Mathew "Mattie" WALLACE [Parents] 1 was born 1803 in TN. He died after 1870 in AL. Mathew married Nancy FLETCHER on 19 Jul 1865 in AL.
Other marriages:LEETH (LEATH), Rachel
ELEANOR , Ellen Mink Gallaway Murry/ Mrs.
1850 Census - Bibb County, AL
Family #1033
Wallace, Matthew 47 m Farmer 1600 TN
Rachael 45 f TN
John 23 m Farmer AL
Algenon 21 m Farmer AL
Ebenezer 17 m Farmer AL
William 13 m ALLeath, Eliza 21 f AL
(she was born 1822/1823 and yet is she is only 21, she would have been born in 1829)Marriage Records - Bibb Co., AL
Mar. 17, 1825
executed by James W. Fariss"please grant license to M. W. to my dau. R. to marry and oblige" Mar. 17, 1825 (signed) Ebenezer Leeth.
Nancy FLETCHER was born 8 Mar 1828 in AL. She died 21 Jan 1910 in AL. Nancy married Mathew "Mattie" WALLACE on 19 Jul 1865 in AL.
Mathew and Nancy did not have any children
Ebenezer LEATH married Nancy Ann MCKAY.
Nancy Ann MCKAY married Ebenezer LEATH.
They had the following children:
F i Rachel LEETH (LEATH) was born 1805 and died about 1854.
Moses OVERTON married Mahaley WALLACE on 21 Sep 1826 in Bibb Co., AL.
Mahaley WALLACE [Parents] married Moses OVERTON on 21 Sep 1826 in Bibb Co., AL.
Moses L COTTINGHAM married Nancy Catherine WOOD.
Nancy Catherine WOOD [Parents] was born 23 Dec 1832 in Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL. She died Mar 1862 in Winnfield, LA. Nancy married Moses L COTTINGHAM.
They had the following children:
F i Living M ii Living F iii Living F iv Living F v Living M vi Living
John H. WOOD [Parents] was born 11 Apr 1837 in Bibb Co., AL. He died 4 Jun 1901 in Liberty Hill, LA. John married 1 Sarah A. on 1878.
Census: 1860, Still living w/parents per Bibb Co., AL census
Lost his right arm in the Battle of Shiloh
Sarah A. was born 5 Jan 1843 in AL. She died 10 May 1922. Sarah married 1 John H. WOOD on 1878.
They had the following children:
F i Daughter WOOD was born about 1860.
Wiley V. ARNOLD was born 18 May 1821. He died 21 Apr 1889. Wiley married Mary Margaret WOOD on 15 Apr 1846 in Bibb Co., AL.
Mary Margaret WOOD [Parents] was born 7 Jun 1829 in Bibb Co., AL. She died 17 Oct 1875 in Six mile Creek, Bibb Co., AL. Mary married Wiley V. ARNOLD on 15 Apr 1846 in Bibb Co., AL.
1850, Bibb Co., Al census does not list MM w/parents. Married in '46
They had the following children:
M i Beady ARNOLD was born 9 Apr 1847. M ii Albert Lafayette ARNOLD was born 18 Jul 1850 and died 31 Jul 1928. M iii James Wilson ARNOLD was born 16 Nov 1852 and died 7 Jan 1942. iv Unknown ARNOLD was born before 1861. M v Elbert Arnold ARNOLD was born 1861.
John Leath WALLACE [Parents] 1 was born 27 Nov 1828 in Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL. He died 15 Aug 1908 in Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL and was buried in Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cemetery. John married Frances PRATT on 16 Dec 1858.
Other marriages:PRATT, Mary E
John Leith Wallace, born Nov. 27, 1828, Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL and died Aug. 15, 1908 (drowned), Six Mile, AL and buried Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
His birth date is taken from his tombstone and is in agreement with the 1900 census.
The 1907 Confederate census gives his name as John Leath Wallace and his birth date as Mar. 9, 1828.
