Thanks Kim! This is is great. This answers the question I had about some of the lots, but the others are further west, along Main Street, and into Mesopotamia. Dr. Abram Franklin Alexander, at his death in 1866, owned Lot #15, & Lot #27 in the town square, according to the estate papers. According to this web site he also owned, at an earlier date at any rate, Lots #17 & 21, but not Log #27. So he must have sold Lots #17& #21 and bought Lot #27. I can look this up when I get to Eutaw this summer. But I am also looking for info on * Lot #89, on which he had his house and eight acres, more or less, (400 block on Main Street, next door to the Wm. Peter Webb house) * Lots #81 & 82 across Main Street from Lot #89 * Lots #179 & 186 further west in Mesopotamia. * And a vacant lot in the Said Town fronting on the Street leading from Eutaw to Clinton about 34 feet and running back 105 bounded on the North by a lot owned by S. O. Gordon in the east by the house & lot of T. O'Connor on the South by Said Street leading from Eutaw to Clinton and on the west by the house & lot of E. W. Eckhardt. Any information on any of these lots would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Alice Campbell **

There is a book you can buy from the Historic Society in Greene or look at in the library in Eutaw called "Eutaw: The Builders and Architecture of an Antebellum Southern Town" that has some information about lot owners and photographs of homes. I bought my copy online from a used book seller and paid the piper for it. The following information is from that book: 81 & 82: Originally purchased by Foster Kirksey in 1839, deed book J, page 873 89 Originally purchased by Abram F. Alexander in 1840 deed book L, pages 71-72. There is a drawing of the house that was built on this lot in the above-mentioned book on page 137 - though the drawing may be of the house that was built after his was torn down. Apparently the house was auctioned off after Dr. Alexander died and it was purchased by Sydenham Moore on 17 Dec 1877. The original house was on Main Street next to William P. Webb and no longer stands. 179 I don't see this one in the book. 186 Originally purchased by Stephen F. Hale in 1842 deed book M page 197 On pages 87 and 88 of this book it says: Lot #93 was purchased for $474 by Dr. Abram F. Alexander on 1 April 1844. Dr. Alexander had a two-story house brought from near Finches Ferry (old Erie) and set up here. It was a typical sort of early home, the Grassdale type, to which was given a front portico with four colossal square piers, the front plane of the roof raised and extended to cover it... (snipped architectural details) Dr. Alexander gave the house to his daughter and her husband, Thomas E. Herndon, for "natural love and affection" on 13 Sep 1849. Herndon sold a strip of the back lot to his neighbor William F. Bell and in turn purchased 35 feet on the west side from him, each valued at $50, in June of 1852. It is said that Mrs. Herndon did not like the house and it was sold back to Dr. Alexander for $2,500 on 4 April 1856. Two years later the Herndons bought the Catlin Wilson house on Wilson Street. Alexander in turn presented the Main street house for "natural love and affection" to his other daughter and son-in-law, Henry Y. Webb... I believe this would be the "Alexander-Webb-Wilson house" aka the Webb-Alexander house located at 309 Main Street? There is a little bit of info about the house on this page: http://magnolia.cyriv.com/GreeneAlGenWeb/Geography/Eutaw/EutawLandmarks.asp The book has a better photo of the front of the house on page 89. As far as the vacant lot goes, Samuel Gordon owned lot #129 and lot #128 which is where the hotel "The Eutaw House" was. The empty lot may have been where the gardens for the hotel were located, though it is possible Samuel Gordon had other land. There is no mention of an O'Connor -----Original Message----- From: Alice Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ALGREENE] More on Lots in Eutaw in the 1800's Thanks Kim! This is is great. This answers the question I had about some of the lots, but the others are further west, along Main Street, and into Mesopotamia. Dr. Abram Franklin Alexander, at his death in 1866, owned Lot #15, & Lot #27 in the town square, according to the estate papers. According to this web site he also owned, at an earlier date at any rate, Lots #17 & 21, but not Log #27. So he must have sold Lots #17& #21 and bought Lot #27. I can look this up when I get to Eutaw this summer. But I am also looking for info on * Lot #89, on which he had his house and eight acres, more or less, (400 block on Main Street, next door to the Wm. Peter Webb house) * Lots #81 & 82 across Main Street from Lot #89 * Lots #179 & 186 further west in Mesopotamia. * And a vacant lot in the Said Town fronting on the Street leading from Eutaw to Clinton about 34 feet and running back 105 bounded on the North by a lot owned by S. O. Gordon in the east by the house & lot of T. O'Connor on the South by Said Street leading from Eutaw to Clinton and on the west by the house & lot of E. W. Eckhardt. Any information on any of these lots would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Alice Campbell ** ==== ALGREENE Mailing List ==== This is the Message board for Greene County, Alabama http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.alabama.counties.greene ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx