Hawkins

This document describes the life of the wives of plantation owners, with their constant need to help in the fields, make clothes for both blacks and whites, keep everyone fed, and run the plantation with the help of overseers and slaves when their husbands were traveling. There is mention of Williamson Hawkins and his wife Betsy on page 98, with footnotes indicating manuscripts available at Samford and the Birmingham Public Library, Clement Comer Clay, Sr (served as governor of Alabama) and his wife Susanna on page 99, and Henry Watson of Greensboro and his wife Sophia on page 99.

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AL Jefferson - Deeds - Wills - Administrations 1833-1844

The Birmingham Public Library has made available online a document of abstracts prepared by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. It includes deeds, wills, and administrations from the years 1833-1844. It contains literally hundreds, if not thousands, of surnames, which can be searched using Adobe Reader.

Click here to download the pdf - Deeds - Wills - Administrations of Jefferson Co, Alabama

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Gray, Frances Victoria, d.1955

The Birmingham News
Monday November 7, 1955
pg 15
Mrs. Frances Gray,
of Dixiana, dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Victoria Gray, 81, who died yesterday at her home in Dixiana, Ala, will be held Wednesday.
Services will be held at 2 pm at the Bradford Baptist Church with the Rev. Jasper Kelly and the Rev. Oscar York officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Brown-Service, Norwood, directing.