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Madison County Historical Site Survey, Preliminary Work

 File — Box: Series 7, Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: r07_01-01
r07_01-01
r07_01-01

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

1st bank 74
1st session of legislature 74
1st sheriff of Madison Co. 70
2nd husband of Clay widow 90
2nd minister of church 77, 100
a slave 76, 110
A.A.U.W. Chapter 65
Abingdon, VA 74, 99
academy chartered 99
Acme Club of Huntsville 119
AL Historical Commission 5
AL's 1st Senator 1819-1822 75
AL's 5th governor 16
AL's First Constitutional Convention 76
Alabama Legislature 100
Alabama statehood 1
Alabama's 5th governor 80
Alabama's first bank 76
Alabama's First Constitutional Convention 100, 110
Alabama 75, 118
Allison-Harlett 95
Allison-Hewett House 122
Allison-Hewlett House 26, 84
among earliest settlers in county 114
Applications for National Register of Historical Places 78
applications in TARCOG survey 112
application 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 55, 60
architect &amp 116
architect for Steele House 82
architect of church 119
architect of First Nat'l Bank 7
architect of Steele house 116
architect-builder of bank 120
architect 22
Bailey, Hugh C. 65
Baker Log House 84, 95, 122
Baner Log House 27
bank built in 1835 104, 120
banks 133
Bank 74
bank 99
Barren Fork of Flint River 29
Bass family 112
Bass, Thomas and Sara 118
Bass, Uriah 11, 78, 112
Bass-Tavern 118
Bass-Voekel House 10, 11, 78, 112
Bell Factory 9, 77, 100, 111
Bennett House 28, 84, 122
Betts, Edward Chambers 65
Bibb, Thomas 75
Blackburn, Gideon, Rev., D. D. 76, 100, 110
Bobo Section Road 59
Bogenshott, Holt 96
Bone, Rev. 12, 78
Bone-Wilbornon 95
Bone-Wilbourn House 12, 78, 112
bought home 6
bought house in 1844 80
bought land for house 23
bought land 78
bought property in 1844 114
bought property 11
bought Yeatman residence 105
Bowen, Mr. 47, 88, 126
Braham Springs 64, 93
builder 116
built Baker house 84
built bank 104
built before 1817 76
built Bennett house 28, 122
built Bone-Wilbourn house 112
built by Charles Cabaniss 75
built by John Ford 13
built by Madison Otey 18
built ca 1820s 123
built ca 1830 115
built ca 1840 82, 115, 123
built Countess House 79
built Elliot House 123
built Elliott House 85
built Ford house 113
built Hall Hotel 86
built home 104
built houses 1
built house 12, 35, 80, 87
built Huntsville depot 103
built in 19th century 84
built Laughinghouse Place 47, 88, 126
built Steele House 116
built the house 78
burials in Maple Hill Cemetery 111
burned 1864 99
burned in 1864 74
Burritt Museum 120
Burritt, William Henry, Dr. 120
Business enterprises 64, 66, 93
business firms 133
Cabaniss Cotton Spinning Factory 9, 75
Cabaniss House 7
Cabaniss, Charles 75
Cabaniss-Carriager House 122
Cabaniss-Carriger House 29, 84
called Rebel Raider 75
camped on site en route to battle 117
canal developer 75
Carl T. Jones Home 64, 66, 93, 133
Cedar Hurst 133
Cedarhurst Thornton House 64
Cedarhurst, Thornton House 93
Cemeteries 64, 66, 93
cemeteries 132
cemetery established 1818 99
cemetery near Holly Tree 93
chairman of committee 76, 100
Chapman, Reuben, Governor 25, 82, 116
Chapman, Reuben 75
Chapter erected marker 77
chapter placed marker 118
chartered 74
Chase House 7
Cherokee Square 132
Cherokees attacked Chickasaws 74
Cherokees ceded land 1805 99
Cherokees 99
Chickasaw Indians 118
