Alabama Families
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Copyright 2006
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Boyett. Reuben
Boyett was born ca 1823 in Georgia,
died10/1858 in cotton press accident (explosion) in Chambers Co., Alabama married Louisa
Amanda Heard 11/18/1849 Troup Co., Ga, listed 1850 Chambers Co., Alabama
Census. Louisa married 2nd, James M. Pittman 1/28/1860 Hogansville, Troup Co.,
Georgia. She d. 7/1/1862 Hogansville,
Georgia. of
typhoid fever. Children: John Jasper born l853 Chambers Co., Alabama d. 1862 Troup Co., Georgia.; Ervin
Newton, born 11/19/1854 Chambers Co., Alabama
d. 3/22/1931 Houston, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi, buried Houston Cemetery;
George Washington born 11/28/1856 Chambers Co., Alabama d. 5/2l/1945 at Moss Point, Mississippi,
bur. St. Peters Cemetery, Section 2, Oxford, Mississippi; Reuben Charles born
10/30/1858 Chambers Co., Alabama,
d. infancy.
Butler.
Daniel Butler married B. A. Jackson 8/25/1825.
Their children: Tyre 8/20/1826-10/24/1826; Anna 1/12/1828-
7/8/1830; Teresa b. 2/28/1830; Mary E. b.
11/20/1831; Philip
7/31/1835-2/28/1839; Daniel
5/30/1838-11/22/1891 married 5/29/1857 Marcina Whitley (5/29/1838-12/26/1921),
dau. of Allen Whitley who died 1890 in Blount Co., Alabama Daniel and Marcena bur. New Hope Cemetery,
Springville, Alabama According to the pension papers of Marcina Whitley Butler
she was b. Roswell, Cobb Co., Georgia where she married Daniel Butler, and they
moved to Alabama abt 1860. Daniel Butler served with 56th Ga. Regt., Vo. F, and
was wounded and captured at Vicksburg
7/4/1863. Daniel and Marcina had son: John Allen Butler b. 8/14/1866 Blount
Co., Alabama, died 12/20/1942 in Blount Co., Alabama, married
12/7/1890.
Cleveland.
Rev. John Cleveland, the son of John, d. Cleveland's
Ferry, Tugaloo River, South Carolina ca 1821, at ca age 91, married
Mary or Mollie McCann (she died Cleveland Ferry before 1809). lie was Baptist
Clergyman, went ca 1772, 1785, from Virginia
and North Carolina
with his brother, Larkin. Family moved to Pickens
District, South Carolina,
among first settlers. Several of their sons went West., Issue: John b. ca 1760
Virginia, lived Franklin Co., Ga.;
Neal or Neely b. 1762 Pickens District, South Carolina or Cleveland's Ferry;
Cornelius b. Cleveland's
Ferry, d. unmd; William b. S. C.; Fanny b. Cleveland's Ferry where d., married John McNeel,
Carnesville, Franklin Co., Ga.; Elizabeth b. Cleveland's Ferry where died, married
Benjamin Harrison, Carnesville, Ga.; Jeremiah b. Cleveland's
Ferry; Mary b. Cleveland's
Ferry married John Jackson Walters, Franklin Co., Ga.;
Larkin b. Cleveland's Ferry; Benjamin b. Cleveland's Ferry, Tugalo River, South
Carolina.
John
Cleveland, son of John (above), was born ca 1760, died Mobile,
Alabama 1845/50 married Miss Comfort Gilbert
(b. 1770/1775, d. Mobile, Alabama 1845/50), dau. of Rev. Thomas
Gilbert. John Cleveland lived in Franklin Co., Ga.
and his children were born on the Tugalo
River, i. e.: Reuben b. 9/2/./1784;
Gilbert d. Autauga Co., Alabama married Miss Jackson; Ulysses of Mobile, Alabama,
Merchant; Benjamin born 2/12/1792; William of Mobile, Alabama; John Gealen,
Capt., Inspector of Vessels for Port of Mobile; Neal, in War of 1812, resident
of Louisiana ca 1825/30; Polly d. Terrell Co., Ga. 1863 married Mr. Bowman, res. Of Murray
Co., Ga. ca 1842, refugeed in Terrell Co.
during the war; Phoebe married Obed Hooper, bro. to Amelia (wife of Benjamin),
left Franklin Co., Ga. 1837 to Benton Co., Alabama;
Betsy married Joseph Pullum, res. of S. Alabama; Penelope d. unmd, Mobile; Nelly.
