BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS

Or, Subtitled: “Land sales were in Feb. 1818 after treaties with the Chickasaws in 1816 and Cherokees in 1817”

In my previous two postings about Moses Birdwell, I follow his story from his early years (1769-1811/2) in Botetourt County, Virginia, Sullivan County, North Carolina (later Tennessee), and Franklin County, Georgia, to his years (1811/2 – 1818) in Madison County, Mississippi Territory (later Alabama). In this posting, I’m picking the story up as Moses moves from Madison County to Limestone County, Alabama, in 1818.