The 1850 and 1860 census records indicate he was born in 1826.
He married (1) Dec. 16, 1858, Bibb Co., AL to Frances M. Pratt, born 1835, Bibb Co., AL and died 1862 Bibb Co., AL, the daughter of Absalom Pratt and Mary Dickorman. 1 child
John married (2) Jan. 14, 1863 (license), Bibb Co., AL to Mary E. Pratt, born Jan. 29, 1837, Bibb Co., AL and died Oct. 25, 1909, Bibb Co., AL and buried Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cem., the daughter of Hopkins Pratt and Sarah Dickerson. 8 children
The 1900 census states that John and Mary had had 9 children; 7 still living.
John's 2 wives were first cousins, grandchildren of Richard Pratt and Rebecca Beavers, early pioneer settlers of Bibb Co.
John enlisted in Confederate Service May 10, 1863 as a Private in Co. D, 6th Ala. Cav. and served until the surrender.
He lived all his life in Bibb Co., AL and was listed in every census from 1850 to 1900.
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The following article appeared in the Aug. 20, 1908, Thursday edition of the Centreville Press -Old Citizen Drowned.....
Last Thursday evening, John L. Wallace, 81, of Six Mile, died in Six Mile Creek.
In the field that day with his sons, he told them to go home and get ready for church and he would go by the spring. He fell over a six-foot bank onto rocks, waded up stream and fell exhausted. He was found Friday morning in three feet of water.
Survivors are his wife, 3 sons and 1 daughter. Funeral was Saturday at Six Mile Presbyterian Church.
Frances PRATT [Parents] was born 1835. She died 1862. Frances married John Leath WALLACE on 16 Dec 1858.
They had the following children:
M i Felix LaFayette WALLACE was born calculated 1861 in Bibb Co., AL.
John Leath WALLACE [Parents] 1 was born 27 Nov 1828 in Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL. He died 15 Aug 1908 in Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL and was buried in Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cemetery. John married Mary E PRATT on 14 Jan 1863.
Other marriages:PRATT, Frances
John Leith Wallace, born Nov. 27, 1828, Six Mile, Bibb Co., AL and died Aug. 15, 1908 (drowned), Six Mile, AL and buried Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
His birth date is taken from his tombstone and is in agreement with the 1900 census.
The 1907 Confederate census gives his name as John Leath Wallace and his birth date as Mar. 9, 1828.
The 1850 and 1860 census records indicate he was born in 1826.
He married (1) Dec. 16, 1858, Bibb Co., AL to Frances M. Pratt, born 1835, Bibb Co., AL and died 1862 Bibb Co., AL, the daughter of Absalom Pratt and Mary Dickorman. 1 child
John married (2) Jan. 14, 1863 (license), Bibb Co., AL to Mary E. Pratt, born Jan. 29, 1837, Bibb Co., AL and died Oct. 25, 1909, Bibb Co., AL and buried Six Mile Presbyterian Church Cem., the daughter of Hopkins Pratt and Sarah Dickerson. 8 children
The 1900 census states that John and Mary had had 9 children; 7 still living.
John's 2 wives were first cousins, grandchildren of Richard Pratt and Rebecca Beavers, early pioneer settlers of Bibb Co.
John enlisted in Confederate Service May 10, 1863 as a Private in Co. D, 6th Ala. Cav. and served until the surrender.
He lived all his life in Bibb Co., AL and was listed in every census from 1850 to 1900.
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The following article appeared in the Aug. 20, 1908, Thursday edition of the Centreville Press -Old Citizen Drowned.....
Last Thursday evening, John L. Wallace, 81, of Six Mile, died in Six Mile Creek.
In the field that day with his sons, he told them to go home and get ready for church and he would go by the spring. He fell over a six-foot bank onto rocks, waded up stream and fell exhausted. He was found Friday morning in three feet of water.
