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David Tate’s Last Will & Testament

Will of David Tate, Monroe, Alabama 

Hired Browns negroes to Frasie for 8 mo. paid to me minuted on 'Book' hire of my own boys unsettled bring Littell to settlement Capt Austin present 4 years no settlement books will show all my groceries? lately from him. If he does anything fair he will leave me but very little as to Browns children let every cent be obtained Gen. Parsons will do the best he can for my estate. I wish it divided as soon as possible before next crop except stock do the best it is possible for my daughter Louisa You know how I wish my property arranged: do it if you can four or five for Elizabeth in the will David & Mr. Vaughn can settle by my book's notes held by Mr. Booth against Mr. Vaughn are to be taken uup by Mr Tate to take up the first note to John Weatherford my Brother. I will a negro boy and my gun I wish the provision made yesterday for my wife and youngest daughter to remain so and the properly brought to me by my wife to be given to her own children wherein I do think proper old auntie and a little boy Wallace and Tod and Mary who is with Capt Shomo & Jack Seal and Handy at Mr Tate death those under age to receive their freedom at 21 years Wallace Tod & Mary and Auntie to be free as soon as possible Take Flora home Mrs Tate when all is over Mrs. Shomo to keep Mary as long as she wants to David Moniac one of my Executors I wish him to be mighty cautious always to go Mr. McLoskey I want my debts paid go with the crop to Mobile and receive the money be wide awake for every body my wife knows I have talked enough with her I wish the bill of sales which I hold to certain negroes belonging to my Brother John Weatherford to be destroyed I want to do nothing dishonest. I wish my patent gold watch to hang up in the house as a time piece for my wife always maybe Tarvin may contend it is not a fair division of my property I contend that it is I want the rest to be equally divided. The Dyer claim goes to Mrs. Tate and her children now cultivated by Capt Shomo. Mrs. Tate will keep sufficent horses and mules to hunt the stock and tend her plantation it is not my wish that any of them should be advertised for sale. Mr Hollinger is to sign a bond on demand for the land on the other side of the river thirty five Hundred dollars to be paid for it 2000 dollars already paid Mr Hollinger to wait for the balc. the land on the other side to be left to Mrs Tate and her youngest daughter To Lynn McGee I wish to will him 400 head of cattle, if he gets off to himself but I hope he will always live with Mrs. Tate and she will not let him suffer a moment To David Moniac I give three or four negroes and fifty cows and calves & 25 steers. I wish him always to be with his aunt and she will give him something again old Will and Rose I wish to be free at the same time with Handy the land on this side the river to be disposed of to the best advantage among them Elisha Tarvin to retain the family of negroes now in his possession Mr. Tarvin & my wife to run the mill until sold I was to give William Mills 350 Dolls. to build the mill I told him as he was unfortunate I would allow something more. I want my Executor Gen. Parsons to pay what Mechanics my say. I think 100 dolls. enough. Above all things my Executor Gen Parsons to get rid of Innerearity suit as soon as possible. Borrowed of Davy Lucas 95 dollars gave an order to Mills for 30 dolls on Davy. Indian John always has a home he has some Heifers I gave him he will keep with the cattle till the stock is sold two fillies for my daughter Josephine
17th day of Nov. 1829

Sophia Durant Macombs (McCombs)

SOPHIA DURANT [LINDER, Dr. JOHN McCOMBS]

Sophia Durant

From Woodrow Wallace:
Deed Record Book “A” Tallapoosa County, AL Page #5:
Yargee, son of Big Warrior, deeded the estates of his father and mother to Sophia McCombs on August 7, 1835.

The document reads: “State of Alabama: Know all men by these presents, that in Tallapoosa County, Yargi an Indian of the Creek .. of Creek.. in the State of Alabama and County of Tallapoosa and this day.. and in consideration o the sum of five thousand dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, grants delivered and sold, afirmed and conveyed , and by these presents for and in consideration of the sum aforesaid, do grant bargain and ..convey unto Sophia McComb of the County and State aforesaid all my rights, title, interest and claims in said County and to all and every part of my Father’s, The Big Warrior’s estate, both real and personal, and of the said Yarge‘s, an Indian, as aforesaid for the consideration, for the consideration the sum aforesaid , do grant, bargain and sell, ..and convey unto the said Sophia McComb all my rights, titles, interests and claims in and to all ..every part of my mother’s YE? for her..estate both real and personal, to have and to hold unto her, the said Sophia McComb and unto her heirs & assigns forever, the above granted, bargained and sold interests in the above named estates together, with the tenements and aforementioned thereto belonging of in any way ..to the said estates whether in real or paperform and I the ?? Yargi, the above-mentioned estates together with all and everything thereunto belonging whether in real or paper form unto her, the said Sophia McComb and unto her heirs and assigns.. and will truly warrant and ..defend by these presents against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatever.

In testimony whereof and of all and .. for the premises aforesaid. I, the
said Yargi‘s that hereunto subscribed my name and afixed my seal this the seventh day of August a.d. 1835.
