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Garret's Shop Topics

First Settlers

Landmarks & Plantations

Snedecor's Directory

Voter Precincts

Overview

1. Havana

2. New Prospect

3. Five Mile

4. Greensboro

5. Newbern

6. Hollow Square

7. German Creek

8. Forkland

9. Garret's Shop

10. Eutaw

11. Springfield

12. Knoxville

13. Union

14. Pleasant Ridge

15. Mount Hebron

16. Clinton

17. Boligee

Mantua

Garret's Shop precinct #9

 

Name, Year Arrived in Greene County

Bold - Early Settler

 Occupation Section, Township, Range

Precinct of Residence

 Source
1856 map
1858 map
Directory
Akin, William

[From Ireland]

 Planter 10, 19N, 1E
3, 19N, 1E
4, 19N, 1E		 Dir 1856 1858
1856 1858
1856
1850 Census
Alpine, Glen
(William McAlpine 1858)		 13, 20N, 1E 1856
Ashley, Moses

[from SC]

 Overseer Dir
1850 Census
Avery, Burgess Overseer Dir
Baltzell, Thomas

[from Pennsylvania]

 Physician & Planter 34, 20N, 1E
27-28, 20N, 1E
33, 20N, 1E
3, 19N, 1E
4-5, 19N, 1E		 Dir 1856
1858
1856 1858
1858
1856 1858
1850 Census
Beasley, Mary 17-19, 19N, 1E 1856
Beazley, Ptoliver F
Beasley on map		 Planter
19, 19N, 1E
24, 19N, 1W 		Dir
1856 Estate
1856 Estate
Bernard, John H 21-22, 20N, 1E
20-23, 20N, 1E
15, 20N, 1E
26, 20N, 1E
27, 20N, 1E
27, 20N, 1E
34, 20N, 1E		 1856
1858 Estate
1858 Estate
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
1858 Estate
Birchett, Otway M Planter 29, 20N, 1E
32, 20N, 1E		 Dir 1856
1856
Bird, Daniel H 1, 20N, 1E
12, 20N, 1E		 1858
1858
Bozeman, John L 1, 20N, 1E 1856
Bragg, D (1818)

[David Bragg from Virginia]

 Planter 28, 20N, 1E
20-21, 20N, 1E
28-29, 20N, 1E
30-31, 20N, 1E
25, 20N, 1W
36, 20N, 1W
14, 19N, 1W
15, 19N, 1W
22-23, 19N, 1W
26, 19N, 1W		 Dir Map
1856 1858
1856 1858
1856
1856
1856
1856
1856 1858
1856 1858
1858
1850 Census
Bragg, William (1818) 
(from Virginia)		 Planter 31, 20N, 1E
36, 20N, 1W		 Dir 1856
1856
1850 Census
Braggs, Daniel 20, 20N, 1E Map
Brown, Joshua T
Dir in Boligee		 14, 19N, 1W
13, 19N, 1W
23, 19N, 1W		 Dir 1858 
1858
1858
Bullock, James 2-3, 20N, 1E 1858
Bullock, William H
Fair Hill Plantation
Mt. Airy Plantation
[from NC]		 Planter 14, 20N, 1E
15, 20N, 1E
11, 20N, 1E
28, 20N, 1E
25, 20N, 1W
36, 20N, 1W		 Dir 1856 1858
1856
1858
1856
1856
1856
1850 Census
Burt, Phillip
Dir in Forkland		 29, 20N, 1E
20, 20N, 1E
11-12, 20N, 1E		 1858 Dir
1858 
1856 1858
Charlton, Matilda 20-21, 19N, 1E 1858
Clement, Moses B
Shady Hill Plantation

[from Massachusetts]

 Baptist Minister, Planter 23, 20N, 1E
26, 20N, 1E		 1856 Dir
1856
1850 Census
Collier, John H

[from NC]

 Planter 2, 19N, 1E Dir
1850 Census
Collins, John J 35, 20N, 1E
1-2, 19N, 1E		 1856
1856
Dallas, Alexander

(from Scotland)

 Planter 18, 19N, 1E
7, 19N, 1E
12-13, 19N, 1W		 Dir 1856
1856
1856
1850 Census
Dallas, William

(from Scotland)

 Planter Dir
1850 Census
Durden, James K (1820) [from SC] Planter Dir
1850 Census
Eubank, John M

maps as Eubanks

[from Alabama]