Survivors are his wife, 3 sons and 1 daughter. Funeral was Saturday at Six Mile Presbyterian Church.
Mary E PRATT [Parents] was born 29 Jan 1837. She died 25 Oct 1909. Mary married John Leath WALLACE on 14 Jan 1863.
They had the following children:
F i Sally WALLACE was born calculated 1866 in Bibb Co., AL. M ii Matthew D. WALLACE was born 20 Jan 1868 and died 5 Feb 1936. F iii Nannie WALLACE was born calculated 1870 in Bibb Co., AL. M iv Marshall WALLACE was born 1 Jan 1873 in Bibb Co., AL. M v Joseph WALLACE was born calculated 1874 in Bibb Co., AL. He died 1 23 Jun 1943 in Tuscaloosa, AL and was buried in Boyce Hospital Cemetery.
According to Josephs Death Certificate, he died in the mental hospital at the age of 70. He was Single. Cause was Lobar Pneumonia with other condition Insanity. His father was unknown and his mother was Mary Pratt born in AL. The informant was Hon, W.L Pratt.
Joseph is one of the two sons of John L. and Mary Elizabeth Pratt
Wallace that were a little "off," the other being Marshall. Mary Louise Crider told Carolyn Keeling she remembers seeing them at the Wallace Store in Six Mile when she was little, and she and her brother were scared of them. She said they weren't dangerous, just kind of religious eccentrics, as they would get up in church on Sundays and begin yelling religion-related comments, and this kind of conduct. Mary Louise just remembers they were taken off to the "Looney Bin" at some point, and didn't ever hear of what became of
them.M vi John Hopkins WALLACE was born 1 Nov 1878 in Bibb Co., AL. F vii Mary WALLACE was born Feb 1880 in Bibb Co., AL.
Algernon Sidney WALLACE [Parents] was born 1829 in Bibb County, AL. He died 17 Sep 1862 in Civil War. Algernon married Lenora Elizabeth WARD on 23 Feb 1851.
Algernon Sidney Wallace
Algernon S. Wallace (b.1829 Bibb County, AL, d.9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD) was the son of Matthew (b.1803 TN) and Rachel Leeth (b.1805 TN) Wallace who were married March 17, 1825 in Bibb County, AL.
Algernon's grandfather was John Wallace (b.12/22/1758 Mecklenburg County, NC; died 6/18/1847 Bibb County, AL). John, a Revolutionary Soldier twice wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain, migrated with his family through Davidson County, TN and settled in Bibb County, AL in 1818.
Algernon's great-grandfather was William Wallace (b.1737 Mecklenburg County, NC; d.1799 Blount County, TN). In 1758 William married Mary Wallis. Records of 1780 show William as a Justice of the Peace from Sullivan County, NC, which is now part of Tennessee.
The Wallace men were not alone in recognition of their patriotism. Mary Wallis (the wife of William) was also a Revolutionary Soldier. Her grave is marked by SAR and DAR in New Providence Cemetery, Maryville, TN. Although not much is known about her part in the Revolutionary War, it is speculated that like most women who took an active role in the war, Mary served as an informant for the cause.
Algernon married Lenoah Elizabeth Ward (b.1832) on February 22,1851.
The 1860 census of Bibb County shows Algernon and Elizabeth living, East of Cahaba at Six Mile in household #992 with four children: Henrietta (b.1853), John Walter (b.1854), Early Ebenezer (b.1856), Rachael (b.1858) and Jefferson (b.1861).
As his ancestors answered the call to defend a new nation, Algernon answered the call to defend the South. He joined the Scottsville Guards, Company B of the 44th Alabama Regiment, Wright's Brigade, Anderson's Division of Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia where he attained the rank of 2nd corporal. The 44th Alabama Regiment was organized at Selma in May 1862. Its first engagement was Second Bull Run on August 30, 1862. Before ever going into battle, the regiment's ranks had been greatly thinned by camp diseases. It took part at Harper's Ferry on September 15, 1862 and beginning on September 17, 1862 at Sharpsburg lost nearly two-thirds of its force. It was at Sharpburg's Bloody Lane that Algernon lost his life.
