Recollections of the Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Alabama and Their Families.
Recollections of the Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Alabama and Their Families.

Author: W G Robertson

Publisher:

Published: 2024-04-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781639142354

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By: W.G. Robertson, Pub. 1892, reprinted 2024, Index, soft cover, ISBN #987-1-63914-235-4. Montgomery County was created in 1816 from Monroe County. It is located in the south-central portion of the state. This book starts with a brief history of the county. The bulk of this book is devoted to mini biographies of these early settlers that was written from memory of a young man who assisted his father as a 1832 Census Enumerator who had visited every family in the county and later became the Tax Collector. Surnames of individuals are: Allen, Armistead, Arrington, Ashley (2), Ashurst, Barnett (3), Barton (2), Bellinger, Bibb, Blakey, Bonham, Brown, Bunting, Bullard, Burch, Caffey, Calloway (2), Cleveland, Cowles, Crommelin, Dabney, Daniel, DeYampert, Elsberry, Emerson, Falconer, Forniss, Foster, Frazier, Gilmer (2), Gray, Green, Gunter, Hagerty, Hails, Haynes, Hogan, Holmes, Holt, Jones (2), Lamar, Livingston, Lucas (3), Malloy, Marks, Mastin, Mathews (2), McDade, McGehee, McLemore, Meriwether, Middleton, Mitchel, Moony, Mosley, Oliver, Pinkston (2), Ponder, Porter, Powell, Ray, Robertson, Robins, Ross, Sankey (2), Shackelford, Sledge, Spear, Stone, Talliferro, Taylor (4), Thomas, Underwood, Vickers, Wall, Walters, Ware, Wilkins, Wood, and Young,

Montgomery County
Montgomery County

Author: Larry Ronald Braddy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738586199

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bordered by the Oconee River on the west and the Altamaha River on the south, formed where the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers collide head-on at the forks, Montgomery County's rolling pine barrens are dotted with rustic pioneer log cabins, stately antebellum clapboard houses, and elegant Victorian homes. The county's access to the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers provided early settlers with vital transportation and commercial links to the outside world. On their way to markets in Savannah and Darien, men rafting down these rivers on huge logs cut from the dense pine forests were a common scene of the 1800s; steamboats and ferries were also used for the transport of people and goods. The breathtaking beauty of the winding Old River Road along the western edge of Montgomery County provides a glimpse of long ago as one passes old homesteads and majestic cemetery monuments. Historic scenes from the once-bustling villages of Montgomery County are contained in these pages. Country churches, schools, and agrarian scenes are also portrayed.