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I am hoping for a look-up but also some information about the Paint Rock and Blue Mountain area.
My great-grandfather and wife had many children and according to family (long since gone) lived in Paint Rock around 1880 and Blue Mountain possibly 1880-1900. However I just found out that they are two separate places. Is this true or is there a Blue Mountain near Paint Rock? Paint Rock is in Jackson County and Blue Mountain is in Calhoun County. These folks also lived in Madison County.
One of the reasons I am asking is that I am taking a genealogy trip there in a few days between May 4 and May 14th of this year. My cousin is coming with me and we hope to be able to locate our great-grandfathers grave and the places he lived with his large family before they moved to Arkansas around 1900.
Also I have a question about Township, Section and Range. The 1880 census stated they lived in Jackson County in Fractional T3-R3 E. I am unsure what Fractional means. Is there a way to determine where this was located in Jackson County? I think it may be near Paint Rock.
Is there anyone in Paint Rock or Blue Mountain that we can connect with who may be able to assist us in our search of the area for our families’ history? Is there a genealogy society or library that is particularly good in this area?
Lots of questions but we greatly appreciate any help! Tena
Joseph Franklin Sherman was my great-grandfather. John was my grandfather. They were listed on the 1880 Jackson County census as follows:
1880 SOUNDEX/CENSUS, ALABAMA SHERMAN, FRANKLIN
Fractional T3 R3 E, Ed#108, Page 6B, Family#45,
S655 = T734 ROLL 63 (ALA) S655 = T9 ROLL 16 (ALA)
ALABAMA, JACKSON COUNTY. VOL:11 ED:108 SHEET: 6 LINE:14
SHERMAN, FRANKLIN WHITE MALE
AGE ON LAST B.D.=36 YEARS, MARRIED, FARMING
BORN IN TENNESSEE, FATHER BORN IN TENNESSEE, MOTHER BORN IN TENNESSEE.
NANCY A. SHERMAN WHITE FEMALE AGE:29
WIFE, MARRIED, FARMING, BORN IN TENN. FATHER BORN IN TENN. MOTHER BORN IN TENN.
DOCK WHITE MALE AGE:7 SON AT HOME, ATTENDING SCHOOL WITHIN CENSUS YEAR, BORN IN ALABAMA, MOTHER AND FATHER BORN IN TENN.
IDELLA White Female, AGE 6, daughter, at home, born Alabama, mother and father born Tenn.
JODA White male, age 5 ,SON, at home, born Alabama, mother and father born Tenn.
JULY White, female, AGE 4 " daughter, at home, born Alabama, mother and father born Tenn.
JOHN White, male, AGE 9, Born Sept.(Census says if born within Census year, give month born, they gave month as Sept-indicating that he was 1 year old-yet census says he is 9 years old, also he is listed last indicating that he is youngest, maybe he was only 1 year old at time of census, not 9.) SON, at home, born Alabama, mother and father born Tenn.
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