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Martha Kirkland m. by 1780 PA b. Feb 15, 1760 ?Fairfield Co. SC d. after 1790 ?Natchez Dist. |
Joseph Kirkland b. Nov 1780 Washington Co. NC d. after 1810 ?MS |
Elizabeth b. Jan 1783 ?Grand Gulf, Natchez Dist. d. 1862? Jefferson Co. MS |
Filmer b. after 1783 Natchez Dist. d. after Feb 1801 |
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About 1767 Alexander McIntosh
was an elected member of the West Florida Commons House of
Assembly representing the Mobile district. He started businesses and eventually
obtained land in Natchez, in 1770, and Point Coupee upriver from Baton Rouge in
1772. Within a year he had almost 4,000 acres om the Tombigbee (now in Alabama)
and Mississippi Rivers. |
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The Commandant of the Natchez District received notice of the death on Jul 29,
1781 of Elizabeth Alston, wife of
John Alston. On that date a
Conveyance was issued to appoint Alexander
McIntosh as the guardian of the six surviving
children, and an Estate Inventory was performed, listing 16 slaves as well as
lands and buildings [McBee, Book A, p. 1]. |
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On 3 Aug. [Friday], 1781, Alexander McIntosh
declared to the Court that Henry Alston, one
of the minor heirs died, and on the 2nd day of same Month died a negro boy, named
"Stephen", aged 7 yrs., belonging to Alston estate [McBee, Book A p.2]
He also asked that a female slave be sold and that
Daniel Perry be appointed to manage the Alston
plantation. |
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On Sep 5, 1781 John Alston sold "all his
cattle" to a William Brocus, as witnessed by
John Townshend. By Sep 29, 1781
John Alston had "absconded" when the rest of
his estate was put up for sale [McBee, pp. 3, 235]. |
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Alexander McIntosh
died sometime during late 1781 and early 1782, leaving his business in
the hands of his widow, Anne.
On Oct 22, 1781, he appeared in Natchez to release a mortgage after a debt owed
by Isaac Johnson and his wife had beed paid. His
wife was recorded as "Widow" first on May 17, 1782 [McBee, Book A, p. 13]. |
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In May 1782, Thomas and his wife arrived at Natchez in a party of 3 individuals
under the entry "Thomas Marston Green, wife and son". They also brought 11 slaves.
They were among
13 families
recorded by Spanish authorities on Jul 6, as arriving in Natchez. |
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Between May 17 and Jun 1, 1782, Alexander's widow,
Anne McIntosh, was involved in
the following transactions with the new arrivals from the Cumberland Settlement: She bought a negro woman named Jane, aged 18, native of Virginia for $440, from John White in the presence of David Smith, and Richard Gooding, who signed with seller. She bought a negro boy named Luke, aged about 10, for $300 "consideration" from David Smith, who signed. She bought a negro man named Antoine Ellis, aged about 40, native of Curacao for $350 "consideration" from Richard Gooding, who signed. She sold to father Thomas Green Sr. 300 arpents of land on St. Catherine's Creek, bounded on one side by the Creek and on another by the land of John Smith, as well as 133 acres on the same creek, also bounded by the land of John Smith, and horses and ploughs on account for which the purchaser paid $280 in the form of a 12 year old negro named James, born in Carolina, and the remainder to be paid by Dec of that year. She bought a negro woman named Bertha, aged 40, native of Barbadoes for $300 consideration which was paid in cows and horses to the seller, James White who signed. [McBee, Book A, p. 14]. |
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After William McIntosh died,
the guardianship of the Alston estate and children fell to William's two sons,
William and
James McIntosh. |
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On Jun 17, 1782 two lands of John Alston were
confiscated "for use of the King" of Spain. One was 800 acres on Second Creek in
the Natchez District very near the
British grant of Joshua Howard. |
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The daughter of Philip Alston, Frances, married
James Dromgoole in 1782, in the Natchez District. |
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Alexander McIntosh's widow
Anne McIntosh married Adam Bingaman, a
large Natchez landowner, by Nov 9, 1782. |
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On Feb 26, 1783, Thomas was sued by Nelly Price
for rent on a house "occupied by him" [McBee, Book G, p. 303-4]. Since Nelly was
also a midwife, she may have helped deliver the Greens' daughter Elizabeth there
at that house in January. |
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On Sep 10 1784 John Smith and others sued
a William Kirkland. On Dec 2, 1796 William Kirkland was ordered to pay the
amount of his notes to John Smith, Esq. [McBee, Book F, p. 534]. |
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On Jul 4, 1786, the McIntosh brothers William
and James, adminitrators of the estate
and guardians of the children of John Alston,
declared to the Natchez District Commandant that a 20 year old slave named King
had been stolen by James Drumgoole and Philip Alston. King had "formerly belonged
to the 'robber' Philip Alston" [McBee, p. 34]. |
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On Dec 31, 1788, "Joucha Hayward" arrived in Natchez from "Cumberland/Tennessee",
not listed among the flatboats and without family. In a letter dated Mar 2, 1790,
from Carlos de Grand Pré, Natchez, Mar 2, 1790 to Governor Don Estavan Miro, the
amount of tobacco was reported by growers of Natchez. A "Joshua Houvard" reported
producing 5000 pounds of tobacco [MS Dept of Archives & History, website]. |
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On May 10, 1789 brothers Filmer and Abraham Green received a Spanish grant of 500
arpents "on waters of Bayou Pierre, b. on land of Mr. Goodin and of His Majesty"
[McBee, p. 366]. Mr. "Goodin" would be
Richard Goodwin who came to Natchez
with the Green family in May 1782 but had died since. |
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The Goodwin/Burnet saw mill and the Burnet Plantation were all in what
became Jefferson Co., created from Adams Co., Mississippi Territory, in 1799
(see present day map). |
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In 1790, Alexander McIntosh's widow, now
Anne Bingaman, wrote her will in which,
"my dear beloved husband [Adam Bingaman], whom I likewise constitute my sole
executor of my last will and testament, all my lands and properties of every kind.
