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Frances C. Roberts Handwritten Draft of Dissertation

 File — Box: Series 2, Subseries C, Box 1, Folder: 3b
Identifier: r02c01-03b
r02c01-03b
r02c01-03b

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Frances Cabaniss Roberts collection covers the historical records of the Cabaniss Roberts family. This collection contains extensive correspondence records of the Cabaniss Roberts family circa 1830 to 1930.

Dates

  • Creation: 1830 - 1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 105 Linear feet (143 boxes and 19 oversize.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Acklin, Joseph 107
Acklin, William 168, 173
Adair, William I. 79, 87, 171
Adams, John 211
African Baptist Church 70
Alabama formation 269
Alabama Lodge No. 21 92
Alabama Terr. 66
Alabama Territory 66
Alabama 183, 192, 194
Allen, John, Rev. 68, 73, 74, 77, 78, 81, 106, 213, 214
Allen, Walker 279
Allen, William T. 107
American Colonization Society 84
Barclay, James 128
Battle of Talawa 24
Bean, David 220
Beaty, Robert 271, 275
Beecher, Catherine 109
Beirne, Andrew 156
Beirne, George P. 107
Bell Factory 154, 155
Bell Tavern 163
Bend of the Tennessee 234
Bibb, Thomas, Gov. 209
Bibb, Thomas, Jr. 160
Big Spring 125, 126
Birney, James G. 78, 80, 81, 86, 87, 88, 91, 105, 109, 110, 169, 209
Black Fox, Chief 233
Blackburn, Gideon, Rev. 68, 211, 212, 214
Blount, William 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 52
Booker, Parham 175
Bradford, David 173
Bradford, H. C. 178
Brahan, John 266
Brandon, T. 153
Brandon, Thomas 158
Brandon, William 158, 172
Brannum, 216
Brownsboro, AL 219
Building Construction 161
Building Trades 158
Bunch, John 106
Businesses 133, 144
Cabaniss, Charles 146, 148, 149
Cabaniss, Septimus D. 107
Cain, Thomas & Co. 145
Camp, James W. 172
Carpenter, W. O. 217
Carroll, James G. 174
Cash, Benjamin 275
Caswell, Richard, Gov. 36
Cemeteries 122
Chambers, Henry 123
Champion, Robert H. 145
Chandler, Mrs. 206
Chapman, Reuben 179
Chapman, Samuel 170
Cherokee & Chickasaw Claims 229
Cherokee & Chickasaw Indians 64
Cherokee cessions 31
Cherokee Claims 231
Cherokee Indians 16, 28, 30
Cherokee Treaty 233
Chewning, William 105
Chickasaw & Cherokee Indians 228
Chickasaw Indians 17, 28
Chickasaw Old Fields 27, 29, 230
Chickasaw relations 31
Chickasaw Treaties 32
Chickasaw Treaty 230, 231
Churches 71, 72, 74
Clay, C. C., Jr. 177
Clay, C. C. 173
Clay, Clement C. 266
Clay, Clement Claiborne 107
Clay, Clement Comer 81, 98
Clay, J. Withers 107
Clemens, Jeremiah 107, 176
Clemmons, James 276, 279
Clifton, C. R. 87
Coffee, John, Gen. 264, 265, 266
Colbert, George, Chief 229
Coltart, Samuel 143
Commerce 277, 278
Connally, John 201
Cotton Spinning Factory 147
County Seat 246
Cox, George 275
Cox, Joshua 128
Cox, Zachariah 47, 48, 50, 54, 56
Crabb, Thomas 276
Craft, Ezekiel 216
Crawford, Beverly 91
Creek Indian War 255, 257, 259
Creek Indians 251, 253
Criner, Isaac 220
Criner, Joseph 220
Cross, Thomas 145
Dallas, Alexander J. 79
Davis, Andrew K., Rev. 113, 210
Dearborn, Henry, Sec. of War 232
Derrick, Robert, Rev. 210
DeSoto, 14
DeVendal, E., Mrs. 108
Dickson, William 243, 244
Dining Entertainment 198
Donegan, James J. 157
Donelson, John 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42
Early Homes 196
Eason, Abner 153
Echols, William, III 69
Ellett, A. H. 217
Ewing, S. S. 153
Ewing, Stephen 275
Fearn, Richard Lee, Dr. 87
Fearn, Thomas, Dr. 87, 91, 109, 110, 209, 272
Fearn, Thomas 81, 171