Chickasaw Old Fields 9, 74, 99
Chickasaws ceded land 1806 99
Chickasaws 99
church destroyed by fire 119
Church of The Visitation 30, 84, 95, 122
church organized 76, 100, 110
church owned Steele house 82
Churches 64, 66, 93
churches 132
Civil War skirmishes 64, 66, 93
Classified Structures and Districts 132
Clay House 7
Clay, Clement Claiborne 60, 90, 128
Clay, Clement Comer, Governor 90, 128
Clay, Clement Comer 5, 70, 75, 76, 100, 104, 110
Clay, Virginia 60, 90
Clemens House 6, 71
Clemens, James 6, 71, 105
Clemens, Jeremiah 6, 71, 105
Clement Claiborne Clay's widow 128
Clements House 105
Clopton, Judge 60, 90
club placed marker 119
Colonel Pope House 7
committee chairman 110
Confederate Dead Memorial 77, 111
Confederate Dead 100
Confederate Monument 77, 100, 111
Constitution Hall State Park 104
Constitution Hall 70
Constitution of AL created here 70
convened at Inn 100
convention president 110
Cook, Henry 75
corn trading post for Indians 118
cotton mill erected 99
Cotton Mill 74
Cotton Spinning Factory 29
Countess House (John Ford Place) 78
Countess House 10, 13, 112
Country Cottage 31, 85, 123
county created by Gov. of MS 74
county created in 1808 99
county occupied by troops 99
court held there 118
Court House Square 77
Courthouse Square 77
Criner family 64, 66, 93
Criner, Isaac 1
Criner, Joseph 1
Davy Crockett Camp 64
Davy Crockett's Camp 66
Davy Crockett's camp 93
depot built in 1862 69
descendant lived in house 116
descendants lived in house 82
Dickson-Walker House 32, 85, 123
Dickson-Walker 95
died 1864 75
Dill, Isaac 33, 85, 123
Dill-Rice House 33, 85, 123
dined at Pope home 70
dinner at Pope home 6, 104
district designed in 1972 120
Ditto's Landing 74, 99
Ditto, John 74, 99
documentation incomplete 84
Domestic Science Building 69, 103
Downing, A. J. 22, 36, 82, 86, 116, 124
Dr. Fearn-Garth House 7
Dr. Graham built house 124
Dr. Pynchon House 7
Dryer House 34, 85, 95, 123
earliest in AL 100
early owner of house 33, 123
early owner of property 85
East Huntsville Baptist Church 82
Elliot House 35, 123
Elliot, Robert 35
Elliott House 85
Elliott, Robert 85, 123
erected before 1817 110
erected Bell factory sign 111
erected factory 75, 111
erected marker 100, 111
established by City of Huntsville 74
Ewing, Stephen S. 75
factories 133
family donated building 69, 103
family owned house until 1911 112
Fanning Place 36, 86, 95, 124
farm buildings 133
Faternal Buildings 124
father of Huntsville 70
father of Jeremiah Clemens 6, 71, 105
Fayetteville, TN 102
Fearn, Thomas 75
federal prison during Civil War 103
Federal Troops 99
finished house 22
first Masonic Lodge 99
first &amp 110
First and only bank president 76
first and only bank president 100
first bank in Alabama 110
first bank 99
First canal in Alabama 75
first constitution drafted 99
first cotton mill erected 74, 99
first cotton spinning factory on farm 84
first inauguration of governor 99
first Masonic Lodge chartered 117
first name of town 103
First Nat'l Bank built by him 70
First National Bank built 6
First National Bank 104, 120
First Presbyterian Church 76, 100, 110
first session of legislature 99
first sheriff of county 5, 104
Five Oaks (Laxon House) 8, 73, 107
Floyd, W. Warner 5, 70
Ford Home - Kelly Place 79, 113
Ford Home 14
Ford House 10
Ford, John 13, 79, 113
formed state constitution 100
Frank Hall built hotel 124
Frank Hall built house 41
Fraternal Building 37, 86, 95
