From Marion County,Tracks,Vol,VI,no.1

Written by Fred McCollum

George and Sarah Tipton Hallmark,lived in the present Rock City area on Marion
County Alabama,near the Weeks cemetery.They moved there from Fayette County in
1851.The Civil war dealt their family some deathly blows.Three of their boys
had joined the U.S. army in July,1862 and the Confederate home guard was giving
their home special attention by 1863.Some time in that year the guard came by
and called George outside for a special grilling and flogging,perhaps to find
out where his son Hopwood was hiding or why his boys were in the Union
Army.George's daughter,Ann,stood in the front door,perhaps pleading ot telling
them where to go.They ordered her to get back in the house or they would shoot
her.She refused and they shot and killed her while she was standing in the
door.Her bloody hand leaned against the door,and it is said the stain was there
for a long time afterwards.Also on the floor for many years.Ann is buried in the
Weeks cemetery her marker has born 1837 died 1863 26
years old.George the father was not killed on that trip.But in 1864 they came
back and dealt George the death blow. A descendant said George killed 2 or 3 of
them while they were getting him.


Written by Fred McCaleb