EARLY SETTLERS OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA
John Stephens, Clopton Gibson, Abner Broadway, Nathaniel Dillard, Bunberry Flinn, Alfred and Calvin Sellers, James and Josiah McClain, Peter Bozeman and sons, Matthew and John Fenn, Carter, Michael Stone, Elisha Anderson, Abner McGee, Moses Westbrook, George Grauer, brothers John and Thomas Carter, Elijah Lee, Andrew Cooper, Mills, Bush, yes even a George Bush and a John Booth, John Hill, many were soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution, then their sons and grandsons participated in the other battes, War of 1812 and then beside President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy. Rebuilding the state was a long difficult process and the railroad was helpful, along with steamboats along the Alabama riverfront. Wagon trains continued to bring our families together; many intermarried so the family tree is gigantic and still blossoming. From TN came John Brooks and wife Annie Ballard; his family had previously resided in TX for a short time due to his TB. Our northern ancestors were granted lands and migrated west, with the Cochrans, Millers, Little, Wright, Weatherford, Ross, and the Coonfields of KY are found in the Indiana history books. Some had more than one wife, or had children everywhere they traveled; I have found the Weatherfords used the same names repeatedly for the children of each wife....weird.....but many others used Biblical names repeatedly so be careful to watch those birthdates. They had many skills of survival, traveled to find work, then learned their way into politics and are mentioned in many books of early pioneers. So much to be proud of. Tracking their roots may be hard, many could not read nor write, so had to rely on certain others to write and spell for them so do not give up when stumbling over an error. That error may be a CLUE!!! Then after the Trail of Tears the census takers did not acknowledge any native american, therefore, writing them down as black or white, depending on which family they married. Another clue!! Research and have an open mind
Our Kentucky kin, Dad's gggrandpa Captain George Little may have had a brother in SC who moved to Alabama.
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The Families of Handley, Worthington, and others. James Mason and Martha Mason, his wife lived in the north of Ireland in the year A. D. 1700. They had several children perhaps, two of whom were daughters and named Martha and Mary. Martha was born in the year 1729 and Mary in the year 1746. Martha married George Handley in 1752 and they had one son and two daughters. John, their son was born in 1754, their daugher Rachel in 1756 and Mary in 1760. John Handley married and had born to him two sons and a daughter. The sons were named George and Samuel and their daughter Sally. Rachel Handley married Anthony Thompson in 1779. The Handleys came from Ireland to Westmoreland county, Virginia. Mary was born on the ocean on the passage over. Rachel and Anthony Thompson had five sons and five daughters. The following are the names of their sons, John Handley Thompson, Samuel H Thompson, Finley Thompson, James Thompson, George Thompson. * note: Mary Handley married Alexander Douglass, a merchant in Philadelphia and after his death she married Captain George Little in South Carolina, where they removed to Ohio County Kentucky , then Daviess KY. The 1810 census shows John Handley, John Handley Jr and Samuel Handley near them, as well as Jonas Little, the son of George. * Letter was written by Judge Lucius Powhatan Little, the son of Douglass Little and Martha Ann Wright. L P did a lot of family research and wrote notes for his daughter Laura, who was very much involved in their lineage, and she joined the DAR. L P Little also wrote that Alexander Douglass had gone with his brother in law John Handley, a land surveyor, to Kentucky to explore the new land, but never made it back home, as he was shot and killed.