Tag: DeSoto Psh. Louisiana

Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Proven and Possible Children by His First Wife

October 22, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God” In my last posting, I brought the story of Moses Birdwell (1769-1849) up to his death in 1849 in Hopkins County, Texas. That posting notes that the family journal compiled by several members of the Cunningham family, which connects to the Birdwells through … More Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Proven and Possible Children by His First Wife

Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Final Years in Hopkins County, Texas, 1846-9

October 20, 2024

As the previous posting notes, after having been declared bankrupt in Marshall County, Alabama, in November 1842, Moses Birdwell left Alabama in January or February 1846 with his daughter Ritha and her husband George Madison Connally to join Ritha’s brothers George Washington Birdwell, Abraham Marshall Birdwell, and Zachariah Birdwell in Texas. George and Zachariah appear … More Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Final Years in Hopkins County, Texas, 1846-9

Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Frances, Sophronia, and Mary Ann Birdwell

September 5, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Methodist; farmer, ginner, plantation owner in Louisiana and Texas” 7. Frances C. Birdwell, the seventh child of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard, was born about 1836-1837 in Jackson County, Alabama. This date of birth is suggested by the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses. As a previous posting notes, the 1850 federal census … More Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Frances, Sophronia, and Mary Ann Birdwell

Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – DeWitt Clinton, Thomas, and Camilla Birdwell

September 1, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Steem” Mills and Malignant Fevers 4. DeWitt Clinton Birdwell, the fourth child of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard, was born about 1831 in Limestone or Jackson County, Alabama. I have very little information about this son of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard who is named as their child in Hardin Harville’s … More Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – DeWitt Clinton, Thomas, and Camilla Birdwell

Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Elvira, Hannah, John B. Birdwell

August 26, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Died at the ripe old age of 85 years at the residence of her son, J. C. Harville” As the previous posting states, the combined succession documents of James G. Birdwell and his wife Aletha Leonard give us the names of the six youngest children of James and Aletha: Dewitt Clinton, Thomas, Camilla, … More Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Elvira, Hannah, John B. Birdwell

James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Louisiana Years

August 18, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “The cholera has reappeared at several plantations on Red River” As the previous posting notes, after James G. Birdwell and wife Aletha R. Leonard sold their land in Marshall County, Alabama, on 30 November 1839, they moved their family to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The linked posting states that the 1883 family history written … More James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Louisiana Years

James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

August 12, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “A farmer and a sober, steady man of good habits and of good family” I’ve spent lo these many months now on this blog documenting the ancestry of my paternal great-grandmother Mary Ann Green Lindsey (and here). I followed Mollie Green Lindsey’s Green line back from her father Ezekiel Samuel Green (that series … More James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

When Thomas G. Birdwell Becomes James G. Birdwell: The Need to Dig Continously in Genealogical Research

August 8, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “The 18th Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas G. Birdwell, will parade at Tuskaloosa” Having worked intensively here for quite some time now to share the information I have about my interlinking Green, Calhoun, Kerr, Pickens, Montgomery, and other family lines, I’m now going to “climb down” my family tree to a line that … More When Thomas G. Birdwell Becomes James G. Birdwell: The Need to Dig Continously in Genealogical Research

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Years and Death in Grimes County, Texas (1848-1860)

August 25, 2023

Or, Subtitled: This father’s attempt to bastardize his son “came with a bad grace” since “it is sometimes impossible for a child to know with certainty whether he be legitimately begotten or not” In the previous two postings (here and here), I discussed the life of Samuel Kerr Green during his years in Natchitoches Parish, … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Years and Death in Grimes County, Texas (1848-1860)

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (2)

August 18, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Maj. Samuel K. Green, an old veteran in the cause gave a splendid ball in the evening” So with the previous posting, we’ve gotten Samuel Kerr Green from New Orleans to Natchitoches Parish in northwest Louisiana by October 1835, when he bought 640 acres there from Dr. John Sibley. As the conveyance record … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (2)