Southern Appalachia Team

Profile managers: Sandy Patak [send private message] and Paula Franklin [send private message]

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Welcome to the Appalachia Project - Southern Appalachia Team, a part of the Appalachia Project. If you're a member of the project and would like to join this team,

1. add your name, interest area(s), and what you're working to the Members list (below).
2. add the team category to your profile: [[Category: Southern Appalachia Team]] - you can also add [[Category: Appalachia Project]]
3. update your Member sticker (or add it): {{Member|Appalachia|team=[[Space: Southern Appalachia Team|Southern Appalachia Team]]}}
   

   ... ... ... is a member of the Appalachia Project (Southern Appalachia Team).
   or {{Member|Appalachia}}
   

   ... ... ... is a member of the Appalachia Project.
4. read through the project page, if you haven't already.
5. check out the To-Dos (below) - you can add to the list or sign on for a task that interests you.

Regional Team Leader: Paula (Brewer) Franklin
See Members (below).

States
Alabama Appalachians
Georgia Appalachians
Mississippi Appalachians
South Carolina Appalachians

Five Regions of Appalachia

If you see things that need done, you can add them to the Task list, below. If you have ideas for things that the Team could be doing, let me know! ~ Sandy

The links in the table above are for the "landing level" categories (where people profiles should be categorized; project pages are categorized under Category: Appalachia Project).

Thirteen states have counties in Appalachia. The Southern Appalachia Team covers counties in four of them: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina (the blue area in the above map).

Alabama: Alabama's 37 Appalachia counties^[1] are all in the Southern Appalachia Region (see the Alabama table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties are Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, De Kalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.

Georgia: Georgia's 37 Appalachia counties^[1] are all in the Southern Appalachia Region (see the Georgia table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties are Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Heard, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield.

Mississippi: Mississippi's 24 Appalachia counties^[1] are all in the Southern Appalachia Region (see the Mississippi table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties are Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston, and Yalobusha.

South Carolina: South Carolina's seven Appalachia counties^[1] are all in the Southern Appalachia Region (see the South Carolina table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties are Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union.

When adding the appropriate Appalachians category, add any appropriate county-level location categories too.

The Appalachia Project's Counties of Appalachia includes all 423 counties listed by the Appalachian Regional Commission,^[1] plus some, with links to the WikiTree category pages.

Member Details

See Appalachia Project Membership for the Project's membership.

Members can add details of their interest area(s) and what they're working on for the South Central Appalachia Team in this section.

• Member: Interest area(s)
  • Working on/intend to do/have an idea to do...

• Donnie Blackstone"':

(Donnie to Add) Some of my direct Family names of Western, NC. are Hooper, Wilson, Bryson, Long, Wood, Hyatt, Poston, Queen/MacQueen, Baldridge, Black, Lowe, Shook, Baker, Parker, Cope, Brown, Trammell, Hogshead, Kuykendall, Hampton, Wright, Fortner, Russell, Jones, Nicholson, Mathis, these are a mix of names of both my biological grandmothers ancestors names. My South Carolina names are Spearman, Trotter, Lesley, Griffin, Taylor, Blackstone, Medlock, Wood, Shockley, Barker, Breazeale, Delachaux, Simmons, Hendricks, Glenn,Huff, Ashmore, Durant, Slatton, Honey, Carwile, Callaham, Crain, Jarrett

• • (Donnie to Add)

• Tonya Bryant
  • (Tonya to add)

• Cynthia (Bryant) Crafton: AL, GA, & SC
  • Live in NW Georgia with genealogical ties in AL, GA, & SC (as well as TN, NC, & VA)

• Bill Crews:
  • (Bill to add)

• Kathy (Foote) Durham: South Carolina , Georgia & Mississippi Ancestors
  • My great-great grandmother was born near Villa Rica in northern Georgia but moved with her parents James Dickenson Word and Amelia Hooper to Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

• Paula (Brewer) Franklin: I'm from northwestern Georgia, been here most of my life, mother was born here but spent some of her younger years in Alabama, father was from Tennessee, his ancestors came from Virginia via North Carolina to Tennessee where they settled before statehood.
  • Adding, sourcing profiles in Northwestern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, Adding some by cemetery, have two cemeteries in two different counties started, with photos for most. Also working on adding to cemetery categories and decreasing my Find A Grave suggestions.

