Tag: Matilda Caroline Leonard

Matilda Caroline and Minerva D. Leonard and Husbands Cordy Claiborne Clifton and Samuel Johnston: Interesting Civil War Records of a Family Dispute

April 6, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “He has recently been hated as an enemy by Mrs. Clifton and Thomas L. Clifton the other Security” As the previous posting shows, Thomas Leonard and Sarah Lauderdale’s daughter Matilda Caroline married Cordy Claiborne Clifton on 12 July 1831 in Limestone County, Alabama, and then moved with him to DeSoto County, Mississippi, where … More Matilda Caroline and Minerva D. Leonard and Husbands Cordy Claiborne Clifton and Samuel Johnston: Interesting Civil War Records of a Family Dispute

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870) and Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866): Children — Aletha, Hannah, Milbury, Cynthia, Matilda, Maria, Minerva, Alfred, Thomas, Martha, Sarah, and Mahala

April 4, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Thus ends the children of Thomas and Sally Leonard” Here’s a brief summary of information about the ten daughters and two sons of Thomas Lewis Leonard and Sarah M. Lauderdale (for the continuation of this posting, please click the numeral 2 below):

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Limestone County, Alabama, Years, 1830-1839

March 11, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “The said Thomas absconded so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him” This posting is a continuation of a previous one in which I documented the life of Thomas Lewis Leonard, son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James, in Limestone County, Alabama, in the decade 1820-1830. This posting will … More Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Limestone County, Alabama, Years, 1830-1839

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Limestone County, Alabama, Years, 1820-1830

March 8, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Credit appeared to be turning enslavers’ Alabama dreams into reality. Alabama was already third in the United States in total cotton produced and first in per capita production” ~ Edward C. Baptist, “The Half Has Never Been Told”: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism (New York: Basic Books, 2014), p. 93 In … More Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Limestone County, Alabama, Years, 1820-1830

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Early Years in Maryland, South Carolina, and Tennessee

February 14, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “He was one of Limestone’s best citizens, no man stood higher as a good man than Thomas Leonard. His wife was his equal in all duties of a companion.” Thomas Lewis Leonard, son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James, was born in 1781 in Washington County, Maryland. This date of birth is based … More Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Early Years in Maryland, South Carolina, and Tennessee