Fraternal organizations 64, 66, 93, 132
Freeman patented land 79
Freeman, Thomas 15, 79, 113
Gabled Victorian house 38
Gabled Victorian House 86, 124
Garth House 7
Gen. killed 1862, Federal Gen. 75
General Morgan House 75
George Steele built house 82
George Steele purchased land 82
Giles, Ben 35, 85, 123
Gov. Clement Comer Clay's son 60
Governor 1820-1821 75
Governor 1835-1837 75
Governor 1847-1849 75
Governor 1865-1866 75
Governor 1872-1874 75
Governor Bib-Newman House 7
Governor Clement Comer Clay's son 128
Governor Gabriel Moore House 10, 16, 79, 113
Governor of MS territory 1
Governors buried at Maple Hill 75
Graham House 39, 86, 95, 124
Graham, B. E., Dr. 39, 86, 124
Green Academy site 74, 99
Greenlawn (Otey House) 8, 73, 107
Greenlawn 18
Griffith, Lucille 65
Gurley, AL 28, 35, 39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
Gurley, Frank, Captain 75
Gurley-Maysville Road 40
Haagen, Victor B. 65
HABS 1935 Report 107
Hall Hotel 41, 86, 124
Hall, Frank 41, 86, 124
Hall-Bogenshott House 40, 86, 124
Hammond, Ralph 65
Harris, Bartley 77, 100, 111
Harris, William 76, 100, 110
Hazard, Samuel 75
Hazel Green Road 8
Hazel Green, AL 38, 52, 73, 86, 88, 107, 124, 126
Health resorts 64, 66, 93
heirs in home 1849-1949 75
Helion Lodge No. 1 117
Henry Smith House 42, 87, 125
Henry Smith 96
Hickory Flat area 132
Hickory Grove Church 43, 87, 96, 125
His unit killed General McCook 75
Historic American Building Survey 7
Historic Markers 120
Historic Sites and Structures 9
Historic Sites in Madison Co., AL 6, 64
Historic Sites Unresearched 66
Historical Highway Markers of AL 74
Historical Society president 70
Historicl Commission member 70
History of Madison Co., AL 1
Hobbs Island area 132
home built ca 1838 79
home built in 1814 104
home in 1814 79
home of Dr. Steger 127
home of Rand Shoe Co. family 89, 127
honored at dinner in Inn 100, 110
honored at dinner 76
Horseshoe Bend, AL 118
house built 1838-1840 113
house built by Humphrey 44
house built ca 1820 114
house built ca 1825 116
house built ca 1836 116
house built ca 1840 85
house built ca 1850 80
house built ca 1855 123
house built in 1812 29, 122
house built in 1814 113
house built in 1823 75
house built in 1825 78
house built in 1830 81
house built in 1835 33, 85
house built in 1854 81
house built in 1874 88, 126
house built in 1905 39, 86
house built in 1917 86
house built 112
house called Five Oaks 88
house owner 85
Humphrey built house 125
Humphrey, D. C. 6, 71, 105
Humphrey, William Davis 44, 87, 125
Humphrey-Darwin House 44, 87, 125
Humphrey-Rodgers House 6, 71, 105
Hunt, John 1, 77, 100
Huntsville Big Spring 75
Huntsville City 99
Huntsville Depot 103
Huntsville Historical Society 5
Huntsville Inn Site 100
Huntsville named for him 100
Huntsville named in his honor 1
Huntsville Vicinity 107
Huntsville, AL 1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 46, 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 64, 65, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128
Huntsville 74
Hurricane Creek Valley 132
Hwy 53, Madison County 16
Hwy. 53, Madison Co., AL 113
Hwy. 72, Ryland Pike 14
incorporated by James White 74
incorporated in 1832 111
incorporated 74, 77
Indian Creek Canal 9, 75
Indian trader 74, 99
Inn erected 100
Inns, campsites, stagecoach stops 93
Inns 64, 66
Irvin Windam Home 133
Irving Windham House 64, 66, 93
Jackson Co. line 60, 90
Jackson, Andrew 6, 70, 104, 117
Jewish Synagogue 90, 128
