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- "John reeder Medlock came to Sand Mountain, AL to live with his
sisters, Frances and Sallie, and brother Jim. He bought land joining
halfway between Albertville and Boaz from the NC and St. Louis
Railroad. John Reeder bought over 400 acres of land and out of that
acreage he later gave each son and daughter a 40 acre farm with the
exception of Rebecca Medlock McDonald. Martha Gerard and her cousin
Rachel Green recall family stories of how their grandmother Rebecca
was denied a family farm from her father and of the friction it caused
with the family. The Medlock descendants still living in Albertville
did confirm that Rebecca did not receive a farm from her father but
they believed it was because she was deceased at the time the land was
transferred to the Medlock children" (From notes by Elizabeth
Dellinger)
According to information from Jo Medlock (cm1jm1@mindspring.com), John
and his brother, James, came to Albertville, AL from Lovejoy, GA. John
had married Mary Harlan in GA, and she died in AL. She is buried in
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery Marshall Co., AL.
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John R. Medlock
Home in 1880: District 538, Clayton, Georgia
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Georgia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Mary Ann Medlock
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
John R. Medlock 26
Mary Ann Medlock 31
David W. Medlock 6
Noly B. Medlock 4
Rebeca A. Medlock 1
1900 Alabama Census (Vol 42 ED 83 Sheet 9 Line 46:
Medlock, John R. b. 8/1853 GA Farmer,
Medlock, Dollie M. wife b. 12/1870 AL,
(married 10 years, mother of 6 children, 5 liviing,
Medlock, John G. son b. 9/1881 GA Farm laborer,
Medlock, Willie G. son b. 4/1884 AL at school,
Medlock, Audie E. son b. 7/1890 AL,
Medlock, Bertha C. daughter b. 1/1896 AL,
Medlock, Elva F. daughter b. 11/1895 AL,
Medlock, Elbert R. son b. 4/1897 AL,
Medlock, Olen son b. 4/1899 AL.
(According to the above 1900 Census, John Reeder and Dollie were married in 1890. - MCM 2004)
In the 1900 Census report, living next door are:
Medlock, Walter b. 11/1874 GA,
Medlock, Lula J. wife b. 5/1881 GA
Medlock, Eunice A. daughter b. 12/1898 AL.
Email from Vicky Bryant, 12/28/2010:
"Some of the blanks that I can try to fill in about John Reeder. As told to me from my dad who passed away about 3 years ago: Uncle Walt and Uncle Will ran the syrup mill. My Dad would work for them at the mill. I think I might have the picture you were talking about with Uncle Walt at the Mill. My grandfather John Garnet was a farmer and grew a mixture of vegetables and cotton. I know this because Dad would say that during the depression people would be hungry and had no money for food so Papa would go out and pick baskets full and give to them so they could eat. As far as the cotton, Dad would always say when we passed a field of cotton that it made his back hurt just looking at it. Aunt Mary Evelyn would say that she picked so much her fingers would bleed. She is Mrs. Paul Thompson that was mentioned in one of the articles. Her son Ronald Thompson was the District Attorney for Marshall Co. for many years until he retired. Another one of Dads uncles, Uncle Olin was a professor at Auburn and taught Horticulture for many years. My grandmother Etta died a few months before I was born. My Mom told me that when she became ill she went into a coma and came out long enough to realize that my Mom was pregnant with me. She reached over and squeezed her hand to let her know that she knew, went back in to the coma and later died. My Mom said that I kicked her the first time at that moment. I also have letters in a chest that was my parents that my grandmother wrote to my Dad while he was in WWII. Their house looked a lot like the drawing of the house you sent so it must be John Reeder's. I figure they all built a similar floor plan. The road that goes through the old property is still named Medlock Rd. It is right off the Hwy. Kodac bought some of the land and built a building on it. There is also a junk yard or big car repair that sits on the land. Mt Vernon Baptist has been the family church forever. I think Papa was a deacon in the church. The cemetary is filled with Medlock's. Uncle Jim moved his family to Arab Alabama. John Reeder and my granddad stayed on Sand mountain in Albertville."
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1853 - 1926 (73 years)