1540-1818, AL, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net

 

Births, from other records

Blankenship, Horace E.        70 (1810), W, M, M, AL --- ---, Self, Farmer

              1880 Census, Palmersville, Weakley Co., TN

 

October 18, 1540: Hernando de Soto meets Chief Tuskaloosa (Tascaluza) in Battle of Maubila in southwest Alabama

 

January 20, 1702: Le Moyne brothers establish Fort Louis de la Mobile, a French fort and settlement twenty-seven miles up the Mobile River from Mobile Bay.

1717: Fort Toulouse on the Coosa River constructed by the French to trade with the Indians and offset influence of British.

 

1756-1763: French and Indian War. France ceded territorial claims east of the Mississippi River to Britain. Great Britain returned war-captured Cuba to Spain for Florida, which was divided into West Florida (including Mobile) and East Florida (the peninsula).

1798: Mississippi Territory                                                                                                 

organized from Georgia's western land claims, including Alabama.

 

May 5, 1799: U.S. Army Lieutenant John McClary takes possession of Fort St. Stephens from the Spanish.

 

Washington Created June 4, 1800 from Mississippi Territory                           

 

1805-1806: Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee Indian cessions opened up to white settlement large portions of western (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Alabama.

 

Madison Created December 13, 1808 from Cherokee Indian Territory            

 

Madison Co., AL, Marriages to 1825

Blankenship, Edmund                      Frost, Hannah                                   15Apr1809

Blankenship, Pheby                          Chiles, Thomas F.                   10Feb1811 

Blankenship, Fanny                          Glaza, Burwell                      26Nov1817

http://files.usgwarchives.org/al/madison/vitals/marriages/marrto1825.txt

 

Madison Co., AL, Marriage Licenses

Blankenship, Edmund          Frost, Hannah                       Vol. 1 p. 001               15Apr1809

http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/groomsAB.html

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Madison Co., AL, Marriage Licenses

Blankenship, Pheby             Chiles, Thomas F.                  Vol. 1 p. 032              10Feb1811

Blankenship, Fanny              Glaze, Burwell                       Vol. 1 p. 365              26Nov1817

http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/bridesAB.html

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

AL Marriage; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQVY-8TG

Blankenship, Edmund – Frosh, Hannah - 15Apr1809, Madison,

 

AL Marriage; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQVY-7PF

Blankinship, Pheby – Chiles, Thomas F. - 10Feb1811, Madison,

 

AL Marriage; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQVT-JWP

Blankenship, FannyGlazo, Burmell - 24Nov1817, Madison,

 

Baldwin Created December 21, 1809 from Washington                                      

 

Clarke Created December 10, 1812 from Washington                                         

 

Mobile Created December 18, 1812 from Louisiana Purchase                           

 

Monroe Created June 29, 1815 from Washington & Creek Indian Territory       

 

March 3, 1817: Alabama Territory                                                                                   

The Alabama Territory is created when Congress passes the enabling act allowing the division of the Mississippi Territory and the admission of Mississippi into the union as a state.

 

Janurary 19, 1818: The first legislature of the Alabama Territory convenes at the Douglass Hotel in the territorial capital of St. Stephens.

 

Tuscaloosa Created February 6, 1818 from Creek & Choctaw Indian Territory

 

Shelby Created February 7, 1818 from Montgomery                                          

 

Saint Clair Created November 20, 1818 from                                                       

 

Marion Created February 13, 1818 from Tuscaloosa                                          

 

Marengo Created February 6, 1818 from Choctaw Indian territory                 

 

Limestone Created February 6, 1818 Elk renamed                                             

 

Lawrence Created February 6, 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Territory

 

Lauderdale Created Feb. 6, 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Territory

 

Franklin Created February 6, 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Territory

 

Elk Created May 24, 1817 Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Territory                

 

Dallas Created February 9, 1818 from Montgomery                                           

 

Cotaco Created February 8, 1818 Cherokee Indian Territory                           

 

Conecuh Created February 13, 1818 from Monroe                                             

 

Cahawba Created February 7, 1818 from Monroe and Montgomery                

 

Blount Created February 6, 1818 from Creek Indian Territory