Bibliography of Winston County/Books For Sale

This is a collection of books on Winston County, Alabama, and they are all published except Jerry Burns' book. The books that are for sale are listed first.

Southerners in Blue: They Defied the Confederacy, by Dr. Don Umphrey. This book can be ordered through Quarry Press. Click here for the order form; cost is $29.95 plus shipping. Cracks in the Confederacy usually don’t show up in American History 101 or even 102. But they are what the author discovered when doing research on his great-grandfather in the Civil War. Though this ancestor lived in Alabama, he and many of his neighbors were called Tories because of their allegiance to a strong Union. Hostilities grew as these Union-minded southerners balked at serving in the Confederate army. Some donned Union uniforms and subsequently paid the ultimate price for their convictions. When these men went off to the Union army, their families suffered as Confederates confiscated their belongings. As the war heated up, individuals committed atrocities against people they’d known for years.

Winston County WWI Draft Card Abstracts is a book transcription of all the Winston County World War I Draft Cards from 1917 - 1919. Information includes full names, birthdays, occupation, next of kin, and number of children. Birthdays range from about 1875 to 1900. Most all men of that age filled out a draft card. The information was extracted from microfilm which can be found in larger libraries across the state. This is the first time this information has been offered in book form. Book is paperback with a hard printed spine; 8.5 x 10.75 inches; 184 pages. Blount and Cullman Counties are also available. For more information, please e-mail Robin Sterling.

Volume IV of the "Annals of Northwest Alabama" compiled by Carl Elliott is now back in print. The book is Winston: An Antebellum and Civil War History of a Hill County of North Alabama by Donald B. Dodd and Wynelle S. Dodd. Click here to go to the order form.

The Shipman Family Book is for sale. The author is Bettye Steele Watters, and it is a hardcover, 746 page, 300+ picture book. The cost of the book is $75.00; a copy can be mailed for $80.00. Contact Betty Watters at: 2250 County Road 616, Hanceville, AL 35077, bwatters@powernet.org.

Martine Bates is the author of Chris Sheats: The Man Who Refused to Secede; this is a childrens' book (for the ages of 8 to 12). By special arrangements with the publisher, an autographed copy of the book is available for $9.50 (includes shipping). Send a check or money order to: Priceville Elementary School, 438 Cave Springs Road, Priceville, AL 35603. The proceeds will benefit the school's reading program. Also, the book is available from the publisher at Seacoast Publishing, PO Box 26492, Birmingham, AL, 35260.

Revolutionary War Soldiers, Patriots, & Widows Who Resided in Alabama, Territory & State and Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Who Resided in Mississippi are two volumes by Dr. Betty Drake. The Alabama volume has documentation on 1,289 individuals with sources of information including penions records and proof of service, place of birth/death and family information, with an index of "hidden names," a listing by county of residence and listing by state/colony county. The Mississippi volume has a similar format for 771 individuals. The Alabama volume is $45 postpaid, while the Mississippi volume is $35 postpaid or $75 for both. Dr. Drake is a retired reference librarian from the University of South Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. She has a PhD from North Texas University in library and information science. Her address is: 1106 North 31st Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS 39401-4631.