Family Maps of Limestone County, Alabama

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Family Maps of Limestone County, Alabama
by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D.

238 pages with 68 total maps

Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Limestone County, Alabama, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries.

Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds.

The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s.


List of Details Found Below . . .
  What's Mapped in his book?
  What YEARS are these maps for?
  What Cities and Towns are in Limestone County, Alabama (and in this book)?
  Acts of Congress Authorizing . . .
  Indexes in this book
  Reviews by the Experts . . .
  Surnames found in this book
  Book Specifications



What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . .
    2771 Parcels of Land
  (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map)

    164 Cemeteries

    plus . . .
    Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.

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What YEARS are these maps for?
Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued:
Decade Parcel-count
1820s 54
1830s 512
1840s 332
1850s 608
1860s 76
1870s 25
1880s 245
1890s 318
1900s 144
1910s 22
1920s 431
1950s 1


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What Cities and Towns are in Limestone County, Alabama (and in this book)?
Alabama Fork, Ardmore, Athens, Beechwood Acres, Belle Mina, Bethel, Beulah Land, Blackburn, Blue Springs Park, Bonneville, Bonnie Doone, Brookwood Forest, Burgreen Gin, Cairo, Capshaw, Carey, Cartwright, Cedar Grove, Cedar Hill, Center Hill, Cherry Grove, Copeland, Country Club Acres, Coxey, Cross Key, Decatur Junction, Dogwood, East Hampton, East Limestone, Elk Estates, Elkmont, Fairmount, Fairview, French Mill, Gipsy, Good Springs, Gourdsville, Greenbrier, Hannah, Harris Station, Hays Mill, Holland Gin, Irvington, Jones Crossroads, Lakewood, Lawngate, Lawson, Lazy Living Acres, Leggtown, Lentzville, Lester, Locke Crossroads, Mooresville, Morris Crossroads, Mount Rozell, Murphree Place, New Hope, Oak Grove, Oakdale, Oakdale Acres, Oakland, Oakland, O'Neal, Orrville, Parker, Peets Corner, Persimmon Grove, Pettusville, Pine Dale, Pinedale Acres, Piney Chapel, Pisgah, Poplar Creek, Proctor, Reid, Ridgway Mill, Ripley, Rockhouse Landing, Salem, Salem Corner, Sardis Springs, Scarce Grease, Shanghai, Spencer Store, Swancott, Sweetwater, Tanner, Tanner Crossroads, Thach, Turner Chapel, Union Hill, Veto, Walnut Hill, Wigginsville, Woodfin Mill

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Acts of Congress Authorizing the Land Patents in this book:
   April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
   May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)
   January 1, 1999: No Authority Available ()


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Indexes in this book

-Surnames in the County
  * number of times each Surname occurs

-Surname/Township Index
  * every Surname and the frequency in which each appears in relevant Township-level Maps

-Full-Name Index (of Original Landowners) for each Township

-Populated Places

-Cemeteries

-Multi-Patentees (Groups of people who acquired land together)

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Reviews by the Experts
What they are saying about the Family Maps series:
  • instant gratification! - Elizabeth Shown Mills, Author, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
  • incredible on-going series . . . - Christine Rose, Author, Courthouse Research for Family Historians
  • must have publications . . . - Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • a great service . . . - Sharon Tate Moody, former President, Association of Professional Genealogists