Wit: Patrick Foley, Samuel Gibson, Jacob Cobun" [McBee, Book B. p. 73-74]. |
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When wife Martha Green listed her estate, her 500 acres on Bayou Pierre was
"adj. the widow Goodwin" [McBee, p. 366]. In the 1792 Spanish Census for the
Natchez District, there were no Green households in the Bayou Pierre region. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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According to the 1792 Spanish Census for Natchez District, "Juan Alston" and
brother "Phelipe Luis Alston" were each heads of household in the District of
Buffalo Creek, which was replaced by parts of Adams and Wilkinson Cos. MS
[MSGenWeb, 1792 Census Index].
A different translation has a "Juan Haton" with 1200 arpents of land
(about 1,000 acres), 3 White persons [possibly John, son Solomon and ?], and
13 Black persons, in the same area, which was south of Natchez
[Adams Co. Miss. Gen. & Hist. Network]. |
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Philip Alston's son John McCoy Alston married
Sinah Hooper, daughter of
Absalom Hooper, on Jan 3, 1795 in
Davidson Co. [Tennessee] when it was part of the Southwest Territory. |
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Petit Gulf where the Alston famity owned land is now part of Jefferson Co., created
from Adams Co., Mississippi Territory, in 1799
(see present day map). |
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Joshua Howard had become "Conservator of the
Peace for the Southern District, Mississippi Territory" by Oct 27, 1798 when two
men swore to the truth of statements made re: suit involving
Elizabeth Still Lee lending a slave girl Peg
to her son-in-law Alexander Freeland in the Summer of 1796. She had made her
deposition before Cato West, Howard's counterpart in the Northern District
[Ragland p.6]. |
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The Green and Alston families primarity owned land in what became Jefferson Co.,
the part created from Adams Co., Mississippi Territory, in 1799
(see present day map).
In 1802 Claiborne Co. was formed just north of Jefferson Co.
(see present day map
for location). |
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In 1799 daughter Elizabeth married John Alexander Davidson (1776-1822)
son of Brig. Gen. William Lee Davidson (1746-1781), who served at Valley Forge,
fought at King's Mountain, and was killed Feb 1, 1781 in the battle at Cowen's
Ford NC. Davidson Co. TN and Davidson University in NC were both named for him.
On Jul 4, 1791, in Davidson Co. (TN), her uncle Henry M. Green, son of Thomas
M. Green, Sr., had married John Davidson's younger sister, Jane "Jennie" Davidson
(1777-1825). Henry and Jennie Green moved back to Jefferson Co. MS by 1794. |
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On Feb 24, 1801 the will of brother Filmer Wells Green, of Pickering Co. (became
Jefferson Co. the next year) was read. In it he mentions his sister-in-law Martha
and her two sons Joseph and Filmer. "Filmer to have negroes and Joseph to have land,
500 acres on Bayou Pierre, adj. the widow Goodwin.
(signed) Martha Green. Joseph to pay his brother $500 if he lives to be of age"
[McBee, p. 366]. |
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Four Green family members are listed on Page 11, lines 9 through 12, and page 14,
lines 25 and 25, of the
Claiborne Co. Tax Roll for 1810 as follows: Abram (Abraham) Green [brother] 1000 acres, one poll (white person), 15 slaves, and 640 acres with no polls or slaves. Thomas M. Green [son from father] 207 acres, no polls or slaves. Joseph K. Green [son] 423 acres, no polls or slaves. Abner Green (son) 1183 and 640 acres, no poles or slaves. All of the land, except Abraham's 640 acres (preemption), in Bayou Pierre and obtained by grants while under Spanish rule. |
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Sources: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. "George W. Humphreys Bible", Claiborne MS Bibles, photostat of original bible, recorded 1957 by May Wilson McBee, in Mississippi Genealogy Trails, website. Cumberland Compact, original document signed May 13, 1780, Washington County NC, website. Clayton, Prof. W.W., History of Davidson County Tennessee, reprod. 1971 by Charles Elder, Nashville TN. David Library of the American Revoution, "British Colonial Office Records CO5 West Florida Reords", website, vol 593, item 107. Drake, Doug, Jack Masters and Bill Puryear, Founding of the Cumberland Settlements, The First Atlas, 1779-1804, Warioto Press, 2009, pp. 23, map E7. Genealogy Trails, Claiborne Co. (MS) 1810 Tax Roll, website, transcribed by Lee Kohler, updated May 8, 2018. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, p. 366, Book A, p. 1-3, 34, 450, 541, Book F, pp. 235, 534, Book G, p. 303-4. MS Dept. of Archives & History (MDAH), Jackson MS, rootsweb, Americans Arriving in Spanish-Held Natchez 1780-1790. MDAH, Adams Co. MS 1816 Census, Territorial Census 1801-1816 website, microfilm. "Natchez District 1792 Spanish Census Index", in USGenWeb, Early Southwest Miss. Territory, Census Index. Rowland, Dunbar, "1816 Census for Franklin Co. Miss.", taken from The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi,Centennial Edition, 1917, rootsweb website. Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, "John Alston" Marriage Record, p. 8. Wells, Carol, Natchez Postscripts 1781-1798, Heritage Books, pp. 101, 144-5, 151, Will Books 3 and 4, Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1811-1848, The Genealogical Society of "Original" Wilkes County), Will Book 3, "Estate of Joahua Howard", Oct 1814, page 89, 120. |
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