YarXgi
Signed and sealed and witnessed
before us

Thos M. Coker
William Bardin
Hubert (his mark) Proctor

State of Alabama | Personally appeared before me E. Garby and Peter Haus, justices of the peace in and for the County of Tallapoosa the said Yargi, the within signed who says that he signed and sealed (faded out)

 ~~~~YarXgi

Vramid Garby JP
Peter Haus JP
Recorded 15 Oct 1835
Samuel T Nawin – clerk (Transcribed to the best of my ability W W Wallace Sr)

Born: about 1797, now Upper Creek Nation; Married 2nd: about 1805 now Upper Creek Nation; Died: after 1860 Tallapoosa Co., AL
Parents: Sophie McGillivray and Benjamin Durant

Dr. John McCombs

LifeNotes: Sold land in Tallapoosa Co., AL to Henry S. Spencer on 14 Dec 1841; Sophia signed the document

Born, Married: about 1805 now Upper Creek Nation; Died,
Parents:

Their children were:

  • Malinda McCombes, born about 1813, now Upper Creek Nation. Married on 6 June 1836 , Tallapoosa Co., AL, to William Jasper Mastin (b. 1811 Greenville Co., SC; was an engineer; d. Feb 1899, Wetumpka, AL). Malinda died July 1838, Tallapoosa Co., AL.
  • Mary Sophia McCombes, born about 1815. Married on 21 July 1838 to William Jasper Mastin (same as married her sister). Their children were: Texana Mastin (b. 1841 Coosa Co. now Elmore Co., AL; listed in 1850 cenusus in AL), John B Mastin (b. 1844, Wetumka, Elmore Co. AL; captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, d. of pneumonia Feb 13, 1865, Fort Delaware, DE as PW in Civil War, buried at Finns Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ), Oregon McCombe Mastin (b. August 14, 1845, Wetumka, Elmore Co., AL; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting 8 Sept 1863, Tallassee, AL, serving in Company G, 53d, Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, which was commanded by his cousin, Captain Peter Blackwell Mastin; m. Josephine S. Norris on 18 Dec 1879, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; removed to Oklahoma Indian Territory about 1890; died of pneumonia on January 22, 1902, Wetumpka, Hughes Co., OK, IT, buried in the “Old” Wetumka Cemetery— this information from William LaPorte), James Mastin (b. 1852, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL), Mary “Mollie” C. Mastin ( b. Aug 1845 in Wetumka Alabama; m. Edmond Daniel Stockton; d. 1923 in Little Rock AR; .this is Mecklyn O. Stockton‘s line), Catherine “Kate Mastin (b. 16 Sept 1853, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; m. William L. Reeder about 1874; d. 8 Oct 1884, Atlanta GA), Jennie Mastin (b. 12 July 1855, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; m. 1st-Thomas W. Marston on 10 Oct 1885, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; m. 2nd. John Cobane Laport about 1895, Hughes Co., OK IT; d. 21 Dec 1885), B. Mastin (b. 1856 Coosa, now Elmore Co., AL), Thomas Mastin (b. 1859, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; went with brother Oregon to TX in 1876 and stayed there, whereas Oregon returned to AL)
  • Cornelia McCombes, born about 1817.
  • Angeline McCombes, born about 1812.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Durant, born about 1765. Twin of Rachel. Married Peter McQueen. . Their children were: James McQueen (b. about 1790), Millie McQueen (b. about 1792; m. Checartha Yargee, son of “Big Warrior; their daughter was: Muscogee Yargee (m. Joshua Ross; went to OK; their children – Louise Ross and Josua Ross), Nancy McQueen (b. about 1794; m. Checartha Yargee, son of Big Warrior; went to OK), Tallassee McQueen (m. Checartha Yargee, son of Big Warrior; went to OK). Married 2nd-Willy McQueen. Their children were: Sophia McQueen, Muscogee McQueen (b. about 1842).

taken from: Some Creek Families & Friends

Sophie [McGillivray] Sophie and Benjamin remained at Durant’s Bend until the Creek War of 1814. Then they fled to safety among the Seminoles and Spanish in Pensacola, FL. Nonsense

Fannie P. Foster, Widow and Relic of Charles M. Foster, Clerk of Courts Ghosts, Town of Blakeley

Fannie P. Foster,

Widow and Relic of

Charles M. Foster, Clerk of Courts

Ghosts, Town of Blakeley

First published in the Alabama Genealogical Society Quarterly

Fannie Foster, widow and relic of Charles M. Foster, Clerk of Courts of Baldwin County, Alabama,1 and Charles Foster were free persons of color from Mobile. Charles M. Foster was the Clerk of Courts of Baldwin County, at Blakeley, before it was moved to Daphne, in 1868.2 Charles W. Wilkins was the Clerk of Circuit Courts for Baldwin, in 1850.3 Charles Foster died in 1866. Foster’s dower interest in her huband’s estate, a thirty-acre parcel of land, was valued at $500.00. She sold five of the 30 acres to George Ficklin for $20.00, in 1870.4 Both were married to other people at the time of the transaction. What was Foster’s relationship to Ficklin? Thomas Ficklin, George Ficklin’s presumptive father, was Charles Foster’s next-door neighbor in Baldwin County, for the 1840 enumeration.5 At that time, Ficklin had a household of 11 and Foster was evidently a bachelor.6 Was Fannie Foster previously Fannie Ficklin? By 1850, Charles Foster had a small family; and by 1860 he was a widower. The challenge was to reconstruct the identity of Fannie P. Foster.