• Noah Funderburg: Alabama, specifically St. Clair County
  • Adding, sourcing profiles in Northern Alabama starting with ancestors in St. Clair county

• Debbie Gambrell: My ancestry includes areas of Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
  • I have Native American ancestry among several of those lines, two that have been referenced as Redbone, DNA results indicating I match DNA samples from the Melungeon communities of Tennessee, and I believe my Roma DNA is probably mingled in with all of this. Also, my son has a lot of ancestry in these categories on his paternal side as well. Also looking for info on a couple of lines with African lineage. So, casting a pretty wide net in the Appalachia region hoping to find more family history.

• Christine (Johnson) Gephart:
  • Christine to add

• Gregory Gilbert: Some are even founding families in some areas. My families are Gilbert,DeHart,Tabor ,Warren and Davis for starters.
  • (Gregory to Add)

• Anna (Walton) Grace: I have ancestors and roots in both South Carolina and Alabama.
  • (Anna to Add)

• Donna Hale: My ancestors, are from Va, North Carolina, Tenn, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucy
  • (Donna to add)

• Rhonda Hill: My interests are families Tabor, Gladson, DeHart, LeQuire, Shields.
  • My family lives in Northwest Georgia. I am also interested in the Cherokee Land Lottery, the American Revolution and families who were in the South prior to 1776.

• Laura Hyde: South Carolina and Georgia
  • (Laura to add)

• Janine Isleman: Janine to add

• Jason Jones: GA, NC, VA Ancestors
  • My ancestors hit these shores in Virginia, as best as I can tell, and then made their way down in North Carolina to finally land in Georgia. I plan on adding source profiles in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.

• Rosann Kent: North Georgia, esp. Jackson, Hall, Lumpkin, Dawson
  • Records associated with the 1828 Gold Rush, enslaved people, reconstruction.

• Rebecca Kimberly: Rebecca to add
  • Rebecca to add

• Dee Lancaster: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
  • Mom, my grandfather and great grandparents were born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. GGgrandparents were from South Carolina. GGGgrandparents from Virginia, one died in South Carolina and the other in Alabama. Maternal grandmother’s line started in South Carolina, moved to Georgia and then Alabama. My dad’s paternal side immigrated to Virginia and moved on to Hinds and Sharkey County, Mississippi. His maternal line came to Mississippi through South Carolina and Virginia. I’m the only born and bred Yankee in the family.
  • Adding, sourcing profiles for appropriate counties of Mississippi and Alabama.

• James Little: James to Add
  • (James to add)

• Bob Moon: from Bob's join post - "Three of my four grandparents were from Appalachia: two in East Tennessee and one in Southwest Virginia. I have some ancestors in northern Georgia as well..." Bob, please feel free to edit! ~ Liz

• Pamela (McCaleb) Parker: My ancestors came from Pennsylvania and Virginia and moved south through the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia to Alabama and Mississippi. I currently live in Alabama.
  • I plan to add and source profiles in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

• Sandy (Craig) Patak: Live in North Georgia, Play in Alabama. Researching all areas of North Georgia.
  • Actively adding/reviewing/sourcing profiles in Georgia
  • Also working on US Southern Colonies Province of Georgia Team Profiles
  • Slowly adding Profiles for the Southeast United States Mining Disasters Team
  • Trying to add to the 38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, United States Civil War

• Monica (Bryce) Pendleton:A large amount of my ancestors are from this region.
  • (Monica to add)

• Patricia Rye: I have many families in Georgia in Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Forsyth, Murray, Pickens and Polk Counties. Many of the Georgia families were also in Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina before moving on to Georgia.
  • (Patricia to add)

• Elizabeth Schafer: My family tree includes people from all five regions of Appalachia, and I have lived in the South Central and Southern regions.
  • I plan on improving profiles for my relatives who lived in this region in addition to creating new profiles for people representing agriculture, science, technology, education, military, and cultural achievements in this region and for people from southern Appalachia during challenges for the Appalachian Project and other projects including Notables, Black Heritage, American Revolution, and Civil War.