 Planter 6, 19N, 1E
5, 19N, 1E
23-24, 19N, 1W
25-26, 19N, 1W		 Dir 1856
1856
1858 Estate
1858 Estate
1850 Census
Exum, Willie 23, 19N, 1W
25-26, 19N, 1W		 1856 Estate
1856 Estate 
Garrett, Richard W

[from NC]

As RWG 36, 20N, 1W

 

Mill at 11, 19N, 1W

 Planter, Physician and Miller 9, 19N, 1E
27-28, 20N, 1E
28, 20N, 1E
3-4, 19N, 1E
3-4, 19N, 1E
8-9, 19N, 1E
8-9, 19N, 1E
36, 20N, 1W
1, 19N, 1W
11, 19N, 1W
12, 19N, 1W		 Dir
1858 Estate
1856
1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
1858
1856
1856
1856
1850 Census
Glover, A 11, 19N, 1W 1856 Estate
Glover, Alfred Y 1, 19N, 1E 1858
Glover, William A 1, 19N, 1E 1856
Gulley, Bryant

[from NC]

 Merchant
20, 20N, 1E
21, 20N, 1E
28-30, 20N, 1E
33, 20N, 1E
24, 20N, 1W
25, 20N, 1W		 Dir
1858
1856 1858
1856 1858
1856 1858
1858
1856 1858
1850 Census
Hairston, R H 19, 20N, 1E 1858
Hendrick, Lydia A 1, 19N, 1E 1856 1858
Hord, Addison

[from Virginia]

 Planter 24, 19N, 1W
13, 19N, 1W
24, 19N, 1W		 Dir
1856
1856
1850 Census
Hord, Deborah

[with Wm on Census, from Virginia]

 3-4, 20N, 1E 1856 1858
1850 Census
Hord, Edward C

[from Virginia]

 Planter 4, 19N, 1E Dir
1850 Census
Hord, Edwin G 3-4, 19N, 1E 1856
Hord, John H Planter 28, 20N, 1E Dir 1856
Hord, Rhodin

[from Virginia]

 Ferry Keeper Dir
1850 Census
Inge, William B 12, 19N, 1E 1858
Jennings, Thomas K Overseer Dir
King, James

[from NC]

 Overseer Dir
1850 Census
Kirkpatrick, Ann 36, 20N, 1W 1856 1858
Knott, William H (1819) [from Virginia] Planter 6, 19N, 1E
31, 20N, 1E
5, 19N, 1E
25, 20N, 1W
26, 20N, 1W
35, 20N, 1W
36, 20N, 1W		 Dir 1856 1858
1856 1858
1858
1858
1858
1858
1858
1850 Census
Lay, Samuel Overseer Dir
Lays, George 19, 20N, 1E 1856 Estate
LeBruce, Matilda
(LaBrowse on map)

[with Matthew from Fance on census]

 5, 19N, 1E 1858
1850 Census
Little, Holland

[from SC]

 Overseer Dir
1850 Census
Lomona, Bess 24, 20N, 1E 1856
Martin, Marius

[from France]

 24, 19N, 1W
25, 19N, 1W
5, 19N, 1E		 1856 1858
1856
1856
1850 Census
McAlpine, William
Directory in Forkland		 13, 20N, 1E Dir 1856 1858
Minor, Phillip B Physician Dir
Morgan, W W

(person is PENCILED in only!)

 6-7, 19N, 1E
18, 19N, 1E
1, 19N, 1W
11, 19N, 1W
2-13, 19N, 1W		 1858
1858
1858
1858
1858
Nickels, James
map: James Nichols

[from SC]

 Planter 34, 20N, 1E
35, 20N, 1E
2, 19N, 1E
3, 19N, 1E		 Dir 1858
1856
1856
1856 1858
1850 Census
Nickels, Henry

[from SC]

 Overseer Dir
1850 Census
Pace, M B Miller Dir
Perrin, Adeline 13-14, 20N, 1E
23-24, 20N, 1E
25-26, 20N, 1E
34-35, 20N, 1E
1-2, 19N, 1E		 1858
1856 1858
1858
1856 1858
1858
Perry, Guston 31-32, 20N, 1E 1858
Phares, A J
(is OUTSIDE of Garret's, but clearly marked with a diamond shape; it COULD be a tiny island in the Tom Bigbee River)		 12, 19N, 1E 1858
Phillips, Sue 17, 19N, 1E 1858
Pierce, William F Lawyer, Planter 14, 19N, 1W
18-19, 19N, 1E
13, 19N, 1W
15, 19N, 1W
22, 19N, 1W
23, 19N, 1W
24, 19N, 1W		 Dir 1856
1858
1858
1856 1858
1856
1856
1858
Porter, Theo Principal, Burton's Hill Academy Dir
Ray, Benjamin F