The following is a transcription of a letter dated August 1, 1862 from Algernon to Elizabeth. Written only a month and a half before he would be killed, this letter gives a brief personal glance into our history:
Camp near Falling Creek (VA) August 1,1862
Dear Wife:
It is through hands of kind providence that I am permitted to address you once more. In doing so I am sorry to inform you that I am not very well at this time, afflicted with cold and cough. But hope this will find you all enjoying good health. Another thing I am sorry to communicate to you is I haven't a word directly from any of you. This grieves me very much indeed for I want to hear from you all once a week and think that I ought. It seems to me that father or John and you write often enough that I might receive one, once a week anyhow. I have just heard from old Bibb once more.Marion Tate has just arrived and brings sorrowful news in regards to crops. He says the people in settlement will not make more than half crops, but I hope for the better still. There has been (illegible word) of rain out here where we are and corn looks fine where there is any planted. The farms of this country are utterly ruined; the fences are torn down and burnt up. I would not have the State of Alabama made a battle field of, like this for anything on top of this green earth. It is distressing to see how this old state is torn up by the armies. There was heavy cannonading down below here on the James River, supposed to be at City Point. We haven't heard the result of the firing yet, but will hear by morning.
Marshall Pratt has been very sick but is convalescing now.
Elizabeth I want you to write me soon and write all about the children and what they say about me. I want you to write all about your crops and stock and everything else. There's one thing I will write you. I have quit stamping my letters. The purpose of it is this - we think that stamps are tom off, the letters thrown away, as stamps pass very well for change.
Elizabeth, I have just returned from Drury's Bluff which is 7 1/2 miles from our encampment. I saw some heavy artillery down there. The bluff is well fortified and is elevated so that the Yanks can't get the range with their guns.
Sam Norwood, Mike Nolen and Marion Tate arrived in camp today. Sam Norwood says he stayed all night at father's last Friday night-week, and father said he had just returned from yours, and you were all well. It made my heart leap for joy to hear such good news from you once more.
Give my love and best respects to Vince and Margaret and tell them I've not forgotten them.
I must close my broken scroll for I feel very tired, so farewell dear wife and children.
Algernon S. Wallace
Tell father and John I want them to write - and write often to me. If they don't I shall always think ought to do so.
This letter survived the years, maybe because it was the family's final contact with Algernon. In 1922 the original was in the custody of Algernon's grandson, Gordon Wallace who lived in Birmingham, Alabama.Research yields the following information on those mentioned in the letter:
Vince and Margaret (Algernon's cousin) are Vince and Margaret Arnold.
John is Algernon's brother, John L. Wallace.
Marshall J. Pratt was a private in the Scottsville Guards listed at 32 years of age, a farmer from Scottsville, AL. Marshall was left to nurse ill at Knoxville and captured December 5, 1863.
Sam Norwood, also a private, is listed at 22 years of age, a farmer from Scottsville, AL. Sam was killed at Petersburg sometime between June 18 and August 13, 1864.
Mike Nolen is Myrick Nolen, private, listed at 23 years of age, a farmer from Scottsville, AL. Myrick was killed at Second Manassas, August 30,1862.Marion Tate is James M. Tate, private, listed at 24 years of age, a farmer from Scottsville, AL - missing since July 13, 1864.
Having been killed in battle, Algernon's remains were never returned home, but buried in a mass grave at Sharpsburg, Maryland.
On June 2, 1996, descendants of Algernon and Elizabeth gathered for its annual family reunion at Antioch Baptist Church in Centreville, AL. A veteran's monument was placed as a permanent memorial and record of this Son of Bibb County in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, where many of Algernon's ancestors and descendants are buried.
