Sussex County Slave Schedules. Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at From the Collection: The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other materials. The president of Georgetown University announced on Thursday that he would enact a series of measures to acknowledge and make amends for the schools history with slavery including offering preferential consideration during the admissions process to descendants of the slaves the school once sold. 1, 1891 Willis Lowe HenryAug. Safe, but out of sight. FORMAT. 1860 slaveholder. On this census, Elijah is listed as 54 years of age, which would indicate that he was born circa 1816. ", Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, "Old Cahawba, Alabama's first state capital, 1820 to 1826", "Alabama's population: 1800 to the modern era", "The Birth of Jim Crow in Alabama 1865-1896", "Sharecropping and Tenant Farming in Alabama", Alabama Department of Archives and History, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_slavery_in_Alabama&oldid=1128842893, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 December 2022, at 07:22. please help! Barbour County was created on December 18, 1832, and its original boundary lines encompassed lands acquired from the Creek Indians in the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson as well as lands in the eastern part of Pike County. See also list of Statewide Alabama Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies. 18, 1893 Riley Gulley WilcoxOct. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. This is a mid-level category and should not have individual profiles added to it. 24, 1933 Dennis Cross TuscaloosaJune 18, 1934 Otis Parham MontgomeryAug. ADMINS, ESTATE, PROBATE, GUARDIANSHIP, SLAVE RECORDS In 1843 Thomas A. Harrison traveled to Alabama, accompanied by a party of slaves, to purchase property for a plantation. After the war, Burrell was rewarded with a pension from the State of Alabama. 25, 1913 Joe Green CovingtonAug. and slaves who did all. B etween 1936 and 1938 . Just like the other sacrosanct myth the anti-white force trot out daily in the holohoax. Discusses the causes of the rebellion and the right of Texans to be in a state of revolution against the Government of Mexico. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of 8, 1920 Monroe Wood HenryOct. 13, 1892 John Packard MonroeOct. 23, 1913 Wilson Gardner JeffersonDec. of Henry, 49 slaves page 172B, SANFORD, Est. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. Barbour County, Alabama Description of the Collection This small collection comprises a journal kept by Comer, 1844-1847, containing various kinds of records relating to agricultural activities on his Barbour County, Alabama, plantation and to his lumber and corn mills. 13, 1909 John Holly SumterNov. project of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery legal advocacy group. 22, 1935 Jim P. Meriwether LowndesFeb. 22, 1907 Moses Dossett MobileNov. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. 1, 1896 William Hunter DallasSept. 100. No flaming or trolling. 13, 1892 Jim Packer MonroeOct. Alabama QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau 1870 - 1903 1830 Autauga County Alabama Census Autauga County Alabama Census Index Blount County Alabama Census 25, 1882 Leonard Coker MaconOct. A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances, Alabama history tour covers Civil War, cotton - not slaves, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Negro slave owners were listed in 29 Kentucky counties (see below). 25, 1897 Henry Abrams MontgomeryDec. has donated files to the site. If an African American ancestor with one of these surnames 27, 1893 Mack Segars CrenshawJan. 1 Source Collection Thanks to Rootsweb for Alice Campbell [acampbell@nconline.com] . Oliver Bell. 30, 1896 John Adams MonroeOct. 29, 1891 John Brown TalladegaJan. The term "County" is Find a waterproof trousers on Gumtree, the #1 site for Stuff for Sale classifieds ads in the UK. 26, 1897 John Pharr MonroeSept. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. providing space for this site Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819. [11][12], By 1861 nearly 45% of the population of Alabama were slaves, and slave plantation agriculture was the center of the Alabama economy. FORMER SLAVES. Source. Census Online - Alabama - 1850. the County and the first census page on which they were listed. Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. 16, 1920 Pete Zeigler AutaugaJuly 28, 1921 Jordan ChoctawJan. Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Barbour County, Alabama census can check this list to learn if their Researchers should start with their most recent ancestor using AccessGenealogy's Census Records main census records area, as the census taken after the civil war (1870 onwards) enumerated all blacks as they did whites. Autauga County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson - Jun 1831 Slaves sold by William Anderson to various - Feb 1836 Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler - Mar 1841 Barbour County Alabama Slave Owners Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church - Sep . Clayton was a Major General in the Army of Tennessee and also fought at the Battle of Stones River, Chickamauga and the Battle of Atlanta. