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Category: Alabama

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Aaron Cornelius Plantation

10 Jan 2021
OVERVIEW Location: Blount County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Allred, Blackwood, Cornelius, Fortner, Gallion, Reid Historical Notes: Aaron Amos Cornelius (b. 1786 in South Carolina) was part…
Alabama…

William Cornelius Plantation

5 Jan 20215 Jan 2021
OVERVIEW Location: Madison County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Cornelius, Coyle, Kelly Historical Notes: William Cornelius (b.1814 in Alabama) married Emily Coyle in 1847. By 1850 he…
Alabama…

Rurill Hill Plantation

17 Aug 202010 Jan 2021
OVERVIEW Location: Woodville, Perry County, Alabama; near UniontownDate Constructed/ Founded: aft. 1833Associated Surnames: Byrd, Davidson, Gillespie, Hudson, McLean, Pitts, Yarbrough, WalkerHistorical Notes: Philip Henry Pitts and his brothers Arthur B.…
Alabama…

Oak Place Farm

17 Aug 202017 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Huntsville, Madison Co., AL Date Constructed/ Founded: 1840 (main house built) Associated Surnames: Steele, Weaver, Tracy Historical Notes: George Steele migrated from Virginia to Alabama in 1818. He…
Alabama…

Oaklawn Plantation

17 Aug 202017 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Huntsville, Madison Co., AL Date Constructed/ Founded: 1844 (main plantation house built) Associated Surnames: Robinson Historical Notes: John J. Robinson was a revenue commissioner in Madison County and…
Alabama…

The Forks of Cypress

16 Aug 202017 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL Date Constructed/ Founded: 1818 - 1830 (construction of the plantation house) Associated Surnames: Jackson, Moore Historical Notes: James Jackson (b.1782 in Ireland) moved from…
Alabama…

Meriwether Plantation

10 Aug 202017 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Greene Co., AL; town of Eutaw Date Constructed/ Founded: unknown Associated Surnames: Meriwether, Wolstenholm Historical Notes: Joseph Meriwether and his family may have moved from Abbeville District South…
Alabama…

Fairhope Plantation

15 Jul 201917 Aug 2020
OVERVIEW Location: Perry County, Alabama; Woodville, one mile east of Uniontown Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1850 Associated Surnames: Selden, Minge, Fowler Historical Notes: The plantation was established by Joseph Selden…
Alabama…

Pond Spring Plantation

14 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama; historic Pond Spring Date Constructed/ Founded: 1818 Associated Surnames: Jones, Hickman, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: The first land-seizing colonizers moved into this area of Northern…
Alabama…

Caledonia Plantation

13 Jul 201913 Jul 2019
OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Jones, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Pond Spring Plantation (Lawrence Co., AL) ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED…

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