Alabama… Rurill Hill Plantation 17 Aug 202022 Aug 2020 OVERVIEW Location: Perry Co., AL; Woodville, near Uniontown Date Constructed/ Founded: Associated Surnames: Pitts, Byrd, Davidson, Hudson, McLean, Yarbrough, Walker Historical 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…
Alabama… Grassdale Plantation 11 Jul 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Greene County, Alabama; city of Eutaw Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Cobb, Coleman, Johnson Historical Notes: John Coleman traveled from Edgecombe Co., NC to…
Marengo… Faunsdale Plantation 26 Jan 201926 Jan 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Marengo County, Alabama; near the town of Dayton; one of the Alabama Canebreak Plantations Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Barron, Bennett, Brown, Collins, Dixon, Francis, Fortune,…