Charles Foster was born in 1808, in New York. He first married “Mary,” [name variants: Sincere/Sendser/St. Cyre], a free woman of color, circa 1830.7

1. Mary Foster, born in 1821, in Florida,

2. Died in November, 1849, in Baldwin County,8

3. Margarette S. Foster owned land in Mobile, Washington County, Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566), Purchase date: September 1, 1845.9

4. Mary Foster presumably died in childbirth delivering their daughter, Mary [Blanche].10

Charles Foster did not immediately take custody of his children, as they were boarded with his mother-in-law, Lucy Sendser [St. Cyre], for the 1850 enumeration.11 There were two slaves and four free persons of color in the Charles Foster household, in the 1850 Alabama Census. No whites were enumerated.12 Lucy Sincere [sic], a free woman of color, resided in Baldwin for the 1840 Census; and, in her household of seven free colored inhabitants were two males between 10 and 23, two females under 10, two females between10 and 23, and one female between 36 and 54.13 Lucy St. Cyre resided in Baldwin County, for the 1855 enumeration, as well.14

1850

Baldwin County, Alabama

Lucy Sendser [St. Cyre] ____ m. _____ deceased [St. Cyre]

______________________52 SC_________________|__________________________________

|                                                 |                    |                               |                                       |                         |

Lewey [Louis]15            Henry          Cornelia            Colbert   Camellia [?]daughter, et al.16

32 FL 22 FL 20 FL Roberts Parmen |

(22) (12) (10) 19 (9) 14 (4) | ____________________________|

|                                             |                                         |                                      |

Emma Foster                           Richard                               Lucy                         Mary

12                                                 5                                                 8                                  1

Others in the household were Robert, 9, and Octavia Brantly.12. William Brantly, 18, lodged with the McMillans, was likely their brother.17 Octavia married Robt. J. White.18 19 She died before 1901. White’s Will did not name Octavia as an heir.

1855

Baldwin County, Alabama

Chas Foster, bachelor (?)20

Lucy St. Cyre

After the death of his first wife, Charles Foster married another free woman of color, Mrs. Fannie P. Handee [Hardee], of Mobile.21 Fannie P. Foster was likely a St. Cyre family member. Foster was appointed guardian of his minor children April 25, 1857. If the deceased Mary [Marguerette S.] Foster was in fact Charles Foster’s wife, why did it take so long to probate her Estate and acquire guardianship over his own children? Charles Foster acknowledged his children of color, by the 1860s enumeration. As executor of their mother’s estate, Foster administered his children’s considerable wealth.

1860

Baldwin County, Alabama22

Charles Foster ___ m. __ deceased [Mary St. Cyre] Foster

(net worth over $12,000)

____52___________________|________________________

|                               |                               |                       |

Emma                   Richard                     Lucy             Blanche [Marie]

   20                             15                                18                                 12

Marriage Bond and License [title and emphasis added]

Know all men by these presents, that we, Charles Foster and John Wilson are held and firmly bound to the State of Alabama, in the penal sum of Two Hundred Dollars, for the payment whereof, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 4th day of October A.D. 1864.

The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That whereas the above bound Charles Foster has obtained license to intermarry and be joined together in the Bonds of Matrimony with Mrs. Fannie Handee [Hardee]. Now, if there be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect.

Charles Foster {rubric seal}

by

John Wilson {rubric seal}

John Wilson

The State of Alabama )

Baldwin County )

To any one of the State Judges, or to any Ordained Minister of the Gospel, or to any Justice of the Peace of said County:—

Know Ye, that you are hereby authorized and Licensed to join together in the bonds of Matrimony, Charles Foster and Mrs. Fanny Handee [Hardee]

Given under my hand and seal, the fourth day of October, 1864.

C. W. Wilkins

Judge of Probate {rubric seal}

The State of Alabama )

Baldwin County )

To the Judge of Probate of said County,

I certify that I, this day certified the rites of matrimony between Charles Foster and Fanny Handee [Hardee] who, are within named, at the residence of Charles Foster, in said County.

Witness my hand, this the 5th day of October 1864.

John Wilson, Justice of Peace, B.C.23

John Wilson of the Marriage Bond was the Postmaster of Daphne, Alabama, until his death in 1888. He married Benjamin Brumley’s [Bromley] widow, Matilda E. McConnell, in 1860, at Baldwin. C.W. Wilkins, Judge of Probate officiated, at the residence of James Stanmyers, at Blakely.24 John Wilson registered to vote in 1867, from Baldwin.” Matilda E. Wilson survived her husband, in 1888; and, she was the administratrix of his estate.25 Benjamin Brumley [Bromley] died without real or personal property, in 1832.26

Fannie’s marriage to Foster was not her maiden voyage. An affidavit to support an interracial marriage was not required. Interracial marriages were lawful, in Alabama, at that time. Since Charles Foster, was himself, a free person of color, there was no impediment. Foster’s eldest son, Richard, always self identified as “black.”

Fannie P. Handee [Hardee] was the widow of John Q. Hardee, deceased.27 John Hardee died intestate, in Georgia, in March 1860. There was no mention of an infant daughter [Alice], as heir. His widow declined to  administer the estate. No letters of administration existed in the State of Georgia. Had this man ever existed? Yes. John Hardee owned an 11-year-old female slave in 1850.28 John Hardee registered to vote in 1867, in Monroe County.29 John Hardee purchased land in Monroe County, in 1853 and 1854.30 Two men held notes against his estate, Dr. C. L. Anderson, now of Texas, formerly of Monroe County, Alabama, and L.[uke] C. Lane, Esquire of Baldwin County. Hardee predeceased the Civil War. A literate woman, Fannie Hardee, wrote to the Court, in her own hand, relinquishing her administratrix duties to G.[erald] B. Hall, Sheriff. Fannie Hardee wrote from Blakeley, then a flourishing competitor to Mobile; once a ghost town; now a State Park.31

Petition of

Fannie P. Hardee32

that the Administration

of the Estate of

John Q. Hardee, deceased

may be cast upon

G. B. Hall, Sheriff of

Baldwin County,

in his capacity of

general administration of

this County.