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm can be 1. Death records for Alabama state convicts who died while either a prisoner in custody or on parole are in this database. 26, 1890 Jim Tate BibbNov. 16, 1894 Abram Seddon ChiltonFeb. This transcription includes 98 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in Associated Pages: none, 1850:42 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, J.F. 21, 1885 George Ward BarbourDec. A. M., 145 slaves page 135B, WILEY, L. M., Silas Jones agent, 190 slaves page 95, WILLIAMS, Gazanay? 4, 1915 William Smith ElmoreJan. Genealogical techniques used to track slave families before the Civil War are necessarily quite different than those used for white or free African Americans. The census further lists Georgia as . In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free She was able to get married and eat bacon, vegetables and sorghum syrup cake, but she also saw field slaves worked to death, an outcome she said her owner preferred to trying to improve a slaves health. 1850 Census - Alabama . The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. or here for the details listed regarding the sex, age and color of the slaves. Information that can be found in these records includes surname, death date, county, race, sex, cause of death, location of death, and death date. Southern History Series: The Carolina Chivalry. 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The ordeal through which the Southern people passed during the process of Reconstruction was, he said, indeed severe. Thousands of Negroes, uneducated, unfitted for anything except to obey and do their duty as directed, were given their freedom and the privilege of citizenship. 3, 1886 John Hart LeeNov. )1900 Unnamed man Lowndes1900 3 2 Daughter of Jim Crosby Lowndes1900 3 2 Wife of Jim Crosby LowndesMarch 2, 1900 Jim Crosby LowndesMarch 18, 1900 Charles Humphries LeeMay 5, 1900 John White GenevaJuly 5, 1900 John Roe HenryJuly 10, 1900 John Jennings ShelbyJuly 23, 1900 Elijah Clark MadisonSept. County, AL. Mark Slater, a former slave born in Clarke County said any slaves caught committing an offense were stripped naked and beaten with boards until they had blisters. 2, 1937 Wes Johnson HenryJune 21, 1940 Jesse Thornton CrenshawAug. Autauga, Baldwin, and Barbour Counties 2. . 21, 1879 Squire Smith RussellJune. names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but Barbour County, Alabama Owens/Powell Census Extracts 1830-1900 4/22/2007 Alabama Homing 1 wildamurphy@gmail.com 1830: No Cope, Owen(s) or Powell indexed in Barbour County 1833 State Census for Barbour County, Alabama, copied by Helen S Foley, Eufaula, Al 36027, 1976. Freed 2, 1919 Unnamed man ClarkeSept. Barbour County Courthouse 1 Court Square PO Box 219 Clayton, Al 36016 Phone: 334-775-8366 Fax: 334-775-1125 Barbour County District Court 303 E Broad St Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone 334-687-1516 Barbour County Website Judge of Probate has marriage probate and land records from 1800's. Whether or not the ancestor is found to have been a slaveholder, a viewing of the slave census will provide an informed Then whips were used to burst the blisters, Slaters interview reads. Perry County, Alabama Register of Slaves Brought into Alabama after 16 Day of Jan 1832. 15, 1896 Robert Wilson MontgomeryApril 12, 1896 Reddick Adams RussellJune 21, 1896 Leon Orr MorganJune 24, 1896 William Westmoreland LowndesAug. Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave 6, 1906 William Thompson MobileJan. Associated Surnames: Comer See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. 24, 1909 Samuel Davenport ColbertFeb. 26, 1894 Thomas Douglas SumterMarch 29, 1894 Oliver Jackson MontgomeryApril 12, 1894 William Lewis WilcoxApril 22, 1894 John Williams ColbertApril 22, 1894 Thomas Black ColbertApril 22, 1894 Tony Johnson ColbertApril 1894 Two unnamed men ChiltonJune 25, 1894 Edward White LamarJune 30, 1894 Lewis Bankhead ChiltonNov. Alabama cemetery records Mary A., 43 slaves page 109, COCHRAN , John, Jack Amen? She said the library has seen international interest in the slave narratives that have also become a part of history lessons at universities. 1, 1888 Oscar Coger ColbertMarch 18, 1888 Jeff Curry JeffersonMarch 29, 1888 Theodore Calloway LowndesApril 23, 1888 Hardy Posey JeffersonJuly 1, 1888 Calvin Moody LawrenceJuly 13, 1888 Jim Torney St. ClairJuly 14, 1888 Frank Stone St. ClairSept. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Particularly in the case of WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. 