Joby Wade Keyes Chapter DAR 118
John Ford Place 13, 112
John W. Walker's son 75
Jones & Herrin Architects 98
Jones, H. P. 95
Jones, Virgil Carrington (Pat) 65
Jordan, Felix 77, 100, 111
Jude family lived in house 87
Jude family owned house 125
Jude Place 45, 87, 125
Judge David Campbell Chapter 77, 100, 111
Judge of Supreme Court of DC 105
Judge of Supreme Court 71
Kelly Place 14
Kildare 46, 87, 96, 125
known as Salt King 99
land purchased for house 82
landing established 74
later surveys 132
Laughinghouse Place 21, 47, 88, 126
Laughinghouse 96
law offices in state park 104
law offices 5, 133
Lawler House 48, 88, 126
Lawler 96
Laxon House (Five Oaks) 126
Laxon House 49, 88
Laxon 96
Leroy Pope Home 70
LeRoy Pope Home 104
Lewis, David Peter 75
Limestone Road 75
listed in 1935 HABS 114, 115
lived in house during Civil War 89
lived near Big Spring 77
lodge chartered 74
lst town incorporated 99
Madison Co. Summary & Conclusion 62, 63
Madison Co., AL 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 29, 31, 41, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 78, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103, 104, 112, 114, 118, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 132, 133
Madison County Bibliography 65
Madison County History 99
Madison County named for him 1
Madison County 74, 95
Madison, James 1
Malone, Dumas 65
Maple Hill Cemetery 74, 77, 99
Marked Sites and Structures 4
marked sites and structures 69
marker at Maple Hill Cemetery 100
marker placed at location 119
Masonic Lodge 74, 99
Massengill House 50, 88, 126
Massengill 96
Mastin House 8, 73, 107
Mastin Lake Church of Christ 51, 88, 126
Maysville, AL 12, 21, 55, 78, 81, 89, 112, 115, 127
McCartney widow's 3rd husband 78
McCartney, James 12, 78, 112
McCartney, widow 112
McCook, Robert L., General 75
McCormick, Robert R. 3, 69, 103
McCowan House 88, 96, 126
McCown House 52
McCrary House 10, 15, 79, 113
Memphis & Charleston Railroad Co. 103
Memphis & Charleston Railroad Depot 69
Merchants & Planters Bank 76, 110
Meridianville, AL 18, 37, 75, 80, 86, 114
Methodist Episcopal Church 119
minister for 50 years 76, 110
minister of Methodist Station 117
Mitchel, Ormsby, General 2, 68, 102
Monroe, James, President 76, 100, 110
Monte Sano Female Seminary 117
Moontown Road Log House 53, 89, 96, 127
Moontown Road 53
Moore, Gabriel 16, 80, 114
Moore, Richard 77, 100, 111
Morgan, John Hunt 75
National Register of Historic Places 10, 69, 103
Neal, Stephen 5, 70, 75, 104
New Hope 132
New Madison 132
New Market and environs 66, 93
New Market area 1, 8, 11
New Market Road 27
New Market Vicinity 107
New Market, AL 36, 43, 44, 49, 61, 73, 78, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 122, 124, 125, 126, 128
New Market 64
Normal, AL 103
Oaklawn 10, 17, 80, 114
Old Cherokee area 64, 66
Old Cherokee boundary area 93
Old River Port 74
Old Slaughter Home 133
Old Vienna 132
oldest negro congregation in AL 76, 100, 110
on 1935 NABS list 126
one of earliest land owners 112
only president of bank 110
organized 1851 119
Otey House - Greenlawn 80, 114
Otey House 10, 18
Otey, Madison 80, 114
Owen, Thomas McAdory 65
owned Bennett house 84, 122
owned house, son of George 82, 116
owned house 35, 55, 123
owner of house 28
Paint Rock River Valley 132
pastor of church 77, 100, 110, 111
patented land for McCrary family 15
patented 112
Patton Donegan Company 77, 100, 111
Patton, Eli 77, 100, 111