* * * * *

Filed

5 February, 1861

C.W. Wilkins, Judge

Fanny Foster was enumerated in 1866, with her new husband, Charles.33

1866

Township 3, Baldwin County, Alabama34

Charles Foster ___ m.___ Fannie P. [Hardee] Foster

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Allis Emma E. Richard Blanchy

[Alice Hardee] [Emmeline]

Charles Foster died in 1866, and his estate was probated in Baldwin County, in 1867. The land held by Foster’s estate was transcribed below.

Inventory of the effects Personal and Real

Charles Foster, deceased35

[title and emphasis added]

The following is an Inventory of the effects Personal and Real belonging to the Estate of Charles Foster, deceased. that have come to my hands as the Administrator of said Estate. To wit,

1 Certificate No. 842 of 11 shares in the Capital or

Joint stock in the Alabama Insurance and Trust Company,

$100.00 ea. $1100.00

Certificate 81 of 10 shares in the Capital stock

in the Mobile Southern Insurance Company of $50.00 ea 500.00

Certificate No. 3691 of two shares of the Capital stock

of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company for $100.00 per

share 200.00

$1,800.00

30 acres of land with improvements thereon situated near Montrose

4 acres of land situated within the boundaries of the Joshua Kennedy tract, adjoining Blakely [sic], sold by J. M. Stannard to Sarah A. Keithley, and by her to Martha J. Stanmyers, and by her to Mary C. Doyle, and by her to Charles Foster.

1/2 acre of land situated on Washington Street, in the Town of Blakely, formerly owned by James Conway, and his administratrix conveyed to Charles Foster by deed, dated 14 day of November, 1848.

1 Bewling [sic] house, kitchen, garden, etc. located West of the Courthouse, and known as the former residence of J. H. Stanmyers, and sold by said J. Stanmyers to said Charles Foster.

Sworn and subscribed to ) J. H. Stanmyers

this 12 day of April, 1867 ) Admins.

C.W. Wilkins

Judge Probate

Stanmyers acquired his former property!

What about the deceased former wife’s Estate, and her children’s property? What did they inherit?

Foster’s children hired Attorneys Posey and Tompkins, in 1867. Their attorneys argued that their mother’s Estate had been conflated with that of their father, and that they never received a final settlement of their father’s estate from Stanmyers. Stanmeyer advised the Court, that the estate of Charles Foster was insolvent,

as Administrator of the Estate of Charles Foster aforesaid deceased, that said Estate is insolvent and no assets sufficient to pay said claim in said petition set forth has come to his hands as such Administrator.36

and therefore, the Court’s judgment to pay the heirs was impossible to effectuate.37 Stanmeyers rushed to sell $1800 in stock certificates from the estate, in the Mobile Daily Tribune. The sale netted only $112.00.

Judge of Probate, C. W. Wilkins, awarded the petitioners, the sum of $1196.00. J. H. Stanmyers appealed to Alabama’s highest court. Stanmyers won the case, but was reversed on appeal, in 1868.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA38

To the Judge of the Probate Court of Baldwin County, Greetings:

WHEREAS, the records and proceedings of said Court in a cause between Emma Foster, Richard Foster, and John M. Worden, Guardian ad litem of Blanche Foster, Plaintiffs, and James H. Stanmyers, admin. of Charles Foster, deceased, defendant,

Wherein by said Court on 24th September 1867, it was considered and decreed adversely to said James H. Stanmyers, admins. etc. (as it is said), (For the said decree in full see your Records),

were brought before our SUPREME COURT, by appeal taken, pursuant to law, on behalf of said defendant.

NOW IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That it was thereupon considered by our SUPREME COURT, on the 9th day of July 1868 that said judgement and decree of said PROBATE COURT be affirmed, and that said appellees receive of said appellant and of John Vidal, surety, the costs accruing of said appeal on said SUPREME COURT and in the Court below.

Witness —-JOHN D. PHELAN, Clerk of said SUPREME COURT

the 14th day of July 1868

{signature} CLERK

John Vidal was required to pay the surety bond. Vidal was in the Stanmyers household in 1860.39 Had he already spent their inheritance? Further, the legatees pointed out to the Probate Court, that there remained unliquidated parcels of land. Moreover, the inventory revealed five slaves viz: Tom, aged 45, Tom, aged 60, Milly, aged 20, daughter of Milly unknown, aged five, and Caty, aged 50, from 1857.40 The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, made moot slaves as property. They were unrecoverable.

Charles Foster’s minor children were as enumerated: Emma Elizabeth, Lucy Judia [sic], Richard and Blanche Foster. The minor children owned property valued at upwards of $3000. Their attorneys were Wm. J. S. Kitchens and Zebulon Hubbard. These men prevailed at Court for the minor children:

the above described lands 758 & 78/100 acres, together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging; and returned by operation of law April 3, 1868. R. Z. Barlow

Sheriff, B.C. [Baldwin County]41

Fannie P. Foster petitioned the Court on behalf of herself and minor child to sell a parcel of land, held by J. H. Stanmyers, to be sold for no more than $500. Stanmyers selected the following described parcel:

Charles Foster, deceased,

Estate of

Petition for Sale of Land

Filed May 19, 186742

All that certain tract of land in Baldwin County, ___ and bounded as follows, beginning at the Southwest corner of the section of land entered at the land office at St. Stephens, Ala. by Thomas and Francis Cypert, and running thence South 9. 48/100 chains to a point, thence East 31.60/100 chains to a point, thence North 9.48/100 chains to the South line of said Cypert tract, and thence West on the Section line to the place of beginning and containing thirty acres of land, and now states that the true value of said land and improvements does not exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, according to their best judgement, after obtaining the fullest information on the subject, which was accessible to them.

