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Welcome to
Limestone County, Alabama
History & Genealogy

Source:
EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA
By
COL. JAMES EDMONDS SAUNDERS,
Lawrence County, Ala.
with
NOTES AND GENEALOGIES
By his Granddaughter
ELIZABETH SAUNDERS BLAIR STUBBS,
New Orleans, La.
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PART I
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New Orleans,
L. Graham & Son, Ltd., Printers, 207-211 Baronne St.
1899

CONTENTS
 

Dedication  
Introduction  
James Edmonds Saunders w/ portraits of Col. James Edmonds Saunders and Mrs. Mary Watkins Saunders 7
 - To The Citizens of North Alabama 16
 - Wounded
 - Killed
 - Died of Wounds		 20
 - Southwestern Telegraph Company
     by Telegraph from Huntsville, Ala., Mar. 13, 1863		 25
 - Southwestern Telegraph Company
     By Telegraph from Tuscumbia, May 28, 1863
     (among other correspondence		 26

RECOLLECTIONS of THE EARLY SETTLERS of NORTH ALABAMA

 33
 - The Cherokee Indians 33
 - Lawrence County, Its Organization, Topography and Soil 37
 - Its Topography 38
 - Its Soil 39
 - Remarks of Professor Stubbs on the Analysis of North Alabama Soil 40
 - The Minerals 41
 - The State of Society 42
 - Bennett, the Magician 45
 - Style of Dress, and Type of Love in Early Times 46
 - The Moulton Merchants 48
 - Isaac N. Owen 50
 - Circuit Judges
    - Richard Ellis, Esq.
    - John White, Esq.
    - Joseph G. Baldwin
    - George Foote
    - Jonathan Burford
    - John Gallagher
    - John M. Jackson
    - John McBride
    - C. J. M. Cummings
    - David J. Goodlett
    - Christopher C. Harris
    - Asa M. Hodges
    - D. C. Goodlett
    - Robert Y. Goodlett		 53
 - Judges of County Court
    - Peter Taylor
    - James B. Wallace
    - James Gallagher
    - Bolling C. Baker
    - John B. Sale
    - David P. Lewis
    - Richad O. Pickett
    - William M. Gallaway
    - Willliam C. Graham		 59
 - John B. Sale 61
 - The Clerks of the County Court
    - Daniel W. Wright
    - John Gallagher
    - John Gregg
    - Bolling B. Burnett
    - Wiley Gallaway		 62
 - Probate Judges of Lawrence County
    - Henry A. McGhee
    - Crockett McDonald
    - Rev. Andrew O. Horn
    - Christopher C. Gewin
    - Charles Gibson
    - James H. McDonald		 67
 - Sheriffs of Lawrence County
    - Hance M. Cunningham
    - William Reneau
    - Hugh M. Warren
    - Andrew Kaiser
    - Bolling B. Burnett
    - John Gregg
    - Matthew Roberts
    - Denton H. Valliant
    - Mr. John C. Burruss
    - Wm. Eubank
    - Joseph H. Shrygley
    - C. C. Gewin		 70
 - The Burleson Family 72
 - Moulton Newspapers and Editors
    - Alexander A. McCartney
    - Thomas M. Peters, Esq.
    - Wiley Gallaway, Esq.		 75
 - The Moulton Advertiser 84
 - Melton's Bluff 84
 - The Inn-keepers 85
 - LAWYERS OF NORTH ALABAMA
    - Hon. Arthur Francis Hopkins
    - Joseph Young
    - Hon. David Hubbard		 87
 - The Physicians of Moulton
    - Dr. George A. Glover
    - Dr. Edward Gantt
    - Dr. Tandy W. Walker		 102
 - Mechanics of Moulton
    - Wm. D. C. Jones
    - Nathaniel Alman
    - John Simmons		 104
 - Rev. Robert M. Cunningham, D. D. 107
 - Capt. William Leetch 109
 - The Peters Family 110
 - Southeaster Part of the County 112
 - The Smith Family 112
 - The Priest Family 113
