Owen's History of Alabama: G. W. Carlisle, member of the House for Pike County, 1863–1865
1921 · Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 2 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921)
Named here: Green Whatley Carlisle, T. J. Carlisle, Pike County representative 1884–85 (probably his son Thomas Jefferson Carlisle; see notes)
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Transcription
Owen, vol. 2, p. 1130, under "Pike County," "Representatives" (archive.org text layer):
1862-3 — A. W. Starke; J. H. Rainer; Frank Park.
1863 (called) — J. R. Brooks; W. R. Cox; G. W. Carlisle.
1863-4 — J. R. Brooks; W. R. Cox; G. W. Carlisle.
1864 (called) — J. R. Brooks; W. R. Cox; G. W. Carlisle.
1864-5 — J. R. Brooks; W. R. Cox; G. W. Carlisle.
1865-6 — A. N. Worthy; Wilson B. Stringer; John R. Goldthwaite.
[…]
1884-5 — T. J. Carlisle; Frank Baltzell.
Brewer (1872), p. 506, by year of election: "1863 — J. R. Brooks, W. R. Cox, G. W. Carlisle."
Owen, vol. 1, p. 171 (Internet Archive item historyofalabama01owen, scan n192), under "Brundidge," the town in south-eastern Pike County where he died:
Among the early settlers were G. C. Collier, first merchant; […] John Crumpton, T. J. Pierson, W. J. Seay, and the Nicholson, Carr, Dinkins, McSwain, Williams, Carlisle, Faulk, Reid, Wood, Hendricks and Fleming families. Many of them were well-to-do and of a high order of intelligence and culture. Several of them owned and cultivated large plantations, raising cotton, sugar-cane, corn, peanuts, melons, fruits, etc. […]
Citation: Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1921), 2:1130, "Pike County," list of representatives; Internet Archive item historyofalabama02chic, scan n417 (confirmed from the page image), https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama02chic/page/n417/mode/1up?q=Carlisle. The same list is in Willis Brewer, Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men (Montgomery: Barrett & Brown, 1872), 506 (Internet Archive item alabamaherhistor00brew, scan n515).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Whatley Carlisle | Office | Member of the Alabama House of Representatives for Pike County, elected 1863; sat in the called sessions of 1863 and 1864 and the sessions of 1863–64 and 1864–65 | Lived in Pike County 1860 and 1880 | new |
| Green Whatley Carlisle | Residence | A Carlisle family among the early settlers of Brundidge, Pike County | Died at Brundidge, 1882 | context |