Fire Engine Company 124, 127
Fleming, William 159, 168, 169, 171
Florence, AL 215
Forsey & Stewart 154
Forsey, Richard 154
Freeman, Thomas 237, 238, 239, 240, 241
Gallatin, Albert 238
Georgia Land Sales Voided 57
Georgia Legislature 45, 55, 58
Georgia's Western Lands 221, 222
Georgia 39
Gilbreath, Alexander 271, 273
Glasscock, William H. 175
Golbeck, Ed 215
Graham, John 174
Great Bend 12, 21
Green Bottom Inn Race Track 201
Green Bottom Inn 201
Green Bottom Races 202
Greene Academy 96, 98, 99, 105, 106, 107
Greensboro 215
Hampton, Wade, Gen. 250
Hampton, Wade, Sec. War 11
Harben, J. T. 179
Harding, Joseph 153
Harris, Stephen W. 179
Harris, William 70
Haughton, Thomas 176
Hawkins, Benjamin 253, 266
Heard, Stephen 42
Helion Lodge No. 1 92
Henderson, Richard 37
Henry, Patrick 36
Hickman, John H. 160
Hickman, John 275
Historic Alabama Indians 194
Hobbs, J. L. 28
Holmes, David, Gov. 11, 243, 249, 273
Hopkins, Arthur 87, 88
Horton, Rodah 175
Humphreys, Thomas 178
Hunt, C. 171
Hunt, John 220, 245
Huntsville Business District 123
Huntsville Female Academy 108
Huntsville Female Seminary 109, 110
Huntsville Inn 163, 197
Huntsville Theatre 204, 205
Huntsville trustees 270
Huntsville, Ala. Terr. 122, 164, 202, 203, 211
Huntsville, AL 70, 93, 94, 95, 96, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 116, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 143, 144, 145, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213
Huntsville, Miss. Terr. 93, 163, 196, 197, 198, 210, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 270, 271, 272, 273, 277, 278, 279
Huntsville 59, 60, 99, 114, 116, 123, 131, 133, 248
Hurtwell, Thomas H. 178
Index 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Indian Affairs 51
Indian Boundary Rights 20
Indian cessions 33
Indian Cessions 226
Indian Hunting Grounds 22
Indian Population Decline 18
Indian Settlements 23, 25
Indian Treaties 65
Inns 163, 164
Intruders 258
Jackson, Andrew, Gen. 65, 66, 255, 257, 259, 260, 262, 264, 265
Jackson, Andrew 201, 267, 268
Jefferies, Allen 69
Jefferson, Thomas, Pres. 222
Jones, Horatio, estate 151
Jones, Horatio 149, 150
Jones, Obadiah, Judge 245
Kelly, William 173
Kent & Yeatman 154
Kent, Germanious & Co. 155
Key and Wells 145
King, Henry 171
King, Michael A. 178
Land Sales 243
Land Speculation 34
Lanier, Isaac 167, 172
Lankin, Griffin 169
Laughinghouse, George 179
Leach, William 211
Leake, John M. 170
Leftwich, Jabez 175
Legal Settlement 224, 225
Lincoya 262
Lowe, Robert J. 179
Madison Co., AL 27, 28, 71, 72, 74, 144, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 180, 216
Madison Co., Miss. Terr. 30, 61, 147, 148, 199, 200, 201, 202, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 274, 275, 276
Madison County created 30
Madison County 181, 182, 234
Madison's Expansionists 11
Madison, James, Pres. 242
Maples, Frank 217
Maps, George 217
Martin, John 87, 91, 171
Martin, Joseph 35, 36, 38, 42
Masonic Lodge 93
McAllister, John 276
McCartney, James 61
McClung, James 168, 172
McCrary, Thomas 149
McKay, William, Mrs. 112
McNeil, W. M. & Co. 145
McVay, Hugh 241, 245
Mead, Lemuel 105
Meigs, Return J. 231, 232
Milestones in Early Alabama History 192
Militia 250
Miller, Martin 145
Miller, Thomas 167
Miller, William J. 177
Minor, Henry 98
Miss. Terr. 11, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 249, 267, 268, 269, 273
Mississippian Period 14
Monroe, David 276
Monroe, James, Pres. 164, 197
Monte Sano Female Seminary 111
Moody, Epps 169
Moore, David, Dr. 272