 - Rev. Elliott Jones 113
 - The Cowans 114
 - The Werts 114
 - The McCords 116
 - The Hodges 116
 - The Prewitts 116
 - Col. Nicholas Johnson 117
 - The Prices 119
 - Rev. Thos. A. Strain 122
 - Lindseys and Speaks 122
 - The Thomases 123
 - Hamptons 123
 - The War Between the States 124
 - The invincibles
    - Peter White
    - John Collier
    - S. H. Brown
    - J. C. Nipper
    - John C. Chitwood
    - Thomas L. Daugherty
    - R. S. Milwee
    - Elijah B. Stowe
    - E. T. Johnson
    - James N. McDaniel		 125
 - The Ninth Alabama Regiment 128
     - Stuart's Ride Around McClellan 134
    - The Retreat of McClellan 137
    - Invasion of Pennsylvania 147
    - The Ninth Alabama, Gettysburg Campaign 148
    - The Ninth Alabama - Grant and Lee 155
    - Second Day of the Wilderness 156
    - Battle of the 12th of May 157
    - Battle of North Anna 158
    - Second Battle of Cold Harbor 158
    - The Ninth Alabama - Fate of the Lawrence County Volunteers 163
    - The Sixteenth Alabama Regiment 171
    - The Sixteenth Alabama - Its Departure 182
 - Courtland and Its First White Inhabitant 194
 - The Swoopes 203
 - Edgar M. Swoope 205
 - Jim Lewis 207
 - Dr. Jack Shackelford 207
 - Captain Shackelford's Company of Alabama Volunteers 212
 - McMahon Family 213
 - Dr. Thomas A. Watkins 214
 - Col. Richard Jones 217
 - Hon. David G. Ligon 221
 - REV. HUGH BARR 222
 - The Courtland Herald 223
 - Courtland Mechanics 224
 - Mr. Kouck 224
 - James Mudd 224
 - Robert Williamson 225
 - The James Family 225
 - Leonard H. Sims 226
 - The Puryears 226
 - Thomas Dunnevant 226
 - The Gilchrist Family 227
 - The Philips Family 228
 - The Points Family 230
 - Sherrod 233
 - The Watkins Family 235
 - Sarah Watkins 238
 - Samuel Watkins 238
 - James Watkins 240
 - Portraits of Robert H. Watkins & Mrs. Prudence Oliver Watkins betw. 240 & 241
 - Judge Eli S. Shorter 245
 - Major Benjamin Talisferro 250
 - Jane Watkins 251
 - Robert Watkins 252
 - Mr. John Watkins 252
 - Thompson Watkins 253
 - Joseph Watkins 253
 - Isham Watkins 254
 - The Scotts and Jamiesons 254
 - The Sykes Family 257
 - Hon. John James Ormond 260
 - The Banks Family 268
 - The Harris Family 269
 - The Clay Family 270
 - Family of Matthew Clay, of Virginia (Born 1754) 271
 - Matthew Clay, of Alabama 274
 - The Chase at Melton's Bluff 274
 - Green Clay, of Kentucky 278
 - Brutus J. Clay 278
 - Cassius M. Clay 279
 - The Clays of Huntsville, Ala. 283
 - United States Land Sales 284
 - Sherman's infamous Order 287
 - Hon. Clement Claiborne Clay 288
 - The DeGraffenried Family 291
 - The Fontains and Maurys 293
 - *Fontaine, of Columbus, Ga. 297
 - Fontaine, of Mississippi 297
 - Gen. R. C. Tyler 300
 - Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury 301
 - Colonel Abraham Maury 304
 - The DeGraffenrieds - Second Part 309
 - John Minor Maury 317
 - The Saunders Family 318
 - Joseph Saunders 320
    - The Declaration 321
 - Ephraim Saunders 323
 - William Saunders 323
 - Joseph Hubbard Saunders 323
 - Portrait of Rev. Turner Saunders betw. 324 & 325
 - Thomas Saunders 325
 - Rev. Turner Saunders 325
 - Rev. Hubbard Saunders 329
 - Elizabeth Saunders 331
 - Martha Saunders 331
 - Nancy Saunders 331
 - Mr. William Manning 332
 - Mr. John Scruggs 332
 - Governor Gilmer's Map of the Broad River Settlement, Georgia,  

