In the 1866 State Census for AL, Mrs. Brittan McGuire is living in Shelby County at Township 24, Range 12 East. This location may be in Shelby County, but it’s right next to Bibb County. It’s just below Montevallo and just above Brierfield. In the household are one female over 20 (Britta, 32), one female 10 - 20 (Ellen), two females under 10 (Mary Drucilla and Unknown), and one male under 10 years (Douglas).
Neighbors in the same township and on the same page are E. M. Carlton, R.D. Campbell, Henry Backus, J.M. Whitfield, T. Hatcher, and Jacob Howser (Hauser). Neighbors on the page before include Robert Dennis, T. P. Merony, James Adams, Willis Woods, L.V. Fancher, A. Woods, James Coshatt, George R. Allen, Mrs. Mary Large, J. B. Broadhead, Mrs. Adaline Holsombeck, Mrs. Ellen Garrett.
This blog entry could run really loooooooonnnnnnnnnnnngggg if I put all my notes here. So let's look at just the six people on the same page as Britta for the moment. Here's how each of these people relate to Britta:
I. E. M. CARLETON
A. Edward Moore Carleton was a bigwig in Bibb and Shelby Counties. He performed the marriage ceremony of Susan Green Stringfellow to Joseph D. Neely in Bibb County in 1853. He was witness and executor of the will of Richard Fancher in 1849.
II. R. D. CAMPBELL
A. In 1850 R. Davis Campbell lived in the same Shelby County neighborhood as Elijah Green, McKeithen, Jesse Coshatt, Joseph Neeley, Phillip Meroney, Broadhead, George Allen, Fredrick Smith, Robert Dennis, Moses Johnson, William Deshayso. Possible connections to Britta:
• Joseph Neeley was married to Susan M. Green, daughter of Joscelin B. Green.
• Frederick Smith lived a few doors from Britta and John McGuire in Jefferson County in 1860.
• Moses Johnson and son Alphonzo were taken to court in Shelby County in 1851 for assault and battery on John L. McGuire.
B. In 1860 R. D. Campbell is living in the same neighborhood as:• Noah Haggard & his daughter Lucy, who married Willis Wood;
• J. D. Neeley, who married Susan M. Green, daughter of Joscelin B. Green,
C. In 1870 Dennis is living in the same Shelby neighborhood as Alamoth Woods, James M. Whitfield, both in the same township and range as Britta in 1866.
III. DR. HENRY BACKUS
A. Henry Backus was a physician.
B. Henry Backus's daughter Kate married the son of Nancy Ellen Elizabeth Green Garrett.
IV. JAMES M. WHITFIELD
A. James Whitfield is living in Monevallo in 1860.
B. In 1870 Whitfield is living in the same neighborhood as Alamoth Woods (married to Noah Haggood's daughter) and J. Hatcher.
V. T. HATCHER = J. HATCHER
A. Andrew Jackson Hatcher married Sarah Bisheat May 24, 1866. The marriage certificate is here:
Judge Gardner approved the ceremony; F. M. Fancher performed it. The marriage bond shows that Jackson Hatcher married Sarah Reinheart, not Bisheat. James Barnes is the bondsman on May 24, 1866.
V. JACOB HOWSER/HAUSER
A. Was born in Rowan County, NC. The birthplace of Britta's parents is consistently listed as either NC or SC.
B. In Shelby County in 1850. In Mapleville, Bibb, East Side Cahaba River in 1860.
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