Moore, David 167, 171
Moore, Gabriel 167, 245
Morgan, Calvin 276
Morgan, Luther 276
Muscle Shoals 52, 233
Musters 199, 200
Nashville, TN 243, 244
Natchez, MS 237
Neal, George W. 107
Neal, Stephen, Sheriff 123, 240, 241
Neal, Stephen 271
Neely, James 11, 145
newspaper account 89, 104
North Alabama Counties Created 66
North Carolia 36
Original Settlers 61
Owens Cross Roads, AL 216, 217, 218
Owens Cross Roads 216
Owens, Monroe 216
Owens, Thomas J. 216, 217
Paleo Indian Period 13
Parham, William 263
Parish, Capt. 264
Parker, Nat 216
Patton, Charles 107
Patton, Donegan & Co. 154, 155
Patton, Robert M. 107
Patton, William 153, 156
Peel, Hunter 125, 126, 128
Peete, Samuel 174
Pelham, John D. 107
Penn, James 173
Percy, Thomas G. 205
Perkins, Peter 242, 244, 245, 265
Petersburg, GA 244
Pettey, William 69
Pettey, Zachariah 69
Phelan, John D. 175
Pickett, Edward, Dr. 91
Polk, Josiah F. 86
Pope, Benjamin S. 204
Pope, LeRoy 108, 115, 122, 126, 204, 244, 246, 261, 275, 277
Pope, Maria, Miss 261
Pope, Nicholas 115, 278
Pope, Thomas 276
Pope, Willis 278
Population Growth 132
Posey, Jesse B. 94
Prehistoric Alabama Indians 183
Presbyterian Church 80, 209, 212
Price, John & Johanna 208
Province, Thomas 176
Public School 93, 95
Purdom, Richard 276
Recreation & Literacy Outline 182
Reed, John 275
Reid, John 273
Religious Life 208
Reservations 233
Roach, John 160
Robinson, James 177
Rowe, James, Rev. 111
Rutherford, Griffith 35, 36
Sample, Jared I. 279
Sample, Joe I. 145
Sanders, Benjamin 276
Sanders, William 172
Sandridge, Garrett L. 177
Sannoner, S. B. 203
Scott, S. S. 179
Searcy, Jesse 275
Settlers 227
Sevier, John 35, 37, 42, 44, 47
Shepherd, Levan 160
slavery 81, 85
Smith, Daniel, Gen. 232
Smith, Nathan 173
Smith, William 175
Social & Cultural Life 207
Social Life Outline 181
South Carolina 37
Squatter Census 241
Squatter Settlement in the Bend 235, 238, 239
State of Franklin 45
Steele, George 159
Stewart, William 154, 155
Stringfield, Thomas, Rev. 208
Sumner, Thomas J. 87
Sykes, William J. 177
Tait, Charles 5
Taylor Family 219
Taylor, George 219
Taylor, John M. 91, 98
Taylor, Joseph 176
Taylor, Thomas Jones, Judge 220
Taylor, Thomas, Judge 199
Tecumseh 252
Tellico Blockhouse 53
Temperance 90
Tenants at Will 239
Tennessee Land Company 47, 48, 49, 54, 55, 56
Tennessee River area 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Tennessee Valley 15
Theatre 202, 203
Thornton, Harry I. 172
To the Land of Milk and Honey 220
Townes, John L. 170
Transportation 144
Treaties 267
Triana 79
Turner, Daniel B. 168
Twickenham 247, 248
U. S. Congressmen 180
U. S. Senators 180
Upper Creek Indians 16
Vining, John 167, 170
Walker, John W. 205
Walker, John Williams 261
Walker, LeRoy Pope 107
Walker, Mary Jane 206
Walker, Samuel 169
War of 1812 249
Ward, Edward 244
Washington, DC 231, 232
Washington, George, Pres. 46
Water Syatem Protests 129
Water Syatem 128
Water Works 125
Watkins, Miles S., Dr. 87
Watkins, William M. 160
Wawtson, Joab 113
Weedon, Frederick 170
Wellborn, Isaac 170
Wharton, D. M., Dr. 87, 91
White Intrusian 19
White, Addison 275
White, James 273, 274
White, Thomas W. 275
Williams, Benjamin 241
Williams, Isaac 154
Williams, Robert, Gov. 240, 242, 243
Wills, Andrew 98, 99, 105, 106
Windham, Irvin 145
Winston, John, Capt. 260, 261
Winston, Louis 242, 243
Winston, William 242, 244
Withers, Jones M. 107
Withers, Louise, Miss 215
Wood, Bennett 245
Wood, Jack 216
Wright, William 178

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