This 7 cabin/9 RV park has just added The Hank, a 2 bedroom (queen), 2 bath, with kitchen, WIFI & cable TV. The more comments, likes and shares also help our posts be viewed by more people. He continues to be sick. David Boykin, Forestville, MD, We are looking for a contractor to help with some repairs at Snow Hill Institute. The three teachers offered the school for next year. Nearly all her relatives including brother, father and grandfather worked for W.T. It says that she lived in the Caledonia community. In 1930 my father was born and the family lived there until 1931 when they moved next door to Greenleaves. Roland Cooper State Park -Only 5 cabins left as of February 7th! Preserving the history of Wilcox County, Alabama. The staircase is unusual in that it rises from the middle of the main hallway to the upper level. Listed as a National Historic Landmark, this house is considered to be an "unusually sophisticated Greek Revival style plantation house". Soon afterwards we met Pastor Don Bell and attended Bethsaida Church. Built 1842, also known as the Oden-Bledsoe-Kelly Plantation. We married right after high school, 1976. At 81, he described himself as just an average person yet to the people of Wilcox County he was so much more. They want to help us restore the Female Institute to allow us to expand our arts offerings to the county and region. Help us grow our membership and take pride in the history of Wilcox County. The hospital has had a tremendous impact on the residents of Wilcox County, and was overseen entirely by its Board of Directors until 2017. Wed be interested in any other recommendations you might have. Kelli was born in 1981 in Michigan. Those present were: Mrs. J.S. We are very thankful for their continued support. Board at the seminary and town $8.00 to $9.00 per month. Magnolia Glen, circa 1833, was featured in Victoria Magazines 2020 Christmas issue and was the featured home of the 2021 New Orleans Antique Forum. Most of the earliest settlers came from the Carolinas. We need your help! Her objective, Frank recalled, was to screen the view out the back of the main hall, consisting of outbuildings and objects she thought detracted from the view. By Frances Donald Dudley Grimes, (1901-1989), (Reprinted with permission from her granddaughter, Martha Grimes Lampkin ). With this generous award, we have received over $70,000 in grant funds during the last 18 months! In 1970 Frank Cade Jr. wrote a brief history of Rosemary, based on his own experiences and stories of his parents. A member of the senior Club always acted as Director. Please contact Mary Glen Grant to volunteer. (Click here for a link to our WHS Winter 2022 newsletter for history of Rosemary Plantation and the Mathews family.). This is a nationally known Wilcox County, AL plantation home. On Monday night May 21, this company was visited by Capt. He accepted no compensation for this, which was also noted in his letter of commendation. 3037 Odena Rd S., and 2013 County Rd 45/Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga. Knight spent Sunday in the home of their brother, Dr. Walne Watson of Pine Apple. Together, the $77,500 in grant monies along with those pledged and raised through our Matching Fund Campaign, have generated over $100,000! Mr. Miller was an educator, and also an Associate Reformed Presbyterian preacher. What great hospitality! According to this scrapbook a copy of the deed for the Institute shows that the indenture was made and entered into June 29, 1850, transferring the property from John P. Fairley and his wife Martha Fairley and James A. Tait to L.W. Church are busy getting ready for a Bazaar to be had early in December. Paul was born into a legacy of rural medical care; and served anyone in need for over 50 years. He moved out into the hills. Marengo County, Alabama . Kathy and I have been married for 30 years. Family stories tell me Ida may have died from birth complications or fever. The Vaughans were natives of, One of the earliest plantation houses with a monumental, Built between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Members and guests are welcome! This comedy, entitled All Because of a Maid was under the direction of Miss Olivia McArthur, the principal, assisted by her faculty, Mrs. Maggie McArthur and Miss Sallie Ethel Waren and by Prof. Edwin Hart, of Camden, several of whose pupils sang selections during the intermission. The Mobile Weekly Advocate (Mobile, Alabama), The Rev. In addition, we are continuing to explore grant options to help us raise the needed funds to complete this important project. Built for speed, beauty, and business, these River Queens, often called and quite often mis-called Floating Palaces, were the hand-maidens of King Cotton; and with the affluence of the ante-bellum era, were pace-setters for the social and economic life of the Black Belt of Alabama during those halcyon days. Nearly 0.74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. I saw the J.R. Bells from Selma and talked with them awhile. Kedar made sure his children received the best education. But since I must confine my talk to matters concerning Wilcox County, I have chosen for my subject that part of our beautiful and ever-lasting stream, the Alabama River, which is responsible for this new development