Crenshaw Cornelius Crenshaw was born ca 1782 Laurens
Co., South Carolina, died in Caldwell County, Kentucky. He married
Melinda, born in North Carolina,
died ca 1855 Sabine, Texas Son: Isaac H. b. 2/12/1824 Alabama, died. 7/7/1884 Panola Co.,
married 10/23/1845 Dorcas Irene Golden b.
Blount Co., Alabama, died ca Panola Co., Texas, daughter of Richard Golden and Mary Higgins Lincoln
Co., Ga. They
had: Mattie Elizabeth Crenshaw born in Panola Co., Texas
d. 10/28/1895 Pano1a Co., Texas, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery married 11/14/1868 George Carter
Tiller, born in Harrison Co., Texas, d.
2/19/1930 Panola Co., Texas.
Their son: Ray DeWitt Tiller, Sr. born 11/14/1890 Paris
Texas, d. 7/12/1937 Carthage,
Texas, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery 7/12/1937 Mary Viva Phillips,
b. 12/29/1893 Carthage, Texas. Their daughter, Mary Lynn Tiller married Clifford S. heir.
Etheredge.
Abel Etheredge, son of Caleb Etheredge and wife, Agnes Clark, was b. ca 1765 Edgecombe County, North Carolina,
d. after 1840 Conecuh County,
Alabama. Son: Edmund b. 2/12/1808 Washington Co., Ga. d. 1/16/1873, Carthage,
Texas. married 2/23/1856 Mary
Caroline Ross, b. 11/20/1826 South Carolina,
died 2/20/1894 Carthage, Texas.
They had: Nancy Estelle born 4/5/1865 Alabama
d. 5/6/1946 Carthage, Texas. married 1/13/1837 John Wesley Phillips
b. 4/1/1865 Alabama d. 1/6/1925 Carthage, Texas.
Dau: Mary Viva Phillips b. 12/29/1893 Carthage, Panola Co., Texas. married 5/1/1917 Ray DeWitt Tiller b.
11/14/1890, d. 7/12/1937.
Garren. David Richard
Garren was born 12/1853 Rosalie, Jackson Co., Alabama,
died 1931 Rosalie, Jackson Co., Alabama married 12/5/1875 Amanda Hackin Shraver,
b. 10/1858 Rustic Bower, Jackson Co., Alabama,
d. 1936 in Rosalie, Jackson Co., Alabama, and had issue: Elizabeth Garren born
Georgia 12/5/1882 Rosalie, Jackson Co., Alabama,
d. 5/27/1960 Cu11man, 42,
Cullman Co., Alabama
married 10/31/1903 Jackson Co., Alabama,
William Thomas Hulsey, Sr. b. 9/26/1881 Rosalie, Jackson
Co., Alabama died 1966 Cullman, Cullman County, Alabama William Thomas Hu1sey,
Sr. was the son of Thomas Russell Hulsey b. 2/3/1B50 Cherokee Co., Alabama died
Georgia 5/7/1921 Cullman Co., Alabama
married 2/16/1873 Jefferson Co., Alabama Mary
Jane Mote b. 4/27/1850 Cherokee Co., Alabama d. 10/13/1926 Cullman GA Co., Alabama.
Gee. Jeremiah Gee, 1787-1852, son of Eason, was a member of Austin's Regt., S. C.
Militia, War of 1812, Pvt., Fed. Records
Center, E.
Point, Ga., Reel 3, Box 97, No. 652. Jeremiah m. Mary and
removed
to Lamar (then pt of Fayette) Co., Alabama ca 1842 and d.
there
1852. Issue: Abigail b. ca 1808 m. Mr.
Anderson; Mary b. 1810 m.
Mr. Richardson, in Fayette, Alabama
in 1850; John Henry 1813-
1880 m. Rachel Cobb in Alabama,
Moved to Lamar, Alabama
ca 1834 and to Ark.
in 1857 (Issue: Samuel B. m. Sarah Elizabeth Adams, dau. Of William Adams);
Samuel b. 1816 in Pickens Co., Alabama
in 1850;
Cornelius b. 1815/20 (Issue: Ira, Lee).
McCorquodale. David McCorquodale was born 1803 Sampson Co.,
N. C. died 7/7/1865 Fields, Louisiana., buried Smith's Cemetery, 7 miles North
of Starks, Louisiana.