A complete record of the descendants of Algernon and Elizabeth are too numerous to list in this article. Therefore, only the direct lineage of the submitter of this article will be set forth here:
John Walter
(b.1854 Bibb County, AL)
Algernon and Elizabeth's eldest son
married October 4, 1888 Ruth Jane Chism
(b.9/9/1869)
John Walter and Ruth Jane are buried at the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Centreville, AL.Their children are Jacob Ebenezer (b.7/14/1889), Lillie May (b.12/10/1891), Mary Elizabeth (b.11/23/1893), Clara Josephine (b.1/18/1896), Dewey W. (b.1/18/1899), Morgan DeKalb (b.6/7/1901, Bibb County, AL; d.10/7/1960, Jefferson County, AL), Gordon (b.abt.1902), Allene (b.abt.1903) and Mardis Brian.
Morgan DeKalb on June 7,1925 married Bessie G. Smitherman (b.11/13/1900, Bibb County, AL; d.7/12/1983, Jefferson County, AL). The wedding ceremony took place at the West Blocton Baptist parsonage and conducted by Rev. Head, who was at the time the pastor of Antioch Baptist Church. Morgan and Bessie are buried at Valhalla Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.
Their children are: Morgan DeKalb, Jr. (b.7/8/1926), William Harper (b.2/4/1928, Fairfield Highlands, AL), Linnora Jane (b.12/24/1929), Betty Mae (b.11/11/1932), James Wilburn (b.5/20/1935; d.9/17/1996), Donald Courtney (b.7/2/1938), and Larry Monroe (b.11/16/1940).
William Harper on March 9, 1950 married Mildred Juanita Bolton (b.2/22/1931, Edgewater, AL) in Meridian, Mississippi. Their children are William Daniel Wallace (b. 3/9/1951, Bessemer, AL), and Martha Suzanne Wallace (b.1/20/1953, Bessemer, AL).
William Daniel on August 28, 1971 married Carol Lynn Dabbs (b.7/17/1951) in Hueytown, Alabama at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Judson A. Jones.
Their only child is William Chadwick Wallace (b.April 30, 1967, Decatur, AL).
Submitted by: Suzanne Wallace (great-great granddaughter of Algernon S. Wallace), 930 Garywood Drive, Hueytown, AL 35023. Sources: Court and census records of Bibb County, AL; Confed. erate Military History, Vol. XlI; 44th Alabama Regiment Roster; Pioneers and Residents of West Central Alabama Prior to the Civil War by Madge Pettit; Alabama Historical Quarterly, family Bible records, and other miscellaneous family records.
Book "1864-1869" - Probate Records, Centreville, ALPage 330
Probate Court Special TermAlgernon S. Wallace } Mathew Wallace the administrator of the
deceased Estate of } Estate of Algernon S. Wallace deceased having this
Order Setting May __} day filed his application in writing paying
for same order a proceeding at the court certain real estate in said petition _____ of the property of Said of said accident at the time of his death for _____ _____ ordered the _____ that the same cannot be equitably divided among the heirs of said Estate it appearing from _____ of said Petitioner that the only heirs of said deceased are his widow and five children to wit:1st the widow of said deceased - Elizabeth Wallace
of full age & resident of said county2nd Hernnitta Wallace
3rd John Wallace - was left out; however, it was numbered
1, 2 and then 4. Judge left out John although he
numbered correctly/4th Ebenezer
5th Rachael
6th Jefferson Davis Wallace
all minor children of said deceased under 14 years of age
residing in Said county with the said Elizabeth WallaceShe having the custody of them.
It is therefore ordered that the 2nd Monday of February 1867 be set& it is freely appointed for bringing the Said application & the proofs which may be submitted in support of the same.
