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Autauga's Thin Gray Line ca. 1890

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SWIFT CREEK OF

AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA

(from history of Autauga County, Alabama

written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims)

Having finished up the history of Vernon and its vicinity, I will now proceed to Swift Creek and Whitewater and the country between these two streams which take rise north and northwest. The land lying between these two streams is thin pine land which was not noticed in the early settlement of the County, except for the sake of the pine timber which was used not only in the surrounding County, but was wagoned over to Lowndes, as that County was scarce of pine timber. A great deal of it was rafted down the river to different points between there and Mobile. In the course of time, however, this land was pretty thickly settled up and the land though poor was found to produce both corn and cotton.

I propose to notice only the first settlers on these creeks as I cannot recollect the changes made since I moved away from that section to Prattville in 1846. On Swift Creek Wm. N. Thompson had a saw and grist mill at the place where Autaugaville now stands. (This was in 1820). He also had a store.

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In the late 1930’s and during the 1940’s Saturday night meant one thing at our house in Northeast Kentucky, it was Grand Ole Opry night. Time for Mom, my brother and I to watch Dad tune in our Philco radio and listen to the country music broadcast from Nashville, Tennessee.

There were so many country music stars such as Little Jimmy Dickens singing "Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)", Ernest Tubb singing "Walking the Floor Over You, or Hank Snow singing "I'm Moving On".

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Pickett's Mill near Autaugaville, Autauga County, Alabama ca. 1930

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AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA

(from history of Autauga County, Alabama

written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims)

But to go back to where we were before I began this incident in order to relieve the monotony of our ride. The next place we come to was settled by Williamson Mims, a distant relative of mine. He settled directly on the bluff of the river, but becoming dissatisfied with the County on account of the unhealthfulness of his situation, he moved back to Georgia and there died at a good old age, after becoming the owner of a hundred slaves and several valuable plantations besides several saw and grist mills. I think he settled in Georgia near Cotton Valley. He and his whole family embraced religion in Vernon. I saw him a short time before his death and the family still held on to their religion.

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Joyce Ray Wheeler

One of the dearest friends I ever had was also one of the most caring persons I’ve ever known. She believed firmly that no one who came to her for help should leave without feeling better. It was troubling to my friend when she felt she’d failed to meet a person’s need.

On one such occasion she came to me sadly and said, “Joyce, I am so contotallyfused that I could not help that young woman!” of course, you will recognize immediately that what she intended to say was that she was so “totally confused!”

Although my friend’s remarks occurred many years ago, I still find that “contotallyfused” is a usable word today to express my personal feelings about many troubling matters.

Since God is our Creator and gave His Son to be our Savior, how have we allowed our world to become so evil?

How can people mistreat innocent children? How do we allow selfishness to overpower our desire to help others?

If I have accepted God’s forgiveness and if His Son has become my Savior why do I fail to forgive others?

Yes, I still feel that “contotallyfused” continues to be a useful word in my life.