FOURTH GENERATION

27. Henry Lee FAULK ⁽⁶⁾⁽⁶⁾ was born on 31 Dec 1889 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama. ⁽⁶⁾ He died on 27 Jan 1975 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama. ⁽⁶⁾ He was buried in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama. ⁽⁶⁾
The Faulk Farm, "The Peanut Patch", has been recognized by the Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries as a Century Heritage Farm. The land was purchased from the Federal Government October 22, 1850 by Amelia Wells for $1.25 per acre. Sam Montgomery Blackman purchased the land from Elijah and Martha Andrews January 2, 1871. It has been farmed continuously since that date and remained in the same family.

Cotton was the principal crop in the early days but peanuts became the main crop about 1925. Claybank Creek flows through part of the property and Sam Montgomery Blackman erected a grist mill on it in 1871. Emmett H. Davis, one of Ozark's oldest citizens, states he remembers going to the mill with his father on a wagon pulled by mules. He states some played checkers on the porch of the mill while waiting for their corn to be ground and carried on intense political and religious discussions. Most travel was by wagons and mules but some came by ox carts.

Henry Lee Faulk, great nephew of Sam Montgomery Blackman made application to L.
F. Sessions, Judge of Probate, to restore the mill on the same site September 26, 1923. The mill was restored in 1923 and operated until 1950. Frank Garner, Judd Blackman and Nathan Isler were the millers in the order named.

Claude Eugene Loftin and Martha Faulk Loftin constructed their home on the property in 1978 and are the present owners.

He was married to Annie Belle CLARK (daughter of Peter Augustus (P.A. or Gus) CLARK and Martha Louisa HINES) on 14 Jan 1912 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽³¹⁾ Other documents show date of marriage as 18 January, 1912. I am of the opinion that the license date of 13 January, 1912, was transcribed incorrectly. The license shows the date of marriage as 14 January, 1912. Annie Belle CLARK was born on 16 Aug 1893 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama. She died on 31 Mar 1979 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama. Henry Lee FAULK and Annie Belle CLARK had the following children:

+62 i. Smitha Martha FAULK.
+63 ii. Mary Frances FAULK.
+64 iii. Miriam Ann FAULK.

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