Perry County AL

Slave Narrative of Bob Benford

Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Bob Benford Age: 79 Location: 209 N. Maple Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas “Slavery-time folks? Here’s one of em. Near as I can get at it, I’se seventy-nine. I was born in Alabama. My white folks said I come from Perry County, Alabama, but I come here to this Arkansas country when I was small. “My old master was Jim Ad Benford. He was good to us. I’m goin’ to tell you we was better off then than now. Yes ma’am, they treated us right. We didn’t have to worry bout payin’ the doctor and … Read more

Slave Narrative of Perry Sid Jemison

Interviewer: Bishop & Taleman Person Interviewed: Perry Sid Jemison Location: Steubenville, Ohio Place of Birth: Perry County, Alabama Age: 79 Place of Residence: 422 South Sixth Street, Steubenville, Ohio WPA in Ohio Federal Writers’ Project Written by Bishop & Isleman Edited by Albert I. Dugen [TR: also reported as Dugan] Ex-Slaves Jefferson County, District #2 PERRY SID JEMISON [TR: also reported as Jamison] Ex-Slave, 79 years (Perry Sid Jemison lives with his married daughter and some of his grand-children at 422 South Sixth Street, Steubenville, O.) “I wuz borned in Perry County, Alabama! De way I remember my age is, … Read more

Perry County, Alabama Census Records

  1830 Perry County, Alabama Census Free 1830 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial  1830 Perry County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Perry County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project 1830 Census (alphabetical) Perry County, Alabama — 1830 Federal Census Hosted at Tracking Your Roots 1830 Perry Co., AL Census Images (pdf) 1830 & 1840 Perry County, AL Census Records Hosted at Census Guide 1830 U.S. Census Guide 1840 Perry County, Alabama Census Free 1840 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial  1840 Perry … Read more

Perry County, Alabama Cemetery Records

Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Perry County, USGenWeb Archives Project Antioch Church Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Bethesda Cemetery, Aka Wallace/Wherry Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Bethlehem Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Civil War Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Heard Family Cemetery, Perry County, Alabama Hobson Cemetery, Perry County, Alabama Marion Cemetery, Perry, Alabama Medline Cemetery, Perry County Al Perry County, Alabama – Ocmulgee Church Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions Pine Flats Church Cemetery, Suttles, Perry County, Alabama Salem … Read more

A Short History of Saint Wilfrid’s Parish

The following is reprinted verbatim from a pamphlet issued by Saint Wilfrid’s: The Episcopal Church in Marion was established in 1838, the same year in which Judson College was founded. First entry in the parish register tells that the new church was organized at Eastertide by the Rev. John R. Goodman, then residing at Greensboro, under the name of St. Michael’s Parish. St. Michael’s was admitted to the Seventh Annual Convention on May 5, 1838, and was assessed $10.00 for contingent expenses. First rector of the parish was the Rev. Andrew Matthews, who served Cahaba as well as Marion. Since … Read more