[from Alabama]

 Planter
31-32, 20N, 1E
25, 20N, 1W
36, 20N, 1W		 Dir
1858
1858
1858
1850 Census
Robinson, Edwin (1820) [from Virginia] Planter
31-32, 20N, 1E		 Dir 
1856
1850 Census
Ross, F M Carpenter Dir
Sanford, Daniel F

[from Virginia]

 Warehouse Keeper, Planter 2, 19N, 1W
31, 20N, 1E
1, 19N, 1W
 Dir 1856 1858
1856 1858
1856 1858
1850 Census
Shelton, Richard F
Richard E on maps		 Planter 34, 20N, 1E
32-33, 20N, 1E		 Dir 1856
1856 1858
Smith, Patrick Planter 1, 19N, 1W
1, 19N, 1W
6, 19N, 1E
6, 19N, 1E
36, 20N, 1W
36, 20N, 1W		 Dir 1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
Sorsby, Stephen S
The Grove Plantation

[from NC]

 Warehouse Keeper, planter 11, 19N, 1E
12, 19N, 1E

14, 19N, 1E

 Dir 1856
1856
1856
Map, 1850 Census
Sorsby, Nicholas T
Chestnut Grove Plantation		 Physician, Planter 2, 19N, 1E
3, 19N, 1E
10, 19N, 1E
11, 19N, 1E
12-15, 19N, 1E		 Dir 1856
1856
1856
1858
1858
Sorsby, Thomas J

[from NC]

 Planter 9, 19N, 1E
4, 19N, 1E
10, 19N, 1E
15, 19N, 1E
29-30, 19N, 1E
21, 19N, 1E
22, 19N, 1E
 Dir 1856 1858
1858
1856 1858
1856
1858
1856
1856 1858
1850 Census
Taylor, Robert

[from Ireland]

 Planter 17, 19N, 1E
18, 19N, 1E
7-8, 19N, 1E
19, 19N, 1E
20, 19N, 1E		 Dir 1856 1858
1856 1858
1856 1858
1858
1856 1858
1850 Census
Thornton, James I

Thornton Hill Plantation
Dir in Forkland

 25-26, 20N, 1E
1, 19N, 1E
35, 20N, 1E
 Dir 1856 1858
1856 1858
1858
Tucker, Robert A Planter
13, 19N, 1W		 Dir
1856 1858
Vue, Bette 12, 20N, 1E 1856
Williams, Peter E Planter
10-11, 19N 1W
12-15, 19N, 1W		 Dir
1856 1858
1856 1858
Willis, George 24, 20N, 1E
24, 20N, 1E
26-27, 20N, 1E
26-27, 20N, 1E
34, 20N, 1E
34, 20N, 1E
1, 19N, 1E
1, 19N, 1E		 1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
1856
1858 Estate
Other entries:
Barton's Hill (spelled Burton in Directory) See Theo Porter 13, 20N, 1E 1856
Bluff Port 26, 19N 1W 1856
Bragg's Bluff 12, 19N, 1W 1856
C C A M 32, 20N, 1E
5, 19N, 1E		 1856
1856
Church 13, 20N, 1E 1856
Church 9, 19N, 1E 1856
Darden's Ferry on Stephen S Sorsby's land 12, 19N, 1E 1856
Garret's Shop

on Richard W Garret property

9, 19N, 1E 1856
Graveyard 22, 20N, 1E 1856
Greenwood; probable Plantation name for Richard W Garret 9, 19N, 1E 1856
Hydro Vist???? on Peter E William's land 10-11, 19N, 1W 1856
Porter's School 13, 20N, 1E 1856
Public Schools 16, 19N, 1E 1856 1858
R & K (see 1858 possibly Ray and Knott) 25, 20N, 1W 1856
Sanford Poorhouse
see Daniel F Sanford 		1, 19N, 1W 1856
School 31, 20N, 1E 1856
Warehouse on Stephen S Sorsby land 12, 19N, 1E 1856

 

NOTE: BOLD land entry indicates property is on the Tom Bigbee River

References:

V. Gayle Snedecor, Snedecor's Greene County Directory 1855-1856,  Snedecor's 1856 and 1858 maps. View Snedecor's maps at the University of Alabama, Historical Maps collection.

 

The Bureau of Land Management is a great resource for untangling the Township/Range/Section references.