These early settlers generously transcribed
and submitted by Delilah Evans
unless
otherwise noted.
ALDRIDGE, Reubin was born in N.C. in 1770. His father
James moved his famiy to S.C., then to Columbia Co.
in 1776. Here Reubin married Sara Liverman in 1795.
In 1810 he moved to Baldwin County, Ga. In 1818 he moved
to Autauga Co. In 1828 he moved back to Talbot County,
Ha. In 1836 he moved to North Russell Co. Al. Here he
bought land and slaves and was a very successful farmer.
He gave land for County Line Baptist Church and Cemetery.
He died in 1847 and is buried in this cemetery, which
can be found in Lee County, eight miles east of Opelika.
GOLDEN, James M. William (1883-1915) m. Ellen
M. Hornsby (1842-1915) lived in Walnet Hull [submitter
note-I think this is in Chambers County]; Joined Company
B. 47th Ala. Inf. April 7, 1862. Children: Moses Clopton,
John, William L. Louisa, Joseph, Andrew Harrison, Camella,
Jasper Crawford, Robert Fulton, Austin, Beulah. William
Golden's entire family came to Texas in 1883.
Submitted by Mrs. Jake Cherry
Transcriber Note: These two Golden lines seem to
descend from Seaborn Golden and Lavina Hudgens. Both
ended up in Texas.
GOLDEN, Seaborn (1798-1859) m.Lavina Johnston Hudgens
(1805-1885); settled in Tallapoosa County in 1837. Children:
Sarah A. Joseph, Benjamin Franklin, John Mark, Jackson
(Red Jack) William, Newman, Seaborn Jr., Mary Ann.
Submitted by Mrs. W.C. Ross
SOURCE: Lee County and her Forebears, by Alexander
Nunn, copyright 1983
Seaborn Jasper GOLDEN had two sons - William Moses
GOLDEN & James Marion GOLDEN. Wm. Moses GOLDEN m. Ellen HORNSBY.
James Marion GOLDEN m. Ellen's sister, Frances Catheriine HORNSBY. The
info. below applies to William Moses GOLDEN and not James Marion GOLDEN.
For more info. please contact me.
Submitted
by Donna Wall GA, USA
GORHAM, James Allen b. Oct 6, 1819 - d.Aug 19, 1858. Mahalia Gorham, his
wife b.Oct 4, 1921 - d. Oct, 1871. He settled in North Russell County in
the late 1830's nine miles southeast of what is now Opelika in Lee County.
His son Manaccie Gorham m. Cynthia Ann Story and their son James Allen
Gorham m.Mary Eliza Jamison, daughter of Pryor F. Jamison and Lois Isabelle
Rudd.
Source: Mable Ross
GRAVES, Jerry (1854-1910) resided in Little Texas
area of Macon County. Was slave of plantation
of T.T. Graves in 1850's. His children: Charley, Ida,
Ioler, Abtarlis. Only Charley has known descendants
(sons:) John, Will Charles): (Grandsons: John Henry,
Hardy, John Robert, Charles Jr.: [Willie Lee granddauhter]
living in Lee County. Submitted by Lt. Col Hardy Lee
Graves, U.S. Army Ret.
SOURCE: Lee County and her Forebears, by Alexander
Nunn, copyright 1983
GREENE, Rinaldo McKeene (1837-1907), moved to Opelika from Florida in 1847;
Capt. Confederate Army; one of organizers, first president of what today is
Bank of East Alabama [see note below]; m. Martha Ann Bullard, sister Gen.
Robert Lee Bulard. Their children: james Benjamin m. Julia Casey; Daniel
Arthur m. Margaret Jordon Morrow; Rinaldo McKeene, Jr., m.Anna Dorsey; Mary
Anna m. John Allen Jones; Raleigh Williams m.Lela Phillips; Charles Gordon
m. Zula Watkins; Susan Love m. Edward McCurdy Jones; Mattie Cawford m.
Clarence G. Caldwell; Walter Lee m. Mary Winnie Harris. Descendants living
in Opelika include Mrs. O.A. Lowe [Fannie Merritt Jones], Mrs. Herbert
Vaughan [Susie Love Jones], E.M. [Ebbie] Jones, 111, and their families.
by Mrs. Emma George Capps Jones
Note: Not sure the Bank of East Alabama was a bank in that time frame,
thought it came along much laer, it may of been named something else.
HASTY, Thomas Jefferson (Oct 23, 1836-July 9, 1911) b. in now Lee County.His father Thomas J Hasty had a wife named Elizabeth Powell. Both buried in
Lee County graves not located.
Thomas Jefferson Hasty and his wife Carrie Harris Hasty (Aug 14, 1947-May
11,1907) buried in LaGrange, Ga. The story has been handed down that he
worked with an Indian Doctor and that a lot of his friends called him "Doc"
or "Doctor Hasy". His wife, an Indian, we do not know whether she was the
Indian Doctors daughter.
Grandmother told me once before her death in 1950 that the Hasty family came
from Bahama Islands and settled in Lee County.
Source William A. Woodham
LEDBETTER, Osburne, b. 1780 Brunswick Co., Va. M. [1} Mary Delbridge 1809.
Moved Tallapoosa County, Al. 1835. Children: Roanna, David, William, Thomas,
John, and Alexander Hamilton b. 1819.
M.[2] Nancy Elliott 1841. Children: Augusta Osborne, John, Sarah, Mary,
William, Thomas Riley b.1855, Charles, Lawson and Eliza.
Thomas m. [1] Ardecia Arant 1874. Children: David, Elizaberth, Henry Samuel
b. 1886, Kittie, Mame, Marshall, and Birdie. M .[2] Allie Golden 1894.
Children: Vinnie, Herbert, Virgil, Jack, and Ozella.
Henry Samuel m. Victoria Richardson 1905. Children: Ethel b. 1906, Vivian,
Crawford, Harvell, Hosia, Lena and Willis.
Ethel m. Olin L. Hill 1926. Children: Victoria, Clifford, Carl and Olene.
Source Olin Hill Sr.
RICHARDSON, Hyram - came from England with one brother and a sister by way
of Florida. Moved to Tallapoosa County near Thornton. There m.Mary Pulliam.
Children: David R.[May 13, 1860-Jan 16, 1941] m. Isabelle Yarbrough {Feb 6,
1889-Jan 16, 1941]. Their children: Sara Alma, Benjamin Franklin, Jimmie,
Vivian [who preceeded mother to grave], Mary Belle [Lucas] and William Hyram
("Rich") named for his grandfather. "Rich" married Ruth Waller. their
children: Sybil, John Burnie, and Ruth Waller [after her mother].
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