in our county one bound to be profound and far-reaching how it has affected our lives in the past and how it has helped to mold and make us through our many eras of change. They visited Wilcox County during the summer of 2017. EDITORS NOTE: Ms. Grear and her parents were met at Bethsaida Baptist Church by Don and Mary Charles Donald and enjoyed a tour of Furman. After various reports and misunderstandings, the guests depart, all save Alice. From a WHS Facebook post sharing a photo and information about the Whats Cooking in Wilcox County cookbook published in 1947 by the Wilcox County Home Demonstration Club. Live music, wine, and heavy hor doeuvres as well as a Highclere Gin Station will add to the festivities as we toast the start of our Tour. I have included the photos that I had mentioned. Price of water $1.00 per five (5) gallons plus $2.25 for carboy or for case of quarts which will be refunded when containers are finally returned. W.J. We made it there and had a GREAT time. Virginia was the oldest child of Martha Hatcher and Fielding Vaughan of Cambridge, Dallas County, Alabama. bethyoder14, He delivered my mother-in-law when they lived in the cottage. He was from a grand tradition of physicians that included his grandfather, father and two uncles in a longstanding practice of rural medicine that is seemingly unparalleled in todays terms. After emancipation, freed Blacks who stayed on at the plantation worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. The meeting was held at the Wilcox Female Institute with a reception afterwards. Moriah Fellowship Baptist Church near Monterey located at the Butler County / Wilcox County lines. We always look forward to spending time in Camden and building on our friendships. A Map of Wilcox County, Alabama contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. Before visiting the cemetery, my friend and I visited Camden. Nichols. Do you have any info on who to contact to get access to shoot some photographs? Lady Carnarvon will share a glass of champagne and conversation at historic Wakefield Plantation, with Royal Guests prior to Friday Evenings Welcome Reception. Think of all the people who are waiting to see us, where upon Queen Mary had the little girl taken down the back way and sent home in a taxi. This award is voted on by their readers and the general public online each year. His daughter Mrs. Grimes and Mr. Grimes came for him but returned without him. I have found reference to a 2 LT William W. Williams, a native of Allenton, Alabama, who was killed on July 5 between Smithsburg and Boonsboro, Maryland. I felt the urge to write and tell you how great the WHS is doing. In the beginning the Club members took turns acting as Librarian. The award from the Arts Council gets us closer to breaking ground on the project. In addition, you will receive a personalized, signed copy of her book. As guests arrived and during the ball, photographs were taken by the talented Laura Agee of Agee Images + Film. We are very excited they are returning to Wilcox County and are pleased to be their concert partner. From there we will begin a modest update of the Speirs home in Furman. Several miles further Wilcox County Road intersects with AL Hwy 10. We hope everyone will seize this opportunity to experience an evening of fantastic music including Mozarts Concerto for Flute and Harp. To purchase tickets: eventbrite.com. It is the first of what I hope will be a number of travel opportunities for the WHS. Everybody is invited to come early Friday night. TOGETHER we can Raise the Bell at the Wilcox Female Institute! Join us for the annual Christmas Open House in Furman at Historic Wakefield which will be photographed December 78, for Victoria Magazines 2022 Christmas Issue. Because of its tortuous course through its diagonal length, Wilcox County can boast of more miles of river frontage that any other county in the state, which fact is perhaps a reason for it having more river landings than any other during the steam-boat days. If there is someone I can reach out to for help, I would appreciate your recommendations. Welcome Reception at Wakefield begins at 6:00 pm. Mrs. Maggie McArthur entertained the Grammar Grades at the school house Friday afternoon. Their domestic furnishings, whether elegant or humble, speak to the routines of daily life and bring places distant in time back into focus. Part of the heritage of Wilcox County, it stands as a monument to over a hundred years of educational learning. We have received this award two years in a row. There is a collection of old Alabama maps at MapGeeks.org A presentation of five-act comedy which would have been a credit to a professional cast, was given by the pupils of McWilliams high school Tuesday evening, May 4, at the school auditorium. Wanting and wishing, for good roads, seems to be all that is, or can be, done; and those interested in the road question, must do their own wanting and wishing. Many objects are familiar and have counterparts in our own lives, while others have lost their usefulness or significance in modern societies. V. Girod, Flora, MS, We were there! Powell was the principal speaker, and he made a most enjoyable address, reminiscing of the days of his boyhood spent in the neighborhood where the barbecue took place.