9, 1896 Joseph Leeds St. ClairFeb. Comer], 1860: 61 slaves[1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, C.L. . 4, 1906 Jim Cotton BarbourFeb. MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Barbour County population included 16, 1925 Grant Cole MontgomeryApril 25, 1926 Lillie Cobb BlountOct. and to the volunteers who sponsor the counties and everyone who has donated files to the site. Southern History Series: Podcast: Damn Yankees! Box 5616 Montgomery, AL 36103-5616; Phone: (334) 242-7200; Fax: (334) 242-4993 The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Download the app for iPhone or Android. Shallette Spivery, a house slave born in Montgomery in 1852, said she was treated well by her owners. Barbour County Genealogy Group, Eufaula Carnegie Library, 217 N. Eufaula Ave., Eufaula, AL 36027. 14, 1892 William Webb DallasMarch 3, 1892 Unnamed man CalhounMay 5, 1892 G. H. Rose ChoctawMay 16, 1892 Berry Roden Talladega May 16, 1892 Jim Roden TalladegaMay 16, 1892 Will Carter TalladegaJuly 4, 1892 Unnamed man WalkerJuly 5, 1892 Edward Prater ClayOct. AL Genweb: General Alabama genealogical information. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data A reception will be held on March 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Claudia Crosby Theatre lobby followed by a roundtable discussion at 6 p.m. with Ben Raines, journalist and author of "The Last Slave Ship . Some people were commenting that slavery didnt exist or that the stories were fabricated., After interviewing a former Shelby County slave named Cap Davis, one student wrote that, "When I asked him if he liked slavery he said, 'To tell you is not like feeling it. Three years ago, the collection was made public in its entirety, offering raw testimony from the mouths of slaves. To check a master surname list for other States and Historic Chattahoochee Commission, Box 33, Eufaula, AL 36072-0033, Phone 334-687-9755. Comer] 1860: 61 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, C.L. Counties, return to Home and Links Page. 'Terrible' is not the word for it.. slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. Thanks to Rootsweb for providing space for this site. Cols (all except slave and free colored counts represent whites) (Copy in Dothan Public Library) Barbour County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 6, 0) Benton County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bibb County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 12, 4) Blount County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bullock County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 3, 0) Butler County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) C Calhoun County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 5, 1) You may be bound by a thousand ties which only a Southern man knows, and which he alone can feel in all its force. [Report Broken Link] 1860 Federal Census - Slave Schedule Surname Matches with 1870 Census. of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. 2009. Booth, Etta - Barbour County Bowen, Jennie - Mobile Bradfield, Nannie - Uniontown Bradley, Martha - Montgomery Brown, Allen - Barbour County Brown, Gus . Ownership was also an investment: purchased children and adults may or may not have been . Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 Phone (334) 206-2999 Record Request Forms They have birth and death records from 1908 to present and some scattered earlier records. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material You are the visitor to this page. 6, 1906 Corneilius Robinson MobileOct. The Comer family, white cotton planters, lumber yard owners, and enslavers of Barbour County, Ala., included Catherine Lucinda Comer (d. 1898), who, widowed in 1858, continued to farm cotton and to operate the family's corn mill and lumber yard, and her six sons: Hugh Moss Comer (1842-1900); John Wallace Comer (1845-1919); St. George Legare Comer (b. Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a This page was last modified 08:33, 11 May 2021. WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. 8, 1877 Mark Woodford ClarkeApril 17, 1878 Ben Evans MadisonApril 17, 1878 Ephraim Hall MadisonSept. Nick Johnson, RoadSnacks June 17, 2016 - 69,114 views . Gus Askew. is found on the 1870 census, then making the link to finding that ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques All persons contributing 24, 1898 John Anderson ChambersNov. 2, 1919 Archie Robinson ClarkeAug. Alabama Historical Plantations. addressed in this transcription. Page 17 the work contentedly and happy. 2, 1907 Frank Lucas WashingtonNov. & B. Y., 53 slaves page 177B, MCTYNE, Est. slaveholder. (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 The slave trade with Africa was supposedly abolished in 1808; however, we know this was too profitable a business for some as well as a way to provide free labor to wealthy farmers. Chas Parker, a slave to Rev. In 1845, Hardy Clemens was a wealthy plantation and slave owner who owned a farm near Coaling, Alabamaon the banks of Big Sandy Creek, about 12 miles east of Tuscaloosa. 