Re: Fosters In Unoin Spring Al.
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Re: Fosters In Unoin Spring Al.
Albert G. Foster 4/15/04
Albert, Her is some of what I have on the Fosters going back to GA / VA
James Foster of Fosters Settlement Tuscaloosa County AL. was my 3rd g grandfather. Let me know if any thing fits. Jim
The Foster family in this country came from England and settled in eastern Virginia early in the eighteenth century. His first name, as also that of his wife, is unknown, but it is known that he was a highly respected farmer and he had extensive possessions. Arthur Foster, his son, was born in the region of country now constituting Southampton county, Virginia, about 1732; married Martha Collier, the daughter of a wealthy colonist, who came from England and settled in Virginia, and he and four of his sons fought for independence in the war of the Revolution. At the age of eighty-two years, while still active and vigorous, he met with an accident that caused his death. His widow survived him eight years and was the same age as her husband when she died. In their family were thirteen children, ten sons and three daughters. Their first child, John Foster, born January 18, 1761, distinguished himself in the Revolution by his cool and intrepid bravery and his fidelity to every trust reposed in him. At the close of the war he migrated to Columbia county, Georgia, where he taught school. He married one of his pupils, Elizabeth Savidge, eldest daughter of Rev. Lovelace Savidge, the date of her birth being April 12, 1769. Their marriage occurred September 8, 1785. In Columbia county, where Colonel John Foster lived for many years, he was held in high esteem as a public spirited and influential citizen. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children, of whom James, the eldest, was born July 21, 1786, married Mary Ellen Hill, and died January 9, 1843, in Foster’s settlement, Tuskaloosa [Tuscaloosa] county, Alabama. James Foster was a man of thoughtful and industrious habits, of benevolent and amiable disposition, of unbending integrity, and of remarkable self control. He lived with his parents in Columbia county until his marriage, when he settled on a place near by, and remained there until the fall of 1818. Then he moved to Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, and pitched his tent in a big cane brake on the east bank of the Black Warrior river, within a few miles of the southern boundary of the county. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ellen Hill, was born in Abbeville county, South Carolina, February 6,1791, and her marriage occurred at the same place, May 19, 1807. Their children were thirteen in number, six sons and seven daughters, of whom Arthur, the eighth, born August 31, 1823, was married to Elizabeth Amelia Foster, his cousin and daughter of John L. S. Foster, and to them were given eleven children, six sons and five daughters,
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Re: Fosters In Unoin Spring Al.
Albert G. Foster 4/19/04