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Marjory ? m. b. ?Scotland d. ? |
Capt. Angus b. ?Scotland d. 1779 SC |
Alexander b. 1730? Scotland or GA d. by Mar 29, 1782 ?Natchez Dist. |
James Jr. b. 1735? ?Scotland d. 1787? |
| William b. 1740? ?Scotland or GA d. by Jun 1, 1783 Natchez Dist. |
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About 1736 James came to America. |
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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 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, son Alexander 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, Book A, p. 3, Book F, 235]. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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Son Alexander died sometime during late 1781 and early 1782, leaving his business in
the hands of his widow, Anne. |
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In May 1782,
13 families
arrived in Natchez after a flatboat trip down the Mississippi River, and were
recorded by Spanish authorities on Jul 6, totalling 79 "Individuos" and 88
"Escalvos" meaning being hooked on board as slaves. Starting on May 17,
Alexander's widow Anne was involved in many land and slave transactions with most of the
13 arriving family heads. |
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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 James 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 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 Alexander's brother William died, the guardianship of the Alston estate and
children fell to the two sons of Alexander's brother William, William and James. |
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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 Narchez 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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Son Alexander's widow Anne married Adam Bingaman, a large Natchez landowner, by
Nov 1782. |
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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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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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John Alston's nephew John McCoy Alston married Sinah Hooper, daughter of
Absalom Hooper, on Jan 3, 1795 in
Davidson Co. 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 1796
(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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Franklin Co. MS was founded in 1809
(see present day map
for location). |
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The seat of Baldwin Co. was McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River, which is now
in Washington Co. In 1817 it was in the Alabama Territory. Alabama became a
state in 1819. |
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McIntosh Bluff is named for John McIntosh Sr. (1712?-1780?). He had a brother
William H. McIntosh (1715?-1787?). Both were born in Scotland and came to Georgia.
James McIntosh Sr. could be another brother.
John Stillee worked for the McIntosh family
and moved to the Tombigbee Settlement about 1787.
McIntosh Bluff Historical
Marker. |
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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. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, Book A, p. 1-3, 34, 450, 541, Book F, p. 235. MS Dept. of Archives & History (MDAH), Jackson MS, rootsweb, Americans Arriving in Spanish-Held Natchez 1788-1790. MSGenWeb, Natchez District 1792 Census Index, comp. by Ellen Pack, website, transcribed and translated from Spanish. 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, 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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