Subscribed and sworn to )

before me, this 20th day of ) John Vidal ) A

April 1868 ) Patrick Shea ) p

) John P. Miles ) P

C.W. Wilkins ) R

Judge of Probate ) A

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Fannie P. Foster, widow and relic of Charles Foster, married her cousin, Dick [sic] Foster in 1869, at their home in Mobile,43 one year following their Supreme Court victory over James Stanmyers. C.E.D. Taylor, M.G. officiated. Dick Foster made his “mark.” Wm. Boyd, a “mulatto,” was his witness.44

1870

Township 3, Baldwin County, Alabama45

Richard Foster ___ m.46 ___ Fanny P. Foster w.47 = Charles Foster

|__1843_____________________1841______________|

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Alice [Handee] Escene Eugene

16 1 3

What became of Fannie Foster’s children?

1. Daughter, Alice [Hardee] Johnson resided with husband Abram Johnson, Deputy Sheriff, for the 1880 Census, of Baldwin County.48 Younger brother, Charles Foster, was in the household. Henry St. Cyre, Jr. and Harriet Fountain were their neighbors. Sister Emma was a neighbor, too.

2. Fannie and Charles Foster’s son, Charles Eugene, born November, 1866, married older woman, Augusta McCall, May 6, 1900,49 and resided at Montgomery Hill, Baldwin County, for the 1900 Census.50 Charles E. [he switched first and middle names] was enumerated in 1920.51 Widower E. C. Foster [sic] still lived at Blacksher, in 1930.52

3. Infant daughter, Escena Foster, was not found beyond the 1870 Census.

What became of Charles Foster’s children?

1. Daughter and heiress Emma [Emmeline] Elizabeth resided with her new husband, Thomas Johnson, for the 1880 enumeration.53

2. Son and heir Richard Foster, married Fannie [Brantly/Brumley/Bromley] Hardee Foster. She died eight years later. Richard Foster then married cousin, Mary St. Cyr, in Mobile, in 1879.54 Mollie [Mary] St. Cyre Foster declared that her mother was born in Indian Territory.55

3. Daughter Blanche Foster resided in the household of relative John Platt, in Mobile, for the 1870 Census.56 John Platt was the father of John Brantley.57 Blanche Foster married Joseph Andry, in Mobile, in 1882.58

4. Daughter Lucy Julia [Lucinda] Foster married John Coe, in 1859, at Mobile.59 60

The St. Cyre Connection: Charles Foster’s mother-in-law, Lucy St. Cyre, owned slaves in antebellum Alabama. In the 1870 enumeration, Henry Cencien [Sincere/St. Cyre], resided in the Foster household. Henry was previously enumerated in the household of his mother Lucy, in 1850.61 He was Richard’s maternal uncle, born in Florida, in 1822.62 Henry Cyre, born in Florida, was enumerated in Baldwin County, for the 1860 Census.63

Henry St. Cyre, John A. Hammack, Charles McConnell, and Eleanor Wilkins, resided in the same household, in 1860.64 Fountain resided in Wilkins’ 1870 household with her three minor daughters.65 Harriet Fountain married Henry St. Cyre, in 1866, in Baldwin County.66 Judge C. W. Wilkins officiated the ceremony at his home. Interestingly, four years later, she still lived with William Wilkins.67 Fountain never used her married name of St. Cyre, nor it appears, resided with her legal husband. Wilkins left Fountain, $100.00, in his Will.68

Richard [Dick] Foster, resided with his second wife Mary [St. Cyre] Foster, in Baldwin County with their two daughters, Victoria, and Wicksy, in 1880.69 Richard Foster’s daughter, Marie Foster Crooks died in 1971, at Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Alabama.70 Another daughter, Sarah Foster, died in 1923, at Mobile, Mobile County.71

1900

Baldwin County, Alabama72

Richard Foster = Mary Foster

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Sarah Victoria Warren Emma J. Mattie [Marie]

24 20 17 14 9

Colbert Roberts [Robinson] and Henry Cyre [St. Cyre] resided in the mixed-race household, the Bonifays, for the 1860 enumeration.73 Richard H. Bonifay married Caroline White in 1853, at Baldwin County.74 G[eorge] Bonifay married Sarah Ann Keithley, in 1857, Baldwin County.75 The Bonifays and some Vidals relocated to Mobile, by 1880.76 C. W. Wilkins, Judge of Probate officiated. Henry St. Cyre, his wife Sarah, and son, Charles, resided at Sibleys Mill, Baldwin County, in 1880.77 The Charles Foster of Mobile County, lived in a seven member-all white household.78

Richard Foster, a literate boatman, in 1900, resided with his family at Sibley’s Mills.79 Henry, Jr. and Angeline’s daughter, Mary St. Cyre, born 1879, in Alabama, married Frank Williams, Baldwin County. Rev. S.B. Bracy officiated.80 81 Angeline was enumerated as a widow with child Vinson [Winston] in 1900.82

Henry Cyr [sic] was a neighbor of James H. Stanmyers, the Postmaster, in the 1860 Census for Baldwin County.83 Charles McConnell, son of Benjamin McConnell, uncle of James H. Stanmyres, resided in the same mixed-race household.84 Stanmyers resided with and was related to free persons of color in antebellum Baldwin County. He was, undoubtedly, well acquainted with their inner circle. James H. Stanmyers married Martha Jane Brumley [Bromley], in 1846, in Baldwin County, by ordained Minister A.B. Couch.85 Stanmyres was intimately positioned to know who was whom in Creole society, as his wife was one of those.