• Taylor Scott: GA, AL, SC Ancestors
  • (Taylor to add)

• Liz (Noland) Shifflett: My folks are from Mississippi & most of their ancestors came from Virginia and the Carolinas through Alabama & Georgia (and a couple branches through Kentucky & Tennessee)
  • MS: research (d) counties in the Mississippi table, Counties of Appalachia not yet started
  • back-burner: Same for AL & SC (GA is done ~ June 2022)

• Marsha Sturdivant: Alabama and Georgia Ancestors.
  • (Randolph County, Alabama, Carroll and Heard counties in Georgia specifically.)

• Sharon (Stefan) Sustar: Sharon to add
  • (Sharon to add)

• Jeremy Thorne: Jeremy to add
  • (Jeremy to add)

• Sheila Tidwell: I was born and raised in Auburn, Alabama and have always lived here. Most of the relatives I have been working on, so far, were also born in Alabama. But, I have many folks that migrated to or from Tennesse, Georgia and South Carolina. Most of my "American" origins are from Virginia and the Carolinas.
  • I will first be going over all my profiles that qualify for the Appalachia Project to make sure they are up to the standards of the project. Then, I will see what the Project needs are and go from there.

• Reese Vaughn: Vaughns in Estill and Powell County KY, Garners in Tennessee migrated to Calhoun/Benton co. Alabama and to Mississippi, eventually to Texas.
  • (Reese to Add)

• Deborah (Jones) Vietzke: I believe I am a descendant of maternal ancestors in several of these areas but most likely the SOUTH CENTRAL and SOUTHERN sections. So I will start with those.
  • (Deborah to Add)

• Laura (Huggins) Ward: Laura to add
  • I work primarily in Alabama to improve kin, neighbors, early settlers/pioneers, and Civil War vets.
  • I also work Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina fairly often.
  • I will also work on the project to-do list.

• Dawn Watson: Dawn to Add
  • (Dawn to add)

• Eric Weddington:
  • Weddington Name Study includes Weddington families in eastern Kentucky and surrounding areas (OH, WV). These Weddington families originated in south west Virginia. Knowledgeable of other associated family names in eastern Kentucky. The North Carolina Weddington families migrated to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. I have other family lines in Tennessee. Some knowledge of central Pennsylvania. Cemeterist. Multiple ONS coordinator. I work on the Hatfield & McCoy sub-project. Interest in the Melungeon Roots sub-project.

• Kathy (Stuewe) Zipperer: husband's family South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina
  • Adding profiles of family (CC7)

Southern Appalachia Team To-dos

Profile Maintenance: Project members are asked to help work on profiles in the project's Maintenance Categories. Note that if you add a maintenance category, you should generally also add details of why you added it to the profile's Research Notes.

Needs categories can be added to a profile using the project sticker (see this template page), including Appalachia Project Needs Sources for a profile that has at least one source but needs additional sources.

Profiles for Appalachians with no sources should have {{Unsourced|Appalachia}} added to the profile, which will put the profile in the project's Unsourced Profiles category: Appalachia, Unsourced Profiles.

Tasks

Team members - if you're working on a listed task, please "sign" it by adding ~~~~

• Check location categories for profiles of people who were born in, who lived in or who were associated with this region.
  • Add the appropriate Appalachians category + Sticker.
  • If the person is associated with Appalachia, check the qualifications posted by the Notables Project to see if [[Category: Appalachia, Notables]] should be added to the person's profile (whether or not they're associated with the North Central region of Appalachia).

Regional Team Space Pages:

Northern Appalachia Team | North Central Appalachia Team | Central Appalachia Team | South Central Appalachia Team | Southern Appalachia Team

Regional Team Categories

Northern Appalachia Team | North Central Appalachia Team | Central Appalachia Team | South Central Appalachia Team | Southern Appalachia Team