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Daily Home – Petition granted to condemn well property

PELL CITY — St. Clair County Probate Judge Mike Bowling granted a petition by the city to condemn the former Avondale Mills’ well property.

The well property is located along U.S. 231, and is now owned by Pell City-Tifton Properties, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Thunder Enterprises of Chattanooga.

Thunder Enterprises bought most of the Avondale Mills properties in Pell City, about one year after the local plant closed in 2007.

Avondale Mills allowed the city to operate the well on the condition that it kept the property up and provided free water to the company’s Pell City plant.

According to documents obtained by The Daily Home, the city had an option to renew a 20-year well lease with Avondale but failed to do so within the required time frame.

Pell City-Tifton Properties, LLC, offered to sell the one-acre commercial plot to the city for $1.9 million but eventually lowered its price to $1 million.

St. Clair Times – Camp Sumatanga surpasses target of $300,000

Camp Sumatanga will remain open.

In a release last week, camp officials stated that Sumatanga Camp and Retreat Center in Gallant has raised over $400,000 towards its goal of sustaining itself past December 2009.

The initial goal was to raise $300,000 by the end of August (that milestone was passed in late July).

As of Wednesday, Aug. 6th, $401,739.23 had been received.

The funds have been used to pay down lines of credit, make needed repairs and sustain the camp through a difficult economic climate that had led to a decline in reservations.

“Donations have come in the form of nickels and dimes collected by young summer campers and delivered in plastic bags, special offerings collected by congregations, and individual checks for thousands of dollars,” the release reads in part.

History of Shelby County Alabama

By Bobby Joe Seales

Welcome to Shelby County, “The Heart of Dixie”. We’re glad you’re here taking a look at us, because we’re proud of our county and like to show it off. While visiting this site, should you have any questions, comments, or need any assistance that I may help you with, please e-mail me.

Shelby County is the geographic center of the state of Alabama. It is one of now seven counties comprising the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. The others are Jefferson, Blount, and St. Clair counties and three new additions in June 2003 – Bibb, Chilton, and Walker. Shelby County is bounded by Jefferson and St. Clair counties to the north, by Talladega and Coosa counties to the east, and by Chilton and Bibb counties to the south and southwest.

Shelby County was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on 7 February 1818, from former Creek Indian territory ceded in the Treaty of Fort Jackson on 9 August 1814. The county was formed out of the northern portion of what was then Montgomery County. Originally, Shelby County was one of the largest counties in the state. However, the state legislature soon began carving up the area to create other counties, including St. Clair County, Jefferson, Talladega, and Chilton counties. The marker for the geographic center for the state of Alabama can be found on the steps of Main Hall at the University of Montevallo. The actual geographic center, however, is said to be located in the Richardson-Randall Cemetery, about 2 miles east of Montevallo.

The county was named for Isaac Shelby, a hero of the King’s Mountain Battle during the Revolutionary War. Also, he was the first governor of the state of Kentucky, and had refused election to a second term as governor in order to fight the Indian wars. The first courthouse was fashioned of logs, and was located at Shelbyville, long since deserted, however, believed to have been located within the modern-day city of Pelham. It was selected as the county seat in 1820 and the county’s first courthouse was built by Thomas Amis Rogers, Alabama’s first Secretary of State, who, along with his neighbor George Phillips, represented the county in the state’s first Constitutional Convention in 1819. Judge Thomas W. Smith was the first judge to preside in it. The Shelbyville courthouse, built at a cost of $53, was used until 1826, when the decision was made to move the courthouse and the county seat.

In 1826 the location of the courthouse was moved to an old school building in Columbia, located in the central part of Shelby County. However, an act of the Legislature changed its name to Columbiana on 13 January 1832, and the county seat was then permanently located at Columbiana.

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Trails Leading to Texas

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# ID: I21428

# Name: Alice Valerie Spruiell

# RFN: 21428

# Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

# Sex: F

# Birth: in Crenshaw Co, AL

# Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

Marriage 1 Louis Milton (Lewis) Clinkscales b: 9 MAR 1860 in Benton, Calhoun Co, AL

* Married: 18 DEC 1890

* Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

Children

1. Hester Kate Clinkscales b: 3 OCT 1905 in Vincent, AL

2. Juda Jessie Clinkscales b: 15 OCT 1892

3. Reuben Franklin Clinkscales b: 1895 in Alabama

4. Robert Berry Clinkscales

5. John Wilkes Clinkscales

6. Grady Lowell Clinkscales b: 1901 in Alabama

7. Lige Turner Clinkscales b: 1903 in Alabama

8. Lewis Embry Clinkscales b: 1905 in Alabama

9. Lola Eugenia Clinkscales b: 1908 in Alabama

10. Clarence Minton Clinkscales b: 1910 in Alabama

11. Thomas Newton Clinkscales b: 1912 in St Clair Co, AL

12. William Milton (Noot) Clinkscales b: 22 OCT 1913 in Shelby Co, AL

13. Alice Mildred Clinkscales b: 22 OCT 1913 in Shelby Co, AL

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Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families

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If there is no source or census info then I am in the process of researching the information. Also I am researching a lot of Choctaw Indian names, ie: Oakes, Everidge, Ervin, Cole, Belvin, McCurtain and several others. Please contact me with any questions, additions or corrections.

# ID: I17192

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL 1

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 DEC 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 SEP 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

Sources:

1. Title: Kinsey gedcom by Mills.FTW

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Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 17 Nov 2005

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# ID: I17192

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL 1 2

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 DEC 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 SEP 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

Sources:

1. Title: Kinsey gedcom by Mills.FTW

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Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 17 Nov 2005

2. Title: Garmon Tree.FTW

Repository:

Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 29 Nov 2005

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Aaron Adkins

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# ID: I108833295

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL

# Given Name: Alice Valerie

# Surname: Spruiell

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 Dec 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 Sep 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

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Samuel Packwood I

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# ID: I108832648

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL

# Given Name: Alice Valerie

# Surname: Spruiell

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 Dec 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 Sep 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

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Database = Land Records

15 Matches for [ surname=meadows first name=ransom ]

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