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The following list includes many of the families that lived in the southwest Jefferson County area before 1880.
| Family Name |
File Name or Link |
Contributor |
Nbr of Pages |
Information Type |
| Allman | Coleman Flemmon Allman (1830-1895) | David Reed | 12 | Descendant Rpt |
| Batson | George Washington Batson (1827-1904) | David Reed | 12 | Descendant Rpt |
| Bridges | Jackson Bridges (~1813 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 13 | Descendant Rpt |
| Burchfield | William Burchfield (~1797 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| Caldwell | Absolom Caldwell (~1788 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt |
| Cargile | Lewis Cargile (~1780 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 75 | Descendant Rpt |
| Richmond Cargile (~1825 - 1863) | David Reed | 12 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Carrington | Joseph Carrington (~1801 - aft 1860) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 5 | Descendant Rpt |
| Clark | ||||
| Courington | ||||
| Cox | Hiram Cox (1805-1892) | David Reed | 9 | Descendant Rpt |
| Crane | Odum Crane (~1810 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 2 | Descendant Rpt |
| Crocker | William Isaac Crocker (1861-1929) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt |
| Crooks | Francis Marion Crooks (~1849-1888) | David Reed | 5 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hugh Crooks (1816-1882) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt | |
| John Crooks (~1814 - 1866) | David Reed | 8 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Crowder | Thomas N. Crowder (1842-1926) | David Reed | 5 | Descendant Rpt |
| Dabbs | John Dabbs (1829-1896) | David Reed | 42 | Descendant Rpt |
| Earley | William Earley (~1816 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt |
| Edwards | Joseph M. Edwards (1861-1946) | David Reed | 3 | Descendant Rpt |
| Fields | Moses Fields (1790s? - bef 1850) | David Reed | 17 | Descendant Rpt |
| Franklin | The Franklin Family in Jefferson County | Dr. J. A. Hendricks | 2 | Other |
| Glaze | Thomas Glaze (1820-1880) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| Glover | ||||
| Golden | William Allen Golden (1793-1867) | David Reed | 38 | Descendant Rpt |
| Goodwin | Theophilus Goodwin (~1764 - 1837) | David Reed | 107 | Descendant Rpt |
| Goodwin family on Family Tree Maker website | Ron Goodwin | Link | ||
| Goolsby | Reuben Goolsby (1781 - 1861) | Linda Vines Hardy | 72 | Descendant Rpt |
| Greer | Caleb Greer (~1814 - 1866 to 1870) | David Reed | 17 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hamaker | John Hamaker (~1780 - ~1864) | David Reed | 115 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hammonds | Benjamin Isham Hammonds (1821-1864) | David Reed | 9 | Descendant Rpt |
| Harmon | Val David Harmon (1875-1948) | David Reed | 2 | Descendant Rpt |
| Harris | ||||
| Hicks | James M. Hicks (1834-1911) | David Reed | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| Higdon | Paul Abraham Higdon (1888-1968) | David Reed | 2 | Descendant Rpt |
| Higgins | James Thomas Higgins (1755 - 1813) | Linda Vines Hardy | 95 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hogan | Eli Manuel Hogan (~1817 - bef 1880) | Don Hogan | 20 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hood | Isaac Hood (~1770 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 53 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hopkins | James Wyley Hopkins (1849-1929) | David Reed | 16 | Descendant Rpt |
| Howton | Curtis Howton (1796-1868) | David Reed | 53 | Descendant Rpt |
| Howton | Anita McCray | Query | ||
| Huey | Hueys in Jefferson County (1830-1885) | David Reed | 18 | Time Line |
| James Huey (1804 - abt 1889) | David Reed | 42 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Jesse G. Huey
(1810-1879) (twin brother of Samuel T. Huey; bought land that became Hueytown) |
David Reed | 59 | Descendant Rpt | |
| John Huey (1817-1865) | David Reed & Mary Alvarez |
2 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Linea Huey Waldrop (~1807 - bef 1870?) | David Reed | 37 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Rachel Huey Bell (~1805 - aft 1866) | David Reed | 21 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Samuel T. Huey
(1810-1884) (twin brother of Jesse G. Huey; bought land that became Hueytown) |
David Reed | 21 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Humber | Charles Christian Humber (1781 - aft 1846) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 42 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hyche | Josiah Hyche (~1805 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 5 | Descendant Rpt |