He married Lydia Chambless, born 7/3/1811, died 9/6/1884 Bryan, Texas,
buried Steep Hollow Cemetery. Issue: Sarah Jane born 7/6/1830 Early Co., Georgia. Died 1865
married Mr. Harris; Elizabeth born 12/3/1831
Early Co., Georgia, married 1st, William Burge, 2nd, Joshua Burge, 3rd, John
Pinder; Sophronia born 2/24/1833 Alabama, married Mr. Bivins; Nancy born
1/23/1835 Alabama married Mr. Poole; Ephraim Alexander born 6/16/1836 Louisiana.,
listed 1900 Madison Co., Texas. Census, married 6/9/1873 Amanda Augusta Best;
Harriet Caroline born 2/7/1838 Alabama; Martha
born 2/3/1841 Louisiana.; John born 5/23/1842 Louisiana. married Sarah J. Buchanan, listed
1900 Brazos Texas.
Census; Malinda born 5/23/1843 Louisiana.; Josephine born 4/8/1844 Louisiana.; David
Duncan h. 9/14/1846 Louisiana.
d. 3/7/1901 married 12/5/1872 Ida James Dunn from Niblett's Bluff, Louisiana.;
Daniel born 10/25/1848 married Mollie Stephens, listed 1880 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
Census; William Clinton born 1/2/1851 d. 9/8/1921 Lake Charles, Louisiana.
married Martishia Pinder, listed 1880 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Census; Cathren Mary born 9/4/1843
Louisiana. d.
8/3/1937 Iiouston, Texas. married Daniel Adam Hortman.
McMinn. Robert McMinn was born ca
1770 in Buncombe County, North Carolina and had two known sons, viz:
Jesse (born 1795) and Absalom (born ca 1804).
Absalom
McMinn married Ruth (born 1806 in South
Carolina). They apparently removed to Marshall
County, Alabama where Ruth died after 1900.
The family were residents of Cobb
County, Georgia
in 1850. Issue:
Mary Ann, born 1834 Cherokee County; Robert W., born 1834 Cherokee County;
W. C., born 1838 Cherokee County; Louisa, born 1842 Cherokee County; Absalom,
born 2/1845 Cherokee County (married 10/6/1872 in Marshall County, Alabama to
Martha Jane Hunkapiller, born 1854.
Absalom
McMinn, son of Absalom had children: W. Monroe,
born 1874 in Marshall County, Alabama; James R., born 1876 in Marshall County,
Alabama; Green L., born 1880 in Marshall County, Alabama; Thomas L., born
9/1885 in Marshall County, Alabama; Tempie J., born 11/1883 in Marshall County,
Alabama.
Joseph
Henry McMinn was born 27 July 1847 in Cherokee
County, died 25 September 1900 in
Bullard, Smith County, Texas.
He was married on 2 August 1873 in Marshall County, Alabama to Levina
Elizabeth Neeley, a daughter of Absalom Neeley.
Levinia was born 4 September 1850 in Marshall County, Alabama, died 26
July 1936 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery
in Palo Pinto. Issue:
Roland
Oscar McMinn, born 2 March 1884 in Bullard, Smith County,
Texas, died 22 February 1943 in Mineral Wells,
Palo Alto, Texas,
buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery and Absalom Merideth (“Abb”) McMinn, born 6
April 1886 in Bullard, Smith County, Texas, died 26 January in Mineral Wells, Palo
Alto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery. He was married to Laura Belle Davis on 16
January 1910 in Whitt, Parker County,
Texas. Laura was born on 12 March
1883 in Whitt, Texas
and died 26 December 1987 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto,
Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery. Known issue: Dumas Russell McMinn, born 23
December 1910 Palo Pinto, Texas, died 2 October 1970 in Pasadena, Harris
County, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery and Edith Lucille McMinn, born
9 October 1917 in Kirkland, Childress County, Texas, died 14 May 1994 in
Mineral Wells, Texas, buried in Holders Chapel Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.
New. William New was born ca 1788 in North Carolina, died
before 11/18/1874. He married Mary Wells
(born 8/29/1787 in Duplin County, North Carolina),
the daughter of Jacob Wells II and Ann Boney Wells. Children:
George Gilbert New (born 10/8/1809 North Carolina, died 10/19/1879 in
Boliad County, Texas, married 9/23/1834 in Sumter County, Alabama, Tabitha
Newton); Kinnion Wells New (born 1/6/1811 North Carolina, died 9/28/1867 in
Caldwell County, Texas, married Sarah Ann Barnett); Katherine New (married
11/22/1834 in Sumter County, Alabama, John McKenzie); Nicholas Finel New (born
4/21/1812 in North Carolina married 2/1/1835 in Sumter County, Alabama Mary Ann
Moore); James Boney New (born 4/14/1814 in North Carolina married 1/4/1841 in
Sumter County, Alabama, Mary Azzora Newton); Ann Elizabeth Newton (married
12/25/1844 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, James J. Bruster); Mary New (born
1/27/1818 in North Carolina married 2/2/1837 in Sumter County, Alabama, William
Gallatin Price); Jacob Henry New (born 8/5/1820 in South Carolina, died
2/15/1889 in Sumter County, Alabama, married 9/29/1840 in Sumter County, Daniel
Arthur McDonald); William Robert New (born 11/2/1823 in South Carolina, died
12/30/1875 in Caldwell County, Texas married Malissa Barnett); Jane New
(married Jesse Carroll); and Henry T. New (born ca 1832 in Sumter County, Alabama
married Elizabeth J).
