Category: Alabama
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The Background The 1820 census returns for Monroe County, Alabama were lost — along with most other counties — and with them went the names of individuals who were there when the county had its beginnings. The courthouse fire in 1833 made matters even worse. A court case that took place in Monroe Co AL,…
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Recent research (2023) has proven there were two men named Reuben Flanagan, born about the same time. One was the son of Ambrose Flanagan, and the other the son of Whittle Flanagan. One resided in Fluvanna County (son of Ambrose), while the other resided in Louisa County (son of Whittle). Based on the naming traditions…
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This is an ongoing compilation of historical records to sort out the sons of Whittle and Judah who left Virginia. Land Transactions Among Scattered Family On 20 Mar 1826, at Breckinridge Co KY, Charles and Elizabeth Flanagan sold to James Flanagan of Perry County, Indiana, for $1,950, land on the waters of Clover Creek and…
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Since very early on in my genealogy adventures when I first identified Serena, my 3x great-grandmother and wife of William M. J. Kelley, she’s been a genealogy brick wall. According to the 1850 census, she was born in Georgia about 1817; at the time of that census, she was living in Coffee County, Alabama with her…