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SURNAMES found in this Book:
ABERNATHY, ADAMS, ADEY, AKIN, ALABAMA, ALLEN, ALLRED, ALSOBROOK, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ANSLEY, ARLEDGE, ARMSTEAD, ARTHUR, ASHFORD, ASKEW, ATKINSON, AURAND, BAGGETT, BAILES, BAILEY, BAKER, BALES, BALLARD, BAMMERLIN, BANKS, BARBEE, BARKER, BARKSDALE, BARNES, BARNETT, BATES, BATTS, BAUER, BEAN, BEARD, BEATY, BEAVERS, BECKHAM, BELEW, BELL, BELZ, BENNEFIELD, BENSON, BENTLEY, BERLINGHAM, BERRY, BERZETT, BIBB, BINFORD, BISHOP, BIXLER, BLACK, BLACKETOR, BLAIR, BLESSING, BOESSWETTER, BOGAN, BOGUE, BOND, BOOTH, BOREY, BOWERS, BOYCE, BOYD, BOYLES, BOZARTH, BRADLEY, BRADSHAW, BRANDON, BRAZIER, BREWINGTON, BRIDGES, BRIDGFORTH, BROADWAY, BROOKS, BROOKSHIRE, BROWN, BROWNING, BROYLES, BRUNDIGE, BRYAN, BRYANT, BULLINGTON, BURLESON, BURNEY, BURRESS, BURT, BUSHNELL, BUSWELL, BUTTERWORTH, BUYS, BYRD, CADENHEAD, CAIN, CALDWELL, CALLOWAY, CAMPBELL, CANNADY, CANNON, CANTER, CAPSHAW, CARRIEL, CARTER, CARTWRIGHT, CARY, CASON, CASSTEEL, CASTEEL, CETCHUM, CHAMBERS, CHAPMAN, CHILDRES, CHILDRESS, CHITTAM, CHRISTENSEN, CHRISTOPHER, CLAMPITT, CLARDY, CLARK, CLAUNCH, CLEM, COFFMAN, COKER, COLBERT, COLE, COLEMAN, COLLIER, COLLINS, CONN, COOK, COPELAND, COPPOCK, COTTRELL, COVINGTON, COWAN, COX, CRABB, CRAGO, CRAIG, CRAMER, CRAWFORD, CREAMER, CREENSHAW, CRENSHAW, CRITZ, CROFT, CROSS, CROUCH, CROWDER, CRUTCHER, CUMMINGS, CUNNINGHAM, DAILEY, DAILY, DALEY, DANA, DANFORTH, DATWYLER, DAVID, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAWSON, DEMENT, DENNEY, DENNING, DENNY, DENTY, DEVENPORT, DEWOODY, DICKSTEIN, DIERS, DONALDSON, DOUGLASS, DRAWBAUGH, DUBLIN, DUNN, DUPREE, EAKIN, EAST, EASTEP, EASTER, EAVES, ECKEBERGER, ECKSTEIN, EDGEMON, EDWARDS, EISENMANN, ELKINS, ELLIOTT, ENGLISH, ESCUE, ETTER, EURTON, EVANS, EZEL, FALKNER, FARLEY, FARR, FARRAR, FARRER, FAULKNER, FAVER, FEARN, FEATHERSTON, FELLERS, FIELD, FIELDING, FINLEY, FISH, FLANIGAN, FLANNAGAN, FLETCHER, FLOURNOY, FLOYD, FOGG, FORBS, FORD, FOSTER, FRANCIS, FREEMAN, FRENCH, FRIEND, FRY, GAITHER, GAMBLE, GANT, GARNER, GARRETT, GARRISH, GARRISON, GASTON, GATLIN, GATLING, GAUTNEY, GEE, GEORGE, GEY, GIBSON, GILBERT, GILCHRIST, GILL, GILLIAM, GLADISH, GLAZE, GLOSSUP, GOELER, GOLIGHTLY, GOODE, GOWER, GRAHAM, GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREENHAW, GREESON, GREGORY, GRESHAM, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITHS, GRIGSBY, GRINDLE, GRISHAM, GROFF, GULLEY, GUSCHKE, GUST, HALBERT, HALEY, HALL, HAM, HAMBLEN, HAMBY, HAMMOND, HANAUER, HANCOCK, HANEY, HANKS, HANSELMAN, HARAWAY, HARDEN, HARDIMAN, HARDIN, HARDING, HARDY, HARGROVE, HARGROVES, HARLAN, HARRIS, HARRISON, HARTGROVE, HARTGROVES, HARVEY, HARWELL, HASTEN, HATCHETT, HATHCOCK, HAY, HAYES, HEINRICH, HENDERSON, HENDRICKS, HENDUSON, HERMAN, HESS, HICKS, HIGGENS, HIGGINS, HIGH, HIGNETT, HILDRETH, HILL, HILLARD, HINE, HINKLE, HIX, HOBBS, HODGES, HODSON, HOFFMAN, HOGOOD, HOKE, HOLBERT, HOLLAND, HOLT, HOOKS, HOOPER, HOPPER, HOPWOOD, HORTON, HOUCK, HOWARD, HOWELL, HUDDLESTON, HUDSON, HUGHES, HUGHEY, HUMPHREYS, HUNLEY, HUNT, HURN, HUSTON, HYDE, INGLISH, IRWIN, ISHAM, ISOM, ISON, IVY, JACKSON, JACOBS, JAGGARS, JAGGERS, JAMES, JARRATT, JARRETT, JENKINS, JESTICE, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JUSTICE, KANE, KARR, KELLY, KEMP, KENNEDY, KENNEMER, KENNEMUR, KENT, KING, KIRKLAND, KISBER, KLOSTER, KNOWLES, KNOX, LAMBERT, LANDTROOP, LANE, LANIER, LANTROOP, LAPINGTON, LATTA, LATTIG, LAUDERDALE, LEACH, LEE, LEGG, LENTZ, LETCHER, LEVESQUE, LEWIS, LEWTER, LILES, LINARD, LINDSAY, LINDSEY, LINDZY, LITRY, LITZEY, LITZY, LOCK, LOCKE, LOCKMILLER, LONG, LOVE, LOVELESS, LOVELL, LUCAS, LUSTER, LUTZ, MACKLIN, MACLIN, MAGNUSSON, MALONE, MANLEY, MANN, MANNING, MAPLES, MARABLE, MARDIS, MARRS, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MARTINDALE, MASON, MASTIN, MATHEWS, MATTHEWS, MAXWELL, MAY, MCCAFFERTY, MCCARMACK, MCCLELLAN, MCCLURE, MCCOMB, MCCORMACK, MCCRARY, MCCRAVEY, MCCRAVY, MCCUAN, MCCULLY, MCCUNE, MCCURDY, MCDADE, MCDANIEL, MCDONALD, MCEMERY, MCGOWEN, MCGREW, MCGUIRE, MCHALFFEY, MCILWAIN, MCKINLEY, MCKINNEY, MCLEMORE, MCLIN, MCMARTREY, MCMUNN, MCPHERSON, MCSHERRY, MCWILLIAMS, MEACHAM, MEADOWS, MEALS, MEGEHEE, MEHR, MEIER, MENEFEE, MENIFEE, MERADETH, MEREDITH, MILES, MILNER, MINGEA, MINOR, MITCHELL, MONTGOMERY, MOODY, MOORE, MORRIS, MOSELEY, MOSS, MOTES, MULLINS, MURPHEY, MURPHY, MURRAH, MURRAY, MYERS, NABORS, NEELY, NEISBIT, NELSON, NESBIT, NEUSEL, NEWBY, NEWTON, NICHOLS, NIXON, NORRIS, NORTON, NORWOOD, ODAIR, OVERMIER, OVERMYER, OWEN, PAINE, PARKER, PARTAIN, PATRICK, PATTERSON, PAUL, PEACE, PEARSON, PEEK, PEETE, PEGRAM, PENN, PENSE, PEPPER, PERKINS, PERRY, PETERSON, PETETE, PETTEY, PETTUS, PHELPS, PHILIPS, PHILLIPS, PHILPOTT, PILES, PIPES, PITMAN, POLLITZ, POUNDERS, POWEL, POWELL, POWER, POWERS, PRICE, PRINCE, PRYOR, PUCKETT, PUGH, QUINN, QUINTON, RAGLE, RAINEY, RAMBO, RAMSEY, RANDOLPH, RANEY, RAY, REA, REANS, RECTOR, REDUS, REED, REID, REYER, RICHARDS, RIDGEWAY, RIDGWAY, RIDLEY, RIGGS, ROBBINS, ROBBISON, ROBERSON, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROBISON, ROGERS, ROSS, ROUSE, RUCKER, RUF, RUFF, RUPP, RUSSELL, SANDERS, SANDERSON, SAUNDERS, SCAGGS, SCHOUB, SCHRIMSCHER, SCHRIMSHER, SCHRINSCHER, SCHULZ, SCHWARZKOPF, SCOTT, SEAL, SEALE, SEAMANS, SEYFARTH, SHARP, SHEGOG, SHELTON, SHERROD, SHINPOCH, SHINPOCK, SHIPLEY, SHOEMAKER, SHORES, SHOULDERS, SHURBET, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SINIARD, SKAGGS, SKEETERS, SLOAN, SMALLEY, SMALLWOOD, SMITH, SNEED, SNIPES, SNOW, SOWELL, SPARKS, SPEER, SPIETH, SPRAKMAN, STANDFORD, STANFORD, STANLEY, STEPHENSON, STILL, STINE, STINNETT, STOVER, STRANGE, STRUNK, STUART, SWEANY, SWINEHART, SYKES, SYLVESTER, TALIAFERRO, TATE, TATUM, TAYLOR, TEAGUE, TEMPLE, TERRY, THACK, THOER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THOMSON, TILLERY, TINDALL, TINSLEY, TONEY, TOON, TOONE, TOWNSEND, TRIBLE, TROOP, TUCKER, TURNER, TWEEDY, TYUS, VANCE, VANHOOZER, VASSER, VAUGHAN, VAUGHN, VERNON, VINCENT, VINING, VINSON, VON BOECKMANN, WAGGONER, WALES, WALKER, WALSWORTH, WALTON, WARE, WARREN, WATKINS, WATSON, WEATHERFORD, WEAVER, WEBB, WEBER, WEBSTER, WEIR, WELDEN, WELLS, WEST, WESTMORELAND, WHARTMAN, WHITE, WHITFIELD, WHITICHER, WHITTEN, WHITTENBERGER, WICKHAM, WIDENER, WIGGINS, WILKINSON, WILLBANKS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLY, WILSON, WIMBERLEY, WIMBERLY, WINFIELD, WINSETT, WINSTON, WITHERS, WITTMER, WITTY, WOFFORD, WOOD, WOODS, WOODWARD, WOOLDRIDGE, WOOLLEY, WORD, WORTHY, WRIGHT, WYNN, YARBOROUGH, YARBROUGH, YEARWOOD, YORK


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Book Specifications
Binding Option Copyright Year Dimensions ISBN ISBN13
Paperback 2010 8-5/16' x 10-3/4' 142031372X 9781420313727
Spiral-bound 2007 8-1/2' x 11' (plus coil) 1420306448 9781420306446
Hardbound 2007 8-1/2' x 11' 1420306456 9781420306453


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