Record Group 001
Date Span
Extent: 11 items
Perm Phy Desc: 1 File Folder, Legal
Historical Sketch: Guy Rolen was born July 11, 1882 in Houston County, Taylor, Alabama. As a young man, he found a job as a cotton gin operator. He married Ida Caroline Kingry on December 3, 1905 and had six children; Chester, Flossie Betty, Willie Pearl, Etta, Guy Ewell and Maurice. Eventually he moved to Dothan, Alabama and worked for the Dothan Oil Company until he retired in 1959. Guy Rolen was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church. He died on December 12, 1969. His son Guy owned and operated the Rolen Bakery in Dothan Alabama and his grand daughter, Dr. Cynthia Lumpkin, is an Associate Professor at ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé—Dothan Campus.
Scope/Content: Land deeds, warranty deeds, homestead certificates that track land transfers in Geneva County (land became part of Houston Co. after 1903), 1888 to 1917. Land surveyed as part of Sections 8 and 9, Township 2, Range 26, in Alabama.
Also contains certificate of ownership in Modern Order of Praetorians, dated 1917.
Provenance: Guy Rolen was Dr. Cynthia Lumpkin's Grandfather. Dr. Lumpkin retired from ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé University--Dothan Campus in 2005.
Preferred Citation: Guy Rolen Papers, RG001. Wiregrass Archives, ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
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File ID |
Date |
File Title |
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001-02-011-Item-001 |
10-23-1888 |
Land Deed, Mary Branton to Nathan Hall |
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001-02-011-Item-002 |
10/02/1889 |
Land Deed, Nathan and Jane Hall to J. G. Sanders |
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001-02-011-Item-003 |
12/24/1889 |
Land Deed, J. G. Sanders to E. Pitts |
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001-02-011-Item-004 |
03/11/1894 |
Homestead Certificate, No. 12105, to Erastus J. Pitts |
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001-02-011-Item-005 |
11/15/1902 |
Warranty Deed, E. J. Pitts to W. C. Boyington |
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001-02-011-Item-006 |
10/27/1903 |
Warranty Deed, W. C. Boyington to E. L. Kingry |
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001-02-011-Item-007 |
n. d. |
Pocket Envelope, Dothan Insurance Company |
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001-02-011-Item-008 |
03/27/1917 |
Certificate Envelope, Modern Order of Praetorians, Guy Rolen |
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001-02-011-Item-009 |
03/27/1917 |
Membership Certificate (No. 71991), Modern Order of Praetorians, Guy Rolen |
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001-02-011-Item-010 |
02/02/1924 |
Register Deed, from C. E. Harmon, Register of the Circuit Court of Houston County, in Equity to C. l. and C. W. Kingry and Guy Rolen |
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001-02-011-Item-011 |
11/05/1925 |
Warranty Deed, C. L. Kingry, et al., to Guy Rolen |