Hello, Could this have been called Hinton's Grove ? Later Marrow's Grove ? Was it N west ore west of Fosters just over into Green Co. ?? Thank you Jim Foster ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [ALBIBB] ***HINTON- DAIRY FARM* > Good morning, BA,I happen to be a list member because I have ancestors > from Bibb County, so I will take out and tell you a little information. > The property you speak of is in Tuscaloosa County. Thirty miles from > Bibb County line...it is on the road to Greensbora, (in Greene County), > but it is now in city limits of Tuscaloosa, right at Englewood > School...at a place, known as TAYLORVILLE, Al. the Hinton Dairy farm > was on highway 69 South...Old Greensbora Road. It was there until just a > few years ago, but had stopped producing many years ago, as did all > Tuscaloosa dairies. The land, now has been sold off for houses, > developed as Hinton Place, on the new highway 69 So... The Hinton family > log cabin, under a big Oak tree and the well is still there, right in > the middle of these expensive homes, called Hinton Place.The original > log home burned shortly after it was built, ...and another built right > next to the spot. I wrote you last year about the newer, wood structure, > Hinton home, on the hill on highway 69 South, built around 1865.'80. It > was blown down, in the December tornado that went through Tuscaloosa > down there a few years ago, and killed several people. One house still > stands, on that hill to the left of the old homeplace, that was built > out of logs for a first married son,or a farm laboror... I think, and > later lived in by the family cook, or nanny. Too, a house on the > adjacent side road that was to the railroad crossing on the river, > (Maxwell Crossing) and to the Hinton farm land,barn, etc..stands today, > has the original house built during WW2 for a daughter that married and > he was away in the navy She married a Hamner.The house has been redone > and is nice.A large house, and barn, built behind it for some of the > family...has been torn down in recent years and is now Mobile Homes. I > wish I had known you when I was there and the road to the Dairy was a > private one...and we rode horses there. Now there is a four lane highway > right through it (new 69)...and it is SO DIFFERENT! I could have made > you pictures of the mile long road to the Dairy that had a fence all the > way to it, that was covered with antigue roses! Beautiful sight,I > always wondered if they brought them there from their homeland, and > planted them.All of this has been scraped off to sell land! This place > is in walking distance to Little Sandy Baptist Church, on the creek.(The > original log church burned too and it was rebuilt out of wood) A new > church next to it is open today. Big Sandy Baptist Church, is about > two/three miles south on same highway.Gilgad Church is on Bear Creek > Road,anout 5/6 miles to the East also in Tuscaloosa oounty. I came to > Tuscaloosa in 1974, and we bought 11.8 acres of the Hinton land, that > had been previously sold to Rev. Earnest White.I can make you a picture > of the hill, where the house stood...(but all the very old cedars were > blown down too).....and the one standing house on it if you like? Send > me a private email with your snail mail.I wish some of the family would > send you more history, with actual data. Lots of the Hinton family still > lives here, and north of the city of Northport, at old Sipsey, is where > the Hamners settled.there were some Hintons there too,I think it was > called Hinton Corners or something like that. ...it was a corner of > Greene County at one time. I have seen old historical markers there at > an old church, to do with the early Hamners that founded it. I am sorry > this is so long to the list, (but your message was gatewayed > here).....when it is not in BIBB County, but I no longer have your > address...just guessing at it. > . > Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >