Josiah Parrish Cemetery
Dale County, Alabama, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosPublished in the Southern Star Newspaper, Newton, Alabama, was a series of 3 articles written by W.L. Andrews from August 13, 20, and 27, 1913. The articles contain a wealth of history specific to the Samuel Parrish, Sr. family line however it is entirely too long to post. I will, however, post the portions that specifically mention the Josiah Parrish Graveyard and some accompanying historical and geographical pertinent information.
W.L. Andrews Writes interesting Letter: Makes Pleasant Trip to West Dale
August 20, 1913
"Samuel Parrish, wife, ten sons, and three daughters came to this country and settled a large territory up and down both sides of the Claybanks between Daleville and Pleasant Hill sections.
Then followed the family Samuel Parrish Sr. landing here in 1834 he came from Kershaw County, South Carolina.
Josiah Parish was the oldest son of Samuel Parrish, Sr. and he married Harriet Ratcliff and settled where Brett Chalker has lived for 16 years on top of the hill on the road leading down to the James Parish old mill site. He improved the place, building the first residence in the county at the time. The paint has not yet been worn off and the building is still in a fair state of preservation. A number of years later he moved to Mississippi where he died.
John Parrish married Dorcas Stokes, niece of Dempsey Dowling's wife and settled 200 yards north of where Marcus Parrish lives near the Brooks old mill both were buried near where Josiah Parish lived.
At the time the above article was written, 1913, the Josiah Parrish Graveyard was located in the Westville section of Dale County, Alabama. If you look on a current 2020 map, you would need to imagine it being approximately one to two miles west of Lake Tholocco, which is located within the bounds of US Army Fort Rucker.
In the 1930s, a 35,000-acre tract of land in Dale and Coffee counties consisting of numerous farmsteads and small towns was purchased by the federal government, buildings demolished, and converted into a wildlife refuge -- the Pea River Land Use Project. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the creation of new training camps and military bases was a priority of the federal government. In January 1942, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction plans for the 4,600 acre cantonment area of the camp. In fewer than the 120 days allotted, 500 buildings, developed streets, utilities, wells, railroads, sidetracks and other facilities had been completed and the Ozark Triangular Division Camp officially opened on May 1, 1942.
One of the more ambitious components of this project was building an earthen dam across Claybank Creek to create 850-acre Lake Tholocco.
An additional 30,000 acres of land between Newton and Enterprise, AL including all privately owned lands within the boundaries of the former wildlife refuge, were purchased in September 1942. Later that year, 1,259 supplementary acres south of Daleville were acquired for the construction of an airfield to support the camp.
The name has changed over the years Pea River Land Use Project, Camp Rucker, Ozark Triangular Division Camp, however, is now known as Fort Rucker.
Published in the Southern Star Newspaper, Newton, Alabama, was a series of 3 articles written by W.L. Andrews from August 13, 20, and 27, 1913. The articles contain a wealth of history specific to the Samuel Parrish, Sr. family line however it is entirely too long to post. I will, however, post the portions that specifically mention the Josiah Parrish Graveyard and some accompanying historical and geographical pertinent information.
W.L. Andrews Writes interesting Letter: Makes Pleasant Trip to West Dale
August 20, 1913
"Samuel Parrish, wife, ten sons, and three daughters came to this country and settled a large territory up and down both sides of the Claybanks between Daleville and Pleasant Hill sections.
Then followed the family Samuel Parrish Sr. landing here in 1834 he came from Kershaw County, South Carolina.
Josiah Parish was the oldest son of Samuel Parrish, Sr. and he married Harriet Ratcliff and settled where Brett Chalker has lived for 16 years on top of the hill on the road leading down to the James Parish old mill site. He improved the place, building the first residence in the county at the time. The paint has not yet been worn off and the building is still in a fair state of preservation. A number of years later he moved to Mississippi where he died.
John Parrish married Dorcas Stokes, niece of Dempsey Dowling's wife and settled 200 yards north of where Marcus Parrish lives near the Brooks old mill both were buried near where Josiah Parish lived.
At the time the above article was written, 1913, the Josiah Parrish Graveyard was located in the Westville section of Dale County, Alabama. If you look on a current 2020 map, you would need to imagine it being approximately one to two miles west of Lake Tholocco, which is located within the bounds of US Army Fort Rucker.
In the 1930s, a 35,000-acre tract of land in Dale and Coffee counties consisting of numerous farmsteads and small towns was purchased by the federal government, buildings demolished, and converted into a wildlife refuge -- the Pea River Land Use Project. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the creation of new training camps and military bases was a priority of the federal government. In January 1942, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction plans for the 4,600 acre cantonment area of the camp. In fewer than the 120 days allotted, 500 buildings, developed streets, utilities, wells, railroads, sidetracks and other facilities had been completed and the Ozark Triangular Division Camp officially opened on May 1, 1942.
One of the more ambitious components of this project was building an earthen dam across Claybank Creek to create 850-acre Lake Tholocco.
An additional 30,000 acres of land between Newton and Enterprise, AL including all privately owned lands within the boundaries of the former wildlife refuge, were purchased in September 1942. Later that year, 1,259 supplementary acres south of Daleville were acquired for the construction of an airfield to support the camp.
The name has changed over the years Pea River Land Use Project, Camp Rucker, Ozark Triangular Division Camp, however, is now known as Fort Rucker.
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- Added: 12 May 2022
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2752917
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