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CARLISLE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 100
Today's Topics:
#1 Re: Mary Virginia Carlisle/1902 As ["AH CARLISLE"
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Carlisle Family by Cecil Allen Carlisle pg.3
Carlisle Migration to Alabama:
After the death of Phoebe Carlisle, mother of Richard, June 17, 1831, he
and his family made a momentous decision, that of moving westward, as
some of their neighbors were doing. Being devout and meticulous church
members, they requested their letters of dismission from the Salem
Baptist Church. Jason Carlisle Nov 20,1830, Joel Carlisle and wife Nancy
Ann Dec 18, 1831,Permelia Carlisle, wife of Jason, 1832; Richard
Carlisle and wife Sarah, Jan 14, 1832; Edward James Carlisle Sr. and
wife Luensor, Feb 9, 1832; These dates indicate that Jason, as the
eldest living son, had been designated to go to Alabama in advance of
the rest of the family, to discover what opportunities were available
there for new settlers.
Jason, undoubtedly located an ideal spot, and we next find Richard
Carlisle and his family in Jefferson County, Alabama. They settled in
beautiful Ruhama Valley, known today as Jones Valley. The place where
they built their homes is now the Eastlake section of Birmingham. The
Creek Indians had lived in Ruhama Valley, one of their favorite hunting
grounds, where there were many springs; and although a treaty had been
signed following the Creek War, (1813-1814), many Indians still roamed
the forests.
Richard Carlisle was received into Ruhama Baptist Church by letter in
May 1832. During his connection with the church, he served on many
important committees, and was appointed a delegate to various Baptist
Association meetings. Active in all affairs of church, he sometimes led
the services in the sanctuary. His name is mentioned twice in the book
"Ruhama,the Story of a Church," by Thomas E. Huey. Richard received a
letter of dismission from Ruhama in Jan 1854, presumably to unite with a
Baptist Church in Jackson County, Alabama, to which section he had
removed prior to his death. He is buried in Longacre Cemetery, which is
four miles west of Stevenson, Ala. His grave is marked with a long flat
rock into which is incised: "R.Carlisle."