During the “Alabama Fever” period of United States history, early settlers migrated to Alabama from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee in search of more land to grow tobacco and/or distance themselves from the Revolutionary War.
Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME I: Biographies Genealogy Reports, Notes & Records – (Kindle)
Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME I: Biographies Genealogy Reports, Notes & Records (Paperback)
Pioneer families mentioned include the families of FREDERICK MONROE JAMES (b. 1793-d. 1863) ADAM JAMES (1800-1884) HOPKINS LEE (b. 1765-d. 1834) STEELE FAMILY (who immigrated from S.C. ca. 1780), WILLIAM WRIGHT, (b. 1778 SC) and GEORGE PETERS (b. 1790 Italy) Genealogy reports with supporting evidence, notes, brief biographies, wills, deeds and census records, when available are included.
Bibb County Courthouse in Centreville, Alabama. Looking north. The structure was built in 1859 and was razed to build the current courthouse. (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
More Descendant surnames included are: ADAMS, ARNOLD, AVERY, BAKER, BAMBERG, BARNES, BATES, BLAKE, BISHOP, BOLING, BOLLING, BOSCHUNG, BOYD, BRACKNELL, BRADLEY, BRAG, BRANSDORF, BROADHEAD, BURNS, CANTERBURY, CARDEN, CARR, CARROLL, CAUSEY, CATES, CHAMPION, CLARY, CONWAY, COOK, COOPER, COTTINGHAM, CREEL, CREWS, CROCKER, CRUNK, DAUGHERTY, DAILEY, DIXON, DOCKERY, DOVER, DREOLIA, DUGGAN, EASTERWOOD, ERVIN, FAIR, FARMER, FAUCETT, FAUCETTE, FERGUSON, FIKES, FONDREN, FRANCIS, FRIDAY, FRY, FULGHAM, GEORGE, GOLDEN, GREATHOUSE, GRIFFIN, HANCOCK, HAND, HART, HAYES, HILL, HOLLAND, HORTON, HUBBARD, INGRAM, ILES, JACKSON, JAMES, JOHNSTON, KINNAIRD, KIRBY, KORNEGAY, KROUT, LAGRONE, LAND, LARKIN, LEE, LEMLEY, LEWIS, LEVERT, LIGHTSEY, MADDOX, MAJOR, MARTIN, MASON, MCALLEN, MCBRIDE, MCCALEB, MCCULLEY, MCDOWELL, MCLEOD, MCMILLAN, MEDDERS, MEIGS, MERPHY, MESSER, MILLER, MILLS, MITCHELL, MONTGOMERY, MUELLER, MURPHY, MYRICK, NICHOLS, OGLESBY, OWENS, PALMER, PARKER, PEARSON, PETER, PETERS, PETERSON, PHELPS, PIERSON, QUINN, RAGLAN, RAGLAND, RAINES, REACH, REED, RITCHIE, ROAN, ROBINSON, SATTERWHITE, SHAW, SHOWS, SHUTTLESWORTH, SMITH, SNIPES, STACEY, STACY, STAMPS, STARLING, STEELE, STEFANICK, STEWARD, STEWART, STRICKLAND, THOMPSON, TIBBS, TUCKER, TURNER, VARNEL, VERNON, WAGGONER, WAGONER, WALKER, WALLACE, WARD, WOOD, WOODWARD, WOOLLEY, WRIGHT, WYATT, YEAGER, YOUNG
I don’t like your donate to see a story.
#Tacky
The article is all here on the post. I think it’s the complete 245-page book on the subject, which is free to read on Amazon Prime for Kindle. You have to subscribe to Amazon Prime to access the free book.
I recognize at least 5 of those surnames as being names of some of my ancestors in Bibb County. I have some deep roots in Bibb County. I wish my grandparents and great uncles were still alive to tell some of their interesting stories.
For two years I have been searching for the proof that Sarah Jay was the mother of William Wright (the father is Nathan Wright). iPLEASE tell me where you found the proof that William Wright’s mother was Sarah Jay.
This is a direct ancestor line for me, and Sarah Jay’s grandfather is a DAR patriot.
Always thought that our family migrated from SC to Alabama in the early 19th Century
How does everyone conveniently forget all those places were actually located in Alabama and literally moved out of Alabama.
What a gorgeous home out in what looks like nowhere.
This is a picture of the first Bibb County, Alabama courthouse built in 1859. It was razed to make way for the new courthouse.
Alabama Pioneers ..makes sense as a courthouse! Beautiful architecture in those days. Thanks for the added info.
Mine did
My great grandmother was a Creek indian and I busy researching Her family and getting very close
Our Glasgow and McGee families immigrated from the Carolinas in the early 1800s. Alabama was new country.
My family came from SC in early 1800’s.
The Bolin family came from the Carolinas and settled in Lamar county in the 1840’s
My ancestors descended. From over half of the barons who signed the magna charter
They were tobacco barons related to kings and us presidents coming from Virginia to the carolinas then to Alabama
Having been tabacco barons they came to Alabama growing King Cotton
And I am glad they did
Settling in Lamarr County and in the black belt
I salute all of those Alabamians who came before us!!!
I love history.
Ours did. 🙂
Ours arrived with the earliest settlers, trudging along the Robert Trent Jones Trail.
#myhometown
You could clean and enhance the picture a little. Only took me 10 seconds to make it much, much clearer.