It is further ordered that the said Elizabeth Wallace have ___/notice of this proceeding & of the day set for hearing the same by citations to her personally sumd (meaning summoned) on her ten days before said day appointed for said hearing & that the Said Henriatta Walter (found the name Walter in a second document), Ebenezer, Rachael & Jefferson D. Wallace hand to same notice by citations to be personally sumd to the Said Elizabeth Wallace for them _____ ____ ____Said may appointed they being minors under 14 years of age residing with her in Said county & she being the custody and control of Each of them
It is further ordered that F. John Thomson Esq. that she is family of four children___ to represent said ___ to represent said ___ on the following ----being in open court ____ ____ ____ ____
Signed (Unreadable)
Judge
State of Alabama} Know all men by these _____ that are W. E. Fancher
Bibb County } John P. Ward, D. N. Wells are held and firmly boundunto Jackson Gardner Judge of the Probate Court of the County aforesaid in the sume of Eight Hundred and fifty Dollars to be paid to the Said Jackson Gardner or to his successors in office to which payment will and duly to be made
we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators jointly severally and firmly by these present
Sealed with our Seals and dated this 13th day of March A D eighteen hundred and seventy One (03-13-1871)
The Conditions of the above obligation is such that as whereas the above bound W E Fancher has been duly appointed guardian of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of Henrietta Wallace, Walter Wallace, Ebenezer Wallace, Rachel Wallace & Jefferson D Wallace minor heirs of the Estate of A S Wallace deceased
Now if the Said W E Fancher shall will and truly perform all the duties which are or may be by law required of him as such Guardian then the same obligation to be _____ their/were?? to remain in full force
signed sealed and acknowledged in open Court before me
Atest W. E. Fancher (LS)
Alva Campbell Jno. P. Ward (LS)
John _ Wills/Wells/Mills?? D N Wells (LS)Approved the 13th
March 1871Jackson Gardner
JudgeAlgernon S. Wallace, born ca. 1829, Bibb Co., AL and died Sept. 17, 1862, killed in the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md (called the Battle of Antietam by the Union).
He married Feb. 23, 1851, Bibb Co., AL to Lenora Elizabeth Ward, born
April, 1832, Bibb Co., AL and died 1904, Bibb Co., AL, the daughter of Emmanuel Ward and Irene Sawyer. 5 childrenAlgernon and family were listed in the 1860 Bibb Co. census.
He enlisted in Confederate Service May 1, 1862 in Co. B, 44th Ala. Inf. Reg't. and lost his life in battle the following September.
His father (Matthew Wallace) handled his estate matters in Bibb Co.
His wife (Elizabeth) never remarried, a widow for her remaining 42 years. She continued to live in Bibb Co. and was listed in the 1870/1880 and 1900 census records.
On July 18, 1897, she applied for a widow's pension to the Ala. State Government for Algernon's Confederate Service and gave her home as Six Mile, AL.
In 1900, she was living with son (Walter) at Six Mile and stated that she had 5 children; 4 of whom were still living.
Algernon's story begins with his great-great-great-grandfather of Scotland, William Wallace, who fist emigrated to Ulster Co. Ireland and then in 1690 brought his wife to the colonies of North America. They settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River, and were, soon after their arrival, blessed with a son, James Wallace.
James probably married in Pennsylvania and had at least five sons: Oliver, Caleb, William, John and Thomas.
He moved his wife and children many times: Virginia (1720), Maryland (1734), then to North Carolina (1754).
Caleb is reported to have stayed in Virginia when his father moved on to Maryland and nothing is known at present about Oliver.
James's other three sons were born in Cecil County, Maryland.
William (1737) married first Mary Wallis (daughter of Ezekial Wallis) and secondly Sarah Wallace (daughter of Matthew Wallace and Johannah J. According to William's will (probated November 1799 Blount County, Tennessee), he had nine children: John (1758), Joannah (1760), Mathew (1765), Jesse (1767), Oliver (1770), Mary (1774), Ruth (1775), Elizabeth (177?), and William (1779).
