Guide to the Guy Rolen Papers, 1888-1925
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 好色先生TV鈥擠othan 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 Troy University--Dothan Campus in 2005.
Preferred Citation: Guy Rolen Papers, RG001. Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
File ID Date File Title
001-02-011-Item-001 10-23-1888 Land Deed, Mary Branton to Nathan Hall
001-02-011-Item-002 10/02/1889 Land Deed, Nathan and Jane Hall to J. G. Sanders
001-02-011-Item-003 12/24/1889 Land Deed, J. G. Sanders to E. Pitts
001-02-011-Item-004 03/11/1894 Homestead Certificate, No. 12105, to Erastus J. Pitts
001-02-011-Item-005 11/15/1902 Warranty Deed, E. J. Pitts to W. C. Boyington
001-02-011-Item-006 10/27/1903 Warranty Deed, W. C. Boyington to E. L. Kingry
001-02-011-Item-007 n. d. Pocket Envelope, Dothan Insurance Company
001-02-011-Item-008 03/27/1917 Certificate Envelope, Modern Order of Praetorians, Guy Rolen
001-02-011-Item-009 03/27/1917 Membership Certificate, Modern Order of Praetorians, Guy Rolen
001-02-011-Item-010 02/02/1924 Register Deed, from C. E. Harmon to C. l. and C. W. Kingry & Guy Rolen
001-02-011-Item-011 11/05/1925 Warranty Deed, C. L. Kingry, et al., to Guy Rolen
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