information contained in this site and visitors are advised that each new piece of information should be researched and proved or disproved by weight of documented evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification. The information posted to this site is the sole work and property of the submitter and/or the transcriber and has not been altered nor verified by the webmaster of this site. An effort has been made to give credit to all submitters and all documents that have been transcribed by the webmaster, other volunteers, or other individuals that submit information for posting to the site. ©2002- 2009 by Allison M. Saxman & J.W. Johnson |
