Vicki's Close Cousins, Long Lost Cousins, Kissing Cousins, Distant Cousins, Great-Great and more Great Grandparents, In-laws, Out-laws, and Allied Lines. That's a cameo of great great Grandpa Simon Prince to the left, born in 1850.
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
*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
Pg 300
Mrs. John Watson Rutland (Margaret Ann Barton) 1813-1855, of Buzzard Roost, near Cherokee, AL, dau of Dr. & Mrs Hugh Barton.
Mrs. John Watson Rutland (Hannah Maria Barton) 1815-1891, of Dickson, AL, lived at “Barton Hall”, home of brother, Armstead Barton, until marriage.
*****Alabama Portraits prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
pg 179
Mrs. James Madison Huston (Annie Barton) 1839-1921, of Dickson, AL, dau of Armstead Barton & Amanda Cook Barton.
Mrs. Edward T. Hutchinson (Catherine “Kate” Dorman) 1846-1886, of Connecticut; Greensboro, AL, dau of Amasa Dorman and Mrs. Dorman (Hurteline Noel)
*****Alabama Portraits prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
pg 18
Armstead Barton 1800-1847, of Tuscumbia and Dickson, AL, moved to AL in 1825, opened mercantile business in Tuscumbia, in 1837 moved to Dickson where he built Barton Hall, still standing.
*****Alabama Portraits prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
pg 16
Mrs Armstead Barton (Amanda Cook) 1809-1884, of Huntsville, Tuscumbia & Dickson, AL, lived in Huntsville where she married in 1829, moved to Franklin Co (now Colbert), built Barton Hall.
Emma Barton 1840-1908 and William Barton 1841-1910, of Dickson, AL, children of Armstead Barton and Amanda Cook Barton.
