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Camp Rucker, Coffee County, Coffee County Alabama, Dale County Alabama, eminent domain, Enterprise Alabama, Fort Rucker, genealogy, Haw Ridge, Tindall
This cliffhanger never seems to end, right? So remember this? 
And how I was anxious to find out its contents? Well, I tore open the envelope and searched feverishly for my great-great-grandmother’s name: Annie Nance.
Nothing.
Maybe Annie Cotton Nance?
No.
OK. Maybe she got fancy and went by A.C. Nance.
No such luck. There was not a Nance to be found.
But I did see that a Claudia Tindall sold land to the government on Oct. 1, 1942. Tindall. This has to be a relative, I thought. As you may recall, my great-great-grandfather, Frank Gilley, was born Frank Tindall.
I immediately began searching Census records to get better acquainted with Ms. Claudia.
This was Claudia Tindall, nee Baxter– sometimes listed as Claudie. She was born in Alabama around 1889 and married Shirley Tindall (sometimes listed as Shellie). The couple had three daughters and two sons. At least two children died in infancy.
Shellie Tindall was the oldest son of Mack Tindall. Mack Tindall was great-great-grandpa Frank’s baby brother.
So yes, eminent domain did have a hand in my relatives move from Haw Ridge, but not the relatives I thought.
Wow! I write for the Southern Star and am doing some research on a cabin that was supposedly moved from Fort Rucker after a couple’s land was taken. However, it seems they were foreclosed at their new location and I have yet to find their names on any deed records for the purchase of the land where the home now sits. How many pages is the list they sent you? Is there anyway you would share this list with me?
Hi Christina,
I’d be happy to share the list with you; I can’t remember how many pages it is, but I know it’s not more than five.