| Hyde | ||||
| Johnson | ||||
| Johnston | ||||
| Justice | Charles Justice (~1807 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 17 | Descendant Rpt |
| Knight | Charner Hopson Knight (1810-1878) | David Reed | 35 | Descendant Rpt |
| Lacy | David Lacy (his children settled in SW Jefferson County) | Kathy Houck | 5 | Descendant Rpt |
| Laird | Sarah, Ashley Hewitt, Elizabeth & Martha Ann Laird | David Reed | 75 | Descendant Rpt |
| Maddox | ||||
| Martin | Lorenzo Dow Martin (1815 - aft 1870) | Linda Vines Hardy & Deanne Phillips (deceased) |
41 | Descendant Rpt |
| Mayfield | Israel Mayfield (~1812 - 1867 to 1870) | David Reed | 10 | Descendant Rpt |
| McCarty | James McCarty (~1785 - aft 1850) | David Reed | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| McFerrin | Thomas McFerrin (~1795 - aft 1865) | David Reed | 14 | Descendant Rpt |
| McMickens | William McMickens (~1828 - bef 1870) | David Reed | 14 | Descendant Rpt |
| Meeks | Littlebury B. Meeks (1818 - 1893) | David Reed | 8 | Descendant Rpt |
| Meigs | Isaac Meigs (~1798 - aft 1880) | David Reed | 11 | Descendant Rpt |
| Moore | John Benning Moore (1771 - 1857) | Linda Vines Hardy | 16 | Descendant Rpt |
| Mullinax | Riley E. Mullinax (1865 - 1944) | David Reed | 2 | Descendant Rpt |
| Nail | James Nail (~1816 - aft 1880) | David Reed | 1 | Descendant Rpt |
| Nicklas W. Nail (~1820 - bef 1860) | David Reed | 3 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Nichols | Thomas Jefferson Nichols (1814 - 1877) | Linda Vines Hardy | 40 | Descendant Rpt |
| Norris | ||||
| Parsons | ||||
| Payne | William Payne (~1816 - aft 1880) | David Reed | 9 | Descendant Rpt |
| Phillips | Henry Jackson Phillips (~1816 - aft 1880) | David Reed | 23 | Descendant Rpt |
| Quinn | Hugh Quinn (1723 - 1798) | Linda Vines Hardy & Sue Brasfield Vines |
32 | Descendant Rpt |
| Reeves | Thomas Reeves (~1811 - aft 1900) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 3 | Descendant Rpt |
| Riley | Allen W. Riley (1804 - 1879) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt |
| Roberts | Starling T. Roberts (1822-1909) | David Reed | 22 | Descendant Rpt |
| Robertson | Reuben Robertson (1806-1884) | David Reed | 6 | Descendant Rpt |
| Rogers | John Rogers (~1791 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 11 | Descendant Rpt |
| Roper | ||||
| Salter | Benegar, Elven, Frances, Silas, Nathaniel, Mary Polly, Milledge Salter | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| Sexton | Thomas Sexton (~1823 - ~1865) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 11 | Descendant Rpt |
| Shoemaker | Samuel Shoemaker (1787-1856) | Linda Vines Hardy | 18 | Descendant Rpt |
| Short | ||||
| Skelton | ||||
| Smith | Ira Gore Smith (1853-1941) | Geri Worley | Link to family story | |
| Jacob Smith | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 23 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Snow | ||||
| Joel Snow (~1787 - bef 1860) | David Reed | 13 | Descendant Rpt | |
| William Henry Snow (~1814 - aft 1880) | David Reed | 30 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Stinnett | Nelson Morgan Stinnett (1845-1921) | David Reed | 16 | Descendant Rpt |
| Stone | Raleigh Stone (~1801 - bef 1894) | David Reed | 3 | Descendant Rpt |
| Thompson | Samuel Thompson (~1765 - 1839)(of southeast Walker County) | David Reed | 63 | Descendant Rpt |
| Travis | William Travis (~1801 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 7 | Descendant Rpt |
| Vance | ||||
| Vines | John Jackie Vines (1806-1890) | Don Hogan | 27 | Descendant Rpt |
| Joseph Vines (~1791 - aft 1860) | David Reed | 70 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Walden | James Walden (1862-1944) | David Reed | 2 | Descendant Rpt |
| Waldon | ||||
| Waldrop | Albert Gallatin Waldrop (~1805 - 1881) | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | |
| Andrew Baines Waldrop (1840-1933) | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | ||
| Elvira Waldrop Huey (1813-1849) | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | ||
| Matilda Jane Waldrop | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | ||
| Robert "Bob" Waldrop | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | ||
| Zachariah Waldrop (~1786 - aft 1850) | Robert Waldrop | Descendant Rpt | ||
| Weaver | George W. Weaver (~1815 - aft 1870) | David Reed | 20 | Descendant Rpt |
| James Weaver (~1797 - ?) | Nancy Sexton Oliver | 5 | Descendant Rpt | |
| Wilkes | ||||
| Wilkey | Samuel Wilkey (~1810-1886) | David Reed | 9 | Descendant Rpt |
| Wright | John A. Wright (1853-1936) | David Reed | 3 | Descendant Rpt |
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Last Updated: April 2003