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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Andrew Jackson Feagin Note Born: 4 Jul 1816 at Jones County, , , GA Married: Abt 1839 at Covington Co, , , AL Died: 9 Feb 1881 at Polk County, , , Texas Other Spouses: Wineyford Taylor
Father: George Feagin Mother: Campbell
WIFE
Name: Winney Born: Abt 1819 at NC, , , Died:
CHILDREN

NOTES
1). The Feagin Graveyard Contributed by Joan Hallford Hidle & Lisa R. Frank l i n R N , 1996. T.6N R.17E SEC.34 Feagin Graveyard is unmarked on t h e C o u nty map. It is located several Hun dred yards of f C oun t y Ro ad 43 at a place where you can see the begin nin g o f a n ol d dirt road o off of 43, in a kudzu patch . I t is a bou t a mi lewest of Rose Hill, AL. How Did Rose Hill Get It s Name? by Gus Bryan The village of Rose Hill is located on the old Thre e N o t c h Trail just few miles southeast of the Conecuh R iv e r a t th e Junction of the Opp Dozier road. Varied sto ri e s hav e bee n told as to how Rose Hill received it s n am e . One st ory i s that Andrew Jackson gave the plac e a na m e as he pas sed th rough in 1818. Another story i s tha t a n old Negro wo man b y the name of Rose formerl y live d o n a hill near th e presen t stores and people be gan ref erri ng to the place a s Rose Hi ll because of thi s old Neg r o . Still another stor y is tha t a large Dorth y Perkus s s even sisters rose bus h formerl y stood nea r the sit e of W idow Colvin s old hous e and tha t the nam e originat ed beca use of this rose bush . Still anot her s tory is tol d d tha t Rose Hill was once ca lled China Hi l l. It is impossible to establish a date on which the pio n e e r s ettlers moved into Rose Hill community. It has be e n d ef init ely established that white people were livin g i n th e a rea i n the 182 0 s. The pioneer settlers cam e fro m Geo rgia , South Carolina, and areas adjacent to t he Ros e Hil l area . No do ubt the Three Notch Road whic h was bla zed i n 1818 w as use d by some of the first set tlers. I t is pr esumed th at thi s trail was an old India n trail pr obabl y used by th e India nsfor hundreds of ye ars previo us t o 1818. One ma y travel t his route from Co lumbus, GA . to P ensacola, Fla. , without cr ossing a stre am that can not eas ily be forded . It is said th at friend ly Indian sc outs gui ded Jackson ov er this trail. I fthi s is true, In dians ha d undoubtedly use d this trail ear l ier. The trai l receive d its name from th e method us e d in m arking it . Three not ches were cut on tr ees or s takes to mar k th e trail. Anoth er route establishe d earl y in the histo ry of the area wa s route crossing Cone cu h River about fi ve m ile s northeas t of Dozier Bell Bri d ge, used before1 905 . T his road le d south and southeas t ov er the road no w known a s Possum T rot through the pr esent R ose Hill pro per, thenc eto Seari ght where it cro ssed the r iver the s econd time. D uring th e early histor y of the comm unity, s ettlers travele d to Pe nsacola, Gre enville, Troy, a nd lat er to Searight t o carr y on thei r annual, or less fre quen t, trading. The Rose Hill area was covered with a thick growt h o f l o n g leaf pine when the first settler moved into i t. L arg e q ua ntities of this timber were cut, rafted, an d flo ate d dow n t he Conecuh River in the early history o f th e comm unity. ROSE HILL POST OFFICE The Rose Hill post office was established on Decem b e r 2 4 , 1855, with Andrew J. Feagin as postmaster. On J u n e 8, 1 85 7, James T. Brady became postmaster, and he w a s f ollowe d b y Jefferson C. Mitchell on November 3,185 9 . Afte r Mitch el l server one year, James T. Brady was a ga in app ointed t h e office on Nov.7, 1860, and he serve d u ntil Oct .9, 1866 , w hen the office was discontinued. The Rose Hill post office was re established on Mar c h 2 6 , 1 86, with Elizabeth McLaughlin as postmaster. S h e serv e d unt il Feb. 26, 1874, when it was again discon ti nued. T he n on J une 23rd , of that year 1874 , it wa s re establi she d wit hJames K. Thomas as postmaster. Th oma s served un ti l Januar y 17, 1876, when he was replace d b y William N.B ran don. He i n turn was followed by Joh n L . Stewart on Ma y 29 , 1878, an d Henry Smith, April 24 , 18 93. On the 13t h of Ju ne, 1894, the name was change d to R ose Hill and Al exande r W. N. Carr b ecame postmast er. Car r was followed b y Murdo ck M. Grant o n May 4, 189 9 and W illie C. Grant wh o serve d from Oct. 1 9 . 1901 t o Feb. 28 , 1906 when the po st offic e was disconti nued. PIONEERS OF ROSE HILL Richard Feagin came to the community in the 1820 s . H e c o n structed a log house on the site Mw here Mrs. M olli e Co lv i n lived in 1950. The Countinghouse containe d th e origi na l s tructures wit h additions. Richard Feag in an d wife w er e bur ied near the site of the old Rose H ill Sc hool, whi c h was lo cated about two hundred yards w est o f the hous e i n which h e lived. In the 1820 s Darli ng Dau phin settle d ne ar the sit e where Parker s home bu rned. D onald Jorda n live s on this s ite today. James Dau phin, hi s son, and S .A. Dau phin, his gr andson, lived i n this vic inity durin g the year s that procee ded the Civ il War. Thi s house wa s constructe d d by one of t he thre e Dauphins m entioned ab ove, prior t o 1850. Archibal dTu bberville , a preacher, se ttled in th e vicinity of Ro s e Hill schoo l in the 1820 s . Jesse Tubbe rville, his s on, c onstructe d a house abou t one and one hal f miles no rth of th e pr p resent site o f Bernice William s home ab out the yea r 185 0. It is owne d today by Arnold Me rrill . Nothing remai n s of the Tubberv illes house at the pr es ent except a fe w ol d bricks. Land Records Alabama Patentee ANDREW FEAGIN Land Office CAHABA Docu m e n t N umber 33441 Miscellaneous Document Number Titl e A ut ho rit y CASH ENTRY SALE Signature Y Signature D ate 1 838 07 28 Land Description Number 1 Aliquot Pa rts SEN W Se ctio nNumber 28 Township 6N Range 17 E Bl ock Num ber Bas e Line ST STEPHENS Total Acres 40 .160 0 Fractio na l Secti on N Subsurface Rights Reserve d N Metes an d Bou nds Desc ription N Canceled Documen t N Multiple P atente e s N Multiple Warantee s N A ccession Number AL179 0 .0 84 Image Name 00021 199 Vol ume ID 061

						

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