Patton, Robert Miller 75
Paul Jones Home 64, 133
Paul Jones House 93
Phelps-Jones House 10, 19, 81, 115
Phelps-Jones 96
Pickens, Bennett 28, 84, 122
Pickens, Governor 76, 100, 110
Pope home built 6
Pope House 7
Pope, Leroy 1, 6
Pope, LeRoy 75, 76, 100, 104, 110
president of convention 76, 100
Price, D. M. 95
probably architect of Kildare 87
property willed to Huntsville 120
Pulaski Pike, Madison Co., AL 19, 81, 115
purchased land 113
Pynchon House 7
Quietdale 10, 20, 81, 96, 115
Rand House 54, 89
Record, James 5, 65, 70
Redstone Arsenal Complex 132
Rev. Bone her 3rd husband 112
Richardson, H. H. 46, 87, 125
Riverton Road 15
Road House 127
Roberts, Dr. 98
Roberts, Frances Cabaniss 65
Robinson, Amos 77, 100, 111
Robinson, John 17, 80, 114
Rodgers house built 6
Rodgers, Humphrey 6
Rowe, James, Rev. and Mrs. 117
Ryland Pike, Madison Co., AL 113
Saint Bartley Primitive Baptist Church 76, 100, 110
Sanford Home 133
Sanford House 64, 66, 93
Schools in county 93, 99
Schools 64, 66
Shepard House 64, 66, 93
Shepherd Home 133
Sisco House - Laughinghouse Place 81, 115
Sisco House 10, 21
Site of Huntsville Female College 119
Sites Nominated for National Register of Historic Places 70
Sites Undocumented and Incomplete 66, 93
slave who organized church 100
Smith, Henry 28, 84, 122
sold house 71
son bought house in 1873 25
son of George Steele, owned house 23
son of Govenor Clay 90
state constitution drawn up here 104
state constitution 99
state governor 99
State Legislature session 74, 99
Steele House 10, 22, 82, 115
Steele, George 6, 7, 22, 23, 70, 73, 82, 104, 116, 119, 120
Steele, Matthew 23, 82, 116
Steele-Fowler House 8, 73, 107
Steele-Gaines House 10, 23, 82, 116
Steger, Frank, Dr. 55, 89, 127
Steger-Nance House 55, 89, 127
Strong-Rutledge House 10, 24, 82, 116
Sublett Log House 56, 89, 127
Suggs House 57, 89, 96, 127
Sulpher Springs 132
Supreme Court Judge 6
TARCOG Survey 78
Temple B'Nai Sholam 58, 90, 97, 128
Tenant House 59, 90, 128
Tenessee River 75
textile mill 100
The Barrens 64, 66, 93, 132
The Big Spring 77, 100, 111
The Huntsville Inn Site 76
The Huntsville Inn 110
The Twickenham Historic District 69
Thornton Home 133
Thornton House Cedarhurst 66
town incorporated by him 74
town incorporated 74, 99
Town of Madison 132
Town of Whitesburg 74, 99
Triana and environs 66
Triana incorporated in 1819 75
Triana 9, 64, 75, 93
Triangle at Holmes & Lincoln 119
Trianna community 132
Twickenham area 1, 4
Twickenham Historic District 103, 120
Twickenham II 64, 66, 93
Unmarked Historic Sites and Structures 84
Unmarked Sites & Structures Survey 122
Unmarked Sites & Structures 112
Unresearched areas for inclusion in 132
US Hwy 431 112
Viderton Hotel 132
Viduta and Sulpher Springs 93
Virginia Clay Clopton House 60, 90, 128
Virginia Clay Clopton 95
Virginia's 2nd husband 60
Virginia 118
voided bank charter 76
voided proclamation 110
Walker, John James 75
Walker, John Williams 75, 76, 100, 110
Walker, LeRoy Pope 75
Walker, Percy 75
Walker, Richard Wilde 75
Weeden House 7
White House 7
White, James 74, 99
Whitesburg, AL 9
Whitman-Cobb House 61, 90, 128
Whitman-Cobb 97
widow McCartney's 3rd husband 12
widow of Clement Claiborne Clay 60, 90
Wilbourn, Bone House 10
willed property to city 120
Williams, Robert 1
Williams, 65
Winchester Road, Madison Co. 113
Winchester Road 45
Withers-Chapman House 10, 25, 82, 116

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