4. in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. An The memorial lists the names of 4,400. This is straight from the horses mouth though. 27, 1905 Alex MacDonald LimestoneFeb. States that saw significant increases in colored In April 2018, EJI opened two new sites in Montgomery, Alabama: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, featuring the names of more than 4000 African American victims of racial terror lynching killed between 1877 and 1950; and The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson - Jun 1831 Slaves sold by William Anderson to various - Feb 1836 Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler - Mar 1841 Barbour County Alabama Slave Owners Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church - Sep 1846 Chambers County Alabama Slave Owners 30, 1896 Robert Allison MonroeOct. The rest of the slaves in the County were held Comer and the White League redeemed Barbour County in the Election Riot of 1874. The Eufaula Barbour County Chamber is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the entire community and we stand ready to assist the visitor and newcomer, and we look forward to another 98 years of service. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. He became the president of the University of Alabama after the war. 9, 1881 Shade Thompson BarbourJuly 22, 1881 Albert Brooks Barbour, April 14, 1882 Henry Ivy DallasApril 14, 1882 Sam Acoff DallasAug. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Where did freed Alabama slaves go if they did not stay in Alabama? Ank Bishop. Had the South be victorious or even fought the Union to a draw and truce, the era of slavery would have ended eventually.. Did the South have a plan for the inessential negro labor because of technology? 23, 1886 John Davis BibbJune 2, 1887 Unnamed man BibbAug. Contract labor systems were put into place in southern states that forced freed blacks to work in jobs that they could not legally quit, left them permanently in debt, and which often involved violent physical punishment by white property owners. He came back the following autumn, moved back into his old cabin, and there remained until he was an old man. Well that was an interesting perspective. D., 43 slaves page 101. on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free 29, 1892 Allen Parker MonroeJan. All materials contained on 4, 1912 Sam Verge SumterAug. 3, 1907 Jerry Johnson JeffersonSept. Category: Barbour County, Alabama, Slavery. Social pressure was brought to bear on planters who failed to discharge this part of a slave-owners responsibility. Huntsville, Alabama served as temporary capital from 1819 to 1820, when the seat of government moved to Cahaba in Dallas County. Linking submission. 'Very early in my Barbour County research history I came across a book called Barbour County, Alabama Marriages Licenses 1838-1930, by Warrine Hathaway. public. 11, 1906 Bunk Richardson EtowahOct. It wasnt until the 1910s that the exodus became a flood and that was due to the attraction of wartime industries and the final ruin of the Cotton Kingdom at the hands of soil erosion and the boll weevil. In 1999, Southern University archivist Angela Proctor began the painstaking task of reading, scanning and transcribing 228 handwritten interviews. 10, 1922 Wm. Slave Narrative Resources. and C.L.D. USGenWeb Archive Project -Alabama File 6, 1904 Edmund Bell DallasAug. For (the youth), they get a whole different perspective. Comer], Comer family: John Fletcher Comer (?-1857) plantation owner; Catherine Lucinda Drewry Comer (?-1898) wife of J.F. 14,629 whites, 33 "free colored" and 16,150 slaves. BROWDER, Est. He mentions slaves on the Selwood Plantation, Talladega Co., by name. You should thank God you are free.'". 22, 1896 Joseph James BibbJan. Historical Notes: none 7, 1901 John Wesley Pennington CoffeeSept. Alabama, U.S., Death Record of State Convicts, 1843-1951. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves named in 21, 1893 Richard Mays St. ClairMarch 15, 1893 Tom Brunnon PikeJune 22, 1893 Daniel Edwards DallasJune 27, 1893 Ernest Murphy TallapoosaJuly 16, 1893 Unnamed man ShelbyJuly 28, 1893 Lindsay Harper ChiltonAug. 3, 1902 Samuel Harris LeeJune 30, 1903 Andrew Diggs JacksonNov. Baine, Rodney M. 1995. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 18, 1915 "Kid" Jackson MontgomeryAug. 20, 1894 Lewis Hendricks ChiltonFeb. Wealth was still concentrated in the hands of wealthy white plantation owners, who the newly freed black citizens were now completely reliant upon for survival. Do not promote, suggest, glorify or incite violence in the comment section. Shortly after the Civil War, the J.W. The average size of household for slaveowners and non-slaveowners was nearly identical, totaling 6.4 and 6.3 respectively. 