Thomas (1745) married Rebecca Milligan (1749) in 1770 and had these children: Joel (1771), Thomas Jr. (1772), William, Ruth, Marcellus, Peggy, and Patsy.
Thomas died in 1830 in Morgan County, AL.
John (174?) married Ann McClellan and they had four sons: William, John, Abraham, and Joel. John died in an Indian skirmish in 1793 near Rome, GA.
About 1754 the Wallaces moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. From there in 1770, William, Thomas and John together headed into the Western Country over the Appalachian Mountains through Boone's Gap. They settled on the south fork of the Holston River which is nestled in the far northeast corner of Tennessee between the Virginia stateline and the Great Smoky Mountains. These Wallace brothers became a part of the Watauga Association which allowed them protection from numerous Indian raids.
Algernon's great-grandfather, William Wallace (son of James Wallace), was justice of the peace in three counties: Sullivan, Knox, and Blount. He was a delegate to the convention which birthed the state of Franklin, but the delivery of this valiant endeavor was doomed to failure as the North Carolina Cession Act of 1784 allowing for its creation was repealed in 1788. William was also chair-man of the board that saw the development of Blount County and the city of Maryville in 1795. Lastly, in 1796 he was a delegate to the convention that founded the state of Tennessee.
William Wallace died November 1799 and was buried in the New Providence Cemetery in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
John Wallace (1758), Algernon's grandfather, bravely fought in the defense of this country during the Revolutionary War. While residing in Sullivan County, John in January 1779 volunteered to serve with the North Carolina Rangers under Colonels Isaac Shelby and John Sevier.
With his father's brother, Captain Thomas Wallace, he fought on October 7, 1780 at the battle of King's Mountain, considered the turning point in the revolution due to the courageous efforts of the Overmountain Men; here John was twice wounded. He then fought at the battle of Cowpens and was honorably discharged in January 1781.
In 1817 John moved south to Cahawba County, Alabama Territory with his wife, Margaret Thompson, and three children: Nancy Jack (1801), Jane (1803), and Matthew (1805).
Two sons remained in Tennessee, Robert (178?) and William (1788). They eventually moved to Bibb County, as they are recorded in the 1840 census to be living on the farms adjacent their father's homestead.
John and his wife had at least one other son as their grandson Pulaski Wallace signature graces the paperwork regarding John's death.
John, as treasurer of Cahawba County in 1818, was appointed to the committee to superintend the election of a representative to the Territorial Legislature from Cahawba County, Alabama Territory. From 1817-1830, he was also justice of the peace for both Cahawba and Bibb Counties. In 1822-1823, he was a representative for the state of Alabama.
John Wallace is cited as a witness to the service of his uncle Captain Thomas Wallace in his Revolutionary War pension abstract filed in 1839 in Morgan County, Alabama by his widow Rebecca Milligan Wallace. John testified that he had known Thomas for seventy (70) years prior to his death in 1830 (i.e. since he was born), and that he had lived near him for many years in Blount County, Tennessee. John also remembered being present at the wedding of Thomas to his bride Rebecca Milligan in 1770. He stated too that he had fought with Thomas at the Battle of King's Mountain.
John's own Revolutionary War pension orders were issued in 1832. He passed away June 18, 1847 at age 89 and was buried in the Old Cumberland Presbyterian Church graveyard in Six Mile, Alabama.
In 1929-30, the Montevallo David Lindsay Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) placed a bronze historical plaque on John Wallace's gravestone. The great grandson of John, Reverend H. Ross Arnold I of Greenville, Alabama attended the unveiling as did about one hundred fifty (150) of his descendants.
The parents of Algernon Sidney Wallace (1829), Matthew Wallace and Rachel Leeth (daughter of James Ebenezer Leeth) were married March 17, 1825.
