94. James Lewis WALDROP
I was born on 26 Apr 1826 in Monticello, Jasper Co., GA.. He died on
21 Aug 1906 in Randolph, Chilton Co., AL.. He was buried on 23 Aug 1906 in Waldrop
Cem., Randolph, Chilton Co., AL. [Notes: HLW---According to pension application
for James "Louis" Waldrop served Co., C., 31st Alabama Infrantry; enlisted
1862 Mimms Cross Road, AL. Second wife listed as Susan P.]
Settled on farm when it was Coosa Co. It became Bibb Co., in 1820 and Chilton
Co., in 1869. Coosa Co., AL., Marr. Bk. A, Page 280. James Sr. Family Bible.
1850 Census Coosa Co., AL. 1860 Bibb Co., AL census records. Bibb co., AL marriage
records.
James was age 24 born GA in 1850 Coosa Co., AL. Census. Drucilla was age 23
b. AL. and it listed David age 1 and Mary 6 mo.
Information from U. V. Waldrop, Germantown, TN, 1998.
James Lewis Waldrop Sr. is the son of David & Henrietta Waldrop. They lived
in Jasper County, Georgia, until the late 1830's. The family is on the Fayette
County, Georgia, 1840 Census records.
David Waldrop bought the land where they lived in Alabama in 1840 according to
Grandpa Simeon N. Waldrop. He didn't know when they moved on the land. It must
have been in late 1840's.
James Lewis Waldrop married Drucilla Posey March 23, 1848 in Coosa County, Alabama.
James Lewis, his wife and his parents are listed as charter members of the Union
Springs Baptist Church near Rockford, Alabama in 1848. The families are listed
on the Coosa County, Alabama 1850 Census records.
David Waldrop was supposed to have given permission to bury a man found murdered
on Six Mile Creek in 1840, which was the first person buried in the Waldrop Cemetery.
Grandpa stated David built his home North East of the Cemetery. James Lewis
Waldrop Sr. built his house behind where the old John Waldrop's Store was located.
James Lewis Waldrop Sr. and Drucilla Posey had five children. She died in child
birth May 07, 1856. The baby lived and was named James Lewis Waldrop Jr. She
was the daughter of Squire Posey and Jane Pate.
James Lewis Waldrop Sr. married Susan Parolee Campbell December 07, 1856, Columbiana,
Shelby County, Alabama. She was half Creek Indian, the daughter of Robert David
Campbell & Charity Yoholo, a Creek Indian. James Lewis Waldrop Sr. &
Susan Parolee Campbell had five children, plus she raised his children by his
first wife.
James Lewis Waldrop Sr. was the first person in the community to own a Grist
Mill, Syrup Mill, Black Smith Shop and Horse Shodding Shop. The family was the
first in the community to have a wood burning stove to cook with in their kitchen,
a sewing machine and a battery Radio.
James Lewis Waldrop fought in the Civil War. He was a Private in Company C,
31sr Alabama Regiment.
James Lewis Waldrop Sr. built a log home in 1850. This was the house Uncle John
Waldrop lived in when we were children.
Susan Paralee Campbell Waldrop died February 27, 1894. She was buried in the
Waldrop Cemetery. James Lewis Waldrop Sr. died August 21, 1906. He was buried
by his second wife. He gave the family farm to his son John S. Waldrop for taking
care of him. He had given all his other children 40 acres of land when they
married.
The first area they lived in is hard to pinpoint. Baker County was formed in
1868. The name was changed to Chilton County in 1870. James Lewis Waldrop Sr.
and his parents are listed on the 1850 Census record in Coosa County, Alabama,
in the Hatchet District. They are on the 1860 Bibb County, Census records.
They are on the 1870 Baker County, Alabama, Census records. Baker County was
formed from Coosa County & Bibb County, Alabama. They are on the 1880 Chilton
County, Alabama, Census records, and were listed there then until their deaths.
I don't think they moved this much. It was the State changing the Counties.
Children's names and dates are from James Lewis Waldrop Sr's Bible records.
He was married to Drucilla POSEY (daughter of Squire * POSEY
and Jane PATE) on 23 Mar 1848 in Coosa Co. Cthse, Rockford,
Coosa Co., AL.. Drucilla POSEY was born on 27 Nov
1826 in GA.. She died on 7 May 1856 in Randolph, Chilton Co., AL.. She was
buried on 9 May 1856 in Waldrop Cem., Randolph, Chilton Co., AL. James Lewis
WALDROP I and Drucilla POSEY had the following children:
307 i.
David Solomon WALDROP was born on 17 Jan 1849 in Randolph, Coosa Co.,
AL. He died on 9 Nov 1856 in Bibb/Chilton Co., AL.?. Buried in the Waldrop
Cemetery Randolph, Chilton Co., AL.
+308 ii.
Mary Jane WALDROP.
+309 iii.
Asriah Squire WALDROP.
+310 iv.
Squire Elijah WALDROP.
+311 v.
James Lewis WALDROP II.
He was married
to Susan Parlee CAMPBELL (daughter of Robert David * CAMPBELL
and Charity YOHOLO [Creek Indian]) on 7 Dec 1856 in Shelby
Co., AL.. Susan Parlee CAMPBELL was born on 22 Jul
1826 in Randolph, Chilton Co., AL.. She died on 21 Aug 1906 in Randolph, Chilton
Co., AL.. Previous death date: 27 Feb 1894. James Lewis WALDROP I and Susan
Parlee CAMPBELL had the following children:
+312 i.
William Thomas WALDROP.
+313 ii.
Simeon Newton WALDROP.
+314 iii.
Sarah Elaine WALDROP.
+315 iv.
Charity Isabelle WALDROP.
316 v.
John Soloman WALDROP was born on 23 Dec 1871 in Chilton Co., AL.. He
died on 24 Dec 1947 in Chilton Co., AL.. Never married.
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