The following slaveholders were neighbors: Eleanor Wilkins, Lucy Cincere [sic], J. A. Hammack, and William Wilkins, in the 1850 Slave Schedule for Baldwin County.86 John Hammack resided in the Bonifay household, in 1860.87 Charles Wilkins, later Judge of Probate and Michael Bonifay, both attempted to register to vote in 1867, but were “excluded without prejudice.”88 Did they decline to take the “oath of allegiance to the United States?”

Fannie P. Foster was a member of Creole society of Mobile and Baldwin Counties, where members crossed the color line at will, and ignored the rule of hypodescent. The “one-drop” dictum did not apply to those with white skin; and, did not prevent them or their children from owning slaves or other property. Propertied creoles married whites.

Octavia Brantley, born 1832, in Alabama, died before 1901, Baldwin County, married Robert J. White. Their children were named Robert, Julia, Alice and Blanche.89 Julia, Alice and Blanche were family names and were the same as the Foster daughters. Fannie P. and Octavia were sisters, and Lucinda St. Cyre was their grandmother.

Further, Foster’s creole associations included members of the following families:

the Bonifays, the Wilkins, the Wilsons, the Hardees, the Hammacks, the St. Cyres, the Brantlys, or Brumleys [Bromleys], the Parmens, the McConnells, and the Stanmyers. All save Richard Foster crossed the color line by 1900; and even his children were white by 1920.

Notwithstanding,  Fannie Foster’s creole associations, both in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, she was not Fannie P. Brantley [Bromley], prior to her marriage to Hardee. Other than a land deal, no other association with George Ficklin was established. The land sold to Ficklin of Montrose was in Montrose, Baldwin County. Based on the reconstruction of Lucy [Lucinda] St. Cyre’s family, Fannie P. [Hardee] Foster was likely a granddaughter of Lucy St. Cyre, child of an unnamed St. Cyre daughter.

Possible Reconstruction of

Lucinda St. Cyre’s Family

Lucinda St. Cyre = unknown St. Cyre

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Louis Henry daughter daughter daughter daughter Cornelia

= = = =

Roberts Parmen Brantley Foster

or Robinson | | |

| Camellia Octavia, Lucy,

Mercelle, Robert, Richard,

Colbert Wm. T., Emma,

Fannie P., Blanche [Marie]

Alternatively, the ‘P’ in Fannie P. might have referred to her maiden name of “Parmen,” still a granddaughter of Lucinda St. Cyre, and first cousin to Richard Foster.

An historical and genealogical gap between the events at Fort Mims and the populations of towns like Blakeley and Mobile, was bridged. Many flocked to newly “opened” areas of commerce, after suppression of the Indians, and displacement of the Spaniards in West Florida. Fannie P. Foster was among the early citizens of Baldwin County. Although enumerated variously as white or black, in the racial dichotomy of the times, we may count her as a beautiful, educated, vivacious woman of color (ethnicity uncertain), in antebellum Alabama. Fannie P. Foster, widow and relic of Charles M. Foster, puts one in mind of a balmy stroll along the once proud promenade of Washington Street, in ghostly Blakeley.

by

Carolyn E. Hood-Kourdache

© 2015-2022

1Marilee Beatty Hageness, Alabama Genealogical Sources, Abstracts of Will Book A, 1809-1881, Mississippi Territory & Baldwin County, Alabama. Volume AL4-2, Privately published 1995. [William Hollinger]

2Kay Nuzum, A History of Baldwin County, Page & Palette, Inc., Fairhope, Alabama, 1971, page 76.

3“United States Census, 1850,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHP5-7RS : accessed 24 March 2015), C W Wilkins, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 186, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

4“Land Conveyance from Fanny P. Foster to George Ficklin, September 1870,” Deed Book I, Page 460, September 1870, Baldwin County, Probate Records; and Carolyn E. Hood-Kourdache, “George Ficklin, Free Creole of Mobile,” Alabama Genealogical Society, AGS Magazine,” Volume 45, Fall/Winter 2013, page 7.

5“United States Census, 1840,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHT8-75X : accessed 9 February 2015), Charles Foster, Not Stated, Baldwin, Alabama; citing p. 88, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 2,332.

6Ibid.

7Elizabeth Shown-Mills, editor “Reassembling Female Lives,” a Special Issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 88, Number 3, September 2000.

8“United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9BX-3VM : accessed 9 February 2015), Mary Foster, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing line 14, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,533,724.

9Bureau of Land Management, Government Land Office – BLM/GLO, FOSTER, MARGARETTE S [t. Cyre], http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AL|cty=097|ln=foster|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false, accessed: January 2015.

10“United States Census, 1850,” : accessed 9 February 2015), Mary Foster in household of Lucy Sendson, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 189, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

11“United States Census, 1850,” : accessed 9 February 2015), Lucy Sendson, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 189, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

12Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124.

