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“This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it's the family stories that are worth the storage."
-Ellen Goodman,
The Boston Globe

I wish I had more family stories....so if you have some stories about our early Alabama pioneers you are willing to share...contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I think that is what makes genealogy interesting!

I enjoyed visiting with at the Cottingham Reunion yesterday. We would like to start a Cottingham newsletter. It would be for those who are descendants of Elisha Cottingham listed below....if you are in that category..and want your email address included in the newsletter...send me your email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

This is a small portion of a map of Bibb County, east of Centreville where the
Cottingham Cemetery is located, near Cottingham creek.

NEW ADDITIONS!

EARLY SETTLERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY PART I names- OLIVER POLLOCK, BERNALDE de GALVEZ, GOVERNOR PATRICK HENRY, CAPTAIN GEORGE GIBSON, GOVERNOR LUIS DE UNZAGA, GIBXON, CHIEF ASSISTANT WILLIAM LINN, JAMES WILLING, GEORGE MORGAN, ROBERT MORRIS, ANTHONY HUTCHINS, WILLIAM MCINTOSH, MCINTIRE'S, THOMAS, WILLIAM DUNBAR, ALEXANDER ROSS, GOVERNOR GALVEZ

BIOGRAPHY OF ANTHONY P. HUTCHINS ( 1725-1804) names - ANN WHITE, SAMUEL HUTCHINS, MARY HUTCHINS, ABNER GREEN, COL. THOMAS MARSTON GREEN, THOMAS HUTCHINS, ELIZABETH M. CELESTE HUTCHINS, JOHN HUTCHINS, ANN NANCY HUTCHINS, MAGDALENE CELESTE HUTCHINS, ISABELLA CHARLOTTE HUTCHINS, DONNA CELESTE ISABELLA HUTCHINS, OLIVER POLLOCK, CAPTAIN JAMES WILLING, WILLIAM MCINTOSH, BERNALDE DE GALVEZ, THOMAS RODNEY, PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON, ANDREW JACKSON

FREE GEDCOM DESCENDANT SURNAMES

Cottingham, Elisha (1755-1820) surnames - ABEL, AMERIUS, ARCHER, ARNOLD, ASHLEY, ATCHISON, BABB, BAREFOOT, BARNES, BARRY, BATTLE, BATTLES, BELL, BERRIS, BISSET, BLACKWOOD, BLAYLOCK, BOONE, BOOZER, BOWEN, BOZEMAN, BRACKNER, BRAND, BRANTLEY, BRIDGES, BRIDWELL, BROOKS, BROWN, BRUNER, BULGER, BUSBY, BUTLER, BYERS, CALDWELL, CAMPBELL CARROLL, CATES, CHANDLER, CHISM, CHOATE, CLARK, CLEMMER, COCHRAN, COLLINS, COOPER, CRAWFORD, CREWS, CRIDER, CRONIER, CROSBY, CRUISE, COURTNEY, DAILEY, DAVIS, DEPPE, DIAL, DILTS, DUKE, DUNCAN, DUNNAVANT, DURKEE, EADY, EDWARDS, ELDER, ENGLAND, EVANS, FAIR, FANCHER, FARLEY, FARRINGTON, FERGUSON, FIELDS, FIKE, FIKES, FTIZGERALD, GAMEL, GIFOVERT, GIPSON, GLADNEY, GORMAN, GREER, HALLMARK, HAND, HARGRAVES, HARRISON, HAWKINS, HAYES, HENDERSON, HERENDEEN, HERLOND, HERLONG, HIGGINBOTHAM, HILTON, HOLLAND, HORT, HOWELL, HUBBARD, JERNIGAN, JORNIGAN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, KELLEY, KILLINGSWORTH, KINNIE, LALLIS, LANGSTON, LAWLIS, LEACH, LEE, LINDSAY, LINDSEY, LOGAN, LOVE, LOWERY, MAHN, MALONE, MCCARY, MCCAY, MCCOMBS, MCCOOL, MCCUMBER, MCDOWELL, MCELROY, MCGHEE, MCGOWEN, MCKINNEY, MCMURTRIE, MEADOWS, MEDARIS, MERCHANT, MEREDITH, MILAM MILES, MITCHELL, MOFFATT, MOORE, MOSELEY, MOSS, MOUNT, MUIR, NARRAMORE, NORTH, NUTT, PACK, PARDON, PARKER, PARKS, PATTERSON, PEEK, PHILPOT, PICKETT, PITTS, POSEY, POW, PRATT, PRICE, PRIM, PURDUE, PURTLE, RAMEY, RAY, REDMAYNE, REGAN, REIS, RISINGER, ROBISON, ROTTENBERRY, RUSSEL, SAUNDERS, SAYERS, SCHOFIELD, SEARLES, SELF, SHAW, SHIPLEY, SHEPPARD, SINCLAIR, SMEDLEY, SMITH, SMITHERMAN, SNEAD, SPLAWN, SPURGEON, STALLINGS, STEADMAN, STEELE, STRAHAN, STEWART, STUART, STUARD, STUDDARD, TATUM, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TINKLE, TOLSON, TRAMMEL, TROTT, TRUCKS, WALDROP, WALKER, WALLACE, WATTS, WEAVER, WHITE, WHITSON, WIGGINS, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOODLIFF, WOODS, WOODSON, WORSHAM, VAUGHAN, VOR PAHL, YARBROUGH, YEAGER,

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