George Gilbert New, son of William New
and Mary (Wells) New, was born 10/8/1809 in Duplin County,
North Carolina, died 10/19/1879 in Goliad County, Texas. He married on 9/23/1834 Tabitha Newton (born
1/8/1814, died 12/30/1875 in Goliad County,
Texas). Children: Joel Wells New,
born 1/21/1847 Sumter County, Alabama, died 6/17/1895 in Live Oak County,
Texas, married 11/28/1872 Minerva Jane Clark (born 12/7/1852 Mississippi, died
1/19/1892 Live Oak County, Texas). Joel had: Ada
Pettus New, born 12/15/1887 in Live Oak County, Texas, died 5/17/1968 in Kingsville,
Kleberg County, Texas, married Robert Hodges Word.
Peavy. Abraham Peavy, Revolutionary
War Soldier, was born 5/3/1765 in Orange County,
North Carolina, died 8/15/1837 in Butler County, Alabama. He received a pension for his serving in North Carolina and his wife, Lydia, received benefits.
“Read
second time: A Bill for the Relief of Abram
Peavy, deceased, of Troup County,
of forfeiture incurred
on Penal Bond for the appearance of
Hiram P. Peavy,
charged with the offense of gaming.”
He was listed on the 1830 Troup
County, Georgia
Census before going to Alabama. Children: Nancy;
Vicey; Eli (married Mary Youngblood 1/19/1815 in Hancock County, Georgia);
Daniel; Heloy; McHail; Hiram; and Thomas.
Walton.
George Walton, son of Lord Walton of England,
died in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1766, St. Andrews Parish. George Walton purportedly came to Brunswick County
from King William
County and had lands in Brunswick as early as
1726. George Walton was appointed King’s Justice
Gentleman at the first Court
held in Brunswick
County on 5/11/1732; he
was High Sheriff on 11/7/1734; took the oath of Judge of Chancery Court on
6/5/1746; and was Captain in the Virginia Colonial Militia on 8/1748. George Walton was married to Elizabeth Rowe,
born 2/15/1685 in Middlesex County,
Virginia.
Children: John; Mary; Catherine; Elizabeth; and Isaac Rowe Walton.
John
Walton, son of George, was born ca 1706/7, died before 1/21/1796 in Meherin
Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia, married Rebecca. He patented land at the age of 21 on
9/27/1728. John died 1796.
Isaac
Rowe Walton, son of George was born 10/22/1770 in Meherin Parish, Brunswick County,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Edith Williamson Ledbetter (born 1801 Greensville County, Virginia). Isaac died 1770.
She married 2nd, James Rawlings in Greensville County. Elizabeth Walton Rawlings died 1802.
David
Walton, son of Isaac Rowe Walton, was born 4/3/1760 in Brunswick
County, Virginia and died 5/9/1848
near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, buried
in Limestone County.
He married on 2/28/1788 Rebecca, daughter of Captain Henry Wyche of Greenville County, Virginia.
Children: Edmond; Garrett (listed on 1830 Limestone County, Alabama
Census); and Robert (died 1835 in Madison County, Alabama).
Edmond
Walton, son of David (above), was born in 1790, listed on the 1830 Limestone County, Alabama
Census, died 10/30/1854 in Limestone
County. On August 19, 1905 John H. Hunsley came
before the Court to acquire Edmond’s
estate for the only remaining child, Mary Walton, unmarried.
Peter
Wyche Walton, son of Edmond (above), was born ca
1819 in Greenville County, Virginia,
married Frances Coleman Baker on 1/21/1850, and was listed on the 1840 Autauga County, Alabama
Census. They had a son, Peter Wyche
Walton, born in Grimes County, Texas, died 1912 in Huntsville, Texas, married
Katherine Edgar.