13Year: 1840; Census Place: Baldwin, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 91; Image: 188; Family History Library Film: 0002332

14“Alabama, State Census, 1855,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6PB-PZM : accessed 9 February 2015), Lucy St Cyre, Baldwin, Alabama; citing p. 22, Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,830.

15Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNTV-ZW6 : accessed 14 February 2015), R Stanmyress, 1842; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,363,134. Louis St. Cir signed his name with this spelling. page 11.

16“United States Census, 1850,” William T Brantly in household of M M Mcmillan, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 87, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

17“United States Census, 1850,” William T Brantly in household of M M Mcmillan, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 87, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

18“Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDTB-8BG : accessed 13 February 2015), Octavia Q. Brantley in entry for Bryant Lawrence White, 28 Oct 1938; citing reference cn 21699, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,569. [B. L. White, farmer, resided in Baldwin County, Alabama through the 1930 Census.]

19“Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974,” Octavia Brantley in entry for Julia Cravy, 12 Jul 1936; citing reference cn 17594, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,544.

20“Alabama, State Census, 1855,” Chas Foster, Baldwin, Alabama; citing p. 7, Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,830.

21 “Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTWT-L44 : accessed 9 February 2015), Charles Foster and [Mrs.]Fannie Hundee [Handee], 05 Oct 1864; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

22“United States Census, 1860,” Emma Foster in household of Charles Foster, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; p. 96, household ID 613, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803001.

23Ibid. Transcribed January 2015.

24“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” John Wilson and Matilda E Brumley [Bromley], 01 Sep 1860; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

25“Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNTV-CCJ : accessed 23 March 2015), John Wilson, 1888; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,322,979.

26“Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976,” Benjamin S Brumley, 1832; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,322,456.

27“Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976,” , John Q Hardee, 1861; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,363,675.

28“United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV8D-VT4 : accessed 23 March 2015), John Hardee, Monroe county, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing line number 21, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 442,873.

29Alabama Department of Archives and History, ADAH, Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records Database, Information about 1867 Voter Registration Database, http://www.archives.state.al.us/voterreg/results.cfm : accessed: January 2015.

30Bureau of Land Management – BLM/GLO, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AL|cty=099|ln=hardee|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false, accessed : December 2014. AL1950__.337 – HARDEE, JOHN, 11/15/1853 and AL1970__.115, 10/2/1854.

31 Kay Nuzum, A History of Baldwin County. Page & Palette, Fairhope, Alabama, 1971, page 69.

32“Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976,” , John Q Hardee, 1861.

33“Alabama, State Census, 1866,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6PL-NWY : accessed 11 Jul 2014), Fanny Foster, Baldwin, Alabama; citing Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1533830.

34Ibid.

35Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976, Charles Foster, 1867; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,322,507.

36Ibid.

37Ibid.

38Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976,” Charles Foster, 1867; citing Baldwin County County; FHL microfilm 2322507 page 33.

39“United States Census, 1860,” John Veidell [Vidal] in household of Martha J Stanmyers, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; from “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; citing p. 82, household ID 539, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,001.

40Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976,” Charles Foster, 1867.

41Ibid. page 10.

42Charles Foster, Baldwin County, Alabama, Recorded in Book ‘A’ Probate Records, pg. 165, 1857; Book ‘B’ Probate Records, page 251, 289. 321 327;

43“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Dick Foster and Fanny Foster, 17 Jul 1869; citing Mobile County; FHL microfilm 1294435.

44“United States Census, 1870,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHKL-HKG : accessed 24 March 2015), Wm Boyd in household of Edw Kronaburg, Alabama, United States; citing p. 78, family 616, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,530.

45Ibid.

46“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Dick Foster and Fanny Foster, 17 Jul 1869; citing Mobile County.

47“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Charles Foster and Fannie Hundee [Handee], 05 Oct 1864; citing Baldwin County; FHL microfilm 1839621.

48“United States Census, 1880,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4N1-WDK : accessed 10 February 2015), Abram Johnson, Sibleys Mills, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 6, sheet 183A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0001; FHL microfilm 1,254,001.

49“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Charlie Foster and Augusta Mccall, 06 May 1900; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,624.

50“United States Census, 1900,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9ZL-7ZV : accessed 10 February 2015), Charles Foster, Precinct 1 Montgomery Hill, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,001.

51“United States Census, 1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXCL-X7T : accessed 10 February 2015), Charles E Foster, Blackshear, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,002.

52“United States Census, 1930,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3DVW-13Z : accessed 10 February 2015), E O Foster, Blackshear, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0001, sheet 7B, family 135, line 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2; FHL microfilm 2,339,737.

53“United States Census, 1880,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4N1-WD7 : accessed 10 February 2015), Emmeline Johnson in household of Thomas Johnson, Sibleys Mills, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 6, sheet 183A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0001; FHL microfilm 1,254,001.

54“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Richard C Foster and Mary St Cyre, 25 Apr 1879; citing Mobile, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,294,438.

55“United States Census, 1910,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK3V-PLM : accessed 12 February 2015), Mollie Foster, Stapleton and Ducks, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 1B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,014.

56“United States Census, 1870,” Blanche Foster in household of John Platt, Alabama, United States; citing p. 77, family 609, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,530.

57“United States Census, 1900,” John Platt in household of John Brantley, Mobile city Ward 7, Mobile, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,032.

