H'lo again, Monya :-) I was just thru Winfield last week and it re-occured to me that I've still never been able to find out why it was named Stewart's Gap. Also, I don't know what it was called in 1820-1821-1822, which is my focus. My Solomon Stewart bought land in 1820-1821 and someone plotted the 80 acres for me one time and it fell right on top of Glen Allen. Of the 'clan of 7' that I call them, only Solomon had land up there, I believe, with the other brothers buying land further south between Winfield and south of Fayette. So, as you can imagine, I'm wondering about that. Cheers, Dick Stewart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monya Havekost" <MonyaH@conterra.com> To: <ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:19 PM Subject: Re: Glen Allen - Stewart's Gap > Dick, I've sent some of this to you before but I'll send it again, > including some additional info. > > Sesquicentennial Broadcaster, Sept. 1969, page 5 > > "In the early times, Glen Allen was known as Stewart's Gap. The > community was later called Glen Allen, supposedly after two engineers > who worked with the railroad company." > > Additional information from this full-page article: > > The STEWART family is listed in early Methodist church records. The > page on which this article appears has a photo of the Henry STEWART > family. Included are wife, Mary Jane, children James H. STEWART; > Lillie Stewart SMITH; Mrs. ANTHONY; Ola Stewart ASTON; Frank STEWART. > Henry STEWART operated a sand pit, one of the first businesses in Glen > Allen. > > In July, 1969, the mayor was Nash NELSON. Council members were W. H. > STEWART; Joe STEWART; W. E. (Edwin) PATTERSON; P. A. HOLLINGSWORTH and > Caldwell HOLLINGSWORTH. > > Lastly, my 88-year-old cousin who has lived her entire life in Glen > Allen, confirms that it was once known as Stewart's Gap. > > One caveat: When I searched the US Geological Survey site, I found no > listing for Stewart's Gap in Fayette or Marion counties. So, you'll > need to decide whether to choose the recollections of those who lived > there or the official government website. > > Best regards, > > Monya > > Fayette Co. AL list manager > ASTON surname list manager > MUSGROVE surname list manager > THOMPSON surname list manager > Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, > FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL, > McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, THOMPSON and > WEBSTER > On Apr 25, 2005, at 7:09 PM, RMS wrote: > > > Somewhere I read that Glen Allen was originally known as Stewart's Gap. > > > > Can anyone offer any clues as to the veracity of this? > > > > cheers, > > > > Dick Stewart > > > > > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Dick, Regarding the small village of Stewart's Gap/Glen Allen; I've seen Civil War pension document describing where my Whitehead family lived as being "3 miles south of Glen Allen", but I don't have ready-at-hand the date of the particular document. There's another village/now-abandoned except for occasional coal-mining on the Marion/Winston border called Glen Mary, so I would suspect some Scots-Irish influence behind those two names - perhaps dating to the RR &/or coal-mining origins. As for the 1820s, the present village of Glen Allen was perhaps merely wilderness (or the ancient site of an Indian village?), but it was accessible to new settlers being situated roughly 5 miles west of the intersection (near present Eldridge) of the Byler Road (built by 1822 along old Indian trail connecting Tuscaloosa to Muscle Shoals) and the old Chickasaw Trading Path (roughly running between Pontotoc MS to Pikeville AL thence through Glen Allen area to Eldridge/Jasper/Elyton/Atlanta area/Augtusta/Charleston SC - in use during the mid 1700s). Some families thereabouts claim that one or more full-blood Indian Chiefs lived and intermarried with known "white" families during the mid-1800s. Jim Manasco, Winston County naturalist and historian has written about the "more than 300 Cherokee/Creeks who fought with Andrew Jackson at horseshoe bend who relocated from near Turkey Town on the Coosa River to the general area between New River/Glen Allen/Eldridge/Nauvoo (this being central)/Kansas/Saragosa/Harmony/Oakman/Falls City, etc. and thereby escaped the later Trail-of-Tears relocation. Many (most?) of the early families that settled near Glen Allen had/have strong mixed-blood Cherokee or Choctaw family traditions. Joel S. Mize Unionists of the Warrior Mountains of Alabama ----- Original Message ----- From: "RMS" <rmstewart@myexcel.com> To: <ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:38 AM Subject: Re: Glen Allen - Stewart's Gap > H'lo again, Monya :-) > > I was just thru Winfield last week and it re-occured to me that I've still > never been able to find out why > it was named Stewart's Gap. > > Also, I don't know what it was called in 1820-1821-1822, which is my focus. > > My Solomon Stewart bought land in 1820-1821 and someone plotted the 80 acres > for me one time > and it fell right on top of Glen Allen. Of the 'clan of 7' that I call > them, only Solomon had land up there, > I believe, with the other brothers buying land further south between > Winfield and south of Fayette. > > So, as you can imagine, I'm wondering about that. > > Cheers, > > Dick Stewart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monya Havekost" <MonyaH@conterra.com> > To: <ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: Glen Allen - Stewart's Gap > > > > Dick, I've sent some of this to you before but I'll send it again, > > including some additional info. > > > > Sesquicentennial Broadcaster, Sept. 1969, page 5 > > > > "In the early times, Glen Allen was known as Stewart's Gap. The > > community was later called Glen Allen, supposedly after two engineers > > who worked with the railroad company." > > > > Additional information from this full-page article: > > > > The STEWART family is listed in early Methodist church records. The > > page on which this article appears has a photo of the Henry STEWART > > family. Included are wife, Mary Jane, children James H. STEWART; > > Lillie Stewart SMITH; Mrs. ANTHONY; Ola Stewart ASTON; Frank STEWART. > > Henry STEWART operated a sand pit, one of the first businesses in Glen > > Allen. > > > > In July, 1969, the mayor was Nash NELSON. Council members were W. H. > > STEWART; Joe STEWART; W. E. (Edwin) PATTERSON; P. A. HOLLINGSWORTH and > > Caldwell HOLLINGSWORTH. > > > > Lastly, my 88-year-old cousin who has lived her entire life in Glen > > Allen, confirms that it was once known as Stewart's Gap. > > > > One caveat: When I searched the US Geological Survey site, I found no > > listing for Stewart's Gap in Fayette or Marion counties. So, you'll > > need to decide whether to choose the recollections of those who lived > > there or the official government website. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Monya > > > > Fayette Co. AL list manager > > ASTON surname list manager > > MUSGROVE surname list manager > > THOMPSON surname list manager > > Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, > > FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL, > > McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, THOMPSON and > > WEBSTER > > On Apr 25, 2005, at 7:09 PM, RMS wrote: > > > > > Somewhere I read that Glen Allen was originally known as Stewart's Gap. > > > > > > Can anyone offer any clues as to the veracity of this? > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > Dick Stewart > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. 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