30, 1926 Joe Lockhart RussellJuly 4, 1930 John Robertson SumterJuly 5, 1930 Esau Robertson SumterJuly 6, 1930 Viola Dial SumterAug. Born in Orange County, Barbour studied law with St. George Tucker and practiced briefly in Kentucky before . Manager, The USGenWeb Archive Project - Alabama File 16, 1899 Charles Hurt CrenshawAug. The product of the plantation satisfied all their wants, so far as the inner man was concerned, and the sale of the cotton crop gave them . Links to Online Census Records. New Castle County (part) 98. former owner in 1870, vary widely and from region to region. ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be Learn more. Comer; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1911) son of J.F. Alabama cemetery records, Vol. If you have Alabama files you'd For black Americans the census may hold the only records they can find of their ancestors. It was named in honor of James Barbour (1775-1842), a distinguished statesman and governor of Virginia. Subscribe to this website and receive notification each time a free genealogy resource is newly published. Chas Parker, a slave to Rev. 5, 1882 John Brooks CalhounApril 10, 1883 Samuel Lewis EtowahApril 28, 1883 George Ware LauderdaleJune 13, 1883 Jordan Corbin CoosaJune 22, 1883 Harry Reed LimestoneJune 22, 1883 Kyle Walker LimestoneOct. 18, 1896 John Fitch ChambersOct. Narrative of Oneda Lackow - Underground Railroad Fugitive. He mentions baptisms etc. Alabama cemetery records, Vol. 1850 Federal Census Barbour County, Alabama (Source: MyHeritage) ($) Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 Barbour County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 Barbour County (Source: FamilySearch) Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Since the U.S. government was not in effective control of many of these territories until later in the war, many of these slaves proclaimed to be free by the Emancipation Proclamation were still held in servitude until those areas came back under Union control. This website does not support violence. [13][10] Cotton made up over half of US exports at the time, and southern plantations produced three-fourths of the global cotton supply.[14]. Using plantation names to locate ancestors Dallas, Montgomery and Mobile counties in Alabama all saw increases in the colored 29, 1919 Robert Croskey MontgomerySept. enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the U.S. SOURCES. Any commercial use, or, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, and Appomattox Counties 1333. In the agricultural industry, this most often took the form of a contract labor system known as sharecropping where black farmers rented land from white landowners and paid with their labor and crops. 5, 1910 Sylvester Peyton MonroeFeb. So begins the account of Bill Russell, one of 11 former Alabama slaves whose stories of servitude have been made public as part of a universitys collection of narratives gathered from interviews with former slaves. Albemarle and Alexandria Counties 1332. The MANAGERS CANNOT HELP YOU WITH PERSONAL RESEARCH WE DO 19, 1882 Jack Turner ChoctawAug. What was life like on the Democrat plantation? The African slave trade was first brought to Alabama when the region was part of the French Louisiana Colony. 7, 1910 John Dell MontgomeryOct. Slavery was officially abolished in the United States, following the end of the US Civil War by the Thirteenth Amendment which took effect on December 18, 1865. 14, 1893 Ed Guyton PickensSept. HISTORY OF EUFAULA, ALABAMA, . household.9 As a Russell County resident in 1843 he and several Davis relatives gave a power of attorney to his brother-in-law Windell Davis back in Duplin County.10 In 1850 he was enumerated in Barbour County, Alabama but by the 1855 state census was in Macon County. 3, 1910 Bush Withers CovingtonOct. Slaves had a comfortable retirement on the plantations. Many wills contained information about slaves. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their USGenWeb Archives Project - Alabama Main Table of Contents, The Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry -. Copyright 1997 - 2006 Originally Benton County Located at USGenWeb Archives: Calhoun Co., AL [Report Broken Link] Chambers Co. checked also. During WWII segregated Negro troops were always led by a White Southern First Sergeant, because the War Department knew that White Southerners knew how to handle unruly, uppity coons. 28, 1897 James Jackson BibbMarch 15, 1897 Andy Beard PickensMarch 18, 1897 John Smith JacksonMay 11, 1897 Amanda Franks MadisonMay 11, 1897 Mollie Smith MadisonMay 30, 1897 John Hayden LamarJune 21, 1897 George Bradley MonroeJuly 3, 1897 Jim Thomas JeffersonJuly 17, 1897 Edmonson LauderdaleJuly 19, 1897 George Richardson TallapoosaJuly 19, 1897 James Daniel CoosaAug. Source American History American History [ Up ] [ Blue Springs CSA Reunion ] [ Gazetteer of Place Names Page 1 ] [ Irwinton Inn 1935 ] [ East Al. 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