58“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Joseph P Andry and Blanche Foster, 23 Aug 1882; citing Mobile, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,294,438.

59“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” John Coe and Lucinda Foster, 27 Jul 1859; citing Mobile, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,294,421.

60“United States Census, 1860,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHDX-P5Q : accessed 14 February 2015), Lucinda Coe in household of John Coe, The Southern Division, Mobile, Alabama, United States; from “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; citing p. 61, household ID 421, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,017.

61“United States Census, 1850,” Henry Sendson [Senser, Sincere/St. Cyre] in household of Lucy Sendson, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 189, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

62“United States Census, 1870,” Fanny Foster in household of Richard Foster, Alabama, United States; citing p. 6, family 48, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545500.

63“United States Census, 1860,” Henry Cyre in household of G Bonifay, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; from “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; citing p. 82, household ID 537, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,001.

64“United States Census, 1860,” Eleanor Wilkins in household of G Bonifay, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; from “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; citing p. 82, household ID 537, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,001.

65“United States Census, 1870,” Harriet Fountain in household of William Wilkins, Alabama, United States; citing p. 5, family 35, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,500.

66“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Henry Stcyre and Harriet Fountain, 24 Jun 1866; citing Baldwin County; FHL microfilm 1839621. [Free Persons of Color].

67Marilee Beatty Hageness, Alabama Genealogical Sources. page 20.

68Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976, William Wilkins, 1878; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,322,979. page 7.

69“United States Census, 1880,” Dick [Richard] Foster, Sibleys Mills, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 6, sheet 186D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0001; FHL microfilm 1,254,001.

70“Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974,” Richard Foster in entry for Marie Foster Crooks, 26 Jul 1971; citing reference 19089, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,051,654.

71“Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974,” Richard Foster in entry for Sarah Foster, 20 Oct 1923; citing reference cn 21497, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,253.

72“United States Census, 1900,” Sarah Foster in household of Richard Foster, Precincts 5-6 Halmons, Sibleys Mill Halmons, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,001.

73“United States Census, 1860,” Colbert Roberts in household of G Bonifay, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; p. 82, household ID 537, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803001.

74“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Rich H Bonifay and Caroline J White, 10 Aug 1853; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

75“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” George P Bonifay and Sarah Ann Keithley, 15 Aug 1857; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

76“United States Census, 1880,” George Bonifay in household of Michel Bonifay, Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 122, sheet 144B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0025; FHL microfilm 1,254,025.

77“United States Census, 1880,” Sarah St Cyr in household of Henry St Cyr, Sibleys Mills, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 187A, NARA microfilm publication T9.

78Ibid.

79“United States Census, 1900,” Richard Foster, Precincts 5-6 Halmons, Sibleys Mill Halmons, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240001.

80“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” Frank Williams and Mary St Cyre, 25 Nov 1897; citing Baldwin County; FHL microfilm 1839624.

81“United States Census, 1880,” Mary Stcyr in household of Henry Stcyr, Sibleys Mills, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 183A, NARA microfilm publication T9.

82“United States Census, 1900,” Mary Williams in household of Frank Williams, Precincts 5-6 Halmons, Sibleys Mill Halmons, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240001.

83Year: 1860; Census Place: Baldwin, Alabama; Roll: M653_1; Page: 262; Image: 261; Family History Library Film: 803001

84Marilee Beatty Hageness, Alabama Genealogical Sources, Abstracts of Will Book A, 1809-1881, Mississippi Territory & Baldwin County, Alabama, Volume AL4-2, 1995, page 12.

85“Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” James H Stanmyres and Martha Jane Brumley [Bromley], 22 Aug 1846; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

86“United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ,” Eleanor Wilkins, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing line number 29, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 442,868.

87“United States Census, 1860,” John A Hammack in household of G Bonifay, , Baldwin, Alabama, United States; from “1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” Fold3.com; citing p. 82, household ID 537, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,001.

88Alabama Department of Archives and History, ADAH, Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records Database, Information about 1867 Voter Registration Database, http://www.archives.state.al.us/voterreg/results.cfm : accessed: January 2015.

89Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976, Robert J White, 1902; citing Baldwin County, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,322,980.

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This site is primarily concerned with the Tensaw region of Baldwin County, Alabama.  The slaves on the ship Clotilda, post date the relatives we discuss here.  Their immediate descendants occupied northern Mobile.  Our antecedents occupied Tensaw and further south.

Aids to Research

Sometimes you can trust a source. Case in point the Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims 1789-1837. Edited by Phillip W. McMullin, 1972.

Grassroots of America: Index to American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims, 1789-1837

Front Cover

Phillip McMullin

Arkansas Research, Incorporated, Dec 1, 1990 – American state papers – 489 pages

For example, Cornelius Rane [Rain]:

from The Library of Congress

[American Memory]

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875
American State Papers, House of Representatives, 14th Congress, 1st Session
Public Lands: Volume 3

Page 14 of 820

The proper algorithm is to look up the ancestor in the alphabetic index of Grassroots. The first number encountered will be the Volume of the Public Lands section of the ASP (American State Papers.) Then you have the page number. In the above instance, for Cornelius Rane, we have Vol. 3 page 14. The result as follows:

Further, when we check the spelling and look up Cornelus Rain, in Grassroots, page 379, we find Vol. 1 page 632, etc.

Grassroots and the online edition of the ASP are marvelous, when they actually intersect. Frequently, one must dig deeper for accuracy, to find those illusive antecedents.

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