NOTES AND GENEALOGIES
   More or Less Complete, of Families by Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, New Orleans, 1899

PART II

  
Introduction  
Patents and Court Records of Edward Saunders (or Sanders), of Northumberland County, Va., 1658 337
Lanacaster County Records Begin 1652 338
Genealogies:  
 - Edward Saunders 338
 - Ebenezer Saunders 341
 - William Saunders 342
 - Hubbard Saunders 346
 - Mary Gholson 350
 - Turner Saunders  
 - James E. Saunders 354
 - Portrait of Dr. Dudley Dunn Saunders betw. 356 & 357
 - Dudly Dunn Saunders 357
 - James Saunders Billups 360
 - Thomas Saunders 362
 - Hubbard Family - Lancaster County, Virginia 364
 - Elliott 365
 - Foster sketch 366
 - Billups sketch 367
 - Yates Family 368
 - Gholson Genealogy 373
 - Dunn (of Virginia) 377
 - Dunn Family, of Surry, Sussex and Brunswick Counties, Virginia 379
 - Dudley Family Notes (of Virginia, and the South) 386
 - Dudley (from the North Carolina Colonial Records) 391
 - Moore 391
 - Cantzon, of South Carolina 394
 - Blair, of South Carolina 395
    - Portrait of Mrs. Martha Ray Blair, betw. 396 & 397
 - Flint, and Ray Families of South Carolina 398
 - McMillan, of South Carolina 399
 - Kennedy, of South Carolina 400
 - McCarthy 400
 - Earliest Records of McCarthy in Virginia 400
 - McCarthy (Brown's Americans of Royal Descent) 405
 - Dates of Creation of "South Side" Counties, in Virginia 408
 - Oliver Family 408
 - The Earlier Olivers of Virginia 409
 - Oliver, of North Carolina 412
 - Oliver of Kentucky 413
 - Oliver of Georgia 413
 - Oliver, of Alabama 416
 - Oliver Family, of Elbert County, Ga. 417
    - Portrait of John Oliver, of Petersburg, Ga. betw. 420 & 421
 - Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga/ 421
 - Bibb Family 433
 - Scott Family 442
 - Banks Family 443
 - Banks Family, of Elbert Co., Ga., and Before that, of North Carolina 445
 - McGehee Family 448
 - Excursus - Urquhart 454
 - Clark 455
 - Shelton Notes 457
 - Shelton and White Families 458
 - White Family 458
 - Saunders 459
 - Saunders of Virginia 462
 - Some Early Patentees of Virginia by the Name of Saunders 462
 - Celey Saunders' Line 465
 - Thompson 469
 - Wells Family Notes 481
 - Watkins Gleanings 485
 - Some Early Watkins 485
 - Watkins, of York Co., Va. 486
 - Watkins, of Henrico Co. 488
 - Goochland, and Chesterfield, Watkins 490
 - The Watkins Family (of Elbert Co., Ga.) 492
    Portrait of Maj. Robert H. Watkins betw. 494 & 495
 - Descendants of James Watkins the Second 495
    Portrait of Taliaferro, Demopolis, Ala
    Portrait of Mrs. Martha Watkins Taliaferro		 betw. 500 & 501
 - Excursus - Harris 511
 - Taliaferro, of Georgia 512
 - Coleman 514
 - Withers 515
CONCLUSION 517
ADDENDA 518
 - Cantzon 518
 - McGehee - Descendants of Thomas MeGehee 519
    Portrait of Thomas McGehee
    Portrait of Elizabeth Gilmer McGehee		 betw. 520-521
 - Oliver 528
 - Excursus - Hill (For McGehee and Oliver Families 529
 - Watkins 530
ERRATA.  
ABBREVIATIONS  

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