Furthermore, they had these children: John Leith (1826), Nancy E. (1828), William (1830), and Ebenezer (1833).Matthew Wallace is appointed in 1825 overseer of the construction of a road from the Centreville "Falls of the Cahawba" to the Shelby County line. Samuel W. Wallace is assigned to find workers for the road's construction.
Matthew Wallace is reported in 1857 as residing in Centreville, Alabama; and the 1860 census confirms this report. At age 57, he reports being born in Tennessee and is married to Ellen, age 47, who was born in South Carolina.
Rachel, his first wife, died sometime after the birth of their son Ebenezer, in 1833. Matthew had remarried to Ellen Mink Galloway, widow of Miles Galloway.
Ellen had one daughter from her first marriage, Mila Frances Galloway (1842). Mila, age 18, resided with her mother Ellen and stepfather Matthew Wallace according to the 1860 census of Bibb County, Alabama.
When Algernon married Lenoah Elizabeth Ward (1832) on February 22, 1851, her father had this to say, "My daughter is of age." Elizabeth is the daughter of Emanuel Ward and Arena Sawyer, and she is the granddaughter of John Edward Ward, Jr. and Winifred Horne.
Algernon and Elizabeth had five children: Henrietta Josephine (1853), John WaIter (1854), Early Ebenezer (1856), Rachel Irenah (1858) and Jefferson Davis (1862).
Algernon answered the call of duty to defend his land, his family, and his lifestyle. He enlisted as a corporal in the Confederate States Army. Algernon was killed on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietum Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, documented as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The Confederate soldiers' remains were buried in mass graves.
Elizabeth, his widow, was age thirty, and his children's ages ranged from infancy to nine years. When the news came confirming the death of Algernon, Elizabeth sold the Wallace farm to carpetbaggers for an unknown amount of Confederate dollars.
In 1870 Elizabeth was reported to be living in Brierfield, Bibb County, Alabama; in later years, she moved in with her son John Walter Wallace.
Alleen Wallace, John Walter's daughter, remembers playing in a trunk full of Confederate dollars, which was stashed on her father's back porch. Elizabeth never remarried and she passed away in 1902 at age 70.
On June 2, 1996, a dedication service was held for a monument placed beside the grave of Lenoah Elizabeth Wallace, the widow of Corp. Algernon S. Wallace at the Antioch Cemetery in Centreville, Alabama. Many of the descendants of Algernon were present at the ceremony. The dedication speakers were David S. Wallace of Union County, Georgia and Bill Jenkins of Birmingham, Alabama, both great, great, grandsons of Algernon.
The Wallaces are said to have had "great strength of character - they were honest, sincere, God-fearing, industrious and thrifty." Many have bravely fought in the defense of our beloved country, and Wallaces are listed in every major war fought since the Revolutionary War. They truly have claim to the title "military hero" and have lived up to the Wallace motto "Pro Libertas" meaning "For Freedom".
Submitted by: Sharon Petrie, P.O. Box 45702, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-5702.
Lenora Elizabeth WARD was born 19 Apr 1832. She died 1904. Lenora married Algernon Sidney WALLACE on 23 Feb 1851.
They had the following children:
F i Henrietta WALLACE was born 1853 in Bibb Co., AL.
(1867 - she was a minor less than 14 years of age)
(single in 1880 and living with her mother in Bibb Co.)M ii John Walter WALLACE was born Nov 1854. M iii Early Ebenezer WALLACE was born 16 Jul 1856 and died 30 Jan 1934. F iv Rachel WALLACE was born calculated 1858 in Bibb Co., AL.
(1867 - she was a minor less than 14 years of age)M v Jefferson Davis WALLACE was born calculated 1861 in Bibb Co., AL.
(1867 - he was a minor less than 14 years of age)
Absalom PRATT married Mary DICKORMAN.
Mary DICKORMAN married Absalom PRATT.
They had the following children:
F i Frances PRATT was born 1835 and died 1862.